Title: The New Mexico Chile Pepper Industry: Description, Labor Issues, and Economic Impact
1The New Mexico Chile Pepper Industry
Description, Labor Issues, and Economic Impact
2Objectives
- Describe the New Mexico Chile Pepper Industry
- Describe the current labor situation and labor
issues relevant to the New Mexico chile pepper
industry - Provide estimates of the industrys employment
and economic impacts on Doña Ana County - Evaluate the economic effects of industry
changes.
3Agriculture and the Chile Pepper Industry in New
Mexico and Dona Ana County
4Chile Pepper Imports From Mexico Through New
Mexico Ports of Entry
5Chile Pepper Acreage Harvested in 1999
6New Mexico Chile Pepper Industry
7Chile Peppers processed in Southern New Mexico by
chile type and growing region
8Demographics characteristics of hired farm
workers in Doña Ana County
- 10,000 farm laborers
- 3rd grade education
- 100 Hispanic descent
- 40 U.S. citizens
- 20-40 illegal immigrants working
- Average family is 4.2 people
- Average household income is 7,000/year
Source Local interviews and previously published
material
9Labor as a percentage of production cost for hand
and mechanical chile harvest in Doña Ana and
Sierra Counties, 1995, 1997, and 2000.
Labor cost divided by total production
costs. Source Eastman, 1997
10Total estimated industry workforce needed by
month
Source Eastman, 1996, Processor interviews
conducted 5/2001-9/2001
11IMpact Analysis for PLANning (IMPLAN)
- Direct effects
- Indirect effects
- Induced Effects
- Backward linkages
- Full-time equivalents
12Green Chile Pepper, Jalapeño, and Red Chile
Industry Input-Output Modeling-Doña Ana and Luna
Counties Combined
Source IMPLAN 2001, Model Output
13Summary
- Thesis objectives
- Chile pepper processor interviews
- Description of the chile pepper industry
- Review existing information
- Application of IMPLAN
14Implications
- Inaccurate and limited industry data
- Significant employment economic impacts on the
local economy
15Shortcomings
- Exercise caution when looking at results
- Backward linkages
- Accurate representation of the local economy
- Agriculture employment data
16Recommendations
- Unanswered questions
- Create new sector within IMPLAN
17Questions?