A Strategic Line for Agricultural Development

Vol. 12 No. 2 (1992)

Apr-Jun / 1992
Published April 1, 1992
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How to Cite

Veiga, José Eli da. 1992. “A Strategic Line for Agricultural Development”. Brazilian Journal of Political Economy 12 (2):249-66. https://doi.org/10.1590/0101-31571992-0669.

A Strategic Line for Agricultural Development

José Eli da Veiga
Do Departamento de Economia da Faculdade de Economia e Administração da Universidade de São Paulo – FEA/USP, São Paulo/SP, Brasil.
Brazilian Journal of Political Economy, Vol. 12 No. 2 (1992), Apr-Jun / 1992, Pages 249-266

Abstract

This article focuses on the strategic importance of cheap food policies and imputes
to that sort of state intervention the low level of current benefits in capitalist developed
agricultures. As a consequence, corporate farming has been inhibited and family fanning has
found favourable conditions to develop.

JEL Classification: Q11; Q18; O13.


Keywords: Agricultural prices inequality family agriculture