WHO ARE WE?
COME FRIJOL is a national autonomous entity composed of representatives from the various links in the production and commercial chain of dry beans and other legumes. The links include planning, research and development, producers, value-added processes, marketers, and consumers.
OBJECTIVES
- Define and implement strategies in national food policy planning to increase dry bean and legume productivity in Mexico.
- Promote per capita consumption of dry beans and other legumes.
- Improve the livelihoods of dry bean and legume producers in Mexico through the widespread use of genetically pure seeds, appropriate inputs, and technologies during the crop development process.
- Implement efficient harvesting practices to achieve food security and improve nutritional levels of Mexicans.
Work together with public and private institutions to enhance the well-being of legume producers and consumers.
Más de 620,000 unidades de producción, 6% del total nacional
De estas unidades, el 93% de ellas son cultivadas en modalidad temporal.
Mas de 78 millones de jornales
Generated by the bean industry.
16 millones de pesos al año
Average annual value of bean production
Comprehensive planning
SHORT TERM
Promover y participar en la definición de esquemas para que el productor siembre semillas mejoradas, ya aceptadas por el consumidor.
Integrar bases de datos unificados y confiables de todos los eslabones de la cadena productiva, del mercado nacional e internacional, para que los asociados tomen decisiones de negocio.
MEDIUM TERM
Realizar el estudio de mercado nacional y de exportación de frijol y otras leguminosas, con el resultado de este estudio.
Crear un proyecto innovador que adicione nuevos productos derivados del frijol y otras leguminosas para satisfacer las necesidades del consumidor, según su perfil. Crear y difundir una campaña profesional y permanente para incrementar constantemente el consumo de frijol y otras leguminosas, resaltando, entre otros valores, los beneficios que aporta a la salud.
Products and Services
Advocate on behalf of all links in the dry bean chain in Mexico with various government agencies to achieve results that benefit Mexican bean industry as a whole.
Establish and implement a contract farming system with commercial companies, generating the critical mass necessary to establish price conditions throughout the chain. This system will serve as the basis for creating a commodities exchange.
Represent the bean industry in legislative matters to contribute to clear laws and regulations that enhance bean productivity in the country.
Create and implement a certification system for processing plants.
Realizar anualmente un congreso internacional de frijol y otras leguminosas
Establish and implement a commercial standard that facilitates physical and electronic bean trade in the domestic and international markets.
Develop and provide industry-specific price publications by region, state, variety, etc., with the aim of facilitating future electronic transactions.
Increase productivity sustainably by using certified seeds, integrated technological packages with inputs that protect soil health and the environment, and provide technical support from planting to harvesting.
Become a member of COMEFRIJOL
Which will allow you to receive the Weekly Report that includes information on national prices in the field and Supply Centers, as well as international prices, and the most up-to-date vision of the Climate and Foreign Trade of the moment and its trend.