Intensive Horticulture in Almería (Spain): A Counterpoint to Current European Rural Policy Strategies
Much of the recently published literature in Europe on rural development tends to focus on de-agrarianization and multifunctionality in rural livelihoods as a way to generate employ- ment and incomes. This paper analyses the case of Almería (Spain), an exception to this general rule. Almería, once o...
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| author | Aznar Sánchez, José Ángel Galdeano Gómez, Emilio Pérez Mesa, Juan Carlos |
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| description | Much of the recently published literature in Europe on rural development tends to focus on de-agrarianization and multifunctionality in rural livelihoods as a way to generate employ- ment and incomes. This paper analyses the case of Almería (Spain), an exception to this general rule. Almería, once one of the poorest Spanish provinces, has become the most affluent province in Andalusia and ranks now about average in Spain. This fast growth rate was achieved thanks to the development of intensive horticulture and its processes of change from the 1970s to the present day, due to the factors reviewed in the present study.This success story is a counterpoint to current European rural development strategies that consider the promotion of agriculture a mistake and advocate instead the economic diversification of farms. |
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| spelling | oai:repositorio.ual.es:10835-3662023-11-03T10:08:03Z Intensive Horticulture in Almería (Spain): A Counterpoint to Current European Rural Policy Strategies Aznar Sánchez, José Ángel Galdeano Gómez, Emilio Pérez Mesa, Juan Carlos Planning and Development Economics Much of the recently published literature in Europe on rural development tends to focus on de-agrarianization and multifunctionality in rural livelihoods as a way to generate employ- ment and incomes. This paper analyses the case of Almería (Spain), an exception to this general rule. Almería, once one of the poorest Spanish provinces, has become the most affluent province in Andalusia and ranks now about average in Spain. This fast growth rate was achieved thanks to the development of intensive horticulture and its processes of change from the 1970s to the present day, due to the factors reviewed in the present study.This success story is a counterpoint to current European rural development strategies that consider the promotion of agriculture a mistake and advocate instead the economic diversification of farms. 2011-11-16T12:37:37Z 2011-11-16T12:37:37Z 2011-04-01 info:eu-repo/semantics/article Journal of Agrarian Change, 11(2), 2011, 241-261 1471-0366 http://hdl.handle.net/10835/366 en http://www.wiley.com/bw/journal.asp?ref=1471-0358&site=1 info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess Blackwell Publishing Ltd. |
| spellingShingle | Planning and Development Economics Aznar Sánchez, José Ángel Galdeano Gómez, Emilio Pérez Mesa, Juan Carlos Intensive Horticulture in Almería (Spain): A Counterpoint to Current European Rural Policy Strategies |
| title | Intensive Horticulture in Almería (Spain): A Counterpoint to Current European Rural Policy Strategies |
| title_full | Intensive Horticulture in Almería (Spain): A Counterpoint to Current European Rural Policy Strategies |
| title_fullStr | Intensive Horticulture in Almería (Spain): A Counterpoint to Current European Rural Policy Strategies |
| title_full_unstemmed | Intensive Horticulture in Almería (Spain): A Counterpoint to Current European Rural Policy Strategies |
| title_short | Intensive Horticulture in Almería (Spain): A Counterpoint to Current European Rural Policy Strategies |
| title_sort | intensive horticulture in almería (spain): a counterpoint to current european rural policy strategies |
| topic | Planning and Development Economics |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/10835/366 |
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