Commercialization of Agriculture and Rural Living Standards: El Palmar, Colombia, 1960–1979
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Published:1983-03
Issue:1
Volume:43
Page:251-259
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ISSN:0022-0507
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Container-title:The Journal of Economic History
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language:en
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Short-container-title:J. Eco. History
Abstract
The effect of the commercialization of traditional agriculture on the levels of living of peasant households is examined through a case study of El Palmar, Colombia. While there appear to have been widespread, positive, short-mn effects, the long-run consequences appear to be more problematic. It is suggested that commercialization and its consequences are more complex than can be grasped from available aggregate data, and a historical, case-study approach to this topic is recommended to complement macroeconomic studies.
Publisher
Cambridge University Press (CUP)
Subject
Economics, Econometrics and Finance (miscellaneous),Economics and Econometrics,History
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1. Reinhardt, “Independent Family Farm,” pp. 426–64 for an assessment of the applicability of the model to El Palmar.
2. The minimum subsistence income includes only food requirements. The expenditures necessary in El Palmar to obtain a minimum nutritionally adequate diet were calculated using FAO recommended nutritional levels by age and sex and the INCAP/ICNND tables of the nutritional content of Latin American foodstuffs. These calculations were based on the costs of foodstuffs commonly used or easily available in El Palmar and on the cooking styles of the area. A complete explanation of the methodology can be found in
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