Portuguese Agriculture in Transition / Scott R. Pearson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Pearson, Scott R., Author.

Contributor:

Pearson, Scott R.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Agriculture and state--Portugal.

Agriculture and state.

Agriculture--Economic aspects--Portugal.

Agriculture.

Agriculture--Portugal.

Europe.

Local Subjects:

Agriculture.

Europe.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (288 p.) : 1 map

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Ithaca, NY : Cornell University Press, [2019]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Portuguese Agriculture in Transition represents the synthesis of a six-year study undertaken by nine social scientists from the University of Arizona, Stanford University, Göttingen University, and the University of Lisbon, aimed at improving the efficiency and productivity of Portuguese agriculture. The fourteen essays seek to explain the constraints that affect the making of agricultural policy in Portugal, the sources of comparative advantage within the agricultural sector, and the technical innovations that have recently begun to change farming in the northwest of the country.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Tables

Figures and Maps

Foreword

Abbreviations

PART ONE. Constraints, Methods, and Policies

1. Constraints on the Development of Portuguese Agriculture / Pearson, Scott R. / Manke, Eric

2. Methods of Analysis / Pearson, Scott R.

3. Commodity Policies / Josling, Timothy / Tangermann, Stefan

4. Agricultural Factor Markets / Manke, Eric

PART TWO. Comparative Advantage in Portuguese Agriculture

5. Extensive Farming in the Alentejo / Fox, Roger

6. Intensive Agriculture in the Vale do Tejo / Avillez, Francisco / Langworthy, Mark

7. Dairying in the Azores / Langworthy, Mark

8. Intensive Agriculture in the Northwest / Finan, Timothy J.

PART THREE. Agricultural Change in the Northwest

9. Technical Change in a Northwest Parish / Bentley, Jeffery W.

10. Patterns of Technical Change in the Northwest / Fox, Roger / Finan, Timothy J.

11. Future Technical and Structural Adjustments in Northwestern Agriculture / Fox, Roger / Finan, Timothy J.

PART FOUR. Policies for Change

12. Future Commodity Policies / Josling, Timothy / Tangermann, Stefan

13. Future Policies Influencing Agricultural Factor Markets / Monke, Eric

14. Portuguese Agricultural Strategies / Pearson, Scott R.

Index

Notes:

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Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

9781501746154

1501746154

OCLC:

1129174783