Mexico: Contract farming scheme promoted between tequila and agave growers

It is necessary to professionalize the cultivation of agave through a model of contract agriculture appropriate to the needs of the tequila agroindustry, said the president of the National Chamber of the Tequila Industry, Roberto Ciprés Cruces. During the ceremony of the 65th Anniversary of the National Chamber of the Tequila Industry, a leading institution in the sector and the 43rd anniversary of the Day of the Tequilero, Ciprés Cruces cited a study in which the federal and state governments, the Agave-Tequila Product System, the Tequila Regulatory Council and the Tequila Chamber participated, which obtained as its main conclusion the need to design and carry out this model. READ: Zapopan will have an interactive tequila museum “We are convinced that the implementation of this model will lead us to effective long-term strategic planning. You can count on the fact that we are allies of the federal, state, municipal governments, and of the different legislatures; With you we will ...