Alarming Food Dependency on Imports in Mexico Prensa Latina
go to original April 22, 2014

Mexico's food dependency on imports has reached alarming levels due to rural depopulation, insufficient national production and the concentration of the market in big corporations, said the Chamber of Deputies.

A Federal Superior Auditors (ASF) report released last February showed an increase in poverty in rural settings and a scarce generation of employment.

According to the document, there is a divorce between agriculture and industry, bad quality and low levels of fertility of the land due to erosion and soil degradation, lack of technology, infrastructure and credits.

The text added that the incidence of drug trafficking in crop patterns, as well as the escalation of violence and insecurity, extreme poverty, low educational levels and the lack of public services add to the serious situation in the country, La Jornada journal reports today.

The text said the importation of basic foodstuffs reaches 45 percent, above the 25 percent recommended by FAO.

The ASF warns about how the increase in food prices has intensified food poverty, since the population whose income is below the well-being line rose from six million people in 2010 to seven million in 2012.

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