Mexico – Increase of 66% in the budget for agriculture and fishery safety in 2009

According to information from the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock Farming, Rural Development, Fishing and Alimentation (SAGARPA), the food safety and quality sections will receive 66.3% more in the budget for 2009 (4,754 million pesos; equivalent to 275 million euros) than was granted for 2008 (2,859 million pesos). (Original in Spanish. Read Google translation here).