MODERNIZAÇÃO E AS REGIÕES DO CAFÉ EM RONDÔNIA.

The coffee growing is the third agricultural activity with greater economic importance in Rondônia and is going through a technical modernization process. Thus, this work proposes a spatio-temporal periodization of coffee production in the state, pointing out the tecnical characteristics used in each period, understanding the spatial trasnformations in Rondonia during it's territorial development and integrating science in coffee production. Aside from periodize the activity to understand the modernization process of coffee growing, we understand that throughout history, have been formed three major coffee production regions at the state: Cacoal's region; Zona da Mata and Vale do Guaporé's region; lastly Machadinho D'Oeste's region. The development of productive coffee regions results from territorial division of labor and specialization, integrating spatial circuit of coffee production at the local, nacional and international scale. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]