Uso de suelo del sector primario desde la perspectiva del consumo en México (2018). Un enfoque multisectorial de insumo-producto

Lilian Albornoz Mendoza, Alfonso Mercado García and David Mendoza Tinoco
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Lilian Albornoz Mendoza: Universidad Autónoma de Yucatán
Alfonso Mercado García: El Colegio de México
David Mendoza Tinoco: Universidad Autónoma de Coahuila

El Trimestre Económico, 2023, vol. 90 (3), issue 359, 703-730

Abstract: The objective of this paper is to quantify the land use from the primary activities in terms of consumption in Mexico. To do this, we assign data on the land use for agriculture, livestock, productive forestry, and aquaculture to the primary economic activities represented in the 2018 input-output table. Also, the input-output model of land use is complemented with statistical information from the import matrix and the social accounting matrix of 2018. The results indicate that the land footprint amounts to 61 745 416 hectares and 0.49 hectares per capita. This means that 73% of the land footprint is represented by land areas within our country and 27% by areas in other countries. The land demand derived from the consumption of the population in Mexico is greater than the land areas used in the production of primary activities. This study has two limitations: one referred to the assumptions of the input-output model and another, to the concept of land use. The originality and value of the article consist in analyzing the demand for land for food production in Mexico, which represents the greatest threat to the conservation of terrestrial ecosystems and the ecological services that emanate from it.

Keywords: Land footprint; single region model; land use; sustainable development; input-output; food production. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C67 Q01 Q24 Q57 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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DOI: 10.20430/ete.v90i359.1769

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