Crop land management in rural Spain. A study of social innovations in agricultural cooperatives.

PIÑEIRO, VERÓNICA; MARTINEZ-GOMEZ, VICTOR; MELIA-MARTÍ, ELENA; GARCIA-ALVAREZ-COQUE, JOSE-MARIA

Madrid

Congreso; XLVI Reunión de Estudios Regionales / International Conference on Regional Science; 2021

Asociación Española de Ciencia Regional

Following an agricultural innovation systems approach, the joint croplandmanagement (JCM) initiatives are considered a part of a holistic strategy that combines collective innovation, enabling technologies, and regional structural policies. Case studies allow to describe, understand, and classify the most successful JCM models. This taxonomic effort unveils alternative roadmaps to improve farm structures in agrifood cooperatives and helps to identify the incentives needed to promote the different alternatives. Our findings suggest that alternative pathways can be suggested for incorporating land into cooperatives´ production planning. In the same vein, our results support policy formulation oriented to attract young professionals to farming