Mexico: They want tequila to be a global emblem of sustainable agro-industries

In addition to consolidating it as a symbol of identity for Mexico, the Tequila Regulatory Council (CRT) seeks to turn this original Jalisco drink into a global emblem of sustainable agro-industries. "Sustainability is a challenge because we are effectively promoting contract farming, the price of agave has been growing and has been very attractive and this has led to significant amounts of agave being planted," explained Miguel Ángel Domínguez, president of the CRT. . Miguel Ángel Domínguez explained that to achieve this objective, they have a registry, which is carried out in coordination with the authorities. "We have made a series of agreements with the state government where we have all the polygons where we are detecting the planting, for the registration of the planting we cannot consider an agave registered that is not on agricultural land," he said. He assured that despite the effects of the pandemic, during 2022 2.6 million tons were consumed, and there was an 8% growth ...