Abstract

ROSALES-MARTINEZ, Verónica et al. Cultural, social and productive aspects used for a typology of coffee producers. agric. soc. desarro [online]. 2018, vol.15, n.1, pp.47-61. ISSN 1870-5472.

The objective of this study was to generate a typology of coffee producers based on variables of social, cultural, economic and productive type to determine the differences there are between them and to offer information to government instances in order to design strategies in pro of improvement of the quality of life of inhabitants. A survey was applied to 145 coffee producers in 2014, in District 005 of Fortín, Veracruz. The results showed that producers are classified into three types: subsistence, transitional and entrepreneurial. The entrepreneurial type are the ones that have the highest technological level, greater surface, highest capitalized income, highest number of paid cutters, in comparison with those of subsistence and transitional. Because of its traditional nature, coffee growing has represented an option for subsistence and reproduction in this District, rather than social or for wealth or capital accumulation with high economic productivity.

Keywords : agroecosystems; coffee; producers; typology.

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