Mexico: Ministry of Agriculture begins the establishment of fodder nopal nurseries to mitigate the effects of drought on livestock

CDMX, Mexico, January 20, 2022.- With the aim of mitigating the effects of the drought on livestock, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, through the National Commission for Arid Zones (Conaza), began the year with the establishment of nurseries for forage prickly pear in arid zones of five entities of the country, as part of its innovation scheme in terms of the use and production of this cactus. The project will begin in Zacatecas, for the benefit of farmers and ranchers who need to increase the productivity of their production units for self-consumption and sale of surpluses. The representative of Agriculture in the state, José María Llamas Caballero, reported that this support û€“in which 1.9 million pesos will be usedû— was authorized within the framework of the Strategic Project for the Establishment of Nurseries for the Multiplication of Forage Nopal Cladodes in Arid Zones of Mexico, which will be implemented in the states of Chihuahua, Sonora and Zacatecas ...