Tendences and prospects for rural development in the province of Segovia: opportunities and limitations

Abstract

The province of Segovia (Castilla y León, Spain) is immersed in a process of transformation of their production structures that has to do, as the first manifestation, with agricultural activity and rural development. The quality of the agro-food production is one of the safest bets with which to approach the future of predominant rural environment of Segovia. In it, the economic dynamization and progress of the diversification of functions have to do more, than any other consideration, with an increasing tertiarisation based on attention services to the decreasing population. They are the limitations and opportunities posed to the provincial rural development. Trends pointed and future perspectives found in the agroindustrial framework and quality agricultural products their main vector.