COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE AND ECONOMIC POLICY EFFECTS ON ORANGE PRODUCTION
Because México is participating in an open economy it is important to assess productivity, profitability and efficiency levels of the agricultural production systems. Quantitative economic indicators of orange (Citrus sinensis L.) production were derived to evaluate its profitability and comparative advantage. The Policy Analysis Matrix (PAM) framework was used to carry out the analysis. The PAM was constructed using both private (actual market prices) and economic (efficiency prices) budgets. Reference is made to the present and potential technologies available in the four top orange production states (Nuevo León, Tabasco, Tamaulipas and Veracruz); which included rainfed and irrigated production systems (gravity and pump). At market prices all technologies were competitive, and areas irrigated by wells have the highest profitability. At economic efficiency prices, all production systems were profitable, that is, they have comparative advantage; rainfed technologies had the highest efficiency
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| Format: | Digital revista |
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Colegio de Postgraduados
1998
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| Online Access: | https://www.agrociencia-colpos.org/index.php/agrociencia/article/view/1543 |
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