Think Agricultural Reform from Education. New Reflections on Rodríguez de Campomanes’ Speech on Farmer’s Education

During the second half of the eighteenth century it saw the rise of the Hispanic Monarchy countless education reform proposals that sought to transform education into a tool for production. So many associated illustrated the need for economic reform to claims for a more productive education. However, constant requests for land reform did not translate into many speeches about the need for education for farmers. This study aims to analyze one of the few educational proposals that dealt with the agricultural sector, Pedro Rodriguez de Campomanes. In his Discourse on the education of Spanish farmers, this illustrated tried to strengthen economic reform which aimed to strengthen the training resources that the monarchy needed to boost its development.