TY - JOUR
KW - veterinary medicine
KW - political economy
KW - productive unit
KW - technical development
KW - agricultural economic structure
AU - Alessandro Bonanno
AB - This study investigates the socio-historical relationships existing between the development of the agricultural structure and the process of technical development. Adopting a political economy posture, it is argued that the development of technical procedures in agriculture has been aimed historically at the maximization of production and productivity. This phenomenon has been generated by the social hegemony of groups interested in the enhancement of accumulation of capital and has been translated into an emphasis on large productive units, which discriminates against small and medium farms. This pattern of development has been legitimized through a social consensus which involves an emphasis on small family producers. This contradiction is embodied in the generation of a dualistic agricultural structure characterized by the prosperity of large farms, the persistence of small farms and the crisis of medium farms and in patterns of overproduction and unavailability of food for the poor segments of society.
AN - AFH-1-01
BT - Agriculture and Human Values
C1 - Agric Hum Values
C6 - 0889-048X, 1572-8366
DA - 12/1988
DB - link.springer.com
DO - 10.1007/BF02217180
IS - 1-2
LA - English
N1 - This article from Agriculture and Human Values, 5 (1-2) listed independently.
N2 - This study investigates the socio-historical relationships existing between the development of the agricultural structure and the process of technical development. Adopting a political economy posture, it is argued that the development of technical procedures in agriculture has been aimed historically at the maximization of production and productivity. This phenomenon has been generated by the social hegemony of groups interested in the enhancement of accumulation of capital and has been translated into an emphasis on large productive units, which discriminates against small and medium farms. This pattern of development has been legitimized through a social consensus which involves an emphasis on small family producers. This contradiction is embodied in the generation of a dualistic agricultural structure characterized by the prosperity of large farms, the persistence of small farms and the crisis of medium farms and in patterns of overproduction and unavailability of food for the poor segments of society.
PY - 1988
SP - 92
EP - 100
ST - Structural and technical development in agriculture
T2 - Agriculture and Human Values
TI - Structural and technical development in agriculture: An international overview
UR - http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/BF02217180
VL - 5
ER -