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The Agri-Food Industry in the Spanish Regions: Potentialities and Opportunities in the Region of Andalusia

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  • Antonio Rafael Peña-Sánchez
  • José Ruiz-Chico
  • Mercedes Jiménez-García
  • María del Carmen Pérez-Peña

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The importance of the agri-food industry in Spain is widely recognised. Numerous studies have highlighted the economic impact of this sector on the Spanish economy, generating 15% of the country’s wealth. For this reason, this paper aims to present the territorial evolution of the growth of the agri-food industry in the Spanish regional economies as a whole in the period 1980 to 2018, focusing attention on the hypothesis of concentration in the agri-food sector of the New Economic Geography. Our method is based on the study of territorial disparities and econometric estimates. We find that the factors that explain the regional concentration of the stock of productive capital in the agri-food industry in Spanish regions include regional productive efficiency, the location and specialisation of the labour force, the size of the consumer market, the proximity to markets supplying raw materials and the territorial endowment of infrastructures. The competitiveness of the agri-food sector in Andalusia generates a source of potential and opportunities, although the lack of infrastructure has been limiting it. We propose a regional economic policy committed to investment in infrastructure in the Andalusian region. Besides, it is necessary to replicate the work with new data sources and methodology that allow us to contrast these results. JEL Classification: O14, O18, L66, R11, R30.

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  • Antonio Rafael Peña-Sánchez & José Ruiz-Chico & Mercedes Jiménez-García & María del Carmen Pérez-Peña, 2025. "The Agri-Food Industry in the Spanish Regions: Potentialities and Opportunities in the Region of Andalusia," SAGE Open, , vol. 15(2), pages 21582440251, May.
  • Handle: RePEc:sae:sagope:v:15:y:2025:i:2:p:21582440251337188
    DOI: 10.1177/21582440251337188
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    Keywords

    agri-food industry; apparent productivity of employment; location of agri-food production activity; level of infrastructure; Theil index; sigma convergence;
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    JEL classification:

    • O14 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Industrialization; Manufacturing and Service Industries; Choice of Technology
    • O18 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Urban, Rural, Regional, and Transportation Analysis; Housing; Infrastructure
    • L66 - Industrial Organization - - Industry Studies: Manufacturing - - - Food; Beverages; Cosmetics; Tobacco
    • R11 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - General Regional Economics - - - Regional Economic Activity: Growth, Development, Environmental Issues, and Changes
    • R30 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - Real Estate Markets, Spatial Production Analysis, and Firm Location - - - General

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