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The institutions that support the agricultural sector were reorganized during the review period. During the last six years, SAGARPA's programme of action has been restructured and reduced to six main strategies: Support for Investment in Equipment and Infrastructure; Support for Agricultural Income; Risk Prevention and Management; Capacity Building, Technological Innovation and Rural Extension; Sustainability of Natural Resources ;

At 31 July 2012, the breakdown of actual expenditure between the various programmes was as follows: Support for Investment in Equipment and Infrastructure (10.5%); Support for Agricultural Income (28.8%); Risk Prevention and Management (25.6%); Capacity Building, Technological Innovation and Rural Extension (5.2%); Sustainability of Natural Resources(11.3%); and Development of Agricultural and Fishery Markets and Information (0.7%). 440

In conclusion, the report recommends that public policy be oriented towards promoting investment in infrastructure and innovation, both in the agricultural sector and in the economy in general, with the aim of achieving a greater level of consistency between the different areas of public policy, such as agricultural production, rural development, poverty reduction and environmental protection.

 Mexico continues to implement the Direct Support to Farmers Programme (PROCAMPO), instituted in 1994 and one of the most important means of providing domestic support for agriculture. PROCAMPO provides for direct payments per hectare to producers who plant any legal crop, on condition that the land continues to be used for agricultural production or for an environmental protection programme authorized by the Secretariat of the Environment and Natural Resources (SEMARNAT). 443

Producers with larger holdings and a more advantageous geographical location receive support amounting to 20, 30 or 45%, subject to maxima per project or per hectare. For example, for agricultural plastic recycling plants, there is a limit of Mex$3 million per project and Mex$200,000 for agricultural plastic collection centres

There are also ceilings per project for the main services, for example, Mex$100,000 for training in production, post-harvest activities and marketing and agricultural insurance, traceability, and information systems and Mex$1 million for the development of technologies for various crops and agro- ecological zones

The Genetic Resourcescomponent supports up to 100% of the cost of projects to assess the impact of genetically modifiedorganisms ( GMO s) on agricultural genetic resources , and up to 50% in cases involving the evaluation, validation, improvement, handling, reproduction and sustainable use of genetic resources of biological or commercial importance, with a limit of Mex$5 million.

Support is linked to productivity, namely, Mex$160 per quintal, up to 10 quintals per hectare and up to 20 hectares per producer, for conventional coffee, and Mex$410/hectare for producers with recorded marketing in one of the two previous cycles and the current cycle, up to 20 hectares per producer, for sustainable coffee.

The Natural Resources Sustainability programme is intended to contribute to the conservation , use and sustainable management of the natural resources utilized in primary production through the granting of support and services that make it possible to develop integrated systems, works, measures and sustainable practices which help to introduce a new production structure, including crops for the production of bio -energy inputs, sustainable energy supplies, and the use of alternative energy sources, as well as the conservation and sustainable use of the soil; , water and vegetation of the production units.

In the area of bio - energy and alternative sources, it seeks to promote the production of biofuels , biofertilizers andorganic manures and the use of renewable energy . The support is for up to 30% of the cost of the technological package , with a limit of Mex$750,000 per final beneficiary and up to a maximum of between Mex$3 million and Mex$5 million per project. Within this programme, guarantee support is also offered under the scheme "FONAGA Green " for bio - energy and/or renewable energy projects.