Jicama producers in Mexico are affected by no sale

Published 2020년 12월 14일

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The article highlights a significant problem faced by jicama producers in the region of San Juan del Río, Querétaro, as they experience a collapse in sales due to the Covid-19 pandemic. The main cause being the cancellation of Day of the Dead events, which usually provides a boost in demand for the fruit. In response, producers have decided to leave their crops unharvested and unsold to prevent further financial losses. Each hectare of jicama production yields about 70 tons of fruit, indicating the potential for substantial economic loss if the situation persists. Francisco Javier Perrusquia Nieves, the president of the Union of Organizations of the Countryside of the State of Querétaro (Unoceq), has expressed hope for a last-minute resolution to prevent complete losses.

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ROSALÍA NIEVES. THE SUN OF SAN JUAN DEL RÍO. There are no buyers interested in acquiring your production. SAN JUAN DEL RÍO, Querétaro. The president of the Union of Organizations of the Countryside of the State of Querétaro (Unoceq), Francisco Javier Perrusquia Nieves announced that the sale of jicama production has collapsed in recent months, thus affecting the producers of the fruit, who have chosen for leaving production in the hectares that were sown to avoid further losses. He referred that between San Juan del Río and Pedro Escobedo 20 hectares of jicama were scheduled and planted for seasonal sale, however, due to the Covid-19 pandemic, it did not materialize given the cancellation of Day of the Dead events, dates on which that said product maintains significant demand. Given this, the producers decided to leave the fruit produced in the hectares and as they are commercialized, harvest, with the intention of avoiding economic losses due to the lack of sales, so it is ...

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