Data or statistical facts on the situation and perspectives of agri-food systems and the impact of policies
4% maintained Mexico in distorting aid between 2001 and 2007, below Canada (6.1%), but higher than United States (3.1%), European Union (2.9%) and Brazil (1.8%) (CEDRSSA, 2015, p. 17).
18% and 10% was the yield decrease in the US for corn and soybeans as a result of temperature increase in 2012 (Wescott et al., 2013).
In 1999, the United States granted US$132 per hectare as a corn subsidy, three times more than the US$42 per hectare granted by Mexico (Arroyo, 2009).
