The vice president of the National Agricultural Council (CNA), Rogelio García Romero, said that in the northern region of Mexico, food growers "don't have a drop of water for irrigation".
Because of climate change, drought has deepened in the country: "water in the reservoirs is only for domestic use." Such is the situation in Sinaloa, Nuevo León, Coahuila, Tamaulipas, Durango, Chihuahua and other states.
But not only are the drought and high temperatures affecting crops, there is also excess rain and frost, which have become "devastating".
"This has disrupted agricultural cycles. Just two months ago, the wheat harvest was lost in Guanajuato, i.e., not only in the north, but also in the center, the Bajio; and other regions of the country are proving to be very affected," García Romero explained.In an interview, Garcia said that given the uncertainty that climate change has generated for farming, the CNA has proposed to the federal government the need to make the budget directed to agriculture multi-annual. That is,
"to require, the Secretariat of the Treasury to automatically authorize the release of resources for producers to gain access to better international prices."He said,
"It is essential to couple budget periods to farming, not farming to public policy, although this will require a lot of political will."Spanish original