The economic viability and stability of 'capitalised family farming': an analysis of agricultural decollectivisation in Peru. From: Journal of Development Studies | Date: January 1, 1991| Author: Melmed-Sanjak, Jolyne S.; Carter, Michael R. | COPYRIGHT 1991 Frank Cass & Company Ltd. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

Agricultural decollectivisation in Peru created a nascent |Capitalist Family Farm' sector. Does the empirical fact of parcellisation suggest that small-scale agriculture is optimal? Will land reconcentration occur with differentiation among the parceleros? Studying the causes and consequences of parcellisation provides insight into a number of questions relating to alternative production systems. Productive efficiency is compared between the parceleros and their co-operative predec...