Secretariat of Agriculture and Rural Development

The Secretariat of Agriculture and Rural Development (Spanish: Secretaría de Agricultura y Desarrollo Rural; SADER) is Mexico's agriculture ministry. The current secretary under President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO), starting December 1, 2018, is Víctor Villalobos.

Secretariat of Agriculture and Rural Development

Secretaría de Agricultura y Desarrollo Rural
Official seal and emblem
Agency overview
Formed	1842 as General Directorate of Industry
Preceding agency	Secretariat of Agriculture, Livestock, Rural Development, Fisheries and Food
Jurisdiction	Federal government of Mexico
Headquarters	Mexico City
Employees	800 (2006)
Annual budget	US$387 million (2019)
Agency executive	Victor Villalobos Arámbula, Secretary
Website	www.gob.mx/sader

History

The secretariat traces its roots to 1917, when it was established as the Secretaría de Agricultura y Fomento (Secretariat of Agriculture and Development). The name changed in 1946 to Secretaría de Agricultura y Ganadería (Secretariat of Agriculture and Ranching), in 1976 to Secretaría de Agricultura y Recursos Hidráulicos (Secretariat of Agriculture and Hydraulic Resources), and again in 1994 to Secretaría de Agricultura, Ganadería y Desarrollo Rural (Secretariat of Agriculture, Ranching and Rural Development).

In 2000, the name changed to the Secretariat of Agriculture, Livestock, Rural Development, Fisheries and Food (Spanish: Secretaría de Agricultura, Ganadería, Desarrollo Rural, Pesca y Alimentación, SAGARPA).

In December 2018, after the inauguration of Andrés Manuel López Obrador as president, SAGARPA became SADER.^[1]

Leadership

During the presidency of Enrique Peña Nieto, Enrique Martínez y Martínez served as the initial secretary. He left the post in 2015 to become Mexico's ambassador to Cuba and was replaced by José Eduardo Calzada Rovirosa, the former Governor of Querétaro. Baltazar Hinojosa Ochoa finished out the Peña Nieto sexenio as the head of SAGARPA.

Alberto Cárdenas Jiménez (2006–2009) and Francisco Javier Mayorga Castañeda (2009–2012) were the Agriculture Secretaries under Felipe Calderón. Mayorga Castañeda was also Agriculture Secretary during the administration of Vicente Fox.^[2]

Previous designations

Since its creation, the current Secretariat of Agriculture and Rural Development has had the following names:

• (1842–1917): General Directorate of Industry
• (1917–1946): Ministry of Agriculture and Development
• (1946–1976): Secretariat of Agriculture and Livestock (SAG).
• (1976–1994): Secretariat of Agriculture and Hydraulic Resources (SARH).
• (1994–2000): Secretariat of Agriculture, Livestock and Rural Development (SAGAR).
• (2000–2018): Secretariat of Agriculture, Livestock, Rural Development, Fisheries and Food (SAGARPA).

List of secretaries

Ministry of Agriculture and Development

• Government of Venustiano Carranza (1917–1920)
  • (1917–1920): Pastor Rouaix

• Government of Adolfo de la Huerta (1920)
  • (1920): Antonio I. Villarreal

• Government of Álvaro Obregón (1920–1924)
  • (1920–1924): Antonio I. Villarreal
  • (1924): Ramón P. de Negri

• Government of Plutarco Elías Calles (1924–1928)
  • (1924–1928): Luis L. León

• Government of Emilio Portes Gil (1928–1930)
  • (1928–1930): Marte R. Gómez

• Government of Pascual Ortiz Rubio (1930–1932)
  • (1930–1931): Manuel Pérez Treviño
  • (1931): Saturnino Cedillo
  • (1931–1932): Francisco S. Elías

• Government of Abelardo L. Rodríguez (1932–1934)
  • (1932–1934): Francisco S. Elías

• Government of Lázaro Cárdenas del Río (1934–1940)
  • (1934–1935): Tomás Garrido Canabal
  • (1935–1937): Saturnino Cedillo
  • (1937–1940): José E. Parrés

• Government of Manuel Ávila Camacho (1940–1946)
  • (1940–1946): Marte R. Gómez

Secretariat of Agriculture and Livestock

• Government of Miguel Alemán Valdés (1946–1952)
  • (1946–1952): Nazario S. Ortiz Garza

• Government of Adolfo Ruiz Cortines (1952–1958)
  • (1952–1958): Gilberto Flores Muñoz

• Government of Adolfo López Mateos (1958–1964)
  • (1958–1964): Julián Rodríguez Adame

• Government of Gustavo Díaz Ordaz (1964–1970)
  • (1964–1970): Juan Gil Preciado
  • (1970): Manuel Bernardo Aguirre

• Government of Luis Echeverría (1970–1976)
  • (1970–1974): Manuel Bernardo Aguirre
  • (1974–1976): Óscar Brauer Herrera

Secretariat of Agriculture and Hydraulic Resources

• Government of José López Portillo (1976–1982)
  • (1976–1982): Francisco Merino Rábago

• Government of Miguel de la Madrid (1982–1988)
  • (1982–1984): Horacio García Aguilar
  • (1984–1988): Eduardo Pesqueira Olea

• Government of Carlos Salinas de Gortari (1988–1994)
  • (1988–1990): Jorge de la Vega Domínguez
  • (1990–1994): Carlos Hank González

Secretariat of Agriculture, Livestock and Rural Development

• Government of Ernesto Zedillo (1994–2000)
  • (1994–1995): Arturo Warman Gryj
  • (1995–1998): Francisco Labastida Ochoa
  • (1998–2000): Romárico Arroyo Marroquín

Secretariat of Agriculture, Livestock, Rural Development, Fisheries and Food

• Government of Vicente Fox (2000–2006)
  • (2000–2005): Javier Usabiaga Arroyo
  • (2005–2006): Francisco Mayorga Castañeda

• Government of Felipe Calderón Hinojosa (2006–2012)
  • (2006–2009): Alberto Cárdenas Jiménez
  • (2009–2012): Francisco Mayorga Castañeda

• Government of Enrique Peña Nieto (2012–2018)
  • (2012–2015): Enrique Martínez and Martínez
  • (2015–2018): José Calzada Rovirosa
  • (2018): Baltazar Hinojosa Ochoa

Secretatiat of Agruculture and Rural Delevopment

• Government of Andres Manuel López Obrador (2018–present)
  • (2018–present): Victor Villalobos Arámbula

Programs

• Plant Health (Sanidad Vegetal) – Prevention, surveillance, control, and eradication of plant pests.^[3][4]