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La construcción de la calidad del café y del banano en Costa Rica. Una perspectiva histórica (1890-1950)

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  • Ronny J. Viales Hurtado

    (Universidad de Costa Rica)

  • Andrea M. Montero Mora

    (Universidad de Costa Rica)

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This essay argues that quality is a socio-historical construct. In Costa Rica, discourses about the historical construction of coffee and banana product quality appeared thanks to complex processes involving many factors, practices, actors, landscapes, institutions, and technologies in a transnational framework. Discourses on product quality may be studied from different points of view. In this paper, we analyse the discourse of both indirect and direct participants of the coffee and banana supply chains, and the discourse on the importance of the final quality of both products. We also high1ight the significance of agro-ecological particularities, post-harvest practices and marketing, along with changes in agricultural production and processing.

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  • Ronny J. Viales Hurtado & Andrea M. Montero Mora, 2015. "La construcción de la calidad del café y del banano en Costa Rica. Una perspectiva histórica (1890-1950)," Historia Agraria. Revista de Agricultura e Historia Rural, Sociedad Española de Historia Agraria, issue 66, pages 147-176, august.
    • Handle: RePEc:seh:journl:y:2015:i:66:m:august:p:147-176
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    Keywords

    Costa Rica; coffee; banana; plantations;
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    JEL classification:

    • N01 - Economic History - - General - - - Development of the Discipline: Historiographical; Sources and Methods
    • N36 - Economic History - - Labor and Consumers, Demography, Education, Health, Welfare, Income, Wealth, Religion, and Philanthropy - - - Latin America; Caribbean
    • N56 - Economic History - - Agriculture, Natural Resources, Environment and Extractive Industries - - - Latin America; Caribbean
    • O13 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Agriculture; Natural Resources; Environment; Other Primary Products

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