Structural Change in Agriculture: The Experience for Broilers, Fed Cattle, and Processing Vegetables

摘要

Analysis of the rapid transformation since World War II of raising broilers, feeding cattle, and growing vegetables for processing suggests that forces outside farming trigger structural change, at first to exploit new conditions, and later to manage new risks. In the subsectors studied, new technology, market conditions, and policies set off a four-stage process: technological adaptation, shift to new producing areas, growth and development, and adjustment to risk.