On Saturday the course of the struggle of the leaders and producers of Sinaloa for a better price per ton of corn. But if actions are going to be taken, they will be taken. One day after being freed from sabotage charges brought against him by the General Prosecutor of the Republic for the takeover of Pemex in Topolobampo and the Culiacán International Airport, Baltazar Valdez Armentía, president of United Peasants of Sinaloarevealed that a meeting will be held that day to make a decision.
From the current atmosphere, what is seen is that the seizure of toll booths and the blockade of the International Highway are ruled out. They are planning a state march to the Government Palace, where, they say, they are not very happy with the freedom of Valdez Armentía.
The truth is that with the arrest and being one step away from remaining in jail, Valdez Armentía doubled down. His plans do not include the actions of taking over booths, blocking the International, much less Pemex. He will fight, yes, but legally.
Due to the struggle, there has not been left on the part of the producers to define a better price for the commercialization of the corn.
The president of the Mocorito River Farmers Association (AARM)Óscar Inzunza Inzunza, said that he even went to Mexico City to improve the price of grain and they expressed the situation to the Mexican Food Security (Segalmex), but it is already defined at 5,457 pesos and the exchange rate depends on when the payment date is made.
The association of Farmers of the Sinaloa Poniente River In Guasave it has a campaign on its social networks to ask producers not to burn the soca after threshing their corn and rather to return it to their plot. Jesús Rojo Plascencia, president of the AARSP, highlighted that burning soca only damages the environment, erodes the soil, destroys beneficial fauna and organic matter, hence they are raising awareness in the sector so that they do not fall into these actions alone. for wanting to have the land ready quickly to plant again.
Biodiversity in Mexico is the root of agricultural wealth and taking care of it means guaranteeing the quality and diversity of food for all Mexicans.
Currently in the country there are 64 breeds of corn, 70 species of beans and 200 creole and 64 domesticated varieties of chili peppers. Given climate changes, it will be seen how many will be able to remain as food and others would be at risk of disappearing.
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