Producción de café Borbón Rojo en Santander y su influencia en variables socioeconómicas: un análisis espacial

Abstract

The current thesis performs the location and characterization of the socioeconomic conditions of Santander farmers who dedicate to the cultivation of Borbón Rojo coffee, via the analysis of variables like Indice de Calidad de Vida (ICV) and Necesidades Básicas Insatisfechas (NBI) making use of econometrics, which allows for the spatial location of the gained data for its later analysis via Análisis Exploratorio de Datos (AED), Indice de Moran and LISA maps (Local Indicator of Spatial Association). These indicators were employed and compared to show if they are related with the production of Borbón Rojo coffee in Santander and how it affect in a positive or negative way the socioeconomic variables presented in said research, or if they do not get affected at all. The indicators will also help to discover the existence or nonexistence of productive clusters with the identification of Hot-sports or Holes. After the conclusion of this research, it was found that there is no presence of Hot spots or Holes, given that in many municipalities this type of crop is not present, which means that there is no cluster to be found. Additionally, it is shown that the production of Borbón Rojo coffee has no significant influence in the socioeconomic variables of the Quality of Life Index and Departmental Index of Unsatisfied Basic Needs, which means that the production of Borbón Rojo coffee seems to have no relevant influence in the population belonging to the 87 municipalities that constitute Santander.