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CADET-DIAZ, Sheila  e  GUERRERO-ESCOBAR, Santiago. Factors that Determine the Maize Production Yields in Mexico: Evidence from the 2007 Agriculture and Livestock Census. agric. soc. desarro [online]. 2018, vol.15, n.3, pp.311-337. ISSN 1870-5472.

This article presents a description of the evolution of the maize production yields in Mexico. It is compared with the evolution of yields in other producer countries and the main factors that define the maize yields are derived, through an econometric analysis. This analysis is carried out with data from the 2007 Agriculture and Livestock census at the level of municipality of the economic units that reported producing maize and consists of a linear estimation with crossed-section data of the yields in economic units as function of technological, credit, socioeconomic, geographic and climate variables, controlling for dummies of productive cycle and state. The results point to the use of improved seeds, insecticides, access to credit and irrigation as the variables that have highest correlation with the yields in maize production in Mexico.

Palavras-chave : credit; maize yields; irrigation; improved seed.