Farmers in Mexico desperate for rain are asking their government to use cloud-seeding technology to help them. But scientists warn that there is scant evidence that this method works
She doesn’t suggest using cloud seeding to end a drought, however. “You have to have clouds and storms to seed to begin with,” she says.
The cloud-seeding programme cost approximately 15 million pesos in 2021, according to estimates by Conaza.’s queries about it asking the committee to withdraw its recommendation.Even if cloud seeding is proved to be successful, having more rain won’t solve the country’s water problems, says Abelardo Rodriguez, a water-economics consultant based in Querétaro, Mexico. Water management is also an issue.
En marzo, la Comisión Nacional de Zonas Áridas , una rama de la Secretaría de Agricultura del país, anunció que comenzaría a implementar un programa de estimulación de lluvias en los estados de Tamaulipas y Baja California, al noreste y noroeste del país, respectivamente. México comenzó a conducir experimentos de modificación del estado del tiempo en los años cuarenta, dice García, pero la investigación ha sido escasa a lo largo de las décadas. Desde que Trueba se involucró, Conaza ha realizado al menos cinco programas de siembra de nubes, cada uno de los cuales ha enviado múltiples veces un avión para que disperse partículas dentro de las nubes.
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