Mexico Denies Food Shortage, Says Things Will Be Back to Normal Soon The News
go to original October 3, 2013

Food Production Secretariat (Sagarpa) head Enrique Martínez y Martínez on Wednesday denied that Mexico’s production and supply of food has been put at risk from damage caused by tropical storms Ingrid and Manuel.

At a meeting with farmers and ranchers yesterday, accompanied by President Enrique Peña Nieto, Martínez y Martínez asked people not to speculate on the circumstances of Mexico’s agricultural sector.

“We must all clearly understand that there’s no risk of shortage, neither is the country’s food production at risk. We are getting over the disaster and we are sure that we’ll shortly be back to normal,” he said.

Martínez y Martínez said that a 570,000-hectare (1,5-million acre) area of crops has been damaged and that 100,000 cattle have been lost.

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