Report available on Drought in Northern Mexico

Cynthia Bock-Goodner (cmbg@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu)
Mon, 31 Jul 1995 17:11:36 -0500

Northern Mexico is experiencing one of the worst droughts in its history
causing crop reductions and cattle losses. As of July 7, the largest water
reservoirs in the country were at about 28 percent of normal capacity.
Mexico will be forced to substantially increase imports of basic grains.
Some reports suggest that the drought is forcing small farmers to leave
their land in search of work in the interior of Mexico and in the United
States. The Comisi=F3n Nacional de Aguas reports that the livestock
slaughtered because of the drought will represent a loss of about $562
million new pesos (about U.S. $85.7 million) for Mexican ranchers in 1995.

The U.S.-Mexican Policy Studies Program has made it's six page report on
the drought available at its web site:

http://www.utexas.edu/depts/lbj-school/usmex/usmex.html/

The report details effects by state and will be updated as information is
obtained. The initial post is currently being translated and will be
available in Spanish in a few days.

Other documents available at our web site are:
"The Peso Devaluation: What Happens Next?"
Edited Transcript of Sidney Weintraub's speech given March 10,
1995, Austin, Texas
"Newly Emerging Environmental Institutions Under NAFTA: The Effect on Texas=
"
Testimony to theTexas House Committee on International and Cultural
Relations
August 30, 1994, Austin, Texas
By Jan Gilbreath, Project Coordinator, U.S.-Mexican Policy Studies
Program
Remarks to Ms. Carol Browner, Ms. Sheila Copps and Lic. Carlos Rojas
Council Members, North American Commission for Environmental Coopera=
tion
July 26, 1994, Washington, D.C.
from Jan Gilbreath, Project Coordinator, The U.S.-Mexican Policy
Studies Program