Circuitos espaciales de producción y mercados tradicionales en América Latina

Traditional markets in Latin American are the dialogue point between countryside and city, functioning as urban supply and also activating multi-scale flows that reflect the unequal uses of the territory. The aim of this article is to analyze the spatial production circuits of the main products at display in Santa Elena (Cali-Colombia) and Jamaica (Mexico City) markets: industrial chicken and roses, respectively. Methodologically, we offer: (i) a literature review on the “spatial production circuits” and the “cooperation circles”; (ii) an analysis of the productive branches of industrial chicken and roses (ranging from their territorial logic, scales, and production stages, distribution, marketing and consumption). This phenomenon is understood by confronting the theory with field observation, semi-structured interviews, new cartography, and summary tables of the mentioned spatial circuits. The industrial chicken and rose production circuits activated by the markets of Colombia and Mexico define circuits of cooperation among companies and territories that range from the local to the global scale.