Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter 1
2. Contents 5
3. Preface 9
4. PART I: INTRODUCTION
5. 1. The Path of Exploration 13
6. PART II: STRATEGY
7. 2. Food Needs and Capacities: Four Centuries of Conflict 23
8. 3. The Conception of SAM 48
9. PART III: IMPLEMENTATION
10. 4. State-Owned Enterprises: Food Policy Implementers 61
11. 5. Channeling Credit to the Countryside 92
12. 6. SAM and Seeds 111
13. 7. Generating and Disseminating Technology 133
14. 8. The Peasant Initiative 148
15. 9. Feeding Mexico City 172
16. 10. SAM and the Mexican Private Sector 200
17. PART IV: IMPACT
18. 11. SAM's Cost and Impact on Production 215
19. 12. SAM's Influence on Food Consumption and Nutrition 249
20. 13. SAM, Energy, and Structural Change in the Agricultural Sector 260
21. 14. SAM's Impact on Income Distribution 298
22. PART V: THE FUTURE
23. 15. SAM's Successor: PRONAL 315
24. 16. Final Reflections 353
25. Glossary 375
26. Index 377