adquirientes netos

English translation: retail food consumers

23:02 Apr 27, 2008

Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Social Sciences - Government / Politics / economics/Mexico

Spanish term or phrase: adquirientes netos

I'm wondering if there is an error in the original. The first half seems to identify landless campesinos as "net consumers of agricultural products." Yet, in the second half, it identifies "adquirientes netos" as one group, and "landless campesinos" as another. Am I wrong in thinking that "adquirientes netos" = "consumidores netos de productos del campo"?

In any case, I'd appreciate a translation for the phrase ("net acquirers of food" sounds awful).

Uno de los objetivos más importantes . . . consistía en alcanzar precios de alimentos más bajos para . . . los propios campesinos y, en particular, los que no producían lo suficiente para alimentarse y tenían que comprar maíz, fuera de su parcela, en el mercado. ... cerca de 55% de la población rural son trabajadores sin tierra y, en consecuencia, son consumidores netos de productos del campo . . . Los dos grupos de campesinos (aquellos que eran ***adquirientes netos*** de alimentos y los trabajadores sin tierra) representaban, combinados, casi dos terceras partes de la población rural del país . . .

Patricia Rosas KudoZ activity Questions: 1427 (none open) (60 closed without grading) Answers: 1631 United States
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English translation:retail food consumers

Explanation:
perhaps?

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retail food consumers

AllegroTrans

net food buyers / net buyers of food

Ana Cizmich

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Carol Gullidge

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retail food consumers

Explanation:
perhaps?

AllegroTrans
United Kingdom
Local time: 16:56
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Thank you, AllegroTrans!

Notes to answerer

Asker: thank you!

1 hr confidence:

net food buyers / net buyers of food

Explanation:
Your are right, the original text is confusing, but it seems small land owners are considered net food buyers

Example sentence(s):

... may have high costs for poor consumers, including most small farmers, who are net food buyers."
"Some Mexican farm households are net sellers of corn, some self-sufficient, and some net buyers."

Reference: http://are.berkeley.edu/courses/ARE253/2004/handouts/PP04-10...
Reference: http://econ.worldbank.org/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/EXTDEC/EXTRESEARCH...

Ana Cizmich
Local time: 12:56
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Native speaker of: Spanish
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Notes to answerer

Asker: Ana, thanks for your help!

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Explanation:
Don't know how this helps, but there's a difference between "consumidores netos de productos del campo" (net consumers of country produce...??) and "adquirientes netos de alimentos" (net buyers of food products), which is perhaps more specifically food (whatever its origin??)

But I would have thought that, logically at least, the landless peasants would in any case have fallen into both/either of the other categories...

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Note added at 1 day18 hrs (2008-04-29 17:51:49 GMT) Post-grading
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thanks Patricia - any time.

But don't forget that "food products" are called "produce"!

Carol Gullidge
United Kingdom
Local time: 16:56
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PRO pts in category: 84

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Asker: Carol: Thanks so much for suggesting that there is a distinction. However, given the context, I think it is just two groups (2/3 of the rural population, with the other 1/3 being those who produce a surplus). I also know (just from the larger context) that the productos del campo means food products. But I appreciate your help!!

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