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La tipologia de las explotaciones en funcion de su viabilidad economica y demografica: aplicacion a las explotaciones de bovino en Galicia

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  • Garcia, Francisco Sineiro
  • Iglesias, Edelmiro Lopez
  • Fernandez, Roberto Lorenzana
  • Pacos, Bernardo Valdes

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RESUMEN En este artículo se elabora una tipología de las explotaciones de bovino en Galicia en función de su viabilidad económica y demográfica, empleando como fuente las bases de datos anonimizadas de los censos agrarios de 1989 y 1999. Los resultados así obtenidos son utilizados en una triple dirección: ofrecer una radiografía de la estructura actual del sector, interpretar sus transformaciones recientes y proyectar las tendencias para la próxima década (1999-2009). El análisis permite concluir que el sector está integrado por tres grandes grupos de explotaciones, con unas características y unas perspectivas muy diferentes: aquéllas con viabilidad económica y demográfica, sólo 1/5 pero que concentran ya la mayor parte del output; las que están en manos de un titular mayor de 55 años sin sucesor, alrededor de 1/3, en su mayoría de muy pequeño tamaño; y finalmente el colectivo más numeroso (50% del total) y con un futuro más incierto, formado por las explotaciones con posibilidad de continuidad familiar pero inviables económicamente. PALABRAS CLAVE: Viabilidad de explotaciones, estructuras agrarias, ganadería bovina, Galicia, ajuste estructural SUMMARY In this article, data bases from the 1989 and 1999 Agricultural Censuses are employed in order to elaborate a typology of the bovine farms in Galicia, which is based on the farms economic and demographic viability. The analysis allows us to conclude that the sector is integrated by three large groups of farms, with very different characteristics and perspectives. The first group is made of farms with economic and demographic viability, representing only 1/5 of the total although concentrating most of the output, whereas the second contains 1/3 of the total number of farms which are operated by farmers aged 55 or above without successor, and in its majority of very small size. Finally, the third is the most numerous group (50% of the total) and formed by farms with a more uncertain future, because they have possibility of succession but are not economically viable. Thus, the obtained results are used in three ways: to offer an analysis of the present structure of the sector, to interpret its recent transformations, and to project the tendencies for the next decade (1999-2009).

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  • Garcia, Francisco Sineiro & Iglesias, Edelmiro Lopez & Fernandez, Roberto Lorenzana & Pacos, Bernardo Valdes, 2004. "La tipologia de las explotaciones en funcion de su viabilidad economica y demografica: aplicacion a las explotaciones de bovino en Galicia," Economia Agraria y Recursos Naturales, Spanish Association of Agricultural Economists, vol. 4(08), pages 1-23.
  • Handle: RePEc:ags:earnsa:28775
    DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.28775
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