The countryside asks for help and the Senate could respond with a new law
Olga Patricia Sosa Ruíz, senator from Morena and president of the Agriculture Commission, presented an initiative that wants to change the rules of the game for the Mexican countryside. Her goal is clear: protect primary producers from what she calls “ruinous marketing practices.”
The crisis, according to his diagnosis, is not one of productivity. The problem is in the sales chain. Large buyers impose conditions that suffocate those who plant the land.
“We are not facing a problem of individual productivity or lack of work, but rather deep asymmetries in the chain,” said Sosa Ruíz.
The senator was emphatic. Current state support “compensates for the loss, but does not correct the structural causes that generate it.” It’s like putting a band-aid on a hemorrhage. It is necessary to move from a reactive model to a preventive one.
What exactly do you propose?
The initiative modifies the Sustainable Rural Development Law with two pillars. First, it incorporates the principle of economic viability to prevent prices from falling below the real cost of producing. Second, it expressly defines and prohibits destructive business practices.
Examples? Imposing ridiculous prices, transferring all risks to small producers or establishing abusive contractual clauses. These are tactics that, according to the legislator, are generating disillusionment and distancing new generations from the countryside.
But beware: here comes the crucial detail that many might misunderstand.
He clarified that the initiative does not set prices or create subsidies that affect free competition.
It would respect supply and demand, but would set limits to avoid distortions that today lead to losses and systematic debt. It is not control, it is putting fences along the way to prevent falls.
The final message connects with the larger political project. To continue with “the transformation of the country”, in line with the vision of the federal government, it is essential to guarantee fair treatment to the countryside.
“Strengthening the rural producer is strengthening Mexico,” he stated.
The proposal is already in the hands of the united Rural Development and Legislative Studies commissions. Now the real parliamentary drama begins: seeing if this idea survives scrutiny and becomes a real tool for those who feed the country.
