Leased to consortia, 90% of productive land in southern Sonora

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After the expropriations of agricultural land carried out by the federal government in 1976, more than 90 percent of 320,000 productive hectares in southern Sonora are leased by large consortiums to produce grains and vegetables such as wheat, corn, dwarf, sesame and pumpkin.

The monthly income per hectare in this area ranges between 12 and 14 thousand pesos. This practice favors smaller producers, who have preferred to lease their plots rather than invest large amounts in inputs for planting, given the lack of credit and development for the countryside.

“It is very risky, because nobody is encouraged, supplies have become much more expensive, there is nowhere to turn to have credits and all this exposes them, not because they do not want to do it, but it is the lack of support for the field”, stressed the leader ejidal

Regarding the control of water by the agricultural consortiums, the ejido leader pointed out that it is the responsibility of the Comisión Nacional del Agua (Conagua) to detect, report and punish irregularities in the distribution of the liquid. About the drought, Carrillo Meza explained that more technology is required for the distribution of the liquid, because in some seasons it is wasted due to the lack of investment in the irrigation systems, as well as the optimal management of the resource in all crops.

Information from: La Jornada


PERSONAL OPINION 

Many times it has been talked about the amount of natural resources that our country has, it is said that we are fortunate to be able to harvest much of our food and have spaces in the optimal conditions of soil, climate, etc. so that these harvests are good and abundant. However, it is useless to have so much to take advantage of if we do not have the necessary budget to maintain, invest and grow the agriculture of our country.

The reality is that sometimes it is difficult to measure the number of options among which the government has to decide where its budget will go, there are many areas, it can be in education or infrastructure, or in agriculture. I don't know in what these types of decisions are based on, but according to what I have investigated, it has been several years since farmers have been given any type of economic incentive and that is why it is easier to lease the plots to large companies that can maintain them, even if these companies are foreign. This is the only way in which field workers are able to sustain their activities and provide the necessary maintenance to their plots and crops.

Although I understand that there are many sectors in our country that require a budget, I think it is necessary for the government to make a greater effort so that agriculture and field work in our country improve, in order to be more profitable and so it does not represent a burden for the workers and that at the same time be used within the country by the population and not by large companies.


Mariana Chávez

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