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Agronomía Afranceada: The French Contribution to Mexican Agronomy, 1880-1940

History College of Arts and Social Sciences, The University of West Florida, 11000 University Parkway, Pensacola, Florida, 32514-5751, USA

Michael A. Osborne

Department of History, University of California, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA 93106, USA

In this paper, which is based on a review of archival and published primary and secondary sources from many repositories in Mexico, France and the United States, we discuss the impact of French agronomy on the development of this scientific discipline in Mexico. We consider the evolution of Mexican agronomy in the context of the nation's political history, discuss the rise of French influence during the nineteenth century, examine the impact of the introduction of other foreign models of agricultural science after the Mexican Revolution (1910-20), and evaluate Mexico's decision to adopt the agricultural science of the United States as a model for the development of Mexican agronomy after 1940. Using this discussion we demonstrate that French agronomy had a crucial impact on the early development of the discipline in Mexico. Further, although the French model eventually lost out to the agricultural science of the United States, the Mexican agronomists' early ties to France ensured that French agronomy continued to exercise some influence in Mexico after 1940.

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