Nontraditional vegetable crops and food security among smallholder farmers in Guatemala

Export-oriented agricultural production has a log tradition in Guatemala that has resulted in a highly dualistic agricultural sector. Traditional exports, which include coffee, cotton, sugar, bananas, and beef, accounted for approximately 70 percent of total agricultural exports in the late 1980s. M...

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Main Authors: von Braun, Joachim, Immink, Maarten D. C.
Format: Book Chapter
Language:Inglés
Published: International Food Policy Research Institute 1994
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/157002
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description Export-oriented agricultural production has a log tradition in Guatemala that has resulted in a highly dualistic agricultural sector. Traditional exports, which include coffee, cotton, sugar, bananas, and beef, accounted for approximately 70 percent of total agricultural exports in the late 1980s. Most of the economic gains from agricultural development have been confined to the large-scale modern sector. Increasing concerns are being expressed about the food security of the low-income rural and urban populations.
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spelling CGSpace1570022025-01-15T07:23:26Z Nontraditional vegetable crops and food security among smallholder farmers in Guatemala von Braun, Joachim Immink, Maarten D. C. vegetables developing countries rural conditions case studies cash crops food crops poverty nutrition economic situation Export-oriented agricultural production has a log tradition in Guatemala that has resulted in a highly dualistic agricultural sector. Traditional exports, which include coffee, cotton, sugar, bananas, and beef, accounted for approximately 70 percent of total agricultural exports in the late 1980s. Most of the economic gains from agricultural development have been confined to the large-scale modern sector. Increasing concerns are being expressed about the food security of the low-income rural and urban populations. 1994 2024-10-24T12:46:40Z 2024-10-24T12:46:40Z Book Chapter https://hdl.handle.net/10568/157002 en Open Access application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute von Braun, Joachim; Immink, Maarten D. C. 1994. Nontraditional vegetable crops and food security among smallholder farmers in Guatemala. Baltimore, MD: International Food Policy Research Institute. https://hdl.handle.net/10568/157002
spellingShingle vegetables
developing countries
rural conditions
case studies
cash crops
food crops
poverty
nutrition
economic situation
von Braun, Joachim
Immink, Maarten D. C.
Nontraditional vegetable crops and food security among smallholder farmers in Guatemala
title Nontraditional vegetable crops and food security among smallholder farmers in Guatemala
title_full Nontraditional vegetable crops and food security among smallholder farmers in Guatemala
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title_full_unstemmed Nontraditional vegetable crops and food security among smallholder farmers in Guatemala
title_short Nontraditional vegetable crops and food security among smallholder farmers in Guatemala
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developing countries
rural conditions
case studies
cash crops
food crops
poverty
nutrition
economic situation
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