Agricultural Extension And Rural Development Works, Papers.
Unit One: What is Rural Development? Unit Information 1 Unit Overview 1 Unit Aims 1 Unit Learning Outcomes 1 Key Readings 2 Further Readings 5 References 6 Multimedia 8 1.0 Concepts and challenges 9 Section Overview 9 Section Learning Outcome 9 1.1 Trends in development thinking 9 1.2 Defining rural development 15 Section 1 Self Assessment Questions 22 2.0 Policy 23 Section Overview 23 Section.
Parker examines the rationale for a specific rural focus in poverty reduction programs and reviews recent attempts to encourage rural development. He discusses the role decentralization could play in rural development programs and analyzes recent efforts to implement decentralized rural development programs. Parker concludes that although decentralization initiatives have a long history, much.
Rural Development Working Papers From the Northeast Region Please Note: Some. Marcellus Shale Multi-State Academic Research Conference. Event Collaborators: Cornell University, Penn State University, West Virginia University, Northeast Regional Center for Rural Development, and Ben Franklin Technology Central and Northern PA, May 10-11, 2011. The Determinants of Rural Self-Employment.
International and Rural Development. We apply social science theory and methods to analyse human and social dimensions of economic and technological change. Staff and postgraduate students are currently engaged in research in the UK and over 20 countries in Asia, Africa and Latin America, using a wide range of conceptual and methodological frameworks. Our research is structured around six.
Water resources and rural development publishes papers describing the role of water resources in supporting livelihood activities in rural areas. Our primary interest is in the impacts of water resources policy and management on rural livelihoods and household welfare. Thus, we welcome analyses of natural resource policies and other policies, outside the direct scope of natural resources.
Most rural research and practice in Europe focus on endogenous relations (multi-functional agriculture, rural entrepreneurs, improved living conditions in rural areas, local amenities etc.) as the way of securing development or just a.
The rural development policy for the different financial periods is set up so as to cover issues related to competitiveness of agriculture and forestry, environmental issues and territorial cohesion aspects such as quality of life in rural areas and diversification of the rural economy. JRC research focuses on the role of agriculture as.