Source: WTL photographs.
Notes: Here are two twentieth-century views of the major crop and continuing source of income--after tourism--in Yucatán, henequén (sisal or sisal hemp (it is not actually hemp per se); agave sisalana). From the plants, which grow up to six feet high, one gets a strong fiber used for making rope. In the 19th century sisal was a rich crop that was also grown in the Caribbean islands, Brazil, Tanzania, Kenya, and parts of Asia. When synthetics replaced rope in the world's economy, prosperity in Yucatán vanished, yet sisal is still cultivated in Yucatán. Sisal still contributes to México's major products, which are artisanal objects such as hemp rugs, mats, baskets, etc.
Question: To what degree does this industry contribute to prosperity in twenty-first-century México?