Productivity and technological change in the sugarcane agribusiness in Mexico

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  • Ilich Miguel Santiago Zárate Postgrado de la División de Ciencias Económico Administrativas-UACH. Carretera México-Texcoco km 38.5, Chapingo, México. CP. 56230. Tel. 951 3979433
  • Miguel Ángel Martínez Damián Colegio de Posgraduados. Carretera México-Texcoco km 36.5, Texcoco, Estado de México. CP. 56230. Tel. 55 58045900.
  • Cristóbal Martín Cuevas Alvarado Consultor independiente. Calle Arboledas 28, Montecillo, Texcoco, Estado de México. CP. 56264. Tel. 55 61651251
  • Ramón Valdivia Alcala Postgrado de la División de Ciencias Económico Administrativas-UACH. Carretera México-Texcoco km 38.5, Chapingo, México. CP. 56230. Tel. 951 3979433
  • Mario Ivan García Hernández Postgrado de la División de Ciencias Económico Administrativas-UACH. Carretera México-Texcoco km 38.5, Chapingo, México. CP. 56230. Tel. 951 3979433
  • Jesdel Hernández Toscano Postgrado de la División de Ciencias Económico Administrativas-UACH. Carretera México-Texcoco km 38.5, Chapingo, México. CP. 56230. Tel. 951 3979433

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.29312/remexca.v12i6.2692

Keywords:

technical efficiency, efficient frontier, Malmquist index, total factor productivity

Abstract

The sugarcane agribusiness in Mexico is important due to its impact on employment and linkages in the economies of 267 municipalities of 15 states. The objective of this research was to analyze the total factor productivity, technical efficiency and technological change of sugarcane mills in Mexico. The method used was the Malmquist index, which measures changes in productivity over time and breaks it down into changes in efficiency and changes in technology under the assumptions of input orientation and constant returns to scale. The analysis used balanced panel data for the harvest period 2006/07-2015/16. The results show that at the level of decision-making units, the case of the El Dorado sugar mill in Sinaloa stands out, whose cumulative percentage change in its technical efficiency was 4.4%, in technical progress and innovation of 21.7% and a total productivity of the factors of 27%. The reverse situation occurs with the San Miguel del Naranjo sugar mill, whose cumulative percentage change in its technical efficiency grew by -10.20%, technological progress and innovation by -0.30% and its total factor productivity of -10.40%. The general conclusion is that for 20 sugar mills that operated in the study period, productivity grew at negative rates and for 30 it grew at positive rates.

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2021-09-20

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Santiago Zárate, Ilich Miguel, Miguel Ángel Martínez Damián, Cristóbal Martín Cuevas Alvarado, Ramón Valdivia Alcala, Mario Ivan García Hernández, and Jesdel Hernández Toscano. 2021. “Productivity and Technological Change in the Sugarcane Agribusiness in Mexico”. Revista Mexicana De Ciencias Agrícolas 12 (6). México, ME:1005-17. https://doi.org/10.29312/remexca.v12i6.2692.

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