TY - BOOK AU - Austin,James AU - Andrade,Armando AU - Angeles Moreno,Maria de los AU - Austin,James E. AU - Barkin,David AU - Blanc,Nicole AU - Esteva,Gustavo AU - Fox,Jonathan AU - Gibson,Bill AU - Guillermo Sequeira,Carlos AU - Hewitt de Alcantara,Cynthia AU - Jusidman de Bialotovsky,Clara AU - Lustig,Nora AU - Madrid Hurtado,Miguel de la AU - Medellin E.,Rodrigo A. AU - Montanari,Mario AU - Pessah,Raul AU - Schatan W.,Jacobo AU - Taylor,Lance AU - Timmer,C.Peter AU - Viniegra Gonzalez,Gustavo TI - Food Policy in Mexico: The Search for Self-Sufficiency SN - 9781501745423 AV - HD9014.M62 F66 1987 U1 - 338.1/9/72 19 PY - 2019///] CY - Ithaca, NY : PB - Cornell University Press, KW - Agriculture and state KW - Mexico KW - Food supply KW - Government policy KW - Agriculture KW - Political Science & Political History KW - POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Agriculture & Food Policy (see also SOCIAL SCIENCE / Agriculture & Food) KW - bisacsh N1 - 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; restricted access N2 - 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 strategies through an examination of the Sistema Alimentario Mexicano (SAM, Mexican Food System), a program designed to coordinate food production with distribution and consumption UR - https://doi.org/10.7591/9781501745423 UR - https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9781501745423 UR - https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9781501745423/original ER -