International Agriculture AGED 4713

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International AgricultureAGED 4713

• International Panel Mexico
• Ivette Rubio
• Fall 2002

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Mexican History
1500s Spain

• Prehispanic culture
• from 2000 bc
• Tolteca
• Olmeca
• Maya
• Aztec
• Zapoteca
• Mixteca
• Totonaca

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Geographic data

• Area 1,972,550 sq. Km
• 32 States
• 1 Federal District

Every State divided in Municipios(counties)
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Population
98.5 million inhabitants

• 11th most populated country in the world
• Population density 50 people per sq.kilometer
• Range 15 to 5 587 p/sq km
• Population growth rate 1.6
• 74 Population living in urban areas
• 26 Population living in rural areas (24
  millions)

Source www.inegi.gob.mx
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Facts about Mexican population

• Official and business language Spanish
• Several Indigenous languages
• Nahuatl, Mayan, Zapotec, Mixtec, Otomie,
  Tarahumara, Yaqui
• Diverse Population
• 60, mestizo (Amerindian-Spanish)
• 30, Amerindian or predominantly Amerindian
• 10 full blood Mexican indigenous
• 9 white
• 1 other

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Economy

• Mexicos Gross Domestic Product (GDP) amounted to
  915 billion dollars in 2000

GDP per capita 9,100
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Grains harvested in 1999
Source www.sagarpa.gob.mx
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Facts about Mexican Agriculture

• 85 cropping on rainfed land 15 irrigated
• Rainfed land
• 30 good
• 53 fair
• 17 poor
• Tractors 1.8/100 Ag. Labor
• Combine 1/1000 Ag. Labor
• Annual Income/farmer 2000 Dollars

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Livestock Production, National consumption
(Import and domestic) and world rank 1999
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Meat Consumption
52 kg (114.5 lb) Per capita
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The Education System in Mexico
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Some data about Education in Mexico

• 1921 66 literacy
• 1995 91 Literacy
• 90 15 years old people finish elementary
  school
• 45 16 to 18 yr. people are in upper secondary
• 1.4 millions of teachers and professors
• 212 thousand education centers (all levels)

Source www.sep.gob.mx
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The structure of Mexican Education

• Preschool ( 3-5 years old)
• Elementary 6 levels (6-11 yrs)
• Lower Secondary 3 levels (12-14 yr.)
• Upper Secondary or High school 3 levels (15-17
  yr.)
• Technological Upper Secondary or Technical
  Professional 3 levels
• Universities, Technological Institutes, Teacher
  education Colleges 4 to 5 years (18- 24 years
  old)
• Graduate Studies Specialization, Master and
  Ph.D..

Source www.sep.gob.mx
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Enrollment in National Education System
28.5 millions of students
Source www.sep.gob.mx
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International Ag. Trade
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Agricultural Trade and NAFTA

• Mexico
• Third largest foreign importer from U.S
• After Japan and Canada
• Second largest foreign supplier of Ag. Products
  to U.S.
• After Canada
• Total US Ag. exports to Mexico
• 10 meat and meat products
• 17 seed
• 22 live animals
• 22 dairy products
• 43 sorghum

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Agricultural Trade and NAFTA

• Over a third of U.S Ag. Imports came from Mexico
• 20 of coffee
• 36 live animals
• 10 fruit juice
• 50 Melons
• U.S. Is the main market for Mexican Ag Exports
• 95 Horticultural products
• 75 Coffee
• 50 Live animals
• 98 Beer
• 56 Sugar
• 80 Tequila

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Agricultural Trade 2001
Source www.sagarpa.gob.mx
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