Mexico.- The Government of Mexico, through the Secretariat of Agriculture and Rural Development (Sader), announced the implementation of the Strategic Project for Attention and Mitigation of the Agricultural and Livestock Drought 2021 with the channeling of 299 million pesos that will be delivered in a direct, timely and transparent manner to temporary and small-scale producers in important crops for the food self-sufficiency of basic grains , milk and meat. Plans
These are supports for producers of beans, corn, sorghum and forage oats, and the granting of feed for cattle in the northern and central states of the country, he said in the company of the governor of the state, Jose Rosas Aispuro Torres.
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The project foresees an Emerging Agricultural Program that will support, with one thousand pesos per hectare and up to five hectares per producer, farmers of forage oats, sorghum, corn and forage nopal, to increase the productivity of their production units. Read more: Despite promises, medicine for children with cancer did not arriveIn the area Attention to livestock drought, direct emerging support will be granted to small-scale producers for the acquisition of forage, mineral and energy inputs for cattle, which will contribute to reducing the mortality rate of animals due to the effect of extreme and exceptional drought in different states affected by this meteorological phenomenon.
On a working tour of the state of Durango, the Minister of Agriculture reported that the incentives are oriented to three actions: supports with certified category bean seed in the states of Chihuahua, Durango and Zacatecas; incentives for crops of maize, sorghum, oats and forage grains, and food supplement for cattle in states affected by extreme and exceptional drought. He said that the Rain Stimulation Program will be strengthened, with the support of the Mexican Air Force, in entities in the north of the country to generate rainfall in agricultural areas and affected prairies, as well as in polygons of the upper basin to generate runoff to dams and improve their levels for human benefit and risk. Read more: New governor and deputies will have to answer for the economy in Sinaloa He reported that this scheme will be expanded, to double the area area benefited this year, to reach two million hectares that have low rainfall, and complementary actions for water collection and soil improvement will be strengthened. The Minister of Agriculture explained that the implementation of the Strategic Project Attention and Mitigation of the Agricultural and Livestock Drought in Durango will include the availability of 250 tons of certified category bean seed for the cultivation of 10 thousand hectares, which will be complemented by the mix of resources with the State Government and thus facilitate access to small-scale producers and in particular to the most populations Vulnerable.
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