Agriculture of Mexico
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A BIT ABOUT MEXICO...
The Country:
-Officially the United Mexican States
-Mexico is bordered by the United States to the north, and Belize and Guatemala to the southeast.
-Mexico is about one-fifth the size of the United States.
-Federal Constitutional Republic
-Has a Presidential System
-Official Language is Spanish
The Average Mexican Household
-116,220,947 people in the country, but every home contains the average of 4 people
-Roman Catholic 82.7%, Protestant 1.6%, Jehovah's Witnesses 1.4%, other Evangelical Churches 5%, other 1.9%, none 4.7%, unspecified 2.7%
-Both male and female both stay in school and drop out at about 14 yrs old
-Home income of $4,456 a year
Technology:
- Aircraft
- automobile industry
- petrochemicals
- cement and construction
- textiles
- food and beverages
- mining
- tourism
Mexico's Economy:
- GDP per capita US$15,782.897 (2012)
-The country's Gross National Income in market exchange rates was the second highest in Latin America, after Brazil
Mexican Agriculture:
there are two main types of agriculture in Mexico:
- There are small producers who use the field as a primary source of income and to supply their own food. These farmers usually do not have an technology to help them farm. They are their own employers and have no wage labor.
- There are large plantations who aim for trade. There they use lots of high technology and many machines to work the fields. Workmanship is largely needed to do the job so that the products can make it out to international markets.
Main Crops:
-lemons -limes -mangoes -tropical fruits -beans -barley -avocados -coffee
Livestock accounts for 30 percent of Mexico's agricultural output
poultry (1.72 billion tons)
eggs (1.63 billion tons)
beef (1.39 billion tons).
Mexico is not self-sufficient in the production of meat and fish. In 1998 it imported US$1.05 billion of meat and fish from the United States.
Crop production accounts for 50 percent of agricultural output.
corn (15.72 billion tons)
sorghum (5.59 billion tons)
wheat (3 billion tons)
and beans (1.04 billion tons)
Fruits and vegetables are the most economically significant agricultural products exported by Mexico.
Common Foods of Mexico:
The Secretariat of Agriculture, Livestock, Rural Development, Fisheries and Food
Animal Rights and Wellfare
PUNISHMENTS OF BREAKING LAW:
-To anyone who causes obvious injury to an animal the penalty stands at 6 months to 2 years in prison and a fine of 50 to 100 days of minimum wage payment.
-The penalty is raised by one half if the animal's life was endangered.
-If the animal is killed in the crime, then the punishment is raised to 2 to five years in prison and 200 to 400 days being payed only at minimum wage.