Costa Rican melon (Cucumis melo) production and exports

Melon production and exports from Costa Rica were studied. Information obtained from different sources (FAO, BCCR, PROCOMER, MAG, CANAPEMS) was analyzed. Personal communications were held with managers of melon export companies, and related publications were reviewed. Data about melon planting area,...

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Autor Principal: Monge-Pérez, José Eladio
Formato: Artículo
Idioma: Español
Publicado: Editorial Tecnológica de Costa Rica 2014
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Acceso en línea: https://revistas.tec.ac.cr/index.php/tec_marcha/article/view/1700
https://hdl.handle.net/2238/9086
Sumario: Melon production and exports from Costa Rica were studied. Information obtained from different sources (FAO, BCCR, PROCOMER, MAG, CANAPEMS) was analyzed. Personal communications were held with managers of melon export companies, and related publications were reviewed. Data about melon planting area, number of trading companies, geographical distribution of farms, value of exports and their volume per country of destiny and by type of melon along several years is presented. Finally, agronomic, economic, environmental and logistic challenges for the future of melon production in Costa Rica are analyzed.