Beans were selected for the present study because they are one of the most important foods (along with corn) in the diet of the Mexican people and three northern states of the Mexican Republic were chosen; Chihuahua, Durango and Zacatecas because they were where the largest area with medium ang high Productive Potential (PP) for such an important crop was detected. The five Rural Development Districts (DDR) of interest for bean cultivation in the north of the country were: Madera and Cuauhtemoc in Chihuahua, Villa Ocampo and Guadalupe Victoria in Durand and Rio Grande in Zacatecas. Two types of productive potential were considered: medium and high. According to the 2020 Population and Housing Census, the population of Mexico was 126 014 024 inhabitants, which requires covering their basic food needs. The methodology for determining the productive potential was based on the detection of three categories and nine variables: climate (maximum, average and minimum temperatures, and rainfall); soil (depth, texture and edaphology) and topography (altitude and slope). They were identified with medium an high productive potential, the amount of 36 251 927.8 hectares susceptible to be planted with this grain, the main DDR with high productive potential were Cuauhtemoc with 98.31%, Guadalupe Victoria with 0.90% and Rio Grande with 0.79%. On the other hand, the detection of these agricultural areas can be included within the government programs to support bean producers and thus increase their income levels to contribute to greater well-being and improve their living conditions. The institutional mandate of INIFAP is to generate agricultural and forestry technology to increase productivity through the technique of productive potential. The objective of the work was to determine the productive potential for the food sovereignty of this product from the basic basket of the neediest consumers in the country.