Mexico: Gradual progress by farmers in the direct marketing of chayote

Published 2021년 5월 28일

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Producers in Poncitlán, Jalisco, who lead the nation's chayote production, are strategically reducing intermediaries to increase their income by selling directly to Guadalajara's Mercado de Abastos. This direct sale earns them a fairer price compared to that offered by intermediaries in other areas. The Union of Peasants of La Zapotera is striving for more market organization and value addition, such as processing chayote into jams or other products. The community's chayote, known as Chayote Chapala, is noted for its longer shelf life compared to Veracruz's chayote. The region also faces challenges in utilizing the chinchayote root due to its soil conditions. The producers have previously collaborated with the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (SADER Jalisco) and are seeking support, especially after the withdrawal of federal government support.

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PRESS RELEASE SADER GOVERNMENT OF JALISCO. The Jalisco product has export potential. PONCITLÁN, Jalisco. There is a gradual advance of organized chayote producers in reducing intermediaries and thereby improving their income. This has been done by an agricultural group from the population of La Zapotera, in Poncitlán, the leading state municipality in the production of this vegetable. In this regard, the leader of the Union of Peasants of La Zapotera, José Luis Flores Núñez, explained that after knocking on doors, his product is currently being sold to buyers at the Mercado de Abastos in Guadalajara at six pesos per kilogram, a price well above what is offered by the collectors who go to their community and to others where the production area is located, which is a corridor of about 30 kilometers that goes from the population of San Juan Tecomatlán to that of Cuitzeo. He emphasized that there are still towns where intermediaries punish the price a lot, since they pay less than one ...

Source: Inforural