Estrategias de supervivencia y modo de vida de autónomo. Un análisis socio-antropológico sobre tres casos en la agricultura murciana

Sánchez, Salvador Cayuela

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“…The data also revealed that dairy farms sustained themselves through self-exploitation by relying on labour from family members. As mentioned in the introduction, this process has been partially studied in the existing literature in different contexts and from different perspectives (Cayuela 2013;Schewe and White 2017;Galt 2013;Friedmann 1978). This is also consistent with the Marxist theses of selfexploitation.…”

Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 65%

“…Family labour farms have been underestimated due to their economies of scale and lower transaction costs (Schmitt 1991). Wolf (1971) and Cayuela (2013) both point out that the work of the household group can be increased, and the family takes on different functions, leading to lower costs. By experimentation over time, farmers and their families learn how to allocate the resources at their disposal in a manner that is consistent with their own interests, that is, in an "efficient" manner (Abler & Sukhatme 2006;Schultz 1966;Brookfield 2008;Hazell 2005;Gül et al 2018).…”

Section: The Continued Existence Of the Smallholdingmentioning

confidence: 99%

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The agrarian question in dairy farms: An analysis of dairy farms in the European Union countries

Mora

Viñas

2023

Agric Hum Values

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In this article, we review the Agrarian Question focusing on dairy farms. We have the dual aim of adding to the debate surrounding the economic profitability of small and large dairy farms and increasing what is known about the decline of dairy farms. The agrarian question at the heart of our research centres on the paradoxical endurance of family farms, despite predictions from both liberal and Marxist perspectives that they would diminish in number over time. By addressing these complex issues, we hope to shed light on the challenges and opportunities facing the dairy industry today. We focus on analysing dairy farms in the European Union countries, using panel regressions from 2008 to 2018 to define the relationship between the average number of cows per farm, profit margins and Farm Net Income. The most important results show that (i) paradoxically, profits were higher on smaller farms; (ii) however, empirical data show that small dairy farms are disappearing; (iii) this is because when including subsidies, farms with a higher number of cows are more profitable than smaller farms.

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Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 65%

Section: The Continued Existence Of the Smallholdingmentioning

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The agrarian question in dairy farms: An analysis of dairy farms in the European Union countries

Mora

Viñas

2023

Agric Hum Values

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“…This new state planning required citizen participation in the design of future action plans, based on the conviction that the wishes and needs-cultural, social, and industrial-of the different social actors involved should be listened to. The experience showed the enormous difficulty of integrating perspectives as diverse as those of farmers, families, salaried workers, self-employed fishermen, public employees, investors, qualified professionals, and housewives [40,64].…”

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“…This allows them to maintain a high degree of resistance to market fluctuations. Indeed, unlike the capitalist entrepreneur, the self-employed are able to survive without receiving income commensurate with the value of its facilities and investments [40,64,69,70].…”

Section: Self-employed Life-mode and Simple Commodity Productionmentioning

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Small-Scale Fishing and Sustainability. An Ethnographic Approach to the Case of Self-Employed Fishermen in the South-East of Spain

2021

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Small-scale fishermen, in contrast to industrial fishing boats, develop a sustainable relationship with their activity from three perspectives: social, economic, and environmental. From this hypothesis, we analyze the ethnographic material obtained in extensive fieldwork (in-depth interviews and participant observation) developed in the four main ports of the region of Murcia (Spain). From this field work the existence of two other types of fishermen (life-modes) besides small-scale fishermen is derived: small entrepreneurs and wage-earners. In different proportions, all three share the consequences of the various reforms to the Common Fisheries Policy (CFP). Despite the similarities, this paper shows different strategies, in each of the cases, that justify their permanence in their activity, taking into account the labor modality, as well as their relationship with the idea of sustainability. Conclusions show that because small-scale self-employed fishermen are involved much more than the two other life-modes in the totality of tasks related to their profession in that they own both the means and relations of production (simple commodity production), they are best placed to achieve social, economic, and environmental sustainability.

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El campesinado ni se crea ni se destruye, solo se transforma. Discursos agrarios en el "Delta de l’Ebre y l’Albufera de València"

Mora

Benitto²,

Victoriano

2018

Política Soc.

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Resumen. En las páginas que siguen, se resume el análisis de los discursos agrarios y medioambientales y las representaciones sociales en el Delta del Ebro y la Albufera de Valencia. La primera parte del artículo trata de sintetizar de manera teórica la evolución y perspectivas de la agricultura familiar. Pretendemos analizar los cambios esenciales acaecidos en la agricultura y que, pese a todo pronóstico teórico, la han hecho sobrevivir. La segunda parte aborda la cuestión metodológica de la investigación. Hemos realizado 58 entrevistas y dos grupos de discusión en los que han participado perfiles sociales muy variados. El análisis de los discursos se complementó con la explotación de datos del INE (censos agrarios y macromagnitudes agrarias), así como bases de datos relacionadas con el mercado del arroz. Las conclusiones sintetizan cómo los discursos del campesinado señalan la imposibilidad de rehuir la subalternidad de la actividad agrícola que ha quedado condenada al ostracismo por el desarrollo económico y abocada a ser contaminante si quiere ser económicamente viable. Palabras clave: sociología agraria; ecología política; sociohermenéutica. [en] Peasantry Is Neither Created Nor Destroyed, It Can Only Be Transformed. Agrarian Discourses in the Delta de l'Ebre and the Albufera de València Abstract. The following pages summarize the analysis of agrarian and environmental discourses and social representations in the Ebro Delta and the Albufera of Valencia. The first part of the article tries to synthesize in a theoretical way the evolution and perspectives of family agriculture. We intend to analyze the essential changes that have taken place in agriculture and have made it survive, despite the theoretical prognosis that announced the end of the familiar agriculture. The second part addresses the methodological question of our research. We have conducted 58 interviews and two discussion groups in which different social profiles have participated. The analysis of social discourses was complemented by the exploitation of data from agrarian censuses, as well as from databases related to the rice market. The conclusions summarize how the discourses of the peasantry point out the

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Estrategias de supervivencia y modo de vida de autónomo. Un análisis socio-antropológico sobre tres casos en la agricultura murciana

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The agrarian question in dairy farms: An analysis of dairy farms in the European Union countries

The agrarian question in dairy farms: An analysis of dairy farms in the European Union countries

Small-Scale Fishing and Sustainability. An Ethnographic Approach to the Case of Self-Employed Fishermen in the South-East of Spain

El campesinado ni se crea ni se destruye, solo se transforma. Discursos agrarios en el "Delta de l’Ebre y l’Albufera de València"

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