Reconstructing the Maize Market in Rural <scp>M</scp>exico

Appendini, Kirsten

doi:10.1111/joac.12013

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“…En tanto, los pequeños productores y los campesinos pobres quedaron excluidos (Saavedra y Rello, 2012;FAO-SAGARPA, 2014;Appendini, 2014;Vargas-Hernández, 2008). Este sesgo ha favorecido a Sinaloa y Sonora (Mapa 1) que son los principales estados agrícolas de México y los más modernos (De Ita, 2003;Nadal y Wise, 2004).…”

Section: Crisis Agraria Y Alimentaria En Méxicounclassified

“…En contrapartida, Oaxaca recibió el 0,00003 %, que junto con Guerrero y Chiapas, son los estados más pobres, riegan menos del 2 % de su superficie agrícola y en general producen con poca tecnología y escasos servicios. Tales condiciones han favorecido la formación de una élite de grandes productores (Yúnez et al, 2013;Appendini, 2014;Nadal y Wise, 2004;De Ita, 2003).…”

Section: Crisis Agraria Y Alimentaria En Méxicounclassified

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Implicaciones de la disminución de la capacidad productiva de granos básicos sobre la alimentación en comunidades rurales pobres de México

Peralta¹,

Cobos²,

Delgado³

2016

EARN

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Recibido en marzo de 2016. Aceptado en septiembre de 2016. RESUMEN:Los cambios estructurales derivados de las políticas aplicadas en el sector agrario mexicano han deteriorado la capacidad productiva de los pequeños productores e incrementado la pobreza rural. Mediante una encuesta realizada a 132 pequeños productores de Hidalgo, México y Morelos, se precisaron sus condiciones productivas, alimenticias y de ingresos, y a través de un modelo logit multinomial se analizó la suficiencia alimentaria. Los resultados indican que de no modificarse sus condiciones productivas, la probabilidad de mejorar su situación alimenticia es baja, redundando en la agudización de su pobreza. PALABRAS CLAVE:Alimentación, cambios estructurales, capacidad productiva, pobreza rural, sector agrario. Impact of decreasing staple food production capacity on food self-sufficiency in poor rural communities in MexicoABSTRACT: The structural changes ensuing from the policies implemented in the primary sector in Mexico have led to the deterioration of food production capacity in small producers, increasing rural poverty. We performed 132 interviews with small producers in Hidalgo, Mexico and Morelos to assess production conditions and income, and used a multinomial logistic regression model to assess food selfsufficiency. The results indicate that if the level of food production is not substantially changed, then the probability of improving food self-sufficiency is low; giving rise to the subsequent deepening of poverty.

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Implicaciones de la disminución de la capacidad productiva de granos básicos sobre la alimentación en comunidades rurales pobres de México

Peralta¹,

Cobos²,

Delgado³

2016

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“…The impact of neoliberal reforms on food commodity chains was profound; food governance shifted from parastatals and small retailers to large domestic corporations and foreign multinationals [63], large scale and capital-intensive production systems rapidly expanded [64], and dependency on global trade greatly increased. However, far from complete withdrawal of the state from food production, in the neoliberal regime the government remains a key player re-stating, negotiating, and legitimizing nationalistic goals around food production.…”

Section: Neoliberal Reform and Mexican Agriculturementioning

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Land Change Regimes and the Evolution of the Maize-Cattle Complex in Neoliberal Mexico

Galván-Miyoshi

Walker

Warf

2015

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Abstract. How globalization impacts native land cover has become an important issue in studies addressing environmental change, which draw explicit attention to processes of cause and effect operating over significant distances. The literature shows that globalization constitutes an important underlying driver of both deforestation and forest transition via demographic and economic phenomena such as migration and remittance flows. Yet, little is known about how global forces mold the spatial structure of agro-commodity production and how this impacts the balance of forces affecting land change at the meso-scale, within the boundaries of the nation-state. The research presented here fills this gap by examining production networks for Mexico, a large OECD country with complex land change dynamics that has recently experienced a dramatic opening to the world economy. Specifically, we consider how maize and beef commodity chains evolved over the past few decades into a highly interdependent maize-cattle complex, and suggest linkages to patterns of land change at the national scale. Using land cover maps for 1993, 2002, and 2012, at the national scale, governmental statistics and datasets, interviews with key informants, and field observations the article provides an analysis of the impact of OPEN ACCESSLand 2015, 4 755 neoliberal reforms on the changing geography of beef and maize production, and argues that this process underlies the evolution of Mexico's land change regime, both before and after the NAFTA reforms. As such, the article presents an account, and a case for further research on the topic of how teleconnections are constituted by spatially-extensive food production networks.

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“…Jalisco, Mexico, and Chiapas (where maize is produced under rainfed conditions) were the main spring-summer growing areas, responsible for 39% of nonirrigated maize production; by 2006 their production had dropped to 28%. Meanwhile, from 1989 to 2006, the state of Sinaloa in the northwest increased its output of irrigated maize (produced in the winter season) from 6.9% to 21.3% (Appendini, 2013). Although the contribution of irrigated maize to national production has increased over the last three decades , three-quarters of Mexico's maize is still produced during the spring-summer growing season, and 65% is grown on non-irrigated farmland (Juarez & Ford, 2010).…”

Section: Mexican Maizementioning

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Perceptions of climate trends among Mexican maize farmers

Rodríguez¹,

Eakin²,

Dewes³

2017

Clim. Res.

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Perceptions of climate variability and change reflect local concerns and the actual impacts of climate phenomena on people's lives. Perceptions are the bases of people's decisions to act, and they determine what adaptive measures will be taken. But perceptions of climate may not always be aligned with scientific observations because they are influenced by socio-economic and ecological variables. To find sustainability solutions to climate-change challenges, researchers and policy makers need to understand people's perceptions so that they can account for likely responses. Being able to anticipate responses will increase decision-makers' capacities to create policies that support effective adaptation strategies. I analyzed Mexican maize farmers' perceptions of drought variability as a proxy for their perceptions of climate variability and change. I identified the factors that contribute to the perception of changing drought frequency among farmers in the states of Chiapas, Mexico, and Sinaloa. I conducted Chi-square tests and Logit regression analyses using data from a survey of 1092 maize-producing households in the three states. Results showed that indigenous identity, receipt of credits or loans, and maize-type planted were the variables that most strongly influenced perceptions of drought frequency. The results suggest that climate-adaptation policy will need to consider the social and institutional contexts of farmers' decision-making, as well as the agronomic options for smallholders in each state.

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Reconstructing the Maize Market in Rural Mexico

Cited by 65 publications

References 8 publications

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Land Change Regimes and the Evolution of the Maize-Cattle Complex in Neoliberal Mexico

Perceptions of climate trends among Mexican maize farmers

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