Mexican science agency recommends reduced glyphosate imports
To phase out the use of glyphosate by 2024, Mexico’s top scientific council recommended a 50% reduction in imports of the herbicide this year. Mexico’s National Council of Science and Technology (CONACYT) advised a maximum import quota of 8.26 million kilograms (kg) for formulated glyphosate and 628,616 kg for the more concentrated technical glyphosate.
In 2020, Mexico President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador issued an executive order to phase out glyphosate and GMO corn by 2024. He said the country needs to be food self-sufficiency without using glyphosate.
Mexico’s top farm lobby CNA has opposed the plan. It argues neither glyphosate nor GMO corn are harmful to health and that reducing their use could affect farm production.
