Abstract

ROLDAN CRUZ, Edgar Iván. Agrarian distribution. Restructuring space and food production in Hidalgo (Mexico), 1917-1940. Revista Col. San Luis [online]. 2018, vol.8, n.16, pp.229-263.  Epub Aug 14, 2020. ISSN 2007-8846.  https://doi.org/10.21696/rcsl9162018785.

The objective of this study is to identify the reconfiguration of Hidalgo’s agricultural space and its link to food production between 1917 and 1940. For this, we considered the absolute surplus value, the law of decreasing soil fertility and, the theory of differential rent in order to establish how they help explain the sections of the text. As a result, the specificity of the agricultural space was identified, characterized by the select ejido property, linked in a quasi-productive way to the old agricultural conditions. In another sense, the limitations of the statistical and geographical sources are mentioned, which were corrected indirectly; hence, this effort constitutes an approximation to the matter of study. The value of the work is that it helps stimulate the debate regarding the current problem of food insecurity in Hidalgo (Mexico): supply and production. Lastly, it is concluded that, during the period of analysis, the difference in the space and the limited food self-sufficiency were inevitable and specific.

Keywords : Agrarian distribution; agricultural space; ejido property and food production.