Returning Young Mexican Farmers to the Land

Returning Young Mexican Farmers to the Land

This note recounts that by the early 2000s, the Government of Mexico and the Secretariat of Agrarian Reform, in particular, had come to see investment in "the more dynamic young segment of the population endowed with more human capital" a...

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Main Authors:	de Dinechin, Frederic, Larson, Gunnar
Format:	Brief
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:	ACCESS TO ASSETS ACCESS TO CREDIT ACCESS TO LAND AGRARIAN REFORM AGRICULTURE BENEFICIARIES BENEFICIARY BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES CAPACITY BUILDING COMMON LANDS CREDIT MARKETS CREDITS ELDERLY PEOPLE ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY FARMERS FARMS FINANCIAL ANALYSIS FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT FINANCIAL SERVICES FINANCIAL SUSTAINABILITY FISH HUMAN CAPITAL INCOME INSURANCE LAND ADMINISTRATION LAND REFORM LAND RIGHTS LAND TENURE LEGAL ADVICE LEVEL OF EDUCATION LIVELIHOODS LOAN OLD AGE PARTNERSHIP POOR PRACTICAL KNOWLEDGE PRIVATE SECTOR PROBABILITY PRODUCTIVITY PROPERTY RIGHTS PROPERTY RIGHTS REGIME RETIREMENT RETIREMENTS RURAL RURAL AREAS RURAL DEVELOPMENT RURAL DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY RURAL ECONOMY RURAL ENTREPRENEURS RURAL INCOMES RURAL PEOPLE RURAL POPULATION RURAL POVERTY SALES SENIOR SOCIAL WELFARE TARGETING TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TENURE TRAINING PROGRAMS TRANSACTION
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2007/06/7998258/returning-young-mexican-farmers-land http://hdl.handle.net/10986/9565

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Summary:	This note recounts that by the early 2000s, the Government of Mexico and the Secretariat of Agrarian Reform, in particular, had come to see investment in "the more dynamic young segment of the population endowed with more human capital" as the key to revitalizing the moribund rural economy of the country's social sector. Approaching this objective programmatically would entail establishing a land fund from which to lend to young farmers, and creating effective incentives for older landholders to transfer their land. Careful analysis would be required, including examination of social welfare schemes, to assure that senior landholders who transfer their land to younger counterparts could do so without relinquishing their security. By 2006, the program had been deemed a success and had become an example for all of Mexico.