CONASUPO

Acronym	Definition
CONASUPO	Compañía Nacional de Subsistencias Populares (México)

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Yunez-Naude A (2003) The dismantling of CONASUPO, a Mexican state trader in agriculture.

World price, exchange rate and inventory impacts on the Mexican corn sector: a case study of market volatility and vulnerability/Impactos del precio internacional, tasa de cambio e inventarios sobre el sector maicero mexicano: un estudio de caso sobre volatividad y vulnerabilidad del mercado/Impactos ...

The market price for corn was much higher than the subsidized price Conasupo offered to the harineros (flour folks).

Tortilla Wars

Now cattle ranchers, corn flour manufacturers and Conasupo, the government purchasing and distribution arm, will import up to nine million tons of corn, wheat and sorghum in 1996 at a price that has doubled as a result of adverse climate conditions worldwide.

In Mexico, the struggle grows for basics: hunger for beans, tortillas provokes protests, food raids

Serving in a top position at the state food distributor Conasupo, Raul Salinas was one of Mexico's highest-paid officials.

Mexico's privatization pinata

Among these was the dismantling of the state-run foodstuffs company (Compania Nacional de Subsistencias Populares, CONASUPO), which for decades played a key role in regulating domestic markets by storing, importing, and distributing grain.

AGRICULTURE GROUPS OFFER MIXED OPINIONS ON PENDING ELIMINATION OF CORN TARIFFS UNDER NAFTA