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La agricultura a tiempo parcial y la externalización de servicios agrarios como vehículo del cambio estructural

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  • Gallego Bono, Juan Ramón

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El «ajuste clásico» ha sido interpretado frecuentemente como la senda racional y óptima de modernización del sector agrario. Esto ha llevado a considerar a la agricultura a tiempo parcial como un subproducto (ineficiente) del modelo clásico. Frente a este planteamiento, el artículo defiende la potencial contribución de la agricultura a tiempo parcial (y la externalización de servicios asociada a la misma) al proceso de innovación y de modernización de las estructuras agrarias. Se revisa críticamente la literatura adoptando una perspectiva microeconómica y territorial y esbozando un marco analítico que combina los enfoques de los costes de transacción y evolucionista. Utilizando información estadística e información cualitativa procedente de entrevistas en profundidad, se distinguen dos modelos de organización de la producción dentro de la citricultura valenciana y se compara ésta con la catalana. Se evidencia que la concatenación agricultura a tiempo parcial-externalización de tareas estimula el cambio estructural generando trayectorias territoriales que pueden eventualmente converger con la «trayectoria clásica». Del análisis derivan implicaciones importantes de política agraria. The «classic adjustment» has been interpreted frequently as the optimal path to modernization of the agrarian sector. This has driven to consider part-time farming as a by-product (inefficient) of the classic model. Against this approach, the article defends the potential contribution of the part-time farming -and the externalisation of services associated to the same- to the process of innovation and modernization of the agrarian structures. To show that the literature is reviewed critically adopting a microeconomic and territorial perspective and outlining a transaction costs and evolutionary approach. Using statistical information and qualitative information coming from in-depth interviews, I compare the Valencian and Catalan citrus production organisation. As a result of the article, I obtain evidence of which the concatenation part-time farming-externalisation of tasks stimulates the structural change generating territorial trajectories that can in certain cases converge towards the «classic trajectory». Finally, the article allows to extract some important inferences of agrarian policy

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  • Gallego Bono, Juan Ramón, 2010. "La agricultura a tiempo parcial y la externalización de servicios agrarios como vehículo del cambio estructural," Revista Espanola de Estudios Agrosociales y Pesqueros, Ministerio de Medio Ambiente, Rural y Marino (formerly Ministry of Agriculture), issue 225, pages 1-34, April.
  • Handle: RePEc:ags:spreea:178682
    DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.178682
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    1. Carles Sanchis-Ibor & Mar Ortega-Reig & Amanda Guillem-García & Juan M. Carricondo & Juan Manzano-Juárez & Marta García-Mollá & Álvaro Royuela, 2021. "Irrigation Post-Modernization. Farmers Envisioning Irrigation Policy in the Region of Valencia (Spain)," Agriculture, MDPI, vol. 11(4), pages 1-21, April.
    2. Moreno-Pérez, Olga M. & Arnalte-Alegre, Eladio & Ortiz-Miranda, Dionisio, 2011. "Breaking down the growth of family farms: A case study of an intensive Mediterranean agriculture," Agricultural Systems, Elsevier, vol. 104(6), pages 500-511, July.

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