The agricultural sector of Sinaloa was shaken yesterday with the murder of the former president of the League of Agrarian Communities and Peasant Unions of Sinaloa, Faustino Hernández Álvarez. And not only the agricultural sector, but the livestock sector, of which he was the formal leader, and the political class of the entity and nationally. A day before, the crime of Héctor Escobar, brother of the former leader of the League of Agrarian Communities, Germán Escobar, was recorded. Some see this as a sign that the drug war has reached Sinaloa’s political elite. Hernández Álvarez had resigned from the PRI in the last elections to support the Morenista project at the invitation of Governor Rubén Rocha. If the murder of Germán’s brother raised eyebrows among many, many consider Faustino’s murder to be the first high-impact murder of the political class.
It will be tomorrow when the State Council for Sustainable Rural Development will meet to define the proposal of the Sowing Program for Culture of the autumn-winter agricultural cycle. The expectation is that last year’s scheme will be repeated when it had the same scenario as today due to the shortage of water for irrigation. It is estimated that in some agricultural areas the planting area will be restricted to only 40 percent. The commotion prior to the meeting is intense in the sector and several controversies are expected.
Until nowthe Évora Valley Plant Health Board headed by Carlos Beltrán Astorga assures that there is no authorization to issue planting permits. And this will be until the modules of the region have the allocation of water and it can be distributed so that it begins to irrigate the crops of the autumn-winter agricultural cycle. Although desperation prevails to start cultivating, patience is called for, because some with humidity already begin the process, but it is a risk that they decide to take.
Victor Villalobos Arámbulasecretary of Agriculture outgoing of the current six-year term, leaves a clear message to Julio Berdegué Sacristánwho will replace him in office. That is to continue building the agri-food system of the future: more sustainable, resilient, responsible and inclusive. Berdegué, who has experience working with small producers, will assume a good responsibility. The issue is whether the large food producers that settle in Sinaloa will continue to be left out.
In order that some Guasave producers can irrigate their lands before they are allocated water, in the Guasave Irrigation Module An assembly was held where it was authorized to extract the liquid from the Sinaloa River to use for that purpose. Modesto López Leal revealed that those who are near wells will also be able to start irrigating now, who will be charged 500 pesos per hectare as a fee, this to provide washed irrigation, since at the moment they cannot extract water from the dams.
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