They promote the planting of grains in the Cuenca region

Published 2020년 8월 31일

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The National Institute of Agricultural and Livestock Forestry Research (INIFAD) in Cotaxtla, Veracruz, has distributed 12 kilos of improved corn seed to the municipality of Tuxtepec in Oaxaca, Mexico, to evaluate its suitability for the region. This is part of a wider effort to boost food security by encouraging local producers to increase the planting of staple crops like corn, beans, and maize. The trial is the first step towards potential large-scale distribution of the seed to producers, aimed at mitigating food insecurity, particularly in areas where agriculture is secondary to other activities like sugarcane farming and livestock rearing.

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KARLA ARRAZOLA. NVI NEWS. They bet on self-consumption. TUXTEPEC, Oax.-The National Institute of Agricultural and Livestock Forestry Research (INIFAD) of Cotaxtla, Veracruz, delivered 12 kilos of improved corn seed to the municipality of Tuxtepec in order to establish a demonstration plot and, if it is adapted to the area, promote sowing grains among producers to ensure food security. Iván Alí Elías Domínguez, director of rural development, commented that at the beginning of the year they made a visit together with the head of the Sader district, Jesus Caña Morales and other municipalities in the region, where they received the improved seed of maize h520 and other two that are not yet named because they are in the process of seeing how they adapt to the area. On the part of the city council, they made the commitment to establish the plot and adequately evaluate the behavior of the seeds and if they result with good potential, they will have the possibility that the INIFAD will ...

Source: Inforural