Mexico | Coordinated actions are advancing in the Public Administration to gradually replace the use of glyphosate

Through the coordination of the Ministry of the Environment and Natural Resources (Semarnat), a Progress Report is presented for compliance with the Presidential Decree that establishes the actions that must be carried out by the dependencies and entities that make up the Federal Public Administration (APF) to gradually replace the use, acquisition, distribution, promotion and importation of glyphosate and the agrochemicals used in our country that contain it as an active ingredient. 

The report details the joint work implemented in the period from January 1, 2021 to August 31, 2022, by Semarnat, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (Sader), through the Undersecretary of Food Self-sufficiency (SAA); the National Council for Science and Technology (Conacyt) and the Ministry of Health, through the Federal Commission for the Protection against Sanitary Risks (Cofepris).