Supply determinants of grain maize in Mexico.

Authors

  • Eugenio Guzmán-Soria Instituto Tecnológico de Celaya
  • María Teresa de la Garza-Carranza Instituto Tecnológico de Celaya
  • José Alberto García-Salazar Colegio de Postgraduados de México
  • Juvencio Hernández-Mertínez Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México, Centro Universitario Temascaltepec
  • Samuel Rebollar-Rebollar Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México, Centro Universitario UAEM Temascaltepec

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15517/am.v23i2.6488

Keywords:

simultaneous equations, irrigation, temporary.

Abstract

The objective of this work was to determine and analyze the factors that affect maize grain supply in Mexico. An econometric model of simultaneous equations composed of two supply equations, three transmission prices and one identity; during the period from 1980 to 2010. Based on the results of the model, the supply of maize grain in Mexico responds inelastically to changes in the price of maize produced under irrigation and temporary, with elasticities own-price of 0,3025 and 0,2282, changes in input prices that more affect the total offer are pesticide prices, with a cross-price elasticity of -0,4108; changes in the competitive product that more impacted maize supply was sorghum, with a crossprice elasticity of -0,2898, if produced under irrigation and -0,1531 if produced in temporary. The price to the producer of maize grown under irrigation and temporary in Mexico is directly influenced by the wholesale price at a rate of 0,64 and 0,62% for each 1% change in it, while the cost of transport and the international price of maize influence the wholesale price at levels of 0,31 and 0,24% for every unit percentage change in them.

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Author Biographies

Eugenio Guzmán-Soria, Instituto Tecnológico de Celaya

Instituto Tecnológico de Celaya. Guanajuato, México

María Teresa de la Garza-Carranza, Instituto Tecnológico de Celaya

Instituto Tecnológico de Celaya. Guanajuato, México

José Alberto García-Salazar, Colegio de Postgraduados de México

Campus Montecillo. Colegio de Postgraduados. Texcoco. Montecillo, Estado de México.

Juvencio Hernández-Mertínez, Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México, Centro Universitario Temascaltepec

Centro Universitario Temascaltepec-Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México

Samuel Rebollar-Rebollar, Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México, Centro Universitario UAEM Temascaltepec

Campus Montecillo. Colegio de Postgraduados. Texcoco. Montecillo, Estado de México.

How to Cite

Guzmán-Soria, E., de la Garza-Carranza, M. T., García-Salazar, J. A., Hernández-Mertínez, J., & Rebollar-Rebollar, S. (2012). Supply determinants of grain maize in Mexico. Agronomía Mesoamericana, 23(2), 269–279. https://doi.org/10.15517/am.v23i2.6488