Subjects
Corn -- Mexico, Grain trade -- Mexico, Corn -- Prices -- Mexico -- Law and legislation, Free trade --Mexico
Abstract
My research will examine the origins of the current corn crisis in Mexico. The rise in corn prices are not the result of shortages in production, but the outcome of increased demand stemming from the production of biofuels. I hypothesize that in an age of trade deregulation and food riots, food security remains a possibility for Mexico. I propose that by examining international conditions, free trade policies and the civic response to the 2007 Mexican neoliberal1 tortilla crisis, we can understand not only the current corn crisis but also the larger crises of food entitlement currently afflicting the developing world. The goal of this study is to contribute to the evaluation of the impact of trade liberalization on corn production and Mexican food security.
Faculty Mentor: Leopoldo Rodriguez
DOI
10.15760/mcnair.2009.154
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Persistent Identifier
http://archives.pdx.edu/ds/psu/8827
Recommended Citation
Ogle, Jazmine
(2009)
"Corn, Free Trade and the Mexican Quest for Food Security,"
PSU McNair Scholars Online Journal:
Vol. 3:
Iss.
1, Article 19.
https://doi.org/10.15760/mcnair.2009.154