Subsidios gubernamentales para riesgos de precios: el caso de los productores de maíz amarillo en México

The fluctuations of the international prices of grains constitute a risk that negatively affects as much producers as to buyers of those goods. In order to protect these agents of this risk, the Mexican government implemented a program of subsidies that has become one of the three most important of...

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Autor: Echánove Huacuja, Flavia
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2015
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Murcia
Repositorio:DIGITUM. Depósito Digital Institucional de la Universidad de Murcia
OAI Identifier:oai:digitum.um.es:10201/47630
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10201/47630
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Agricultural policy
Price risks
Grain producers
Maize
Mexico
Política agrícola
Riesgos de precios
Productores de granos
Maíz
México
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Sumario:The fluctuations of the international prices of grains constitute a risk that negatively affects as much producers as to buyers of those goods. In order to protect these agents of this risk, the Mexican government implemented a program of subsidies that has become one of the three most important of the present agricultural policy of Mexico. Here we analyzed the characteristics and vulnerabilities of this program, as well as its effects in producers and companies, particularly in the case of the maize. One concludes that the weakness of the program obeys to its dependency of unstable variables and that is regressive since it mainly supports agribusiness and large producers. The necessity to reorient those resources towards more high-priority and inclusive programs is also analysed.