2024-07-29 09:45:04
The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Developmentthrough the National Seed Inspection and Certification Service (SNICS)reported that during the administration it registered 1,241 varieties with Breeder’s title and 1,024 in the National Catalogue of Plant Varieties (CNVV)as well as the certification of bean, soybean and barley seeds to improve their productivity and profitability.
Within the framework of the 66th Ordinary Session of the SNICS Technical Council y Second Ordinary Session 2024chaired by the Minister of Agriculture, Victor Villalobos Arambulathe increase in registrations of plant varieties of tomato (70), 233 percent; blackberry (59), 195 percent; strawberry (98), 113 percent; blueberry (66), 43 percent; raspberry (49), 58 percent, and corn (634), 23 percent.
Secretary Victor Villalobos pointed out that SNICS is a key organization because it provides seeds to bear fruit in the Mexican countryside with comprehensive work and in public-private-social alliances, in order to promote the use of quality inputs to increase the productivity and contribute to self-sufficiency and food security.
Through the work scheme with indicators to evaluate the results and goals, he said that with the support of the Secretariat of the Civil Service (FP) A change has been achieved in the way of implementing improvement actions and this organization is an example of the use of resources for the benefit of the members of the production chains.
Regarding digital platforms and the purchase of agricultural products, the federal official called on all the actors of the food industry and official agencies to form a working group to review the e-commerce and achieve regulation and control in the management of seeds and vegetative material to avoid health risks and poor quality products.
He stated that guaranteeing the access to quality seed and influencing the increase in sustainable and inclusive productivity have been the guidelines of this government for the countryside.
He said that a pending subject is to achieve giving its real value to native corn on the hybrid on the market, as it is characterized as the repository of its natural genetics.
The chief director of the National Service for Health, Safety and Food Quality (Senasica), Francisco Calderon Elizaldeindicated that there is a risk of introducing pests and diseases into the country through electronic trade of seeds and other organic materials from Asian markets.
Hence the importance of working together to face this challenge and, above all, to establish strategies to know how to regulate this practice, he said.
SNICS CEO, Leobigildo Cordoba Tellezhighlighted the implementation of the National Seed Programwhich is divided into native seeds and improved seeds groups, with agroecological practices, local systems, community banks and attention to 45 crops.
In addition to this, he indicated that this organization has the Seed Supply Program for rice, corn, wheat, cocoa, coffee, beans, cotton and soybeans.
He reported that in the first quarter of 2024, 802 requests for qualified seed production, 75 inspection visits to seed marketing establishments and 100 requests for Breeder’s Title were attended to. technical evaluation.
The above also includes 100 requests for registration with the CNVV y 548 opinions for the qualification of seeds that have the quality to be produced, he added.
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