Hurricane Grace and climate change affected vanilla production by 50%

CRISTIAN PULIDO. IMAGE OF VERACRUZ. PAPANTLA, Veracruz. Cooperatives producing vanilla in the Papantla region assure that the passage of Hurricane Grace reduced vanilla production by 50% in the northern part of the state of Veracruz, "the end was just now with the hurricane that we had a lot of fruit drop, but Well, those of us who dedicate ourselves to this have the certainty that we will raise again, ”said Érica Castillo Juárez, a producer from the Cuyuxquihui congregation in the municipality of Papantla. Castillo Juárez assures that a lot was lost because the air caused most of the fruit to fall but not 100 percent and they also kept something. She belongs to a cooperative of several producers who harvest 300 kilos a year green. Although in pesos he does not know how much the loss is, if he considers that it was a significant amount that was lost by Grace. The cost of green vanilla is highly variable, for the upcoming harvest they do not yet know what the price will be, which ...