The Complexity of Theories on Rural Development in Europe: An Analysis of the Paradigmatic Case of Almería (South‐east Spain)

Gómez, Emilio Galdeano; Aznar-Sánchez, José A.; Mesa, Juan Carlos Pérez

doi:10.1111/j.1467-9523.2010.00524.x

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“…The early constructions became widespread by the late 1970s, prompting a spectacular increase in yields and quality and making it possible to take advantage of the expanding European demand for early season vegetables; a replication of the model that succeeded in Almería one decade before (Galdeano‐Gómez et al . ).…”

Section: Agricultural Change and Family Farming In Campo De Cartagenamentioning

confidence: 97%

The Morphology of Multiple Household Family Farms

Moreno-Pérez

Lobley

2014

Sociologia Ruralis

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This article endeavours to illuminate a largely underexplored area of family farming research; that of multiple‐household arrangements at the farm level. The investigation focused on an agricultural area of south‐east Spain where family‐based farms specialising in export‐oriented horticulture have undergone profound transformations over the last decades. In‐depth interviews were undertaken with 20 informants complemented by a face‐to‐face survey of 135 farmers. A closer look at the farm–family interplay unveiled the existence of holdings jointly managed by several kindred households. These farm governance structures are associated with a greater ability to cope with the managerial complexity of this agricultural system and provide a sound basis for farm expansion, thus emerging as an important element of farm differentiation. Micro‐level information allowed us to explore, for the first time, the variable morphology of the organisational forms that were often found to lie behind different legal arrangements and their role in the intergenerational transfer process. These findings have far‐reaching implications for research, since they take us considerably beyond the picture portrayed by conventional agricultural statistics and challenge many of the traditional assumptions and categories of the existing literature on family farming.

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Section: Agricultural Change and Family Farming In Campo De Cartagenamentioning

confidence: 97%

The Morphology of Multiple Household Family Farms

Moreno-Pérez

Lobley

2014

Sociologia Ruralis

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“…The authorities have also increased their awareness of and involvement in environmental issues (Fundación Cajamar, 2009). Consequently, many of the imbalances mentioned above are being addressed and a gradual internalization of environmental and territorial costs is occurring (Galdeano-Gómez et al, 2008). In addition, it appears that the high concentration of greenhouses in the Spanish Southeast has a positive effect in the fight against climate change (Campra et al, 2008).…”

Section: A New Agricultural Model As a Base For Economic Growth: The mentioning

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Economic cycles and environmental crisis in arid southeastern Spain. A historical perspective

Picón

Aznar-Sánchez

Garcı́a-Latorre

2011

Journal of Arid Environments

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The arid southeast region has been one of the areas with the oldest settlement in the Iberian Peninsula. Despite limitations imposed by lack of water and low soil fertility, a great number of dwellers have settled in this land for three thousand years thanks to its easy access to the commercial paths of the Mediterranean. The area is currently under great territorial and socioeconomic transformation activated by intensive agriculture through greenhouses and irrigation. The history of this territory offers a series of successful and downward cycles determined, from an ecological and economic point of view, by its integration in different stages of the globalization process. Most recently, in the 19th century an intensive deforestation process took place caused by the mining and iron industry. The deep economic and social crisis which followed the declining of this development model brought also about an ecological crisis. In the second half of the 20th century, negative environmental effects have continued and extended to the next generations with problems such as territorial saturation and aquifer depletion that characterize the new intensive agriculture under plastic. The current debate about the sustainability of this developmental model in such vulnerable environment can take advantage of some ecological lessons from the past.

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“…Initiatives taken in EU rural development are mainly based on the endogenous development. Due to the complexity shown by EU regions and their counties, it is necessary to consider not only endogenous factors but also exogenous ones to build a suitable rural development strategy for each territory (Galdeano-Gómez, Aznar-Sánchez & Pérez-Mesa, 2011).…”

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confidence: 99%