Watermelon cultivation an alternative for producers in Escuinapa, Sinaloa

Escuinapa, Sinaloa.- The fertile lands of the Escuinapa Valley, Sinaloa, have allowed producers in the region to innovate in their crops, and bet on the production of watermelon that has been highly demanded by the export market. Alvaro Constantino Botello, farmer of Cristo Rey commented that the cultivation of watermelon has been an alternative that has allowed them to have diversity in production and that there is a good demand in marketing and price. ” There are some people who finance everything to produce watermelon and they themselves take them to their wineries in the United States,” he specified. Read more: Cinthia Valenzuela proposes to Morena to lead the struggle of corn producers in SinaloaIn October the crops begin and in 60 or 70 days they give the production to be marketed in the export and national market. ” This year there was a very good price, but we did not register a good yield in production because the plant began to get sick and dry a lot,” said Constantino.The 10 hectares that it produces of watermelon is all packaged and sent to the north of the country, for export. The variety is maximum and generates three types of quality the first and second are for export and the third is sold in the domestic market. Watermelon cultivation an alternative for producers in Escuinapa, Sinaloa | Photo: Debate The packaging is four, six and eight, the most expensive are those of four, it oscillates in a price of 20 dollars and the kilo is around 18 pesos. The farmer of Cristo Rey said that the cultivation of watermelon is more economical, since producing one hectare of watermelon has an approximate cost of 120 thousand pesos, when the cultivation of chili is invested up to 200 thousand pesos. He mentioned that in the valley there are few small producers who grow watermelon, in his family there are about 20 hectares that are destined to this variety of vegetable, and in large producers Rancho Las Cabras.Read more: Actions are strengthened to reverse restriction to Mexican boats in USAConstantino explained that the watermelon plant is much more delicate, since when it is in the process of development it can be faced, the leaf burns very easily, so every six or eight days they have to carry out fumigation work. La Libertad: An effigy of Mazatlan with 72 years in exile
Degree in Communication Sciences. Correspondent of Escuinapa. I have 15 years of work experience in the area of written journalism, in which I have covered in southern Sinaloa. My beginnings were in Concordia where I attended the events of the different productive sectors of the region, as well as the political life and social conflicts of this municipality, located in the mountainous part of Sinaloa. Later I covered in El Rosario, where I was a correspondent for 5 years, giving the voice to the people through written journalism, as well as attention to the health, tourism, education, agricultural, fishing, livestock and mining sectors of the region. From 2011 to 2013 I ventured into the public service as director of Social Communication and Public Relations of El Rosario. And from 2014 to 2016 I did this same work but now in the municipality of Escuinapa. In 2017 I joined the ranks of EL DEBATE to cover the news events in the southern municipality of Escuinapa. See more



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