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We will tell you all about the romeritos
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Index
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The plant: Romeritos Cientific name, life cycle, reproduction,
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weather, distribution in Mexico and
Are the biopiracy Biopiracy problems unfair competition from the romeritos.
varieties
04
How is it commercialized
07
Romeritos marketing
Spaghetti with romeritos pesto Recipe spaghetti with romeritos pesto, ingredients and explained step by step.
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Production and / or consumption statistics. Production statistics of the romeritos
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Motivate and increase its consumption Reasons why romeritos are produced and consumed.
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The plant: Romeritos Cientific Name Suaeda
Torreyana
Watson,
or
its
in
swampy
for
means
of
seeds,
using
it
alkaline is
an
soil
and
annual
or
years
and
it
will
flower
around the months of April or October. It
technique called "chinampa" for large crops, it will
germinate
after
5
days
and
requires
constant watering.
for
being
edible;
it
is
also
found
in
swampy
carried annually,
out.
Two
scheduled
sowings so
are
that
carried
the
out
harvest
small
with
shrub
60
the to
appearance 100
cm
high,
of
in
which
the
greatest
demand
for
this
crop
occurs
a
with
green, fleshy leaves, small flowers and dried fruit.
is
obtained coinciding with the religious festivals
is a perennial shrub plant, erect or semi prostrate,
a
preparation of the land is finished, the sowing is
saline
places,
two
by
and in pine-oak forests or grasslands. Once the
perennial plant, which means that it will live
reproduces
places. It grows wild in halophytic grasslands
Life Cycle grows
It
They grow in brackish soil, where it is cultivated
S.
synonym Suaeda moquinii.
It
Reproduction
"THIS EDIBLE HERB IS RICH IN IRON, FIBER AND VITAMINS A AND C."
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Weather It
Distribution in Mexico
grows
swampy corn
in
places
and
known
saline
alkaline
and
has
vegetable
as
an
soil
impact
crops.
halophilic
and
It
is
on
also
vegetation.
It
It is distributed in the country by 10 states of the republic, in some of which it is considered weed; however,
it
is
in
central
Mexico
where
it
has
been widely developed as a food. It is reported
develops in soils with a high content of
in
salts,
District, Jalisco, State of Mexico, San Luis Potosí,
in
the
closed
basins
of
arid
and
semi-arid zones, such as coastal lagoons, marshes
and
subtropical grown
in
littorals.
climate, different
It
prefers can
it
can
however
it
weather
conditions
depending
on
development
withstand the of
crop
the
cold used,
be
plant
winters and
that
California
Norte,
Federal
Sinaloa, Sonora, Tamaulipas and Zacatecas
the
Varieties There
is
very
little
information
about
these
species but 12 are counted, of which five are endemic
to
Mexico;
the
one
that
commercially is the variety Suaeda spp.
must
receive direct sunlight, at least for a few hours a day.
Chihuahua,
a
and temperatures, and it is even known that
Baja
"ROMERITOS CONTAIN PHYTOCHEMICALS, SUBSTANCES THAT PROTECT CELLS FROM OXIDATION AND DNA DAMAGE. IN OTHER WORDS, THEY PREVENT AGING.
is
used
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HOW IS IT COMMERCIALIZED?
In the flea markets and markets the kilo of romeritos is offered at different prices, ranging from 20
Its commercialization is somewhat complicated and unfair, the
producers
delegation,
of
San
Andrés
demand
commercialization
of
more their
Mixquic,
in
support product
the
Tláhuac
for
because
the the
intermediaries offer them a price below the production costs, since they buy a sack of 40 and 45 kilos between 30 or 40 pesos, up to 80 pesos; while the cost of growing this plant
is
approximately
30
thousand
pesos
per
hectare,
from the time it is sown until it reaches the market.
to 40 pesos per kilo; however, in self-service
4,162 tons in the capital of the country, of which 3,500
they
sell
between 10 and 20 pesos. Last Christmas
season
the
price
of
romeritos was 40 pesos per kilo, the
profit
farmers
margin
was
for
minimal
Mixquic and
was
barely enough to cover a quarter of the investment for the crop. Faced
This year the volume of romeritos production will reach
stores
with
this
situation,
they
had to give away the product so that
it
would
not
be
wasted,
will supply the end of the year season, cultivated on an
since they could not find a price
area of 565 hectares, belonging mainly to the Tláhuac
that
would
and Xochimilco; the value of the production is around
they
kept
20 million pesos, according to data from the Ministry of
cost them gasoline to transport
Agriculture, Livestock, Rural Development, Fisheries and
the pilgrims to taste. sell them,
Food (Sagarpa).
further margin.
benefit
the
them
harvest,
reducing
the
and
since
it
profit
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Production and consumption statistics Statistics According
to
the
Ministry
of
Agriculture
and Rural Development (Sader), for farmers in
Mexico
City,
important
romerito
source
of
represents
economic
an
income,
around 9 million pesos per season. For the autumn-winter production
2019
of
season,
around
a
1,634
romeritos tons
is
estimated in an area of 210 hectares in the municipalities of Tláhuac and Xochimilco. However, guarantee
the
vast
that
production
everything
will
does be
not sold,
since there is less and less consumption of this traditional dish. It is produced in the ejido of San Andrés Mixquic as well.
"THE ROMERITOS THAT WE CONSUME ON HOLIDAYS COME FROM CROPS IN XOCHIMILCO AND TLÁHUAC, PLACES WHERE THEY HAVE BEEN CONSUMED SINCE PRE-HISPANIC TIMES."
Production When
rosemary
begins
to
grow,
farmers
need to monitor the temperature to know how much water to use. Fertilizers are applied and weeding is done, a
procedure
in
which
foreign
plants
that
may grow are removed. When they reach a height of seven to ten centimeters, they are cut with the help of a scythe.
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ARE THE BIOPIRACY, CERTIFICATE OF ORIGIN AND/OR UNFAIR COMPETITION ISSUES RELATED TO THIS VEGETABLE? Now, the romeritos are cultivated in Mexico, the main country in the world of cultive and export romeritos is Mexico, 4227 tons are produced in the Federal District. However, it is very common for many fruits and vegetables of Mexico to be biopirated by other more developed countries. 44 crops among them the romeritos are cared by SINAREFI, this institution are created by the mexican government and have 312 investigators, 50 universities and producers, they are mandated to estudie, investigate and keep the use of phylogenetic resources. This
organization
biopiracy,
these
together
with
vegetables
all
are
researchers
grown
in
the
seek
to
United
protect
States
the
and
romeritos
Mexico,
from
although
originally the romeritos are from Mexico. The
mexican
government
has
implemented
measures
that
the
romeritos
are
not
biopirated, specially by the USA, the biopitared in this species is not confirmed, however the risk of other countries patent and produce the romeritos is very high.
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Spaghetti with romeritos pesto MADE WITH LOVE: RECIPE OF THE DISH
STEPS : First of all, the very first 5 ingredients (2 cups of romeritos,
¼ cups of parmesan cheese, ¼ cups of
pinions, 1 clove garlic) are going to be put in a blender while the olive oil is added in the same blender little by little, until you get a homogeneous mixture (this means your pesto is ready). Second, a bowl of water is going to be brought to boil, and when it is hot enough, you will put the
Also, talking about the romeritos, let's show you a delicious recipe, it's called "Spaghetti with romeritos pesto".
spaghetti a minimum of 7 to 11 minutes (afterwards, you will let it drain and keep it in the bowl) After you have all of this done, you will heat oil in a
Ingredients:
pan, then you are going to put the already cooked
-2 cups of romeritos
spaghetti in the pan for some minutes while you add
-1/4 cups of parmesan cheese
the remoritos pesto and let it mix a little bit. When all
-1/4 cups of pinions
of this has been done, you can serve the table
-1 clove garlic
already.
-Olive oil
Finally, if you want, the spaghetti with romeritos
-Spahetii ("La moderna " spaghetti is
pesto can be decorated with more parmesan cheese
usually used by us, for this recipe and it's
and pinions over it, but it's only optional. Then you
a little bit tastier).
can be amazed by the flavor of this delicious plate.
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Romeritos
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Suggestions to motivate and increase its consumption We know that after trying the spaghetti
from
the
previous
review, everyone will try more dishes
with
romeritos,
it
is
important to ensure that this plant continues to be part of Mexican
cuisine,
production
has
to
the throw
away those that are not sold, so
to
motivate
is
necessary
about
its
cultivation Altepetl
to
know
and
to
in
culture,
promoting as
with
program
it
more
relevance
gastronomy addition
consuming
in its the
that
provided support to growers.
NÓMADAS | 24
References
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