According to the national commision of evaluation on social policy 14 million mexicans live in extreme poverty (those wich income does not satisfy their food needs) and other 30 millions live non-extreme poverty summing
a total of more than 44 million of mexicans living in poverty.
A poll about food security in a national level affirms that only 48% of adults have food security and 52% does not.
The raise on food costs has aggravated the food security that the population has in our country, no matter if they live in the city or in rural areas. This lack of food security is the result of failure to develop
and implement a strong economic policy instead of having a welfarist social policy, or in ordinary words "teach people how to fish instead of giving them a fish once in a while"
If the government fails in creating a federal policy that allows the development of a sustainable and competitive agriculture, the consecuences will be the increase in poverty and unequality for more mexicans.
In Veracruz and in the h*** contry in general, the problem is not less serious, even though the governments gives resources to the farmer liders, there is a lot of corruption among them, illicit enrichment among them is
not unusual .
The government does not have a strong structure to verify that does resources are being used in what they're supposed to.
Sadly the food security issue should be a national priority and now in my country it is not.
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