Persian lime production is gaining momentum for several municipalities in the state of Quintana Roo because of the demand in the north of the state and the country, which has led to the installation of a storage facility that collects 80 tons per week in the ejido of Juan Sarabia.
The delegate of the Secretariat of Agriculture, Livestock, Rural Development, Fisheries and Food (SAGARPA) in Quintana Roo, Cesar Armando Rosales Cancino, said they were promotin the citrus packer because it was the source of income for several families in that district.
He said the production achieved in several municipalities in the state, such as José María Morelos and the communities of Othón P. Blanco, such as Morocoy, Ramonal, and Chula Vista, amounted to 1,100 eighteen kilogram boxes that were exported to Mc Allen, Texas, by the Citrisur corporation.
Economic support
Rosales Cancino noted that last year, SAGARPA, through the Integral Agro-Production Component of the Program for the Promotion of Agriculture, authorized a total investment of 1,301,410 pesos, 637,000 of which are Federal support and 664,410 are from the benefited Society of Rural Production (SPR).
These resources were used to support the draft regarding Organic Production of Persian limes, which seeks to develop the agribusiness, infrastructure, and health safety throughout all of the production chain so as to achieve compliance with regulations and product certification to export and for domestic consumption. The goal is that, by applying these regulations, producers will decrease epidemiological risks, increase the preservation of the product, avoid it being rejected, and favor the opening of new markets.
According to company officials, they are already in the certification process within the Food Safety Program of the National Service of Health, Food Safety and Quality (SENASA), so the agribusiness already has ties with local producers to provide them with technical assistance in crop management. The SPR was constituted in 2009 and it currently has 15,000 Persian lime trees in 80 hectares that produce 80 tons per week; a number that they expect to double by the end of this year.
Source: sipse.com
