In Mexico, they seek to recover land to produce agave

RAÚL ARMENTA RINCÓN. DIARY OF THE YAQUI. FUERTE-MAYO REGION, Sonora. Elected municipal presidents of Álamos, Huatabampo and Navojoa and representatives of Sader, Conagua and Semarnat, began a project to recover 16,200 hectares of the Fuerte Mayo region, in order to produce agave. This plan, which is promoted by the federal program "Sembrando Vida", would benefit 14 ejidos that this area has. At a meeting, the mayor of Álamos, Víctor Manuel Balderrama Cárdenas, thanked the opportunity to work together and benefit the common good. “They are big issues, but we will see how to promote them; The idea is that it be a benefit for the families of the region, of the producers, of the agricultural sector, that it be a win-win ”, he explained. He stressed that the agave as a plant has various properties, even medicinal, so any project in this regard should be welcomed and supported. For his part, the president-elect of Huatabampo, Jesús Flores Mendoza, said that in every project the ...