Food Policy in Mexico : : The Search for Self-Sufficiency / / James Austin; ed. by Gustavo Esteva.
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...
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Place / Publishing House: | Ithaca, NY : : Cornell University Press, , [2019] ©1987 |
Year of Publication: | 2019 |
Language: | English |
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (400 p.) |
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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