Liberalization and reform of the agricultural sector: Lessons from Mexico

• Published in: Economía Agraria y Recursos Naturales
• Main Author: Yúnez Naude, Antonio
• Other Authors: El artículo incluye resultados de investigaciones del PRECESAM, que han sido posible realizar gracias al apoyo financiero del CONACYT de México y de la Fundación William y Flora Hewlett.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: Spanish
• Published: Universitat Politècnica de València 2011
• Subjects: Efectos de los acuerdos de liberalización; México; Políticas públicas; Q17; Effects free trade agreements; Agriculture; Mexico; Public policies; Inglés; Mercado; Soberanía; North Atlantic
• Online Access: https://polipapers.upv.es/index.php/EARN/article/view/earn.2006.12.03; https://doi.org/10.7201/earn.2006.12.03

In this article I examine the North Atlantic Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) to investigate its impact on agriculture and the rural economy in Mexico and assess the policies the country has adopted to support the process. The first conclusion is that NAFTAhas confirmed some predictions (an increase in...