Environmental and Social Consequences of Economic Restructuring in Australian Agriculture
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Abstract
The changing nature of Australian agriculture is such that corporate farms are becoming more common, family farms are disappearing, and the remaining family farms are losing autonomy by the increasing corporate control of commodity distribution networks, by the increasing significance of contract farming, and by new developments in biotechnology. These changes in agriculture have considerable environmental impact and need to be considered at a policy level if widespread environmental degradation is to be avoided. Furthermore, there are enormous social consequences of these changes that have wide ranging effects not only on the nature of farming but also on the nature of community settlement in rural areas in Australia.
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Consecuencias Ambientales y Sociales de la Reestructuración Económica en la Agricultura Australiana
La naturaleza cambiante de la agricultura australiana es tal que las fincas corporativas se están volviendo comunes. Las granjas familiares están desapareciendo y las que quedan están perdiendo su autonomía debido al control que ejercen las corporaciones sobre las redes de distribución de los productos, por el aumento significativo de cultivos contratados y por los nuevas avances en biotecnologia. Estos cambios en la agricultura tienen un impacto ambiental considerable y es necesario que sean considerados en el nivel politico a fin de evitar la propagación de la degradación ambiental. Aún más, estos cambios tienen enormes consecuencias sociales, con amplios efectos no sólo en la naturaleza de la actividad agrícola, sino también en la naturaleza de los asentamientos comunitarios en las áreas rurales de Australia.
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