La evolución de un frente de colonización agrícola y el desarrollo de una caficultura altamente productiva
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1995-07-01
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Sfez, Paul
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Universidad Nacional, Costa Rica
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Costa Rica se caracteriza, en particular, porque un amplio sector de su campesinado está integrado a la división internacional del trabajo a través del café. Este campesinado, que tiene un peso importante en la producción cafetalera nacional, ha desarrollado sistemas de cultivo del café de alta productividad del trabajo, con lo que se diferencia netamente de sus vecinos del istmo centroamericano. De esta forma, está ubicado en una posición muy satisfactoria en el juego de la competencia internacional. En Costa Rica, la expansión cafetalera iniciada a partir del siglo XIX se apoyó en una interdependencia estrecha entre el campesinado y la burguesía industrial y mercantil. Esta situación, original en el contexto centroamericano, donde las relaciones sociales impidieron, por lo general, el desarrollo del campesinado, ha facilitado el auge de una agricultura familiar diversificada y el desarrollo industrial.
Costa Rica is characterized, in particular, because a large sector of its peasantry is integrated into the international division of labor through coffee. This peasantry, which has an important weight in the national coffee production, has developed coffee cultivation systems of high labor productivity, which clearly differentiates it from its neighbors in the Central American isthmus. In this way, it is located in a very satisfactory position in the game of international competition. In Costa Rica, the coffee expansion that began in the 19th century was based on a close interdependence between the peasantry and the industrial and mercantile bourgeoisie. This situation, original in the Central American context, where social relations generally prevented the development of the peasantry, has facilitated the rise of a diversified family agriculture and industrial development.
Costa Rica is characterized, in particular, because a large sector of its peasantry is integrated into the international division of labor through coffee. This peasantry, which has an important weight in the national coffee production, has developed coffee cultivation systems of high labor productivity, which clearly differentiates it from its neighbors in the Central American isthmus. In this way, it is located in a very satisfactory position in the game of international competition. In Costa Rica, the coffee expansion that began in the 19th century was based on a close interdependence between the peasantry and the industrial and mercantile bourgeoisie. This situation, original in the Central American context, where social relations generally prevented the development of the peasantry, has facilitated the rise of a diversified family agriculture and industrial development.
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PÉREZ ZELEDÓN (SAN JOSÉ), HISTORIA ECONÓMICA, CAMPESINADO, SISTEMAS AGRÍCOLAS, CAFICULTURA, ECONOMIC HISTORY, PEASANTRY, AGRICULTURAL SYSTEMS, CAFFICULTURE