Supply-demand balance of Maize (Zea Mays l.) in Mexico with Linear Programming.

Abstract

The corn consumption in Mexico has a cultural origin. Because of the corn is the basis of the Mexican food, also, the corn is used to prepare corn flour, syrup, ethanol, etc. The main states corn producers in Mexico´s are: Jalisco, Sinaloa, Michoacán, Mexico State and Guanajuato, states that even when they are well distributed in the country there is a supply and demand unbalance. With this situation, the big producers have the necessity to take the corn to other states in the country and it has a cost that increases the product price. With the purpose to establish alternatives that moderate the supply and demand corn imbalance in Mexico, to make a better production distribution, in this research, there were elaborated two transport models with linear programming using the LINDO software: one with the production available and other with the potentialities of each state. The highest supply was in Sinaloa and the lowest in Campeche. The highest demand in Estado de Mexico and the lowest in Oaxaca. It was concluded that, Mexico can satisfy its total corn demand producing its highest potential available, with the use of technology and doing better planning.