Tulum and Bacalar Join Forces to Support Local Farmers

Bacalar, Quintana Roo — The municipal governments of Tulum and Bacalar have agreed to work together to help local farmers sell their crops directly in new markets across southern Quintana Roo.

The agreement was formalized during a visit by Tulum Mayor Diego Castañón Trejo to Bacalar, where he toured the Mercado de la Prosperidad Compartida alongside his counterpart, Bacalar Mayor José Alfredo Contreras Méndez, and local deputy Silvia Dzul Sánchez.

The initiative aims to remove distribution barriers so farming families can move their products to nearby municipalities and increase their household income.

“This agreement between brother municipalities of the south is so that all of you have opportunities elsewhere to commercialize your products,” Castañón Trejo said during the tour.

The mayor stressed that coordinated work between the two city halls has helped consolidate a shared agenda benefiting families in the Maya zone and southern Quintana Roo.

Contreras Méndez welcomed the institutional coordination and the creation of spaces that bring fresh farm products closer to urban and tourist consumers.

During the meeting, women agricultural producers thanked municipal authorities for the logistical and transportation support that allows them to move vegetables, herbs and handicraft items without third-party intermediaries.