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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spelling	okr-10986-95652021-04-23T14:02:46Z Returning Young Mexican Farmers to the Land de Dinechin, Frederic Larson, Gunnar 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 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. 2012-08-13T08:58:30Z 2012-08-13T08:58:30Z 2007-06 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2007/06/7998258/returning-young-mexican-farmers-land http://hdl.handle.net/10986/9565 English Agricultural and Rural Development Notes; No. 23 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Brief Publications & Research Latin America & Caribbean Mexico
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topic	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
spellingShingle	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 de Dinechin, Frederic Larson, Gunnar Returning Young Mexican Farmers to the Land
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relation	Agricultural and Rural Development Notes; No. 23
description	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.
format	Publications & Research :: Brief
author	de Dinechin, Frederic Larson, Gunnar
author_facet	de Dinechin, Frederic Larson, Gunnar
author_sort	de Dinechin, Frederic
title	Returning Young Mexican Farmers to the Land
title_short	Returning Young Mexican Farmers to the Land
title_full	Returning Young Mexican Farmers to the Land
title_fullStr	Returning Young Mexican Farmers to the Land
title_full_unstemmed	Returning Young Mexican Farmers to the Land
title_sort	returning young mexican farmers to the land
publisher	World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate	2012
url	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2007/06/7998258/returning-young-mexican-farmers-land http://hdl.handle.net/10986/9565
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Returning Young Mexican Farmers to the Land

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