PERFIL ACTUAL DEL AGRICULTOR ECOLÓGICO EN LA COMARCA DEL ALTO GUADALENTÍN (MURCIA)
Abstract
Ecological farmer’s Profile of the Alto Guadalentín in the Murcia Region. Within the Murcia County, the Region of Alto Gudalentín represents 7.01% of the whole murcian farming dedicated to produce ecological products. In this project we analyse the farmer’s profile using data from the Alto Guadalentín Ecological Farming Council. The final result shows that 50% of the farmers in this region became ecological farmers from traditional farmers being the financial factor one of the key factors to switch from traditional to ecological farming. The higher percentage of ecological farmers of Alto Guadalentín, nearly 35%, are between 46 and 55 years old, 28% are between 36 and 45 years old and only 12.28% of the farmers in this region are under 36 years of age. Almost 87% of the Alto Guadalentín farmers don’t belong to any farming association.Downloads
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