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<div id='article-page'><div id='article-content' data-media-url='//news-app-staging.s3.amazonaws.com' data-base-url='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/3971/3.10.20a.wav' data-capture-url='//staging.analytics.lingraphica.com/events/capture_news' data-article-title='Climate Change Hurts Corn Industry in Mexico' data-article-id='4513'><script src='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/javascripts/getscripts.js'></script><link rel='stylesheet' href='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/stylesheets/article.css' type='text/css' /><div class='article'><p><span data-start-time='0' data-end-time='15604'>Around 9,000 years ago, human beings began growing corn for the first time near Tehuacan, in what is now the central Mexican state of Puebla.</span> <span data-start-time='15604' data-end-time='25625'>In the years that followed, corn became an important part of the cultures that gave rise to modern Mexico.</span> <span data-start-time='25625' data-end-time='31750'>Now, climate change threatens corn production in the area.</span> <span data-start-time='31750' data-end-time='40542'>Sol Ortiz is director of the climate change group at Mexico&rsquo;s agriculture ministry.</span> <span data-start-time='40542' data-end-time='51104'>Ortiz says that 75 percent of Mexico&rsquo;s soil is already too dry for growing crops.</span> <span data-start-time='51104' data-end-time='60938'>In areas such as Tehuacan, temperatures may rise more than the average increase worldwide.</span> <span data-start-time='60938' data-end-time='67146'>We know there are areas where the increase is going to be greater.</span> <span data-start-time='67146' data-end-time='78292'>That will obviously affect rain patterns, and in turn, agriculture and food security, Ortiz said.</span> <span data-start-time='78292' data-end-time='95646'>In Tehuacan, the area under corncultivationdecreased 18 percent between 2015 and 2019, to about 40,000 hectares, the Reuters news agency reported.</span> <span data-start-time='95646' data-end-time='1043563'>Nationally, the area under corn cultivation declined 4 percent from 2015 to 2019.</span> </p></div><div class='control-buttons-sticky' style='display:none;'><div class='control-buttons'><button title='Back' class='back' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Play' class='play' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Pause' class='pause' style='display:none;'></button><button title='Forward' class='forward' disabled='disabled'></button><button class='finished-reading' style='display:none;'>Done</button></div></div></div><div id='article-media'><div id='media-image'><img src='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/3971/3.10.20a.jpg'/></div></div><div id='question-content' style='display:none;'><div class='vocabulary_question question-container' data-question-id=14537 data-hint-location='25625' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/3971/what_is_hurting_corn_production_in_mexico.wav'>What is hurting corn production in Mexico</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='climate change'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/3971/decreased_workforce.wav'><span>decreased workforce</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/3971/hourly_wages.wav'><span>hourly wages</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/3971/climate_change.wav'><span>climate change</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/3971/worldwide_competition.wav'><span>worldwide competition</span></div></div></div><div class='multiple_choice_question question-container' data-question-id=14538 data-hint-location='15604' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/3971/this_story_is_about_corn_production_in.wav'>This story is about corn production in</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='Mexico'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/3971/south_america.wav'><span>South America</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/3971/mexico.wav'><span>Mexico</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/3971/united_states.wav'><span>United States</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/3971/europe.wav'><span>Europe</span></div></div></div><div class='sentence_completion_question question-container' data-question-id=14539 data-hint-location='51104' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/3971/mexico_is_experience_a_rise_in__blank_.wav'>Mexico is experience a rise in <span class='blank'>temperature</span></div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='temperature'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/3971/immigration.wav'><span>immigration</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/3971/temperature.wav'><span>temperature</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/3971/depressed_wages.wav'><span>depressed wages</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/3971/tourists.wav'><span>tourists</span></div></div></div><div class='question-buttons'><button class='skip-button'></button><button class='hint-button'></button><button class='speak-button'></button></div></div></div>

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