The first commercial harvests of Chile are already underway in the municipalities of Totatiche and Colotlán, in the North Region of the entity.
With this, the generation of agricultural employment begins to take shape as a result of a joint venture between the Government of Jalisco and the Tajín company.
This was reported by the head of the office of the Jalisco Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (SADER,), Salvador Álvarez García, who observed that there is knowledge of the beginning of the chili harvest, which at the moment has affected 30 jobs in Totatiche and 10 in Colotlán.
The official recalled that these nightshade plantations are contextualized in the position of Governor Enrique Alfaro Ramírez to induce productive investments in the aforementioned region to generate employment alternatives. In this case it served to build an alliance between the state sector and the Tajín Group, and which meant a year ago the installation of cultivation facilities, an experimental production, and now a commercial harvest.
Álvarez García pointed out that as more ripening chilies become available, the demand for employment will increase and even more jobs will become available, benefitting people from the municipalities of Totatiche, Villa Guerrero, Colotlán and Huejúcar. The company offers a base salary plus commission on piecework.
For the mobilization of workers, the municipalities have been involved in facilitating transportation.
Over the next two months, the chili will be harvested, which will bring with it the generation of 100 to 120 temporary jobs, as reported by the company.
In the fiscal years of this administration, the Northern Region of Jalisco has received unprecedented support for agricultural activities from SADER Jalisco. The support has involved several projects, such as the Territorial Development Programs for various products such as the Persian lemon in Bolaños, cerril oregano and family gardens in Mezquitic, calf raising for export in Villa Guerrero, chili peppers, and blueberries and figs in Colotlán, in addition to the project to plant chili peppers with the company Tajín in Colotlán and Totatiche.
Mexico, as a country, is self-sufficient in green chili peppers, but it has a deficit in production for the demand for dried chili peppers, which is why Grupo Tajín's investments in the Northern Region are aimed at reducing imports of this product, both from Asia as well as South America.