135966 20260217205524.0 doi 10.1017/S0956793324000074 sideral 138998 ART-2024-138998 eng Clar, Ernesto Universidad de Zaragoza (orcid)0000-0003-2109-781X Tradition counts. The boom in the Spanish broiler chicken and pork sectors, 1955–2020 2024 Access copy available to the general public Unrestricted The economic success of the intensive poultry and pork sectors is a milestone in the Spanish economic history of the past seven decades. This work analyses the boom in the chicken and pork businesses in Spain, verifying the strengths and weaknesses of both livestock models, and drawing conclusions in relation to the agribusiness system. The influence of chicken and pork in the booming Spanish meat sector is analysed from the perspectives of livestock farming and agroindustry, followed by the impact of both forms of intensive livestock farming on Spain’s domestic consumption and foreign trade. The similarities and differences in their evolution are identified from the perspective of two food supply models: a predominance of economies of scale until the 1980s, and of so-called economies of scope since that time. While the development of mass production in both intensive livestock businesses followed a similar pattern, the progressive segmentation of the market towards higher quality, more artisanal and sustainable products has greatly favoured the sector more deeply rooted in rural tradition: pork. info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/AEI/PID2022-138886NB-I00 info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/DGA/S55-23R info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/MCINN-FEDER/PGC2018-095529-B-I00 info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess by https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/deed.es 0.5 2024 HISTORY 99 / 542 = 0.183 2024 Q1 T1 0.212 2024 History 2024 Q1 Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous) 2024 Q2 Urban Studies 2024 Q3 Geography, Planning and Development 2024 Q3 1.0 2024 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion 4014 480 Universidad de Zaragoza Dpto. Economía Aplicada Área Hª e Instituc.Económ. 35, 2 (2024), 233-254 Rural hist. RURAL HISTORY-ECONOMY SOCIETY CULTURE 0956-7933 419783 http://zaguan.unizar.es/record/135966/files/texto_completo.pdf Versión publicada 2169624 http://zaguan.unizar.es/record/135966/files/texto_completo.jpg?subformat=icon icon Versión publicada oai:zaguan.unizar.es:135966 articulos driver 2026-02-17-20:29:49 ARTICLE