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#Secretar\u00edaDeBienestar<\/strong>,\u00a0\u00a0#M\u00e9xico.\u2013<\/strong>\u00a0At the opening of the meeting \u00abToward Participatory Corn Improvement in the Sembrando Vida Program,\u00bb Columba Jazm\u00edn L\u00f3pez Guti\u00e9rrez, Undersecretary of Productive Inclusion and Rural Development of the Ministry of Welfare, emphasized the importance of the combined efforts of planters, farmers, and researchers to create synergies and agreements on the second level of Sembrando Vida to strengthen the cultivation of native corn, the basis of Mexicans’ diet, as well as to promote participatory corn improvement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00abWe have already passed the stage of crop establishment and are now in the process of diversifying actions,\u00bb including participatory improvement, commented L\u00f3pez Guti\u00e9rrez, adding that the Sembrando Vida program is a strategic pillar for agrifood policy and is working to promote innovative strategies to deepen the achievements made so far and encourage the planting of native corn in the territories to achieve food self-sufficiency.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At the meeting, held at the headquarters of the Ministry of Welfare, he noted that Sembrando Vida (Sowing Life) is a program that aims to contribute to food self-sufficiency and cultivate a surplus for commercialization. 416,000 farmers from 24 states across the country participate in the program. The main crops identified in Mexico are: corn, coffee, lemon, cocoa, achiote, beans, plantain, cactus, squash, peach, among others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The meeting featured keynote addresses: \u00abExperiences, Challenges, and Perspectives on Native Corn in Mexico,\u00bb given by researcher Fernando Castillo Gonz\u00e1lez of the Colegio de Postgraduados; \u00abAdjustments to Participatory Breeding of Native Corn, Operations, and Practice,\u00bb given by researcher Rafael Ortega Paczka of the Autonomous University of Chapingo; and \u00abParticipatory Breeding of Native Corn in Mexico,\u00bb led by Flavio Arag\u00f3n Cuevas, Undersecretary of Food Security of the Secretariat for Agrifood Promotion and Rural Development of Oaxaca.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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