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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
Subjects:
vegetables
developing countries
rural conditions
case studies
cash crops
food crops
poverty
nutrition
economic situation
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/157002
Summary: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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