**EXHIBIT 31.1**

 

**Certification**

 

I, Jose Manuel Garica, certify that:

 

1.                                       I have reviewed thisquarterly report on Form 10-Q of Bionova Holding Corporation;

 

2.                                       Based on myknowledge, this quarterly report does not contain any untrue statement of amaterial fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statementsmade, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, notmisleading with respect to the period covered by this quarterly report;

 

3.                                       Based on myknowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information includedin this quarterly report, fairly present in all material respects the financialcondition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, andfor, the periods presented in this quarterly report;

 

4.                                       Theregistrant’s other certifying officers and I are responsible for establishingand maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange ActRules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) for the registrant and we have:

 

a.                                       designed suchdisclosure controls, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to bedesigned under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating tothe registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us byothers within those entities, particularly during the period in which thisquarterly report is being prepared;

 

b.                                      evaluated theeffectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures andpresented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of thedisclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by thisreport based on such evaluation; and

 

c.                                       disclosed inthis report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financialreporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (theregistrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that hasmaterially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, theregistrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and

 

5.                                       The registrant’sother certifying officers and I have disclosed, based on our most recentevaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’sauditors and the audit committee of registrant’s board of directors (or personsperforming the equivalent function):

 

a.                                       all significantdeficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internalcontrol over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to  adversely affect the registrant’s ability torecord, process, summarize and report financial information; and

 

b.                                      any fraud,whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have asignificant role in the registrant’s internal controls; and

 
| Date: September 11, 2003 |                     |
|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|                     |                     |
|                     | /s/  JOSE MANUEL GARCIA  |   |
|                     | Jose  Manuel Garcia      |   |
|                     | Chief  Executive Officer |   |

 

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