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Felipa García Reyes planta maíz y frijol con su familia en Huehuetepec, Guerrero, México. Muchas familias indígenas dependen de sus cultivos de maíz, frijol y calabaza para comida. el gobierno de México ha implementado programas de apoyo a las zonas rurales Sin embargo, mucho del maíz importado en México de los Estados Unidos es modificado, y muchas familias no lo usan por no ser maíz orgánico. El presidente de México, Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, se comprometió a eliminar el maíz genéticamente modificado para 2024 durante su discurso inaugural en 2018. Una campaña nacional lanzada para pequeños agricultores y comunidades indígenas y grupos de la sociedad civil en 2007 es trabajar para proteger a México Y las variedades nativas de maíz de la contaminación transgénica. Felipa Garcia Reyes plants maize and beans with her family in Huehuetepec, Guerrero, Mexico. Many Indigenous families depend on their crops of maize, beans and squash for food. The government of Mexico has implemented support programs for rural communities. However, much of the corn imported into Mexico from the US is modified, and many families do not use it as the maize is not natural and organic.People in Mexico first cultivated maize 10,000 years ago from the teosinte (Zea nicaraguensis) plant, and 64 different varieties now exist. The president of Mexico, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, pledged to phase out genetically modified (GM) corn by 2024 during his inaugural speech in 2018. A nationwide campaign launched by small farmers, Indigenous communities and civil society groups in 2007 is working to protect Mexico’s native heirloom corn varieties from GM contamination.