The president of the Oaxaca's Mango Product System Council, Roberto Nivon Velasquez, said that the producers of San Pedro Tapanatepec, Santo Domingo Zanatepec, Reforma de Pineda, San Francisco Ixhuatán, San Francisco del Mar and Chahuites, had large losses in the current crop due to the lack of rains last year.
He also stated that, even though they had exported 56,400 tons of Tommy, Ataulfo, and Gold mango varieties to the United States, Canada, and Europe, the drought had caused a 40 percent decrease in the production.
Unfortunately, he said, approximately 80 percent of the orchards need the . . .
