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The insertion of transnational corporations in Mexico since the mid-1960s has led to growing inequalities between the agribusiness sector and agricultural populations in producing regions. This text examines the structure of agribusiness in this country, as well as the modalities it acquires in a southern region, in Chiapas. Through an actor-network perspective, the long-term process that entails the relative corporate dominance over small producers and other actors is highlighted, as well as the need for the former to establish a series of social relationships, spaces for articulation and negotiation with territorial actors to introduce their business projects. The study is based on consultation of documentary information, as well as on field trips during 2018 at the beginning of 2020. 15 producers, 4 marketing companies, 2 technical service provider companies and 4 researchers from different institutions were interviewed openly. It is found that agribusiness can affect the daily life of farmers and local production systems, sometimes without the need to nest, take ownership or direct control of tangible resources in the territory, since it resorts to long-distance supply operations, as well as using links with regional companies and state agencies. With this, it substantially modified the regional food system in which the small producer had participated until the mid-1990s. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

A study whose purpose was to evaluate the performance of the extension workers in charge of providing technical assistance to amaranthus producers within the agricultural extension program at Mexico City (CDMX) to implement technologies in their productions units that improve their productivity to increased yield and/or reduced production costs. The entities responsible for the program were the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (SADER), before (SAGARPA) and the Ministry of Environment and Rural Development (SEMADER) of the Government of CDMX. In addition, it was supported by two institutions; one dedicated to the training of rural producers and one of research, the first in the methodological part that fell to INCA Rural and the second, in the National Institute of Forestry, Agriculture and Livestock Research (INIFAP) that accompanied the extension workers in the part of research and innovation. Six technical advisers (extension agents) and a coordinator participated in the development of their activities in the town hall of Milpa Alta, Tlahuac and Xochimilco, where a population of 84 producers were directly assisted, which implemented 20 innovations in the primary links, transformation, commercialization, supply inputs and organization of producers. The technological innovations that were implemented for the amaranth crop had a small scope of application, because the number of extensionists assigned to the chain of such crop was very scarce. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]