The Concept of Family Farming in the Portuguese Political Discourse

Resumo

Although several countries have outlined national and multi-criteria definitions, family farming is not well defined in most countries including Portugal, making it difficult to assess its real importance as well as the reasons underlying the design and the success/failure of particular policies. The main purpose of this study is to investigate the framing of family farming in the Portuguese political discourse by applying content analysis to a range of national policies and planning documents. The results show little reference to family farming in political documents and a conceptualization of family farming made in antagonism to professional or entrepreneurial farmers.

Tipo

Artigo

Área

Agrárias

Ano

2019

Idioma

Inglês

Páginas

15

Licença

CC BY

DOI

10.3390/socsci8070213

Como citar (ABNT)

DINIS, Isabel. The Concept of Family Farming in the Portuguese Political Discourse. Social Sciences, v. 8, n. 7, p. 213, 2019. DOI: 10.3390/socsci8070213.