# Mexico Includes Native Corn As Part of National Heritage, Passes Law To Prevent ‘Intellectual Plundering’

> Mexico's Senate passed a law promoting and protecting native corn, designating over 60 varieties as national heritage and requiring labels showing whether corn is native, hybrid or genetically modified. The law is framed as preventing intellectual plundering of indigenous communities.

- Date: 2020-04-08 · published 2020-04-08T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: policy · region Mexico · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/53597-mexico-includes-native-corn-as-part-of-national-heritage-passes-law-to-prevent
- Commodities: [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md)

## Why it matters

Labeling and heritage protection for native corn may slow adoption of hybrid and GM varieties in Mexico, a large corn import market, so the price effect is limited.

## Read by commodity

- CORN: neutral

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2020-04-04 | [Native corn gets legal protection, prevents 'intellectual plundering'](https://feedsoft.ai/events/53596-native-corn-gets-legal-protection-prevents-intellectual-plundering.md) | -3.8% | -7.7% |
| CORN | 2020-05-06 | [Mexico Designates Native Corn as Part of Its Cultural Heritage](https://feedsoft.ai/events/53109-mexico-designates-native-corn-as-part-of-its-cultural-heritage.md) | +0.6% | +1.2% |
| CORN | 2020-04-29 | [Native Corn Is Now Protected Under Mexico’s Law](https://feedsoft.ai/events/53598-native-corn-is-now-protected-under-mexico-s-law.md) | +2.5% | +2.3% |
| CORN | 2019-11-27 | [Sin Maíz No Hay País: Mexican law seeks to protect native corn](https://feedsoft.ai/events/56023-sin-maiz-no-hay-pais-mexican-law-seeks-to-protect-native-corn.md) | +0.8% | +2.4% |
| CORN | 2019-05-02 | [Native Corn In Mexico Takes On Big Ag in Epic Environmental Justice Battle, Trailblazing A Path For Collective Actions — Impact Fund](https://feedsoft.ai/events/59068-native-corn-in-mexico-takes-on-big-ag-in-epic-environmental-justice-battle.md) | -0.5% | +9.7% |

## Sources

- latinpost.com: https://www.latinpost.com/articles/144653/20200407/mexico-includes-native-corn-as-part-of-national-heritage-passes-law-to-prevent-intellectual-plundering.htm

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