Sader: Priority programs support the growth of cocoa production in Mexico

2000Agro/Redacción The Production for Well-being, Fertilizers and Genetic Improvement programs of the Secretariat of Agriculture and Rural Development (Sader) have contributed to maintaining and expanding the surface area of cacao cultivation, with sustainable practices and improved genetic materials, in areas suitable for its development, processing and commercialization, said Secretary Víctor Villalobos Arámbula. In the framework of the National Day of Cacao and Chocolate, the head of Agriculture reported that in the last two years with the priority programs, 141.7 million pesos were channeled and free fertilizer was given to expand the cultivation and increase the production of cacao, in a sustainable and inclusive manner, for the benefit of producers and their families. These federal actions and the execution of public assets of Sader, he said, allowed the sector to respond positively to the climatic imponderables and price increases, pests and diseases. At an event held at ...