@article{Barron:176218,
      recid = {176218},
      author = {Barron, Maria Antonieta and Rello, Fernando},
      title = {The impact of the tomato agroindustry on the rural poor in  Mexico},
      journal = {Agricultural Economics: The Journal of the International  Association of Agricultural Economists},
      address = {2000-09},
      number = {968-2016-75902},
      pages = {10},
      year = {2000},
      abstract = {This article addresses the issue of whether the tomato  agroindustry (TAl) has been an effective instrument in the  reduction of
rural poverty. The TAl is by far the most  important agroindustry in Mexico in terms of exports and  employment creation. Most
of the laborers employed by the  TAl in northwest Mexico are temporary migrants coming from  poverty-stricken regions in
southern Mexico. Conditions of  poverty-induced migration are explained. The  characteristics and strategies of large, modern
tomato  enterprises are analyzed. The main conclusion is that  migrant income earned in the tomato fields and packing  plants, is
fundamental for the bare survival in villages in  poverty-stricken regions. However, this does not provide a  solution to poverty
alleviation because migrant income is  not sufficient to contribute to capital formation in the  migrating communities, or the to
create the conditions for  endogenous local development.© 2000 Published by Elsevier  Science B.V.},
      url = {http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/176218},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.22004/ag.econ.176218},
}