Description
Services in the changing agricultural model
Book summary
This work offers a rigorous analysis of the fundamental role of services in the transformation of the Galician agricultural sector over the last few decades. The author explains how agricultural and livestock professionals turn to external advice, innovations, and new services to adapt to a complex market, improve competitiveness, ensure sustainability, and aspire to a better quality of life. An essential study for understanding the tertiarization of the sector and its future.
What is it about?
The book addresses the growing importance of services in the changing process of the Galician agricultural sector. It covers the main economic, institutional, and technological changes affecting farms, showing how contracting external services (machinery, technical advice, management) becomes an adaptive response to crisis and global demands. It deeply analyzes the role of cooperatives, associations, and agricultural unions as key service providers, highlighting their ability to generate economies of scale and promote a new sustainable agricultural model.
Main topics
- Tertiarization of the Galician agricultural sector and the service economy.
- Adaptation of agriculture to the dynamics of agro-industrialization and market liberalization.
- Role of advisory and innovation services in production processes.
- Function of agricultural cooperatives and associations in service provision.
- Challenges of sustainability and quality of life in rural Galicia.
Who is it recommended for?
Recommended for professionals in the agricultural and livestock sector, technicians, advisors, heads of cooperatives and associations, as well as for students and researchers of agricultural economics, rural development, and agri-food policies. Also for anyone interested in understanding the evolution of the Galician agricultural model and its current challenges.
What this book offers
- An updated and documented vision of the change in the agricultural model in Galicia.
- Understanding of the strategic role of services in the competitiveness and sustainability of the sector.
- Detailed analysis of the operation and impact of cooperatives and other agricultural entities.
- Keys to understanding how innovation and external knowledge are transforming farms.
- Perspectives on the potential of a new sustainable agricultural model for rural Galicia.
Technical specifications
- Author: Pereira Sánchez, Ángeles
- Publisher: Edicións Laiovento, S.L.
- Language: Galician
- Topic: Agriculture and related industries
- Collection: Essay
- Binding: Paperback
- Publication date: June 2019
- Number of pages: 276
- Weight: 400 g
Editorial review
A reference work for those who want to delve into the transformation of the Galician primary sector from an economic and social perspective. The author offers a solid and well-documented analysis that connects local reality with global dynamics, highlighting the crucial role of services as an engine of change. Recommended for both specialists and readers interested in the future of the countryside.