Sustainability dimensions related to agricultural-based development: the experience of 50 years of intensive farming in Almería (Spain)

@article{GaldeanoGmez2013SustainabilityDR,
  title={Sustainability dimensions related to agricultural-based development: the experience of 50 years of intensive farming in Almer{\'i}a (Spain)},
  author={Emilio Galdeano-G{\'o}mez and Jos{\'e} A. Aznar-S{\'a}nchez and Juan Carlos P{\'e}rez-Mesa},
  journal={International Journal of Agricultural Sustainability},
  year={2013},
  volume={11},
  pages={125 - 143}
}
In the context of the current agri-food market, several factors have made it increasingly difficult to balance the components of sustainability in agricultural-based development. These factors include increasing internationalization, tighter control of distribution and frequent changes in agricultural policies. Indeed, in the framework of European rural policy there has been considerable debate in recent years concerning the role of the agricultural sector and how it should face the following… Expand
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