Agrifood Vulnerability and Neoliberal Economic Policies in Mexico

Humberto González and Alejandro Macías
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Humberto González: Centro de Investigaciones y Estudios Superiores, Unidad Occidente, hgc@ciesas.edu.mx
Alejandro Macías: Universidad de Guadalajara, Centro Universitario del Sur, alejandrom@cusur.udg.mx

Journal, 2017, vol. 7, issue 1, 72-106

Abstract: This article studies the impact of neoliberal policies that have been implemented by the Government of Mexico from the 1980s on the food-base of the country. These policies have made the living conditions of large sections of the population precarious, making it harder for them to gain access to a diet that is sufficient, healthy, nutritious, and culturally acceptable. The article uses the concept of agrifood vulnerability to determine the social and environmental risks to which individuals, groups, sectors, and nations are exposed. This helps define the extent to which neoliberal policies provide, or do not provide, capacities and skills for individuals, groups, and nations to resist and recover from natural, economic, and social threats. These threats can put sustainable production and the access to food by present and future generations to risk. The concept of agrifood vulnerability can thus be used also to analyse the discriminatory food policy that prevails on a national and global scale.

Keywords: Mexico; neoliberal policies; vulnerability; food and agricultural policy; food security; food regimen; agrifood vulnerability. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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