Mexico increases agricultural production from certified seeds

Published 2022년 10월 10일

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The article outlines the strategic initiative by the Secretary of Agriculture and Rural Development in Mexico to enhance agricultural production and competitiveness through the implementation of the National Seed 2020-2024 program (PNS 2020-2024). This program aims to provide high-quality seeds to Mexican farmers, encompassing both improved and native varieties, in an effort to combat inflation and scarcity as per the Opening Agreement Against Inflation and Scarcity (APECIC). The program also includes initiatives to increase the production of quality improved seeds and native seeds, strengthen research, and improve the state's oversight of seed production and use. In 2021, Mexico saw significant production increases using certified improved seeds, primarily in wheat, corn, potatoes, and oats crops. The program also offers financial support for oilseed cultivation and emphasizes the importance of collaboration to achieve self-sufficiency in food production.

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The Secretary of Agriculture and Rural Development reinforces the impulse to this type of actions that are aligned to the purpose of the Opening Agreement Against Inflation and the Famine (APECIC) City de México, October 10, 2022.— Mexican agriculture has an enormous opportunity to increase production and competitiveness from the use of certified and quality seeds, since more than 50 percent of the surface used for various crops is planted with grains or native varieties, said the head of the National Seed Inspection and Certification Service (SNICS), Leobigildo Cordova Tellez. The official indicated that the present administration launched the Program National Seed 2020-2024 (PNS 2020-2024), prepared by the Secretariat of Agriculture and Rural Development (Sader) with the support of the SNICS, to allocate the best seeds, both improved and native, to farmers in our country. detailed that the organism works to increase the production of seed of quality of improved varieties, ...

Source: MX2000