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Coffee, Impact. - Coggle Diagram
Coffee
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It supported large families that provided labor and had good relations with shopkeepers and merchants.
It generated new technology such as: pulpers, threshers and dryers
Enrichment of merchants, intermediaries, muleteers, carriers, threshers, commission agents. and exporters.
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The creation of threshing factories giving employment in the cities of the region, were usually women.
It created new emerging markets, such as beer, soft drinks, chocolate, cigarettes, fabrics, tableware, metal furniture and simple tools.
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International issues
In the 20th century, Colombia grew more than 4% annually compared to Brazil and Mexico.
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1929, falling prices and exports.
Increase in minor exports such as emeralds, gold, bananas and oil.
Merchants and large growers bought the crops and exported them. The large exporters with representatives in Europe and the United States made the final sales and kept most of the profits.
Produccion
1932 60% of the production is made in 150,000 crops of less than twelve hectares. While 40% corresponded to 4000 coffee growers who worked with sharecroppers or laborers of coffee plantations of twelve or one hundred hectares.
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In the area of Antioquia, Tolima, Cauca and Valle, its coffee production went from 5% in 1890 to 60% in 1932 and from 6,000 bags per year to 2,200,000.
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