40% of producers in Mexico improved their family economy with regenerative agriculture

Mexico City, April 22 (EFE).- Agrovita, a regenerative agriculture initiative implemented in the southeast of Mexico, has supported 363 small farmers and intervened 4,488 hectares with regenerative agriculture practices and has also achieved that around 40% of banana and cocoa producers show an improvement in their family economy from 2021. This Monday, to celebrate Earth Day, PepsiCo, the company behind this program, announced that its goal is to implement regenerative agricultural practices on 2.8 million hectares by 2030, equivalent to its entire agricultural footprint. In Mexico there are 32.1 million hectares of agricultural use and the number of workers in the Mexican countryside amounts to 27.25 million people, of which 83.8% are men and 16.2% are women, according to data from the National Institute of Statistics and Geography (INEGI). In the country, regenerative agriculture contributes to food security and development of productive capacities, soil conservation, efficient ...