El impacto de la iniciativa de inocuidad alimentaria de Estados Unidos en las exportaciones de hortalizas frescas del noroeste de México

Ruiz, Belém Dolores Avendaño; Rindermann, Rita Schwentesius; Morones, Sonia Lugo

doi:10.22198/rys.2006.36.a583

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“…Costs to become certified can be prohibitive to a small entrepreneur, producer, or middleman [62]. Avendaño and Varela [30] and Avendaño et al [63] found that the certification process increased the total costs by 2 to 10% for big exporters of fresh vegetable in Northwestern Mexico. These authors estimated that producers faced a total of $15,000 USD in production costs during the six to 12 months needed to undergo the full certification process.…”

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Beyond Food Security: Challenges in Food Safety Policies and Governance along a Heterogeneous Agri-Food Chain and Its Effects on Health Measures and Sustainable Development in Mexico

Moreno

Oglesby

2018

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This work describes the relevance of food policies and governance to reach food safety issues along a heterogeneous food chain, in the context of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) food security definition. Using personal interviews with agents in the food chain, and secondary data from 2014–2018, this exploratory research demonstrated that: (a) Mexican food policies regarding food safety are oriented to the exports markets and/or high income producers-consumers; (b) this has split the agri-food chain in two: one serving international and/or high income consumers, and another serving domestic markets; (c) the agri-food chain that serves domestic markets experiences regulatory budget shortfalls, lacks coordination in food regulations across its agents, and brings about alternate informal markets that put peoples’ health and financial stability at risk, especially those lower-income consumers. Only 0.7% of producers, 12.5% of supermarkets and 42.8% of restaurants have some type of food safety certifications. This is worsened by the way public resources have been distributed, focused, prioritized, and planned. If the differences between big, medium and small producers continue to increase, it will increase regional and individual inequality, leading to two different countries: one developed and one developing, challenging its sustainable development.

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Section: Economic Barriers For Certification Experienced By Producersmentioning

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Beyond Food Security: Challenges in Food Safety Policies and Governance along a Heterogeneous Agri-Food Chain and Its Effects on Health Measures and Sustainable Development in Mexico

Moreno

Oglesby

2018

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“…Costs to become certificate can be prohibitive to a small entrepreneur, producer, or middleman [48,49]. Avendaño and Varela [14]; Avendaño et al [50] found that the certification process increased the total costs by 2 to 10% for big fresh vegetable exporters in Northwestern Mexico. These authors estimated that producers faced a total of $15,000 USD in production costs during the six to twelve months needed to undergo the full certification process.…”

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Beyond Food Security: Challenges in Food Safety Policies Based on International Certifications along a Heterogeneous Food Chain. Its Effects in Mexican´s Health and Poverty

Moreno¹,

Js²,

Crandall³

2018

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Taking four of the United Nations Development Goals as reference, this overview describes the need to see from a systemic perspective, the food certifications programs along the food chain in Mexico as today food certifications are voluntary. Using secondary data, the main objectives were: a) there is a fall short in food safety policies and those federal agencies responsible for food safety, to guarantee safe food along the whole domestic food chain, especially in that for low income players; b) the amount of the Mexican Federal Budget Expenses devoted to safety food issues is really low, considering the health, well- being, and food security consequences; and c) due the structural heterogeneity of the Mexican food market, there is a lack of coordination in food regulations along all agents of the food supply chain, bringing to alternate informal markets that put at risk peoples´ health, increasing poverty and inequalities. According to this exercise, only 0.7- 8.7% of producers, 12.5% of supermarkets as well as 42.8% of restaurants would have some type of certifications. Public policies must attend this issue in order to improve food safety and security for the whole population, reducing inequalities, poverty and ensuring them a healthy live.

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“…Esta inserción debe garantizar no sólo un acceso más amplio a los mercados externos sino que, al mismo tiempo, logre consolidar su posición en los mercados internos (Rojas et al, 2000). Avendaño et al (2006) los requerimientos de inocuidad en los mercados internacionales se constituyen en barreras técnicas al comercio y disminuyen la competitividad de los exportadores al implicar mayores costos de producción.…”

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Estrategias, alianzas y portafolio de negocios para desarrollar la competitividad del cultivo del melón en la Comarca Lagunera, México

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Menchaca²,

Ramos

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Estrategias, alianzas y portafolio de negocios para desarrollar la competitividad del cultivo del melón en la Comarca Lagunera, México Strategies, alliances and business portfolio to develop melon competitiveness in the Comarca Lagunera, Mexico ResumenLa Región Lagunera destaca como la zona melonera más importante de México con una superficie anual de alrededor de 5,000 hectáreas y una producción de 134,000 toneladas. La producción de esta región se ve amenazada por las importaciones, plagas, enfermedades, problemas de comercialización, altos costos de producción, falta de financiamiento y mayores exigencias de calidad por parte de las cadenas comerciales de tiendas de autoservicio. El objetivo de este trabajo fue proponer una serie de estrategias, alianzas y portafolio de negocios para mejorar la competitividad de la cadena productiva de melón en la Comarca Lagunera para evitar que sea desplazada por regiones competidoras del país y del extranjero. MétodoEn este trabajo se utilizó la metodología conocida como "Focus Group" o grupos de enfoque. Se contó con 27 participantes de los cuales 18 fueron productores de melón de la Comarca Lagunera, cinco técnicos, dos funcionarios de la Secretaría del Desarrollo Rural del gobierno del estado de Coahuila y dos representantes de empresas proveedoras de agro insumos. Se trabajó durante dos días en varias dinámicas basadas en formatos previamente elaborados por los responsables del proyecto. La información obtenida se clasificó habiéndose obtenido como resultado las fuerzas competitivas, las estrategias, las alianzas y el portafolio de negocios. ResultadosSe identificaron seis estrategias para el desarrollo de la competitividad, su alcance, limitaciones y el tiempo que se estima para que se lleven a cabo. Las estrategias fueron: 1) capacitación técnica tendiente a obtener la certificación en inocuidad, 2) transferencia del paquete tecnológico, 3) gestión de recursos para financiar y asegurar la producción, 4) venta directa de melón a las cadenas comerciales de tiendas de autoservicio bajo el esquema de contrato, 5) establecer alianzas con instituciones académicas y de investigación y 6) establecimiento de alianzas con dependencias estatales y federales del Sector Agropecuario. En cuanto a las alianzas estas son específicas para cada estrategia destacando aquellas con dependencias federales y estatales; universidades y centros de investigación del sector agropecuario; instituciones de financiamiento y aseguramiento al campo y cadenas de tiendas de autoservicio. Finalmente, en el portafolio de negocios se propuso la creación de 1) una Gerencia comercializadora de melón, 2) una unión de crédito, 3) una agencia técnica de prestación de servicios profesionales y 4) una agencia comercializadora de equipos e insumos. ConclusiónLos resultados permitieron definir las principales estrategias, alianzas a realizar y el portafolio de negocios tendientes a desarrollar la productividad y competitividad del melón en la Comarca Lagunera. Su implementación dependerá de que los productores...

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El impacto de la iniciativa de inocuidad alimentaria de Estados Unidos en las exportaciones de hortalizas frescas del noroeste de México

Cited by 5 publications

References 9 publications

Beyond Food Security: Challenges in Food Safety Policies and Governance along a Heterogeneous Agri-Food Chain and Its Effects on Health Measures and Sustainable Development in Mexico

Beyond Food Security: Challenges in Food Safety Policies and Governance along a Heterogeneous Agri-Food Chain and Its Effects on Health Measures and Sustainable Development in Mexico

Beyond Food Security: Challenges in Food Safety Policies Based on International Certifications along a Heterogeneous Food Chain. Its Effects in Mexican´s Health and Poverty

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Beyond Food Security: Challenges in Food Safety Policies and Governance along a Heterogeneous Agri-Food Chain and Its Effects on Health Measures and Sustainable Development in Mexico

Beyond Food Security: Challenges in Food Safety Policies and Governance along a Heterogeneous Agri-Food Chain and Its Effects on Health Measures and Sustainable Development in Mexico

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