# Viewpoint: Mexican government undermining science and agriculture

> A viewpoint from the Alliance for Science criticizes Mexico's government under President López Obrador for opposing GM crops. It says the administration appointed anti-GMO figures to key posts and shifted CONACYT funding away from biotechnology. The piece also says a national ban on GM corn, pursued through legal action by environmental NGOs, has blocked farmers from tools needed to handle heat and drought.

- Date: 2020-09-21 · published 2020-09-21T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: policy · region Mexico · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/51081-viewpoint-mexican-government-undermining-science-and-agriculture
- Commodities: [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md)

## Why it matters

Continued restrictions on biotech corn could limit Mexico's future domestic supply growth and keep its import needs high. Because this is commentary rather than a new regulation, it is unlikely to move prices on its own.

## Read by commodity

- CORN: neutral

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2020-09-18 | [Opinion: Mexican government undermining science and agriculture](https://feedsoft.ai/events/51084-opinion-mexican-government-undermining-science-and-agriculture.md) | -2.0% | +4.4% |
| CORN | 2020-12-01 | [Mexican Grain Team: NAFTA Is A Good Deal For U.S. Agriculture \| Feed & Grain](https://feedsoft.ai/events/49605-mexican-grain-team-nafta-is-a-good-deal-for-u-s-agriculture-feed-and-grain.md) | -0.4% | +1.4% |
| CORN | 2017-11-06 | [Do no harm?: NAFTA, non-regulation of GMOs and Mexican agriculture \| IATP](https://feedsoft.ai/events/67968-do-no-harm-nafta-non-regulation-of-gmos-and-mexican-agriculture-iatp.md) | -4.4% | -4.2% |
| CORN | 2022-03-02 | [Understanding the Agricultural Biotechnology Provisions in the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement \| IATP](https://feedsoft.ai/events/42273-understanding-the-agricultural-biotechnology-provisions-in-the-u-s-mexico.md) | +1.5% | +6.2% |
| CORN | 2019-06-16 | [Senate Agriculture Committee Trade Hearing- USMCA, China, and MFP Payments](https://feedsoft.ai/events/58573-senate-agriculture-committee-trade-hearing-usmca-china-and-mfp-payments.md) | -0.8% | -0.8% |

## Sources

- geneticliteracyproject.org: https://geneticliteracyproject.org/2020/09/21/viewpoint-mexican-government-undermining-science-and-agriculture/

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