“Which has been the most difficult production? Fruit or wood? – Fruit, why? – Because it requires a lot of water, that one because it requires a lot of care and that one has been a little complicated for us.” – Jorge Armando de la Rosa de la Cruz, representative of farmers in the mountainous area of Del Nayar, municipality of Nayarit.
In February 2019, the federal government began implementing the social support program “Sembrando Vida”, considered one of the priorities of the six-year term of Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO), which sought to address problems detected in rural areas of the country such as poverty and environmental degradation, but what it could never fight is climate change, drought, lack of water in the most desert and mountainous areas.
“Have you struggled to store water in the ponds? – that is the main problem we have to be able to continue with our fruit trees, which require a lot of water, such as lemon and mango, they demand a lot of water.” – Jorge Armando de la Rosa de la Cruz, representative of farmers in the mountainous area of Del Nayar, municipality of Nayarit.
Sembrando Vida consists of the distribution of a direct monthly support of 6,250 pesos to people who meet a series of requirements and invest it in the work of the land itself, but how to produce when there is a shortage of water and aridity in places where there is no public works to retain water, despite the fact that this year there has been a good rainy season compared to the drought of 2023.
“Well, right now we are, or we call it a “relief irrigation”, which is given every so often to the plant, but in a very minimal amount, just so that it exists.” – Jorge Armando de la Rosa de la Cruz, representative of farmers in the mountainous area of Del Nayar, municipality of Nayarit.
That or carrying water from rivers, streams, springs, even if this means risking one’s life or exposing oneself to risks in the rural area.
“Well, many carry it from the rivers to take it, many do have springs nearby, because this program is in various terrains, because this program is in various terrains, it is not simply flat, even, many are in the coastal area, in the middle area, in the high area, which is what we struggle with the most.” – Jorge Armando de la Rosa de la Cruz, representative of farmers in the mountainous area of Del Nayar, municipality of Nayarit.
“Sowing Life”, well thought out or poorly implemented, judge for yourself?
Source: meganoticias
