Food Policy in Mexico : : The Search for Self-Sufficiency / / James Austin; ed. by Gustavo Esteva.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Cornell University Press Archive Pre-2000
• VerfasserIn: Austin, James,
• MitwirkendeR: Andrade, Armando,; Angeles Moreno, Maria de los,; Austin, James E.,; Barkin, David,; Blanc, Nicole,; Esteva, Gustavo,; Fox, Jonathan,; Gibson, Bill,; Guillermo Sequeira, Carlos,; Hewitt de Alcantara, Cynthia,; Jusidman de Bialotovsky, Clara,; Lustig, Nora,; Madrid Hurtado, Miguel de la,; Medellin E., Rodrigo A.,; Montanari, Mario,; Pessah, Raul,; Schatan W., Jacobo,; Taylor, Lance,; Timmer, C. Peter,; Viniegra Gonzalez, Gustavo,
• HerausgeberIn: Esteva, Gustavo,
• Place / Publishing House: Ithaca, NY : : Cornell University Press, , [2019]; ©1987
• Year of Publication: 2019
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (400 p.)

Food self-sufficiency is high among the priorities of most Third World countries, yet there are relatively few detailed studies dealing with their attempts to reach this goal. A team of twenty experts—academics, policymakers, advisers, and managers—here address key issues underlying self-sufficiency...

Table of Contents

• Frontmatter
• Contents
• Preface
• PART I: INTRODUCTION
• 1. The Path of Exploration
• PART II: STRATEGY
• 2. Food Needs and Capacities: Four Centuries of Conflict
• 3. The Conception of SAM
• PART III: IMPLEMENTATION
• 4. State-Owned Enterprises: Food Policy Implementers
• 5. Channeling Credit to the Countryside
• 6. SAM and Seeds
• 7. Generating and Disseminating Technology
• 8. The Peasant Initiative
• 9. Feeding Mexico City
• 10. SAM and the Mexican Private Sector
• PART IV: IMPACT
• 11. SAM's Cost and Impact on Production
• 12. SAM's Influence on Food Consumption and Nutrition
• 13. SAM, Energy, and Structural Change in the Agricultural Sector
• 14. SAM's Impact on Income Distribution
• PART V: THE FUTURE
• 15. SAM's Successor: PRONAL
• 16. Final Reflections
• Glossary
• Index