Agros Blog

A recent article from Yahoo News México, discussed a crisis in the rural economy of México. Farmers in rural México have seen their purchasing power decrease by 44 percent. This has affected their ability to buy basic goods such as food, clothing, and medicine. This decrease in purchasing power has caused many in rural communities to migrate to the cities in search of higher paying jobs. The Mexican government has tried to improve the situation in rural areas by issuing families monthly allowances but this unfortunately has not helped improve the situation.

While issuing monthly allowances will help the rural poor of México in the short-term, it will do nothing to alleviate poverty in the long-term. If people are living hand to mouth and are not given opportunities to invest in their families and their communities they will remain poor.

Agros seeks to end poverty by providing farmers and villagers with the necessary tools to build strong, functioning rural economies. Giving people the tools to create jobs for themselves is just one way in which Agros helps whole villages break out of the cycle of poverty.

Agros works in Chiapas, México and the villages there have had a very positive and successful relationship with Agros. Agros México utilizes a farmer centric approach to sustainable rural development and it may help reverse the situation taking place in rural México.

Here in the US we can all push for rural economic development policies that address the deep rooted problems that cause inefficiencies in these markets and ultimately subject millions to an existence of grinding poverty.