Fuelling rural development? The impact of biofuel feedstock production in southern Africa on household income and expenditures
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DOI: 10.1016/j.erss.2021.102053
Abstract: Abstract Biofuel feedstock production has been identified as a possible avenue to boost rural development in Sub-Saharan Africa. Despite the extensive promotion of biofuel crops such as jatropha and sugarcane, there are no cohesive and… read more here.
Keywords: biofuel feedstock; feedstock production; production; biofuel ... See more keywords
Natura 2000 payments for private forest owners in Rural Development Programmes 2007–2013 - a comparative view
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DOI: 10.1016/j.forpol.2017.08.019
Abstract: The role of Natura 2000 network is to ensure the long-term survival of Europe's most valuable and threatened species and habitats. Ecologically valuable forest ecosystems are often owned or managed by private forest owners. Natura… read more here.
Keywords: forest owners; development programmes; private forest; natura 2000 ... See more keywords
Reaching rural: Identifying implicit social networks in community development programmes
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jrurstud.2018.12.006
Abstract: Abstract Exogenous, endogenous, neo-endogenous, and more recently, nexogenous development have been prominent theories of rural development in Europe over the past several decades. While these theories of rural development are well known in Europe, they… read more here.
Keywords: development; social networks; community development; reaching rural ... See more keywords
Local determinants of the Common Agricultural Policy rural development funds’ distribution in Poland and their spatial implications
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jrurstud.2020.01.018
Abstract: Abstract We combine factor analysis and linear regression models to link local determinants of development of agriculture and rural areas with the frequency of applications for the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) rural development measures. We… read more here.
Keywords: local determinants; common agricultural; rural development; agricultural policy ... See more keywords
Community-driven social innovation and quadruple helix coordination in rural development. Case study on LEADER group Aktion Österbotten
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jrurstud.2020.08.001
Abstract: Abstract Social innovations (SIs) are new ideas that create collaboration or new social relationships and thus meet local needs. The purpose of the research is to understand the role of SIs and community-based quadruple-helix actors… read more here.
Keywords: rural development; community; helix; quadruple helix ... See more keywords
Theory and reality of the EU’s rural development policy application in the context of territorial cohesion perspective—The case of the Czech Republic in the long-term period of 2004–2013 ☆ ☆☆
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DOI: 10.1016/j.landusepol.2016.11.036
Abstract: Strategic and legislative documents concerning the EU’s rural development policy emphasise the link with territorial cohesion. Long-term identification of the countryside with agriculture, however, ushered in a focus on this sector in the rural development… read more here.
Keywords: rural development; policy; development policy; territorial cohesion ... See more keywords
Rural development programs’ impact on environment: An ex-post evaluation of organic faming
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DOI: 10.1016/j.landusepol.2019.04.016
Abstract: Abstract Increasing attention on the relationship between agriculture and the environment has led governments to place new emphasis on Agri-environmental policies and organic agriculture to support farmers in developing innovative and sustainable management strategies. This… read more here.
Keywords: development programs; programs impact; impact environment; environment ... See more keywords
Wind farms and payments to landowners: Opportunities for rural development for the case of Galicia
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DOI: 10.1016/j.rser.2018.06.043
Abstract: Wind development creates a range of economic impacts at different territorial scales and sectors, one of which is the local sector at the rural level. Yet few studies make an in-depth study on the relationship… read more here.
Keywords: rural areas; wind; rural development; wind farms ... See more keywords
Moving Up or Moving Out? Insights into Rural Development and Poverty Reduction in Senegal
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DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2017.07.009
Abstract: In this paper we investigate livelihood and poverty dynamics in the Senegal River Delta area in Senegal over a period of seven years. We use household survey data from two panel rounds in 2006 and… read more here.
Keywords: rural development; reduction senegal; poverty reduction; poverty ... See more keywords
Colombia’s rural development must honour peace agreement
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DOI: 10.1038/d41586-018-05847-x
Abstract: It is absurd to put effort and public resources into research that has already been published. This will continue to be a risk as long as papers in non-English journals are not routinely indexed in… read more here.
Keywords: honour peace; rural development; must honour; colombia rural ... See more keywords
Between hunger and growth: pursuing rural development in Partition’s aftermath, 1947–1957
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DOI: 10.1080/09584935.2017.1292213
Abstract: Built from the ground up by three thousand Sikh and Hindu refugees in the aftermath of the Partition of India in 1947, the town of Nilokheri in East Punjab emerged as an unlikely centre of… read more here.
Keywords: growth pursuing; rural development; partition; hunger growth ... See more keywords