La modernisation de l’agriculture en Amérique latine

Content Provider	Semantic Scholar
Author	Hambleton, H. G.
Copyright Year	1971
Abstract	THE MODERNIZATION OF AGRICULTURE IN LATIN AMERICA Dur ing the last 20 years agr icul tura l p roduct ion has increased annual ly by 4 to 5%. Th is g rowth is ind icat ive of a « young » agr icu l ture, based on large capital investment f r om both private and commun i ty sources. M o d e m and high capital out lay agr icu l tura l enterprises are s i tuated in the north west of Mex ico , in Venezuela ( r ice near Calabazo), in Colombia (sugar in the Cauca Va l ley ) , in the north of Peru (sugar) , in the south of Brazi l , at Belize (c i t rus f ru i t s ) , in Paraguay (quebracho) . In the fu ture , agr icu l ture must face an increased demand in both qual i ty and quant i ty . This demand w i l l be better met by a developing agr icu l ture wh i ch a l lows a better in tegrat ion of product ion and a reduct ion of costs, and wh ich increases its product iv i ty . However, a too great and too sudden modernizat ion cou ld lead to unemployment and a low product iv i ty per acre compared to the high product iv i ty of f am i l y fa rms. It is, therefore, essential to develop a plan a imed at increasing the size of plots of land, at favour ing the entry of la t i fundia into the commerc ia l market and at developing food industr ies wh i ch wou ld in turn absorb the surplus of the rural labor fo rce .
Starting Page	155
Ending Page	169
Page Count	15
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DOI	10.7202/020954ar
Volume Number	15
Alternate Webpage(s)	https://www.erudit.org/fr/revues/cgq/1971-v15-n35-cgq2609/020954ar.pdf
Alternate Webpage(s)	https://doi.org/10.7202/020954ar
Language	English
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Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article