Mexico: Ejidatarios waited for the corn subsidy given by the Acapulco City Council

Published 2021년 9월 7일

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The article highlights the plight of 400 farmers in Acapulco, Guerrero, Mexico, who have been left without support from the municipal government due to a lack of resources. The farmers, who were previously receiving 75% of the cost of corn with the government covering the remaining 25%, have now been informed that this support will no longer be available. As a result, they have had to buy corn seeds at a cost of 3,500 pesos per thousand seeds, a significant increase from the previous 450 pesos for a bulk purchase of corn. The farmers say that federal programs meant to support rural areas have been gradually reduced.

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AHTZIRI LORENZO. ACAPULCO NEWS. Previously they paid 450 for the bulk of corn, now they had to pay 3,500 for a thousand seeds. Acapulco Guerrero. The president of the Council of Vigilance of the Ejidatarios and Peasant Farmers of La Sabana, Mariano Molina Salinas, indicated that a total of 400 people from this town waited for the bundles of corn that the Municipal Government gave them as support to the field. He indicated that previously "the government put 75 percent and we 25 percent, but this year they changed the rules and they did not want to respect the register because there are no resources, as this administration is leaving." The Acapulco City Council had to deliver the corn bundles in July as part of the Subsidy for the Acquisition of Improved Corn Seed program to the producers of La Sabana, La Testaruda, Plazuelas and El Salto, to harvest corn that they use to sell to millers and for own consumption. Molina Salinas indicated that the authorities ...

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