Structural Change and Small Farm Agriculture in Northwest Portugal:

Small farms account for more than 90 percent of Portugal's farm population and more than 40 percent of its cultivated land. With Portugal's entry into the European Community, the continued viability of small-farm agriculture is cause for mounting concern. In this book, a team of American a...

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Main Author: Monke, Eric A. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Ithaca, NY Cornell University Press [2019]
Series:Food Systems and Agrarian Change
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Online Access:DE-1043
DE-1046
DE-859
DE-860
DE-739
DE-473
DE-858
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Summary:Small farms account for more than 90 percent of Portugal's farm population and more than 40 percent of its cultivated land. With Portugal's entry into the European Community, the continued viability of small-farm agriculture is cause for mounting concern. In this book, a team of American and Portuguese policy analysts focus on the Minho region of northwest Portugal to assess alternative changes that might sustain the competitiveness of its small-farm agriculture.Research led them to develop and empirically test a methodology to identify the potential economic impacts of private economic initiatives and public policies. Their results demonstrate that the future of small-farm agriculture is not nearly so bleak as many observers and policy analysts once thought. Instead, the writers argue that the choices made by policymakers with regard to the best "mix" are crucial
Item Description:Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 23. Jul 2020)
Physical Description:1 online resource (240 pages) 5 charts/graphs
ISBN:9781501737237
DOI:10.7591/9781501737237

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