Corn and Mexican Agriculture

What Went Wrong

Bibliographic Data

ID2765112
AuthorsAntonio Avalos (0000-0003-4111-7072, Department of Economics California State University Fresno, 5245 North Backer Ave., M/S PB20 Fresno CA 93740 USA), Eduardo Graillet (School of Engineering Agricultural Production Systems Universidad Veracruzana Carretera Federal Acayucan a Catemaco km. 5.5 Acayucan Veracruz México)
Year2013
Volume72
Issue1
Pages145-178
Publication date2013-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueAmerican Journal of Economics and Sociology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0002-9246 • E-ISSN: 1536-7150
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/j.1536-7150.2012.00873.x
OpenAlexW2121247570
LanguageEN
Citations received3
References cited16

The debt crisis of the 1980s caused the development strategy pursued by the Mexican government to be subject to a radical adjustment process that triggered deep repercussions for the agricultural sector and its farmers, particularly in the corn sector. In combination with the aggressive agricultural policies sustained by the U.S. government, the new approach meant that Mexican agriculture operated within an economic environment characterized by significant asymmetries and distortions, some internal and some imposed by major trading partners. This article summarizes and documents the most salient results of these policy events as well as their implications for the corn sector, and discusses some of the challenges to repair the agricultural sector in Mexico

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