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Mexican government prodding its farmers to grow more food

Corn stalks begin to grow at Ana Martínez´s plot, in Milpa Alta, south of Mexico City, Mexico, Thursday, May 26, 2022. Martínez is an accounting assistant who during the pandemic decided to begin farming her grandfather's land. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo) Ana Martínez works her family´s land in Milpa Alta, south of Mexico City, Mexico, Thursday, May 26, 2022. Martínez is an accounting assistant who during the pandemic decided to begin farming her grandfather's land. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo) Arturo Corella, who joined his other two brothers in farming after they retired from teaching, works his land in Milpa Alta, south of Mexico City, Mexico, Monday, May 30, 2022. The three brothers are optimistic because after only one year in “Sowing Life,” or “Sembrando Vida,” one of President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador’s signature programs, they harvested 1½ tons of corn where they had previously only gotten one. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo) Brothers Arturo, Benjamin and Victor Corella, work their land in Milpa Alta south of Mexico City, Mexico, Monday, May 30, 2022. The three brothers who used to work as teachers, and who are now in their retirement farming family plots, are beneficiaries of the government of President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador as it gives rural families cash payments to grow crops and technical advice, to help produce more food. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo) Brothers Arturo, Benjamin and Victor Corella, work their land in Milpa Alta south of Mexico City, Mexico, Monday, May 30, 2022. The three brothers who used to work as teachers, and who are now in their retirement farming family plots, are beneficiaries of the government of President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador as it gives rural families cash payments to grow crops and technical advice, to help produce more food. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)
Mexican government prodding its farmers to grow more food