Resumen

STEFFEN RIEDEMANN, María Cristina. The grain marketing subsidies and the Ejido members of Guanajuato: A way to retain their identity as grain croppers?. Polis [online]. 2010, vol.6, n.2, pp.189-221. ISSN 2594-0686.

This essay discusses the major grain marketing support programs driven by the Mexican Government in recent years, characterized by decreasing sphere of influence, its exclusive orientation to commercial farming regions, its concentration among a diminishing number of producers and its lack of continuity. The main objective is to study the effects of these programs among small ejido producers which produce corn, wheat and sorghum for the market. And, on the other hand, to think about the possibility that, due to the existence of these programs that are part of government policies recommended by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, the Ejido members may achieve greater competitiveness and could integrate more favorably to multilateral trade, which would encourage the preservation of their identity as grain croppers and their social reproduction. However, the study of these peasants who cultivate land with good productive potential, demonstrates the enormous limitations of the said programs to achieve these goals.

Palabras llave : grains; ejido members; OCDE; marketing.

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