El seguro agrario como instrumento de estabilización de rentas. La experiencia española de finales del siglo XX

Abstract

The relevance of agricultural insurance as an instrument of agricultural policy for the income maintenance of small and medium-sized farmers, support of traditional agriculture and respect of the environment, can be observed in Spain. In this country the subject was legislated correctly since 1978. The Spanish agricultural insurance model became an example to follow by many countries inasmuch as it attained the balance between the parties involved and achieved proper income maintenance for farmers in case of crop failures by meteorological phenomena