Scientific Research in the History and Culture of Coffee in western Honduras (Small family owned)

Authors

  • Alfonso Carranza Ramos Investigadores Coordinación Regional de Investigación Científica- CRIC - CUROC. Santa Rosa de Copán, Honduras, Centro América, junio de 2013 Dirección: Villa Belén, Carretera hacia Gracias Lempira, Santa Rosa de Copán
  • Jorge Humberto Orellana Peña Investigadores Coordinación Regional de Investigación Científica- CRIC - CUROC. Santa Rosa de Copán, Honduras, Centro América, junio de 2013 Dirección: Villa Belén, Carretera hacia Gracias Lempira, Santa Rosa de Copán

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5377/paradigma.v20i32.1419

Keywords:

History, Coffee, Culture, Research, Families, Farmers, Universities, Systematization

Abstract

Speaking of western Honduras, is to speak about coffee, the history of cultivation, which is associated with the culture around him has been built over the last 150 years. The coffee economy has thrust the western region in terms of growth and development processes to encourage reinvestment in the country, giving rise to the story of a culture that today is the most important Honduran economy, together with the family remittances and small business, pillars on which rests the relative peace of this region and the nation.

This paper, presents the historical and cultural development of one of the production areas on which is based the regional and national economy. Coffee is for approximately 35,000 families in western Honduras, their way of life, with its own dynamic of reinvestment in their production cycles, with diversification experiences interesting to study and understand. Its plantations have been crucial for approaching best welfare conditions, better income distribution, brings opportunities and possibilities, to be part of natural environments.

The universities through linking processes and scientific research, will find in the history and culture of coffee, interesting fields of study; value chains, success stories, local knowledge that will enable the construction of learning and knowledge from within, dynamic and complex, elements provide new probabilities to build new ways, where the population is part and especially, with inclusive visions for our society.

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5377/paradigma.v20i32.1419

Paradigma: Revista de Investigación Educativa. Año 20. No. 32; 135-152

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Author Biography

Alfonso Carranza Ramos, Investigadores Coordinación Regional de Investigación Científica- CRIC - CUROC. Santa Rosa de Copán, Honduras, Centro América, junio de 2013 Dirección: Villa Belén, Carretera hacia Gracias Lempira, Santa Rosa de Copán

Published

2014-05-20

How to Cite

Ramos, A. C., & Orellana Peña, J. H. (2014). Scientific Research in the History and Culture of Coffee in western Honduras (Small family owned). Paradigma: Revista De Investigación Educativa, 20(32), 135–152. https://doi.org/10.5377/paradigma.v20i32.1419

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