TECHNICAL AND STRUCTURAL DEVELOPMENTS IN SPAIN'S DAIRY SECTOR: IMPLICATIONS FOR ENTRY INTO THE COMMON MARKET

Abstract

This paper outlines the major trends experienced by Spain's dairy sector in recent decades. It offers tentative explanations of the factors accounting for these observed trends. Implications for the nation's dairy farm sector from entry into the EEC are examined. The paper concludes with some considerations on the possibilities to carry out the necessary technical and structural reforms needed to achieve a viable dairy sector before full application of the mechanisms for the Community's dairy policy takes place.Livestock Production/Industries,