Crisis económica y retorno a la actividad agrícola en Canarias

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This paper examines how the economic crisis and job losses in the construction sector and related services in the Canary Islands, Spain, prompted workers' return to primary-sector activity. This return has taken place largely outside the official regulatory system, becoming an irregular practice that sustains many Canarian households; the administration has responded with measures such as land banks and urban gardens (huertos urbanos), but these are described as only a partial solution to the poor state of family economies.