Farm diversification strategies in northwestern Spain: Factors affecting transitional pathways

Land Use Policy

Volumn 49, Issue , 2015, Pages 413-425

  García Arias, Ana Isabel ^a   Vázquez González, Ibán ^a,b,c   Sineiro García, Francisco ^a,b   Pérez Fra, Mar ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

^b Escola Politécnica Superior   (Spain)

^c Gobierno de Cantabria   (Spain)

Author keywords

Diversification; Farm strategies; Post productivism; Resilience; Rural development; Southern Europe

Indexed keywords

ABANDONED LAND; AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT; AGRICULTURAL DIVERSIFICATION; AGRICULTURAL INTENSIFICATION; AGRICULTURAL POLICY; RURAL DEVELOPMENT; STRATEGIC APPROACH; STRUCTURAL ADJUSTMENT;

SPAIN;

EID: 84940665394     PISSN: 02648377     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landusepol.2015.08.011     Document Type: Article

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