“Collecting sovereignty”: 53 billion pesos will be invested in food self-sufficiency

ximena mejíaPresident Claudia Sheinbaum presented the plan to guarantee sovereignty and food self-sufficiency whose investment in 2025 amounts to 53,971 million pesos with the prospect of increasing to 83,750 million pesos in 2030. From the National Palace, at its morning press conference, the federal president said that they will benefit small and medium producers of corn, beans, rice, cocoa and honey through the new programs Harvesting Soverei…

The Government of Mexico, through the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (AGRICULTURE), will comprehensively strengthen the capacity of small and medium-scale producers to produce more basic foods, and allocate them to the national supply. The investment in 2025 will be 53,971 million pesos (mdp), and will increase to 83,760 mdp by 2030, to reach a total of 750 thousand producers and producers in the country of 1,184 municipalities.

The President of the Republic, Claudia Sheinbaum presented a plan to achieve food self-sufficiency in the country at the end of its six-year period and set production targets for maize, beans, rice, wheat and milk

Among the measures of the program is the payment "at fair prices" to producers of corn, beans, coffee, cocoa and honey.

53.971 billion pesos will be invested in support and assistance to 300,000 small and medium-sized producers.

53.971 billion pesos will be invested in support and assistance to 300,000 small and medium-sized producers.