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In tandem to the gradual increase in the size of the agricultural holdings, the number of people leaving farming is also rising given its growing complexity, low profitability and a lack of a new generation willing to take over when the older generation reaches retirement. However, this does not mean that they have completely turned their back on working with the land and they often continue to produce food for the household in a nearby vegetable garden or plot. There are also many people who continue to keep a vegetable garden in the Atlantic-facing area which has undergone a similar phenomenon but with livestock.
En las crisis también se produce un regreso a las actividades agrarias por quienes las habían abandonado por sectores que ofrecían mayor rentabilidad pero que soportan peor los períodos de declive económico. En ese sentido la tierra siempre ha supuesto una garantía de supervivencia.
