Mexican commercial farmers have joined a government campaign to slash greenhouse gas emissions by 2012. The Mexican government plans to spend US$60.5 million over the next three years on helping agribusinesses become greener, officials in the federal Agriculture, Ranching, Rural Development, Fisheries and Food Secretariat (Sagarpa) announced in January. The strategy, which seeks to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions from agriculture by 1.6 million tons a year by 2012, won a World Bank award in the category of “sustainable development and agriculture” in December. The program is supported by a $50 million loan from the World Bank and a $10.5 million grant from the United Nations Fund for the Environment. It is part of President Felipe Calderón’s pledge to slash annual carbon emissions by 50... [Log in to read more]