**5. Limiting factors in production**

The factors that limit pineapple production are potential of the soils including soil fertility, acidity, excess or deficit of water, clay content, soil erosion, nutritional deficiencies, presence of Na, alkalinity and low CIC that, alone or in groups, influence the detriment of soil fertility [17].

The acid soils of the Sabana de Huimanguillo are characterized by high phosphorus fixation, deficiencies of zinc, boron, calcium, magnesium and potassium, low rate of formation of ammonium and nitrates, in addition to a high percentage of aluminum saturation [18]. These restrictive soil fertility conditions are manifested in foliar deficiencies that affect the yield and quality of citrus and pineapple fruits. For this reason, acid soils are classified with the methodology of the Integrated System for There are programs with advice and recommendations for pineapple production such as cultural work, prevention and management of diseases and pests, fertilization doses to avoid macro and micronutrient deficiencies, depending on the pineapple variety, but these programs do not reach the small producers, they empirically produce even the fruit, and a third party buys at the foot of the field at a lower price than in the market [19].

Pineapple cultivation affects the natural environment (**Figure 3**). In many producing countries, there is a fruit sector of small producers whose plots are modest in size and have very little impact on the environment. However, industrial production, which produces most of the fruit destined both for fresh export and for processing, has important consequences for the environment.

#### **6. Conclusions**

The pineapple cultivation in Tabasco has been affected by the little support and technological interest which consequently increased the total costs of production. Furthermore, due to disproportionate increase in the application of chemical inputs, the cultivation surface and little or no technical advice, has made it difficult to place surplus production in the internal market. The situation is further aggravated by entry of the processed pineapple into the national territory through unfair trade practices. The small producers that produce the pineapple fruit without programs, recommendations to obtain better management and quality of the fruit, there is a

national and international market with a good acceptability in flavor, consistency and special in the juice and syrup of the fruit of the same.
