# Mexico’s move toward food self-sufficiency confronts GMOs | IATP

> Karen Hansen-Kuhn of IATP writes that Adelita San Vicente Tello, a leader of the Mexican Sin Maíz No Hay País campaign, is moving into the López Obrador administration. More than 200 Mexican scientists and civil society leaders had asked the president for a biosafety decree that would ban permits for GMO corn planting and impose a moratorium on U.S. corn imports. The proposals would be phased in.

- Date: 2019-09-02 · published 2019-09-02T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: policy · region Mexico · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/57037-mexico-s-move-toward-food-self-sufficiency-confronts-gmos-iatp
- Commodities: [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md)

## Why it matters

If Mexico restricts GMO corn and imposes a moratorium on U.S. corn imports, it could cut demand for U.S. yellow corn, a key export market. The proposal is advocacy rather than enacted policy, so the price effect is limited for now.

## Read by commodity

- CORN: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2021-11-03 | [Mexico: Front line of the global food war – POLITICO](https://feedsoft.ai/events/44040-mexico-front-line-of-the-global-food-war-politico.md) | +1.2% | -1.3% |
| CORN | 2017-01-31 | [Politics is foiling Monsanto’s quest to grow GMO corn in Mexico](https://feedsoft.ai/events/72978-politics-is-foiling-monsanto-s-quest-to-grow-gmo-corn-in-mexico.md) | -0.5% | +0.1% |
| CORN | 2021-07-26 | [Winners and losers in Mexico's GM corn ban - Alliance for Science](https://feedsoft.ai/events/46047-winners-and-losers-in-mexico-s-gm-corn-ban-alliance-for-science.md) | -0.5% | -2.0% |
| CORN | 2022-03-29 | [Movement to ban GMO corn imports gains support in Mexico  \|  The Organic & Non-GMO Report](https://feedsoft.ai/events/42274-movement-to-ban-gmo-corn-imports-gains-support-in-mexico-the-organic-and-non.md) | +2.7% | +4.0% |
| CORN | 2021-03-02 | [Mexico To Phaseout GM Corn Imports And Glyphosate Use - SAIFood](https://feedsoft.ai/events/48118-mexico-to-phaseout-gm-corn-imports-and-glyphosate-use-saifood.md) | +6.1% | +5.5% |

## Sources

- iatp.org: https://www.iatp.org/blog/201909/mexicos-move-toward-food-self-sufficiency-confronts-gmos

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