Rice Production in Mexico

mexico

General information

  • GNI per capita at PPP$, 2011: 15,390
  • Internal renewable water resources, 2011: 409 km3/year
  • Incoming water flow, 2011: 48.2 km3/year
  • Main food consumed, 2009: maize, milk, fruits, meat, beer, vegetables, sugar, wheat
  • Rice consumption, 2009: 5.8 kg milled rice per person per year

Production seasons

 

Planting

Harvesting
Main
Apr-Jul
Sep-Jan
Autumn/winter
Dec-Feb
Aug
Spring/summer
May-Jul
Oct-Dec

Write-up taken from the IRRI’s Rice Almanac (2013):

Mexico, at the southern end of North America, faces the Pacific Ocean and the Gulf of Mexico. Its area of 1.96 million km2 is mainly mountainous with a climate ranging from desert conditions in the north to rainy tropics in the southeast. Arable land is about 13% of the land area. Agriculture occupies 13% of the workforce in a population of 114.8 million (2011) and constitutes only about 3.8% of GDP.

Source: FAOSTAT database online and AQUASTAT database online, as of November 2012.

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