Maize Producers in Crisis Due to Falling Import Prices

COUC in Sinaloa warns of millions of losses for local farmers, while imported GM maize displaces the national crop and puts the rural economy and food sovereignty at risk. Agustín Espinoza Lagunas, general secretary of the Organization Coordination of Peasant Unity (COUC) in Sinaloa, warned about the difficult situation faced by maize producers in the entity in this closing of the productive cycle, due to the fall in prices and unfair competitio…