TY  - JOUR
T1  - Development Policies Favoring Non-Agricultural Income Do Not Improve Caloric Intake of Rural Mayan Families in Campeche, Mexico
AU - Pat-Fernandez, L.A. AU - , L. Garcia-Barrios AU - , J. Nahed-Toral AU - , M.R. Parra-Vazquez AU - , A. Nazar-Beutelspacher 
JO  - Research Journal of Biological Sciences
VL  - 6
IS  - 8
SP  - 371
EP  - 380
PY  - 2011
DA  - 2001/08/19
SN  - 1815-8846
DO  - rjbsci.2011.371.380
UR  - https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=rjbsci.2011.371.380
KW  - Non-agricultural income
KW  -caloric intake
KW  -subsidies
KW  -poverty
KW  -Mayans
KW  -Mexico
AB  - Designers of recent international policies expect positive food-security effects of non-agricultural employment and income in poor rural areas. Researchers examine the effects of non-agricultural income sources on caloric intake of rural Mayan families of Northern Campeche, Mexico. Nutritional, economic and social information was obtained from a 2007 census of 237 families in four communities and daily per Capita Caloric Intake was estimated per family (CSI). Results show that only agricultural income based on mechanized maize cultivation and associated productive subsidies increased CSI. Rural income based on non-productive poverty subsidies, maquila factories, the construction industry and self-employment led to lower CSI.
ER  -