Sembrando Vida is a program of the Government of Mexico operated by the Ministry of Welfare that seeks to contribute to the social welfare of planters and planters through the promotion of food self-sufficiency, with actions that favor the reconstruction of the social fabric and the recovery of the environment, through the implementation of plots of land with agroforestry production systems.
The objective of the Program is to contribute to the welfare of the subjects of law who are in municipalities with social underdevelopment, through a monthly economic support of $6,250 pesos ($312 dollars approx.) for the production of 2.5 hectares planted with Agroforestry Systems (SAF) and Milpa Intercalada among fruit trees, in order to cover their basic food needs. For this it provides economic support that promotes the well-being of SD, in-kind support for agroforestry production, and social and technical support for the implementation of the Program.
Sembrando Vida is targeted towards farmers of legal age who live in rural localities, whose municipalities are socially underdevelopment and who are owners or holders of 2.5 hectares available to be worked in an agricultural forestry project. The Program also includes in-kind support for agricultural forestry production.
Sembrando Vida does not have national coverage, but for the 2022 financial year it will have a presence in 21 federal entities organized in 29 territories and eight regions.In 2024, the program will have coverage in the states of Mexico to reach the goal of 1,139,372.5 million hectares.
433,890 planters receive the Sembrado Vida program with a social investment of 29,831 million pesos (1,476,960.58 US dollars aproximately) in year 2024.
The Program has registered budget increases since its implementation. From 15,000 million pesos (742,663.96 US aprox.) in 2019, the investment increased to 28,504 million pesos (1,410,933.75 US aprox.) in 2020 and 28,930 million pesos (1,431,774.91 US aprox.) in 2021, while for 2022 the approved amount rises to 29,903 millionpesos (1,479,839.66 US aprox), placing it as one of the nine priority programs with the largest budget after Pension for the Welfare of Older Adults.
When the program started, seeders and planters were given 5,000 pesos (247.44 US aprox) per month, so the increase between 2019 and 2024 is an additional 1,250 pesos (61.86 US aprox.), that is, 25% more, for farmers in 24 states of the country.
Federal/multisectorial.
Responsible agency: Secretaría de Bienestar/Subsecretaria de Inclusion Productiva y Desarrollo Rural (Welfare Secretariat/Undersecretariat of Productive Inclusion and Rural Development)
Executing agency(ies): Secretaría de Bienestar/Subsecretaria de Inclusión Productiva y Desarrollo Rural (Welfare Secretariat/Subsecretariat for Productive Inclusion and Rural Development).
Finance: Federal Government
The link provided should display information segregated by region, entity and municipality of the beneficiaries. The page is currently undergoing structural changes due to the new political administration and data updating.
https://pub.bienestar.gob.mx/v2/pub/programasIntegrales/16/6097
Análisis cualitativo de la contribución de "Sembrando Vida” en el alivio de la pobreza:
- In relation to employment, the dominant discourse during the analysis of the interviews and the participant observation is that the economic support is a subsistence supplement (78%), which is not enough to improve their living conditions, but it is key to being able to cover part of their basic needs, which include food, health and housing. Regarding the category of analysis of productive increase, the most mentioned discourse was that their production has improved compared to previous years (71%), where they mainly produced monocultures (corn) that they exclusively used for marketing. The current production obtained by the farmers increased due to the diversification of crops and is sufficient to be distributed between self-consumption and sale (20%), however, the realities of the farmers are different. The least frequent discourse is related to insufficient production (8%).
- Food security represents an important factor for farmers. The MIAF has allowed farmers to have a variety of crops in different terms: short, medium and long. This situation allows them to have access to food throughout the year, so they decide to sell it or consume it. The speeches reflected that although production has improved (49%), they prefer to sell the products to increase their income. The products are also used for self-consumption according to 31%. The farmers also exchange their products or give part of them to their close relatives, friends or acquaintances who need food, which is equivalent to 20 percent.
Review the concurrence with other programs and/or federal funds, in order to manage infrastructure projects, such as rain catchers, in the areas with the greatest drought.
Given the progress of the Program in the territories that started activities in 2019 and 2020, it is relevant to include and strengthen in the strategic and territorial planning aspects related to the opening of commercialization channels and the search for external markets, through the work carried out by the social technicians, which will require institutional support to provide training in this area.
The Program has promoted the practice of saving, which has been used to acquire inputs to improve the production of their plots and, in some cases, to finance other productive systems or small commercial enterprises. However, not all beneficiaries have the economic capacity to save. This depends on the weight that the regular economic support represents in the total income structure of their household and on the proportion of expenditure destined to meet their basic needs.
It was identified that those women without support networks have greater difficulty in remaining as beneficiaries of the program, due to the number of activities and functions they must perform, both in the Peasant Learning Communities and in their productive unit and at home.
National:
- Secretaría de Bienestar (Ministry of Well-being)
- Comisión Nacional Forestal (CONAFOR)
- Comisión Nacional de Áreas Naturales Protegidas (CONANP)
International:
SDG 1 - No poverty
Target 1.3 - Implement nationally appropriate social protection systems and measures for all, including floors, and by 2030 achieve substantial coverage of the poor and the vulnerable
Indicator 1.3.1 - Proportion of population covered by social protection floors/systems, by sex, distinguishing children, unemployed persons, older persons, persons with disabilities, pregnant women, newborns, work-injury victims and the poor and the vulnerable
Target 1.4 - By 2030, ensure that all men and women, in particular the poor and the vulnerable, have equal rights to economic resources, as well as access to basic services, ownership and control over land and other forms of property, inheritance, natural resources, appropriate new technology and financial services, including microfinance
Indicator 1.4.1 - Proportion of population living in households with access to basic services
Indicator 1.4.2 - Proportion of total adult population with secure tenure rights to land, (a) with legally recognized documentation, and (b) who perceive their rights to land as secure, by sex and by type of tenure
Target 1.5 - By 2030, build the resilience of the poor and those in vulnerable situations and reduce their exposure and vulnerability to climate-related extreme events and other economic, social and environmental shocks and disasters
Indicator 1.5.1 - Number of deaths, missing persons and directly affected persons attributed to disasters per 100,000 population
Indicator 1.5.2 - Direct economic loss attributed to disasters in relation to global gross domestic product (GDP)
Indicator 1.5.3 - Number of countries that adopt and implement national disaster risk reduction strategies in line with the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030
Indicator 1.5.4 - Proportion of local governments that adopt and implement local disaster risk reduction strategies in line with national disaster risk reduction strategies
SDG 2 - Zero hunger
Target 2.1 - By 2030, end hunger and ensure access by all people, in particular the poor and people in vulnerable situations, including infants, to safe, nutritious and sufficient food all year round
Indicator 2.1.1 - Prevalence of undernourishment
Indicator 2.1.2 - Prevalence of moderate or severe food insecurity in the population, based on the Food Insecurity Experience Scale (FIES)
Target 2.3 - By 2030, double the agricultural productivity and incomes of small-scale food producers, in particular women, indigenous peoples, family farmers, pastoralists and fishers, including through secure and equal access to land, other productive resources and inputs, knowledge, financial services, markets and opportunities for value addition and non-farm employment
Indicator 2.3.1 - Volume of production per labour unit by classes of farming/pastoral/forestry enterprise size
Indicator 2.3.2 - Average income of small-scale food producers, by sex and indigenous status
Target 2.4 - By 2030, ensure sustainable food production systems and implement resilient agricultural practices that increase productivity and production, that help maintain ecosystems, that strengthen capacity for adaptation to climate change, extreme weather, drought, flooding and other disasters and that progressively improve land and soil quality
Indicator 2.4.1 - Proportion of agricultural area under productive and sustainable agriculture
Public works, employment guarantee schemes and direct job creation including community development programmes;
Pro-poor access to agricultural inputs, technology and knowledge;
Farmer registry;
Integrated programmes for economic inclusion
SDG 1 – No poverty
Target 1.3 – Implement nationally appropriate social protection systems and measures for all, including floors, and by 2030 achieve substantial coverage of the poor and the vulnerable
Indicator 1.3.1 – Proportion of population covered by social protection floors/systems, by sex, distinguishing children, unemployed persons, older persons, persons with disabilities, pregnant women, newborns, work-injury victims and the poor and the vulnerable
Target 1.4 – By 2030, ensure that all men and women, in particular the poor and the vulnerable, have equal rights to economic resources, as well as access to basic services, ownership and control over land and other forms of property, inheritance, natural resources, appropriate new technology and financial services, including microfinance
Indicator 1.4.1 – Proportion of population living in households with access to basic services
Indicator 1.4.2 – Proportion of total adult population with secure tenure rights to land, (a) with legally recognized documentation, and (b) who perceive their rights to land as secure, by sex and by type of tenure
Target 1.5 – By 2030, build the resilience of the poor and those in vulnerable situations and reduce their exposure and vulnerability to climate-related extreme events and other economic, social and environmental shocks and disasters
Indicator 1.5.1 – Number of deaths, missing persons and directly affected persons attributed to disasters per 100,000 population
Indicator 1.5.2 – Direct economic loss attributed to disasters in relation to global gross domestic product (GDP)
Indicator 1.5.3 – Number of countries that adopt and implement national disaster risk reduction strategies in line with the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030
Indicator 1.5.4 – Proportion of local governments that adopt and implement local disaster risk reduction strategies in line with national disaster risk reduction strategies
SDG 2 – Zero hunger
Target 2.1 – By 2030, end hunger and ensure access by all people, in particular the poor and people in vulnerable situations, including infants, to safe, nutritious and sufficient food all year round
Indicator 2.1.1 – Prevalence of undernourishment
Indicator 2.1.2 – Prevalence of moderate or severe food insecurity in the population, based on the Food Insecurity Experience Scale (FIES)
Target 2.3 – By 2030, double the agricultural productivity and incomes of small-scale food producers, in particular women, indigenous peoples, family farmers, pastoralists and fishers, including through secure and equal access to land, other productive resources and inputs, knowledge, financial services, markets and opportunities for value addition and non-farm employment
Indicator 2.3.1 – Volume of production per labour unit by classes of farming/pastoral/forestry enterprise size
Indicator 2.3.2 – Average income of small-scale food producers, by sex and indigenous status
Target 2.4 – By 2030, ensure sustainable food production systems and implement resilient agricultural practices that increase productivity and production, that help maintain ecosystems, that strengthen capacity for adaptation to climate change, extreme weather, drought, flooding and other disasters and that progressively improve land and soil quality
Indicator 2.4.1 – Proportion of agricultural area under productive and sustainable agriculture
Sembrando Vida is a program of the Government of Mexico operated by the Ministry of Welfare that seeks to contribute to the social welfare of planters and planters through the promotion of food self-sufficiency, with actions that favor the reconstruction of the social fabric and the recovery of the environment, through the implementation of plots of land with agroforestry production systems.
The objective of the Program is to contribute to the welfare of the subjects of law who are in municipalities with social underdevelopment, through a monthly economic support of $6,250 pesos ($312 dollars approx.) for the production of 2.5 hectares planted with Agroforestry Systems (SAF) and Milpa Intercalada among fruit trees, in order to cover their basic food needs. For this it provides economic support that promotes the well-being of SD, in-kind support for agroforestry production, and social and technical support for the implementation of the Program.
Sembrando Vida is targeted towards farmers of legal age who live in rural localities, whose municipalities are socially underdevelopment and who are owners or holders of 2.5 hectares available to be worked in an agricultural forestry project. The Program also includes in-kind support for agricultural forestry production.
Review the concurrence with other programs and/or federal funds, in order to manage infrastructure projects, such as rain catchers, in the areas with the greatest drought.
Given the progress of the Program in the territories that started activities in 2019 and 2020, it is relevant to include and strengthen in the strategic and territorial planning aspects related to the opening of commercialization channels and the search for external markets, through the work carried out by the social technicians, which will require institutional support to provide training in this area.
The Program has promoted the practice of saving, which has been used to acquire inputs to improve the production of their plots and, in some cases, to finance other productive systems or small commercial enterprises. However, not all beneficiaries have the economic capacity to save. This depends on the weight that the regular economic support represents in the total income structure of their household and on the proportion of expenditure destined to meet their basic needs.
It was identified that those women without support networks have greater difficulty in remaining as beneficiaries of the program, due to the number of activities and functions they must perform, both in the Peasant Learning Communities and in their productive unit and at home.
Training (vocational, life skills, cash for training, entrepreneurship); Public works, employment guarantee schemes and direct job creation including community development programmes; Pro-poor access to agricultural inputs, technology and knowledge; Farmer registry; Integrated programmes for economic inclusion
National:
- Secretaría de Bienestar (Ministry of Well-being)
- Comisión Nacional Forestal (CONAFOR)
- Comisión Nacional de Áreas Naturales Protegidas (CONANP)
International:
Federal/multisectorial.
Responsible agency: Secretaría de Bienestar/Subsecretaria de Inclusion Productiva y Desarrollo Rural (Welfare Secretariat/Undersecretariat of Productive Inclusion and Rural Development)
Executing agency(ies): Secretaría de Bienestar/Subsecretaria de Inclusión Productiva y Desarrollo Rural (Welfare Secretariat/Subsecretariat for Productive Inclusion and Rural Development).
Finance: Federal Government
Sembrando Vida does not have national coverage, but for the 2022 financial year it will have a presence in 21 federal entities organized in 29 territories and eight regions.In 2024, the program will have coverage in the states of Mexico to reach the goal of 1,139,372.5 million hectares.
433,890 planters receive the Sembrado Vida program with a social investment of 29,831 million pesos (1,476,960.58 US dollars aproximately) in year 2024.
The Program has registered budget increases since its implementation. From 15,000 million pesos (742,663.96 US aprox.) in 2019, the investment increased to 28,504 million pesos (1,410,933.75 US aprox.) in 2020 and 28,930 million pesos (1,431,774.91 US aprox.) in 2021, while for 2022 the approved amount rises to 29,903 millionpesos (1,479,839.66 US aprox), placing it as one of the nine priority programs with the largest budget after Pension for the Welfare of Older Adults.
When the program started, seeders and planters were given 5,000 pesos (247.44 US aprox) per month, so the increase between 2019 and 2024 is an additional 1,250 pesos (61.86 US aprox.), that is, 25% more, for farmers in 24 states of the country.
The link provided should display information segregated by region, entity and municipality of the beneficiaries. The page is currently undergoing structural changes due to the new political administration and data updating.
https://pub.bienestar.gob.mx/v2/pub/programasIntegrales/16/6097