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RODRIGUEZ VAZQUEZ, Florencia  e  BARRIO, Patricia. Agricultural production diversification in Mendoza, Argentina. Fresh and processed tomatoes in the 1930sd. Región y sociedad [online]. 2018, vol.30, n.73, 0009. ISSN 2448-4849.  https://doi.org/10.22198/rys.2018.73.a1001.

This article reconstructs the origins of a new agroindustry in Mendoza, Argentina, where vitiviniculture was the main economic activity; for this purpose, public and private sources were consulted. The international situation in the 1930s created conditions for production diversification, when both private and government investments were made. Tomato production was revitalized from the southern oasis in Mendoza to the rest of the province, where fresh and industrialized tomato was sold. Owing to the lack of research on the beginnings of agricultural production diversification in Mendoza, this study is a contribution to historiographical reflections on the formation of regional economies.

Palavras-chave : agroindustrial diversification; tomato production; Mendoza; Argentina; the 1930s.