The Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources of Mexico (Semarnat) develops a plan to promote agroecology, and conservation of the country's biocultural heritage. The plan aims to value and promote the knowledge and culture of indigenous peoples on the management of their natural resources, as well as that of traditional peasants and community and regional organizations.

For Semarnat, the issue of healthy and quality food is closely linked with the protection of the environment. According to the ministry, this is the only alternative that enables the transformation of peasant agriculture and modern industry into an activity based on ecological foundations.

To do this, Semarnat prepares the National Program for Agroecological Transition and Biocultural Heritage in line with the objective of the State to guarantee the human right to nutritious, sufficient and quality food. The National Agroecological Transition Program is made up of 5 axes: Agroecological knowledge, education and biocultural heritage; Use and sustainable management of the territory; Decreased socio-environmental risk; Governance for the transition and Dissemination. The objective is to integrate the concepts of agroecology and biocultural heritage in legal and institutional instruments of public environmental policy. The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) will support the workshops that will validate the program.

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