Puebla, Pue. The Rural Development Secretariat In 2024, which is the last of the state six-year term, it allocated 3,000 million pesos to the countryside, of which more than 900 million were to promote the mezcal productionreported its owner Morayma Rubí Joven.
Prior to the gloss on the latest report of the state president, Sergio Salomón Céspedes Peregrina, who came in as a substitute for the last two years of the administration after the death of Miguel Barbosa Huerta, the official highlighted that the investment in the mezcalero agave resulted in having a production of 604,639 liters.
He commented that this production of mezcal is with a view to generating between 18 and 20% more distillate per year.
He highlighted that Puebla It has 50 brands that are selling in the national or international market, by complying with safety measures.
The above, he said, has allowed them to export to several countries. The last one to accept poblano mezcal was Canada, which has high quality standards to allow the entry of products.
During 2023, the state government allocated 400 million pesos to plant 30 million agaves especially in 104 municipalities in the Mixtec region, in the south of the state, with the purpose of reaching 500,000 liters and in five years reaching one million liters.
According to figures from the Ministry of Rural Development, mezcal has a value of 1,000 million pesos annually based on the marketing of 332,000 liters, of which 90,000 liters are exported to the United States, Colombia and Japan, where it has had good acceptance.
They create cooperatives
He recalled that 40 cooperatives were formed around the mezcal production chain, 150 palenques were installed and another 174 were rehabilitated.
Rubí Joven highlighted that in 2024 there was a recovery in coffee farming in Puebla, for which 279.8 million pesos were allocated.
In addition, he said that all the resources that were allocated to the rural sector were to strengthen the actions that were already in place, promoting strategic projects such as mezcal agave, coffee growing and the modernization of the countryside, among others.
Also, the head of the Rural Development Secretariat in Puebla highlighted that they provided support to 21,000 farmers from 145 municipalities whose crops were affected by climate contingencies.
