Puruándiro, Michoacán, January 28, 2021.- In our state, the Sustainable Agriculture Program not only has it achieved higher crop productivity, but it has also lowered the costs by 40%, in addition to encouraging the creation of 14 farms in this municipality producers of vermicompost. Producers have learned to make pesticides and other beneficial bio-ferments.
In this regard, producer Sergio Lemus detailed that the effectiveness of the program has been widely corroborated by men and women of the municipality, despite the drought that it faced the last cycle in your region.
Where there was a lot of drought, up to five tons of corn, while in plots where the program techniquesThey barely reached two.
He also commented that in the ejido of San Miguel The irrigation tip method was used, where the program inputs were also applied, achieving up to 11 tons per hectare. He detailed that they were around 150 families in the municipality those who took part in the program and everyone was satisfied and pleased.
Due to the above, he decided that the program should continue, since the assistance provided is also very important, you learn a lot, he said, since they have taught us to make leachates, bio fermented and we are very happy because we already have 13 grains of earthworm california where we produce organic compost
“It is very important, since now we are learning to return nutrition to our agricultural soils; analyzes are made of the land and we have been able to see that there are places where we have practically exploited the land without returning anything; it gives us food and we only exploit it, we also need to keep it alive and productive, “he said.
He assured that if the Sustainable Agriculture Program for this one Spring-Summer cycle, Farmers’ participation is expected to increase by 50 percent, in view of the good results in irrigated plots and irrigation tip. They also hope that it will rain and temporary crops.
“In my case, I was able to reduce chemical fertilization by 40 percent compared to other years. I also lowered the cost of fertilizing crops to 10,000 pesos per hectare, when previously they paid up to 17,000 pesos, “he added.
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