Exhibit 12.1

Certification of Chief Executive Officer

Pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley
Act of 2002



I, Rodolfo Ramos Arvizu, certify that:



1. I have reviewed this annual report on Form 20-F
of Industrias Bachoco, S.A.B. de C.V. (the “Company”);



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



3. Based on my knowledge, the financial statements,
and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results
of operations and cash flows of the Company as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;



4. The Company’s other certifying officer
and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e)
and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for
the Company and have:



| | a. | designed such disclosure controls
                                         and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under
                                         our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the Company, including
                                         its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly
                                         during the period in which this report is being prepared;
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| | b. | designed such internal control
                                         over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to
                                         be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability
                                         of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes
                                         in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;
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| | c. | evaluated the effectiveness of
                                         the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our
                                         conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of
                                         the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and
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| | d. | disclosed in this report any change
                                         in the Company’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during
                                         the period covered by the annual report that has materially affected, or is reasonably
                                         likely to materially affect, the Company’s internal control over financial reporting;
                                         and
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5. The Company’s other certifying officer
and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the Company’s
auditors and the audit committee of the Company’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent function):



| | a. | all significant deficiencies and
                                         material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting
                                         which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the Company’s ability to record,
                                         process, summarize and report financial information; and
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| | b. | any fraud, whether or not material,
                                         that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the Company’s
                                         internal control over financial reporting.
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Date: April 28, 2017

| | By: | /s/Rodolfo Ramos Arvizu
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| |     | Rodolfo Ramos Arvizu   
| |     | Chief Executive Officer