President Pena Nieto Starts New Countryside Program to Aid Mexican Farmers The News
go to original November 7, 2013

President Enrique Peña Nieto declared that through the transformative reforms that have been promoted in the country, “We are planting to harvest more development, more progress and greater well-being for Mexican families.” (Presidency of the Republic)

President Enrique Peña Nieto unveiled his New Countryside Program in Nayarit on Monday, which is designed to benefit the state’s agricultural sector.

The New Countryside Program will involve the construction of an agricultural park in Nayarit that will use cutting edge technology to improve food production and distribution at the regional level, as well the construction of the Centenario Canal, which Peña Nieto said will eventually be able to irrigate 50,000 hectares (120,000 acres) of farmland, benefiting 7,000 farmers.

Peña Nieto said that the construction of the 7-billion-peso ($537-million) canal will increase the amount of irrigated farmland in the state by almost 50 percent, which he estimates will quintuple corn production, triple rice production and increase bean yields two and a half times over.

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