Monday, November 21, 2011

Popularity of Organic Tomatoes from Mexico



Tomatoes are currently the foremost profitable crop in Mexico. Though the total number of acres of coffee is much greater than the acreage of organic (cherry) tomatoes, it realize a higher turnover than the harvest of coffee beans. 


The dry space of Baja California forms the core of the organic agriculture sector. In 2010 cherry tomatoes, tomatoes, basil and different tiny crops combined, realized a turnover of roughly thirty million greenbacks. However, the organic coffee in Chiapas solely brought in thirteen million dollar in exchange.



According to the figures within the latest publication of Mexican Statistics Agency INEGI: ‘The Mexican Food Sector in 2011’. Since 1996 there has been an annual increase within the total organic acreage of on average quite seventeen percent, from 18,331 hectares fifteen years ago to well over 326 thousand hectares in 2008. In that very same amount, the amount of organic growers increased tenfold, to one hundred twenty five thousand.

Coffee was the primary crop that was aspiringly transformed to cultivation without chemical fertilizer and pesticides. In 2010, Mexico had well over fifteen thousand hectares of organic coffee. Cherry tomatoes and basil followed at a reserve with 648 and 366 hectares respectively.

The Mexican organic agriculture of standard tomatoes is fanciful. In 2008 the North American country harvested over 20 thousand tonnes of organic tomatoes. Nevertheless, in 2010 this range dropped to only over ten thousand tonnes. However, the cherry tomato is doing nice and showing a gentle growth. In 2010, Mexico yielded a complete harvest of thirteen thousand tonnes.


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