Replication Data for: Mexico's maize seed production and sales, 2011-2019

This dataset contains variety-level seed production and sales data of 297 public and private maize seed producers in Mexico during the period 2011-2019. The dataset was compiled using four different sources. The first is the MasAgro seed marketing survey, administered from 2013 to 2019 to MasAgro affiliated seed companies to monitor their seed sales and the uptake of new MasAgro hybrids. The number of companies that responded to the seed marketing survey each year was: 2013 (n=29), 2014 (n=24), 2015 (n=39), 2016 (n=42), 2017 (n=42), 2018 (n=52), 2019 (n=61). The second is the CIMMYT germplasm impact survey, a cross-sectional survey applied to thirty-nine MasAgro seed companies in 2015, to collect information of their 2014 seed sales, seed origin, variety type, variety colour, and first year of introduction to the market. The third is the MasAgro product portfolio survey, responded by thirty-one MasAgro seed firms in 2020 to cover existing information gaps, specially the 2011-2012 seed sales, company size (seed sales and number of employees) and each product’s first year of introduction to the market. All surveys were handled via e-mail by the MasAgro maize direction in the CIMMYT Global Maize Program. However, to protect the confidentiality of seed companies, all personal and commercial information on private companies collected through email surveys was made confidential. These data were complemented with official maize seed production statistics provided by the National Seed Inspection and Certification Agency (SNICS). The final dataset contains detailed seed production and sales figures of the entire maize seed industry in Mexico for the period 2011-2019.