More on corn and the threats to the Mexican Countryside.
Corn and Trump: Luis Hernández Navarro looks at the recent findings of the T-MEC panel in light of the current geopolitical position of the U.S.
Collapse of Food Self-Sufficiency in Corn.
Ana de Ita shares insight on the domestic policies within Mexico that contribute to the collapse of self-sufficiency in the nation’s primary food.
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A trade ruling by a TMEC panel sides with the U.S. against a ban on GM corn decreed by President López Obrador in 2023. The decision took into account none of the evidence of environmental or health impacts presented by civil society organizations or the Mexican government.
The turbulence in the agricultural markets, provoked by Russia’s war in Ukraine has already led to a sharp increase in prices of cereals and oilseed that impacts all countries, but in the case of those like Mexico, who are heavily dependent on imports, it can jeopardize their capacity to feed their populations.
Food Dependency in Times of War READ MORE »
This is a statement of the Network in Defense of Corn against the attempt to approve a reform to the Federal Law of Plant Varieties (LFVV) in Mexico. This is a statement of the Network in Defense of Corn against the attempt to approve a reform to the Federal Law of Plant Varieties (LFVV) in Mexico. Therefore it is a rejection to the LFVV but also to the Agreement version 91 of the International Union of Protection of Plant Procurement (UPOV), an “agreement contrary to all legal logic, because a small group of large producers — largely corporations — at
By Ramón Vera Herrera Faced with regulations and unrealistic provisions of various levels of government, the communities, peoples and individuals that refer to themselves as part of the Network in Defense of Corn, just days ago released an urgent call to respect the autonomy of the communities and peoples and to block the advances of extractivist policies that are passed off as “essential” activities. They insist that “the right of native peoples, communities and organizations to be and to remain in isolation and determine when to return to activities, including that of schools,” because it cannot only be the “assessment
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