Manolo Jiménez launches Coahuila milk, egg and pantry programme

Coahuila Governor Manolo Jiménez Salinas led the official start of the state’s food-support programme, which provides milk, fresh eggs and packages of staple goods known locally as “despensones”. The initiative forms part of Coahuila’s social and community policy.

State authorities said the distribution will focus on low-income urban districts and rural ejido communities in the Comarca Lagunera and other parts of Coahuila. Supplies are to be delivered periodically through a system coordinated with municipalities and citizen representatives.

The programme includes pasteurised liquid milk and farm eggs. Its stated purpose is to support access to basic food products and reduce the pressure that higher prices for the basic food basket place on lower-income households. The initiative is also directed towards young children, breastfeeding women and older adults.

Milk and eggs provide protein, while dairy products contain calcium, phosphorus, zinc and vitamins. The programme’s organisers presented the food distribution as a way of maintaining access to fresh animal-based products among households facing pressure on their food budgets.

The scheme is being implemented in La Laguna, a major centre of dairy production and processing in Mexico, as well as in other regions of the state. Officials said the institutional supply of finished dairy products would be linked to the regional livestock value chain. The distribution process is expected to follow requirements covering food safety, packaging and preservation of microbiological quality from storage facilities to neighbourhood committees.

At the inauguration, state authorities said the milk, egg and pantry programme would operate transparently and in coordination with local governments and citizen liaisons. They also said its periodic, targeted logistics would direct food supplies to priority groups as part of the state’s effort to address limited access to food.