Dividivi and Sesame in Mexico

in acreage among cultivated plants, and is the chief foodstuff (followed by beans, chile, and beef), but sesame acreage nearly approaches that of maize. In fact, reduction of plantings of the basic foodstuffs to make way for the cash crop, has not benefited the Balsas farmers, since the high prices of imported maize and beans absorb most of the profits from sesame. Besides sesame, dividivi, and cacahuananche gathered wild, and sugar cane and livestock, by-products provide most of the cash income for the purchase of commodities from outside the Balsas region

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