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| Yunez-Naude, Antonio; Juarez-Torres, Miriam; Barceinas-Paredes, Fernando. |
| Using a stochastic production frontier model and data for 2002 from a representative sample of Mexican rural households, in this paper we first study empirically whether or not small and medium farmers produce corn efficiently. The results show that corn production is inefficient, nation-wide and for both commercial and subsistence farmers. Our findings also show that this is even more so for subsistence producers and for the Center and the South-southeast regions of rural Mexico. In addition, we find that subsistence farmers use less prod uctive inputs (seeds and agrochemicals) with respect to commercial farmers. Based on these results, we then apply a regression model to inquire about the factors explaining inefficiency. We get that farmers facing... |
| Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation |
Palavras-chave: Crop Production/Industries; Productivity Analysis. |
| Ano: 2006 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/25754 |
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| Yunez-Naude, Antonio; Leal, George Dyer; Taylor, J. Edward. |
| This paper measures linkages between farm and non-farm activities in rural Mexico using a multiplier model based on social accounting matrices (SAMs) from survey data for five villages at differing income levels and in different agro-ecological and market zones. We extend this analysis to a "mini-region" that includes three villages and their larger administrative center. By applying a constrained SAM multiplier model, the paper examines how economic shocks in rural areas affect non-farm incomes in rural villages, in neighboring rural towns and in larger regional cities. Two exogenous shocks on non-farm activity are examined: pure income transfers; and increased agricultural productivity. Experiments assume a perfectly inelastic supply of agricultural... |
| Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation |
Palavras-chave: Rural and Regional Economics; Development Economics; Community/Rural/Urban Development. |
| Ano: 2006 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/25425 |
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| Taylor, J. Edward; Yunez-Naude, Antonio; Paredes, Fernando Barceinas; Dyer, George A.. |
| This paper has three main objectives. The first is to review major changes in Mexico's agricultural policies in the context of trade liberalization. The second is to explore econometrically the impact of these policy changes on key variables of interest, including prices, trade, production and rural out-migration. The third is to illustrate the use of disaggregated policy modeling techniques to explore the sometimes paradoxical impacts of recent policy changes on Mexico's rural economies. After reviewing trends in the evolution of the rural economy of Mexico, including employment, land property rights and poverty, we suggest hypotheses to explain why some of the expected effects of NAFTA and agricultural reforms have not occurred. The paper ends with... |
| Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation |
Palavras-chave: Industrial Organization. |
| Ano: 2004 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/16731 |
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