Mexico: Rains boost mango production in southern Sinaloa

Published Nov 5, 2021

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Heavy rains from hurricanes Nora and Pamela have negatively impacted vegetable producers in Rosario and Escuinapa municipalities, but mango producers in Sinaloa, Mexico, are optimistic for the 2022 season due to the abundant rainfall. Despite the 2021 season being low due to drought, mango exports, mainly to Mexico, the US, Canada, Japan, New Zealand, and South America, are expected to increase. The Secretariat of Agriculture and Rural Development of Mexico (Sader) reported a surplus in the agricultural and fishing trade balance for the seventh consecutive year, with agricultural and agro-industrial exports exceeding imports by USD 29,390 million. These exports contribute significantly to Mexico's foreign exchange earnings, exceeding the revenue from oil product sales and tourism.

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According to local media, the rains generated by hurricanes Nora and Pamela strongly affected vegetable producers in the valley of the municipalities of Rosario and Escuinapa, however, for the mango industry the situation for the next season will be different. . The fruit grower businessman Ismael Díaz Murillo confirmed that with the abundant rains the outlook will be different for mango producers in the state, since a good season is expected from May to September. “In the case of mangoes, the rain benefited, it has been abundant, this year more than 1,200 millimeters have accumulated and for a rain-fed mango to have a good production it needs to rain more than 800 millimeters, we believe that this can bring good production for next year, ”Ismael Díaz Murillo told El Sol de Mazatlán. "The 2021 season was of low production due to the lack of rain, and that is because the mango crops in the south of the state are seasonal," he added. Díaz Murillo acknowledged that 30 thousand ...

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