This report analyses the effects of Mexico’s ambitious reforms to agricultural and fisheries policies since 1990 and makes recommendations for further reforms. The evaluation is based on criteria for good agricultural and fisheries policy as agreed to by OECD countries. Such criteria, if implemented, would support economically healthy sectors that contribute to the wider economy, respect natural resources and use inputs effectively without resorting to distorting subsidies.

  - Executive Summary
  - An overview of economic performance and the structural environment in Mexico
  - Background on agriculture and the rural economy
  - Main developments in agricultural policies 1990-2006
  - Agricultural policy transfers and welfare effects
  - Agricultural policies and commodity markets
  - Agricultural policy and rural poverty
  - Inputs, natural resources and institutions
  - Conclusions and recommendations
  - Background on the fisheries and aquaculture sector
  - Fisheries management policy
  - Review of fisheries management performance since 1990
  - Aquaculture sector policy
  - Fisheries policy and rural development
  - Conclusions and recommendations