Structural Change and Small Farm Agriculture in Northwest Portugal / / Eric A. Monke.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Cornell University Press Archive Pre-2000
• VerfasserIn: Monke, Eric A.,
• MitwirkendeR: Avillez, Francisco,; Coelho, Jose Pimentel,; Cory, Dennis,; Ferro, Manuela,; Finan, Timothy,; Fox, Roger,; Jesus, Joao,; Jorge, Manuela,; Langwortby, Murk,; Langworthy, Mark,; Marques, Margarida,; Martins, Francisco,; Monke, Eric,; Pearson, Scott,; de Medeiros, Manuel,
• Place / Publishing House: Ithaca, NY : : Cornell University Press, , [2019]; ©1993
• Year of Publication: 2019
• Language: English
• Series: Food Systems and Agrarian Change
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (240 p.) :; 5 charts/graphs
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; Tables --; Figures --; Preface --; Authors --; 1. Structural Change and Small-Farm Development --; 2. Structural Change and Small Farms in the European Community --; 3. Analysis of Agricultural Change --; 4. Patterns of Production and Resource Use in the Minho --; 5. Returns to Representative Farm Systems --; 6. Farmer Responses to Changed Incentives --; 7. Land Markets and Policy --; 8. Public Investment Policies --; 9. Public Subsidy Policies --; 10. Strategies for Change --; References --; Index
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9781501737237; 9783110536171
• DOI: 10.7591/9781501737237
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Eric A. Monke.

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.