The producers from Samalayuca who suffered huge losses to the hail on May 18, which destroyed entire crops of zucchini and onion, are still waiting for help from the authorities. "Only the Sagarpa came to see the disaster, but there has been no response from the authorities," said Javier Rios, one of producers affected by the hail.
Rios, who was about to perform recovery tasks to salvage hoses for irrigation and a few vegetables, stated he had completely lost ten hectares of zucchini and seven hectares of onions.
The production costs per hectare of onions is 10,000 pesos, while the investment required for zucchini is about 45,000 pesos per hectare; and we lost all of it overnight, he said.
Rios asked government representatives to help producers get back on their feet after they were affected by the huge hail that hit the crops on May 18. He said they couldn't recover those, that all they could do was replant the fields. He also said they were not prepared because the hailstorm struck within minutes.
More than 45 farmers were affected by the devastation caused by the natural phenomenon.
Source: oem.com.mx