Panama: Productivity of Tomatos increases

The T9 variety of tomato seed, which comes from a cross between a hybrid and a Creole tomato, obtained the best performance per hectare in the 2013-2014 agricultural season.

Wednesday, June 4, 2014

Using the T9 seed, which provides fruits weighing nearly a pound and yields over a thousand quintals per hectare, industrial tomato farmers in the Panamanian province of Los Santos managed to harvest 8,400 tons of tomatoes in the recently concluded season increasing their production by 33.3 % compared to the agricultural cycle 2012-2013.

"'A hundredweight (cwt) of industrial tomato sold to Nestlé Panama for nine dollars and the government agreed to pay an incentive of one dollar per hundredweight to producers harvesting more bushels per acre.' said Celestino Rivera, President of the Association of Industrial Tomato Growers."

" Although still fails to meet the target of 12 thousand tons Nestlé required by Panama to meet local demand , improved yields per hectare , Rivera said. "

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