The drought advances. 60 percent of the national territory has a degree of lack of water and eight states are 100 percent affected by low flow, such as Aguascalientes, Chihuahua, Mexico City, Guanajuato, Hidalgo, Morelos, Querétaro and Sinaloa.
While the State of Mexico has 97.6 and Sonora 98.6 percent of its territories with some degree of drought. “Abandonment of agriculture to its fate will not only affect that subsector but the entire country, because food prices will rise, as is already happening,” warned Dr. José Escalante.
President of the Mexican Union of Agrochemical Manufacturers and Formulators (UMFFAAC), commented that according to the Ministry of Agriculture, 75 percent of fresh water is used in agriculture.
According to the 2022 Agricultural Census, of the total agricultural area, only 6 million 683 thousand 986 hectares have irrigation, this is 26 percent of the total cultivated land.
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He said that figures from the Drought Monitor in Mexico, from the National Water Commission, as of February 15, the percentage of areas with moderate to exceptional drought was 60 percent.
However, of the 2,471 municipalities in the country, 1,550 have some degree of drought; 529 are abnormally dry and only 392 are not affected.
He expressed that Mexico must strengthen science applied to the countryside to face this crisis that is occurring in the rural sector, due to the drought that affects more than half of the national territory and that threatens, along with other factors, to reduce production. food.
He highlighted that for the UMFFAAC, science, specialization and technicalization in the field are of utmost importance, especially in these times of crisis due to drought.
And one of the products that can maximize water use in periods of drought is glyphosate because it prevents soil tillage, which in turn reduces water evaporation and helps retain moisture.
In addition, glyphosate prevents the burning of crop residues and prevents the polluting emissions produced by this practice.
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For this reason, it is necessary to review the decree that will prohibit the use of this herbicide as of April 1, since no product has been found that can replace the efficiency, effectiveness and low cost it has for the producer, said the leader of the UMFFAAC.
2024-02-25 20:32:25
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