Resumo

AVENDANO RUIZ, Belem  e  SCHWENTESIUS RINDERMANN, Rita. Factores de competitividad en la producción y exportación de hortalizas: el caso del valle de Mexicali, B.C., México. Prob. Des [online]. 2005, vol.36, n.140, pp.165-192. ISSN 0301-7036.

The paper analyzes the principal changes which the producers themselves have set in motion in horticultural activities in the Mexicali valley, as a fundamental condition for their continued presence in the international market. This activity in the region emerged to complement U.S. production and, from the 1950s onwards, sought to consolidate its presence in that country's market via agricultural and selling contracts. At the same time, the producers control the production chain through vertical integration, allowing them to guarantee non-toxic production processes. This is not the case with the value-chain, in which they only achieve production, packaging and loading links, because selling remains almost entirely in U.S. hands.

Palavras-chave : competitiveness; international market; technological change; non-toxic foodstuffs.