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2010 Federal Reference Manual for Regional Schools, Income Tax Management and Reporting for Small Businesses and Farms
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Bouchard,   Gregory J.; Bennett,   Joseph A.
Tipo: Working Paper
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/121648

Local Problems Facing Manufacturers: Results of the ERS Rural Manufacturing Survey
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: McGranahan,   David A.
The economic health of many rural towns and regions depends on their ability to maintain a competitive manufacturing sector. In a recent ERS survey, rural manufacturers reported that, more than any other factor, the quality of local labor hindered their competitiveness. Other frequently cited local problems included State and local taxes, environmental regulations, the attractiveness of the area to managers and professionals, and the quality of local schools. The extent of these problems varies by region more than along a rural-urban dimension. Labor quality problems were more likely to be reported by manufacturers who paid below average wages, hired less-educated workers, and used advanced technologies. Advanced technology users in counties that...
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 1998
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/33765

FACTORS INFLUENCING PARTICIPATION IN BR&amp;E PROGRAMS: A STUDY OF LOCAL COORDINATORS IN SIX STATES
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Ilvento,   Thomas W.; Loveridge,   Scott.
This study used a telephone survey of coordinators of local Business Retention and Expansion Programs (BR&amp;E). The focus of the of the study was to survey BR&amp;E coordinators who conducted programs in the last five years to better understand the factors that lead the community and the coordinator to undertake a BR&amp;E program. We used state program leaders to identify coordinators in six participating states: Kentucky, Maine, Minnesota, Nebraska, North Dakota, and West Virginia. The states represented programs that had a similar approach to BR&amp;E in terms of a community approach which used volunteers by design. A total of 94 Coordinators were identified, and 80 responded to the survey during the summer and fall of 1998 (85% response rate). Of...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development; Teaching/Communication/Extension/Profession.
Ano: 2000
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/15819

Distributional Impacts of Food Price Changes on Consumer Welfare in Hungary and Romania following EU Accession
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Hubbard,   Carmen; Szigeti,   Judith; Podruzsik,   Szilard.
This paper focuses on the estimation of changes in economic welfare (real income) on different groups (income deciles) of Hungarian and Romanian consumers following food price changes as a result of accession to the European Union (EU) in 2004 and 2007. It identifies in both countries those consumer groups most vulnerable to food price changes using the most recent, official, post accession data. Slutsky Compensating Variation, based on Laspeyres indexes is employed for a food basket of 16 products. The results show that real food prices have changed with some going up and others falling. However, overall both Hungary and Romania have experienced a rise in real food prices by 9 per cent and 20 per cent, respectively. The rise in food prices has resulted in...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Prices; Consumers; Welfare; Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Labor and Human Capital.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/95036

Rural Diversification and Social Capital in Rural Japan
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Sakurai,   Seiichi; Yokoyama,   Shigeki.
This study investigates the effect of community factors on the development and diversification of rural Japan. Diversification is a matter of concern in rural communities as a means of revitalizing regional socio-economies. To establish new diversified activities, cooperation between rural residents is essential. Social capital (SC) is an important community factor that facilitates collective community action. The area analyzed in this study is the Awa area, where various kinds of agro-related activities have emerged, including rural-urban exchanges and agro-tourism. Traditional customs are also preserved in the area. We conducted both community and household-level surveys to collect data and investigate the general characteristics of the study area....
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development; Institutional and Behavioral Economics; M2; O18; Q13; Q26; R0.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/25550

Differences of county economic development in Hebei Province based on realistic competitiveness
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Han,   Su-qing.
Rural Development
Tipo: Thesis or Dissertation
Palavras-chave: County economy; Economic differences; Realistic competitiveness; Hebei Province; China; Agribusiness; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Production Economics; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/53436

INFRASTRUCTURE, OPENNESS, AND REGIONAL INEQUALITY IN INDIA
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Zhang,   Xiaobo; Fan,   Shenggen.
This paper aims to quantify the driving forces behind the observed divergence of Indian economy.  The results show that in a closed economy with agriculture as the predominant mode of production, the comparative advantage is mainly determined by the difference in land quality and climate across regions within a country.  However, when the economy opens its door to the rest of the world, a region’'s comparative advantage is evaluated in a broader global context.  Therefore, regions adjacent to more developed economies, or with better infrastructure such as ports and airports, enjoy a far better location advantage for trade and development than landlocked regions.  More investment in physical infrastructure such as roads will bring the interior regions...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2002
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/19902

LOCAL CONTROL AND IMPROVEMENT OF COMMUNITY SERVICE
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Kavanagh,   John C.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 1967
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/17573

The economic value of releasing parasitoid for the control of maize stemborers in East and Southern Africa
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Kipkoech,   Anderson Kipruto; Schulthess,   Fritz; Yabann,   Wilson K.; Maritim,   Henry K.; Muchugu,   Erick; Mithofer,   Dagmar.
The braconid larval parasitoid Cotesia flavipes Cameron was introduced from Asia into East and Southern African region starting in 1993 to control the invasive exotic maize stemborer Chilo partellus (Swinhoe) (Lepidoptera: Crambidae). A quasi-experiment was constructed using farmers that applied sublethal dosages of pesticide in assessing the counterfactual for the impact of the establishment of the introduced parasitoid in five countries in the region. Logistic regression method was used to estimate the probability that farmers’ would inadvertently exclude parasitoids in their maize field. Thereafter the propensity score matching method was used to find corresponding farmers excluding parasitoids among those who did not for yield comparison. The...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Benefit-cost; Biological control; Impact assessment; Maize; Stemborers; Parasitoids; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Crop Production/Industries; Farm Management; Food Security and Poverty.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/51679

JAAE Front page
Provedor de dados: 31
Includes: Front Cover, Editorial Information, JAAE Manuscript Submission Guidelines
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; Agricultural Finance; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Consumer/Household Economics; Crop Production/Industries; Demand and Price Analysis; Environmental Economics and Policy; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy; Risk and Uncertainty; Teaching/Communication/Extension/Profession.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/113515

Identifying and Measuring the Effect of Firm Clusters Among Certified Organic Processors and Handlers
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Jaenicke,   Edward C.; Goetz,   Stephan J.; Wu,   Ping-Chao; Dimitri,   Carolyn.
This paper investigates the certified organic handler sector, a specialized component of the middle part of the farm-to-table marketing chain, and documents the impacts of firm agglomeration (or firm clusters) on firm-level performance or firm-level decisions.   After accounting for endogeneity in firm clustering, our findings confirm that firm clusters have significant impacts, though the estimate of the impact depends on how a firm cluster is defined.  For example, significant impacts on sales per employee range from an additional $0.17 million to $1.47 million, depending on whether a small or large number of firms is used as the minimum number to define a firm cluster.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Firm clusters; Organic; Treatment effects; Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/49205

Map Resources – ECO Farms in the Czech Republic
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Vanek,   Jiri; Brožová,   Ivana; Jarolimek,   Jan; Simek,   Pavel; Vogeltanzova,   Tereza; Cervenkova,   Eva.
The present paper deals with the creation of maps for the sake of a special map portal using the database of eco farms in the Czech Republic. The map output is being developed and implemented within the framework of the Research Program in mutual cooperation of the Department of Information Technologies, Information and Consulting Centre, other departments of the Faculty of Economics and Management CULS Prague with external partners, especially with the Ministry of Agriculture (Environment and Ecological Agriculture Section, Department of Ecological Agriculture) and the Institute of Agricultural Economics and Information (UZEI) - Division of Agro-environmental Policy in Brno. The maps are visualized by means of MPPR 1.0 system and have been processed – in...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Map portal; Web browser; Google Maps; Eco farm; Ecological agriculture; Act No. 242/2000 Coll; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Farm Management; GA; IN.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/99229

ALTERNATE FORECAST METHODS FOR WATER AND LAND RESOURCES IN MINNESOTA
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Maki,   Wilbur R.
Alternate regional economic forecasting approaches were reviewed, including demographic, geographic, gravity/potential, location quotient, economic base, input-output, shift-and-share, and econometric. The current status of regional forecasting systems in state government was reviewed, also.
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 1979
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/13981

Bringing competition to urban water supply
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Sibly,   Hugh; Tooth,   Richard.
This paper proposes a market-based reform that would introduce competition into the provision of urban water. This proposal calls for a decoupling of infrastructure control and ownership of water whereby the property rights to water would be transferred to private hands. The proposal involves periodically allocation (e.g. by auction) of existing water stock held in urban catchments to virtual suppliers who then compete in providing bulk water. This change when coupled with effective third party access and retail competition would lead to a competitive market for the provision of urban water. The approach aims to address concerns over inefficient pricing and infrastructure provision under the current arrangement.
Tipo: Article
Palavras-chave: Urban water; Water utilities; Efficient water pricing; Market power mitigation; Introducing competition; Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/118541

AGRICULTURAL AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT POLICY IN LATIN AMERICA: NEW DIRECTIONS AND NEW CHALLENGES
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: de Janvry,   Alain; Key,   Nigel D.; Sadoulet,   Elisabeth.
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 1997
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/25096

DECISIONS 1992: FACING THE FISCAL CRISIS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Peterson,   Everett B.; Alvarado,   Danilo; Orden,   David.
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 1992
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/14817

Le tourisme enogastronomique et le système agroalimentaire de la Province de Parme: le réseau des “ Musei del Cibo ” (Musées du Goût)
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Mozzoni,   I.
Promouvoir le développement économique et social d'un territoire commence par la reconnaissance de la vocation intime du territoire même. La vocation de la Province de Parme est sans doute orientée vers le secteur agroalimentaire. L'impact de l'agro-alimentaire, lié aux produits locaux, sur le domaine socio-économique en question, est essentiel, non seulement pour la valeur de la production industrielle et l'attraction de nouveaux investissements, mais aussi pour la relance du tourisme dans la région. Avec la redécouverte de la culture « locale » par les consommateurs, le rôle des produits typiques est devenu de plus en plus considérable par l'importance accordée à l’association « produit typique – terroir » et « produit typique - processus de production...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Produits typiques; Tourisme enogastronomique; Musées d’Identités; Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Labor and Human Capital.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/95208

Birtokkoncentráció, foglalkoztatás, diverzifikáció és multifunkcionalitás
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Feher,   Alajos; Czimbalmos,   Robert; Kovacs,   Gyorgyi; Szepesy,   Edit.
A statisztikai adatok szerint a magyar mezőgazdaság munkaerő-felhasználása folyamatosan csökken. Cikkünkben rávilágítunk arra az ellentmondásra, ami a deklarált foglalkoztatási célok és a versenyképességet szolgáló gépberuházási támoga¬tások növekedése, valamint hatásai között feszül. E támogatások hozzájárulhatnak ahhoz, hogy a gazdák birtoknövelési törekvéseit erősítsék, s fokozzák a mezőgazdaság munkaerő-kibocsátását. Nem igazán halad a folyamatot potenciálisan mérséklő tevékenységdiverzifikáció sem. Három LEADER kistérségben 104 gazdálkodóra kiterjedő felmérésünkkel feltártuk a gazdák és gazdacsaládok gazdaságfejlesztési motívumait, a gazdaság diverzifikációjának helyzetét, a multifunkciós mezőgazdálkodással kapcsolatos terveiket, s az ezeket segítő és...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Vidékgazdaság; Vidéki foglalkoztatás; Multifunkcionális mezőgazdaság; Rural economy; Rural employment; Multifunctional agriculture; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Labor and Human Capital; Land Economics/Use.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/99119

Acreage Decision under Price &amp; Yield Uncertainty
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Lee,   Young-Jae; Kennedy,   P. Lynn; Brian,   Hilbun.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Crop Production/Industries; Institutional and Behavioral Economics; Production Economics; Risk and Uncertainty.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/103334

Public and Private Institutional Responses to Advocacy Attacks:  The Case of the Global Cocoa Industry and Child Labour Abuse
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Clark,   Alexandra; Gow,   Hamish R.
Over the past decade the global agri-food industry has come under increasing attack by advocacy groups related to their production and marketing processes (Bowmar and Gow, 2009).  Advocacy groups have used these attacks to exploit the growing intergenerational disconnect between consumers and farming to campaign for narrowly defined political ideals while challenging traditional agricultural practices (Olin, 1999). This disconnect has provided advocacy groups the opportunity to use boycotts and other media attacks to severely adverse impact not only branded manufacturers and retailers, but their farmer suppliers. The agri-food industry’s challenge is to understand how to develop appropriate individual and collective responses to these attacks that minimize...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Certification; Advocacy; Cocoa; Chocolate; Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Environmental Economics and Policy; International Development; Marketing.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/104726

Belize Rural Development Programme (BRDP): Strategy, achievements and lessons learnt
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Avila,   Marcelino.
Bridgetown, Barbados 6th – 10th July, 2009
Tipo: Presentation
Palavras-chave: Belize; 9th EDF; Agriculture; Rural development; Poverty reduction; Small and micro enterprises; Empowerment of stakeholders; Institutional strengthening; Agribusiness; Community/Rural/Urban Development; R11.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/122666

Spatial networks in multi-region computable general equilibrium models
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Lofgren,   Hans; Robinson,   Sherman.
"January 1999." Includes bibliographical references (p. 22-24).
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Equilibrium (Economics); Economic policy; Spatial analysis (Statistics); Computable general equilibrium (CGE); General Equilibrium; Spatial Network; Multi-Region Modeling; Transportation Costs; Trade Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; C68; D58; R13; O18.
Ano: 1999
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/97555

MINNESOTA AGRICULTURAL GROWTH, 1880-1970
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Fitzharris,   Joseph C.
The growth of Minnesota's agricultural sector, 1880-1970, was quite considerable. More important than providing a history, this study provides the necessary background for examination of the agricultural research system of Minnesota. Here, the record will be detailed. This study examines, in turn, the record of: output and production; the factors of production; relative output and input prices changes; and the structural changes in the sector
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 1976
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/14023

The Development of the Solomon Islands: An Analysis of Trends, Issues and Policies
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Tisdell,   Clement A.
The Solomon Islands is one of the five least developed Pacific island nations according to the classification of the United Nations. This article reviews the situation of the Solomon  Islands in relation to its development generally but paying particular attention to: • Public and private finance; • Social issues such as education and health; • Its trade and external balance; and  • Economic infrastructure. Policy suggestions are made in relation to each of these matters and an assessment given of the development status of the Solomon Islands.
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Solomon Islands; Pacific Island nations; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Health Economics and Policy; International Relations/Trade; Public Economics.
Ano: 2000
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/100033

Policies, legislation and organizations related to water in South Africa, with special reference to the Olifants River Basin.
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Thompson,   Hubert; Stimie,   Chris M.; Richters,   E.; Perret,   Sylvain R.
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Water resource management; River basins; Water use; Organizations; Institutions; Mapping; Government; Political aspects; Ethnology; Social status; Water policy; Water law; Land tenure; Water supply; Sanitation; Water users; Land use; Conflict; Private sector; Non-governmental organizations; Local government; Water users' associations; Catchment areas; Monitoring; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Institutional and Behavioral Economics; Land Economics/Use; Political Economy; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2001
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/92770

Hedonic Pricing Evaluation on Agritourism Activity in Italy: Local Culture-based or Facility-based?
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Ohe,   Yasuo; Ciani,   Adriano.
This paper focused on how and what diversified activities influence the price level of agritourism. A hypothesis that contrasts two directions was examined: facility-based and local culture-based activities. First, from the conceptual consideration, we defined that agritourism based on local cultural resources can internalize positive externalities, which are accompanied by local cultural resources, into income, unlike facility-based activity that has no connection with local cultural resources. Second, the results of estimations from the price determinant ordered logit model clarified that owning a swimming pool was the most common and influential factor in enhancing the price level while regional diversity was observed in terms of local cultural...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agritourism; Local cultural heritage; Hedonic pricing; Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Labor and Human Capital.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/95210

DEVELOPMENT AND COMPETITION IN RURAL AND METROPOLITAN AREAS IN THE U.S.; Proceedings of the Fifth Joint Conference on Agriculture, Food, and the Environment, June 17-18, 1996, Padova, Italy
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Maki,   Wilbur R.
This paper addresses the growing concerns of local governments and residents about the high costs of urban spillover into adjoining rural areas.  From a rural agricultural perspective we focus on the loss of productive agricultural land and open space.  From a metropolitan core city perspective the focus shifts to the erosion of the city tax base and its fiscal capacity to pay for the associated high costs of neighborhood decline.  From a personal and private perspective, however, urban growth creates new opportunities for residential and commercial development.  Many sectors of the local economy share in these opportunities, including young families seeking their first single-family residence at a price they can afford.  Given the multiplicity of...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 1996
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/14419

Innovative Business Models for Rural America (PowerPoint)
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Richman,   Scott.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness; Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/37446

Economic Well-Being in Rural Communities: The Role of Agriculture
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Kimhi,   Ayal.
Throughout the developed world, the share of agriculture in total income of the rural population is declining. This is due to push and pull factors. On one hand, terms of trade of agriculture are falling and farmers are forced to seek additional income sources. On the other hand, population expansion in rural areas, including an important component of urban-to-rural migration, creates attractive opportunities for alternative income-generating activities. The question is whether agriculture is good or bad for rural well-being. Are communities with more agriculture composed of stronger farms that enhance economic well-being, or perhaps more agriculture means lack of alternatives, in which case the outcome is the opposite? The answer has important...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/19341

Environmental efficiency of small farms in selected EU NMS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Suta,   Cornelia Madalina; Bailey,   Alastair; Davidova,   Sophia.
The objective of this paper is to investigate the relationship between the environmental efficiency and farm commercialisation in selected EU NMS (Bulgaria, Romania and Poland). Using a cross- section of agricultural households, environmental technical efficiency scores are calculated using hyperbolic distance function approach. The results indicate there is a negative relation between the increase in commercialisation of small farms and the production of negative externalities, like nitrogen surplus.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Distance function; Nitrogen surplus; Market integration; Stochastic frontier analysis; Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/95323

Agglomeration Economies in Ukrainian Dairy Sector: a Marked Point Process Approach
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Brümmer,   Bernhard; von Cramon-Taubadel,   Stephan; Nivievskyi,   Oleg; Schlather,   Martin.
Even after more than 15 years of transition from plan to market, agriculture in Ukraine still faces many challenges in terms of its structure. The evidence in the literature points to significant heterogeneity of technical efficiency and productivity scores in Ukraine. Moreover, both the recently approved WTO accession, and the ongoing negotiations on a free trade agreement with the EU will require further improvements in productivity and competitiveness at the farm level. Using farm-level data for 2004-2005, we study the presence and possible causes of agglomeration economies in Ukrainian dairy sector. One of the most important results is that there are agglomeration effects in the sector. The performance of dairy farms is influenced by the performance of...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Ukraine; Dairy farming; Order-m frontier; Spatial dependence; Agglomeration.; Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Labor and Human Capital.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/94990

SOUTHERN FARMS AND RURAL COMMUNITIES: DEVELOPING DIRECTIONS FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT RESEARCH AND POLICY: DISCUSSION
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Libby,   Lawrence W.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 1988
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/29709

AGRICULTURAL MARKETING IN RURAL DEVELOPMENT:  A GUIDE FOR THE MARKETING PRACTITIONER INVOLVED IN RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Ooijen,   Rudy.
The main objective of this paper is to develop a general framework for rural development in which marketing will play a major role.  This framework could make the "learning by doing" process more efficient and effective.  Specific goals of this paper are to provide the reader with: (1) a better overall understanding of the rural development and marketing development process, (2) an analysis of approaches used by rural development projects in their effort to improve rural marketing, and (3) a systematic approach to rural marketing development. The focus will be on the semi-subsistence and subsistence farmers, who provide a major share of total production and marketed surplus in most developing countries.  The importance of the development of the...
Tipo: Thesis or Dissertation
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development; Marketing.
Ano: 1985
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/11148

NON-AGRICULTURAL COOPERATIVES IN THE UNITED STATES: ROLES, DIFFICULTIES, AND PROSPECTS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Bhuyan,   Sanjib; Leistritz,   F. Larry; Cobia,   David W.
A wide variety of cooperatives outside the agricultural sector have been playing an important role in the nation's rural and urban areas by providing housing for the elderly and poor, affordable health care, child care, and education.  These firms may constitute both business models that reduce the cost of operating a business and effective community development models that forge cooperation among local government and communities.  However, limited information is available about how these non-agricultural cooperatives operate, how they were formed, or what are their problems or difficulties as non-traditional cooperatives.  This study of 162 randomly selected non-agricultural cooperatives across the United States attempts to answer these questions and...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Non-agricultural cooperatives; Formation; Operation; Factors affecting success; Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 1998
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/23134

DER TÜRKISCHE TOMATENSEKTOR – REGIONALE GESICHTSPUNKTE UND RÄUMLICHE MARKTINTEGRATION
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Weitzel,   Enno-Burghard; Keskin,   Gulsen; Brosig,   Stephan.
Tomatoes have the largest share among fruits and vegetables, which add substantially to the gross agricultural product in Turkey. We describe the structure and development of this sector from the year 1990 onwards, covering farms in primal production, trade facilities, processing firms, and marketing channels. An analysis of retail prices for table tomatoes in 22 provinces and their dynamics follows. Finally we employ a threshold vector error-correction model to analyse integration among the markets for table tomatoes in the presence of transaction costs. The results show a ring of integrated provinces along the coasts of Turkey, while the interior provinces are rather separated. In some cases price transmission only occurs when deviations from an...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Gemüse; Tomaten; Türkei; Marktintegration; Fehlerkorrekturmodell; Tomatoes; Turkey; Spatial market integration.; Agribusiness; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Farm Management; Land Economics/Use; Marketing; Production Economics; Productivity Analysis; Q11; Q13; C22; L11.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/91910

NATIONAL IMPACTS OF A REGIONAL PRIMARY INDUSTRY
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Douglas,   Justin J.; Reilly,   J.J.
This paper demonstrates a method whereby the national multiplier effects of a given regional industry (or group of industries) can be calculated. The method obviates the need to assume that national input-output coefficients will be duplicated in each regional case, and further does not necessitate the estimation of a complete regional input-output model. An example, utilizing some data originally collected for a regional input-output model of Central Queensland, is included.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 1978
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/22490

Targeting Industry Clusters for Regional Economic Development: An Overview of the REDRL Approach
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Barkley,   David L.; Henry,   Mark S.
An industry cluster is a geographically bounded collection of similar and/or related firms that together create competitive advantages for member firms and the local economy. The targeting of economic development programs at industry clusters provides three principal advantages: multiplier effects are stronger, employment growth potential is enhanced, and new firm spin-offs are promoted. The Clemson University Regional Economic Development Research Laboratory (REDRL) targeting method uses a screening process to identify local industry clusters with high potential for future growth. The region’s industries must pass five screens to be selected as a targeted cluster: substantial local presence as indicated by number of establishments and employees, industry...
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/113803

Application of Pricing Strategy in the Management of Recreational Fishery
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Zhang,   Chen; Han,   Xingyong.
This paper analyzes the feasibility of carrying out various pricing strategies in recreational fishery management. It also introduces the four common pricing means, which are time (season) differential pricing, customer differential pricing, quantity discount and two-part tariff system. The effects of pricing strategy of recreational fishery on social welfare are studied taking time (season) differential pricing as an example.
Tipo: Thesis or Dissertation
Palavras-chave: Recreational fishery; Pricing strategy; Welfare; China; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Demand and Price Analysis; Livestock Production/Industries; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/53526

Measuring the Economic and Cultural Values of Historic Heritage Places
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Throsby,   David; Deodhar,   Vinita; Hanna,   Bronwyn; Jewell,   Bronwyn; O’Connor,   Zena; Zednik,   Anita.
This research project on the valuation of cultural heritage is developing a methodology for a quantitative valuation study of the use and non-use values of historic heritage places.  The methodology developed in this project will provide a template for subsequent empirical applications to generate data of use in the formulation of heritage policies and programs.  The initial stages in reaching this larger objective have involved determining how historic heritage places are to be categorised for measurement, establishing the process by which heritage attributes will be determined for valuation, and developing and trialling an effective measurement framework.  The principal techniques being developed for valuation assessment in the project are derived from...
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development; Environmental Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/107584

IMPACTS OF A NEW AGRICULTURAL PROCESSING PLANT ON RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Doeksen,   Gerald A.; Rathwell,   P. James.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 1972
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/30318

GENDER AND LOCAL LEVEL DECISION MAKING: FINDINGS FROM A CASE STUDY IN SAMANGAN
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Wakefield,   Shawna.
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development; Labor and Human Capital.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/14640

Developing an institutional model for the extension and adoption of environmental Best management Practices by pastoral farmers in New Zealand
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Journeaux,   Phil.
The practice of extension of environmental Best Management Practices (BMPs) involves the integration of a range of complex issues. Currently the practice of this in New Zealand is somewhat piece-meal, ad-hoc, and not well coordinated amongst the organisations involved. There is also a strong rationale for Government involvement. This paper discusses these issues and proposes a way forward.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Environmental Economics and Policy; Farm Management.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/97130

Sécurité alimentaire en Afrique de l’Ouest : Enjeux et Eléments Stratégique pour sa Réalisation.
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Dembele,   Niama Nango; Staatz,   John M.
The situation analysis and perspectives on food security West Africa shows a widening gap between the needs of consumption and nutrition and food availability at Global countries, households and individuals. Low gains productivity in food production and import capacity are the major constraints to the achievement of security Food in the region. The agricultural growth becomes the prerequisite for improving the food situation.
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Food Security; West Africa; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Food Security and Poverty; International Development; International Relations/Trade; Marketing; Q18; Q17; Q13.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/58546

BARRIERS FOR DEVELOPMENT IN ZAMBIAN SMALL- AND MEDIUM-SIZE FARMS: EVIDENCE FROM MICRO-DATA
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Kimhi,   Ayal; Chiwele,   Dennis K.
The objective of this paper is to identify factors which limit the ability of Zambian farmers to increase Maize productivity and/or diversify their crop mix. Both may enable wealth accumulation, investments, and further expansion. Specifically, we link variations in agricultural decisions, practices, and outcomes, to variations in the tightness of the different constraints. We model crop production decisions as having recursive structure. Initially, farmers decide on land allocation among the different crops, based on their information set at planting time. Then, as new information (weather, market conditions) is revealed, farmers can change output by influencing the yield. This recursive structure enables to separate the effects of the constraints on the...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Crop Diversification; Maize Productivity; Recursive Decisions; Two-stage Estimation; Censored Dependent Variables; Community/Rural/Urban Development; International Development; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy; O1; Q1.
Ano: 2000
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/21877

A PRELIMINARY FEASIBILITY FOR ESTABLISHING A MULTI-SPECIES MEAT PROCESSING PLANT IN SOUTHWESTERN NORTH DAKOTA
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Nudell,   Daniel J.; Kraenzel,   David G.; Petry,   Timothy A.; Faller,   Timothy; Hughes,   Harlan G.; Brown,   Erin.
The number of small commodity livestock slaughter plants in the Upper Northern Plains region continues to decline.  Significant factors contributing to this decline include:  1) pressure to consolidate, thereby capturing economies of scale; 2) relatively stringent federal inspection specifications, along with; 3) HACCP (Hazardous Analysis Critical Control Points) requirements. At the same time, consumer demand (markets) for specialty, selected, and exotic meats appears to be growing.  For example, the recent market successes in Europe evidenced by the North American Bison Cooperative based in New Rockford, North Dakota. Several alternative livestock producer groups have emerged which include lamb, ratite, elk, deer, goat, poultry, rabbit, specialty beef,...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Multi-species; Specialty meats; Specialty livestock; Alternative livestock; Economies of scale; HACCP (Hazardous Analysis Critical Control Points); Slaughter plants; Processing plants; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Agribusiness.
Ano: 1999
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/23293

Waste in the Inner City: Asset or Assault?
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Ackerman,   Frank; Mirza,   Sumreen.
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development; Environmental Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2000
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/15599

Sistemas de calificación y desarrollo rural: Análisis comparado entre los casos de Portugal y Argentina
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Simoes,   Orlando; Velarde,   Irene; Schiavone,   Elena.
Los “Sellos de calidad” que vinculan el alimento con su origen geográfico y las tradiciones, y cuyo fin es traducir al consumidor las cualidades especiales del producto, constituyen sistemas voluntarios de diferenciación, basados en la certificación por un tercero independiente (privado o estatal) de esos atributos derivados del origen geográfico Su obtención y uso efectivo posterior, requieren de la organización colectiva de los actores, tanto en la codificación de sus prácticas de cultivo y elaboración, como del control de su cumplimiento. La “apropiación” de ese valor diferencial que se origina en el atributo calificado, se concreta en sellos, que pueden ser a su vez, marcas individuales de gestión conjunta, o colectivas o de certificación; o...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Acción colectiva; Sistemas de calificación; Indicaciones geográficas.; Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Labor and Human Capital.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/95341

SOME PROBLEMS OF SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Bielik,   Peter; Rajcaniova,   Miroslava.
Slovak Republic was among ten new members joining European Union in May 2004. Since then the EU accession has influenced the social and economic aspects of life in the country and still continues to do so. The main purpose of this article is to present several problem areas of socio-economic development of Slovak agriculture. In details, we will focus to the position of agriculture in the National economy, development trends of Slovak Agriculture and transformation process, entrepreneurial structure and use of land, economic situation in Agriculture and the development of selected socio-economic indicators in agriculture. Finally, we will mention about the present situation and priorities of the Slovak Agricultural Policy.
Tipo: Book
Palavras-chave: Agriculture; Economic and social development; Transformation process; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Farm Management.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/43183

IMPACTS OF CONCENTRATION IN HOG PRODUCTION ON ECONOMIC GROWTH IN RURAL ILLINOIS: AN ECONOMETRIC ANALYSIS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Gomez,   Miguel I.; Zhang,   Liying.
This paper evaluates the impact of increasing concentration of the livestock sector on the economic welfare of rural Illinois. A pooled time-series, cross-sectional model is developed to study the dynamics of structural changes in hog production for the period 1981-1997. The model tests the efficient-market hypothesis on local rural economies. Keywords:  hog production, concentration, economic impacts, rural communities
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Hog production; Concentration; Economic impacts; Rural communities; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Livestock Production/Industries; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods.
Ano: 2000
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/21846

Live and Feeder Cattle Options Markets: Returns, Risk, and Volatility Forecasting
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Brittain,   Lee; Garcia,   Philip; Irwin,   Scott H.
The paper examines empirical returns from holding thirty- and ninety-day call and put positions, and the forecasting performance of implied volatility in the live and feeder cattle options markets. In both markets, implied volatility is an upwardly biased and inefficient predictor of realized volatility, with bias most prominent in live cattle. While significant returns exist holding several market positions, most strategies are strongly affected by a drift in futures market prices. However, the returns from selling live cattle puts are persistent, and evidence from straddle returns identifies that the market overprices volatility. This overpricing is consistent with a short-term risk premium whose effect is magnified by extreme changes in market conditions.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Live cattle; Feeder cattle; Options; Returns; Risk; Volatility forecasting; Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; Agricultural Finance; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Farm Management; Financial Economics; Livestock Production/Industries; Marketing; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/53038

DEVELOPMENT AND FEDERAL GRAZING POLICY IMPACTS ON TWO COLORADO COUNTIES: A COMPARATIVE STUDY
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Rowe,   Helen Ivy; Barlett,   E. Tom.
Ranchers have concern over how federal policies such as the Endangers Species Act, the Clean Water Act, and other laws and regulations will affect the status of their ranching operations.  The objectives of this study were to compare impacts of public forage losses on ranches in areas experiencing rapid growth (Routt County) and minimal growth (Moffat County) in Colorado.  Thirty-five personal interviews  obtained detailed cost-and-return information on public, leased, and private land.  Enterprise budgets for seven distinct ranch averages were entered into a linear programming (LP) model to calculate impacts on ranches of public forage reductions of 25%, 50%, and 100%.  Changes in net ranch returns and livestock production reflect the economic impact of...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Land Economics/Use.
Ano: 2001
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/16634

Retail Trade Area Analysis Watford City North Dakota
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Bangsund,   Dean A.; Leistritz,   F. Larry; Wanzek,   Janet K.; Zetocha,   Dale F.; Bastow-Shoop,   Holly E.
Tipo: Technical Report
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development; Public Economics.
Ano: 1991
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/119433

SOME PROCEDURES FOR ESTIMATING GOODS AND SERVICE TRADE BETWEEN REGIONS USING THE TRADE REPORTS FROM IMPLAN
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Holland,   David W.; Pirnique,   Frank.
In empirical models like inter-regional input-output models and inter-regional computable general equilibrium models it is essential to know the economic linkage between regions in the form of inter-regional trade and factor flows. This report describes several approaches to estimating inter-regional trade using the information produced in the IMPLAN Commodity Trade Report and the Commodity Summary Report. In other words, it is assumed that the counties in both the core and periphery regions have been identified and regional input-output accounts for each region have been constructed using IMPLAN Pro 2.O. The calculation procedure for each approach is illustrated with an empirical example.
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Inter-regional trade; IMPLAN; Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2000
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/12965

The Socio-Economic Situation of Female Heads and Poor Heads of Households in Rural Botswana: A Village Case Study
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Moepeng,   Pelotshweu T.; Tisdell,   Clement A.
This article explores the socio-economic situation of female heads and poor heads of household in rural Botswana by means of a case study of the village of Nshakazhogwe, a village considered to be typical for rural east Botswana. It examines the extent to which the occurrence of poverty of household heads is related to their gender, varies with the numbers in that household, and depends on whether or not they have paid employment. The number of sources and types of sources of income that household heads have are considered and are found to be related to whether they are poor or not. Transfers of income (private and from government) are given particular attention as a potential means of reducing the incidence of poverty. In this regard, poor heads of...
Tipo: Working Paper
Palavras-chave: Botswana; Gender inequality; Poverty; Female-headed households; Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/123544

Conformación de la agroindustria del amaranto en Santiago Tulyehualco, Xochimilco, México. Elementos que han permitido la transformación productiva y social en las familias rurales.
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Manzo,   Ramos F.; Lopez-Ornelas,   G.
El presente trabajo versa sobre el desarrollo de la agroindustria del amaranto al sur del Distrito Federal, Ciudad de México. Esta actividad, además de ser de gran importancia económica para la localidad y comunidades vecinas, ya que en ella participan familias enteras, da un elevado sentido de pertenencia y cohesión entre los habitantes. La actividad agroindustrial consta de cuatro procesos: producción primaria, acopio, transformación y comercialización. Las familias amaranteras, que participan en este trabajo, participan en toda la cadena de valor desde hace varias generaciones. El eje de análisis se refiere a los factores que permiten la transformación en estructura y funcionamiento de la unidad de producción campesina hacia unidades agroindustriales....
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agroindustria; Familia rural.; Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Labor and Human Capital.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/95200

Protected areas, tourism and development of the countryside
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Zurc,   Jana.
Paper replaced 11/2/10.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Protected areas; Development; Tourism; Slovenia; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Q01; Q56; Q57.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/95306

Identifying Economies of Size in Conventional Surface Water Treatment and Brackish-Groundwater Desalination: Case Study in the Rio Grande Valley of Texas
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Boyer,   Christopher N.; Rister,   M. Edward; Sturdivant,   Allen W.; Lacewell,   Ronald D.; Harris,   Bill L.
Two primary potable water-treatment technologies used in South Texas include conventional surface-water and reverse-osmosis (RO) desalination of brackish-groundwater. As the region's population continues to grow, municipalities are searching for economical means to expand their water supplies. Economies of size for both technologies are an important consideration for future expansion decisions.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/6728

Agricultural Contracts and Alternative Marketing Options: A Matching Analysis
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Katchova,   Ani L.
The increasing use of agricultural contracts and processor concentration raises concerns that processors may offer lower contract prices in absence of local competition. This study examines the price competitiveness of marketing and production contracts depending on the availability of alternative marketing options. A propensity score matching method is used to compare prices using contract data from a farm-level national survey. The results show that the absence of other contractors or spot markets in producers’ areas does not lead to statistically significant price differences in agricultural contracts for most commodities, providing evidence that most agricultural processors do not exercise market power by reducing prices when other local buyers are not...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agricultural prices; Alternative marketing options; Local competition; Marketing contracts; Production contracts; Propensity score matching; Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Consumer/Household Economics; Demand and Price Analysis; Financial Economics; Marketing; Q13.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/90672

IMPLAN MODELING APPLICATIONS IN STATE AND REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Maki,   Wilbur R.; Olson,   Douglas C.; Lindall,   Scott A.; Senf,   David R.; Schallau,   Con H.
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 1989
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/13896

Thirty Years of Agricultural Transition in China (1977-2007) and the "New Rural Campaign"
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Jia,   Xiangping; Fock,   Achim.
Agriculture in China has experienced a compelling growth in the early 1980s, a buoyant upbeat in the early 1990s, and an extended period of low growth after 1995. Decollectivization, mar-ket reforms, public investments and technology have played a critical role during this overall successful process. However, the transition has also led to increasing inequalities between the agricultural and non-agricultural population, and substantial institutional issues remain to be fully addressed. The Chinese government is now reemphasizing agriculture and rural develop-ment under its New Rural Campaign with the objective to address rural-urban inequalities, but a stronger emphasis on participation and tenure reforms is warranted.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agriculture; Rural development; Transition; Institutions; China; Community/Rural/Urban Development; International Development; O43; P21; P32.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/7953

Nonfarm Employment and Poverty Reduction in Rural Ghana: A Propensity-Score Matching Analysis
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Owusu,   Victor; Abdulai,   Awudu.
This article investigates the impact of nonfarm employment on farm household income and way out of poverty, using farm household data from Brong-Ahafo region of Ghana. A propensity score matching model is used to evaluate the impact participating in both wage and self-employment. Separate estimates are also provided for males and females. The results from the study show that nonfarm employment has a positive and robust effect on farm household income and a negative and significant effect on the likelihood of being poor. Self-employment was found to have much higher impacts than wage employment, reflecting the fact that most employment opportunities in the rural areas are in the former sector.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Non-farm employment; Poverty; Matching; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Consumer/Household Economics; Food Security and Poverty; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/51363

MODELING MULTIFUNCTIONALITY OF AGRICULTURE AT A FARM-LEVEL: THE CASE OF KERKINI DISTRICT, NORTHERN GREECE
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Vassalos,   Michael; Dillon,   Carl R.; Freshwater,   David; Karanikolas,   Pavlos.
Multifuncionality has become a central concern at both conceptual and empirical levels. In this study, a comparative evaluation of the economic performance of conventional and multifunctional farms (mainly organic farms) was conducted for the Lake Kerkini region (North Greece) with the use of mixed integer non-linear programming method. The economic performance of farms was evaluated in terms of farm income, resource allocation, production level and production mix. The results indicate that multifunctional farms have overall better economic performance and young farm managers are keener to adopt multifunctional farming than the older ones. Differences between the model results and the observed facts are attributed to the structural characteristics of the...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Greek farming; Multifunctionality of farming; Farm decision making; Mixed Integer Nonlinear Programming; Agribusiness; Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/91134

THE EFFECT OF LOCAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT POLICY ON EMPLOYMENT GROWTH IN RURAL COUNTIES IN THE MID-ATLANTIC REGION
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: James,   Sara-Beth; Ilvento,   Thomas W.; Hastings,   Steven E.
This paper analyzes the role of local economic development strategies on employment. Data were collected on employment changes in 146 nonmetro counties along with a survey of economic development offices (99 surveys, 67.8%). Using OLS, results show that counties that increased economic development emphasis had higher employment growth.
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development; Labor and Human Capital.
Ano: 2002
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/15831

Agro-Exports and the Rural Resource Poor in Latin America: Policy Options for Achieving Broadly Based Growth
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Carter,   Michael R.; Barham,   Bradford L.; Mesbah,   Dina; Stanley,   Denise.
Concentrating on fundamental sector-level impacts that shape the nature of agro-export growth, this paper indicates how intrahousehold impacts fit into the analysis. Section 1 is introductory. Section 2 puts forward the conceptual framework needed to understand sectoral impacts of agro-export growth on the rural resource poor, impacts that can be divided into a small-farm adoption effect, a land-access effect, and a labor-absorption effect, all of which are interlinked. Section 3 explores the economic forces that shape the magnitude of the direct (adoption and land access) and indirect (labor absorption) effects of agro-export growth. Its chief message is that the agronomic and economic characteristics of agro-export crops interact with the intrinsic...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development; International Relations/Trade.
Ano: 1995
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/12754

Mapping Population and Economic Trends in Rural and Small-Town America
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Cromartie,   John; Breneman,   Vincent E.; Parker,   Timothy S.; Nulph,   David.
An interview with one of the authors is featured online at: www.ers.usda.gov/podcast/
Tipo: Article
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/121249

AGRICULTURAL AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT IN THE 1980S AND BEYOND
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Tweeten,   Luther G.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 1983
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/32103

KEEPING FARMERS ON THE LAND: ADDING VALUE IN AGRICULTURE IN THE VENETO REGION OF ITALY
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Clemens,   Roxanne.
Italy’'s relatively small area, high population density, and high land and labor costs have created the challenges of ensuring profitably for agricultural producers, slowing urban encroachment onto arable land, and keeping farm families on land that has been handed down within the families for generations. As part of the solution to these issues, the European Union is enacting policies to reduce producer dependence on direct subsidies while increasing the competitiveness of agricultural products and returns to producers, reinvigorating rural communities, and encouraging environmentally sound production methods. These regulations provide incentives for producers to add value to their products by obtaining legal recognition of typical products, participating...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Agritourism; Geographical indications; Regional products; Reinvigorating rural communities; Traditional foods; Typical products; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Production Economics; Agribusiness.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/18706

Economic Impact of Sisseton-Wahpeton College on the Regional Economy
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Leistritz,   F. Larry; Bangsund,   Dean A.
Tipo: Technical Report
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development; Public Economics.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/120312

DOŚWIADCZENIA ODDOLNYCH INICJATYW ROZWOJU REGIONALNEGO ORAZ PERSPEKTYWY DLA PROGRAMU LEADER+ W REGIONIE DOLINY STRUGU W POLSCE
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Gramzow,   Andreas.
This paper presents the results of a case study of local economic development in Dolina Strugu, Podkarpackie voivodship, Poland. Its aim is to analyse local development problems and chances, to investigate the potential of endogenous initiatives to support economic development, and to examine the prospects for an implementation of the EU’s initiative Leader+. The case study primarily relies on interviews conducted with local government authorities, NGOs, business owners and farmers in summer 2005. The hitherto unsatisfactory income situation in agriculture has been particularly precarious for the region because two thirds of the people in working age are employed in agriculture and alternative job opportunities are mostly absent. To respond to these...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Rural development; Endogenous initiative; Leader+; Cooperation; Poland; Ländliche Entwicklung; Endogene Initiative; Kooperation; Polen; Rozwój wsi; Inicjatywa lokalna; Współpraca; Polska; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Consumer/Household Economics; Farm Management; Land Economics/Use; P 32; Q 13; R 11.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/91960

The Value of Transportation for Improving the Quality of Life of the Rural Elderly
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Israel,   Alicia; Mjelde,   James W.; Dudensing,   Rebekka M.; Cherrington,   Linda; Jin,   Yanhong H.; Chen,   Junyi.
When an elderly individual living in a rural community is no longer able to drive, issues that come with living in an isolated area (i.e. limited access to health and personal services, distance between home and town centers) are exaggerated and the individual may experience a decrease in their quality of life.  Public transportation that supports elderly individuals may be an important issue for rural communities to consider in creating an aging-friendly community and maintaining quality of life for residents who are no longer able to drive.  The purpose of this research is to obtain an understanding of opinions about public transportation for the elderly held by rural county residents and their WTP for transportation options through an additional vehicle...
Tipo: Presentation
Palavras-chave: Elderly Transportation; Rural Transportation; Rural Elderly; Rural Quality of Life; Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2012
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/119667

New York Economic Handbook, 2006
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Extension Staff.
Tipo: Working Paper
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/122043

NORTH DAKOTA LIGNITE ENERGY INDUSTRY'S CONTRIBUTION TO THE STATE ECONOMY FOR 2007 AND PROJECTED FOR 2008
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Coon,   Randal C.; Leistritz,   F. Larry.
A survey of firms involved in lignite mining and/or conversion resulted in estimates of their expenditures to in-state entities. An input-output model was applied to estimate secondary and total impacts of the direct expenditures. Direct expenditures totaled $806.8 million for 2007 and were estimated at $995.4 million for 2008. The total (direct plus secondary) contribution to the North Dakota economy was estimated to be $2.4 billion for 2007 and $2.8 billion for 2008. State tax revenues resulting from industry activities totaled $89 million in 2007, and industry direct employment totaled 3,882. In addition, economic activity resulting from the industry was estimated to support more than 21,000 jobs in other sectors of the state economy.
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Lignite; Coal; Economic impact; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/6137

THE IMPACT OF THE YOUNG-OLD AND THE OLD-OLD ON A SMALL RURAL REGION: AN APPLICATION OF THE WISCONSIN ECONOMIC IMPACT MODELING SYSTEM
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Stallmann,   Judith I.; Deller,   Steven C.; Shields,   Martin.
The literature on the economic and fiscal impacts of in-migrating retirees on rural communities concentrates on the young, newly-retired.  An issue not systematically addressed are the impacts on the communities as these retirees age.  The Wisconsin Economic Impact Modeling System, a county level conjoined input-output/econometrics simulation model, is used to assess the impact of an aging rural population.  Using data from the US Bureau of Labor Statistics' Consumer Expenditure Survey, profiles of two household types are constructed and used to simulate the economic impact of an additional 500 elderly households into a small rural economy.  Household types vary by age and, as a result, have different income levels and expenditure patterns.  As...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Aging; Economic impacts; Development policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 1998
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/23987

Wine Roads in Greece: A Cooperation for the Development of Local Tourism in Rural Areas
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Karafolas,   Simeon.
An association of Wine Roads was developed in Greece at the beginning of the 1990s in an attempt to boost rural tourism. The association was created by wine producers in the regions of Macedonia and was then extended to Epirus, Thessaly and Thrace. Its main purpose has been the promotion of wine companies and the association's regional members, while its specific targets have been the development of local tourism, the support of cultural heritage and the improvement of product quality and related services. The Wine Roads initiative has received substantial financial support from the European Union and the State of Greece, mainly through the LEADER II program. However, socioeconomic results for the participating companies and regions appear to differ. An...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Wine roads; Rural tourism; Cooperation; Financing; LEADER program; Greece; Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/58678

ON THE FACILITATIVE ROLE OF THE ECONOMIST IN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT - CASE STUDY OF A GEORGIA SHRIMP HARBOR INVESTMENT
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Miller,   Bill R.; Ersoz,   A.; North,   Ronald M.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 1977
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/30536

Market Access for Local Food through the  Conventional Food Supply Chain
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Abate-Kassa,   Getachew; Peterson,   H. Christopher.
The paper examines relationships and linkages between the conventional supply chain actors (wholesalers and retailers) and local food producers based on a study conducted in Southeast Michigan. A case study approach was employed to examine chain actors’ operations and to explore their roles, experiences and perceptions about local foods. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with the owners and managers of eleven retailers and six wholesalers. The study found differences in local food perceptions, buying experiences and perceived benefits and risks associated with local food sourcing activities. The study also identified some competition between local independent food retailers and alternative market outlets. The major implication of the findings is...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Local food; Supply chain; Buying local; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Consumer/Household Economics; Demand and Price Analysis; Financial Economics.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/100876

EXPERT OPINION VERSUS TRANSACTION EVIDENCE: USING THE REILLY INDEX TO MEASURE OPEN SPACE PREMIUMS IN THE URBAN-RURAL FRINGE
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Cotteleer,   Geerte; Stobbe,   Tracy; van Kooten,   G. Cornelis.
Due to economic and population growth farmland and to a lesser extend other undeveloped areas are under pressure in the urban-rural fringe in British Columbia, Canada. The objectives of this paper are to determine if residential property values near Victoria, BC include open-space premiums for farmland or parks or both, and to determine if using assessed values instead of market prices of the property result in the same findings. We estimate a SUR (Seemingly Unrelated Regression) model with two hedonic pricing equations, one with actual market values as the dependent variable and one with assessed property values, and compare the resulting estimates of shadow prices for open space amenities. Furthermore, we take account of spatial autocorrelation and...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Hedonic pricing models; Assessed property values; Value of open space; Geographical Information System; Reilly; GMM; Spatial dependence; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Land Economics/Use; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/6705

Rural and Small Town Population is Growing in the 1990s
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Mendelson,   Robert; Bollman,   Ray D.
Rural and small town Canada continues to grow. Rural and small town growth rates vary widely among the provinces. Much of the growth within rural and small town areas is in the small towns. Sub-provincial data show wide regional differences within each province. The population in larger urban centres is growing faster. Thus, the share of Canada's population living in rural and small town areas has declined to 22 percent in 1996. Newfoundland is the only province with over 50 percent of its population living in rural and small town areas.
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 1998
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/28026

L’action publique et la consolidation des Systèmes Agroalimentaires Localisés : réflexion à partir d’un territoire fromager du Sertão du Sergipe Brésil
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Menezes,   Sonia Souza Mendonca; Cerdan,   Claire.
Dans cet article nous cherchons à présenter la configuration sociale et spatiale du territoire fromager dans le Sertão du Sergipe basé sur des rapports de proximité et réciprocité et un fort sentiment d’appartenance des acteurs à leur territoire. Cette configuration originale a permis le développement d’un bassin laitier, associant un grand nombre de producteurs familiaux, aujourd’hui à l’origine de la création d’emplois et revenus en milieu rural, du maintien de nouvelles activités économiques et de la promotion d’un savoir-faire traditionnel et des produits typiques (fromages à pâte pressée ou cuits). Ces derniers sont ancrés dans l'histoire d’hommes et femmes partageant une même identité, un même territoire: agriculteurs, producteurs de fromage,...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Fromage artisanal; Politiques publiques; Indication Géographique; Patrimoine Culturel.; Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Labor and Human Capital.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/95234

THE ELEMENTS OF STRATEGIC AND MARKETING PLANNING APPLIED IN THE CASE OF AVITAL COMPANY
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Milikic,   Sanja.
In the paper, the market and their variables are described, creating the environment in which companies interact. The methodology of market analysis is given as the way to penetrate into new market. It starts with analysis of macro and micro environment of the company, than analyse the competitors and consumers, define market segments and the strategies to run business. The global strategies of entering the market are described as well as getting into new markets.
Tipo: Thesis or Dissertation
Palavras-chave: Strategic planning; Marketing planning; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Marketing.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/53555

CONCEPTUAL UNDERPINNINGS OF POLICY ANALYSIS FOR RURAL DEVELOPMENT: DISCUSSION
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Freshwater,   David.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 1992
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/30374

Modelos económicos que explican la restricción crediticia en medianos productores agrícolas en Chile
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Reyes,   Alvaro.
Published by Asociación de Economistas Agrarios de Chile
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Credit constraint; Middle-scale farmers.; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Risk and Uncertainty.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/97368

Growing Jobs in Rural America through Collaboration (PowerPoint)
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Monson,   John.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/60346

The Economic Value of Irrigation in the Texas Panhandle
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Guerrero,   Bridget L.; Wright,   Andrew P.; Hudson,   Darren; Johnson,   Jeffrey W.; Amosson,   Stephen H.
The Texas Panhandle relies largely on the Ogallala Aquifer for access to water for irrigated agricultural production.  With current pumping rates and slow recharge rates, the aquifer will at some point in the future no longer be an economically viable source of water for agriculture.  The objective of this study is to estimate the value of irrigated agriculture to the region.  A hypothetical policy restriction is imposed which assumes a one hundred percent conversion to dryland agriculture.  The study estimates the economic impact of such a change on producer income and the resulting socioeconomic impacts on communities in the region.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Economic impacts; IMPLAN; Irrigated production; Ogallala Aquifer; Water policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Environmental Economics and Policy; Q18; Q32; Q38.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/56433

Future Opportunities for Rural Africa
Provedor de dados: 31
Hunger has become such a significant and strategic problem in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) that it can no longer be evaded. With the majority of Africans living in rural areas, rural and urban population both rapidly increasing, cereal and livestock production stagnant or falling, 194 million people living with food insecurity, child malnutrition doubling, poverty increasing, and economic growth lagging behind other developing regions, a new development strategy incorporating different approaches needs to be developed for this region. To drive out hunger, agriculture needs to be the core component of poverty alleviation programs in SSA, but agriculture alone will not end hunger. Seasonal migration and rural nonfarm activity are also important to the livelihood...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2002
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/42803

Efficiency Analysis of Rural Hospitals: Parametric and Semi-parametric Approaches
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Nedelea,   I. Cristian; Fannin,   James Matthew.
This paper examined cost efficiency differences between rural hospitals participating in the Critical Access Hospital (CAH) Program and a group of non-converting, prospectively paid rural hospitals using both a two-stage semi-parametric approach as well as stochastic frontier analysis (SFA).  CAHs receive Medicare cost-based reimbursement, in contrast with the rest of the hospitals reimbursed under Medicare prospective payment system (PPS).  However, cost-based reimbursement has been associated with inefficiency in hospital operations and, consequently, concerns have been raised about the efficiency of CAHs.  Results showed a positive and significant effect of CAH status on cost inefficiency under both model specifications suggesting that CAHs were less...
Tipo: Presentation
Palavras-chave: Rural hospitals; Efficiency; SFA; Two-stage approach; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Health Economics and Policy; Production Economics; Productivity Analysis; Public Economics; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods; I18.
Ano: 2012
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/119725

Közép-szigetköz állattenyésztésének helyzete és fejlesztése
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Horvath,   Eszter.
A Szigetközben a legnagyobb értéket maga a táj képviseli, melynek megőrzése, fenntartása, a valamikori híres állattenyésztés újraélesztése különösen nagy feladatot ró a mezőgazdaságra, a vállalkozókra. A vizsgálatok középpontjába a szigetközi állatitermék-termékpályája állt, továbbá a térség állatitermék-előállításának vidékfejlesztésben betölthető szerepe és lehetőségeinek feltárása szerepelt. A vizsgálati eredményeket helyzetértékelési modell foglalta össze, mely szerint csökkent az állatállomány, a gazdaságok száma és a kibocsátott állati termékek mennyisége, korszerűtlen a technológia és technika, a vertikális termékpálya hiányos és feszültségekkel terhelt, a gyepgazdálkodás lehetőségei kiaknázatlanok, a gazdálkodók termelési motiváltsága alacsony...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Szigetköz; Állati termék; Modellalkotási eljárások; Vidékfejlesztési stratégia; Fejleszthető területek; Region Szigetköz; Livestock products; Modelling procedures; Rural development strategy; Prosperous areas; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Livestock Production/Industries.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/58599

Theoretical and methodological topics in the institutional economics of European agriculture. With applications to farm organisation and rural credit arrangements.
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Petrick,   Martin.
Tipo: Thesis or Dissertation
Palavras-chave: Agricultural Finance; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Institutional and Behavioral Economics.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/92318

Las Federaciones de Usuarios de Riego de la Sierra Centro de la Republica del Ecuador Presentan: “El Proyecto de apoyo integral para las comunidades rurales con agrotecnologias avanzadas”
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Carrasco Vinueza,   Pedro Eduardo; Burgos Arce,   Martha Cecilia.
Los productos agrícolas son uno de los ejes más importantes de las economías globales y nacionales, por lo que la agricultura ecuatoriana enfrenta grandes desafíos y oportunidades, teniendo en cuenta que el pequeño y mediano productor se encuentra en absoluta desventaja e inferioridad de condiciones en relación a muchos países de la región y del mundo, y de los grandes productores nacionales. Esta realidad obliga al sector productor a innovar en la tecnología y en la reconversión de su estructura para poder lograr la seguridad agroalimentaria, y con los excedentes insertarse con éxito en los mercados internacionales.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Labor and Human Capital.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/95327

MULTIFUNCTIONAL AGRICULTURE AND REGIONAL ECONOMIC GROWTH
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Randall,   Alan.
Paper from Plenary session
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/57334

Assessment of Urban Carrying Capacity.  A Case Study of Environmental and Institutional Implications for Water Resource Management in Hyderabad
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Chennamaneni,   Ramesh; Rao,   Subba.
Tipo: Thesis or Dissertation
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development; Consumer/Household Economics; Environmental Economics and Policy; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/36945

Institutional Changes for Agricultural and Rural Development in the CEEC and CIS Region
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Koester,   Ulrich; Brümmer,   Bernhard.
The paper emphasizes the importance of embedded institutions for the transformation of the agricultural sector and rural economies in the transition countries and identifies and analyses institutional aspects regarding agriculture and rural development common to the transition countries. It focuses on the institutional dimension of reform policies, i.e. on the political economy aspects of the transition process that were decisive for the success or failure of the reforms. The importance of identifying the “mental models” of various stakeholders during the transition process is emphasized and the reasons are explored why the transition process in the countries of Central and Eastern Europe has not resulted in a restructuring of the agricultural sector...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Transition countries; Agriculture; Agricultural reform; Agricultural policy; Rural development; Farm structure; Institutions; Community/Rural/Urban Development; International Development.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/112605

Lessons of best practice in rural development: is there a pan-European consensus?
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Hubbard,   Carmen; Gorton,   Matthew.
This paper analyses expert attitudes to managing rural development in both established (EU15) and New Member States (NMS). It draws on case studies of five regions in the EU15 that have undergone, at least in some respects, successful rural development post-accession. Lessons of best practice were identified from interviews and supporting documentation, and verified / refined using a policy Delphi exercise. The results highlight the importance of creating appropriate national and regional structures to implement EU funded projects, capacity building, decentralisation, social capital and networking, and the role of “institutional memory”.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Rural development; EU; Policy Delphi; Community/Rural/Urban Development; O18; P25; R58.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/94906

Engaging People, Engaging in Service: A Case Study of a Community Garden
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Phillips,   Jon C.; Hays,   Lauren.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Community garden; Slow Food; Local food; Agricultural literacy; Agribusiness; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Teaching/Communication/Extension/Profession.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/103585

Infrastructure in developing countries: An overview of some economic issues
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Dethier,   Jean-Jacques; Moore,   Alexander.
This paper surveys the main issues and controversies in the economic literature on infrastructure in developing countries. Section I reviews the evidence on the role of infrastructure in promoting economic growth. It is argued that, although infrastructure may be more important for growth than other types of capital, the exact size and form of its effect is less clear than is often assumed. Section II looks at the issue of infrastructure “needs”, estimates of which are pervasive in both the academic and policy literature. It is argued that the preoccupation with such estimates is largely misplaced. More crucial is to develop systems of infrastructure enabling competition through an appropriate market structure. Therefore, section III reviews the economic...
Tipo: Working Paper
Palavras-chave: Infrastructure; Developing Countries; Economic Growth; Regulation; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Institutional and Behavioral Economics; L9; L16; O16; O2.
Ano: 2012
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/123305

An Approach on Integrated Territorial Competitiveness to Ensure Long Term Viability in Rural Areas of Andalusia (Spain)
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Delgado,   Felisa Cena; Cobos,   Rosa Gallardo; Granados,   Pilar Garrido.
After more than ten years of rural development programmes in Andalusia, there is ongoing concern about the sustainability of the rural development initiated by the LEADER-PRODER programmes in the hypothetical event that such programmes were no longer in place. In order to be able to express an opinion about this issue, it is important to answer to an entire series of questions about the concept of territorial competitiveness as a guarantee of the long term viability of a rural area. In order to be able to respond to these questions, as part of a wider research project into the transformation of rural areas in Andalusia, the competitive position of 3 territories in the "Campina Alta" (Cordoba), which have been benefiting from rural development programmes...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/9423

AGRICULTURAL POLICY AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Lazanyi,   Janos.
The Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) is a cornerstone of EU policy relating to rural areas. Initially, it aimed to provide a harmonised framework for maintaining adequate supplies, increasing productivity and ensuring that both consumers and producers received a fair deal in the market. These priorities have shifted to environmental and animal welfare concerns, as well as food safety and security aspects. As a consequence, the CAP has gradually moved from a production-based structure of subsidies to a market-oriented system, integrating standards for food, environment and biodiversity, as well as animal welfare. In 2010, the EU launched an extensive debate on the future of the CAP, as the European Union needs a better tailored, reformed Common Agricultural...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Common Agricultural Policy; European agriculture; Rural Development; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/91122

Decision Support System for Evaluating Rural Water Supply Infrastructure Scenarios
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Stoecker,   Arthur L.; Sanders,   Dee Ann; Whitacre,   Brian E.
This paper seeks to develop a methodology that will be useful for rural water districts in assessing the future of their water systems infrastructure.  In particular, the use of free water simulation software and publicly available data on population, roads, and terrain present rural water systems with the opportunity to analyze their existing distribution system and forecast where problems are likely to occur.  This methodology will allow various alternatives (such as consolidation with a neighboring system, or pipe upgrades) to be evaluated and the costs of implementing these alternatives to be explored.  Finally, different avenues for funding the associated costs can be summarized and presented to the community, including the steps needed to apply for...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Rural Water; Infrastructure; Simulation; EPANET; Community/Rural/Urban Development; R53; R58.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/56526

RURAL COMMUNITY HOUSING: POLICY ISSUES AND DIRECTIONS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Ziebarth,   Ann.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 1991
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/17461

Determinants of Cost Inefficiency of Critical Access Hospitals: A Two-stage, Semi-parametric Approach
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Nedelea,   I. Cristian; Fannin,   James Matthew.
This study examines, post-conversion, cost inefficiency of Critical Access Hospitals (CAH) using a two-stage approach.  While the results suggest that Medicare cost-based reimbursement and longer participation in the CAH program may increase the cost inefficiency of CAHs, the extent of this inefficiency increase is lower than what previous literature showed.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Critical Access Hospitals; Cost inefficiency; Two-stage approach; Bootstrap; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Health Economics and Policy; Production Economics; I18.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/98643

Policies drain the North China Plain: Agricultural policy and groundwater depletion in Luancheng County, 1949-2000
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Kendy,   Eloise; Molden,   David J.; Steenhuis,   Tammo S.; Liu,   Changming; Wang,   Jinxia.
The report examines the relationships between agricultural policies in the North China Plain, the approaches to water management that evolved from them, the quantity of water that was actually used, and the consequent groundwater depletion beneath Luancheng County, Hebei Province, from 1949 to 2000. To systematically address these relationships, we use a comprehensive water-balance approach. Our results indicate that a single, longstanding policy-that of using groundwater to meet the crop-water requirements not supplied by precipitation-is responsible for the steady rate of groundwater decline.
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Agricultural production; Groundwater; Aquifers; Water shortage; Irrigation efficiency; Agricultural policy; Crop production; Wastewaters; Water management; Hydrology; Economic development; Crop yield; Cotton; Wheat; Sprinkler irrigation; Water conservation; Water use efficiency; Pumping; Water balance; Vegetables; Rural economy; Irrigated framing; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Crop Production/Industries; Environmental Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2003
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/44560

Ambient Returns: Creative Capital's Contribution to Local Manufacturing Competitiveness
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Wojan,   Timothy R.; McGranahan,   David A.
This paper addresses the possibility that competitive rural manufacturing is increasingly driven by quality-of-life factors required to attract highly skilled and creative workers. Recent findings that highly creative workers are drawn to amenity-rich rural areas provide the empirical leverage for testing anecdotal claims that these areas tend to contain small manufacturing bases that are more reliant on innovation. This contrasts with the cost advantage rationale of traditional rural manufacturing, an advantage that is eroding with increased globalization. The analysis provides the first empirical evidence that the start of entrepreneurial manufacturing plants and the adoption of advanced technologies and management practices are strongly associated with...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Amenities; Competitiveness; Entrepreneurship; Product cycle; Rural manufacturing; Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/10162

Rural Development and Unemployment Reduction
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Blinova,   Tatiana V.
The objective of this paper is to study the link between rural regional development strategies and unemployment reduction in agricultural regions. Based on empirical data, the paper presents the assessment of the "diversification effects" for the regional labor demand achieved through the development of the non-state sector, small businesses and the service market on the regional labor markets' behavior. By using the regression models we analyze how labor market performances depend on the patterns of the employment structure. Special attention is paid to the comparative analysis of agrarian and industrial regions. It is shown that high rates of employment in the agriculture weaken the position of the region on the labor market. However, diversification of...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Rural development; Russian regions; Agricultural; Diversification effects; Unemployment reduction; Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2002
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/24821

Valuing nested names in the Portuguese olive oil market: An exploratory study
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Sottomayor,   Miguel; Souza Monteiro,   Diogo M.; Teixeira,   Mario Sergio.
The Portuguese olive oil market had a remarkable development in recent years. Production is rising steadily is response to a EU program supporting a renewal of olive groves. Moreover there is a proliferation of national brands and private labels. These are often associated to regional collective labels or to organic production. The aim of our research is to determine how consumers value these nested names or co-brands. We conducted a pilot survey on a convenience sample of 103 consumers in the Oporto and Lisbon metropolitan areas as well in a rural area. Our results reveal some contradictions, for instance while origin is an important purchasing criteria, few PDO olive oils are recognized. Moreover, only 25% of respondents identify organic olive oils sold...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Olive oil; Nested names; Valuation.; Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Labor and Human Capital.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/95233

Expert Opinion versus Transaction Evidence: Using the Reilly Index to Measure Open Space Premiums in the Urban-Rural Fringe
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Cotteleer,   Geerte; Stobbe,   Tracy; van Kooten,   G. Cornelis.
Due to economic and population growth farmland and to a lesser extend other undeveloped areas are under pressure in the urban-rural fringe in British Columbia, Canada. The objectives of this paper are to determine if residential property values near Victoria, BC include open-space premiums for farmland, parks or golf courses, and to determine if using assessed values instead of market prices of the property result in the same findings. We estimate a Seemingly Unrelated Regression (SUR) model with two hedonic pricing equations, one with actual market values as the dependent variable and one with assessed property values, and compare the resulting estimates of shadow prices for open space amenities. Furthermore, we take account of spatial autocorrelation and...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Hedonic pricing models; Spatial dependence; Assessed property values; Open space; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Land Economics/Use; R14; R52; C21; Q20; H23.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/37085

ERS: Rural Development &amp; Natural Resources (PowerPoint)
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Scholl,   Jon.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/106963

Food security in Uganda: a dilemma to achieving the millennium development goal
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Ssewanyana,   Sarah N.; Kasirye,   Ibrahim.
The status of food security in Uganda is worrying. The share of Ugandans suffering from food insecurity measured in terms of caloric intake is alarmingly high with low rates of income poverty. Based on the 2005/06 Uganda National Household Survey data, the study provides insights into access to food at household level. More importantly, the study shows that average caloric intake stood at 1,970 calories per person per day, which is below the minimum caloric requirement of 2,200 calories. As such, a population of 17.5 million Ugandans in 3.1 million households were unable to meet the minimum caloric requirement in 2006. This raises questions on whether Uganda will be able to achieve the Millennium Development Goal (MDG) 1: halving extreme poverty and hunger...
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Food security; Caloric intake; Famine; Ssewanyana; Food prices; EPRC; Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Consumer/Household Economics; Crop Production/Industries; Demand and Price Analysis; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Food Security and Poverty; Labor and Human Capital; Livestock Production/Industries; Marketing; Productivity Analysis; Risk and Uncertainty.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/113614

AVAILABILITY AND MARKET POTENTIAL ON NON-AGRICULTURAL BUSINESSES IN NORTH DAKOTA
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Bhuyan,   Sanjib; Cobia,   David W.; Leistritz,   F. Larry.
Many North Dakota communities find it financially difficult to provide or maintain such necessary services as public safety, water and sewer services, garbage disposal, grocery and retail stores, local credit, medical care and similar other services due to gradual decline in both population and businesses.  Declining population also stresses the existing businesses as they compete for a shrinking customer base while the cost of operating a business is likely to be increasing. Cooperatively-owned businesses are means by which needed products and services can be provided at a reasonable cost and at the same time provide meaningful employment opportunities.  Thus, the cooperative approach may provide an option for rural communities in North Dakota for...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Trade analysis; Market potential; Cooperatives; Non- agricultural; Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 1996
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/23348

Developmental Upsurge of Leisure Agriculture
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Zhong,   Chunyan; Wang,   Jinghua.
This paper expounds the developmental status and characteristics of leisure agriculture, as well as the inevitability of the developmental upsurge. It also analyzes the problems brought by over-heated development of leisure agriculture. And the countermeasures adopted by government and related sections are put forward from the aspects of developmental ideas, plan, management, construction of infrastructure and cultivation of talents.
Tipo: Thesis or Dissertation
Palavras-chave: Leisure agriculture of China; Developmental upsurge; Problem; Countermeasures and proposals; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Environmental Economics and Policy; Marketing; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/53511

DISCUSSION: AGRICULTURAL ECONOMISTS IN RURAL DEVELOPMENT: RESPONSIBILITIES, OPPORTUNITIES, RISKS, AND PAYOFFS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Braschler,   Curtis H.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 1984
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/29621

World water demand and supply, 1990 to 2025: scenarios and issues
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Seckler,   David; Amarasinghe,   Upali A.; Molden,   David J.; de Silva,   Radhika; Barker,   Randolph.
Presents two alternative scenarios of water demand and supply for 118 countries over the 1990 to 2025 period and develops indicators of water scarcity for each country and for the world as a whole. This study is the first step in IWMI's long-term research goal: to determine the extent and depth of water scarcity, its consequences for individual countries and what can be done about it.
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Irrigation management; Water balance; River basins; Basin irrigation; Water use efficiency; Water supply; Water requirements; Domestic water; Water scarcity; Water demand; Water shortage; Irrigated farming; Productivity; Food security; Recycling; Rice; Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Crop Production/Industries; Farm Management; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Food Security and Poverty.
Ano: 1998
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/61108

TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION AND EFFICIENCY IN MAIZE PRODUCTION IN BENUE STATE NIGERIA: A PARAMETRIC STOCHASTIC INPUT DISTANCE FUNCTION APPROACH
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Aye,   Goodness C.; Mungatana,   Eric D.
The study evaluates the technical, allocative and cost efficiencies of maize farmers and analyses the impact of technological innovations on these efficiency measures. The investigation of farm efficiency is of vital importance from both microeconomic and macroeconomic points of view. It indicates the potentials there is to improve productivity, household welfare, overall economic growth and poverty reduction by improving efficiency. It also assists policy makers in better targeting and priority setting. Policy conclusions may vary with the approach used for analysis. A number of efficiency studies in Nigeria employed the stochastic production or cost function approach. While the former may suffer from simultaneous equation bias, the later may not be...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/58882

Farmers’ Perceptions and Willingness to Pay for Metarhizium-based Biopesticide to Control Cotton Bollworms in Benin (West Africa)
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Adetonah,   Sounkoura; Coulibaly,   Ousmane; Nouhoheflin,   Theodore; Kooyman,   C.; Kpindou,   D.
The study assesses farmers’ perceptions and willingness to pay for a biopesticide developed from Metarhizium anisopliae a fungi. A sample of 400 conventional and organic cotton producers was randomly selected in cotton producing zones in Benin and interviewed for their perceptions on the efficacy of the biopesticide and the likely prices they are willing to pay for the product to control a major pest like Helicoverpa armigera or cotton bollworm causing substantial crop losses. An econometric model (Logit) is used to identify factors highly likely to affect farmer’s willingness to purchase the product. The results show that Helicoverpa armigera or cotton bollworm is perceived by farmers as the most severe pest with losses reaching up to 100%. Farmers...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Biopesticides; Cotton bollworms; Farmers survey; Benin; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Demand and Price Analysis; Farm Management; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Food Security and Poverty; International Relations/Trade; Marketing; Productivity Analysis; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/52128

Factors for Successful Development of Farmer cooperatives in Northwest China
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Garnevska,   Elena; Liu,   Guozhong; Shadbolt,   Nicola M.
www.ifama.org
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Chinese cooperatives; Successful factors; Cooperative development; Northwest China; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Farm Management; Health Economics and Policy; International Development.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/117603

HUMAN AWARENESS TRAINING FOR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT WORKERS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Mosley,   James L.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 1972
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/17324

El Paso Housing Sector Econometric Forecast Accuracy
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Fullerton,   Thomas M., Jr.; Kelley,   Brian W.
There is comparatively little empirical evidence regarding the accuracy of regional housing sector forecasts. Much of the recent analysis conducted for this topic is developed for housing starts and indicates a relatively poor track record. This study examines residential real estate forecasts previously published for El Paso, TX using a structural econometric model. Model coverage is much broader than just starts. Similar to earlier studies, the previously published econometric predictions frequently do not fare very well against the selected random walk benchmarks utilized for the various series under consideration.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Applied econometrics; Metropolitan housing sector forecasts; Agribusiness; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Political Economy; C53; R15; R31.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/45534

Poverty and Agricultural Growth: Chile in the 1990s
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Lopez,   Ramon E.; Anriquez,   Gustavo.
This paper analyzes the roles of agriculture in reducing poverty. Following the methodology proposed by Lopez (2002), three channels by which agricultural growth reduces poverty are tested: (i) its effects on the real wage of unskilled workers (and/or its possible effect in reducing their unemployment); (ii) the direct impact of agricultural growth on the income of poor farmers; and, (iii) the effect on real food prices. The paper concludes that the pro-poor role of agricultural expansion is dramatic. Agricultural growth tends to improve all measures of poverty significantly with head count falling around 7.3% as a consequence of a 4.5% increase in agricultural output. An important result is that while the economy-wide effects taking place via food prices...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agricultural growth; Chile; Poverty; Rural development; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Food Security and Poverty.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/12013

Communities and Participatory Forest Management
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Kanowski,   Peter.
Forest management which is more inclusive of the interests of local people has been one of the central foci of forestry globally for the past 25 years. Countries in which there is a strong dependency between people and forests, such as Nepal, have been at the forefront of this more participatory forest management, which is closely associated with devolution of State authority over forests. The participatory management paradigm recognises both the potential of local people and the limits of central government for sustainable forest management. A second generation of participatory forest management is now emerging, drawing on the diverse experiences and mixed outcomes of the first generation; increasingly, it recognises the need for synergistic collaboration...
Tipo: Presentation
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/124413

The Social Networks of Rural Business Owners in East Central Alberta
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Deans,   Mae; Gill,   Dhara S.; Apedaile,   Leonard Peter.
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 1996
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/24065

A PRODUÇÃO CAMPONESA EM FOCO: PASSOS METODOLÓGICOS PARA O CÁLCULO DE GRAVITAÇÃO ECONÔMICA
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Andre,   Joao Vicente.
O artigo estuda a contribuição camponesa ao processo de desenvolvimento regional numa área amazônica, com especial ênfase ao chamado desenvolvimento endógeno e a teoria gravitacional econômica, relacionando diversos dados e indicadores socioeconômicos. Parte-se do pressuposto de que, apesar das possíveis interpretações de publicações oficiais e dos interesses envolvidos, a produção de origem camponesa apresenta uma participação relevante no espaço e no tempo, contribuindo positivamente para o processo de desenvolvimento socioeconômico da região estudada. O primeiro passo metodológico foi o de fazer um levantamento da mesorregião selecionada em números e relacionar estes dados de origem socioeconômica com a teoria gravitacional no processo de...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Campesinato; Desenvolvimento Endógeno; Desenvolvimento Regional; Gravitação econômica; Peasant; Endogenous development; Regional development; Economical gravitational; Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/108625

FROM GLOBAL COMPETITION TO REGIONAL GOVERNANCE; NEW PARADIGMS FOR REGIONAL POLICY IN THE 1990S
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Maki,   Wilbur R.
The purpose of this paper is to present some elements of one or more paradigms for assessing a region's economic growth prospects and related infrastructure requirements. These concerns are central to a regional policy that offers guidance for individual decision makers of local governments and their resident populations. A paradigm for regional policy is a model of regional structure and activity that provides a basis for understanding and foresight about regional growth and change. It is a framework for well-targeted infrastructure investments, vigorous and sustained capacity-building, and continuing efforts in intra-regional cooperation. Critical infrastructure for globally-competitive business enterprise includes air transportation and the accompanying...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 1994
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/14285

Linkages between poverty and sustainable agricultural and rural development in the uplands of Southeast Asia
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Zeller,   Manfred; Beuchelt,   Tina; Fischer,   Isabel; Heidhues,   Franz.
Most of the upland areas of Southeast Asia are characterized by insufficient infrastructure, low productivity in smallholder crop and animal production, mounting environmental problems such as soil and forest degradation and loss of biodiversity, increasing population pressure, and widespread poverty, particular in rural areas. While some upland areas in South East Asia have been experiencing considerable progress during the past twenty years, others have stagnated or even declined with respect to economic, social and environmental objectives of development. The purpose of the paper is to describe major trends regarding sustainable development in the upland areas of selected countries in South East Asia, and review explanatory approaches for the observed...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development; Land Economics/Use.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/92831

Socio-Economic Characterization of Communities in Integrated Watershed Development
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Mansoor,   Bilal.
Arid Agriculture University, Department of Agricultural Economics and Economics, Rawalpindi, Pakistan
Tipo: Thesis or Dissertation
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/47109

Policies, Natural Resource Governance and Local Development
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Massuanganhe,   Israel Jacob.
The role that agriculture should play in economic development has been recognised for years. In recent years, concern has been expressed over rising agricultural and food prices. The world market prices for major food commodities have risen sharply to historic highs of more than 60 percent above levels just two years ago. Many factors have contributed to the rise in food commodity prices. Some factors reflect trends of slower growth in production and more rapid growth in demand that have contributed to a tightening of world balances of grains and oilseeds over the last decade. Other factors that have added to global food commodity price inflation include the declining value of the US dollar, rising energy prices, increasing agricultural costs of...
Tipo: Thesis or Dissertation
Palavras-chave: Data envelopment analysis; Efficiency; Decentralisation; Natural resource management; Land reform; Agricultural development; Governance; Participation; Local development; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Institutional and Behavioral Economics; International Development; Political Economy; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/53061

DECOMPOSIÇÃO DOS FATORES DE CRESCIMENTO PRÓ-POBRE: EVIDÊNCIAS PARA A ZONA RURAL BRASILEIRA
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Freitas,   George Alberto de; Carvalho,   Rosemeiry Melo; Campos,   Roberio Telmo.
O crescimento econômico de longo prazo é condição sine qua non para uma população garantir seu bem-estar e o de suas gerações futuras. Porém, muitas vezes o fluxo de renda em uma economia específica é insuficiente para proporcionar uma vida digna de modo que todos estejam inclusos na sociedade do consumo. Outras vezes há renda suficiente, mas nem toda sociedade se beneficia dos frutos gerados por esta. Este trabalho busca diagnosticar os fatores de crescimento através da decomposição dos índices de pobreza, identificando os fatores que influenciaram o crescimento econômico e a desigualdade de renda no Brasil entre 1995 e 2005. O modelo utilizado permite identificar se o crescimento econômico foi pró-pobre ou não. A análise foi realizada em âmbito nacional,...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Pobreza rural; Crescimento pró-pobre; Brasil; Rural poverty; Pro-poor growth; Brazil; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Food Security and Poverty.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/108844

HOW SUCCESSFUL ARE BR&amp;E IMPLEMENTATION EFFORTS? A FOUR-STATE EXAMPLE
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Morse,   George W.; Ha,   Inhyuck.
For several years, Business Retention and Expansion professionals have pointed out that BR&amp;E visitation programs appear to be relatively successful until it comes time to implement the plans developed in the BR&amp;E visitation program.  At the implementation stage, however, there have been very mixed reports.  A number of articles have documented the benefits of BR&amp;E visitation programs. Yet, none of these have examined the implementation of the strategic plans developed by BR&amp;E visitation programs.   Few communities would undertake the program if they did not expect to see some action on their plans.  Likewise, few state agencies or universities would continue to support BR&amp;E educational efforts if the BR&amp;E programs do not implement...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 1995
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/14096

Adoption of Conservation Agriculture Technologies by Smallholder Farmers in the Shamva District of Zimbabwe: A Tobit application
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Chiputwa,   Brian; Langyintuo,   Augustine S.; Wall,   Patrick.
Conventional agricultural practices such as the use of the moldboard plough are no longer sustainable due to their extensive soil degradation effects. As a panacea, several Conservation Agriculture (CA) technologies have been promoted to improve soil structure and water conservation. However, adoption of these technologies has been resisted by smallholder farmers and identifying causes of the low adoption rates to facilitate intervention strategies remains a challenge to development practitioners. Using data from 100 farmers, this paper uses a Tobit application to assess the underlying factors important in determining farmers’ adoption of zero-tillage, crop rotation and contour ridging technologies. Empirical results suggest that adoption and use intensity...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Conservation Agriculture (CA); Conventional Farming (CF) technology; Tobit Model; Adoption; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Farm Management.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/98851

Economic Growth in the Philippines: A Spatial Econometrics Analysis at the Provincial Level, 1991 – 2000.
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Pede,   Valerien O.; Huelgas,   Zenaida M.; Villano,   Lorena; Garcia,   Cornelia; McKinley,   Justin D.; Mohanty,   Samarendu.
Investigating the determinants of economic growth remains a long research tradition in the economic growth literature. Most studies in this literature have tried to link economic growth and different economic factors using either neoclassical growth theories or endogenous growth approaches. These studies apply these growth theories to identify the factors responsible for the observed differences/disparities between regions or countries. While early studies focused on cross-country analyses, the recent most studies consider regions or sub-national entities as unit of analysis. This has raised the question of whether theories developed for cross-country analysis could be automatically applied for regional or sub-national analysis. Given the profound...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/103651

Identifying the Drivers of Sustainable Rural Growth and Poverty Reduction in Honduras
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Jansen,   Hans G.P.; Siegel,   Paul B.; Pichon,   Francisco.
Published as Drivers of sustainable rural growth and poverty reduction in Central America: Honduras case study. Vols. 1 and 2. Gray Cover Report No. 3193-HN Washington, DC: The World Bank. Published as Jansen, Hans G.P.; Siegel, Paul; Pichon, Francisco. 2006. Understanding the drivers of sustainable rural growth and poverty reduction in Honduras. World Bank en breve No. 87 Pp. 1-4.
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development; Food Security and Poverty; International Development.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/58378

Farmers' Subjective Valuation of Subsistence Crops: The Case of Traditional Maize in Mexico
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Arslan,   Aslihan; Taylor,   J. Edward.
Shadow prices guide farmers' resource allocations, but for subsistence farmers growing traditional crops, shadow prices may bear little relationship with market prices. We econometrically estimate shadow prices of maize using data from a nationally representative survey of rural households in Mexico. Shadow prices are significantly higher than the market price for traditional but not improved maize varieties. They are particularly high in the indigenous areas of southern and southeastern Mexico, indicating large de facto incentives to maintain traditional maize there.
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Shadow prices; Non-market values; Supply response; Traditional crops; Onfarm conservation; Mexico; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; International Development; O12; O13; Q12; Q39.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/44488

Poverty Reduction during the Rural-Urban Transformation - The Role of the Missing Middle
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Christiaensen,   Luc J.M.; Todo,   Yasuyuki.
As countries develop, they undergo a structural transformation from agriculture to manufacturing and services as well as a spatial transformation from rural to urban. Historically, this process has been far from uniform across countries, with some fostering rural diversification out of agriculture and others undergoing rapid agglomeration in mega cities. This paper examines whether the nature of these transformations (rural diversification versus agglomeration in mega-cities) affects the rate of poverty reduction.  Using cross-country panel data for developing countries spanning 1980-2004, it is found that migration out of agriculture into the missing middle (rural nonfarm economy and secondary towns ) is strongly associated with poverty reduction, while...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Poverty; Rural-urban transformation; Rural non-farm economy; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; International Development.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/51467

Integration Effects in Border Regions - A Survey of Economic Theory and Empirical Studies
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Niebuhr,   Annekatrin; Stiller,   Silvia.
Border regions and border effects currently attract a lot of attention in political practice and economic research. Substantial interest in regions located along the frontiers of integrating countries is predominantly inspired by the presumption that their specific geographic position might cause peculiarities in economic adjustments to integration. This survey explores whether economic theory and empirical studies support the assessment that integration effects concentrate in border regions. Economic theory alone allows only very vague conclusions about the spatial effects of integration. Depending on specific circumstances, border regions might benefit, lose or not be affected by integration. Empirical research on border regions - undertaken so far -...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Regional development; Border regions; Integration effects; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Political Economy; R12; F15; O18.
Ano: 2002
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/26340

Changing Food Purchasing and Consumption Habits among Urban Middle-Classes in Hyderabad
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Lohr,   Kerstin; Dittrich,   Christoph.
This preparatory case study provides an overview on the issue of changing food purchasing and food consumption habits among urban middle-classes in the South Indian emerging mega-city of Hyderabad. It analyses how food purchasing and dietary habits in this specific urban stratum are subject to profound changes due to increasing spending capacity and changing lifestyles in the context of economic liberalisation and globalisation processes. Another objective of the study examines health aspects of the changing food consumption habits. While nutrition research previously focused on the serious problem of undernutrition- related nutrient deficits, recent data shows that overweight and nutrition-related chronic diseases are more and more becoming serious...
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Urban food problems; Urban middle-class; Hyderabad; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Environmental Economics and Policy; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/36908

Pastoral Communities in Nigeria: Another Case of Marginalisation
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Aderinoye-Abdulwahab,   S.A.; Adefalu,   L.L.
The study which was conducted in rural communities of Kwara State, Nigeria set to uncover how pastoralists‟ families cope with their livelihoods when their husbands have gone grazing with the cattle. It examined the social and financial coping strategies of their families through Focus group discussions and interviews with pastoralists, their wives and some extension agents. The findings revealed that the pastoralists live in marginalised conditions and they lack access to social services needed to boost their living conditions. The study recommended increased social networks by government and agricultural bodies to improve on the livelihoods of these people.
Tipo: Presentation
Palavras-chave: Pastoralists; Community; Marginalisation; Extension services.; Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2012
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/124218

Tourism and the Construction of Community Boundaries in a Galilee Kibbutz
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Grossman,   Ronit.
The mounting focus on the tourist industry by kibbutzim in the last decade, calls for an assessment of the implications of tourism development on the life of kibbutz members and the changes in the local identity and boundaries. In the present study, based on anthropological fieldwork, identity and structural changes in one kibbutz are placed in the context of local tourism development. The core of the article is the description of two celebrations to which tourists were invited to celebrate the festivities together with the kibbutz members. These celebrations from different periods of kibbutz life and stages of development of the tourism project, shed light on the changes occurring in the local identity and boundaries.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2003
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/59580

Women's Cooperatives and their Contribution to the Local Development of the North Aegean Region, Greece
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Vakoufaris,   Hristos; Kizos,   Thanasis; Spilanis,   Ioannis; Koulouri,   Maria; Zacharaki,   Anna.
In the last twenty years Greece has witnessed the emergence and establishment of women’s cooperatives, a form of productive agricultural cooperatives. This paper explores their importance and their contribution to local development. Evidence is presented for an island region, the North Aegean. Personal interviews, using structured questionnaires, were conducted with the chairwomen of all the region’s cooperatives in order to obtain an insight into their structure and dynamics. According to the findings of this study, women’s cooperatives are characterized by substantial potential on the one hand and by serious drawbacks on the other. The economic performance of the cooperatives is satisfactory, while the use of local resources and ‘know how’ contribute to...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Women’s cooperatives; North Aegean; Local development; Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/58681

What makes exit from poverty: Investigation of smallholder women livestock farmers in Bangladesh
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Akter,   Shaheen; Farrington,   John.
Shaheen Akter and John Farrington..."What makes exit from poverty ....
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Poverty; Women and livestock; Livelihood Strategies; Asset-base Framework; Bangladesh; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Food Security and Poverty; International Development; Livestock Production/Industries; O1; O3; Q16.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/51165

Natural Resource Dependence in Rural Mexico
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Lopez-Feldman,   Alejandro; Taylor,   J. Edward; Yunez-Naude,   Antonio.
The relationship between poverty and natural resources is complex and the empirical evidence to date, mostly from studies of forest activities and poverty, is inconclusive.  The main purpose of this paper is to empirically identify the effects of household characteristics and of inequality at the village level on natural resource extraction and dependence. To do so we use data from the Mexico National Rural Household Survey (ENHRUM). Our results show that in rural Mexico natural resource extraction is predominantly an activity carried out by poor households. The same is true for dependence. We also show that there are important differences across Mexico in terms of both participation and dependence on resource income. These differences are most evident...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Resource extraction; Dependence; Poverty; Mexico; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Environmental Economics and Policy; International Development.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/61230

Is the Protected Designation of Origin (PDO) Policy Successful in Sustaining Rural Employment?
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Bouamra-Mechemache,   Zohra; Chaaban,   Jad.
This paper seeks to establish whether public agro-food interventions like food quality labels contribute or not to the promotion of rural employment. To this end, the paper uses original longitudinal firm and plant level datasets on the French cheese industry to assess the impact of the Protected Designation of Origin (PDO) label on rural employment. The data is used to test the impact of the PDO label on equilibrium market structure in the downstream cheese processing segment, and to establish backward linkages this segment has on upstream plant-level employment and the number of dairy farmers. Our results show that the PDO label has increased the equilibrium number of firms at the national level, because the introduction of this label has created market...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Market Structure; Protected Designation of Origin; Rural Employment; Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Labor and Human Capital.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/94987

Poverty and Distribution: Twenty Years Ago and Now
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Kanbur,   Ravi.
This paper adopts the “Rip Van Winkle” stratagem, of asking what differences would be noticed, in the domain of poverty and distribution, by someone who fell asleep in 1987 (the year I published my paper on poverty in the IMF Staff Papers, and woke up only in 2007 (the year I visited the IMF to work on the present paper). I highlight, somewhat idiosyncratically, ten such differences under three broad headings: Facts and Empirics, Concepts and Theory, and Policies and Interventions.
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Poverty; Income Distribution; Development; Community/Rural/Urban Development; International Development; D31; D63; I32; I38; O15.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/48918

RURAL AMERICA ENTERING THE 21ST CENTURY: FORCES OF CHANGE (PowerPoint Presentation)
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Brown,   Rodney J.
POWERPOINT PRESENTATION
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2003
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/33180

THE RATIONALE FOR MINNESOTA REGIONALIZATION
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Hoyt,   John S., Jr.
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 1969
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/13474

Turning over irrigation systems from the government of Indonesia to farmers
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Vermillion,   Douglas Lynn.
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Government managed irrigation systems; Farmer managed irrigation systems; Governmental interrelations; Policy; Indonesia; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Crop Production/Industries; Environmental Economics and Policy; Farm Management; Institutional and Behavioral Economics; Land Economics/Use; Public Economics; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 1987
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/53074

Population and Sustainability: Understanding Population, Environment, and Development Linkages
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Clay,   Daniel C.; Reardon,   Thomas.
The triple challenge of rapid population growth, declining agricultural productivity, and natural resource degradation are not isolated from one another; they are intimately related. However, strategic planning and development programming tend to focus on individual sectors such as the environment, agriculture, and population; they do not explicitly take into account the compatibilities and inconsistencies among them. Farm households and their livelihood strategies are at the core of the intersectoral linkages approach advocated in this chapter. Three key aspects of the population-environment-development debate are discussed: first, the finding that inconsistencies between public and individual household behavior regarding childbearing and family planning...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Africa; Agriculture; Rwanda; Population; Sustainability; Environment; Food security; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Consumer/Household Economics; Environmental Economics and Policy; Food Security and Poverty; International Development; Q56.
Ano: 1998
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/57055

The Development of Samoa: An Analysis of Trends, Issues and Policies
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Tisdell,   Clement A.
Samoa is one of the five least developed Pacific island nations according to the classification of the United Nations. This article reviews the situation of Samoa in relation to its development generally but paying particular attention to: public and private finance; social issues such as education and health; its trade and external balance and economic infrastructure. Policy suggestions are made in relation to each of these matters and an assessment given of the development status of Samoa.
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Samoa; Pacific Island Nations; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Financial Economics; Health Economics and Policy; International Relations/Trade; Public Economics; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2000
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/100032

Außerlandwirtschaftliche Diversifikation im Transformationsprozess. Diversifikationsentscheidungen und -strategien ländlicher Haushalte in Slowenien und Mazedonien
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Mollers,   Judith.
Problem and objectives. Non-farm rural diversification is gaining prominence in the debate on rural development since the end of the 1990s. The expansion of non-farm employment and the diversification of incomes are important policy objectives because they offer a solution to the employment and structural problems of a shrinking agricultural sector. Development policies focusing on the rural non-farm sector aim at offering employment options and reducing urban migration. They can contribute to poverty reduction, economic growth and a more equal income distribution. This research is based on a household survey including 240 randomly selected rural households in the regions of Gorenjska and Pomurska in Slovenia as well as Gevgelija and Kumanovo in Macedonia....
Tipo: Thesis or Dissertation
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development; Consumer/Household Economics; Political Economy.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/92495

Definitions of "Rural"
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: du Plessis,   Valerie; Beshiri,   Roland; Bollman,   Ray D.; Clemenson,   Heather.
Several definitions of "rural" are available for national and provincial analysis using the databases at Statistics Canada. We compare six in this paper. Each definition emphasizes different criteria (population size, density, context) and has different associated thresholds. The size of the territorial units (building blocks) from which each definition is constructed also varies. As a result, an analyst's choice of "rural" definition matters. Different definitions generate a different number of "rural" people. Even if the number of "rural" people is the same, different people will be classified as "rural" within each definition. In general, each definition provides a similar analytical conclusion (e.g., rural people have lower employment rates and lower...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2002
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/28031

Providing Leadership for Rural America
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Lane,   Robert W.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/33338

Methodische  Ansätze  zur  Quantifizierung  der  Arbeitsplatzeffekte  von  Maßnahmen  zur   ländlichen  Entwicklung
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Margarian,   Anne.
Zusammenfassung: In der vorliegenden Arbeit werden mögliche methodische Ansätze zur Beurteilung von Arbeitsplatzeffekten von Fördermaßnahmen für den ländlichen Raum und insbesondere der Integrierten Ländlichen Entwicklung (ILE) vorgestellt und diskutiert. Aufgenommen wurden auch Methoden, deren Eignung für diese spezifischen Bewertungen verneint wird. Aus diesem Grund ist die vorliegende Arbeit nicht nur mit Blick auf die Bewertung der ILE zu lesen, sondern kann auch über mögliche Herangehensweisen an die Bewertung anderer Maßnahmen zur Entwicklung des ländlichen Raumes informieren. Die Diskussion der verschiedenen Methoden zeigt, dass es notwendig ist, die einer Wirkung zugrunde liegenden Zusammenhänge genau zu kennen, um die tatsächliche Wirkung einer...
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Evaluation; Wirkungsanalyse; Politik für den ländlichen Raum; Ar­beitsplatzeffekte; Evaluation; Causal analysis; Rural development measures; Employment; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods; C18; C54; R15; R58.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/102642

Spatial Networks, Labor Supply and Income Dynamics: Evidence from Indonesian Villages
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Yamauchi,   Futoshi; Muto,   Megumi; Chowdhury,   Shyamal K.; Dewina,   Reno; Sumaryanto,   Sony.
This paper examines the impact of spatial connectivity development on household income growth and non-agriculture labor supply, combining household panel data and village census in Indonesia. Empirical results show that the impacts of the improvement of local road quality in the area (positively correlated with transportation speed) on income growth and the transition to non-agricultural labor markets depends on the distance to economic centers and household education. In particular, post-primary education significantly increases the benefit from the local spatial connectivity improvement in remote areas and labor transition to non-agricultural sectors. Education and local road quality are complementary, mutually increasing income growth and...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Income growth; Spatial Connectivity; Rural economy; Education; Indonesia; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Labor and Human Capital; O12; R40.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/51571

Female Participation in Decision-Making in Agricultural Households in Kenya: Empirical Findings
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Kiriti,   Tabitha; Tisdell,   Clement A.; Roy,   Kartik C.
Survey data on which this paper is based were collected in a rural district in Kenya between December 2000 and January 2001. The main objective was to identify the factors that determine female participation in household decision-making. Our results suggest that bargaining models and resource theory cannot be applied in a society where customarily determined sex and social stratification systems place males higher than females and determines that only men make major decisions. Our results support the hypothesis that cultural theory is more significant than bargaining models or resource theories in determining women's participation in decision-making in Kenya.
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Resource theory; Bargaining theory; Cultural theory; Unified household model; Decision-making; Empowerment and entitlement.; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Consumer/Household Economics; Institutional and Behavioral Economics.
Ano: 2001
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/100210

PUBLIC AFFAIRS EDUCATION FOR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT IN ALABAMA
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Robertson,   Fred R.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 1966
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/17528

Classification of rural areas in Europe using social sustainability indicators
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Chatzinikolaou,   Parthena; Manos,   Basil D.; Bournaris,   Thomas.
Social sustainability is “one of the three legs of the sustainability stool” (the other two are environmental and economic. There is limited literature that focuses on social sustainability to the extent that a comprehensive study of this concept is still missing. As a result, there have been very few attempts to define social sustainability as an independent dimension of sustainable development. Social sustainability is related to social capital, social inclusion, social exclusion and social cohesion in rural economies, terms that are measured by relevant social sustainability indicators. This paper aims to measure these indicators and to compare them. In order to measure these indicators, a household survey carried out in the context of the research...
Tipo: Presentation
Palavras-chave: Ranking; Rural areas; Indicators; Multicriteria analysis; Social sustainability; Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2012
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/124104

Estimating Government Policy Preferences to Predict New Firm Formation
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Mann,   John T.; Shideler,   David W.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Entrepreneurship; Entrepreneurial Climate; Subsistance; Discretionary Spending; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Public Economics.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/103806

Overview of Economic Trends in South Carolina's Council of Government Regions, 2005-2006
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Eades,   Daniel C.
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/113316

Employment and the Rural Recession: Context and Spatial Variation of American Recovery and Reinvestment Act Spending
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Marre,   Alexander W.; Pender,   John L.; Monchuk,   Daniel C.
In December 2007 the U.S. economy entered a depression and unemployment surged to highs not seen in 30 years. The first part of this paper uses the most recently available data from BLS to examine the geography of the recession. We focus on the similarities and differences in the recession’s impact on nonmetropolitan and metropolitan counties, and counties with different economic and demographic characteristics. The second part looks at the Federal response to the recession in the form of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. Using publicly available data, we explore how these funds are being allocated across rural and urban counties and county classifications, and the potential implications of these funds on local rural labor markets and...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Nonmetropolitan unemployment; Economic development policy; American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Labor and Human Capital; R58; J21.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/61132

EFFECTS OF MINERAL DEVELOPMENT ON THE ECONOMY
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Snape,   Richard H.
R. G. Gregory's article on the effects of mineral discoveries on the Australian economy (Australian Journal of Agricultural Economics, August 1976) has attracted much attention. While the partial-equilibrium nature of his model has enabled it to be absorbed readily, it has the usual theoretical limitations of such analyses.  Allowing for general equilibrium repercussions, but still accepting his general assumptions, some of Gregory's conclusions regarding the impact of new mineral discoveries require modification or extension:  (a) Although production of goods other than minerals can be expected to decline, the production of some goods in this category may rise;  (b) A social gain is still possible even if outputs of other goods do not change;  (c) While...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 1977
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/22263

Quelles perspectives durables pour le vermicelle de tolomane dans la province de Hung Yen (Vietman)
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Vy Le Thi,   Long; Vu Dinh,   Ton; Duquesne,   Brigitte.
Le but de cette étude est de proposer des axes de recherche en vue de renforcer, dans une perspective de développement durable, la transformation locale et la commercialisation d’un produit traditionnel vietnamien typique : le vermicelle de tolomane. Dans la province de Hung Yen, la transformation de vermicelle de tolomane est une activité artisanale et participe au folklore local des villages. Cette province compte plus d’un million d’habitants sur une superficie de quelque 923000 ha dont 60% de superficie agricole. Chaque travailleur agricole y dispose en moyenne de 0,1ha mais, avec l’urbanisation, le développement d’importantes infrastructures routières et de zones industrielles, la surface agricole disponible est en constante diminution. La province...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Développement durable; Produit traditionnel; Vermicelle de tolomane.; Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Labor and Human Capital.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/95328

Etude sur la transmission des fluctuations et le calcul des prix de parité à l’importation: cas pratique du riz et du maïs au Sénégal
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Ndiaye,   Mouhamadou; Niang,   Moussa.
Calculation of maize and rice parity prices in Senegal.
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Food security; Senegal; Markets; Parity prices; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Food Security and Poverty; International Development; Marketing; Q11; Q18.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/62166

POPULATION CHANGES IN RURAL AMERICA RELEVANT TO RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Beale,   Calvin L.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/32796

DISCUSSION: THE NEED FOR THE SYSTEMS APPROACH TO RURAL DEVELOPMENT RESEARCH
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Long,   Burl F.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 1974
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/29819

Development impact of higher education in Africa: The case of Uganda
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Obowna,   Marios; Ssewanyana,   Sarah N.
Using macro data from a series of household surveys, the paper demonstrates that to some extent there is positive correlation between per capita GDP growth and student enrollment in public universities in Uganda. It also finds that the higher education graduates employed in those sectors which have recorded higher growth rates. The higher education graduates do contribute to the economy indirectly through tax revenues which are in turn used to support social programs among others that benefit the society at large. the paper also demonstrates that the share of taxes from higher education graduates has been increasing over time...
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Education; Universities; GDP; Ssewanyana; EPRC; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Consumer/Household Economics; Institutional and Behavioral Economics; Labor and Human Capital; Public Economics; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/94208

Retail Trade Area Analysis Wahpeton North Dakota
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Bangsund,   Dean A.; Leistritz,   F. Larry; Wanzek,   Janet K.; Zetocha,   Dale F.; Bastow-Shoop,   Holly E.
This report in intended to provide an indepth trade area analysis of Wahpeton, North Dakota. Specific analyses included determining Wahpeton's main and greater trade areas, identifying the demographic profile of Wahpeton shoppers, examining important and less important services for patron shoppers of Wahpeton, identifying neighboring cities that area shoppers patronize, determining distances area shoppers traveled to Wahpeton, and listing popular newspapers and radio stations among area residents. Current trade area information for Wahpeton was obtained from a statewide trade area survey conducted by the Department of Agricultural Economics at North Dakota State University in 1989. Recent trends (1980 to 1989) in Wahpeton population, retail sales, per...
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development; Financial Economics.
Ano: 1991
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/51306

Return Migration to Rural and Small Town America (Power Point)
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Cromartie,   John; Gibbs,   Robert.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/37376

Book Reviews of "Frontiers in Resource and Rural Economics: Human-Nature, Rural-Urban Interdependencies"
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Bouvier,   Rachel A.; Steele,   Scott R.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Book review; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/49872

COMMUNITY ECONOMIC EFFECTS OF POPULATION CHANGE IN THE MID-CONTINENT REGION
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Stenberg,   Peter L.; Maki,   Wilbur R.
Population estimates for counties in the Mid-Continent Region were compiled by multi-county economic area for 1950, 1960, 1970, 1974, and 1976. Net migration estimates were compiled, also, by economic area. Finally, community economic effects for a metropolitan area and a nonmetropolitan area in Minnesota were estimated in terms of local government and personal income and expenditures and their relation to population change.
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 1979
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/13963

A Brief Overview of Mozambique's Rural Development and the Role of U.S. Assistance
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Kyle,   Steven C.
Tipo: Working Paper
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development; International Development; International Relations/Trade.
Ano: 2003
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/121119

From Segregation to the Equality of Opportunity - The Chances of the Gypsy Children in the World of the Hungarian Education System
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Csillei,   Bela.
According to the previous EU reports about Hungary: "the officially acknowledged 12 minorities integrated into the Hungarian society, the situation of the Hungarian gypsy minority remains difficult. The territorial layout of the gypsy population is more or less matched by the rural areas, where high rate of unemployment, segregation, inner peripherial situation, and limitless social conflicts are present. In order to meet the above mentioned social-economic challenges it is important that the channels of the improving of cultural capital should run parallel with the characteristics of the local societies. It is important, that with the help of the educational mobilisation programmes the difficulties surfacing due to the social coexistence can be decreaded...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Segregation; Gypsy social groups; Equality of opportunity; Integration; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Labor and Human Capital.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/47543

FIRE PROTECTION ALTERNATIVES FOR RURAL AREAS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Badenhop,   Merton B.; Jones,   T. Morris.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 1977
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/30535

TURISMO NO ESPAÇO RURAL: DEBATE E TENDÊNCIA
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Mendonca,   Maria Cristina Angelico de; Batalha,   Mario Otavio; Santos,   Antonio Carlos dos.
Tourism in rural space is a tourism modality which has lately been the focus of investitors and students. However there has been little spread of studies focusing such modality, featuring the characteristics of te industry to which it belongs, showing up-to-date discussions and world trends. So, this study, concerned as it is with it, has gathered information on such points and shows that, worldwidely, tourism in rural space is an alternative modality that arose in counter-position to mass tourism, has been seen as a solution to poorer regions and, because of this, has been the aim of many investitors and students. The industry to which it belongs features characteristics like the complementarity of the segments that make it up and due to this it demands a...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Tourism industry; Tourism in rural space; Rural sector; Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2002
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/45270

EVALUATION OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMMES FAILURES WITHIN THE 2007-13 REGIONAL POLICY FRAME
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Sanchez Arenas,   F.; Real,   Ramos E.
New 2007-13 planning framework of the EU keeps using economic criteria (GDP) to identify those regions requiring priority attention (convergence objective). Although these criteria are useful for the overall Regional Policy, nevertheless it might result some planning failures of the strategies of rural development. This work focuses in evaluating possible failures of the Rural Development Programmes. For this purpose, a wide range of member Estates and Regions has been selected and two analysis have been applied: first, the coherence analysis (in relation to the economic, social and environmental situation of territories); and second, the conflict (among the rural territories development objectives) analysis. As result of this evaluation, a typology of the...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Rural Development Programmes; Regional Policy; European Union; Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/44433

Mapping Serbia: more targeted rural areas for better policies
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Monasterolo,   Irene; Coppola,   Nicola.
The analysis of the experiences of Central and Eastern European Countries (CEEs) in transition, which became EU members in the historical 2004 (and 2007) enlargement, evidences the importance of timing and targeting policy intervention for a balanced growth (Monasterolo et. al, 2008). In fact, even if the Countries, till the last financial and economic crisis, showed a clear path of convergence (EC, 2008; EC, 2009) with EU average levels of development thanks to a sustained growth in GDP, at the same time they had to face a notable increase in regional inequality (Brasili, 2005), mainly driven by the persisting backwardness of agricultural and rural areas. The European pre-accession funds had limited effect in preventing the spread in internal divergence...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Mapping rural areas; Policy targeting; RD policy evaluation; EU enlargement; Community/Rural/Urban Development; O18; P25; R58.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/94737

A mezőgazdasági épületek és háztartások energiaköltségének csökkentése fontos a versenyképességben és a megélhetésben
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Herczeg,   Rahel Sara; Suveges,   Peter.
A globális hőmérséklet-növekedés környezeti változásokhoz, a tengerszint emelkedéséhez, a csapadék mennyiségének és térbeli eloszlásának megváltozásához, szélsőséges időjárási viszonyokhoz vezet. Állat- és növényfajok kipusztulásának sebessége jelentősen nő. Bizonyos betegségek könnyebben elterjedhetnek. E fel¬sorolt hatásokból látható, hogy a mezőgazdaságot közvetlenül érinti a klímaváltozás. Fontos tehát, hogy a mezőgazdasági üzemek maguk is tegyenek a káros hatások enyhítéséért.  Lehetséges megoldás a biomassza tüzelése, amely a mezőgazdasági rendeltetésű épületek és háztartások energiaköltségeit jelentősen mérsékli. Tanulmányunk olyan megoldást dolgoz ki, melyben a hő előállításához szükséges energia költsége teljes mértékben megszűnik, ami energiaerdő...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Energia; Költség; Megtakarítás; Mezőgazdasági üzem; Háztartás; Energy; Costs; Savings; Agricultural plants; Households; Agribusiness; Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/92418

A Choice Modelling Survey of Community Attitudes to Improvements in Environmental Quality in NSW Catchments
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Mazur,   Kasia; Bennett,   Jeffrey W.
The survey was designed to estimate environmental values suitable for integration into MOSAIC, a bio-economic model for catchment and farm level planning. Local residents, as well as distant rural and distant urban communities, were surveyed in three NSW catchments (Lachlan, Namoi and Hawkesbury-Nepean) using choice modelling (CM). The survey aimed to find out respondents’ attitudes about, and preferences for, potential natural resource management (NRM) improvements. In total, 3,997 responses were collected from seven different locations in NSW. Fourteen split samples were established to allow for testing of incentive compatibility in CM, the impact of respondent location on values held, and scale effects.   This research report describes the development...
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Nonmarket valuation; Choice modelling; Survey; Questionnaire design; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Environmental Economics and Policy; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/94813

Supply and Demand Side Limitations Affecting the Structure of Agriculture and the Rural Economy
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Tocco,   Barbara; Davidova,   Sophia; Bailey,   Alastair.
This paper criticises the neo-classical assumptions of perfect factor markets and of complete information, which constitute central elements in labour market theory. Based on a literature review and on economic reports from transition economies, as well as developing countries and more advanced economies, this deliverable focuses on the structural impediments and imperfections that often characterise rural labour markets and that may prevent an efficient allocation of labour. According to empirical studies, transactions costs and rigidities hinder the well-functioning of labour markets and constrain labour adjustments. The paper attempts to classify the various limitations of rural labour markets from both the supply and demand side, although the...
Tipo: Working Paper
Palavras-chave: Supply and Demand Side Limitations; Rural economy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Production Economics.
Ano: 2012
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/122849

RURAL RETIREES IN MICHIGAN: ISSUES AND OPPORTUNITIES - FINDINGS FROM FOCUS GROUP MEETINGS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Moser,   Colletta H.; Wessen,   Paul D.
This paper is a part of a series of reports of the activities conducted under a grant from the Fund for Rural America, U.S. Department of Agriculture.  Funds for the three year grant entitled "Enhancing Rural Economies Through Comprehensive Extension, Research &amp; Partnering Approaches Using Multi-County Clusters in Michigan With Application to National Rural Settings" were received by Michigan State University's Department of Agricultural Economics in March, 1998.  The major goal of the grant is to increase economic development activity in four clusters of rural counties in Michigan through the utilization of the resources of the Michigan State University Extension Service, Michigan Agricultural Experiment Station, and other resources of Michigan State...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2000
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/11659

Community Development and Commercial Bank Performance: A Mutually-Dependent Relationship
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Gustafson,   Cole R.; Beauclair,   Shaun C.
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development; Financial Economics.
Ano: 1990
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/23228

The Structure of the Retail and Service Industries of Jefferson County
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Grabow,   Steve; Deller,   Steven C.; Heling,   Dennis.
The intent of this study is to review the current strengths and weaknesses of the retail and services industries of Jefferson County. We use historical data to look for overall trends and 2004 county sales tax data to provide detailed insights.
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/10284

Rural Wealth Creation Concepts, Strategies, and Measures
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Pender,   John L.; Marre,   Alexander W.; Reeder,   Richard J.
This report presents a conceptual framework for rural wealth creation, drawing upon the U.S. and international development literature. The framework emphasizes the importance of multiple types of assets (physical, fi nancial, human, intellectual, natural, social, political, and cultural capital) and the economic, institutional, and policy context in which rural wealth strategies are devised. The report discusses the role of wealth creation in the rural development process, how wealth can be created in rural communities, and how its accumulation and effects can be measured.
Tipo: Technical Report
Palavras-chave: Wealth creation; Rural development; Regional development; Community economic development; Sustainable development; Livelihoods; Wealth indicators; Conceptual framework; Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2012
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/121860

Medición de niveles de ruralidad y su relación con actividades económicas en la X Región de Los Lagos - Chile Enfoque Geográfico – Económico
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Osses,   P.; Foster,   William E.; Nunez,   R.
Published by Asociación de Economistas Agrarios de Chile
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Level of Rurality; Geographic Approach; Economic Activities; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Land Economics/Use.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/97361

TRANSLATING NEW AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS AND USES INTO RURAL ECONOMIC VIABILITY
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Bailey,   Carmela A.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2002
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/33517

ASSESSING THE RESEARCH FRAMEWORK AND INSTITUTIONAL CONTEXT FOR RURAL DEVELOPMENT POLICY: DISCUSSION
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Allen,   Joyce E.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 1992
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/30390

Journal Backmatter
Provedor de dados: 31
Includes:  Back Cover, JAAE Manuscript Submission Guidelines, Executive Officers, Membership and Subscription Information
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; Agricultural Finance; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Consumer/Household Economics; Crop Production/Industries; Demand and Price Analysis; Environmental Economics and Policy; Farm Management; Livestock Production/Industries; Marketing; Political Economy; Production Economics; Productivity Analysis; Teaching/Communication/Extension/Profession.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/117942

Employment and Construction: Multicountry Estimates of Costs and Substitutions Elasticities for Small Dwellings
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Strassmann,   W.P.
This paper reports on 77 builders in 7 countries on estimates of employment and costs, for a 24.9 m2 minimal dwelling with given specifications.
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Food security; Food policy; Construction costs; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Downloads December 2008 - June 2009: 3; Q18.
Ano: 1982
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/54767

Editors' Report - February 7, 2011
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Marchant,   Mary A.; Bosch,   Darrell J.
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; Agricultural Finance; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Consumer/Household Economics; Crop Production/Industries; Demand and Price Analysis; Environmental Economics and Policy; Farm Management; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy; Risk and Uncertainty; Teaching/Communication/Extension/Profession.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/113516

Economic Evaluation of Wind Energy as an Alternative to Natural Gas Powered Irrigation
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Guerrero,   Bridget L.; Amosson,   Stephen H.; Marek,   Thomas H.; Johnson,   Jeffrey W.
High natural gas prices have agricultural producers searching for alternative energy sources for irrigation. The economic feasibility of electric and hybrid (electric/wind) systems are evaluated as alternatives to natural gas powered irrigation. Texas Panhandle and Southern Kansas farms are assessed with a quarter-mile sprinkler system, three crops, and two pumping lifts. Breakeven points identify the price at which conversion from a natural gas irrigation system to an electric or hybrid system is cost effective. Results indicate electricity is a more feasible energy source for irrigation and policy changes such as net metering are necessary to make hybrid systems viable.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Electricity; Irrigation; Natural gas; Wind energy; Agribusiness; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Environmental Economics and Policy; Farm Management; International Development; Land Economics/Use; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy; Q12; Q20; Q42.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/90680

WHERE IS RURAL AMERICA HEADING?
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Cromartie,   John.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2000
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/33402

Wages and employment in non-farm agricultural activities: a livelihood strategy in Nicaragua.
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Zúniga-González,   Carlos Alberto.
This article analyzes the indices for nonfarm agricultural activities, which combine agricultural activities with both employment and wages. They were made with panel data of the Living Measurement Standard Survey (1993, 1998, 2001 and 2005) and they were processed with econometric model as a parametric technique (Binary dependent variable model). The trend indices explain the varied combination of nonfarm and farming agricultural activities. In summary, when the economic public policy makers promote preventative measures in the labour market, we see that indices for nonfarm agricultural activities grow. In fact, small farmers use first, second and third nonfarm employment as livelihood strategies for clashing the public policy restrictive.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: RMEA; RMNFA; RSEA; RSENFA; RTEA; RTNFA; RMWAI; RMWNFAI; RSWAI; RSWNFAI; RTWAI; RTWNFAI; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Labor and Human Capital; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/53076

ASSENTAMENTOS RURAIS NO TERRITÓRIO DO AGRONEGÓCIO: A EXPANSÃO DA CANA EM DEBATE
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Ferrante,   Vera Botta; Almeida,   Luiz Manoel de Moraes Camargo.
A controversa presença da cana nos assentamentos rurais nos últimos anos exige uma cuidadosa reflexão sobre sua interferência no modo de vida dos assentados e na relação dos assentamentos com a dinâmica do desenvolvimento regional. A presença da cana nos assentamentos tem suscitado ao longo desse período conflitos internos, discussões, nada consensuais, sobre o passado/ presente/ futuro dessas experiências. A análise da parceria com as agroindústrias é atravessada, do nosso ponto de vista, pela noção de trama de tensões. Nos termos em que a parceria vem se concretizando, temos discutido a necessidade de desconstrução desse conceito calcado na matriz teórica de capital social e a importância de submeter ao crivo analítico as desigualdades constitutivas...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Assentamentos rurais; Impactos e trama de tensões; Expansão da cana; Políticas públicas de segurança alimentar; Questão ambiental; Rural settlements; Impacts and web of tensions; Sugar cane expansion; Public policies of food security; Environmental issue; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Crop Production/Industries.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/108581

MINNESOTA ECONOMIC INDICATORS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Maki,   Wilbur R.
Minnesota economic indicators include a wide variety of current statistical series prepared in various state and federal agencies and reported periodically in agency publications. The focus of this report is the organization of the various statistical series into a set of state and local economic indicators for Minnesota, including a monthly index of leading economic indicators. The index would serve in an important way in signalling turning points in economic activity, specifically, in Minnesota and its substate regions.
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 1981
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/13927

AGRARIAN REGIONS IN SERBIA AS NATURAL FOUNDATION AND MARKET CHANCE IN CIRCUMSTANCES OF TRANSITION
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Simonovic,   Zoran; Simonovic,   Dragoljub; Gligic,   Perica.
Process of transition movements in Republic of Sebia is in progress. Transition movements have not bypassed agrarian sector. Market agriculture should gain significance along this process. On this occasion we would like to emphasis two elements which affect development of Market Agriculture. Those are regionalization and specialization of agriculture. In study about agrarian regions in conditions of transition two charts are given, that pinpoint the essence of natural foundation and market opportunities in transition circumstances. Study of agro-identities starts with introspection of each reagion in respect of its natural values: plain (Vojvodina), hilly ( Sumadija), mountain-hilly (Pester). Therefore, plain region is specialized for production of stable...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agrarian regions; Regionalization; Specialization; Agribusiness; Community/Rural/Urban Development; International Development.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/57417

A Spatial Panel Simultaneous-Equations Model of Business Growth, Migration Behavior, Local Public Services and Household Income in Appalachia
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Gebremariam,   Gebremeskel H.; Gebremedhin,   Tesfa G.; Schaeffer,   Peter V.; Phipps,   Tim T.; Jackson,   Randall W.
In this paper we develop a spatial panel simultaneous-equations model of business growth, migration behavior, local public services and median household income in a partial lag-adjustment growth-equilibrium framework and utilizing a one-way error component model for the disturbances. This model is an extension of the “jobs follow people or people follow jobs” literature and it improved previous models in the growth-equilibrium tradition by: (1) explicitly modeling local government and regional income in the growth process; (2) explicitly modeling gross in-migration and gross out-migration separately in order to spell out the differential effects, which used to be glossed over under net population change in previous studies; (3) explicitly incorporating...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/9895

AN ANALYSIS OF REGIONAL ECONOMIC GROWTH IN THE US MIDWEST
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Monchuk,   Daniel C.; Miranowski,   John A.; Hayes,   Dermot J.; Babcock,   Bruce A.
In this paper we examine more closely some of the forces that underlie economic growth at the county level. In an effort to describe a much more comprehensive regional economic growth model, we address a variety of different growth hypotheses by introducing a large number of growth related variables. When formulating our hypotheses and specifying our growth model we make liberal use of GIS mapping software to “"paint"” a picture of where growth spots exist and why. Our empirical estimation indicates amenities, state and local tax burdens, population, amount of agricultural activity, and demographics have important economic growth impacts.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/20369

Változó klíma, természet és az innovációs kihívások
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Dinya,   Laszlo.
A postcarbon gazdaság és társadalom felé lépkedve a környezeti változásokkal és az alkalmazkodást szolgáló változtatásokkal járó, növekvő gazdasági-társadalmi feszültségek megoldására irányuló globális és nemzeti szintű lépések eddig igen szerény eredményekkel jártak. Írásunkban ennek számos lehetséges oka közül a változásokban (kihívásokban) eddig jobbára figyelmen kívül hagyott komplex összefüggéseire mutatunk rá az általunk korábban már tárgyalt „Top 10” globális kihívás újraértelmezésével. A hosszú távú innovációs ciklusok és a jelenlegi kihívások párhuzamba állításával pedig kiemeljük az eddig háttérbe szorult, komplex, rendszerszintű innovációk növekvő fontosságát. --------------------------------------- Entering into the postcarbon sociaty, the role...
Tipo: Article
Palavras-chave: Komplex kihívások; Lokális válaszok; „soft” innovációk; Complex challanges; Local answers; "soft" innovatiuon; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/119934

Consumers’ attitude towards farmers’ markets in Tuscany
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Rocchi,   Benedetto; Cavicchi,   Alessio; Baldeschi,   M.
Farmers Markets (FMs) around the world are often considered as one key response to the less sustainable conventional food production systems. Despite the economic crisis, international studies show that the most important factor leading people to buy fresh products in these points of sale is the quality. In fact, consumers usually cite “better food quality”, “locally produced foods”, “higher social interaction” and “learning directly about the vendors and their food production practices”, as the principal motivations in buying in FM environment. In this paper the results of a survey carried out in several FMs and shops in Tuscany are presented. A sample of consumers were interviewed on-site using a structured questionnaire. The attitude of respondent...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Food miles; Sustainability; Short Food Supply Chain. 800822056; Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Labor and Human Capital.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/95224

Sustainability in irrigated agriculture
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Svendsen,   Mark.
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Irrigated farming; Agriculture; Irrigation efficiency; Sustainability; Agribusiness; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Crop Production/Industries; Farm Management; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Food Security and Poverty.
Ano: 1987
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/52782

Les interfaces entre diffusion de l’alimentation d’origine et processus d’acculturation
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Tozanli,   Selma; Dedeire,   Marc.
Définir l’articulation entre l’immigration et l’alimentation par ethnicité reste descriptif et unilatéral alors que les processus de co-imprégnation culturelle sont importants dans le rencontre des population d’accueil et des immigrants et donnent lieu à des mutations des modes alimentaires de ces deux groupes sociaux. Ce processus que l’on définit en tant qu’acculturation alimentaire peut être expliqué par la théorie des réseaux sociaux et est à la base de la diffusion des différents modes alimentaires. Cependant, la diffusion est source d’altération des produits et préparations alimentaires. Les auteurs analysent les différentes formes d’altération pour aboutir à trois scénarii de la transformation culturelle, technico-industrielle et sociale des...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Acculturation; Réseau social; Diffusion alimentaire; Altération; Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Labor and Human Capital.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/95243

A gazdálkodók képzettsége és a tanácsadás
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Szekely,   Erika.
A magyarországi gazdálkodók az EU 27 tagállama közötti képzettségi rangsorban a 19. helyet foglalják el. Ezért rendkívül fontos a tanácsadás igénybevételének szorgalmazása. A gazdálkodók leginkább a falugazdász hálózat és az alapanyag forgalmazók képviselőivel tartanak kapcsolatot, jórészt az adminisztratív tennivalók miatt. A termelési-technológiai tanácsadást gyakorlatilag az inputanyag-forgalmazók látják el, ami erős konkurenciát jelent a névjegyzéki szaktanácsadásnak. A szaktanácsadási rendszer szereplőinek elsődleges feladata a tanácsadás piaci keresletének bővítése.------------------------------------------------------- By European comparison the professional expertise of Hungarian agricultural producers can be considered poor, although not among the...
Tipo: Article
Palavras-chave: Szakképzettség; Szakismeret; Szaktanácsadás; Kihívások; Ismeretátadás; Vocational training; Advisory services; Knowledge transfer; Forms of advisory services; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Teaching/Communication/Extension/Profession.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/119914

Introduction of Rural Ecological Environment and Circular Economy Development Mode of Eco-agriculture and Forestry
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Su,   Jianlan; Lin,   Shiwen; Liu,   Na.
Major causes of ecological environment situation and rural environment issues in the construction of new socialist countryside in China are analyzed. Two necessities of introducing circular economy development mode of eco-agriculture and forestry into the construction of new socialist countryside are expatiated. One is the needs of the rural eco-environmental situation, and the other is to realize the fundamental change of agricultural growth mode. Specific characteristics, existing foundation and current resistance of the circular economy of eco-agriculture and forestry are studied. Major principles in introducing circular economy mode of eco-agriculture and forestry into the construction of new socialist countryside are presented. Support system for...
Tipo: Thesis or Dissertation
Palavras-chave: Ecological environment; Circular economy; Development; Introduction; China; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Environmental Economics and Policy; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/58485

PLANNING EDUCATIONAL SERVICES
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: White,   Fred C.; Tweeten,   Luther G.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 1972
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/30340

Greater Greenville Regional Economic Scorecard March 2008
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Barkley,   David L.; Henry,   Mark S.; Dudensing,   Rebekka M.; Eades,   Daniel C.
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/112805

Gender in lift irrigation schemes in East Gujarat, India
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Saini,   Harmeet; van Koppen,   Barbara.
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Irrigation management; Participatory management; Women in development; Woman's status; Gender; Irrigated farming; Irrigation programs; Water lifting; Communal irrigation systems; Cooperatives; Legal aspects; Decision making; Villages; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Farm Management; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2001
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/92767

Normative, systemic and procedural aspects: a review of indicator‐based sustainability assessments in agriculture
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Binder,   Claudia R.; Feola,   Giuseppe.
Several methods for assessing the sustainability of agricultural systems have been developed. These methods do not fully: (i) take into account the multi‐functionality of agriculture; (ii) include multidimensionality; (iii) utilize and implement the assessment knowledge; and (iv) identify conflicting goals and trade‐offs. This paper reviews seven recently developed multidisciplinary indicator‐based assessment methods with respect to their contribution to these shortcomings. All approaches include (1) normative aspects such as goal setting, (2) systemic aspects such as a specification of scale of analysis, (3) a reproducible structure of the approach. The approaches can be categorized into three typologies. The top‐down farm assessments focus on field or...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Sustainability assessment; Indicator; Agriculture; Sustainability solution space; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Environmental Economics and Policy; Farm Management; International Development; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/117651

LAND REFORM AND RURAL WELL BEING IN THE REPUBLIC OF GEORGIA: 1996-2003
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Gogodze,   Joseph; Kan,   Iddo; Kimhi,   Ayal.
Land reform was launched in the Republic of Georgia in 1992, about a year after the country gained its independence from the Soviet Union. While an impressive land individualization process has been in effect since then, the pace and the performance of this process are far from satisfactory. This is due to a combination of institutional and economic constraints. We use comparable survey data from 1996 and 2003 and show that the land reform has been progressing mainly through land leasing. This allows successful farm households to expand their farming operation and improve their well-being. Land documentation doesn’t seem to yield the expected results, and the blame may be on less than sufficient labor and credit opportunities. We conclude that there is...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development; Land Economics/Use.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/7168

Rural Economic Development: What Makes Rural Communities Grow?
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Aldrich,   Lorna M.; Kusmin,   Lorin D.
Factors related to local and regional economic growth are attractiveness to retirees, right-to-work laws, excellent high school completion rates, good public education expenditures, and access to transportation networks. These were associated with improved county earnings in 1979-89, according to a multiple regression analysis of rural counties. Factors associated with poor earnings growth included higher wage levels, concentrations of transfer-payment recipiency, and concentrations of small independent businesses in the goods-producing sector.
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Counties; Rural; Nonmetropolitan; Regional; Economic growth; Earnings; Economic development; Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 1997
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/33677

Small Enterprise Development and the 'Dutch Disease' in a Small Economy: The Case of Brunei
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Heeks,   Richard.
Following hydrocarbon (oil/gas) discoveries and price rises, a number of small developing economies which had been relatively poor found themselves to be relatively wealthy. However, the existence of significant quantities of minerals with strong export potential has generally been seen as a mixed blessing for national development. All of these small economies have thus adopted conscious policies of diversification aimed at increasing the economic contribution of other sectors. Initial diversification strategies focused mainly on the development of large enterprises. More recently, though, these economies have begun to take a greater interest in small enterprises. This has chimed with growing recognition of the potential impact these enterprises can have...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 1998
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/30563

Does Land Abundance Explain African Institutions?
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Fenske,   James.
I show how abundant land and scarce labor shaped African institutions before colonial rule. I present a model in which exogenous suitability of the land for agriculture and endogenously evolving population determine the existence of land rights, slavery, and polygyny. I then use cross-sectional data on pre-colonial African societies to demonstrate that, consistent with the model, the existence of land rights, slavery, and polygyny occurred in those parts of Africa that were the most suitable for agriculture, and in which population density was greatest. Next, I use the model to explain institutions among the Egba of southwestern Nigeria from 1830 to 1914. While many Egba institutions were typical of a land-abundant environment, they sold land and had...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Africa; Institutions; Land rights; Slavery; Polygyny; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Farm Management; Institutional and Behavioral Economics; International Development; Land Economics/Use; Political Economy; N57; O10.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/55707

THE ROLE OF LEADERS’ EMOTIONS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Lazanyi,   Kornelia.
Western cultures support the notion that the ideal ‘professional’ behaviour for a leader is primarily rational and carefully controlled emotionally. The relationship of reason and emotion is often played out as one of mutual exclusion, and moreover as one representing hierarchy of leaders and followers. Power positions in most organizations are ritually emphasized through strict emotional control/suppression. Thus this display of unemotional rationality is held to be synonymous with control, may actually belie emotional and psychical insanities, and indicate organizational incongruities. Since, emotions play crucial role in the regulation of workplace relations. Negative emotions are the basis of awareness and positive ones are that of trust, and hence...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Emotion; Emotional labour; Leadership; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Institutional and Behavioral Economics; Teaching/Communication/Extension/Profession.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/53553

Abstracts:  Proceeding of National Seminar on "Integrated Rural Development and Management: Issues, Strategies and Policy Options"
Provedor de dados: 31
This document is a collection of 157 abstracts received during the National Seminar on "Integrated Rural Development and Management: Issues, Strategies and Policy Options" held at the IRDM Faculty Centre of Ramakrishna Mission Vivekananda University during 17-18 December, 2010
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Sustainable Agriculture; Rural Health; Rural Education; Women and Child Education; Human Resource Development; Rural Development Administration; Corporate Social Responsibility; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Consumer/Household Economics; Crop Production/Industries; Farm Management; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Food Security and Poverty; Health Economics and Policy; Land Economics/Use; Livestock Production/Industries; Production Economics; Public Economics; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods; Teaching/Communication/Extension/Profession.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/98255

THE CHANGING RURAL SETTING FOR AGRICULTURAL INNOVATION AND COMMUNITY PROSPERITY (PowerPoint Presentation)
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Ghelfi,   Linda M.
POWERPOINT PRESENTATION
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/32965

TARGETING GROWTH OPPORTUNITIES FOR LANCASTER COUNTY, SOUTH CAROLINA, 2002
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Barkley,   David L.; Henry,   Mark S.; Warner,   Mellie L.
Industry targeting is the process of focusing industrial development programs and efforts at specific industries or clusters of related industries.  An industry targeting program identifies industries for which the region offers a competitive advantage in terms of labor availability and skills, location, and availability of public services.  Lancaster County's industrial targeting project has two principal objectives:  identify manufacturing industries that have high potential for locating in the county and identify manufacturing industries that provide attractive economics development impacts in terms of future job growth, wages paid, and contributions to the local tax base.
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2002
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/18797

Does Non-Farm Income Increase Farm-Household Income Inequality? Evidence from Three Continents
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Kimhi,   Ayal.
This paper performs inequality decomposition by income sources using data from three different continents, using a unified inequality decomposition approach. Household survey data from Ethiopia, Georgia and Korea are used for this purpose, and the uniform result is that non-farm labor income is an equalizing source of income, in the sense that increasing non-farm labor income by 1% uniformly results in a lower Gini index of inequality. These results shed light on the processes that affect farm-household inequality under various geographical, economic and institutional conditions, and imply that policy directed towards non-farm income sources could not only raise rural incomes on average but also potentially reduce inequality, i.e., be pro-poor.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Inequality; Non-Farm Income; Decomposition.; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Consumer/Household Economics; International Development.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/51433

Spatially Delineated Public Goods and Spatially Located Public Bads: A Hedonic Approach to Measuring Urban Revitalization
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Brown,   John; Geoghegan,   Jacqueline.
A regression discontinuity approach is used to measure the impact of public-goods creating programs in a declining inner city neighborhood of Worcester Massachusetts. Using GIS data, we develop a hedonic model of residential sales, using a parcel-level GIS tax assessment and land use database linked to property sales data for the years 1988 through 2007, to test the effect of the creation of a new high-performing public school, as well as other locational amenities and disamenities on neighborhood housing prices, by comparing properties adjacent to either side of the school catchment area boundary.
Tipo: Article
Palavras-chave: Regression discontinuity; Spatial hedonic model; Urban revitalization; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Land Economics/Use; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/120683

Non-farm income diversification of rural farm households in Central and Southeastern Europe: an application of fuzzy set theory
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Fritzsch,   Jana; Buchenrieder,   Gertrud; Mollers,   Judith.
A fuzzy logic model for quantifying farm households’ potential for non-farm income diversification is developed and applied to 1,077 farm households in Bulgaria, Hungary, Poland, Romania, and Slovenia. About three quarters of households have a diversification potential, but not all households use it. An analysis of diversification potential and diversification behaviour shows that there are seven household types in the sample. Not all development options, i.e. farm development, farm exit, or starting non-farm employment, are equally suitable for all households thus fine targeting of policy measures according to the household type could be important for policy makers.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Rural development; Non-farm rural employment diversification; Fuzzy logic; Transition countries; Community/Rural/Urban Development; C65; D33; J24; Q12.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/95321

SOCIOECONOMIC MODELS FOR DEVELOPMENT PLANNING, I:  VALIDATIOIN METHODS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Maki,   Wilbur R.
The purpose of this paper is to assess alternate strategies of socioeconomic model validation. An extensive literature review provided the delineation of validation methods and, also, brief summaries of each type of validation. Finally, personal experience in the implementation and use of regional economic impact forecasting and simulation systems was used in outlining the structure and the steps of play of a simulation/gaming model for testing the validation methods listed earlier.
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 1981
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/14064

CRITICAL ECONOMIC FACTORS FOR SUCCESS OF A BIOMASS CONVERSION PLANT FOR AGRICULTURAL RESIDUE, YARD RESIDUE AND WOOD WASTE IN FLORIDA
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Granja,   Ivan R.; VanSickle,   John J.; Ingram,   Lonnie; Weldon,   Richard N.
This model evaluates the potential success of a cellulosic ethanol plant in Florida. Critical Economic factors of the plant were simulated to assess the ability of this project. These critical factors include the feedstock to be used, the cost of the facility, transportation costs and the discount rate for the net present value (NPV). Results and observations are presented in this paper.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Biofuels; Renewable energy; Cellulosic ethanol; Biomass; Agribusiness; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Crop Production/Industries; Financial Economics; Production Economics; Productivity Analysis; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy; Risk and Uncertainty.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/56442

PEOPLE LEFT BEHIND: TRANSITIONS OF THE RURAL POOR: DISCUSSION
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Deaton,   Brady J.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 1991
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/30300

RÉGIÓ- ÉS TELEPÜLÉSMARKETING DEBRECENBEN
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Gergely,   Aniko; Szabo,   Zoltan.
Munkámban Debrecen városmarketing-csoportjának tevékenységét vizsgáltam. Az általuk megjelölt három legfontosabb célcsoport igényeit térképeztem fel kvalitatív módszerrel, megvizsgálva ezzel, hogy a célcsoportok által igényelt intézkedések és a városmarketing segítségével kijelölt fejlesztési célok mennyiben fedik egymást. Megállapítottam, hogy a debreceni városmarketing-csoport évről-évre egyre kiforrottabb, egységes szemléletű, átgondolt marketinget valósít meg, de ennek ellenére jelentős erőfeszítések szükségesek a regionális szerep elérése, a helyzet részletes feltárása és a célcsoportokkal folytatott kommunikáció javítása érdekében.         -           My work examines the activities of Debrecen’s city-marketing group. Using a qualitative method I...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Régiómarketing; Településmarketing; Befektetők; Helyi lakosok; Turisták; Marketing a region; Marketing a settlement; Investors; Local inhabitants; Tourists; Agribusiness; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Labor and Human Capital.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/57683

ENERGY DEVELOPMENT AND LABOR MARKET DYNAMICS:  A STUDY OF SEVEN WESTERN COUNTIES
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Halstead,   John M.; Leistritz,   F. Larry.
Impacts of energy development on the secondary business sector of development-impacted counties are examined in a survey of seven western counties.  Problems experienced by businesses in attracting and retaining qualified employees and in expanding to take advantage of growing markets are evaluated.  Characteristics of private and public sector employees and their implications for community planning are discussed.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development; Labor and Human Capital.
Ano: 1984
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/32139

Land Use Change: A Spatial Multinomial Choice Analysis
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Carrion-Flores,   Carmen E.; Flores-Lagunes,   Alfonso; Guci,   Ledia.
Urban decentralization and dispersion trends have led to increased conversion of rural lands in many urban peripheries and exurban regions of the U.S. The growth of the exurban areas has outpaced growth in urban and suburban areas, resulting in growth pressures at the urban-rural fringe. A thorough analysis of land use change patterns and the ability to predict these changes are necessary for the effective design of regional environmental, growth, and development policies. We estimate a multinomial discrete choice model with spatial dependence using parcel-level data from Medina County, Ohio. Accounting for spatial dependence should result in improved statistical inference about land use changes. Our spatial model extends the binary choice “linearized...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Land Use Change; Multinomial Logit; Spatial Dependence; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Land Economics/Use; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods; R14; C21; C25.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/49403

Factors influencing adoption of agroforestry among smallholder farmers in Zambia
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Kabwe,   Gillian; Bigsby,   Hugh R.; Cullen,   Ross.
Agroforestry technologies have been extensively researched and introduced to smallholder farmers in Zambia for over two decades. Despite the research and extension effort over this period, not many farmers have adopted these technologies. The purpose of this paper is to determine why agroforestry technologies are not being taken up by examining factors that influence the adoption of agroforestry practices. Based on data obtained from 388 farming households, statistical analysis show an association between adoption of both improved fallows and biomass transfer technologies with knowledge of the technology, availability of seed, and having the appropriate skills. In addition some household characteristics are found to be linked to the incidence of adoption....
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agroforestry adoption; Smallholder farmers; Limitations to adoption; Chi-square tests of independence analysis; Zambia; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Crop Production/Industries; Environmental Economics and Policy; Land Economics/Use.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/97135

THE SYNERGY BETWEEN SUBSECTOR COMPETITIVENESS AND REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT: THE CASE OF TURKEY AND THE TOMATO SUBSECTOR
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Akgungor,   Sedef; Fitzpatrick,   Ellen T.
Abstract This study develops a conceptual model of the institutions and key factors that facilitate competitiveness on the national and subsector level and then determines how linkages between the factors that enhance competitiveness and regional development can be created.  Turkey and the Turkish tomato subsector provided the case to test this model.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Regional development; Sustainable competitiveness; Tomato processing industry; Turkey; Industry clusters; Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/20330

THE STRUGGLE FOR BROADBAND IN RURAL AMERICA
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Dickes,   Lori A.; Lamie,   R. David; Whitacre,   Brian E.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Broadband; Digital Divide; Economic Development; Infrastructure; Rural Development; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies; L96; R11; R58.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/100800

THE ETHICS OF INFORMAL SETTLEMENTS IN FLOOD PLAINS:  INSIGHTS GAINED FROM A STUDY TESTING THE MERITS OF PALAEOFLOOD AND CONVENTIONAL FLOOD HYDROLOGY IN FLOOD CONTROL PLANNING AT SOWETO-ON-SEA
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Solomon,   Mompati; Viljoen,   Machiel F.
Adhering to planning ethics is especially relevant when flood control planning of communities who settled in flood plains is at stake.  Soweto-On-Sea (SOS) is an informal settlement in the flood plain of the Lower Chatty River near Port Elizabeth.  As part of a research project which compared palaeoflood and conventional flood hydrology in the planning of flood control measures for SOS within a Cost Benefit Analytical (CBA) framework attention was also given to some ethical considerations.  This paper, inspired by the conduct, rules and principles that govern the informal settlement of SOS evaluates some flood plain development and planning issues with a code of ethical conduct for planners and comes up with explanations for "unethical" conduct of and...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development; Land Economics/Use.
Ano: 2003
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/19091

Community empowerment and scaling-up in urban areas: The evolution of push/prospect in Zambia
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Garrett,   James L.
Includes bibliographical references. Urban Challenges to Food and Nutrition Security.
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: CARE; Poverty alleviation; Community organizations; Urban poor; Peri-urban areas; Urban programming; Empowerment; Community-driven development (CDD); Food aid; Scaling up; Civil society; Government policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/60395

Determinants of Financial Capital Use: Review of theories and implications for rural businesses
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Curtiss,   Jarmila.
This paper presents a review of financial economics literature and offers a comprehensive discussion and systematisation of determinants of financial capital use. In congruence with modern financial literature, it is acknowledged here that real and financial capital decisions are interdependent. While the fundamental role of the (unconstrained) demand for real capital in the demand for finance is acknowledged, the deliverable focuses on three complementary categories of the determinants of financial capital use: i) capital market imperfections; ii) factors mitigating these imperfections or their impacts; and iii) firm- and sector-related factors, which alter the severity of financial constraints and their effects. To address the question of the optimal...
Tipo: Working Paper
Palavras-chave: Financial capital use; Literature review; Rural business; Agricultural Finance; Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2012
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/122846

Economic Effects of Biofuel Production on States and Rural Communities
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Parcell,   Joseph L.; Westhoff,   Patrick C.
This study summarizes research on farm-, local-, regional-, and macro-level economic effects of ethanol production.  Given current production levels, the ethanol production industry annually employees approximately 3,500 workers, pays out nearly $132 million in worker salaries, generates over $110 million in local taxes, and takes in some $2 billion in government incentive payments.  Projections for a 60 million gallon per year ethanol plant indicate an annual increase in corn usage of 21 million bushels, a one-time capitalization of $75 million, an increase in local corn prices between $0.06/bushel and $0.12/bushel, a 54 direct and 210 indirect jobs created, and increase in local tax revenues of $1.2 million, a decrease in federal commodity program...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Biofuel; Ethanol; Local economy; Government subsidies; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy; O13; Q40; Q42; R10.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/43774

Improved livelihoods in lower Limpopo: Process documentation
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: van Koppen,   Barbara; Mirira,   R.
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Water resource management; Project planning; Project management; Participatory management; Community involvement; Irrigation schemes; Pumps; Dams; Canals; Mozambique; Lower Limpopo River Basin; Ndonga; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Crop Production/Industries; Demand and Price Analysis; Environmental Economics and Policy; Farm Management; Land Economics/Use; Production Economics; Productivity Analysis; Teaching/Communication/Extension/Profession.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/91808

Reviving the village research traditions of Gödöllő at the Faculty of Economic and Social Science of SZIE
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Deaky,   Zita.
The foundation of School of Economics and Social Sciences (SESS) 50 years ago was not the beginning, but was the continuance of the inwardness of predecessor in title of the University’s previously active institutes. There were valuable workshop of social sciences as the names of contemporary teachers and students have indicated. Weighty scientific researches had been started by the regional problematic from the beginning of the 20th century. The country-wide village-researcher front has evolved from it and our University has joined to it. The aims and inwardness has appeared in wide social layers as it has been a part of our University’s courses and has made and were now used source of sociographic literature. The methods and approaches of former...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Village-researcher; Workshop of social sciences; Sociographic literature; Tradition; Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/47544

EXOGENIZING AGRICULTURE IN AN INPUT-OUTPUT MODEL TO ESTIMATE RELATIVE IMPACTS OF DIFFERENT FARM TYPES
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Johnson,   Thomas G.; Kulshreshtha,   Surendra N.
In this study, aggregate, provincial level impact for various farm types are estimated for Saskatchewan based on an input-output table constructed for the province. The input-output table is rectangular with the agriculture sector including 12 farm subsectors, treated exogenously. Results indicate that in 1978 agriculture contributed 13.8 percent of the provincial gross domestic product directly, and another 18.2 percent indirectly. Among the farm types, the grain farms generated the highest output multipliers while cow-calf, dairy and irrigation generated the lowest. The income and value added pseudo-multipliers were almost a complete reversal of the output multipliers. Although irrigation generated low pseudo-multipliers, the dairy and cow calf sectors...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 1982
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/32261

Local Employment Growth, Migration, and Public Land Policy: Evidence from the Northwest Forest Plan
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Eichman,   Henry; Hunt,   Gary L.; Kerkvliet,   Joe; Plantinga,   Andrew J.
Debates over protecting public land reveal two views. Some argue protection reduces commodity production, reducing local employment and increasing out-migration. Others contend protection produces amenities that support job growth and attract migrants. We test these competing views for the Northwest Forest Plan (NWFP), which reallocated 11 million acres of federal land from timber production to protecting old-growth forest species. We find evidence that land protection directly reduced local employment growth and increased net migration. The total negative effect on employment was offset only slightly by positive migration-driven effects. Employment losses were concentrated in metropolitan counties, but percentage losses were higher in rural counties.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Amenities; Employment growth; Migration; Northwest Forest Plan; Oldgrowth forests; Public land management; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Land Economics/Use.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/93222

DESENVOLVIMENTO RURAL, MULHERES E TERRA - UM OLHAR SOBRE TIMOR-LESTE
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Narciso,   Vanda Margarida De Jesus Dos Santos; Henriques,   Pedro Damiao de Sousa.
O caminho percorrido para que as questões do género e do desenvolvimento e em especial a sua interligação sejam assuntos importantes e alvo de atenção tanto académica como política, foi longo. Várias áreas do conhecimento, como a sociologia, a antropologia e a economia, contribuem para a construção do conhecimento neste domínio, a par de outras mais recentes como os estudos feministas e os estudos pós-coloniais. Como resultado, as teorias e os conceitos sobre a relação das mulheres com o desenvolvimento e os efeitos deste sobre as mulheres têm sido vários.  O objectivo deste trabalho foi em primeiro lugar caracterizar o papel da mulher no desenvolvimento rural, identificando as suas funções, as principais abordagens utilizadas e a sua situação perante o...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Género; Direitos à terra; Desenvolvimento rural; Timor-Leste; Gender; Land rights; Rural development; East Timor; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Labor and Human Capital.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/108612

Potential links between rural tourism and agriculture in the Northern Great Plain Region
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Szabo,   Bernadett; Posta,   Laszlo.
Agriculture has played and still plays a significant role in the life of rural communities and in rural development. But, because agriculture yields low revenues, agricultural workers often need a source of additional income. Agriculture combines excellently with the growing of medicinal herbs, organic farming, handicrafts and tourism. Rural tourism, as originally conceived, is a source of revenue to supplement income from agriculture. In Hungary, however, the ties between these two activities are very weak. Our current research is focused on assessing the willingness of land owners and agricultural entrepreneurs in the Northern Great Plain region to engage in rural tourism, as well as the willingness of rural hosts to start agricultural activities....
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Rural tourism; Agriculture; Land ownership; Land use; Expected profit; Falusi vendéglátás; Mezőgazdaság; Földtulajdonlás; Földhasználat; Elvárható jövedelem; Agribusiness; Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/92541

Information exchange and future plans of Slovenian cattle farmers under EU policies
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Klopcic,   Marija; Kuipers,   Abele; Koops,   Wiebe J.; Osterc,   Joze.
After accession to EU, farmers in the new-member states have to adjust to the EU agricultural policies and market. In Slovenia an analysis is made of the farm development plans and information exchange under quota and CAP. Three research questions were addressed: what information is received and how; how does the farmer prefer to receive information and what kind; how to make decisions to react to the new EU policies concerning farm management and future plans. These questions were linked to the base variables, being the farm and farmers’ characteristics. As tool a questionnaire was distributed to dairy farmers. 1114 questionnaires, 22% of the distributed ones have been returned anonymously, implying that 11% of the dairy farmers’ population is part of the...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: CAP; Slovenian cattle farmers; Information; Decisions; Future plans; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Q18.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/95304

A SYSTEMATIC REPRESENTATION OF METROPOLITAN AREAS: THE CASE OF THE CENTRAL APULIA SYSTEM; Proceedings of the Fifth Joint Conference on Agriculture, Food, and the Environment, June 17-18, 1996, Padova, Italy
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Carbonara,   Sebastiano; de Fano,   Giovanna.
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 1996
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/14359

ADMINISTRATION OF RURAL ADJUSTMENT ASSISTANCE IN N.S.W.
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Richmond,   R.N.; Durbin,   S.I.
A widening range of rural adjustment assistance measures is being utilised, thereby increasing the range of government organisations involved. In choosing between these measures additional government and non-government research is required, with proposed policies accounting for the division of responsibility for assistance that exists between government organisations. There is also a need for greater policy co-ordination between these organisations, and a proposal for the establishment of a N.S.W. Rural Adjustment Advisory Council is outlined.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 1977
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/9117

Bayesian networks as a tool to assess the multiple effects of agricultural policies in rural areas
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Raggi,   Meri; Sardonini,   Laura; Viaggi,   Davide.
Many economic analysis tools are used to evaluate the effects of policies on rural development. However, a number of unexplored options are still available from the literature about policy analysis and biophysical systems representations. A particularly important need concerns the representation of the complexity of rural systems either in a static or dynamic framework In this paper we use Bayesian networks, to the best knowledge of the authors, basically ignored by the literature on rural development.  The objective of this paper is to discuss the potential use of Bayesian Networks tools to represent the impact of the Common Agricultural Policies in rural areas.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Bayesian Networks (BNs); Farm-household; Exit; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Q1; Q18.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/94911

Threshold Population Levels For Rural Retail Businesses in North Dakota
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Schuler,   Alan V.; Leistritz,   F. Larry.
Tipo: Technical Report
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 1990
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/119437

City Size Distribution and Growth
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Kopp,   Andreas.
We discuss theoretical approaches to study the relationship between the size distribution of a nation's cities and macroeconomic growth. The discussion is based on the hypothesis of the New Growth Theory that inter-personal spillovers of education and skills determine the long-run growth of the economy. Growth theory treats such externalities as being uniformly effective over national territories and completely internal to nation-state. This suggests a link to urban economics which has a long tradition of considering human capital externalities as driving forces of the growth of urban centers, with productivity increases inducing immigration. From the perspective of the urbanization literature long-run macroeconomic growth is thus determined by the...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2000
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/26303

Game Analysis of Rural Collective Construction Land Circulation in Rapidly Industrialized Area of China - A case of Nanhai District of Foshan City
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Tang,   Changchun; Lan,   Wanlian.
This paper introduces the basic principles and application of game theory, sets up the game model of rural construction land circulation, and analyzes the utility function results under the approval of local government of China, taking Nanhai District of Foshan City as an example. Research result shows that under the current macro-economy and system conditions, the optimal way of rural construction land circulation and expansion in rapidly industrialized area is to realize independent circulation in accordance with laws and regulations without changing the land ownership. The effective approach of regulating and controlling independent circulation is to optimize game structure and the utility functions by implementing demand management of construction...
Tipo: Thesis or Dissertation
Palavras-chave: Industrialization; Construction land; Circulation; Game; Nanhai District of China; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Industrial Organization; Land Economics/Use; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/53518

THE ROLE OF LAND MARKETS IN IMPROVING RURAL INCOMES
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Lerman,   Zvi; Sedik,   David J.
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development; Land Economics/Use.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/7129

Analysis of Climate Change Perception and Adaptation among Arable Food Crop Farmers in South Western Nigeria.
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Apata,   Temidayo Gabriel; Samuel,   K.D.; Adeola,   A.O.
This study acknowledges the comments of Dr(Mrs) Olasimbo Apata and Dr. M.A.Y. Rahji. financial assistance of JABU Management is also acknowledge.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Environmental impact; Agricultural occupation; Perception; Adaptation.; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Productivity Analysis; Teaching/Communication/Extension/Profession.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/51365

Proceedings from the workshop on selected irrigation management issues, Digana Village, Sri Lanka, 15-19 July 1985.
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: International Irrigation Management Institute (IIMI).
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Irrigation management; Evaluation; Rehabilitation; Water distribution; Farmers' associations; Social aspects; Institutional constraints; Canals; Agribusiness; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Crop Production/Industries; Farm Management; Land Economics/Use.
Ano: 1986
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/52779

Identification of spatial agglomerations in the German food processing industry
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Hoffmann,   J.
This paper deals with the identification of spatial agglomerations in the German food processing industry, using the Cluster Index developed by Sternberg and Litzenberger. Previous studies have analyzed this industry as one of several others utilizing highly aggregated data. The results of these studies mostly indicate a lack of agglomerations for the German food industry. Given the very heterogeneous character of this branch, an analysis at such an aggregated level might provide flawed results. Therefore, the following study analyzes German industry sectors for the first time at a highly disaggregated spatial (429 districts) and sectoral (23 subsectors of food processing industry) level. Results show that spatial agglomerations exist for several...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Regional Cluster; Spatial Economics; German Food Processing Industry; Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Labor and Human Capital.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/95032

Assessing the impact of different rural development policy design options on the adoption of innovation across five case studies in EU
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Bartolini,   Fabio; Floridi,   Matteo; Latruffe,   Laure; Majewski,   Edward; Nikolov,   Dimitre; Polman,   Nico B.P.; Viaggi,   Davide.
Innovation and new technology adoption represent two central elements for the enterprise and industry development process in agriculture. The objective of the paper is to provide an ex-ante analysis of the effectiveness of alternative policy design options concerning the RDP measures intended to provide incentives for investment/innovation adoption in five case study areas across Europe. The model implemented is based on a real option approach that includes investment irreversibility and stochasticity in SFP. The results show the relevance of uncertainty in determining the timing of adoption and emphasise the importance of predictability as a major component of policy design.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Real options; Innovation; Rural development policy; Single farm payments; Uncertainty; Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/94907

AGRICULTURE AS A GROWTH SECTOR -- 1985 AND BEYOND
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Martin,   Lee R.
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development; International Development.
Ano: 1974
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/13521

Improved Seed, Intra-crop Diversity and Risk Exposure in Ethiopia
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Chiputwa,   Brian; Kostandini,   Genti; Escalante,   Cesar L.
Replaced with revised version of poster 07/15/11.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/103745

THE ROLE OF RELEVANT BASIC EDUCATION IN ACHIEVING FOOD SECURITY AND SUSTAINABLE RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Vandenbosch,   Tom; Nanok,   Tutui; Tollens,   Eric.
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development; Food Security and Poverty; Labor and Human Capital.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/31843

Valuing Rural Recreation Amenities: Hedonic Prices for Vacation Rental Houses at Deep Creek Lake, Maryland
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Nelson,   Jon P.
Hedonic prices are estimated for summer and winter rentals for vacation houses located near a lake and ski-golf resort in rural western Maryland. Regressions for weekly rents are conditioned on house size, quality, and recreation features including lakefront proximity and ski-slope access. Percentage effects and marginal implicit prices indicate that access to recreation is reflected importantly in rental offers. Evaluated at the means, lakefront locations command a premium of $1,100–1,200 per week, and the premium for ski-slope access is $500–600 per week. Unit recreation values are about $18 per person per day for a lakefront location with a private dock and $7 per person per day for a ski-slope location. There are small differences in the unit values...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Recreation demand; Environmental valuation; Hedonic prices; Spatial models; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Environmental Economics and Policy; Land Economics/Use.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/95645

Farming and the Internet: Reasons for Non-Use
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Briggeman,   Brian C.; Whitacre,   Brian E.
Rural broadband infrastructure and service has received a significant amount of funding through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. These funds should increase broadband availability, but will broadband be used in rural areas and in particular by farmers? This paper uses Agricultural Resource Management Survey data to investigate why the majority of U.S. farmers choose not to use the Internet in their farm business. Although frequently cited by policymakers, concerns about inadequate Internet service or security actually account for a small percentage of responses. This research identifies targeted educational programs that focus on alleviating perceived barriers to Internet use.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: ARMS; Farming; Internet; Multinomial logit; Non-use; Agribusiness; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Farm Management.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/97008

Income Convergence in the South: Myth or Reality?
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Gyawali,   Buddhi Raj; Banerjee,   Swagata (Ban); Hill,   Anquinette; Bukenya,   James O.
County-level data for 11 southern states for 1980 and 2000 are used to examine income convergence. Ordinary least squares regression of logarithmic difference on average per capita income in 1980 demonstrated conditional income convergence with higher income changes in counties with smaller initial populations, smaller changes in African Americans, employment, education, age structure, travel time to work, or dependent age populations. The estimated rate of income convergence was 3.82% per year.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Income convergence; Race; Regional economic growth; Black Belt; Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/98870

Is There A Rural-Urban Technology Gap? Results of the ERS Rural Manufacturing Survey
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Gale,   H. Frederick, Jr.
Advanced technology use is less prevalent in rural than in urban manufacturing plants, but plants of comparable size in the same industry use about the same level of technology, regardless of urban/rural location. The rural gap comes about because the mix of rural industries is more heavily weighted with "low-technology" industries. Both rural and urban businesses rate inadequate worker skills as the most important barrier to use of new production technologies and management practices, while lack of knowledge is the chief barrier to use of telecommunications technology. Rural and urban businesses have similar access to technical assistance, skilled labor, and capital. Rural manufacturers report more problems with employee turnover and infrastructure than...
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies.
Ano: 1997
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/33709

TOWARD A DEVELOPMENT POLICY FOR RURAL AMERICA: A COMMENT
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Hastings,   Steven E.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 1988
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/28828

A STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODEL: GREECE’S TOURISM DEMAND FOR TOURIST DESTINATION
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Chaitip,   Prasert; Chaiboonsri,   Chukiat; Kovacs,   Sandor; Balogh,   Peter.
Structural equation model (LISREL 8) was applied to test the causal relationships between tourist travel motivations and tourist destination. A survey containing Likert scale questions was conducted to collect data from 100 tourists who had travelled to Greece’s tourist destination. With the help of factor analysis, four dimensions were identified for scales used in the study: travel cost satisfaction, tourism product, tourism product attributes, and tourism product management. Results indicated that the travel cost satisfaction of tourists has a positive influence on tourism product, tourism product attributes and tourism product management. Moreover, our results suggested that the tourist demographics has a positive influence on tourism product and...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Greece; Tourism demand; Greece’s tourist destination; SEM model; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/91116

The non-market benefits of rural service provision
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: McVittie,   Alistair; Moran,   Dominic; Hall,   Clare.
The provision of services in rural areas is constrained by a number of issues arising from the remoteness of such areas and the relative sparsity of rural populations. These factors combine to increase the cost of supply and reduce the demand for services, which consequently threatens the viability of service provision whether by the public or private sectors. A possible to solution to these issues lies in the co-location of rural services, which in general means that two or more distinct services are located within the same premises thus reducing the delivery costs associated with one or more of these services. Beyond the simple economics of service provision lies the existence of nonmarket elements of services in terms of benefits to local communities of...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/46008

NORTH DAKOTA LIGNITE ENERGY INDUSTRY'S CONTRIBUTION TO THE STATE ECONOMY FOR 2006 AND PROJECTED FOR 2007
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Coon,   Randal C.; Leistritz,   F. Larry.
This report provides estimates of the lignite industry's contribution to the North Dakota economy, using key economic indicators such as retail trade activity, personal income, total business activity, employment, and tax revenues. The estimates are based on actual industry expenditures for 2006 and projected expenditures for 2007. This analysis contains two measures of the relative importance of the lignite energy industry in North Dakota. First, the industry's share of the state's total sales to final demand (or exports) is evaluated. Second, the business volume generated by the industry is compared to the total gross business volume for the state. Expenditures were obtained from a survey of firms involved in lignite-related activities (mining or...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Economic impacts; Lignite (coal) mining; Lignite conversion; Input-output analysis; Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/7322

COMMUNITY AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT--IMPLICATIONS FOR ECONOMIC EXTENSION PROGRAMS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Schaller,   W. Neill.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 1972
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/30339

A vidék- és agrárfejlesztés stratégiai irányai a fenntartható fejlődés tükrében
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Karpati,   Zoltan; Maacz,   Miklos.
A Nemzeti Fenntartható Fejlődési Stratégiában megjelenő, hazánk mezőgazdaságát érintő célkitűzések összhangban állnak az Európai Unió 2007-2013 közötti költségvetési időszakának mezőgazdasági támogatásait megalapozó Új Magyarország Vidékfejlesztési Stratégiai Terv, azon túlmenően az ennek alapján kidolgozott Új Magyarország Vidékfejlesztési Program főbb célkitűzéseivel. Az Új Magyarország Vidékfejlesztési Program a hosszú távú fenntarthatósági elvekkel összhangban kívánja biztosítani a mezőgazdaság fejlesztéséhez, a vidék környezeti értékeinek megőrzéséhez, a vidéki térségek gazdaságának megerősödéséhez és a vidéki társadalom kohéziójához szükséges fejlesztési kereteket.  ------------------------------------------    The goals set out in the National...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Vidékfejlesztés; Stratégiai célok; Fenntarthatóság; Intézkedések; Rural development; Strategic plan; Sustainable; Policy; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/92487

REVITALIZING A RURAL REGION'S ECONOMIC BASE
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Maki,   Wilbur R.; Westeren,   Knut Ingar.
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 1992
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/14077

Meta-analysis to assess impact of watershed program and people’s participation
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Joshi,   P.K.; Jha,   Awadhesh K.; Wani,   S.P.; Joshi,   Laxmi; Shiyani,   R.L.
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Watershed management; Social participation; Decision making; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/92825

DETERMINING LOCATIONS FOR RURAL MEDICAL CLINICS: A MODEL AND ITS USE
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Hardy,   William E., Jr.; Marshall,   J. Paxton; Faris,   J. Edwin.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 1973
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/29437

ODDOLNE INICJATYWY JAKO SZANSA POPRAWY JAKOŚCI ŻYCIA NA WSI? WYNIKI STUDIUM PRZYPADKU W BAŁTOWIE (POŁUDNIOWO-WSCHODNIA POLSKA)
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Gramzow,   Andreas.
Polskie obszary wiejskie nadal wykazują wysoki stopień zatrudnienia w rolnictwie w porównaniu z pozostałymi krajami Unii Europejskiej, co wynika z braku możliwości zatrudnienia w innych sektorach gospodarki na wsi. Szczególnie zamknięcie zakładów przemysłu ciężkiego we wczesnych latach 90-tych XX wieku pozostawiło wielu mieszkańców wsi na utrzymaniu jedynie z niewielkich dochodów prywatnych gospodarstw rolnych lub emerytur i rent. W gminie Bałtów (południowo-wschodnia Polska), w celu przeciwdziałania tej sytuacji, lokalne stowarzyszenia rozwojowe, wraz z lokalną grupą partnerską, podjęło inicjatywy stymulujące rozwój gospodarki regionalnej poprzez tworzenie infrastruktury turystycznej. Niniejsza praca przedstawia studium przypadku przeprowadzone w...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Słowa kluczowe: Rozwój wsi; Turystyka; Leader+; Inicjatywy oddolne; Polska; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Farm Management; International Development; Land Economics/Use; P 32; Q 10; R 11.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/90860

USE OF SIMULATION IN PLANNING
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Maki,   Wilbur R.; Barrett,   R.A.; Brady,   R.J.
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods.
Ano: 1975
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/13946

The Role of Small Farms in Structural Change
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Huettel,   Silke; Margarian,   Anne.
This paper explains regionally differentiated patterns of structural change based on a theoretical framework dealing with strategic interaction of farms on the land market. The main research question focuses on the causes of regionally persistent structures. An empirical Markov chain model is defined for the West German agricultural sector. Thereby it is possible to explain the probabilities of farm growth, decline or exit in terms of the current and former regional farm size structure. Further, the impact of variables describing the regional farm structure, thereby indicating market power of the large, the potential of high competition for land within a region and possibly high rents of the status quo in combination with sunk costs, is quantified. The...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Structural change; Strategic competition; Land market; Markov chain; Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Institutional and Behavioral Economics; Risk and Uncertainty.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/59519

Rural Competitiveness: Results of the 1996 Rural Manufacturing Survey
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Gale,   H. Frederick, Jr.; McGranahan,   David A.; Teixeira,   Ruy; Greenberg,   Elizabeth.
Establishments in metropolitan and nonmetropolitan locations are surprisingly similar in their adoption of new technologies, worker skill requirements, use of government programs and technical assistance, exports, and sources of financing, according to the results of a nationwide survey of 3,909 manufacturing businesses. The most widespread concern of both metro and nonmetro businesses appears to be with quality of labor. Survey respondents report rapidly increasing skill requirements, and many report problems finding qualified workers. Quality of local labor is the most frequently cited problem associated with nonmetro business locations. Access to credit, transportation, and telecommunications infrastructure is a problem of secondary importance for both...
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Rural manufacturing; Sample survey; Worker skills; Manufacturing location; Credit availability; Technology adoption; Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 1999
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/34077

ECONOMIC GROWTH IN WESTERN AUSTRALIA
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Parker,   M.L.; Yeow,   A.G.
One measure of the economic activity generated by the primary sector is the extent to which the demand for its products is retained within the sector or is transmitted elsewhere. In this article an analysis is made of these inter-relationships between industries and between each industry and the trade sector, as they influence the rate and direction of economic growth in Western Australia. Two input-output models of the Western Australian economy are then used to examine structural changes implied in changes in input coefficients over time.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 1966
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/22673

THE RURAL TOWN AS A PRODUCING UNIT: AN EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS AND IMPLICATIONS FOR RURAL DEVELOPMENT POLICY
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Ayer,   Harry W.; Weidman,   Joe.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 1976
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/29746

EMPOWERING POOR RURAL WOMEN IN INDIA: EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE FROM ANDHRA PRADESH
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Deininger,   Klaus W.; Galab,   Shaik; Olsen,   Tore.
Even though overall growth in India has recently accelerated, it has largely bypassed rural areas and agriculture; in fact it is agreed that the ratio of rural to urban poverty has increased. As a consequence, some of the marginalized groups in a society that is already characterized by a high level of inequality in opportunities and segregation along lines of, gender, caste, and social status, are widely reckoned to not have benefited from overall growth. To enable women and backwards castes to expand their livelihood opportunities, a vast range of government programs have been initiated and large amounts of resources are being channeled to poor areas. An increasingly popular approach to do so relies on the concept of Community Driven Development (CDD)...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/19123

MEASURING ECONOMIC GROWTH IN RURAL COMMUNITIES: THE SHIFT-SHARE APPROACH
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Gordon,   John; Darling,   David L.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 1976
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/29754

Opportunities for African Small Farmers in Ethical Foods Markets: An Entrepreneurial Perspective
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Amanor-Boadu,   Vincent.
Income growth in many countries is fuelling expansion of the ethical consumer segment and creating an unprecedented opportunity for small African farmers. The challenge is how to organize these farmers to seize the opportunities being offered by the emerging market. We argue in this paper that the development of entrepreneurial perspectives on small farmers’ realities could help alleviate the current economic challenges confronting them. We suggest increased engagement between researchers and academics with producers in entrepreneurial ventures to seize these opportunities. This is new model of economic development focuses on microeconomic solutions through entrepreneurial initiatives. We believe the agricultural economics profession’s ability to engage...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Ethical Foods; Farmers; African; Markets; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Consumer/Household Economics; Environmental Economics and Policy; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Food Security and Poverty; International Relations/Trade; Marketing; Productivity Analysis; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/52215

Land Owner Characteristics and Perceptions in Northeast and Southeast Missouri: The Economic and Social Value of Flood Plain Agroforestry to Rural Development Projects
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Valdivia,   Corinne; Konduru,   Srinivasa; Raedeke,   Andrew; Green,   John J.
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development; Risk and Uncertainty.
Ano: 2003
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/92883

Does anybody give a dam? The importance of public awareness for urban water conservation during drought
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Aisbett,   Emma; Steinhauser,   Ralf.
Demand management has been of interest in dry climates such as Australia, Spain and the Western United States for decades. It is particularly important to understand policy options during drought conditions, as drought periods have a disproportionate effect on supply infrastructure decisions. While water‐conservation campaigns aimed at inducing voluntary consumption reductions are almost universally employed by water managers in times of supply constraint, voluntary measures are generally dismissed in the economics literature as ineffective. We argue that the robust positive correlation between dam levels and consumption after controlling for policy changes suggests that there is a significant component of voluntary conservation. Furthermore, omitting dam...
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Water use; Demand management; Pricing; Behavioral aspects; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Environmental Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/107850

Changes in rural areas of Ukraine: problems and opportunities
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Moroz,   Serhiy Mykolayovych.
The paper describes the main tendencies and perspectives of development of rural areas in Ukraine. It emphasizes that the key reason of existing socio-economic issues in rural regions is the absence of well-defined rural development policy. Thus, it is necessary for Ukraine to implement long-term rural policy, as it takes place in countries of the European Union. Rural development should be based on the territorial approach. The special attention should be paid to the creation of local action groups. Hence, it is essential to introduce a program, similar to the LEADER initiative, to use local possibilities, and to implement the bottom-up approach for the solution of rural issues. Also, special strategies should be developed to expand non-farm rural...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Rural development; Rural policy; Ukraine; Community/Rural/Urban Development; R11; R58.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/94624

From Process Consultation to a Clinical Model of Development Practice
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Cooke,   Bill.
This paper argues that two related concepts, process consultation and, in particular, the clinical perspective, developed by the organisational psychologist Edgar Schein, can improve the understanding, teaching and conduct of development practice. Process consultation - which is more than just the application of so called process approaches - and the clinical perspective are described, and the case for them is put, in relation to contrasts with ethnography and action research and in the light of contemporary debates about development studies and practice. Five particular aspects of the clinical model - the primacy of the "helpful intervention", the subservience of science to helping, its client centredness, it recognition of interventionists' financial and...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 1996
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/30564

ÍNDICE DE DESENVOLVIMENTO FAMILIAR-RURAL: UMA APLICAÇÃO DA ESTATÍSTICA MULTIVARIADA
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Sales,   Gardenia De Oliveira; Silva,   Rubicleis Gomes Da; Vidal,   Marcelo Barbosa.
Qual o nível de desenvolvimento rural familiar nos pólos agroflorestais Geraldo Mesquita, Hélio Pimenta e Custódio Freire do Estado do Acre?  Esta questão é o móvel do presente artigo que propõe uma abordagem metodológica alternativa para a construção do Índice de Desenvolvimento Familiar–Rural (IDF-R), um índice-síntese desagregado por Unidade de Produção Familiar optando pela atribuição de pesos na construção das dimensões que constituirão o índice. A metodologia apresentou-se eficaz para o (re)direcionamento de políticas públicas atuando nas áreas em que, ao mesmo tempo, são mais deficitárias e também mais estratégicas em termos de resultados práticos. Os resultados apontados no artigo referem-se a 113 unidades de produção familiar (UPF), sendo 17...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Índice de desenvolvimento familiar rural; Análise estatística multivariada e pólos agroflorestais; Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/109818

Wealth, Living Standards and Perceptions in a Cotton Economy: Evidence from the Cotton Reform in Burkina Faso
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Kaminski,   Jonathan.
The cotton economy of Burkina Faso has been characterized by a changing rural environment for farmers since late nineties, which has come with the cotton reform and the resulting cotton boost. There have been slight improvements in living standards and rural households’ income while the subjective feeling of wealth has significantly increased. In this paper, I explore the channels through which the elements of the changing rural environment can bridge the wedge between subjective and objective measures of wealth. In addition to the basic determinants of subjective welfare that can be found in the happiness economics literature, namely absolute and relative income measures, health and social status (and expectations of future incomes), I investigate the...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Subjective wealth; Burkina Faso's cotton; Rural development; Agricultural policy; Perceptions; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Crop Production/Industries; I32; O13; Q16; Q18.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/45780

Exit from farming and land abandonment in Northern Norway
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Stokstad,   Grete.
The combination of nature and farmed land is one reason why Northern Norway is attracting tourists. It is therefore of interest to know which farms that are more likely to quit faming, and to see what factors that are important for abandonment of farm land when the owner of the farm exits farming. Our results indicate that smaller properties in areas with few farmers are the most likely to be abandoned. Property structure is another important factor for abandonment, but is less important for the exit-decision. Size of the farm, including both rented and own farm land, appears to be more important for the exit-decision. Larger farm operations, with breeding stock, primary sheep and dairy cattle are more likely to continue farming.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Farm exit; Abandoned land; Logistic regression.; Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Labor and Human Capital.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/95343

O ENVELHECIMENTO E AS APOSENTADORIAS NO AMBIENTE RURAL: UM ENFOQUE BIBLIOGRÁFICO
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Augusto,   Helder dos Anjos; Ribeiro,   Eduardo Magalhaes.
This article analyzes the effect of the aging and the retirements in the Brazilian rural scene, which is a question of most importance for the current days, since the relative participation of the aging group in the total set of the Brazilian population is increasing. Thus, there exists a concern with the future of the Social Security sot that it must pass through reforms. Hence, the objective of this paper is to raise elements for the discussion on the importance of the social security in the agricultural sector, since it passes through significant demographic changes. With a sufficiently fragmented history, since the years of the Empire, the Social Security has been extending several segments of society, being one of the most important forms of inclusion...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Aging; Social Security; Rural retirements; Brazil.; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Labor and Human Capital.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/43982

The Economics of Land Consolidation in Family Farms of Moldova
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Cimpoies,   Dragos; Lerman,   Zvi; Racul,   Anatol.
The paper investigates the current situation with fragmentation of family farms in Moldova and its effects on family well-being and farm productivity. A key hypothesis is that consolidation of agricultural land in Moldova has beneficial effects in terms of productivity and is desirable in the long run. We examine the case for market-driven land consolidation using data from several recent surveys in Moldova. We show that, in the individual sector, larger farms consume less of their output and attain higher levels of commercialization. Larger individual farms thus have higher revenues from commercial sales and generate higher family incomes. Farm augmentation accordingly makes a positive contribution to the well-being of the rural population. The extent of...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Land consolidation; Land fragmentation; Land market; Family farms; Rural incomes; Moldova; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Land Economics/Use.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/52837

Local Food Systems:  Concepts, Impacts, and Issues
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Martinez,   Stephen W.; Hand,   Michael S.; Da Pra,   Michelle; Pollack,   Susan L.; Ralston,   Katherine L.; Smith,   Travis A.; Vogel,   Stephen J.; Clark,   Shellye; Lohr,   Luanne; Low,   Sarah A.; Newman,   Constance.
This comprehensive overview of local food systems explores alternative definitions of local food, estimates market size and reach, describes the characteristics of local consumers and producers, and examines early indications of the economic and health impacts of local food systems. There is no consensus on a definition of “local” or “local food systems” in terms of the geographic distance between production and consumption. But defining “local” based on marketing arrangements, such as farmers selling directly to consumers at regional farmers’ markets or to schools, is well recognized. Statistics suggest that local food markets account for a small, but growing, share of U.S. agricultural production. For smaller farms, direct marketing to consumers accounts...
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Local food systems; Farmers’ markets; Direct-to-consumer marketing; Direct-to-retail/ foodservice marketing; Community supported agriculture; Farm to school programs; Farmers’ Market Promotion Program; Food miles; Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/96635

Impact of Cultural Tourism upon Urban Economies: An Econometric Exercise
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Bellini,   Elena; Gasparino,   Ugo; del Corpo,   Barbara; Malizia,   William.
In recent years, interest in tourism has spread rapidly throughout many small and medium European cities, which previously have not necessarily considered themselves as tourist destinations. Tourism is increasingly seen as a potential lever towards high economic growth, measured both in terms of income and employment. In the present Working Paper we report the analysis on the economic impact undertaken in the framework of the PICTURE Project, showing the results of a novel econometric exercise to statistically assess the impacts of cultural tourism upon European municipalities. More precisely the analysis aims at estimating the effects of tourism specialisation on local income and prices. The Working Paper is built as follows. Section 1 presents and...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Cultural Tourism; Economic Growth; Community/Rural/Urban Development; O4; R0; L83.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/8220

Agroindústria canavieira e desenvolvimento local: o caso da usina Usaciga no município de Cidade Gaúcha - PR
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Shikida,   Pery Francisco Assis; Souza,   Elvanio Costa de; Dahmer,   Vanessa de Souza.
The objective of this study was to estimate the basic employment and its multiplier effect on total employment in the of the Cidade Gaúcha municipality, emphasizing the contribution of Usaciga plant. According to the results, 1,739 people make up the basic employment of the municipality, while 1,176 people are part of the non-basic employment. The Usaciga is responsible for 39.7% of the basic employment of Cidade Gaúcha. The dynamics of population growth of Cidade Gaúcha has changed from the 1980, when the Usaciga started its activities. There was also positive evolution in terms of Human Development Index (HDI) in this municipality.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Sugar cane agroindustry; Local development; Employment multiplier; Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/54082

Spatial optimization and economies of scale for cellulose to ethanol facilities in Indiana
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Perkis,   David F.; Tyner,   Wallace E.; Preckel,   Paul V.; Brechbill,   Sarah C.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/48730

The Effect of Policy and Policy Reforms on Non-Agricultural Enterprises and Employment in Developing Countries: A Review of Past Experiences
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Haggblade,   Steven; Liedholm,   Carl; Mead,   Donald C.
This paper explores two sets of issues. The first concerns the magnitude of policy  induced distortions in developing countries and the impact of these distortions on the economy,  paying special attention to differential impacts between firms of different sizes and resulting  effects on the level of employment. The second concerns the prior experience of donors and the  LDC governments with the process of policy change.
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Food security; Food policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; International Development; Downloads December 2008 - June 2009: 3; Q18.
Ano: 1986
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/54744

Theme Overview: Rural Wealth Creation
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Pender,   John L.; Weber,   Bruce A.; Fawbush,   Wayne.
Tipo: Article
Palavras-chave: Community; Development; Economic; Prosperity; Rural; Wealth; Agricultural Finance; Community/Rural/Urban Development; R11; R12.
Ano: 2012
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/122799

GROWTH AND FISCAL HEALTH IN WISCONSIN CITIES
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: McCullough,   Stacey W.; Deller,   Steven C.
The intent of the applied research reported in this paper is to examine the relationship between growth and the fiscal health of a subset of local governments (incorporated cities) over the last decade. While any number of researchers has raised this question, the literature has tended to focus on larger urban areas during economic downturns. Ladd's (1994) most recent research looking at the fiscal effects of growth has become perhaps the most influential in this line of work. Ladd's research, however, is limited in that she focused on per capita spending, a variable of interest in itself and because it can be conceptually linked to service quality and tax burden. While the data used in her analysis do not reflect a period of economic downturn, the data...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2002
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/12647

Ranking New Zealand river values – a novel approach to managing the ‘chalk and cheese’ problem
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Hughey,   Kenneth F.D.
In New Zealand, regional councils have the task of sustainably managing rivers and their flows. In trying to achieve this task they face enormous challenges including the need to allocate flows amongst often highly disparate in- (e.g., angling, kayaking, native fish and birds) and out-of-river (e.g., irrigation and hydro energy) values/needs. To aid in this task these councils need to know which rivers or parts of rivers are relatively more or less important on national, regional and local bases, for particular values. This task becomes even more challenging given limited information availability for many values, and no overarching policy or decision framework. In this paper I report on a FRST-funded (and less than 1-year long) project which has addressed...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: River values; Prioritization system; Irrigation and birdlife; New Zealand; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Crop Production/Industries; Environmental Economics and Policy; Farm Management; Land Economics/Use.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/97129

Community Development and Local Social Capital
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Jordan,   Jeffrey L.; Munasib,   Abdul B.A.
While a substantial amount of research has been devoted to showing what social capital does, research explaining social capital itself lags behind. In this paper we examine whether local economic development can explain the variation in social capital across various geographical clusters in the state of Georgia. The findings show that even after accounting for various demographic and economic characteristics, the HDI explains the variation in a number of social capital levels (especially those measured by associational involvement) across various geographical clusters in the state of Georgia.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/34967

Treadle pump irrigation and poverty in Ghana
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Adeoti,   Adetola I.; Barry,   Boubacar; Namara,   Regassa E.; Kamara,   Abdul B.; Titiati,   Atsu.
Treadle pump (TP) technology has been promoted by Enterprise Works Worldwide (EWW) as an alternative to the traditional rope and bucket irrigation that is necessary to overcome the challenge of uncertain and inadequate rainfall for agricultural production. The aim is to improve output, increase incomes and reduce poverty among farm households. This study examines the strategies used for dissemination of the TP and the dynamics of its adoption and impacts, with a special focus on poverty reduction. The results of the study reveal that time and labor savings for irrigation, increased size of irrigated areas and lack of fuel requirements are the attractive features of the TP for those who adopt it. Adoption of TP increases land and labor productivities; and...
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Manual pumps; Irrigation systems; Water lifting; Poverty; Farm income; Gender; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Consumer/Household Economics; Food Security and Poverty; Labor and Human Capital.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/44520

Resource Abundance and Regional Development in China
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Zhang,   Xiaobo; Xing,   Li; Fan,   Shenggen; Luo,   Xiaopeng.
Over the past several decades, China has made tremendous progress in market integration and infrastructure development. Demand for natural resources has increased from the booming coastal economies, causing the terms of trade to favor the resource sector, which is predominantly based in the interior regions of the country. However, the gap in economic development level between the coastal and inland regions has widened significantly. In this paper, using a panel data set at the provincial level, we show that Chinese provinces with abundant resources perform worse than their resource-poor counterparts in terms of per capita consumption growth. This trend that resource-poor areas are better off than resource-rich areas is particularly prominent in rural...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: China; Regional inequality; Resource curse; Dutch disease; Property rights; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/42400

What is the structure of the coffee market: Can the real poor benefit from the coffee trade?
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Pokorna,   Irena; Smutka,   Lubos.
This article deals with the trade with coffee. The primary aim of the paper is to analyse the international coffee trade. Because coffee belongs to the cash crops we have focus on the production. We have analysed the structure of the trade concerning the green (not roasted) coffee, roasted coffee and coffee extracts, essences or concentrates. The analyses of production show enormous differences between developed and developing countries on the supply side. Dissimilarity appeared in the price system. Our results show that developing countries (especially least developed countries) cannot fully benefit from the international trade because they are placed just on the lowest level of the production vertical line. The results prove that there must exist strong...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Coffee market; International trade; Prices; Supply chains; Developing countries; Agribusiness; Community/Rural/Urban Development; International Relations/Trade; GA; IN.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/96865

INTERFACING ECONOMIC AND DEMOGRAPHIC MODELS FOR RURAL AREAS: DESIGN AND METHODOLOGICAL CONSIDERATIONS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Murdock,   Steven H.; Leistritz,   F. Larry; Jones,   Lonnie L.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 1979
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/29543

THE IMPACT OF SCENIC AMENITIES ON RURAL EMPLOYMENT GROWTH
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Henderson,   Jason R.; McDaniel,   Kendall.
Throughout the 1990s, scenic rural areas have experienced faster employment growth than their counterparts.  But, rural employment growth relies on a much broader set of county characteristics than just scenic amenities. Analysis provides insight into the role of scenic amenities in rural employment growth, generally and at the sector level.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development; Labor and Human Capital; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2000
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/21725

TRADITION OR INNOVATION – WHICH APPROACH IS BETTER IN RURAL DEVELOPMENT? THE CASE OF PODLASIE REGION
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Przygodzka,   Renata.
The article makes an attempt to answer the question, which of the development approaches of rural areas might be better: the one based on tradition, or perhaps the one, which is related with innovations. The conducted studies indicate that rural areas are strongly diversified. Various types of economic and social activity, which takes place in those areas, require a diversified approach. Thus, the answer for the question asked in the title cannot be a simple one. However, one can put forward a theory that the most proper development approach of rural areas is the concept of their sustainable development, in which tradition should be supplemented with innovation and vice versa. Only then will rural areas retain their heritage and at the same time will be a...
Tipo: Book
Palavras-chave: Possibilities for rural areas; Heritage; Economic activity; Podlasie region; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Labor and Human Capital; Public Economics.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/43188

Factors affecting farm productivity in Bulgaria, Hungary, Poland, Romania and Slovenia after the EU-accession and likely structural impacts
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Campos,   Monica; Jaklic,   Tina; Juvancic,   Luka.
The paper is investigating the recent evolution of farm productivity in five EU New Member States (NMS): Bulgaria, Hungary, Romania, Poland and Slovenia. More precisely, the paper deals with determinants influencing farm productivity in a changing market and policy environment brought by their full integration to the CAP. With a combination of multivariate statistics and econometric techniques, it attempts to identify and explain the patterns of agricultural labour productivity change in the period 2003-2005. Results suggest that adjustment patterns are diverging and are region-specific, depending mainly on the initial farm structural conditions, and availability of non-farm jobs. Policy implications of the paper suggest that agricultural policy should...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Structural adjustment; Farm productivity; Farming types; EU-accession; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Q12; R11.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/95315

Rural areas development through endogenous potentials
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Theodosiou,   Giorgos; Michailidis,   Anastasios; Loizou,   Efstratios; Chatzitheodoridis,   Fotis.
The main objective of the present paper is to reveal the most important reasons for admitting and supporting a local factor, such as a Union of Agricultural Cooperatives, by the rural residents of a typical Greek region. Moreover, the investigation of the possible dependence relationships among the socioeconomic variables of a market research, which refers to the willingness to purchase dairy products from the Cooperative (the dependent variable) and the independent variables, constitute the intention of the paper. From a methodological point of view, the study extends the employment of categorical multivariate methodologies into rural development issues. Interesting results are revealed from the segmentation of rural populations regarding the drivers of...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Cooperative Investment; Market Research; Milk; Rural Region; Community/Rural/Urban Development; C420; D190; R510; H540.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/95308

Territoriality of the agroecological and conventional systems in family farming in Rondônia - the Amazon forest – Brazil.
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Gianasi,   L.M.; Tubaldina,   Dra. Maria Aparecida Dos Santos.
This article focuses on one of the themes developed in the Project leader between Fluminense Federal University - UFF (Rio de Janeiro State) and Federal University of Minas Gerais - UFMG (Minas Gerais State) sponsored by CAPES (Coordination of Improvement of Higher Education Personnel). The research is developed in Earth and Society Nucleus - Study Group on Agrarian Geography, Familiar Agriculture and Peasant Culture and the Laboratory of Agrarian Geography and Agriculture Family, linked to the Graduate Program in Geography and the Department of Geography of UFMG and the Research Center for Agricultural-Environmental of the Graduate Program in Geography of UFF. The main project is related with "Family agriculture, environmental sustainability and...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agroecology; Rondônia–amazon Region; Familiar agriculture.; Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Labor and Human Capital.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/95202

Retail Trade Area Analysis Rolla North Dakota
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Bangsund,   Dean A.; Leistritz,   F. Larry; Wanzek,   Janet K.; Zetocha,   Dale F.; Bastow-Shoop,   Holly E.
Tipo: Technical Report
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development; Public Economics.
Ano: 1991
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/119431

Factors Affecting Success for Women Entrepreneurs in West Africa: The Case of Kosai, a Value Added Cowpea Product
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Ibro,   Germaine; Fulton,   Joan R.; Lowenberg-DeBoer,   James.
Kosai, a deep-fat fried fritter made from cowpea, is an important product for economic development and poverty alleviation.  Kosai is sold as street food almost exclusively by women entrepreneurs who use the money they earn from selling kosai on savings and daily expenditures for their family. In addition, cowpea is the more important indigenous African legume and kosai production uses a significant amount of cowpea. Data was collected, via personal interviews, with about 400 vendors in three different cities in the West African country of Niger. Results revealed that vendors with more experience were more likely to be successful.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/21160

COMMUNITY TRADE ANALYSIS HANDBOOK
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Coon,   Randal C.; Leistritz,   F. Larry; Tweeten,   Kathleen M.
This handbook provides information to help individuals, businesses, and community leaders make decisions on a variety of business and retail trade issues.  The handbook is not intended to provide specific answers to the many problems facing rural businesses and communities.  Rather, it provides tools and information on retail trade patterns and economic trends that can assist people in making informed decisions regarding their future business activities.  The handbook can also enable community leaders to assess their current situation and plan for the future.  Specific information contained in the handbook includes trade area maps, city and trade area population, retail sales trends, pull factors, trends in employment and per capita income, and threshold...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Retail trade; Rural development; Threshold population; Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2002
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/23093

How to use the Reductionist approach for evaluating subsystems to research the elements of the development
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Goda,   Pal; Toth,   Tamas; Kollar,   Kitti.
Reductionist approach for evaluating subsystems
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: System; Sub-system; Interactions; Components general spider map theory; Local community; Network entropy; Social physics; Agribusiness; Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/47545

IMPACT OF THE WAL-MART PHENOMENON ON RURAL COMMUNITIES
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Stone,   Kenneth E.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 1997
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/17713

10 years of transition in Ukraine agriculture: An analysis of productivity and efficiency of enterprises
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Lissitsa,   Alexej; Odening,   Martin; Babycheva,   Tamara.
This paper analyzes efficiency and total factor productivity (TFP) change of large agricultural enterprises during their transition to a market economy in Ukraine. In this case the efficiency is calculated by data envelopment analysis and the productivity change is measured by the Malmquist Productivity Change Index in the period between 1990 and 1999. On average, TFP declined by 6% annually, dropping a total 42%. The main reason for the observed TFP decline is a decrease in technical efficiency, which is found to be remarkably significant. At the same time there is a high variation among individual enterprises: their distribution of efficiency scores widens, which indicates that the farms diverge with respect to their economic performance. The Tobit...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Эффективность; Общая продуктивность фактора; Анализ оболочки данных; Малмквист-индекс изменения общей продуктивности фактора; Переходный период; Украина; Effizienz; Totale Faktor Produktivität; Data Envelopment Analysis; Malmquist Productivity Change Index; Transition; Ukraine; Efficiency; Total Factor Productivity; Agribusiness; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Farm Management; Industrial Organization; Productivity Analysis; Q12; D25; O1; O4; P3.
Ano: 2003
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/92168

FARM-AGRIBUSINESS LINKAGES IN SOUTH AFRICA: EMPOWERING DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITIES THROUGH LINKS WITH AGRIBUSINESS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Kirsten,   Johann F.; Sartorius,   Kurt.
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness; Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2002
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/18072

Managing Forests for Sustainable Economic Development: Optimal Use and Conservation of Forests
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Tisdell,   Clement A.
The conservation of natural forests contributes significantly to the goal of achieving sustainable economic development. There is, however, growing concern that natural forests (which provide tangible and intangible economic benefits to humankind) are being lost at a rate which (combined with other factors) seriously threatens sustainable economic development because of the environmental and social impacts of such loss. There is little doubt that in order to achieve sustainable development, multifunctional forest ecosystems (as well as other important ecosystems) need to be managed appropriately. However, determining the socially optimal level of conservation and use of forests is a challenging task. From a human point of view, it is clearly not optimal to...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Discount rates; Ecosystem services; Environmental conservation; Forests; Intergenerational equity; Multifunctionality; Resource economics; Sustainable development; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Environmental Economics and Policy; Q20; Q23; Q56; Q57.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/90465

REVERSE MIGRATION AND THE RURAL COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PROBLEM
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Sorensen,   Donald M.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 1977
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/32195

The Value of Accurate Crop Production Forecasts.
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Jayne,   Thomas S.; Rashid,   Shahidur.
Crop production forecasts are widely recognized as an important input into food balance sheets and for anticipating production shortfalls. However, the role of accurate crop production forecasting systems in mitigating food price instability and transitory food insecurity is often under-appreciated. This paper explains how crop production forecasting systems affect price instability and risks, and how they can be improved to stabilize the food system.
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Africa; Food security; Forecasts; Production; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Crop Production/Industries; Demand and Price Analysis; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Food Security and Poverty; International Development; Productivity Analysis; C10; Q11.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/97032

INTER-INDUSTRY ANALYSIS OF THE WESTERN AUSTRALIAN ECONOMY
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Parker,   M.L.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 1965
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/22650

ERRÂNCIAS SERTANEJAS: AS MIGRAÇÕES CAMPO-CIDADE EM MONTES CLAROS NO NORTE DE MINAS GERAIS.
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Narciso,   Andrea Maria; Brandao,   Carlos Rodriques B.
Este trabalho apresenta reflexões sobre a dinâmica interna rural no Brasil com ênfase para o Norte de Minas Gerais. A reflexão sobre a migração rural na cidade do sertão de Minas Gerais corrobora a hipótese das migrações estarem ocorrendo cada vez mais dentro das próprias regiões, em função do crescimento incentivado pelo Estado em algumas cidades e também a desilusão com as metrópoles, conseqüência do processo de organização do trabalho que produz uma combinação perversa cuja principal causa e conseqüência é o desrespeito aos trabalhadores migrantes.  A análise do perfil sócio-econômico do migrante rural e a sua integração no mercado de trabalho, as possibilidades, colocações e o mercado informal como via de sub-integração, revelam que as relações sócio...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Migrações internas; Políticas públicas; Trabalho; Mercado de trabalho; Desemprego; Montes Claros; Internal migrations; Public policies; Work market; Unemployment; Market; Montes Claros; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Labor and Human Capital.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/113973

AJAE appendix:  Measuring the Impact of Meat Packing and Processing Facilities in Non-metropolitan Counties: A Difference-in-Differences Approach
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Artz,   Georgeanne M.; Orazem,   Peter F.; Otto,   Daniel M.
Note: The material contained herein is supplementary to the article named in the title and published in the American Journal of Agricultural Economics (AJAE).
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development; Livestock Production/Industries.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/60954

DISPARITIES OF ENTREPRENEURIAL ACTIVITIES AMONG URBAN INDUSTRIES -- AN EXPLORATORY APPROACH
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Liang,   Chyi-Lyi (Kathleen).
The results of an on-going exploratory study focused on disparities in entrepreneurial activities across 203 Metropolitan Statistical Areas among 18 industries in the US showed that there existed variations in the path of entrepreneurial development among MSAs and different industries.  Resource allocation, market, policies, and supportive organizations could lead to these variations.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: MSA; Entrepreneurship; Urban; Disparity; Gini coefficient; Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/20405

Scenic Landscapes Enhance Rural Growth
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: McGranahan,   David A.
Tipo: Article
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/124181

Wells and welfare in the Ganga Basin:  Public policy and private initiative in Eastern Uttar Pradesh, India
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Shah,   Tushaar.
This report analyzes how public policies designed to promote groundwater development over the past 50 years have failed in their promise, and how initiative by private agents can generate the social welfare the region needs so direly. The report outlines a five-pronged strategy for attacking eastern India's rural poverty through fuller utilization of its groundwater resources.
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: River basins; Groundwater management; Groundwater development; Groundwater irrigation; Pumps; Tube wells; Public policy; Poverty; Social aspects; Flood water; Water market; Waterlogging; Electricity supplies; Energy; Pricing; Rural development; Villages; Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; Agricultural Finance; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Crop Production/Industries; Environmental Economics and Policy; Farm Management; Labor and Human Capital; Land Economics/Use; Productivity Analysis.
Ano: 2001
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/44570

La valorisation des savoirs faire au service d’un territoire: les produits coloniaux de la région Ouest de l’Etat du Santa Catarina – Brésil
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Dorigon,   C.; Cerdan,   Claire.
Les évolutions des marchés et des formes de consommer au Brésil conduisent nombreux agriculteurs familiaux à innover dans leur manière de produire et de vendre leurs produits. Il parait cependant nécessaire de préciser les interactions existantes entre stratégies de qualité et développement territorial. Pour répondre à ces questions, notre article s’appuie sur les résultat d’une étude sur les « produits coloniaux » de la région Ouest de Santa Catarina, située au sud du Brésil. Cette région est connue pour avoir développé le plus important de pôle de production-transformation de viandes de porcs et volailles, à partir d’un modèle associant des agriculteurs familiaux à de grandes agro-industries (modèle d’intégration). Avec l’évolution des dynamiques...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Construction sociale des marchés; Production de qualité; Production artisanale; Mouvements sociaux.; Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Labor and Human Capital.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/95012

Measuring the Impact of Agriculture and Community Development Policies on Selected counties in Mississippi
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Myles,   Albert E.; Allen,   Albert J.
Economic developers and government officials must understand the importance of agriculture and incorporate it into a comprehensive economic development plan for rural areas. Agriculture adds ambience to the local area making it attractive for farm-related tourism development.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/35453

ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY AND TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION IN ANIMAL AGRICULTURE
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Norris,   Patricia E.; Thurow,   Amy Purvis.
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development; Environmental Economics and Policy; Livestock Production/Industries.
Ano: 1997
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/11660

Responsible Government, 1856
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: King,   C.J.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 1957
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/8956

The economic impact of the Florida Citrus Industry on Florida's Economy
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Benioudakis,   Nikolaos; Brown,   Mark G.
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Economic impacts; Florida citrus industry; Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2000
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/52827

Taking Stock: Seventeen Years after the Murray-Darling Basin Agreement
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Lee,   Lisa Yu-Ting; Ancev,   Tihomir.
There has now been almost two decades of natural resource management by signatory states under the Murray-Darling Basin Agreement Despite significant public expense, the success of initiatives to improve the Basin’s environmental remains ambiguous. This confusion is partly due to poorly distinguished investment outcomes, a blurring of the transparency of public spending and a lack of accountability of decision makers. The aim of this study is to demonstrate that significant environmental improvements could have been achieved at a much lower cost if decisive action been taken early. The research report outlines the myriad of Murray-Darling Basin related policies and its funding. It also notes the achievements and impediments to program success.
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Water reform; Water policy; Cost efficiency; Murray-Darling Basin; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Environmental Economics and Policy; Land Economics/Use.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/94803

COMPARAÇÃO DAS AÇÕES PARA O DESENVOLVIMENTO DA CADEIA PRODUTIVA DA CASTANHA-DO-BRASIL EM DOIS ESTADOS DA AMAZÔNIA BRASILEIRA
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Diniz,   Janaina Deane De Abreu Sa; Wehrmann,   Magda Eva.
Os estados do Acre e do Amapá apresentam algumas semelhanças referentes às políticas de desenvolvimento local a partir da valorização das cadeias produtivas de produtos florestais não-madeireiros, sendo que a da castanha-do-Brasil (Bertholletia excelsa) concentrou inicialmente grande parte das ações nos dois estados. Com base nesses contextos similares, o objetivo do artigo é realizar uma análise das estratégias de desenvolvimento local relacionadas à cadeia produtiva da castanha-do-Brasil no Acre e no Amapá, a fim de identificar os aspectos favoráveis e desfavoráveis ao desenvolvimento desta cadeia nos dois estados. Apresentamos inicialmente as principais diferenças e similaridades da cadeia nos dois estados, seguido de uma proposta de quadro teórico que...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Desenvolvimento local; Aspectos organizacionais; Cadeia produtiva; Cooperativas extrativistas; Castanha-do-Brasil; Local development; Managerial aspects; Production chain; Extractive cooperatives; Brazil nut; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/113977

BANDWIDTH SELECTION FOR SPATIAL HAC AND OTHER ROBUST COVARIANCE ESTIMATORS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Lambert,   Dayton M.; Florax,   Raymond J.G.M.; Cho,   Seong-Hoon.
This research note documents estimation procedures and results for an empirical investigation of the performance of the recently developed spatial, heteroskedasticity and autocorrelation consistent (HAC) covariance estimator calibrated with different kernel bandwidths. The empirical example is concerned with a hedonic price model for residential property values. The first bandwidth approach varies an a priori determined plug-in bandwidth criterion. The second method is a data driven cross-validation approach to determine the optimal neighborhood. The third approach uses a robust semivariogram to determine the range over which residuals are spatially correlated. Inference becomes more conservative as the plug-in bandwidth is increased. The data-driven...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Spatial HAC; Semivariogram; Bandwidth; Hedonic model; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Demand and Price Analysis; Land Economics/Use; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods; C13; C31; R21.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/44258

The impact of government policies on land use in Northern Vietnam: an institutional approach for understanding farmer decisions
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Clement,   Floriane; Amezaga,   Jaime M.; Orange,   Didier; Toan,   Tran Duc.
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Land use; Public policy; Reforestation; Farmers; Decision making; Land management; Shifting cultivation; Villages; Vietnam; Agribusiness; Agricultural Finance; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Crop Production/Industries; Farm Management; Institutional and Behavioral Economics; Land Economics/Use; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/52968

AMERICAN POLICY AND THE EVOLVING BROADBAND INTERNET NETWORK
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Stenberg,   Peter L.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Internet Policy; Rural Economy; Distance Education; Telemedicine; Telecommunication History; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies; R5; N7; O2.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/100799

MINNESOTA'S ECONOMIC GROWTH IN RECESSION AND RECOVERY: PART I
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Maki,   Wilbur R.; del Ninno,   Carlo; Stenberg,   Peter L.
This report presents statistical reference series for the study and projection of Minnesota's economic outlook in the 1980's. The reference series serve as baseline forecasts for the assessment on Minnesota's job and income prospects in its basic industries, including agriculture, forestry, mining, manufacturing and services for nonresidents in work and leisure activities. In Part I, two sets of baseline forecasts are presented, namely, short-term quarter-year and long-term five-year forecasts of industry employment and personal earnings and income.
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 1982
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/13808

FARM DECISION-MAKING IN A MULTIFUNCTIONAL CONTEXT: THE CASE OF CONVENTIONAL AND ORGANIC FARMING IN KERKINI DISTRICT, GREECE
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Vassalos,   Michael; Dillon,   Carl R.; Karanikolas,   Pavlos.
Multifuncionality has become a central concern at both conceptual and empirical levels. In this study, a comparative evaluation of the economic performance of conventional and multifunctional farms (mainly organic farms) was conducted for Lake Kerkini region (North Greece) with the use of mixed integer non-linear programming method. Economic performance was evaluated in terms of farm income, resource allocation, production level etc. The results indicate that multifunctional farms have overall better economic performance and young farm managers are keener to adopt multifunctional farming than the older ones.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Greek farming; Multifunctionality of farming; Farm; Farm decision making and age of farmers; Agribusiness; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Farm Management.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/57640

THE SUSTAINABLE SYSTEM OF AGRICULTURE AND COUNTRYSIDE DEVELOPMENT
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Csete,   Laszlo.
It is increasingly obvious from our present  investigations that we can hope to escape the controversies of the present day globalizing world only via sustainability, creativity, development of alternative energy resources and people’s cohesion.  This applies particularly to the transitional problems of domestic agriculture arising from the change of political system in this country, where a systematic introduction of a sustainable regime for the development of agriculture and countryside would be especially desirable. The attainment of sustainability and countryside development is taking place simultaneously but independently in each country in the EU, but a deliberate combination of national strategies to draw on the advantages of interactions and...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: EU regulations expected between 2007 and 2013; LEADER programs; Long term prevention of environment - várható EU szabályozók (2007-2013); LEADER programok; Környezet hosszú távú megőrzése; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Environmental Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/54340

ECONOMIC GROWTH WITH LIMITED AGGLOMERATION ECONOMIES
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Murova,   Olga I.; Rainey,   Daniel V.
This study examined how various inputs including employment agglomeration in different industries affected economic growth of Arkansas during 1986-1999.  Analysis showed locations that are able to successfully substitute infrastructure, human capital, and amenities, are more likely to see increased incomes.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Employment agglomeration; Input potentials; Input utilization; Personal income; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Labor and Human Capital.
Ano: 2002
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/19723

New York Economic Handbook, 2012
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Extension Faculty &amp; Staff.
Tipo: Working Paper
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/121630

CHANGING FORCES AFFECTING RURAL COMMUNITIES IN THE 1980'S AND POLICIES TO HELP DEAL WITH THOSE FORCES
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Peltola,   Asko Antero.
The number of farms in industrialized countries has been declining continuously over the last few decades. The transition from an agrarian to an industrial society is a complex process involving many consequences to the economy as a whole and particularly to rural regions and communities. The industrial countries have tried to cushion the adjustment process, mostly by using agricultural policy tools, but they have proved to be incapable of preserving the viability of rural areas and recognizing their increasing diversity.   In the U.S., the 1980s reversed the favorable rural growth trends of the seventies. The nonmetro population growth slowed and the traditional sectors of rural areas suffered from unfavorable trade conditions and from the recession of...
Tipo: Thesis or Dissertation
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 1990
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/10964

Friend or Foe? The Kyoto Protocol and the NZ Greenhouse Industry
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Barber,   Andrew; Parminter,   Irene.
The greenhouse sector has reinvented itself as a technologically advanced and relatively environmentally friendly industry over the past 15 years. However it remains a high energy user. Two recent surveys have highlighted the potential impact on greenhouse grower costs of the proposed emissions charge on fossil fuels. Growers may be unable to pass on the extra costs due to competition on domestic and export markets from non-Kyoto countries. It is likely that the emissions charge would accelerate the rationalisation of the industry that has already been occurring, and in addition may lead to more profound changes such as the relocation overseas of larger growers. This paper draws out the likely implications of the proposed charge for the greenhouse sector...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Environmental Economics and Policy; Industrial Organization; Institutional and Behavioral Economics; International Relations/Trade; Land Economics/Use; Livestock Production/Industries.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/97780

The Determinants of Agglomeration in Health Care Sector Employment in US Metropolitan areas
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Mishra,   Bhawani P.
Paper Presented on 41st Annual and Conference Mid-Continent Regional Science Association (MCRSA), June 3-5, 2010 St. Louis, MO
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agglomeration; Panel data; Metropolitan area; Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/93896

Africa Without borders: Building Blocks For Regional Growth
Provedor de dados: 31
Heavy investment in many aspects of development is needed to bring Africa into the world economy. With a large share of their populations living and working in the rural economy, many African governments are emphasizing the agricultural sector in their strategies for economic growth, poverty reduction, and food security. A growing commitment to market-oriented agricultural growth is reflected in numerous high-level government statements as well as in the Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme (CAADP) of the New Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD). Although many investments in agricultural growth are necessarily country-focused, there are economic reasons for African countries to coordinate and cofinance some of these efforts. The...
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/42485

Human resources management in small and medium enterprises
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Ceranic,   Slobodan; Popovic,   Blazenka S.
Development of small and medium enterprises (SME) represents primary goal of every modern economy. It is complex challenge which includes great number of directly concerned parties in every sector of the state and economy. SME stimulate private ownership and entrepreneurship. Their characteristic is that they are flexible and can easily adjust to changes in supply and demand on the market. At the same time they open possibilities for increase of employment, promote diversification of economical activities, support sustainable growth and give significant contribution to export, trade and increase the competitiveness of the entire economy. Importance of SME for economy is undisputable. All research show that globally, more than 90% of all business activities...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Small and medium enterprises; Human resources management; Agribusiness; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Labor and Human Capital.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/49230

Rethinking Rural for Regional Development (Power Point)
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Drabenstott,   Mark.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/37379

Neue Nationalparks: Externe Wunsche versus lokale Existenz
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Menet,   Sibylle.
The New Regional Policy places emphasis on local initiatives, e.g. the use of local potential such as the creation of a national park. National parks aim at combining nature conservation with business development and provide new stimulus for the concerned region. The success of the projects largely depends on the support of local stakeholders and the meeting of their interests. National parks have direct and indirect impacts on rural areas and influence the functioning of communities. If the national park does not provide a stimulus to the economic function, the by-products recreation and ecological compensation will not be produced. This weakens the functioning of communities. The locals play an important role. They decide on how to benefit from local...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/31990

Los cambios en la división internacional del trabajo agrícola y sus efectos en la dinámica espacial de los sistemas agroalimentarios: el caso de México
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Pensado Leglise,   Mario del Roble.
El trabajo tiene el propósito de analizar las principales consecuencias de los cambios en la división internacional del trabajo en las dinámicas espaciales de los sistemas agropecuarios, particularmente en el caso de México. Aquí se utiliza el marco conceptual del estudio sobre empresas trasnacionales y la División Internacional del Trabajo Agrícola, DITA y el relativo a los sistemas agroalimentarios localizados, SIAL. Se revisan los principales aspectos que intervienen en la configuración de la DITA y se utiliza el análisis factorial para distinguir las variables que inciden en la relación entre la productividad agropecuaria y la eficacia de la inserción de México en la globalización. La conclusión principal es que el enfoque SIAL tiene posibilidades de...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Commodities; DITA; Economías a escala y de proximidad y SIAL.; Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Labor and Human Capital.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/95214

Determinants of Population Change in Regional Economies: A Study of the Colorado Front Range
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Scorsone,   Eric; Thilmany,   Dawn D.; Davies,   Stephen P.
Households and businesses are distributed across regional economies based on a number of factors including location-specific natural and fiscal amenities and local and regional employment conditions.  Very different hypotheses are proposed in past research to explain the determinants of this spatial distribution.  In particular, it is argued that households must weigh the benefits of potential amenities against the costs of employment losses, lower wages or higher housing prices.  The relative strength of these two categories determines the potential for government intervention in the market.  This research project analyzes this issue in the specific case of the Denver labor market area.  This region has experienced large swings in economic activity over...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2001
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/20767

THE FUTURE OF RURAL AMERICA
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Clawson,   Marion.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 1969
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/17009

Federal Forest Policy and Community Prosperity in the Pacific Northwest
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Weber,   Bruce A.; Chen,   Yong.
Tipo: Article
Palavras-chave: Amenities; Community Wealth; Federal Forest Policy; Income; Northern Spotted Owl; Northwest Forest Plan; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Environmental Economics and Policy; Land Economics/Use; R11; R12.
Ano: 2012
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/122803

Does respondent’s perceived knowledge of the status quo affect attribute attendance and WTP in choice experiments? Evidence from the Karapiro Catchment Freshwater streams
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Marsh,   Dan; Mkwara,   Lena Asimenye; Scarpa,   Riccardo.
In environmental valuation studies with stated preference methods researchers often provide descriptions of status quo conditions which may differ from those perceived by respondents. Ignoring this difference in utility baselines may affect the way attributes are attended to in choice tasks and further affect the magnitude of utility changes and hence bias the implied estimates of benefits from the proposed environmental policies. We investigate this issue using data from a choice experiment on a community’s willingness to pay for water quality improvements in streams. About 60% of respondents perceived the description of the quality of water in streams to be better than the one we provided in our scenario. Our results show some differences in serial...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Choice experiments; Fixed status quo; People’s perceived status quo; Willingness to pay.; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Environmental Economics and Policy; Health Economics and Policy; Land Economics/Use.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/96809

A MODEL FOR PROJECTING LOCALIZED ECONOMIC, DEMOGRAPHIC, AND FISCAL IMPACTS OF LARGE-SCALE PROJECTS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Leistritz,   F. Larry; Murdock,   Steven H.; Toman,   Norman E.; Hertsgaard,   Thor A.
For rural areas in which large scale industrial and resource development projects are located, the need for timely projections of the magnitude and location of economic, demographic, fiscal and other likely impacts is clearly apparent. The purpose of this paper is to describe a computerized model for projecting the effects of large scale developments on business activity, personal income, employment, population, requirements for selected public and quasi-public services, and public sector costs and revenues and to demonstrate the utility of the model for projecting local area impacts. The structure, data base, and interrelationships of each of the model's six major components are described. Its validity in simulating economic and demographic changes at...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 1979
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/32287

Effets d’un changement institutionnel, la réforme du protocole sucre (ACP-UE), sur la filière légumes frais à l’île Maurice.
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Ramasawmy,   B.; Fort,   F.
This paper investigates the strategies adopted by economic actors in the context of an institutional change. We base ourselves on data collected as part of an exploratory study in the sugar and fresh vegetable supply chains in Mauritius. The reform of the sugar protocol between the European Union and the ACP countries has given rise to two major consequences in the Mauritian agricultural sector. Firstly it has caused an institutional change in the sugar supply chain resulting in large sugar producers diversifying into other more remunerative economic sectors. We refer to research by North to analyse the indirect effects of the reform of the sugar protocol on another supply chain, the fresh vegetables supply chain. The second consequence refers to a second...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Fresh vegetables supply chain; Institutional change; Collective strategy; Mauritius; Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Labor and Human Capital.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/95217

Biotechnology and Economic Development:  The Economic Benefits of Maize Streak Virus Tolerant Maize in Kenya
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Andreu,   Monica Lopez; Peterson,   Hikaru Hanawa; Grunewald,   Orlen C.; Norman,   David W.
For countries that could not benefit from the Green Revolution due to heterogeneous and unfavorable biophysical environments, agricultural biotechnology potentially provides a means of improving the quality and quantity of agricultural production.  This paper analyses some of the major issues relating to the utilization of biotechnology in Kenya.  A partial equilibrium trade model is applied to Kenya's corn market to study the potential of genetically modified maize that is tolerant to the Maize Streak Virus. The model accounts for home production and consumption; the positive results of the welfare estimation are disaggregated between consumers, large and small Kenyan corn farms.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/35271

WHO WINS, WHO LOSES, AND HOW WILL E-MARKETS AFFECT RURAL AMERICA? (PowerPoint Presentation)
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Salin,   Victoria.
POWERPOINT PRESENTATION
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development; Marketing.
Ano: 2001
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/33067

NORTH DAKOTA LIGNITE ENERGY INDUSTRY'S CONTRIBUTION TO THE STATE ECONOMY FOR 2005 AND PROJECTED FOR 2006
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Coon,   Randal C.; Leistritz,   F. Larry.
This report provides estimates of the lignite industry's contribution to the North Dakota economy, using key economic indicators such as retail trade activity, personal income, total business activity, employment, and tax revenues.  The estimates are based on actual industry expenditures for 2005 and projected expenditures for 2006.  This analysis contains two measures of the relative importance of the lignite energy industry in North Dakota.  First, the industry's share of the state's total sales to final demand (or exports) is evaluated.  Second, the business volume generated by the industry is compared to the total gross business volume for the state. Expenditures were obtained from a survey of firms involved in lignite-related activities (mining or...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Economic impacts; Lignite (coal) mining; Lignite conversion; Input-output analysis; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/23655

ROMANIAN INSURANCE BUSINESS TRENDS AND THE INTERNATIONAL CRISIS EFFECTS ON IT
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Joldes,   Cosmin; Horobet,   Alexandra.
Is it interesting a 2 billion euro insurance market for the “old” Europe? “Not very much” one may say considering this figure represents no more than 16% of the insurance turn-over in the case of the most recent entry in the Romanian market, Groupama. The answer is still not as simple as that because “interesting” in business terms is not only about today, but very much about tomorrow. By the end of 2007 it was obvious that the Romanian insurance market is far from calming down. Not only that for the time being change is still the main real constant in use, but figures show that the market environment becomes more challenging than ever these days. The market situation showed that this allegation it was by that time more likely to be true than ever.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Insurance; Trends; Crisis; Change; Strategies; Agricultural Finance; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Financial Economics; Political Economy.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/53533

The Role of Public-Private Partnerships and Collective Action in Ensuring Smallholder Participation in High Value Fruit and Vegetable Supply Chains
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Narrod,   Clare A.; Roy,   Devesh; Okello,   Julius Juma; Avendano,   Belem; Rich,   Karl M.
Many developing countries have moved into the production of non-traditional agricultural products to diversify their exports and increase foreign currency earnings. Accessing developed country markets and urban domestic markets requires meeting the food safety requirements due to several demand and supply side factors. Food retailers have developed protocols relating to pesticide residues, field and packinghouse operations, and traceability. In this changing scenario where food safety requirements are getting increasingly stringent, there are worries regarding the livelihood of the poor since companies that establish production centers in LDCs might exclude them. Poor producers face problems of how to produce safe food, be recognized as producing safe...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Food safety; Supply chain management; Public private partnerships; Collective action; Public and private standards; Traceability; Agribusiness; Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/50001

Adoption and impacts of microirrigation technologies: Empirical results from selected localities of Maharashtra and Gujarat states of India
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Namara,   Regassa E.; Upadhyay,   Bhawana; Nagar,   Rashmi K.
This report analyzes the economics of alternative microirrigation technologies ranging from low-cost drip and sprinkler systems to the capital-intensive systems, the determinants of adoption of microirrigation technology, the poverty outreach of the different microirrigation systems, and the sustainability implications of microirrigation adoption.
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Irrigation systems; Microirrigation; Models; Poverty; Rural women; Cropping systems; Food security; Economic aspects; Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Consumer/Household Economics; Crop Production/Industries; Food Security and Poverty.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/44543

STRATEGIC APPROACH TO SUSTAINABLE BUSINESS OF GALENIKA FITOFARMACIJA A.D. IN A CONTEXT OF ACCESSION OF REPUBLIC OF SERBIA
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Zecevic,   Dijana.
Galenika Fitofarmacija Joint-Stock Company is the largest Serbian manufacturer of products for crop and plant protection and the products for communal hygiene. This company has successfully been operating on the domestic industrial area since 1955, the time when the first herbicide of the Galenika of that time was manufactured.
Tipo: Thesis or Dissertation
Palavras-chave: Strategic approach; Sustainable business; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Production Economics.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/53554

Agriculture for Food and Nutrition Security: A Must For Achieving the Millennium Development Goals in Africa
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Dittoh,   Saa; Abizari,   Abdul-Razak; Akuriba,   Margaret A.
The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) underscore an overriding importance of human development for sustained economic, social, political and other development, and nutrition is the beginning of human development. Nutrition has, however, not been viewed as a development imperative in many African countries. Agricultural and health policies, projects and programmes and the conduct of agricultural and health research in most African countries do not consider nutrition to any significant degree.  The paper argues that food production, poverty, malnutrition and health are very intricately linked and the result of that linkage is probably the most important determinant of development and, thus, the realization of the MDGs in Africa.  It also argues that it is...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Environmental Economics and Policy; Farm Management; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Food Security and Poverty; International Relations/Trade; Marketing; Production Economics; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/52217

Assessing the Impact of the National Agricultural Advisory  Services (NAADS) in the Uganda Rural Livelihoods
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Benin,   Samuel; Nkonya,   Ephraim M.; Okecho,   Geresom; Pender,   John L.; Nahdy,   Silim; Mugarura,   Samuel; Kato,   Edward; Kayobyo,   Godfrey.
The National Agricultural Advisory Services (NAADS) program of Uganda is an innovative public-private extension service delivery approach, with the goal of increasing market oriented agricultural production by empowering farmers to demand and control agricultural advisory services. Although initial evaluations of NAADS have been quite favourable, these evaluations have been primary qualitative in nature. This study quantifies the initial impacts of NAADS in the districts and sub-counties where the program was operating by 2005. It is based on descriptive analyses of results of a survey of 116 farmer groups and 894 farmers in sixteen districts where the program was operating at the time and four districts where NAADS had not yet begun operating to control...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Impact assessment; Agricultural extension; Uganda; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Teaching/Communication/Extension/Profession.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/42375

Commodity Payments, Farm Business Survival, and Farm Size Growth
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Key,   Nigel D.; Roberts,   Michael J.
In the last 25 years, U.S. crop farms have steadily declined in number and grown in average size, as production has shifted to larger operations. Larger farms tend to receive more commodity program payments because most payments are tied to a farm’s current or historical production, but whether payments have contributed to farm growth is uncertain. This study uses farm-level data from the census of agriculture to determine whether there is a statistical relationship between farm commodity program payments and greater concentration in production. The analysis indicates that, at the regional level, higher commodity program payments per acre are associated with subsequent farm growth. Also, higher payments per acre are associated with higher rates of farm...
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Agricultural payments; Farm size; Farm survival; Concentration; Consolidation; Government payments; Commodity programs.; Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Crop Production/Industries; Farm Management.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/55968

The Next Generation: A New Approach to Explain Migration
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Salas Garcia,   Vania Bitia; Findeis,   Jill L.
Replaced with revised version of paper 07/22/11.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/103495

ADAPTATION OF STATISTICAL MATCHING IN MICRO-REGIONAL ANALYSIS OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Pesti,   Csaba S.; Kaposzta,   Jozsef.
Agricultural production and agricultural policy has many special dimensions. The production structure, income positions, and labour input have large regional disparities, the production intensity is not homogenous in space, and farms have different risk factors and market possibilities in the different regions of Hungary. Land use and production technology also varies largely, in many regions farming is competitive, highly specialized with big corporate farms, while other regions have small individual farms with mixed production structure and less concentration in land use. There are no direct data for spatial analysis less aggregated than NUTS 3 level. Only the data of agricultural census and administrative database for direct payments are available at...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Micro-regional; Statistical matching; Administrative data; FADN; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/47555

Assessing Rural Women Food Producers Capacity to Adopt Modern ICTs – A case Study of the Mfantsiman District of Ghana
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Sampong,   D.D.; Egyir,   Irene Susana; Yaw,   Osei-Asare.
The traditional way of information dissemination has been through people; the modern way is through the electronic media – improved information and communication technologies (ICTs).  For effectiveness, modern ICTs should help women to improve on their income generating capacity.  Issues of level of resource capacity of women, information needed, and current sources of such information become important.  This study sought to investigate the issues above with respect to rural women food producers in the Mfantsiman District of Ghana.  Simple descriptive statistics and econometric models were employed in the data analysis of 91 randomly selected respondents.  The results of the study showed that: In general, the women food producers were aged, subsistence...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Adoption; Information and communication Technology; Ghana; Women; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Consumer/Household Economics; Environmental Economics and Policy; Farm Management; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Food Security and Poverty; Institutional and Behavioral Economics; Labor and Human Capital; Marketing; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/52149

An Analysis of North Dakota Cooperative Grain Elevators
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Hemphill,   Perry V.; Anderson,   Floyd G.
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development; Marketing.
Ano: 1966
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/104185

MAXIMIZING RURAL VALUES THROUGH DISPERSED AGRICULTURE
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Blobaum,   Roger.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 1980
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/17249

Agricultural Diversification and Rural Industrialization as a Strategy for Rural Income Growth and Poverty Reduction in Indochina and Myanmar
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Goletti,   Francesco.
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Agricultural diversification; Economic aspects; Indochina; Economic policy; Poverty alleviation; Myanmar; Meat industry and trade; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Food Security and Poverty.
Ano: 1999
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/97385

Income and Nutritional Outcomes in Rwanda's Rural Areas, 1990 and 2000
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: McKay,   Andrew; Loveridge,   Scott.
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Downloads October 2008-July 2009: 13.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/11446

The Price and Economic Impact of the Walhalla Ethanol Plant on the North Dakota Economy
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Coon,   Randal C.; Wilson,   William W.
Tipo: Technical Report
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development; Environmental Economics and Policy.
Ano: 1986
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/119571

THE PUBLIC AFFAIRS APPROACH TO COUNTY AND AREA DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Dunbar,   John O.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 1962
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/17990

MINNESOTA'S COMMUNITY TOURIST INFORMATION SERVICES
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Blank,   Uel.
Provided here is the best overview available to date about Minnesota's traveler/visitor information services. The discussion which follows and the five tables report characteristics of the operations, the number and kinds of questions asked, literature used and needed and problems encountered in providing information services to travelers.
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 1979
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/13807

Du local au global : Dynamiques de développement des Indications Géographiques dans les pays en développement. Le cas du poivre de Kampot et du sucre de palme de Kampong Speu au Cambodge
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Francois,   M.; Prak,   S.; Brun,   J.M.
Les Indications Géographiques sont un des moyens de valoriser les produits issus des Systèmes Alimentaires Locaux. Si la référence de l’Indication Géographique est bien la production dans l’espace local défini qui assure la qualité du produit et sa spécificité, la dynamique de développement de l’indication géographique suppose que les acteurs économiques des filières concernées soient en capacité de se relier avec l’espace global, où se définissent les règles d’utilisation de ce signe de qualité, et où se trouvent les nouveaux marchés des produits. Dans le Cas du Cambodge, l’Etat a choisi de mobiliser un appui extérieur pour permettre la création d’associations interprofessionnelles de gestion des IG, et les appuyer dans leur développement. L’implication...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Indication Géographique; Filières agroalimentaires; Cambodge; Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Labor and Human Capital.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/95020

A falusi turizmus helyzete és ökonómiai értékelése zempléni településekben
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Szabo,   Bernadett.
Zempléni települések helyzetét és falusi vendéglátóinak a tevékenységét 2002-ben és 2010-ben végzett mélyinterjúk és kérdőíves felmérések keretében vizsgáltam, amely lehetőséget adott a változások figyelemmel kísérésére. A vizsgált települések az utóbbi nyolc évben jelentősen fejlődtek a megvalósult infrastrukturális beruházásoknak köszönhetően. A térség jelentős turisztikai potenciált rejt magában,melynek hasznosítása azonban szerény. A vendégforgalom alakulása nem tükrözi az országos tendenciát, mert a gazdasági válság hatására nem emelkedett, hanem 40%-kal csökkent. A vendéglátók nincsenek tisztában a tevékenységgel kapcsolatban felmerülő költségekkel, nem ismerik a tevékenységüket érintő aktuális változásokat; a szállás mellett szegényes az étkeztetés...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Falusi turizmus; Ökofalvak; Fenntarthatóság; Zemplén; Rural tourism; Eco villages; Sustainability; Zemplén.; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/99184

Greater Greenville Regional Economic Scorecard, 2009
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Barkley,   David L.; Henry,   Mark S.; Eades,   Daniel C.; Lowdermilk,   Jamey M.
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/112794

The influence of cultural identity on willingness to pay values in contingent valuation surveys
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Awatere,   Shaun.
Current New Zealand resource management legislation requires local government actively recognise and take into account Māori values in resource management planning. This means the decision process and participants must interact with evidence based on Māori epistemologies. The Māori world-view is holistic in nature in that it embodies historical, environmental, and spiritual values, as well as modern experiences. Concerns arise for Māori communities when planners and developers utilise economic tools such as willingness to pay surveys to determine the total value of a proposed project. Other concerns are caused by surveys that ask a participant “are you Māori” and fail to recognise the diverse realities that exist for Māori. This paper draws from a survey...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Māori; Indigenous; Culture; Natural Resource Management; Well-being; Values; Contingent Valuation; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Environmental Economics and Policy; Institutional and Behavioral Economics; Political Economy.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/98522

Health Services and Disease Profile of Hyderabad City. A Pilot Study
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Prasad,   Sheela; Ramachandraiah,   C.
The objective of this study was to primarily get an overview of the availability health services and disease patterns in Hyderabad.  Some broad picture has emerged as an outcome of this study but it needs to be again mentioned that this is only an incomplete picture as a lot of health data is not represented in this study due to non-availability. A major observation of this study is that data on health in Hyderabad is sketchy and no complete data bank on health is available.  Nonetheless, the major outcomes of the study indicate some important trends that need to be highlighted and considered for further research. 1. Distribution of health services in the city is not uniform.  Private health care is more used and spread over the city, outnumbering...
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development; Environmental Economics and Policy; Health Economics and Policy; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/36943

COUNTY PROPERTY VALUES AND TAX IMPACTS OF FLORIDA'S CITRUS INDUSTRY
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Hodges,   Alan W.; Mulkey,   W. David; Muraro,   Ronald P.; Spreen,   Thomas H.
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development; Crop Production/Industries.
Ano: 2003
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/15676

Planning of the Agrifood supply chain: a case study for the FVG region
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Rosa,   Franco; Sossai,   E.; Vasciaveo,   Michela.
The aim of this paper is to discuss the planning of regional Agri-food supply chain using an integrated database territorial information. The objective is to optimize the chain performance using alternative solutions. Evidences are obtained with a case study performed in FVG region applied to maize-crop. Firstly it is explored the chain network composed by farms, collection points and processing plants; then territorial, agronomic and climate information are integrated to simulate realistic production forecast model applied to maize crop. Finally a program from graph analysis is used to allocate the production through the chain. The economic performance is evaluated using the net revenues varying with the intensification of maize production and adoption of...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Data integration; Supply chain; Decision support system; Crop simulation; Regional policy.; Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Labor and Human Capital.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/95226

Farmers’ Choice and Informal Credit Markets in China
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Yuan,   Yan; Hu,   Youxin; Gao,   Ping.
Informal credit markets are very active in many developing countries including China. Informal financial associations have become a major channel of borrowing. Using data from the 2006 Rural Household Survey, this paper investigates farmers’ borrowings from both formal and informal sources with higher/lower interest, by looking into both demand and supply of loan. Consistent with the theory and previous studies, age follows an inverted U-shaped pattern in its relationship with the probability of borrowing from informal loan with higher interest. Our study shows that the impact of age disappears for the formal loan participation. In addition, high income and saving imply lower credit constraints. Moreover, household and county characteristics and financial...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Informal credit; Financial constraints; China; Agricultural Finance; Community/Rural/Urban Development; International Development; Q12; C5; G21.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/103887

Analysis of Adult Mortality Within Rural Households in Mozambique and Implications for Policy
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Mather,   David; de Marrule,   Higino Francisco; Donovan,   Cynthia; Weber,   Michael T.; Alage,   Albertina.
Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, Directorate of Economics, Republic of Mozambique
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Food security; Food policy; Adult mortality; HIV/AIDS; Rural economic policy; Mozambique; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Health Economics and Policy; Q18.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/56062

Los valores personales y culturales como elementos clave en la adopción de nuevos alimentos en un mercado globalizado. Aplicación a un producto étnico.
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Barrena Figueroa,   Ramo; Sanchez Garcia,   Mercedes.
El sector de la alimentación se enfrenta últimamente a un mercado cada vez más competitivo y más globalizado, donde las diferencias culturales parecen ser un aspecto importante de la adopción y difusión de innovaciones internacionales. Los diferentes grupos culturales difieren en su evaluación de productos, por lo tanto entender las actitudes y comportamientos de los diferentes grupos étnicos puede ser fundamental de cara a conocer la posible aceptación de productos en el mercado. Sobre esta base argumental, este trabajo pretende analizar si la estructura de decisión con respecto a un nuevo alimento varía en su complejidad y en el tipo de beneficios y valores buscados en función del origen étnico del encuestado. Para contrastar estos objetivos se ha...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Innovación alimentaria; Identidad étnica; Means-end chain; Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Labor and Human Capital.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/94926

¿Se hace humo el territorio del asado? : un enfoque constructivista de la calidad de los alimentos. Experiencias argentinas
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Champredonde,   Marcelo; Muchnik,   Jose.
Consideramos, que la calidad de los alimentos territoriales debe ser abordada desde enfoques que integren la complejidad de sus múltiples dimensiones. Hasta el presente, los enfoques de la calidad han mostrado una oposición entre dos grandes escuelas: una escuela que podríamos calificar en términos de objetivadora. Los enfoques desarrollados al interior de esta escuela se orientan a materializar la calidad y a medirla a través de una serie de variables objetivables. Por su parte, la escuela subjetivadora, hace hincapié, a veces de manera unilateral, en el rol de los valores simbólicos asociados a la producción, elaboración y consumo de los alimentos. El presente enfoque propone considerar a la calidad de los alimentos desde una doble perspectiva...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Calidad territorial; Alimentos; Enfoque constructivista; Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Labor and Human Capital.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/94999

Selected approaches of variables weighting in frame of composite indicator analysis
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Hlavsa,   Tomas.
Composite indicators are useful as tool for complex evaluation and aggregation of different variables of regional development. Variables which are aggregated in a composite indicator have first to be weighted. All variables may be given equal weights or they mea be given differing weights which reflect the significance, reliability or other characteristics of the underlying data. The weights given to different variables heavily influence the outcomes of the composite indicator. Aim of this paper is an evaluation of selected methods for weighting of particular variables in frame of composite indicator construction. Evaluation is verified on group of regional economic variables based on Strategy of regional development.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Composite indicator; Region; Principal component analysis; Expert; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods; GA; IN.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/99082

ASSET OWNERSHIP AND WORKING CAPITAL CONSTRAINTS IN A POST-REFORM ENVIRONMENT: IMPLICATIONS FOR SECOND GENERATION REFORMS IN ZAMBIA
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Deininger,   Klaus W.; Olinto,   Pedro.
Using a 5,000 household panel from Zambia, we find that asset ownership, but not access to fertilizer, has an extremely important impact on output and that investment in oxen would yield returns above the market rate.  Policies should thus focus on asset ownership more than on short term working capital.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development; Consumer/Household Economics.
Ano: 1998
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/20994

The LEADER programme 2007-2013: refocusing towards agriculture-oriented activities as a consequence of ‘mainstreaming’ innovative rural action in Austria
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Oedl-Wieser,   Theresia; Strahl,   Wibke; Dax,   Thomas.
Since the on-going funding period 2007-2013 the former European Community Initiative Leader has become a constituent part of Rural Development Policies. Above all the mainstreaming of Leader into the Rural Development Programme (RDP) as axis 4 has both significantly changed the level of funding and the way in which Leader is executed in comparison with the previous period (2000-2006). This paper discusses the impact and consequences of this mainstreaming process by the Austrian example, mainly because there are clearly concerns that the EU-wide successful Leader formula of bottom-up rural development will be replaced by a pronounced top-down approach in the new programme.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Leader mainstreaming; Rural development policy; Area-based local strategies; Innovation; Multi-sectoral activities; Community/Rural/Urban Development; R58; R59.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/94622

The Outlook for Agriculture and Rural Development in the Americas 2011 -2012
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: ECLAC; FAO; IICA.
Since late 2010 and continuing into 2011, price volatility, in relation to basic agricultural commodities, has occupied center stage on the agendas of decision makers.  An additional concern has been uncertainty about a new global economic crisis in the wake of the macroeconomic difficulties experienced in the economies of several European countries and the United States.  In recent months, this situation has been compounded by the food crisis in the Horn of Africa --a reminder of the extremely vulnerable conditions under which broad segments of the world population continue to live.  This third edition of Outlook for Agriculture and Rural Development in the Americas: a Perspective on Latin America and the Caribbean is an informational and analytical tool...
Tipo: Book
Palavras-chave: Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Crop Production/Industries; Demand and Price Analysis; Environmental Economics and Policy; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Food Security and Poverty; Health Economics and Policy; International Development; International Relations/Trade; Political Economy; Production Economics; Productivity Analysis.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/119195

The Pattern of Livelihoods in a Typical Rural Village Provides New Perspectives on Botswana's Development
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Moepeng,   Pelotshweu T.; Tisdell,   Clement A.
Botswana’s average economic growth rate of about 8 per cent during 1985-2005 is one of highest in the world. A major contributor of this growth was mining which, in 2005/06, had a 41.4 per cent share of GDP. Various government welfare and empowerment programmes indicate that redistribution of the mineral wealth is widespread in Botswana. This article will show that the pattern of livelihoods in a typical rural village has changed and provide new perspectives on Botswana’s development. In particular, the article will show that contrary to expectations, agriculture is no longer a major source of income to the rural economy but income transfers from out migrants members of rural based households. It will also be shown that the proportion of the rural...
Tipo: Working Paper
Palavras-chave: Botswana; Rural poverty; Agriculture; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Food Security and Poverty; Land Economics/Use; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/123548

Rural networks in the funding period 2007-2013: A critical review of the EU policy instrument.
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Marquardt,   Doris.
Rural Networks have been implemented as an instrument to enhance EU rural development policies in the funding period 2007-2013. Gaps in European programme documents concerning the networks’ purpose and their evaluation led to a survey of the National Network Units being conducted in 2010. Besides investigating how these gaps are bridged nationally, the survey aimed to provide an overview of the development of the networks, of the initial experiences and challenges faced in running the networks, and to assess their potential impact. Empirical findings show that the networks probably support rural development (policies) and create added value. However, ways of demonstrating this impact in quantitative terms are lacking. Member states tend to stick closely to...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: National Rural Networks; Policy Instrument; Rural Development; CAP; Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; Agricultural Finance; Community/Rural/Urban Development; International Development; Land Economics/Use; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy; Q18; D85.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/109517

MINNESOTA ENERGY-ECONOMIC INFORMATION SYSTEM
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Maki,   Wilbur R.; Turnquist,   R.E.; Venegas,   Ernesto C.
The energy-economic impact forecasting system presented here is a modular approach to both economic modeling and information systems development. A set of eleven modules--market, investment, demand, production, (input-output), employment, value added, labor force, population, household, fiscal, and ecologic--provides the data base and programming routines for simulating the state (or a substate regional) economy. An additional set of government function modules, including energy and environmental management, provides an auxiliary data base and forecasts for state and local government agencies. This series of data modules and related computer programs, locally called SIMLAB, is organized as a readily accessible regional impact simulation system.
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 1976
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/14127

Assessing the outcomes of IWMI’s research and interventions on irrigation management transfer
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Giordano,   Meredith A.; Samad,   Madar; Namara,   Regassa E.
The purpose of this paper is to summarize IIMI/IWMI's past research and interventions related to irrigation management transfer and to document, to the extent possible, the academic, policy, and technical outcomes of these efforts. The application of a range of direct and indirect measurement techniques suggests an overall positive contribution from IWMI to IMT theory and application.
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Irrigation management; Participatory management; Privatization; Water users associations; Farmers associations; Gender; Agribusiness; Agricultural Finance; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Farm Management; Financial Economics.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/44524

THE ROLE OF SMALL FARMS IN REPUBLIKA SRPSKA: BARRIERS AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR MODERNIZATION
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Vittuari,   Matteo; Segre,   Andrea.
The paper aims to explore and analyze the main barriers and opportunities for the modernization of the agricultural sector of Republika Srpska with a specific focus on the role of small farms. A particular attention has been given to specific elements related to the human, social, and institutional capital. Methodologically the work has been based on an extensive desk research, on the use of a field survey and on a number of personal interviews with national experts and professionals. Overall the investigation has also greatly benefited from the theoretical framework elaborated by R. Yin within his “case study methodology”.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Small farms; Subsistence farming; Republika Srpska; Agribusiness; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Farm Management.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/57490

MICRODIAGNÓSTICO DAS ÁREAS RURAIS DE INTERESSE ECONÔMICO E ASSENTAMENTOS DA BARRAGEM DO CASTANHÃO NO ESTADO DO CEARÁ
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Campos,   Roberio Telmo; Campos,   Kilmer Coelho.
Objetiva-se conhecer as facilidades e/ou dificuldades enfrentadas pelos produtores, os entraves à organização social, as dificuldades para praticar atividades irrigadas, as principais razões para a não exploração de mais terras e tendências futuras apontadas pelos produtores situados nos perímetros e assentamentos do entorno da barragem do Açude Castanhão, no vale do Jaguaribe, no Estado do Ceará. Os dados são provenientes de pesquisa direta, coletados por meio de aplicação de questionários. Utilizam-se o método descritivo para análise e discussão dos resultados, após cálculos de freqüências, tabelas e outras informações estatísticas selecionadas. Os principais problemas apontados pelos produtores dos perímetros são a falta de capital de giro, seguido pela...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Diagnóstico; Produção agrícola; Problemas e ameaças; Açude Castanhão; Assessment; Agricultural production; Problems and threat; Castanhão Dam; Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/108095

New York Economic Handbook, 2004
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Extension Faculty &amp; Staff.
Tipo: Working Paper
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2003
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/122197

Understanding and Using Economic Multipliers (PowerPoint)
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Hodges,   Alan W.
Presented to USDA Economists Group, June 18, 2007
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Multiplier; Input-output model; Impact analysis; Florida; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Political Economy; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/43793

Measuring multifunctional (agritouristic) characterization of the territory
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Bassi,   Ivana; De Poi,   P.
The reform of EU agricultural policy set up by Agenda 2000 was intended to develop a competitive, sustainable and multifunctional agriculture, through instruments of both the market and income support policy and the rural development policy. To design strategies and actions while simultaneously considering the multifunctional character of farming and of rural areas, it is necessary to measure the multifunctionality with reference to the sectorial and territorial dimensions. This research represents a methodological contribution to the analyses whose aim it is to describe the multifunctional character of the territory. The availability of data regarding the functions performed by farms, the private or public nature of goods produced and the location of the...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Multifunctional characterization; Spatial proximity; Fuzzy clustering.; Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Labor and Human Capital.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/94927

Heritage and wine as tourist attractions in rural areas
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Privitera,   Donatella.
In recent times, the search for a new relationship with nature, of quality and safety of foodstuffs and in particular the need for “identity”, of characterizing places as bearers of values and traditions have led an increasing number of people to see rural areas as places of values, resources, culture and products to discover and enjoy. Agriculture has taken on a multifunctional role and link with tourism is required to protect and exploit its “historical” resources (heritage) as a tool of interconnection between local products, countryside, traditions, cultural values but also to place emphasis of the territory and communicate it. The aim of paper is the role assumed today by firms regarding both the primary activity and other services, in particular...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Heritage marketing; Wine tourism; Case study; Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Labor and Human Capital.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/95216

DESIGUALDADES REGIONAIS E DESEMPENHO DIFERENCIADO DOS MUNICÍPIOS DO RIO GRANDE DO SUL: UMA ANÁLISE A PARTIR DE ELEMENTOS RURAIS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Waquil,   Paulo Dabdab; Filippi,   Eduardo Ernesto.
O trabalho tem por objetivo evidenciar as dinâmicas regionais diferenciadas no Rio Grande do Sul, destacando características distintas entre três regiões do estado. São feitos testes de comparação de médias para distinguir as características nos indicadores de desempenho, nas estruturas demográfica, fundiária e produtiva, entre a Região Sul, Região Norte e o Eixo que compreende a Região Metropolitana de Porto Alegre (RMPA) e a Aglomeração de Caxias do Sul (ACS). A seguir, procura-se compreender os fatores explicativos dos processos desiguais de desenvolvimento a partir de elementos vinculados aos espaços rurais, considerando um conjunto de indicadores nas três dimensões: demográfica, fundiária e produtiva. Pode-se, com isto, identificar o efeito de cada um...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Desenvolvimento regional; Desenvolvimento rural; Desigualdades regionais; Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/113359

Sistemas agroalimentarios localizados (SIAL): de la agroindustria al conglomerado
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Zambrano,   Pina; Jesus, Henri.
El objetivo de la investigación se centró en contrastar, como instrumento metodológico, el esquema teórico de los conglomerados para analizar la propuesta de los sistemas agroalimentarios localizados (SIAL) y derivar potenciales elementos clave de necesaria atención a la hora de promover un proceso evolutivo desde una actividad tradicional y semindustrial, hacia un competitivo conglomerado de agroindustrias rurales (AIR), ubicado territorialmente y sustentado en los atributos locales propios de cada recurso explotado y con las características distintivas de las relaciones establecidas por los agentes participantes en una estructura agroindustrial de este tipo. La metodología empleada se basó en el análisis de caso para proporcionar evidencia empírica sobre...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: SIAL; Conglomerado; Agroindustria; Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Labor and Human Capital.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/95219

STRENGTHENING MINNESOTA'S ECONOMIC BASE
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Maki,   Wilbur R.
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 1988
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/13297

THE IMPACT OF SOCIAL CAPITAL ON THE REGIONAL GROWTH AND COMPETITIVENESS IN POLAND
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Bronisz,   Urszula; Heijman,   Wim J.M.
This article aims at presenting different approaches to the phenomenon of social capital. The concept of social capital is ambiguous and that is why we will highlight a number of definitions of this notion. The central attention of the paper focuses on the relationship between social capital and regional development and competitiveness. The fundamental question concerns the impact of social capital on the regional economic performance. Hence, we will survey the empirical examination of 16 Polish regions in terms of social capital. We will also study whether the regional level of social capital depends on the level of competitiveness. The purpose of this article is also to make a contribution to the discussion concerning the relationship between economic...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Social capital; Regional growth; Polish regions; Community/Rural/Urban Development; International Development; Labor and Human Capital.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/57395

The Geographical Patterns of Socio-Economic Well-Being of First Nations Communities in Canada
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Armstrong,   Robin P.
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development; Labor and Human Capital.
Ano: 2001
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/28029

Focusing Rural Development in Central and Eastern European Countries
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Forgacs,   Csaba.
Discussion of rural development (RD) in the EU started in 1968 and some two decades later Agenda 2000 institutionalised RD policy. After a brief history of RD, Agenda 2000 and the SAPARD programme are discussed. The main body of the paper deals with Rural Development measures of Central and Eastern European countries (CEECs) with special regard to 2007-2013. It is concluded there is no clear relationship between farm structure and choosing rural development policy concept in CEECs for 2007-2013.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Rural development; National Rural Development Strategic Plan; CEE; SAPARD; LEADER; Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/59042

CONTRIBUTION OF HOSPITALS TO NORTH DAKOTA'S ECONOMY
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Bangsund,   Dean A.; Leistritz,   F. Larry.
Community hospital administrators in North Dakota were surveyed to determine the amount and type of expenditures made to North Dakota entities in 1997.  Estimates of net revenues retained within the state were also solicited.  Forty-two of the 44 community hospitals in the state responded.  Economic activity from hospitals in the state was divided into two groups--community hospitals and all hospitals.  In-state expenditures for Federal and Native American facilities were generated from survey results. Expenditures and returns (direct impacts) from community hospitals in the state were about $832 million in 1997.  When the six military, Veteran, state, and tribal hospitals were included, industry-wide direct impacts increased to $904 million. Input-output...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Hospitals; Economic impact; North Dakota; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Health Economics and Policy.
Ano: 1999
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/23151

A Return of the Threshing Ring? A Case Study of Machinery and Labor-Sharing in Midwestern Farms
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Artz,   Georgeanne M.; Colson,   Gregory; Ginder,   Roger G.
Machinery-sharing provides an alternative for smaller producers to obtain the efficiencies of large farming operations and remain competitive in an increasingly concentrated agricultural industry. This research uses a multiple case study design to examine the motivations for sharing equipment and labor among farms and to better understand how group members handle the transaction costs of sharing. Our case evidence finds that in addition to cost savings, access to reliable labor is an important motivation for participating in a sharing arrangement. Trust and frequent communication among group members helps to minimize the transaction costs incurred from sharing.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Machinery sharing; Transaction costs; Farm-level cooperation; Agribusiness; Agricultural Finance; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Crop Production/Industries; Farm Management; Financial Economics; Labor and Human Capital; Land Economics/Use; Production Economics; Productivity Analysis; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies; Q12; Q13.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/100515

Development pattern of circular economy in Jiangsu coastland
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Wang,   Liang.
Circular economy is an effective development pattern to balance economic growth, social development and environmental protection. Based on apprehending the connotation of circular economy, this paper fully considers and studies on the future trends in this area according to the theory of circular economy and the empirical circumstances of Jiangsu Coastland. This paper also discusses the circular economy development pattern adopted by Jiangsu coastland during economic and social development from the aspects of the growth of industry, agriculture, tourism and the construction of circular society.
Tipo: Thesis or Dissertation
Palavras-chave: Development pattern; Circular economy; Jiangsu coastland; China; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Environmental Economics and Policy; Marketing; Political Economy; Production Economics; Public Economics; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/53474

How Do Location Decisions of Firms and Households Affect Economic Development in Rural America?
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Wu,   JunJie; Gopinath,   Munisamy.
This paper examines the causes of spatial inequalities in economic development across rural America.  A theoretical model is developed to analyze interactions between location decisions of firms and households as they are affected by natural endowments, accumulated human and physical capital, and economic geography.  Based on the theoretical analysis, an empirical model is specified to quantify the effect of these factors on key indicators of economic development across counties in the United States.  Preliminary results suggest that households are willing to trade better amenities for lower income, and firms take advantage of this tradeoff by locating in areas with better climate and more recreational opportunities. In equilibrium, counties with better...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/19229

Globalisation, Development and Poverty in the Pacific Islands: The Situation of the Least Developed Pacific Island Nations
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Tisdell,   Clement A.
Under pressure from external forces, involvement of Pacific Island nations in processes of globalisation and associated structural adjustment policies is being accelerated. Conditional aid and financial assistance from Bretton Woods' institutions and their 'relatives' such as the Asian Development Bank, as well as advice from donor countries, have played a significant role in these processes. these processes combined with reduced foreign aid and internal socioeconomic dynamics have resulted in major social conflicts and tensions in the Pacific Islands. Poverty in some Pacific Island nations, such as in the Solomon Islands, is already more serious than in Asia, including Bangladesh, and the situation is deteriorating with proportionall school enrolments...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Pacific Island nations; Globalisation; Human Poverty Index (HPI); Human Development Index (HDI); Community/Rural/Urban Development; Food Security and Poverty; Labor and Human Capital.
Ano: 2001
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/100208

The European Regional Policy in Hungary. An Evaluation of the Objectives and Instruments for the Cohesion
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Monasterolo,   Irene.
The paper underlines the progresses Hungary undertook during the pre-accession process and after the European Union membership in regional economic development. Using official documents of the European Institutions, statistical data provided by Inforegio, Eurostat, the Hungarian National Institute of Statistics, FADN-DG Agriculture and AKI I’ve evaluated the impact of the European objectives and instruments for the cohesion (Structural funds and the Cohesion fund) on the convergence of the Country with the European parameters. The results obtained show a slow evidence of economic convergence but also the emergence and increase of internal divergence between ‘winning’ and ‘loosing’ counties, these last being prevalently agricultural, with problems of...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: European regional policy; Convergence; Cohesion; Agricultural reforms.; Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/7800

First filter test of market power in Finnish food retailing sector
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Niemi,   Jyrki S.; Xing,   Liu.
Buyer power and competition policy in food supply chains has emerged as an important economic issue and a highly sensitive item on the policy agenda all around the world. Claims that large retailers and food companies are depressing farm prices because of their market power have been made in many countries around the world (Swinnen and Vandeplas, 2009). Arising concentration of retailer sector increases the concern of existence and gradual growth of buyer power in this sector. The key reason is that the growing buyer power may have the effect of considerably distorting both retail and producer competition, and eventually it may damage economic welfare. In Finland, the increased concentration of the retail sector, with fewer outlets and the growth of the...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Concentration; Market power; VECM; Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Labor and Human Capital.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/95336

Recent Migration Patterns in Rural and Small Town Canada
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Rothwell,   Neil; Bollman,   Ray D.; Tremblay,   Juno; Marshall,   Jeff.
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development; Labor and Human Capital.
Ano: 2002
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/28022

Essays on Regional Differences in Time Preferences and Attachment to Place
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Yi,   Dale.
Data from a national telephone survey of working-aged adults in the continental US is combined with US Census 2000 data to explore the determinants of attachment to place and time preferences for jobs, natural amenities, and financial assets. Five regions in the US were delineated so that regional differences in the determinants of the dependent variables of interest could be parsed out. The regions are the Great Plains, Borderlands, Appalachia, the Plantation Belt, and the rest of the continental US.  The first essay that explores time preferences for jobs, natural amenities, and money. Each was embedded with a ten percent rate of return. In aggregate, the nation as a whole demonstrated that the discount rate for jobs, natural amenities, and financial...
Tipo: Thesis or Dissertation
Palavras-chave: Great Plains; Migration; Time preference; Survey; Community attachment; Social capital; Natural amenity; Economic development; Community; Census; Zip code; Policy; Native American; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy; R11; R23; R53; R58; Q51; Q52; O13; O15.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/56009

BOSERUP VERSUS MALTHUS REVISITES: EVOLUTION DES EXPLOITATIONS AGRICOLES DANS LE NORD DE LA COTE D'IVOIRE
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Demont,   Matty; Jouve,   Philippe; Stessens,   Johan; Tollens,   Eric.
The literature on the evolution of farming systems in West Africa shows a large diversity of general theories on rural development.  The purpose of this study is to revisit the theses of Malthus and Boserup and empirically test them on a case study of Northern Cote d’'Ivoire.  We have at our disposal a database spread over three agricultural seasons (1995-1998) and three villages.  These villages differ strongly regarding their population density and historical genesis.  The comparison between these villages permitted to track down their stage in the evolution of farming systems and to identify population pressure as a key factor of the evolution of farming systems and to identify population pressure as a key factor of the evolution process of farms.  Our...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/31838

Structure and Trends of Rural Employment: Canada in the Context of OECD Countries
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Cunningham,   Ron; Bollman,   Ray D.
In 1991, 33 percent of Canada's population lived in predominantly rural regions. Employment growth in rural regions averaged 1.3 percent per year over the 1980s, ranking fourth among OECD countries. In 1991, only 11 percent of the rural workforce in Canada were working in agriculture, forestry or fishing.  Within rural regions, employment growth was highest in rural areas adjacent to metropolitan centres. Business services was the fastest growing sector in all types of regions, but rural regions received only a minor boost due to the relatively low share of their workforce in business services. On average, rural areas showed less growth - however, within rural areas, there were regions that showed more growth than urban regions. Rurality does not...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development; Labor and Human Capital.
Ano: 1996
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/28049

COMPARING VILLAGE CHARACTERISTICS DERIVED FROM RAPID APPRAISALS AND HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS: A TALE FROM NORTHERN MALI
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Christiaensen,   Luc J.M.; Hoddinott,   John; Bergeron,   Gilles.
This paper investigates whether inferences drawn about a population are sensitive to the manner by which those data are obtained. It compares information obtained using participatory appraisal techniques with a survey of households randomly drawn from a locally administered census that had been carefully revised. The community map tends to include household members who do not, in fact, reside in the enumerated locality. By contrast, the revised official census is slightly more likely to exclude household members who actually lived in the surveyed area. Controlling for the survey technique, we find that the revised official census produces higher estimates of average household size and wealth but lower estimates of total village size or wealth, than the...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2000
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/16453

Fenómenos de evolución de las sociedades agrícolas-ganaderas en la región pampeana argentina
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Maggio,   A.G.
El presente trabajo pretende dar cuenta de los impactos de las tendencias globales de producción y comercialización de productos agropecuarios ‘commodities’ sobre los sistemas productivos y el tejido social en los territorios, a partir de un estudio enfocado específicamente a productores familiares de pequeñas superficies de una localidad rural de la región pampeana argentina, bajo el marco teórico del enfoque SIAL. Los lazos históricos, materiales e inmateriales se combinan e interactúan tanto en el plano individual como en el social. Los lazos inmateriales –saberes y tradiciones - se van conformando en un proceso histórico que incluye la historia de vida del individuo y la historia de su sociedad y el territorio. Y al mismo tiempo, combinan elementos...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agricultura familiar; Referencias identitarias; Commodities.; Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Labor and Human Capital.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/95333

IMPACTO DO ARTESANATO NA QUALIDADE DE VIDA DA COMUNIDADE DE PORTO DOS BARCOS, MUNICÍPIO DE ITAREMA, ESTADO DO CEARÁ
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Mera,   Ruben Dario Mayorga; Cordeiro,   Isabela Cavalcante; Tabosa,   Francisco Jose Silva; Mota,   Maria Dolores De Brito; Souza,   Walkiria Guedes De.
O objetivo deste artigo é analisar o impacto do artesanato na qualidade de vida da comunidade de Porto dos Barcos, do município de Itarema, Estado do Ceará. Para isso, foi construído um Índice de Qualidade de Vida, utilizando uma metodologia sugerida por Khan (2000), com o objetivo de verificar o nível de qualidade de vida nas comunidades estudadas. Os resultados mostraram que, após a implantação de um projeto de artesanato na comunidade de Porto dos Barcos, as famílias desta comunidade, passaram a ter uma melhor qualidade de vida. A comunidade controle (Barra do Farol), ainda possui uma qualidade de vida melhor que a de Porto dos Barcos, mas o crescimento da qualidade de vida de Porto dos Barcos foi consideravelmente melhor.-----------The objective of...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Artesanato; Qualidade de vida; Município de Itarema; Handicraft; Quality of Life; Itarema County; Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/107930

SOCIAL/ENVIRONMENTAL SYSTEMS FOR REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT PLANNING
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Maki,   Wilbur R.
In this paper, we focus upon information needs for implementing public programs of resource use and control. Economic models for producing the needed data are presented as activity components of an extensive computer modeling capability. The activity components are building blocks in the construction of a workable system for relating research findings to management and policy questions in regional development.
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 1972
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/13898

Retail Trade Area Analysis Ashley North Dakota
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Bangsund,   Dean A.; Leistritz,   F. Larry; Wanzek,   Janet K.; Zetocha,   Dale F.; Bastow-Shoop,   Holly E.
This report is intended to provide an in-depth trade area analysis of Ashley, North Dakota. Specific analyses included determining Ashley's main and greater trade areas, identifying the demographic profile of Ashley shoppers, examining important and less important services for patron shoppers of Ashley, identifying neighboring cities that area shoppers patronize, determining distances area shoppers traveled to Ashley, and listing popular newspapers and radio stations among area residents. Current trade area information for Ashley was obtained from a statewide trade area survey conducted by the Department of Agricultural Economics at North Dakota State University in 1989. Recent trends (1980 to 1989) in Ashley population, retail sales, per capita income,...
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development; Financial Economics.
Ano: 1991
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/51271

Globalisation, Institutions and Empowerment of Women in Africa: Kenya's Experience
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Kiriti,   Tabitha; Tisdell,   Clement A.; Roy,   Kartik C.
In male dominated societies like Kenya, men's superior status leading to power over women and control of valued resources, is supported by laws and policies that spell out and legitimise men's privileged and dominant status and is justified by religious, traditional, moral, and/or pseudo-scientific ideologies and beliefs. Such mechanisms and beliefs help to perpetuate gender inequality even in the face of structural changes that ought to diminish, if not completely undermine the strength of its operation. Institutionalised gender inequality limits women's participation in institutions and this reinforces their lack of empowerment. Women are unable to take advantage of the opening up of new markets and competition because they lack property rights;...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Gender inequality; Kenya; Empowerment of women; Globalisation; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Institutional and Behavioral Economics; Labor and Human Capital.
Ano: 2001
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/100209

Factor Markets in Applied Equilibrium Models: The current state and planned extensions towards an improved presentation of factor markets in agriculture
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Shutes,   Lindsay; Rothe,   Andrea; Banse,   Martin.
This paper describes how factor markets are presented in applied equilibrium models and how we plan to improve and to extend the presentation of factor markets in two specific models: MAGNET and ESIM. We do not argue that partial equilibrium models should become more ‘general’ in the sense of integrating all factor markets, but that the shift of agricultural income policies to decoupled payments linked to land in the EU necessitates the inclusion of land markets in policy-relevant modelling tools. To this end, this paper outlines options to integrate land markets in partial equilibrium models. A special feature of general equilibrium models is the inclusion of fully integrated factor markets in the system of equations to describe the functionality of a...
Tipo: Working Paper
Palavras-chave: Factor Markets; Applied Equilibrium Models; Extensions; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods; Teaching/Communication/Extension/Profession.
Ano: 2012
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/122851

AN INPUT-OUTPUT VIEW OF AGRICULTURE IN PAPUA NEW GUINEA
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Parker,   M.L.
Despite the dependence of the economy of Papua New Guinea upon plantation and smallholder agriculture, little has been known of the inter-relationships which exist between agriculture and the remainder of the economy, or of the changes which would follow from implementation of the official development programme. In this article, a recently completed input-output table is used to quantify these relationships in 1970 and to project changes over the period to 1978.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 1974
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/22294

Multifuncionalidad y Sistemas Agroalimentarios locales: prioridades de investigación e innovación en medio ambiente, territorio y desarrollo rural en el sector español del aceite de oliva
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Sanz Canada,   J.; Sanchez Esobar,   F.; Hervas Fernandez,   I.; Coq Huelva,   D.
Los sistemas agroalimentarios locales (SIAL) de aceite de oliva en España son un buen ejemplo del comportamiento multifuncional y de su contribución potencial a la gobernanza territorial. Se detectan cambios significativos en la geografía del olivar español, derivados, por una parte, de la expansión de nuevas superficies de olivar en regadío de cultivo intensivo y superintensivo y, por otra, de la creciente marginalización a la que se ve abocado el olivar español de media y alta pendiente. Por otra parte, el olivar español produce un fuerte grado de externalidades ambientales negativas, como la erosión o la contaminación difusa de suelos y acuíferos. El principal objetivo del trabajo es detectar las relaciones que se establecen entre la definición de los...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Prioridades de investigación e innovación; Medio ambiente y territorio; Análisis Delphi.; Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Labor and Human Capital.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/95229

DESENVOLVIMENTO TERRITORIAL RURAL NO BRASIL: UMA POLÊMICA
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Guanziroli,   Carlos Enrique.
O objetivo deste artigo é discutir a idéia de desenvolvimento territorial chamando a atenção para alguns trade off desse conceito: a) entre a ênfase no econômico ou no social-institucional, b) entre participação e eficácia, c) entre representatividade e inovação, d) entre coesão social e conflito e, e) entre rendas agrícolas e rendas rurais multifuncionais.---------------------------------The main purpose of this article is to discuss the notion of territorial development highlighting some tradeoffs of this concept: a) between economic or social emphasis, b) between participation and efficacy, c) between representation and innovation, d) between social cohesion and conflict and e) between agricultural income and rural multifunctional incomes.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Desenvolvimento; Rural; Território; Agricultura Familiar; Development; Rural; Territory; Family Farming; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Farm Management.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/108582

Retail Trade Area Analysis Larimore, North Dakota
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Bangsund,   Dean A.; Leistritz,   F. Larry; Wanzek,   Janet K.; Zetocha,   Dale F.; Bastow-Shoop,   Holly E.
This report is intended to provide an in depth trade area analysis of Larimore, North Dakota. Specific analyses included determining Larimore's main and greater trade areas, identifying the demographic profile of Larimore shoppers, examining important and less important services for patron shoppers of Larimore, identifying neighboring cities that area shoppers patronize, determining distances area shoppers traveled to Larimore, and listing popular newspapers and radio stations among area residents. Current trade area information for Larimore was obtained from a statewide trade area survey conducted by the Department of Agricultural Economics at North Dakota State University in 1989. Recent trends (1980 to 1989) in Larimore population, retail sales, per...
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 1991
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/51238

State-of-the-Art in Regional Computable General Equilibrium Modelling with a Case Study of the Philippines
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Rodriguez,   U-Primo E.
The developments in regional Computable General Equilibrium (CGE) models have been reviewed with a view to identify future directions for modelling in the Philippines. It is observed that regional CGE models have been used extensively in the analysis of national and regional issues. These models can be divided into three classes: region-specific, bottomup and “partial” models. This paper asserts that existing models of the Philippines generally belong to the third class. This implies that there is very little scope for evaluating region-specific issues in the Philippines.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development; International Development.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/47419

AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH AND URBAN POVERTY IN INDIA
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Fan,   Shenggen.
Using a similar analytical approach to a study in China, this paper analyzes the impact of agricultural research on urban poverty reduction in India. State level data from 1970 to 1995 were used in the empirical analysis. It is found that in addition to its large impact on rural poverty reduction, agricultural research investments have also played a major role in the reduction of urban poverty. Agricultural research investments increase agricultural production, and increased production in turn lowers food prices. The urban poor often benefit proportionately more than the non-poor since they spend 50-80% of their income on food. Among all the rural investments considered in this study, agricultural research has the largest impact on urban poverty reduction...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Developing countries; India; Agricultural research; Urban; Poverty; Food price; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies.
Ano: 2002
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/16079

Does agricultural growth have a causal effect on manufacturing growth?
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Shifa,   Abdulaziz B.
Though the role of agricultural growth for manufacturing growth has been at the center of the discourse on economic development, empirically identifying the causal effect of agricultural growth on manufacturing growth has remained illusive for the correlation between the two doesn't necessarily imply causality. This paper attempts to overcome the identification problem. Since agriculture is heavily dependent on the weather, random weather variations are used as instruments to identify the causal impact of agricultural growth on manufacturing growth. Results show that agricultural growth has a significant positive impact on manufacturing growth. The impact is higher the higher is agriculture's share in the economy (as measured by GDP and employment share)....
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agricultural Growth; Manufacturing Growth; Instrumental variable.; Community/Rural/Urban Development; International Development; O14; O25; Q10.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/116003

Sensitivity of Rural Housing Values to Aggregate Economic Policy
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Shaik,   Saleem; Gustafson,   Cole R.
This paper has a two-fold contribution, 1) Examine the importance of aggregate economic policy on housing prices and rural housing prices, and 2) delineate factors resulting in divergent housing prices between urban and rural markets. Empirical application to US state level data from 1975-2006 indicates general economic variables are consistently influencing both urban and rural housing prices. While the farm economic variables do have differential influences on the housing and rural housing prices, their effects are transitory. Finally regional effects have greater impact on differential effects on urban rural housing price indexes than national farm programs.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: US state data; Rural housing prices; 1975-2007.; Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/49515

Turning over irrigation systems from the government of Indonesia to farmers.
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Vermillion,   Douglas Lynn.
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Government managed irrigation systems; Farmer managed irrigation systems; Governmental interrelations; Policy; Indonesia; Agricultural Finance; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Crop Production/Industries; Demand and Price Analysis; Environmental Economics and Policy; Farm Management; Industrial Organization.
Ano: 1987
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/52780

The role of semi-subsistence farms and corporate farms in the modern supply chain: evidence of Ukrainian dairy industry
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Mykhaylenko,   Maryna; Schaft,   Franziska.
This contribution aims to analyze the main factors determining the initiation of vertical coordination between processing enterprises and milk producers in Ukraine. In this regard special attention is paid to the role of uncertainty, asset specificity and resource availability. Furthermore, the impact of vertical coordination on quality improvement, trust development and strategic advantages achieved is analyzed. The survey results indicate that uncertainty is a major driver for the processing level to initiate vertical coordination schemes. Although vertical coordination appears to have positive impacts on both supplier groups, corporate farms tend to benefit more from vertical coordination schemes than semi-subsistence farms.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Vertical coordination; Transaction costs; Ukraine; Community/Rural/Urban Development; L14; Q12.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/94901

THE RURAL DEVELOPMENT OF NORTHERN AUSTRALIA
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Campbell,   Keith O.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 1962
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/22849

SOME NOTES ON THE LIVELIHOODS OF THE URBAN POOR IN KABUL, AFGHANISTAN
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Hunte,   Pamela A.
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development; Food Security and Poverty.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/14638

The Sustainability and Cost-Effectiveness of Water Storage Projects on Canterbury Rivers: The Opihi River Case
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Hearnshaw,   Edward J.S.; Cullen,   Ross.
There is an increasing demand for water resources in the Canterbury region. The impact of this demand has lead to unacceptable minimum river flows, which has resulted in adverse affects to river ecology. In an effort to resolve this problem water storage projects have gained considerable attention. However, in order to consider all values of the impact of water storage projects, a systematic way of implementing an ecosystem services approach is developed. This ecosystem services approach coupled with various appropriate analytical methods are developed for the purposes of evaluating the cost-effectiveness of water storage projects and the sustainability of river systems impacted by water storage projects. For the purposes of evaluating the...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Cost utility analysis; Ecosystem services; Ecosystem services index; Indicators; Sustainability; Water storage projects; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Environmental Economics and Policy; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Health Economics and Policy; Land Economics/Use.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/97265

The dimensions of social capital and rural development: evidence from Water Communities in the Republic of Macedonia
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Gorton,   Matthew; Sauer,   Johannes; Peshevski,   Mile; Bosev,   Dane; Shekerinov,   Darko; Quarrie,   Steve.
Drawing on Nahapiet and Ghoshal's (1998) distinction between the structural, relational, and cognitive dimensions of social capital, this paper analyses the performance of Water Communities (WCs) in the Bregalnica region of the Republic of Macedonia. WCs are farmer-managed local irrigation systems which are critical to livelihoods in Bregalnica. Data on the performance of the WCs and role of social capital was collected via in-depth interviews and a farm survey (n=249) of both members and non-members. Results highlight the importance of social capital in explaining the decision to join a WC, the satisfaction of members with their WC, and payment behaviour.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Social capital; Rural development; Irrigation; Rural development; Community/Rural/Urban Development; O13; P32; Q15.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/94916

THE PERSPECTIVES OF AGRICULTURE IN THE EUROPEAN UNION
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Kaposzta,   Jozsef; Nagy,   Henrietta.
Agricultural perspectives in the EU
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Role of agriculture; Increasing food prices; Rural development policy; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/47548

Sustainable development ability of grain production in Sichuan Province
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Guo,   Hong; Zou,   Yi-xing; Xiong,   Guang.
We set up the evaluation index system of the sustainable development ability of grain production on the basis of the overall analysis of grain production trend in Sichuan Province. And then we evaluate the sustainable development ability of grain production from 1990 to 2006 in Sichuan Province by adopting the method of principal component analysis. Result shows that the sustainable development ability of grain production has improved steadily, but there are some hidden troubles such as frequently changes of grain yield and gradually decrease of total farmland. Cluster analysis method is used to study on the sustainable development ability of grain production of 21 cities of Sichuan Province in the year 2006. result shows that grain production levels in...
Tipo: Thesis or Dissertation
Palavras-chave: Sichuan Province; Grain production; Sustainable development; Principal component analysis; Cluster analysis; China; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Land Economics/Use; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/53481

Cities versus agriculture: Revisiting intersectoral water transfers, potential gains and conflicts
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Molle,   Francois; Berkoff,   Jeremy.
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Water scarcity; Water demand; Water transfer; Water use; Water supply; Water allocation; Environmental effects; Water market; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Crop Production/Industries; Demand and Price Analysis; Environmental Economics and Policy; Farm Management; Land Economics/Use; Production Economics; Productivity Analysis; Risk and Uncertainty.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/91817

Modelling Policies for Multifunctional Agriculture and Rural Development in a Remote EU Region (Caithness &amp; Sutherland, Scotland, UK)
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Bergmann,   Holger; Thomson,   Kenneth J.
A modified version of a system dynamics model constructed for an EU-wide case-study project (TOPMARD) using STELLA software was used to simulate the effects of a number of development scenarios for a remote rural area in Northern Scotland, i.e. Caithness &amp; Sutherland, which is characterised by multifunctional agriculture. In this paper, the context of the modelling work in policy and socioeconomic terms is first described. This is followed by the specification of the model and of the modelling scenarios, one of which relates to the “decommissioning” (run-down) of a major industrial site (Dounreay) within the area. The modelling results are discussed, in terms of regional population, land use, economic and other terms, from 2001 to 2015/2031. Finally,...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Modelling; Multifunctionality; Input-output; Systems dynamics; Rural policy; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Public Economics; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/6596

REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT FUNDS IN NORTH DAKOTA
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Bangsund,   Dean A.; Leistritz,   F. Larry.
In the early 1990s, many North Dakota trade centers took a proactive role in economic development by adopting local option sales taxes to generate funds to provide gap and incentive financing for primary sector businesses. The goals of these regional development funds are generally to create jobs, expand the tax base, and increase local economic activity. Information was gathered from seven of the regional development funds in North Dakota to evaluate their job creation and funding activities. Regional development funds in Dickinson, Grand Forks, Jamestown, Minot, Valley City, Wahpeton, and Williston collectively used $21.9 million in support of 4,485 jobs from 1988 through 1995. The average investment by the regional development funds per job supported...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 1997
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/23198

A MEZŐGAZDASÁGI JÖVEDELMEK STABILITÁSA
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Lamfalusi,   Ibolya.
A mezőgazdasági jövedelmek stabilitásának megteremtése mindenkor az ag-rárpolitika fontos törekvése. A mezőgazdaságból élőknek a termelői jövedelem nagysága és alakulása meghatározza a gazdálkodói életszínvonal minőségét. Az EU országok jövedelemstabilitási mutatóival összevetve a magyar mezőgazda-ságét meg¬állapítható, hogy a hazai gazdálkodók helyzete igen kedvezőtlen. Az ágazatban mind a nominális értéken vett jövedelem stabilitása, mind pedig a jövedelem re¬ál¬értéke kedvezőtlenül alakult. A reáljövedelem 1998 és 2005 között egyetlen évben sem érte el az 1998. évi 80%-át, sőt 2003-ban 50%-nál kevesebb volt.  A mezőgazdasági termelés jövedelemstabilitását a mezőgazdasági kibocsátás kiegyensúlyozottsága határozza meg alapvetően. A kibocsátás már magában...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Jövedelem; Stabilitás; Instabilitás; EU; Mezőgazdaság; Income; Stability; Instability; EU; Rural economy; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Production Economics.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/57674

CONTRIBUTION OF THE NORTH DAKOTA AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS UTILIZATION COMMISSION PROGRAMS TO THE STATE ECONOMY
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Hodur,   Nancy M.; Leistritz,   F. Larry; Hertsgaard,   Tarrand.
The North Dakota Agricultural Products Utilization Commission (APUC) has the mission of creating new wealth and jobs through the development of new and expanded uses for North Dakota agricultural products.  The Commission administers four grant programs encompassing basic and applied research, farm diversification, marketing and utilization, and prototype development.  The aim of this study was to evaluate the Commission's success in attaining its goals.  The project team examined the outcomes of a sample of grant recipients from each program type to evaluate the overall effectiveness of the program in meeting its stated objectives.  The time frame for the evaluation was 1995-2004.  During the study period, a total of $9.3 million was awarded to 396...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Economic development; Agricultural processing; North Dakota; Agribusiness; Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/23653

Rural and Small Town Employment: Structure by Industry
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Beshiri,   Roland; Bollman,   Ray D.
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development; Labor and Human Capital.
Ano: 2001
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/28027

Evidence of CAP Support in Italy between First and Second Pillar
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Cagliero,   Roberto; Henke,   Roberto.
The main objective of the paper is to trace the composition of the CAP support for Italian farms at the eve of the implementation of the CAP reform. The paper is based on three regional case studies, that represent as many farming specialisation typologies: Veneto, in the North-East, where agriculture is largely integrated in the economic system; Valle d'Aosta, in the North-West, a typical Alpine region; Puglia, in the South, where agriculture is based on Mediterranean products. The three regional cases are compared with the national average as a benchmark with regards to production specialisation, territorial disadvantages, entrepreneurial choices. It is evident that at the national level the composition of support is highly in favour of the support...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: CAP reform; Farm incomes; Market policies; Rural development policies; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Q12; Q18; R58.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/24643

WELFARE CONSIDERATIONS OF NORTH AUSTRALIAN DEVELOPMENT DECISIONS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Healey,   Derek T.
Issue is taken with those who adopt a short-term economic allocation approach to the question of the development of Northern Australia. It is argued that welfare-economics criteria are inappropriate when consideration of development is involved and that attention must be paid by economists to immeasurable benefits and to national long-term goals rather than to the maximisation of immediate utilities.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 1966
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/22277

Regional Growth Linkages between Villages and Towns in Mexico: A Village-wide Modeling Perspective
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Yunez-Naude,   Antonio; Leal,   George Dyer; Taylor,   J. Edward.
This paper measures linkages between farm and non-farm activities in rural Mexico using a multiplier model based on social accounting matrices (SAMs) from survey data for five villages at differing income levels and in different agro-ecological and market zones. We extend this analysis to a "mini-region" that includes three villages and their larger administrative center. By applying a constrained SAM multiplier model, the paper examines how economic shocks in rural areas affect non-farm incomes in rural villages, in neighboring rural towns and in larger regional cities. Two exogenous shocks on non-farm activity are examined: pure income transfers; and increased agricultural productivity. Experiments assume a perfectly inelastic supply of agricultural...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Rural and Regional Economics; Development Economics; Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/25425

Economic Impact of the Mid-Term Review on Agricultural Production, Farm Income and Farm Survival: A Quantitative Analysis for Local Sub-Regions of Schleswig-Holstein in Germany
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Henningsen,   Arne; Henning,   Christian H.C.A.; Struve,   Carsten; Mueller-Scheessel,   Joerg.
This study analyzes the impact of the Mid-Term Review (MTR) on the agricultural sector in Schleswig-Holstein, a federal state in Germany. First, a very detailed farm group linear programming model is built to quantify the effects on agricultural production and farm incomes. The production adjustment to the MTR and its impact on farm profit vary significantly between individual farms. These results depend mainly on the farm type and the resource endowments of the farms. Second, the impact on structural change is examined with a farm survival model. Although the MTR clearly reduces the incomes of several farm types, it accelerates the structural change only gradually.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Policy reform; Modeling production adjustment; Farm income; Structural change; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Q12; Q18.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/24644

Retail Trade Area Analysis Wishek North Dakota
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Bangsund,   Dean A.; Leistritz,   F. Larry; Wanzek,   Janet K.; Zetocha,   Dale F.; Bastow-Shoop,   Holly E.
This report is intended to provide an indepth trade area analysis of Wishek, North Dakota. Specific analyses included determining Wishek's main and greater trade areas, identifying the demographic profile of Wishek shoppers, examining important and less important services for patron shoppers of Wishek, identifying neighboring cities that area shoppers patronize, determining distances area shoppers traveled to Wishek, and listing popular newspapers and radio stations among area residents. Current trade area information for Wishek was obtained from a statewide trade area survey conducted by the Department of Agricultural Economics at North Dakota State University in 1989. Recent trends (1980 to 1989) in Wishek population, retail sales, per capita income,...
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development; Financial Economics.
Ano: 1991
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/51288

Gender Needs Awareness and Gender Asymmetry: An Analysis of a Rural Women Survey in Mountainous Areas of South-eastern Spain
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Calatrava-Requena,   Javier; Samir,   Sayadi.
Achieving gender symmetry in rural areas is an important target for the European Union. There is no shortage of talent, ideas and energy amongst women in rural areas, nor are there legal constraints. However, a range of cultural obstacles still stand in the way of their full participation in rural development (the persistence of traditional views about women's and men's roles in society, etc.) particularly in the Mediterranean areas. The integration of equal opportunities will no longer be a choice, but it will be an obligation in the design and implementation of rural development programmes and projects. Some European initiatives (NOW, EQUAL, LEADER, etc.) have already been taken to improve rural women's opportunities to participate more actively in...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Gender needs; Rural development; Gender asymmetry; Southeastern Spain; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Labor and Human Capital; O18; Q01; R13.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/24646

THE EUROPEAN IDENTITY AND CITIZENSHIP OF THE UNIVERSITY STUDENTS IN GÖDÖLLŐ
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Farkas,   Tibor; Kolta,   Dora.
The process of globalization already affects all the European countries. Its positive and negative consequences are challenging governments and peoples, too. One of the possible answer for the members of society is the strengthening their status as citizen. This paper will examine what are the differences in national identity, culture, attitudes among different countries in Europe and will analyze how it is possible to create the "public" in different countries. That is to develop civil initiatives and movements and to exert a great effort so that the citizens “opinion” has a real influence on the social life. There is an important role of the education, because its task is to raise a successful young generation which will gain good knowledge and its...
Tipo: Book
Palavras-chave: National culture; Student in higher education; Survey; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Teaching/Communication/Extension/Profession.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/43407

AMENITIES IN AN URBAN EQUILIBRIUM MODEL: RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT IN PORTLAND, OREGON
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Wu,   JunJie; Adams,   Richard M.; Plantinga,   Andrew J.
This paper analyzes the effect of open space and other amenities on housing prices and development density within the framework of an urban equilibrium model.  The model is estimated as a system of equations that includes households' residential choice decisions and developers' development decisions and emphasizes the importance of amenities in the formation of development patterns and property values.  The model is applied to Portland, Oregon, where ambitious open space programs have been implemented. The results suggest that amenities are important: households are willing to pay more for newer houses located in areas of less dense development, with more open space, better views, less traffic congestion, and near amenity locations.  For the developer,...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development; R11; R21; R31.
Ano: 2003
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/21961

DISCUSSION: LOCATION DETERMINANTS OF MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY IN RURAL AREAS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Batie,   Sandra S.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 1978
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/30265

REGIONAL IDENTITY IN RURAL DEVELOPMENT: THREE CASE STUDIES OF REGIONAL BRANDING
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Messely,   Lies; Dessein,   Joost; Lauwers,   Ludwig H.
Within the globalizing world, regions and their identities are subjected to great pressure. At present, places are engaged in a process of “territorial competition” in an integrated world economy. The identity of the region can be used as a starting point to brand a region and differentiate it from others. In the regional branding process, the region as a whole becomes a product or brand and offers a “basket” of regional products and services. Regional branding is aimed at creating a more distinctive image or reputation, which helps to increase regional competitiveness. This paper discusses the possibility of regional identity as a mobilizing force for rural development, by studying best practice examples of regional branding. Using the grounded theory...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Regional identity; Regional branding; Rural development; Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/91126

COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGES IN AGRO-FOOD TRADE OF HUNGARY, CROATIA AND SLOVENIA WITH THE EUROPEAN UNION
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Bojnec,   Stefan; Ferto,   Imre.
This paper investigates comparative trade advantages in agro-food trade. We analyze comparative advantages of Hungarian, Croatian and Slovenian agro-food trade in the European Union (EU) markets. Both the levels and pattern of the revealed comparative advantage measure are investigated. The empirical research seeks to explain how revealed comparative advantages have developed across countries, main product groups and over time and what are likely their implications for multifunctional rural development in the enlarged EU. We employ a disaggregated trade dataset to identify the revealed comparative advantages to provide broader policy implications. The empirical results confirmed bulk of agro-food and forestry products with revealed comparative advantages...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Comparative advantage; Croatia; Hungary; Slovenia.; Agribusiness; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; International Relations/Trade; Marketing; Political Economy; Production Economics; F14; Q17.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/90870

An Alternative Model for Analyzing the Physician-Hospital Relationship in Rural Areas
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Fannin,   James Matthew; Barnes,   James N.
We introduce a modeling framework called Transaction Cost Economics to help decision makers in rural health care markets choose among alternative organizational relationships in order to more cost-effectively deliver healthcare services.  In particular, the hospital-physician relationship is analyzed and the transactional attributes, institutional environment, and market characteristics are identified as key variables influencing the organizational relationship between hospital and physician.  As asset specfic investments are made by either the hospital or physician, vertically integrated relationships are more likely to occur.  The degree of remoteness of rural areas is also considered to affect the impact of these asset-specific investments.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development; Health Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/35255

Gender and irrigation in India: the Women's Irrigation Group of Jambar, South Gujarat
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: van Koppen,   Barbara; Nagar,   Rashmi K.; Vasavada,   Shilpa.
Documents a "best practice" - a successful gender-balanced irrigation intervention in which women were given control over an irrigation technology. The study evaluates the approach taken by the implementing NGO, the Aga Khan Rural Support Programme, in terms of its replicability in other areas where women share in farm activities and decision making.
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Irrigation management; Women in development; Gender; Female labor; Agricultural credit; Decision making; Irrigation programs; Rain-fed farming; Institution building; Pumping; India; South Gujarat; Bharuck; Jambar; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Crop Production/Industries; Farm Management; Institutional and Behavioral Economics; Labor and Human Capital; Land Economics/Use; Productivity Analysis.
Ano: 2001
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/53073

CONTRIBUIÇÃO DA OSTREICULTURA PARA FORMAÇÃO DA RENDA FAMILIAR: ESTUDO DE CASO DO PROJETO DE OSTREICULTURA COMUNITÁRIO DA FUNDAÇÃO ALPHAVILLE, EUSÉBIO – CEARÁ
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Gomes,   Rosangela Santiago; Araujo,   Rogerio Cesar Pereira; Neto,   Maximiano Pinheiro Dantas.
As comunidades tradicionais da Zona Costeira do Ceará sofrem com o declínio da pesca, atividades extrativistas e pela falta de oportunidades de emprego. A ostreicultura comunitária se coloca como uma atividade produtiva sustentável e adaptada às condições ambientais locais, que pode ser explorada economicamente em regime comunitário. Neste sentido, este estudo propõe-se avaliar a rentabilidade econômica da ostreicultura comunitária e verificar em que proporção esta atividade contribui com a formação da renda familiar. Este estudo foi realizado na comunidade de Mangabeira, localizada no Município de Eusébio, Ceará, onde foi constituída uma associação produtiva voltada para o cultivo de ostras do mangue no estuário do Rio Pacoti. A metodologia consistiu...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Ostreicultura comunitária; Associação; Suplementação de renda; Communitarian oyster farming; Association; Income supplementation; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Livestock Production/Industries.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/108873

Multifunctionality and Rural Identity - A Study Conducted Among Farmers in the Jura Region
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Mieville-Ott,   Valerie.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2003
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/32002

Do cooperatives help the poor? Evidence from Ethiopia
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Rodrigo,   Maria F.
Tipo: Presentation
Palavras-chave: Poverty trap; Cooperatives; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; International Development.
Ano: 2012
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/124388

THE IMPORTANCE OF PUBLIC INVESTMENT FOR REDUCING RURAL POVERTY IN MIDDLE-INCOME COUNTRIES: THE CASE OF THAILAND
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Fan,   Shenggen; Jitsuchon,   Somchai; Methakunnavut,   Nuntaporn.
This study estimates the impacts of different types of government expenditure on agricultural growth and rural poverty in Thailand. The results show that, despite Thailand’s middle-income status, public investments in agricultural R&amp;D, irrigation, rural education, and infrastructure (including roads and electricity), still have positive marginal impacts on agricultural productivity growth and rural poverty reduction. Additional government spending on agricultural research and development improves agricultural productivity the most and has the second largest impact on rural poverty reduction. Investments in rural electrification reduce poverty the most and have the second largest growth impact. These two investments dominate all others and are win-win...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development; Food Security and Poverty.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/60171

Programming rural development funds – An interactive linear programming approach applied to the EAFRD program in Saxony-Anhalt
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Schmid,   Julia Christiane; Hager,   Astrid; Jechlitschka,   Kurt; Kirschke,   Dieter.
Policies for rural areas have become an important but complex policy field in the European Union`s Common Agricultural Policy. The purpose of this paper is to report on a methodological approach pursued to model the allocation of EAFRD (European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development) funds in Saxony-Anhalt. We show how an interactive programming approach can be developed and used to support our partner Ministry of Agriculture and the Environment. So far, various key elements of the modeling approach have been specified: the definition of all relevant policy measures and funding options, the assessment of impacts on the regional objectives pursued, the definition of relevant lower and upper bounds, and the formulation of co-financing requirements and...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Rural development; Interactive programming; EAFRD; Multi-level co-financing; Saxony-Anhalt; Agricultural and Food Policy; Agricultural Finance; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Environmental Economics and Policy; Institutional and Behavioral Economics; Public Economics.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/59523

Implementing Subject and Its Dynamic Mechanism in New Countryside Construction
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Zhang,   Desheng; Jiao,   Yunqiu.
The necessity of taking government as the implementing subject in the construction of new countryside was analyzed from the aspects such as narrowing urban-rural gap, government’s responsibility, connotation and complexity of new countryside construction. Dynamic mechanism of government in the construction of new countryside was discussed, and some problems were introduced. The basic reason of these problems was the deficiency of government’s publicity. Firstly, self-interest of government led to the deviation of public target. Secondly, government was controlled by superior groups, thus benefits of vulnerable groups can’t be ensured. On this basis, establishing an incentive and constraint mechanism for government officers was put forward. It was essential...
Tipo: Thesis or Dissertation
Palavras-chave: New countryside construction; Implementing subject; Dynamic mechanism; China; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Political Economy.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/53755

Positive Examples and Lessons Learned from Rural Small Business Adoption of E-Commerce Strategies
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Lamie,   R. David; Barkley,   David L.; Markley,   Deborah M.
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/112891

Initiatives For Rural Development Through Collective Action : The Case of Household Participation in Group Activities in the Highlands of Central Kenya
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Kariuki,   Gatarwa; Place,   Frank.
Dimensions of the nature, scope, and complexity of collective action in Kenya have evolved over many years. In studying collective action, the aim is to understand why and how people participate in networks of trust. The purpose of this study was to investigate the different objectives that farmers pursue through collective action with the aim of understanding the patterns of people’s participation in collective action, identify factors that influence people to join groups, and identify the costs and benefits of participating in activities of groups. The study was carried out in four sites spread across the highlands of central Kenya. Data was collected from a total of 442 households, focusing on whether members of those households belonged to groups and...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Collective action; Kenya; Groups; Gender; Assets; Institutions; Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/42487

Recession in 2007-09 Widened and Deepened Nonmetro Poverty
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Farrigan,   Tracey L.
Tipo: Article
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/121235

Economic Impact of Cankdeska Cikana Community College on the North Dakota Economy
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Leistritz,   F. Larry; Bangsund,   Dean A.
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development; Financial Economics; Public Economics.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/55083

Buyer Market Power and Vertically Differentiated Retailers
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Wang,   Shinn-Shyr; Rojas,   Christian; Lavoie,   Nathalie.
We consider a model of vertical competition where downstream firms (retailers) purchase an upstream input from a monopolist and are able to differentiate from each other in terms of quality. Our primary focus is to study the effects of introducing a large retailer, such as a Wal-Mart Supercenter, that is able to lower wholesale prices (i.e. buyer market power). We obtain two main results. First, the store with no buyer market power responds to the presence of the large retailer by increasing its quality, a finding that is consistent with recent efforts by traditional retailers to enhance shoppers’ buying experience (i.e. quality). Second, the presence of a large retailer causes consumer welfare to increase. There are, however, two reasons for the increase...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Buyer market power; Vertical differentiation; Wal-Mart; Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; Agricultural Finance; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Crop Production/Industries; Farm Management; Financial Economics; Food Security and Poverty; Industrial Organization; Marketing; D43; L13; L81; M31; Q13.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/57165

Estimating Child Time Preferences:  Aiding Rural Schools in Improving Human Capital Formation
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Jordan,   Jeffrey L.; Castillio,   Marco; Ferraro,   Paul J.; Petrie,   Regan.
We experimentally investigate the distribution of children's time preferences along gender and racial lines. Black boys have significantly larger discount rates than any other demographic group.  Discount rates among Black girls are comparable to rates among White girls.  Although White boys exhibit higher discount rates than girls, the difference is small and not statistically significant. These results are robust to alternative measures of patience and to regression analyses that control for socio-economic background and school performance.  The measured differences in discount rates are large.  All things equal, a Black boy requires expected returns to education 13-15% higher than Black girls to compensate for his larger discounting of future payoffs....
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development; Labor and Human Capital.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/6368

THE IMPACT OF TRENDS IN THE FARM FIRM ON COMMUNITY AND HUMAN WELFARE
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Raup,   Philip M.
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 1970
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/13734

AGROHOLDINGS AND CLUSTERS IN KAZAKHSTAN’S AGRO-FOOD SECTOR
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Wandel,   Jurgen.
The paper provides an overview of the institutional arrangements on the micro level that have evolved in the agro-food sector of Kazakhstan in the course of transition. Emphasis is laid on more complex arrangements like "agroholdings" and "clusters", hitherto mostly unknown in the agro-food sectors of established market economies. It is shown that "agroholdings" are concentrated mainly in the northern part of Kazakhstan and to a large extent in the grain sector, while in the south a scattered small scale (individual) farm structure has emerged. Parallel to this market-driven development, the Kazakhstani government tries to promote other institutional arrangements that it deems to be of superior competitiveness, especially agro-food clusters. Refering to...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Agroholdings; Cluster; Kazakhstan; Agricultural policy; Institutional change; Agroholdings; Cluster; Kasachstan; Agrarpolitik; Institutioneller Wandel.; Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Farm Management; Industrial Organization; Land Economics/Use; Production Economics; Productivity Analysis; Q13; Q18; L 22.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/91766

Journal Frontmatter
Provedor de dados: 31
Includes front cover and editorial information.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; Agricultural Finance; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Consumer/Household Economics; Crop Production/Industries; Demand and Price Analysis; Environmental Economics and Policy; Farm Management; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Food Security and Poverty; Health Economics and Policy; Industrial Organization; Institutional and Behavioral Economics; International Development; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies; Teaching/Communication/Extension/Profession.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/117943

DISCUSSANT'S COMMENTS FOR AMERICAN AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS ASSOCIATION ANNUAL MEETING, SELECTED PAPERS SESSION SP-7AA: "LOCATION DECISIONS AND ECONOMIC GROWTH"
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Kilkenny,   Maureen.
Rural decision makers use taxes and other resources to encourage growth. The session begins with an evaluation of rural employment patterns, then evaluates three economic development policy levers. Moderator: Daniel Rainey, Clemson University. Rural Employment Growth in the "New Economy:" A Test of the Spatial  Division of Labor Hypothesis Timothy Wojan, University of Kentucky. Relationship of Non-Basic Sector Employment Growth and the Gaming Sector Thomas Harris and Rangesan Narayanan, University of Reno-Nevada. Location Decisions of Energy-Intensive Manufacturing Firms: Estimating the Potential Impact of Electric Utilities Deregulation Stephan Goetz, University of Kentucky. A Self-Selection Model for Local and Regional Economic Development Programs Todd...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development; Labor and Human Capital; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 1998
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/20923

Planning for Development using Social Impact
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Liew,   Chiew-Ing; Bigsby,   Hugh R.; Gidlow,   Bob.
Economic development activities change the physical and social environments in which individuals live. For planners, it is important to anticipate the types of changes that might occur, and to put measures in place that mitigate negative impacts and promote positive impacts on people and communities. Social Impact Assessment (SIA) was introduced as a tool for understanding the social impacts of development. There are three factors, however, that limit the use of SIA in developing countries. First, the original SIA tool was designed in a developed country, and as such the list of indicators developed may not suitable for local conditions. Second, there is no specific theoretical underpinning of the SIA tool, and thus no link between the SIA tool and...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Social Impact Assessment (SIA); Actor-Network Theory (ANT); Development impact; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Public Economics.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/115410

O PAPEL DA EDUCAÇÃO DO CAMPO NA CONSTRUÇÃO DO DESENVOLVIMENTO RURAL: UMA PROPOSTA DE AGENDA PARA A PESQUISA A PARTIR DAS DIMENSÕES DE GÊNERO E RAÇA NA AGRICULTURA FAMILIAR
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Cruz,   Kelma Christina Melo Dos Santos.
Este artigo propõe uma agenda de pesquisa para a educação do campo, adotando um recorte de gênero e raça. Observa-se a presença das comunidades quilombolas no meio rural brasileiro, refletindo sobre o lugar ocupado pelas mulheres nesse contexto. Para a elaboração deste trabalho foram utilizados procedimentos pré-definidos de pesquisa e informações oficiais de diversos órgãos públicos que possuem ações voltadas ao etnodesenvolvimento, incluindo o Ministério do Desenvolvimento Agrário - MDA, a Secretaria Especial de Políticas de Promoção da Igualdade Racial - SEPPIR, o Ministério do Meio Ambiente - MMA, o Ministério da Educação - MEC e o Ministério do Desenvolvimento Social e Combate à Fome - MDS. --------------------------------------------------------This...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Mulheres quilombolas; Políticas públicas; Desenvolvimento rural; Women quilombolas; Public politics; Agricultural development; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Teaching/Communication/Extension/Profession.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/109534

Greater Greenville Regional Economic Scorecard, 2010
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Barkley,   David L.; Henry,   Mark S.; Eades,   Daniel C.
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/112793

Rôle des marchés du bétail, dans les filières viandes bovine et ovine d’une région semi-aride algérienne
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Sadoud,   M.
Les filières viandes rouges en Algérie reposent globalement sur des élevages bovins et ovins, elles sont articulés à un marché interne fort rémunérateur, du fait du maintien de la demande à un niveau relativement élevé et de la faible élasticité de l’offre interne. Les structures de prix sont dominées par les marges prélevées par les réseaux privés de commercialisation. L'objectif de cet article est d'étudier le marché des viandes bovine et ovine, qui est mis en oeuvre essentiellement par des opérateurs. Le système de commercialisation de produits d’élevage et d’aliments de bétail est caractérisé par l’existence d’agents économiques qui sont éleveurs, maquignons et bouchers; ces opérateurs sont en contact permanent entre eux. L'information sur les prix et...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Viande ovine; Viande bovine; Maquignon; Boucher.; Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Labor and Human Capital.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/95337

Le marché de bestiaux du gouvernorat de Sidi Bouzid: un levier de développement rural du Centre tunisien
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Selmi,   Salah; Elloumi,   Mohamed; Allagui,   Leila; Chouaibi,   Walid.
L’élevage ovin est une activité traditionnelle dans toutes les régions de la Tunisie et surtout le Centre et le Sud. Sur le plan national et jusqu'à une date récente seule la viande bovine retenait l'attention des pouvoirs publics et les opérateurs privés. Face aux enjeux actuels de satisfaction des besoins du pays en viandes rouges et la mise à niveau de la filière des ovins, on assiste à un processus de développement du secteur qui connaît une restructuration du cheptel et une intensification de la production en intégrant les cultures fourragères ainsi qu’une mise à niveau des marchés de bestiaux. Dans le gouvernorat de Sidi Bouzid où l’élevage ovin occupe une place de choix dans l’économie régionale, les systèmes de production agricole connaîssent une...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Environmental Economics and Policy; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Food Security and Poverty; Institutional and Behavioral Economics; International Relations/Trade; Marketing; Production Economics; Productivity Analysis; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/52000

O PROGRAMA ESTADUAL DE ELETRIFICAÇÃO RURAL EM PERNAMBUCO NO PERÍODO 1998-2002: ONDE ESTÁ A DEMANDA POR ENERGIA?
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Ribemboim,   Jacques; Menezes Junior,   Antonio Alfredo Oliveira Lima De.
Uma análise do programa de eletrificação rural no estado de Pernambuco entre os anos de 1998 e 2002 mostra que a demanda total por energia elétrica não acompanhou a expansão da oferta via ampliação da cobertura de atendimento. Com efeito, estudos sobre políticas de eletrificação e seus efeitos no bem-estar e na estrutura produtiva das comunidades atendidas não são freqüentes no país e muito raros no Nordeste. A eletrificação ainda é vista pura e simplesmente como panacéia para a pobreza rural, sem se empregar ações complementares de educação para o consumo e ações de melhoria na estrutura produtiva das novas populações atendidas. A chegada da rede de energia elétrica ou outras fontes de energia a áreas remotas é fortemente desejável – isto está fora de...
Tipo: Presentation
Palavras-chave: Eletrificação rural; Desenvolvimento rural; Pobreza; Pernambuco; Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/118711

EXPERIÊNCIA DE REFORMA AGRÁRIA NO CEARÁ: OS CASOS DOS ASSENTAMENTOS DE RECREIO, CALDEIRÃO, REDONDA E MALACACHETA- CE
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Lemos,   Jose De Jesus Sousa; Alcantara,   Selma Maria Peixoto.
As mudanças por que tem passado a agricultura no país não conseguiram favorecer os interesses de uma parcela significativa dos trabalhadores rurais. Ao contrário, o que se percebe é um grau de modernização tecnológica, cada vez mais, intenso, ao mesmo tempo em que favorece uma exclusão econômica e social. Esse fato contribui para o aumento do êxodo rural, assim como, para o desemprego no campo. Na tentativa de mudar esse quadro, os trabalhadores se organizam e mantêm uma resistência. O MST hoje se apresenta como um movimento organizado que visa a pressionar o governo no sentido de promover políticas agrícolas para fixar o homem no campo. Para isso, é necessária uma melhor distribuição de terras que permita o desenvolvimento de culturas alimentares de ciclo...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Reforma agrária; Trabalhadores rurais; Agricultura; Agrarian Reform; Rural workers and agriculture; Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/109656

Análisis de la ampliación de los recursos locales hortofrutícolas mediante la internacionalización: Potencial del sector cooperativo hortofrutícola
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Marin-Sanchez,   Maria del Mar.
El presente trabajo analiza la posibilidad de ampliar los recursos locales de las cooperativas hortofrutícolas mediante la internacionalización de su actividad. Para ello se examinan las estrategias de internacionalización disponibles para estas entidades y se analiza el potencial del sector hortofrutícola, mediante el estudio de los datos básicos del sector comparando entidades asociativas con las no cooperativas. Dichos datos nos permiten evaluar su potencial exportador, resultando mucho mayor en las cooperativas hortofrutícolas. Sin embargo la internacionalización se manifiesta principalmente a través de la exportación mediante acuerdos comerciales, y en menor medida, mediante la constitución de sociedades mercantiles participadas por la cooperativa,...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Cooperativas hortofrutícolas; Internacionalizacion; Potencial exportador.; Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Labor and Human Capital.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/95334

Rural immigrant population growth, 1950-2000: waves or ripples?
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Dust,   Andrew; Orazem,   Peter F.; Wohlgemuth,   Darin.
Using U.S. Census data from 1950 to 2000, this paper provides a framework to compare the responses of immigrant and native population growth to the economic incentives offered by rural counties in the Midwest and the South. We find that in marked contrast to urban immigrant populations, rural immigrants do not congregate in ethnic enclaves. Larger rural populations of immigrants do not attract more immigrants, nor do they retard growth of the young native born population. Immigrant populations are more responsive than native populations to economic incentives. The native-born population tends to respond more to growth in specific industries, while immigrant populations are more responsive to overall employment growth. Rural immigrant population growth is...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development; Labor and Human Capital.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/6182

NEW JERSEY'S EXPERIENCE WITH TRANSFER OF DEVELOPMENT RIGHTS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Chavooshian,   B. Budd.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 1974
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/17094

The Investment Climate and Enterprise Performance in Rural Pakistan:  Implications for Rural Non-farm Employment Generation and Poverty Reduction
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Sur,   Mona; Zhang,   Jian.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/21386

Commercialisation des Céréales et Sécurité Alimentaire au Mali
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Diallo,   Marthe; Deme,   Kadiatou; Dembele,   Niama Nango; Traore,   Abdramane; Staatz,   John M.
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Cereal markets; Mali; Food security; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Food Security and Poverty; Q13.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/57066

Estratégias de gestão territorial: as experiências associativas dos assentamentos rurais em São Paulo em perspectiva crítica
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Barone,   Luis Antonio; Ferrante,   Vera Botta; Maciel,   Marluse Castro.
Este trabalho, desenvolvido a partir de vários estudos de caso, avalia o alcance das experiências de gestão comum dos recursos econômicos dos assentamentos rurais no Estado de São Paulo. Toma como perspectiva o conceito de “desenvolvimento como liberdade” de Amartya Sen e põe, sob crivo analítico, as variações das estratégias associativas nestes espaços socais complexos. This work, developed starting from several case studies, evaluates the reach of the administration experiences of the common economic resources of the rural settlements (of Land Reform) in the State of São Paulo. It takes as perspective the concept of Amartya Sen’s "development as freedom" and it puts, under analytical sieve, the variations of the associative strategies in these complex...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Assentamentos rurais; Associativismo; Desenvolvimento; Gestão territorial; Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/103108

RURAL REVITALIZATION: ROLE OF AND POLICIES FOR ENTREPRENEURSHIP
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Watkins,   Dennis A.; Allen,   Thomas G.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 1987
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/17835

Sen's Theory of Entitlement and the Deprivation of Females: An Assessment with Indian Illustrations
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Tisdell,   Clement A.; Roy,   Kartik C.; Ghose,   Ananda.
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Amartya Sen; Economic deprivation; Female; Poverty; Economic status of women; Tribal Santals; India.; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Consumer/Household Economics; Food Security and Poverty.
Ano: 1999
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/91375

Are Biofuels Revitalizing Rural Economies? Projected Versus Actual Labor Market Impacts in the Great Plains
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Schlosser,   Janet A.; Leatherman,   John C.; Peterson,   Jeffrey M.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development; Labor and Human Capital.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/6123

Möglichkeiten zur Umsetzung integrierter Fördermaßnahmen an der Schnittstelle Landwirtschaft, Umwelt, Ländliche Entwicklung im Rahmen der Verordnung (EG) Nr. 1257/99
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Knickel,   Karlheinz.
EC Regulation 1257/99 of 17 May 1999 underlines the intention of the European Commission of an integrated rural development policy. In this paper the chances are examined that this new policy orientation offers for a more multifunctional agriculture. Possibilities for the implementation of integrated support measures at the interface of agriculture, environment and rural development are presented. First, functional relationships between agriculture and rural development are explored on the basis of three examples. This is followed by a more analytical section on relevant experiences, data and concepts. The significance of 'new', agriculture-related activities in rural areas is underlined. A paradigm shift from volumes and costs of production towards...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agriculture; Environment; Rural development; EC Regulation 1257/99; Rural development programmes; Agricultural policy; Multifunctional agriculture; Value added; Employment; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Environmental Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2001
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/98864

New York Economic Handbook, 2003
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Extension Faculty &amp; Staff.
Tipo: Working Paper
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2002
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/122226

Agriculture in the Western Balkan Countries
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Volk,   Tina; Rednak,   Miroslav; Erjavec,   Emil; Cela,   Roland; Marku,   Shkelzen; Imami,   Drini; Mikus,   Ornella; Cerjak,   Marija; Dimitrievski,   Dragi; Georgiev,   Nenad; Simonovska,   Ana; Stojceska,   Aleksandra Martinovska; Kotevska,   Ana; Bozidarka,   Markovic; Bogdanov,   Natalija; Božić,   Dragica.
The current publication covers Albania, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia, Kosovo under UNSCR 1244/99, the FYR Macedonia, Montenegro and Serbia, and provides an overview of the agricultural situation in the European Union (EU) candidate and potential candidate countries of the Western Balkans (WBs). The objective was to provide an analysis of the development and current situation in agriculture and agricultural policy in these countries as relates to the EU accession process. The individual country reports, as well as a cross-country overview and comparison, have been prepared as a part of "AgriPolicy" project, which was financially supported by the European Commission under the 7th framework program.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Institutional and Behavioral Economics; Political Economy.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/96200

AGRICULTURE, TRADE, AND REGIONALISM IN SOUTH ASIA
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: DeRosa,   Dean A.; Govindan,   Kumaresan.
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development; International Development; International Relations/Trade.
Ano: 1997
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/16370

New Zealand Wool Inside: A Discussion Case Study
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Conforte,   Daniel; Dunlop,   Samuel; Garnevska,   Elena.
The IFAMR is the Official Journal of the International Food and Agribusiness Management Association: www.ifama.org
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: New Zealand; Wool; Ingredients marketing; Branding; Wool carpets; Case study; Agribusiness; Agricultural Finance; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Demand and Price Analysis; International Relations/Trade; Land Economics/Use; Livestock Production/Industries; Productivity Analysis; Teaching/Communication/Extension/Profession; Q13; Q12.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/114716

THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE AGRICULTURAL SECTOR IN THE RURAL AREAS OF THE VISEGRAD COUNTRIES
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Osztrogonacz,   Ivo; Singh,   Mahesh Kumar.
The most important territory of the agricultural production is the rural area. The rural area has effect on the production and the production has effect on the structure of the rural area. The agriculture as a sector was regulated by the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP), which had established by the old member states. The structure of the old and the new members is not the same, so the effect of the CAP could be different in the various countries. Over and above the CAP reform determines not only the future of the agriculture but the future of the rural areas also. It is important to examine the role of the rural area in the various member states. The Visegrad Group  is a loose cooperation beside of the Union and the members of it are competitors and...
Tipo: Book
Palavras-chave: CAP-reform; Rural areas; Role of agriculture; Agricultural and Food Policy; Agricultural Finance; Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/43187

Decentralized Rural Development Policies: Does it Make Sense? The Example of Diversification in Flanders
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Vandermeulen,   Valerie; Van Huylenbroeck,   Guido.
Changes in consumer preferences and demands, the process of globalisation, etc. together with the pressure of the United States to continue liberalisation of the farm sector in Europe, have caused the European Union to adapt its policy. There has been a shift in the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) towards a more decentralised approach. In this paper, it is analysed if this approach is justified for rural development, by describing the case of on-farm diversification in Flanders. Using survey results, it is tested if the decision to do on-farm diversification depends not only on farm and farmer characteristics (e.g. age and gender of the farmer, his or her education, having a successor, arable surface, farm type and financial situation) but also on the...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: On-farm diversification; Local policy; Decentralisation; Farm location; Farm strategy; Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/25718

Partnerships and new rural governance for reacting to demographic change in rural regions in Germany
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Kupper,   Patrick.
Peripheral rural areas are particularly affected by demographic changes. The research question is: how the involved rural actors interact with each other to react to the resulting challenges, and why does this mode of interaction come about? The contribution presents empirical data from a survey and three case studies conducted in 2008 and 2009. The results indicate the coincidence of cooperation and unilateral action. Regional partnership is limited and every actor first tries to solve his problems by himself, and where necessary with a beggar-thy-neighbour policy. Rural actors engage in cooperation most notably to acquire funding, to exchange experiences, to prepare concepts and to conduct analyses. They develop and implement their projects, however,...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Rural governance; Rural development; Regional cooperation; Actor-centred institutionalism; Community/Rural/Urban Development; R58.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/95311

Costs of Government Services in North Dakota Counties
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Bangsund,   Dean A.; Leitch,   Jay A.
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development; Public Economics.
Ano: 1990
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/23276

The LAS approach: a scheme for a sustainable local development of Southern countries rural areas?
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Requier-Desjardins,   Denis.
LAS (Localised Agri-food Systems) approach has been viewed until now as either an analysis of a variety of local production system or an anthropological vision of the links between food and places. Although theses approaches are relevant, they prove sometimes hard to differentiate themselves of close concepts such as Local production systems. This paper intends to assess in what measure LAS approach can be redefined as an approach of rural development processes, which could be the basis of a rural development policy. If LAS's are to be considered as the basis of a rural development path, LAS approach must be cast in the current debate on diversification of rural activities. Drawing on that, LAS can be the basis of a rural development policy, but only fit...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: LAS; Rural development; New rurality; Sustainable rural livelihoods; Residential economy.; Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Labor and Human Capital.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/95222

Implications For Manufacturers
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Edwards,   C.T.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 1988
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/9667

Direct Marketing of Specialty Crops by Producers: A Price-Comparison between Farmers' Markets and Grocery Stores
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Watson,   Jonathan Adam; Gunderson,   Michael A.
Oftentimes, prices at farmers' markets are much cheaper than those at grocery stores.  However, little is known about the pricing relationship between farmers' markets and nearby grocery stores.  Only by further analyzing this relationship can we gain a better understanding of these pricing trends.  Although this trend is seemingly consistent, further research is necessary to test this assumption.  Through the collection of prices at both locales, farmers' markets and grocery stores, producers as well as consumers will have access to current prices in both markets.  In recent years, consumers are looking for local produce and are willing to pay for them as they are faced with increased grocery store prices, while producers are simultaneously seeking to...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Farmers markets; Pricing; Grocery stores; Agribusiness; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Farm Management; Marketing.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/56512

Front Materials
Provedor de dados: 31
Includes: Front Cover, Table of Contents, Editorial Information
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; Agricultural Finance; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Consumer/Household Economics; Crop Production/Industries; Demand and Price Analysis; Environmental Economics and Policy; Farm Management; Food Security and Poverty; Health Economics and Policy; Industrial Organization; International Development; Labor and Human Capital; Land Economics/Use; Livestock Production/Industries; Marketing; Production Economics; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy; Risk and Uncertainty; Teaching/Communication/Extension/Profession.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/104625

Firm Entry, Firm Exit, and Urban‐Biased Growth
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Yu,   Li; Jolly,   Robert W.; Orazem,   Peter F.
We introduce a taxonomy that classifies industries using three criteria: net growth in the number of firms; the interrelationship between firm entry and firm exit; and the degree of urban bias in industry growth. We show that in 9 of 15 two-digit NAICS industries investigated, there is evidence of urban bias consistent with a comparative advantage to starting a business in urban markets. The urban advantage is due primarily to faster firm entry rates. Urban and rural firms have similar firm exit rates, consistent with a presumption that there are equal expected profit rates conditional on entry across markets. Urban areas grow faster because they induce faster firm entry and not because urban firms are more likely to succeed.
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Entry – Exit Pattern; Taxonomy; Urban-Bias; Expansion; Churning; Entrepreneurship; Economic Development; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Demand and Price Analysis; Industrial Organization; Labor and Human Capital; Land Economics/Use; Marketing; Production Economics; Productivity Analysis; Public Economics; L26; L53.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/54078

FOUR KELLOGG FOUNDATION-ASSISTED LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS - AN ASSESSMENT
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Howell,   Robert E.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 1977
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/17063

Scaling up Kudumbashree--collective action for poverty alleviation and women's empowerment
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Kadiyala,   Suneetha.
This paper discusses the factors that enabled and constrained the scaling up of a multisectoral poverty alleviation program called Kudumbashree, initiated by the government of Kerala (GOK), India, in 1998 to eradicate poverty by 2008. It also discusses some potential threats to and trade-offs of scaling up Kudumbashree. This report draws primarily upon the available literature and qualitative data collected during a five-day visit to Kudumbashree in March 2003. In 1991, the GOK, along with UNICEF, initiated the Community-Based Nutrition Program (CBNP) in Alleppey town to improve the health and nutritional status of children and women. CBNP facilitated collective action by forming and developing the capacity of three-tiered community development societies...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Scaling up; Collective action; Poverty alleviation; Women; Empowerment; Community-driven development (CDD); Government policy; Gender; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Food Security and Poverty.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/60400

Private Initiatives for Rural Development: Ideological Cop Out or Engine for Progress
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Cotterill,   Ronald W.
This report identifies a research and policy agenda that can contribute to rural development and antipoverty initiatives during the 1990s.  It integrates a discussion of private initiatives for rural development into a broader discussion of the issues.  Two theories of underdevelopment and poverty, one motivational and the other structural, serve as a basis for defining quite different research and policy agendas.  To provide some closure of these divergent approaches, it is argued herein that economists must more rigorously examine the philosophical and political economic foundations of their theories.  One reason this is needed is that recent contributions to the theory of public choice rehabilitate the classical economic argument for minimal state...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 1989
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/25180

IMPLEMENTATION AND EVALUATION OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS UNDER UNCERTAINTY:  WITH A SPECIAL REFERENCE TO THE SEDHIOU II PROJECT
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Mbaye,   Makhona.
This paper is centered around rural development projects.  But what is meant, specifically, by development?  There is a tendency for people to confuse development with economic development and to use national income as a yardstick for measuring economic development.  Economic development is too narrow a concept to tell all the development story.  There are policital and social dimensions to development.  Any definition of development incorporates implicitly or explicitly some value judgements.  But where are those value judgements to come from?  The common answer is that they should come from governments through their planning documents or the development path of other countries whose present state is judged desirable.  A definition of development is...
Tipo: Thesis or Dissertation
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 1983
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/11091

The Structural Change in the Supply Chain of Oil Palm – A Case of North Sumatra Province, Indonesia
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Nakajima,   Toru; Matsuda,   H.; Rifin,   Amzul.
In this paper, we analyze the structural change in the supply chain of oil palm in North Sumatra, Indonesia, especially after the financial crisis of the late 20th century. We first describe the past and present market structure and conduct of oil palm industries in North Sumatra with an industrial organization approach based on our field study. The analysis reveals that the supply chain of oil palm in North Sumatra has changed such that farmers had more power to determine FFB prices over crushing companies, especially from 2001 through 2004. However, farmers lost bargaining power during 2007-2008 due to a decrease in palm oil demand, plunging of palm oil prices, and a regulation imposed upon crushing companies by the Ministry of Agriculture. To analyze...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Indonesian palm oil; Market power; Asymmetric Price Transmission (APT); (Momentum) Threshold Autoregressive ((M-)TAR) model.; Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Labor and Human Capital.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/95206

THRESHOLD POPULATION LEVELS FOR RURAL RETAIL BUSINESSES IN NORTH DAKOTA, 2000
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Coon,   Randal C.; Leistritz,   F. Larry.
Business and community leaders frequently question the population level necessary to provide adequate sales volume for a particular type of business.  This study examines population levels associated with specified numbers of 16 business types in North Dakota towns between 200 and 10,000 population in 2000.  The data used to identify the presence of particular types of businesses in a given community were records of sales and use tax permit holders by Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) group from the North Dakota State Tax Department.  Threshold populations for the 16 business types were estimated using ordinary least squares (OLS) regression analysis.  The resulting estimates indicate that the populations required to support various business types...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Retail businesses; Rural business; Trade and service sector; Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2002
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/23518

Impact of Economic Growth on Income Inequality: A Regional Perspective
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Majumdar,   Shibalee; Partridge,   Mark D.
Impact of Economic Growth on Income Inequality:  A Regional Perspective                                 Shibalee Majumdar and Mark Partridge    Egalitarianism refers to the doctrine of the equality of mankind and the desirability of political, economic and social equality. In this paper, we are going to refer to the concept of economic equality. Theory shows that income inequality is a condition that prevails along with economic growth. According to the utilitarian view, income inequality must exist along with economic growth in order to maximize social welfare. This is in sharp contrast to the egalitarian view according to which, all members of the society should have equal access to all economic resources in terms of economic power, wealth and...
Tipo: Preprint
Palavras-chave: Regional development; Income inequality; Spatial relation; Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/49270

MARKET EMERGENCE AND THE RISE AND FALL OF BACKYARD HOG PRODUCTION IN CHINA
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Chen,   Jing; Rozelle,   Scott.
This paper first identifies an interesting pattern in farm household livestock production in many developing countries: an inverted-U shape relationship between household livestock production and the levels of economic development (or farm household income).  Using backyard hog production as a case study, the paper documents the ways in which trends in market development appear to correspond with observed trends in household hog production. After providing theoretical explanation of linkage between market development and household hog production, the paper econometrically estimates the effects of market development on household hog production. The results indicate that grain and labor market development can explain a significant portion of the rise and...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development; Consumer/Household Economics.
Ano: 2003
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/21969

FOREIGN TRADE AND TRANSITION PROCESS IN AGRI-FOOD SECTOR OF UKRAINE
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Levkovych,   Inna; Hockmann,   Heinrich.
In this study we try to assess the progress of the transformation process in Ukrainian agri-food sector. The development of foreign trade may serve as indicator of success of market reforms. Thus we analyse the changes in the trade structure of agri-food sector during 1996-2005. Also we compute indicators of inter- (RTA Index) and intra-industrial (Grubel-Lloyd Index, Brülhart A-Index) trade for this period. These indicators provide information about competitiveness of Ukrainian products, type and development of trade flows. We discuss also which policy measures are necessary for further economic integration of Ukraine into world markets
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Agri-food sector; Foreign trade; Intra-industry trade; Competitiveness; Grubel-Lloyd-Index; Ukraine; Agrar- und Ernährungssektor; Außenhandel; Intra-industrieller Handel; Wettbewerbsfähigkeit; Grubel-Lloyd-Index; Ukraine; Агропродовольственный сектор; Международная торговля; Внутри- отраслевая торговля; Конкурентноспособность; Индекс Грубель-Ллойда; Украина; Agribusiness; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Industrial Organization; Institutional and Behavioral Economics; International Development; F14; Q17.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/91956

Non-tariff barriers in EAC customs union: implications for trade between Uganda and other EAC countries
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Okumu,   Luke; Nyankori,   James Cyprian Okuk.
A key objective for the adoption of East African Community (EAC) Customs Union was to enhance economic gains through elimination of tariffs and non-tariff barriers (NTBs) within the member states. This study has established that several NTBs continue to exist, and some have persisted. The NTBs that have persisted for more than three years include a long list of customs documentation requirements, cumbersome formalities, and limited testing and certification arrangements. Other NTBs that still exist include: un-standardized weighbridges; several road blocks; lack of recognition of individual country’s standards; and the existence of several un-harmonised standards. The simulation results of spatial equilibrium model of maize trade with and without NTBs show...
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Non-tariff barriers; East African Community; EPRC; Uganda; Agribusiness; Agricultural Finance; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Consumer/Household Economics; Financial Economics; Industrial Organization; Labor and Human Capital; Productivity Analysis; Public Economics.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/113621

A LEADER Program hazai gyakorlatáról
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Varga,   Eszter.
A LEADER Programban az ország területén közel száz helyi akciócsoport működik a települési önkormányzatok, vállalkozások és civil szervezetek együttműködésében, amivel lehetőség nyílott az alulról jövő, a helyi érintettek igényeit is figyelembe vevő széles körű és integrált vidékfejlesztésre. Ezt a lehetőséget azonban egyelőre nem sikerült kellően hasznosítani. Ennek alapvető okai között említhető a megfelelő időben végzett átfogó és korábbi tapasztalatokra építő tervezés hiánya, az akciócsoportok autonómiájának alacsony szintje, a megvalósítás rendszerének túlbonyolítása, rugalmatlansága, valamint a résztvevők folyamatos és széles körű aktív részvételének hiánya. Továbbá megállapítható, hogy a magyarországi LEADER Program alapvető problémáinak,...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Vidékfejlesztés; LEADER Program; Helyi akciócsoport; Alulról jövő (bottom-up) fejlesztés; Rural development; LEADER programme; Local action group; Bottom-up development; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/99183

SETTLEMENT PATTERNS:  ESPECIALLY EXTENSION'S ROLE IN HELPING COMMUNITIES COPE
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Youmans,   Russell C.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development; Teaching/Communication/Extension/Profession.
Ano: 1977
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/32179

The Impact of Agriculture on Waterfowl Abundance: Evidence from Panel Data
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Wong,   Linda; van Kooten,   G. Cornelis; Clarke,   Judith A.
Agricultural expansion and intensification in Canada’s Prairie Pothole Region (PPR) have contributed to declining waterfowl populations since the 1970s. Although this region represents a mere 10% of North America’s waterfowl breeding habitat, it produces over 50% of the continent’s duck population and roughly 60% of Canada’s agricultural output. Thus, intense competition exists between private economic interests and public benefits in the PPR. To better understand the conflict between agricultural and wildlife uses of land, panel methods are used to examine the spatiotemporal variation of waterfowl populations and agricultural land use intensity in the PPR from 1961-2006. For the main static model, we find that a one percent increase in cropland or pasture...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Wetlands protection; Spatial econometrics; GIS; Land use conflict; Migratory waterfowl; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Environmental Economics and Policy; Q57; C33; Q15; Q24.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/98422

SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACTS OF AGRICULTURAL AND NON-AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT IN RURAL NORTH DAKOTA
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: DeVuyst,   Cheryl Sinn; Leistritz,   F. Larry; Schepp,   Angela.
Information from the  groups of development communities and  control communities is compared and contrasted to discern similarities and differences in the effects of the different types of development initiatives and to develop a set of general principles and recommended actions for community leaders to follow when planning for a new employer.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2003
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/21899

LOCATION DETERMINANTS OF MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY IN RURAL AREAS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Smith,   Eldon D.; Deaton,   Brady J.; Kelch,   David R.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 1978
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/30275

Towards a shift from agricultural to rural development policy. The case of the Republic of Macedonia
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Todorov,   Kiril; Vittuari,   Matteo.
Public support for agriculture in R. Macedonia is characterized by a significant evolution, but it is still largely affected by the lack of a consistent long-term development-oriented strategy. Within this framework measures for agricultural and rural development are changing on annual basis generating consistent disorientation among final users.  However, with the Strategy for Approximation of the Macedonian Agro-Food Sector to the CAP of the EU, Macedonian agricultural policy has taken a major step towards the process of identification of its own resources in order to create the necessary basis for the design of a new agriculture and rural development policy.  The paper aims at assessing the place that agriculture has in the overall economy and...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Subsidies; Policy; Resources; Rural development; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Q18.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/94898

Approaches to the efficiency measurement of small business development
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Filimonova,   Natalya; Basharina,   Svetlana.
Small entrepreneurship state in Russia is still under its potential and demands for effective strategic management of regional authorities. Business performance indicators currently being used in regional management  are old fashioned and they not effective in evaluation of performance of small enterprises. The authors calls for introducing a balanced system of quantitative indicators which, they believe, are more useful in measuring processes and results of small entrepreneurship.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Small business; Efficiency indicators for entrepreneurship; Strategic management in regions; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Marketing; Production Economics; L26; P25; R58.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/94536

Commercialisation of Agriculture in Kenya: Case Study of Urban Bias on Food Availability in Farm Households
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Kiriti,   Tabitha; Tisdell,   Clement A.
This study investigates the effect of cash cropping on food availability and examines the determinants of the proportion of income allocated for food expenditures in the Nyeri district in Kenya. Using a Tobit model, the results suggest that in general food expenditure allocations suffer due to cash cropping in Kenya as the lump-sum income flows from this may be used for purchases other than food. Food expenditure also suffers when remittances are irregular. On the other hand, earnings from outside employment for married women living with husbands are positively associated with food expenditure allocations. Amounts of non-cash food output as well as ownership of livestock are negatively associated with food expenditure allocations. These findings indicate...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Commercialisation; Non-food cash crops; Food cash crops; Food availability; And non-cash food crops.; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Land Economics/Use.
Ano: 2002
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/102262

Gender, Food Security and Livelihoods: The Case of Plan Ghana And Sissala
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Bediako,   J.A.; Debrah,   Kofi.
The study was used by Plan International to formulate a common Nutrition Action Plan for its food and nutrition security interventions in developing countries. The aim was to get insight into the food and nutrition security as well as livelihoods status at the household and community level of the people of Sissala. Specifically the study focused on the contribution made by Plan interventions to improve livelihoods, the food and nutrition security of households and communities, the impact on gender and to identify indicators for monitoring and evaluation. The survey was carried out in three centrally placed communities selected to ensure an even coverage of Plan Ghana activities in the Sissala West District of Ghana. Data was collected at community and...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Food security; Ghana; Livelihoods; Nutrition; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Demand and Price Analysis; Environmental Economics and Policy; Farm Management; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Food Security and Poverty; Labor and Human Capital; Marketing; Production Economics; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/52180

COPING WITH CHANGE IN RURAL COMMUNITIES: LESSONS FROM NORWAY AND MINNESOTA
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Westeren,   Knut Ingar; Maki,   Wilbur R.
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 1995
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/13500

Rural Livelihood Strategies and Social Capital in Latin America: Implications for Rural Development Projects
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Winters,   Paul C.; Corral,   Leonardo; Gordillo,   Gustavo.
Evidence from studies across Latin America show that rural households in the region are increasingly employing a diverse set of activities to maintain and improve livelihoods suggesting that households use multiple paths to get out of poverty. Of particular importance in household livelihood strategies are the assets households own and the context in which they operate. Recent development literature has highlighted the important role of social capital in development and particular emphasis is place on the role of this asset in this paper. The objective of this paper is to examine these trends in order to inform project design and implementation in the region. Based on the conceptual framework and evidence from Latin America, the paper offers a number of...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Rural livelihoods; Social capital; Latin America; Rural development projects; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Labor and Human Capital.
Ano: 2001
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/12947

Factors Affecting the Growth of Food and Beverage Manufacturers in New York State
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Hall,   Jeffrey S.; Schmit,   Todd M.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development; Marketing.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/61396

Perception de la Dégradation des Terres et Adoption des Technologies de Conservation des Eaux et des Sols au Nord du Burkina Faso : le cas du Zaï et des Cordons Pierreux
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Kinane,   Modeste  L.; Kone,   Michel; Sidibe,   Amadou.
This study is based on data collected from 141 family-type farms in the Yatenga province in Burkina Faso. A probit approach is used to analyze the effect of perception of land degradation and other factors on the adoption of zaï and stone rows. The results of the estimation show that the availability of organic matter from small ruminants is determinant for the adoption of both zaï and stone rows. Although most of farmers are aware of the causes and consequences of land degradation, this factor does not significantly impact on farmers’ decision to invest in SWC measures. Opportunities do exist for making more efficient use of local sources of nutrients, such as small ruminants’ organic matter in combination with locally accepted SWC measures. This may...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Land degradation; Technology adoption; Stone rows; Zai; Yatenga; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Consumer/Household Economics; Environmental Economics and Policy; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Food Security and Poverty; Labor and Human Capital; Land Economics/Use; Marketing; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/52192

Retail Trade Area Analysis Garrison North Dakota
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Bangsund,   Dean A.; Leistritz,   F. Larry; Wanzek,   Janet K.; Zetocha,   Dale F.; Bastow-Shoop,   Holly E.
This report is intended to provide an indepth trade area analysis of Garrison, North Dakota. Specific analyses included determining Garrison's main and greater trade areas, identifying the demographic profile of Garrison shoppers, examining important and less important services for patron shoppers of Garrison, identifying neighboring cities that area shoppers patronize, determining distances area shoppers traveled to Garrison, and listing popular newspapers and radio stations among area residents. Current trade area information for Garrison was obtained from a statewide trade area survey conducted by the Department of Agricultural Economics at North Dakota State University in 1989. Recent trends (1980 to 1989) in Garrison population, retail sales, per...
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development; Financial Economics.
Ano: 1991
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/51283

Impact assessment of rehabilitation intervention in the Gal Oya Left Bank
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Amarasinghe,   Upali A.; Sakthivadivel,   Ramasamy; Murray-Rust,   Hammond.
Assesses the impact of rehabilitation interventions on irrigation system performance using time series analysis. The study demonstrates that with proper impact specification and model identification, the nature and magnitude of the impacts of different interventions can be separated from the effects of simultaneous changes in dominant exogenous factors.
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Irrigation management; Water management; Irrigation systems; Productivity; Rehabilitation; Models; Project evaluation; Rain; Reservoir storage; Sri Lanka; Gal Oya Project; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Crop Production/Industries; Farm Management; Productivity Analysis; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 1998
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/52965

MID TERM EVALUATION OF RDPs IN ITALY: COMPARING MODELS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Fucilli,   Vincenzo; De Blasi,   Giuseppe; Acciani,   Claudio.
With the reforms of Structural Funds there has been a considerable tightening of the guiding principles of Community actions. Among these, a primary role has been given to evaluation. In this context, the paper deals with what has been realized for the evaluation of rural development policy, comparing various experiences in Italy with reference to the Rural Development Plans. The aim is to verify, on the basis of (meta) criteria, the methodological contents of the mid term evaluation reports of 14 RDPs in the centre-north of Italy. Through the analyses and the comparisons of these reports, the paper is an attempt to reconstruct the “quality” of the evaluations with specific reference to the methodological aspects, the models and the procedures adopted by...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Evaluation; Rural Development Plans; Mid Term; Metaevaluation; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/6447

RURAL DEVELOPMENT IN AN AUSTERE ENVIRONMENT: THE CHALLENGE OF THE EIGHTIES
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Dillman,   B.L.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 1982
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/29572

Why some community forests are performing better than others: a case of forest user groups in Nepal
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Chand,   Narendra; Kerr,   Geoffrey N.; Bigsby,   Hugh R.
Management of many Nepalese forests has been devolved to local communities. Forest products, which are used by the community and which may also be traded, are essential contributors to community well-being. Forests are also important contributors of ecosystem services, such as flood protection and wildlife habitat. Nepalese communities were surveyed to measure flows of forest products from their community forests. A stochastic frontier analysis shows that communities are not producing forest products efficiently and there is potential for improvement. The results shows that forest products benefit and environmental performance are associated products. In addition, analysis reveals that factors such as social capital, support from government and knowledge...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Community forestry; Stochastic frontier; Production efficiency; Nepal; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Environmental Economics and Policy; Farm Management; Productivity Analysis.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/96827

Staying in Touch through Extension: An Analysis of Farmers’ Use of Alternative Extension Information Products
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Jones,   Lauren E.; Diekmann,   Florian; Batte,   Marvin T.
The U.S. farming industry is evolving quickly. It is therefore important that state Extension services be prepared to evolve as well. This study uses data collected in a 2007 survey of Ohio farmers to evaluate likelihood and frequency of use of various services offered by Extension as well as overall satisfaction with Extension services. Results indicate that tailoring of topics and communication methods to type of farm and/or farmer informational needs could improve the use of Extension resources. This implies that targeting of information products and methods may improve the performance of Extension education programs and customer satisfaction.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Communication methods; Double hurdle model; Extension information demand; Extension satisfaction; Value of information; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Farm Management; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies; Teaching/Communication/Extension/Profession; Q10; Q12; Q16.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/90669

THE IMPACT OF RURAL ENTERPRISES ON HOUSEHOLD SAVINGS IN CHINA
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Zhu,   Qiuxia.
In view of development policy, capital formation is crucial for economic growth in a country. Since the reform in 1978, China has enjoyed high saving rates. However, in the late 1990s the saving rates rose to such a high level, therefore the economic policy to promote consumption in order to reduce savings was suggested,. This paper attempts explains this paradox of "excessively high saving rates" in relation to the capital accumulation mechanism in rural enterprise (TVEs: Township and Village Enterprises). The determinants of household savings in developing countries is one important topic of the development research. However most studies have ignored investment as one main determinant. In the famous Lewis' model, the savings of farm households for...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development; Consumer/Household Economics.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/18746

Inadequacies in the water reforms in the Kyrgyz Republic: an institutional analysis
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Ul Hassan,   Mehmood; Starkloff,   Ralf; Nizamedinkhodjayeva,   Nargiza.
This report analyzes the evolving water-management institutions and their performance of five core water management functions, in the context of the ongoing economic and agrarian reform in the Kyrgyz Republic. These core water-management functions are, operation of water systems, maintenance, resource mobilization, conflict resolution and organizational management. The report also identifies key issues and challenges that constrain effective stakeholder participation in water-resources management.
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Water resource management; Analysis; Irrigation management; Participatory management; Water users’ associations; Research methods; Agrarian reform; Irrigation programs; Operations; Maintenance; Conflict; Rivers; Kyrgyzstan; Agribusiness; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Crop Production/Industries; Environmental Economics and Policy; Farm Management; Institutional and Behavioral Economics; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/53066

EDUCATION AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Rosenfeld,   Stuart A.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 1989
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/17217

AGRIFOOD INDUSTRY AS INDUSTRY INTENSIVELY BASED ON KNOWLEDGE - CASE STUDY OF VOJVODINA
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Komnenic,   Biserka; Tomic,   Danilo Vlastimir; Tomic,   Gordana Radovan.
During three-hundred-year history of the market economy, the main sources of wealth creation have changed from the natural resources (mainly land and relatively unskilled labor with the exception of the master craftsman), tangible material assets (buildings, machinery and equipment, funds) to intangible assets (knowledge and information of all types) that may be contained in the people, organizations, or physical resources. In the later period of the twentieth century, science has acquired the features of direct production force. The term direct implies that unlike the relationship which existed between science and production in the IXX century, where scientific advances was incorporated through the physical labor in the tools, which, in turn, created new...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agricultural industry; Intellectual capital; Efficiency; Valorisation; Agribusiness; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Labor and Human Capital.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/57483

Restrictions of empirical policy analyses: the example of the evaluation of rural development policies
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Margarian,   Anne.
The present paper asks under what circumstances a standardisation of evaluations would be feasible in order to enable a comprehensible aggregation of results for the European administration. We argue that in the complex environment of rural development the adequate definition of system boundaries is a precondition for the successful application of empirical methods and the identification of causal effects. If macro effects and self-enforcing effects are important, the objects of inquiry have to be defined on a higher observational level. In this case, the statistical identification may not be possible because there might be hardly any comparable (“counterfactual”) observations. We conclude that evaluators need definite theoretical guidance in order to...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Evaluation; Complex systems; Causal inference; Counterfactual approach; Community/Rural/Urban Development; O22; Q18; R58; C51.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/95320

THE ROLE OF STAKEHOLDERS' INVOLVEMENT TO COMBAT DESERTIFICATION: A CASE STUDY IN THE APULIA REGION
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Maraglino,   T.; Ricco,   V.; Schiralli,   M.; Giordano,   R.; Pappagallo,   G.
Drought and desertification are largely considered as the major and most complex natural hazards. This is mainly due to the complexity of the web of impacts that ripple through too many sectors causing serious economic, social and environmental consequences. Hence, a wide range of actors are interested by drought effects. Empirical investigations in scientific literature have highlighted the differences between the stakeholder' perceptions of drought and desertification phenomena and the results of scientific – technical evaluation. There is no unique definition of the problem, but each individual has her/his own perception of drought and desertification, which is influenced by previous drought experiences and the mental models used to analyse these...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Stakeholder; Desertification; Decision making process.; Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Labor and Human Capital.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/95201

Adaptation to Climate Change in a Rural Economy with Missing Markets
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Kraybill,   David S.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development; Environmental Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/62188

THE INSTITUTIONAL NEEDS FOR RURAL DEVELOPMENT IN VIRGINIA
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: McDowell,   George R.
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2002
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/14822

TOURISM DEVELOPMENTAS A SUSTAINABLE RURAL ACTIVITY
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Csete,   Maria.
The subject of the analysis is the Lake Tisza region. This region was chosen because it is rich in natural values coupled with economic and social problems and a significant Romani population, making it suitable for the complex evaluation of interdependences.  I am investigating the contribution of development to sustainability, taking into account the local connections and interactions between sustainability, climate change and tourism. The purpose of this paper is to highlight the possible role of tourism in sustainable rural development and outline an adaptation portfolio accordingly.  A questionnaire-based survey was carried out from June to December 2008 to highlight the major uncertainties in the practical implementation of local sustainability in...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Sustainability; Climate change; Tourism development; Sustainable rural activities; Local adaptation portfolio; Fenntarthatóság; Klímaváltozás; Turizmusfejlesztés; Fenntartható vidéki tevékenység; Helyi alkalmazkodási portfolió; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/99213

The Empirics of Social Capital and Economic Development: A Critical Perspective
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Sabatini,   Fabio.
This paper provides an introduction to the concept of social capital, and carries out a critical review of the empirical literature on social capital and economic development. The survey points out six main weaknesses affecting the empirics of social capital. Identified weaknesses are then used to analyze, in a critical perspective, some prominent empirical studies and new interesting researches published in the last two years. The need emerges to acknowledge, also within the empirical research, the multidimensional, context-dependent and dynamic nature of social capital. The survey also underlines that, although it has gained a certain popularity in the empirical research, the use of “indirect” indicators may be misleading. Such measures do not represent...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development; Labor and Human Capital.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/12097

Working-Age Adult Mortality, Orphan Status, and Child Schooling in Rural Zambia
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Mather,   David.
During the last decade, the Zambian government has dramatically increased expenditures on primary and secondary schooling, and enrollment rates have risen dramatically. At the same time, Zambia has faced the challenge of rising HIV prevalence and the possibility that recent gains in long-term human capital development could be eroded if households which suffer the death of a working-age (WA) adult pull their children out of school due to family labor shortages or financial constraints. This paper uses panel survey data from rural Zambia to measure the impact of WA adult mortality and morbidity on primary school attendance and school advancement, and separately tests the extent to which orphan status affects these schooling outcomes. There are five...
Tipo: Technical Report
Palavras-chave: Zambia; Adult Mortality; Orphan; Schooling; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Food Security and Poverty; Health Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/120740

IMPACT OF INDUSTRY IN RURAL ECONOMIES: AN INPUT-OUTPUT APPROACH
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Guedry,   Leo J., Jr.; Smith,   David W.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 1980
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/29484

Rural development as provision of local public goods: Theory and evidence from Poland
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Gramzow,   Andreas.
Since the beginning of the 1990s a new rural development policy, which has later been called the "new rural paradigm" by the OECD, has received increasing attention in the European Union (EU) and elsewhere. It is expected that these policy measures attenuate social and economic problems in rural areas on a broader basis than the agricultural sector alone. They support local stakeholders like non-governmental organizations, local governments and local businesses in implementing local development strategies that are based on endogenous potentials and spatial interaction. Polish rural inhabitants, suffering among many other issues, from a lack of nonagricultural jobs, an unfavorable business environment and an insufficient public infrastructure, pinned high...
Tipo: Book
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Food Security and Poverty; Institutional and Behavioral Economics.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/92313

THEME OVERVIEW: FUNDAMENTAL FORCES AFFECTING AGRIBUSINESS INDUSTRIES
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Olson,   Kent D.; Boehlje,   Michael.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness; Market Forces; Structural Change; Porter’s Five Forces; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Q13; L10; L22; M22; L80.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/100783

Does Scarcity Exacerbate the Tragedy of the Commons? Evidence from Fishers’ Experimental Responses
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Maldonado,   Jorge Higinio; Moreno-Sanchez,   Rocio del Pilar.
Economic Experimental Games (EEGs), focused to analyze dilemmas associated with the use of common pool resources, have shown that individuals make extraction decisions that deviate from the suboptimal Nash equilibrium. However, few studies have analyzed whether these deviations towards the social optimum are affected as the stock of resource changes. Performing EEG with local fishermen, we test the hypothesis that the behavior of participants differs under a situation of abundance versus one of scarcity. Our findings show that under a situation of scarcity, players over-extract a given resource, and thus make decisions above the Nash equilibrium; in doing so, they obtain less profit, mine the others-regarding interest, and exacerbate the tragedy of the...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Tragedy of the commons intensified; Economic experimental games; Resource abundance; Resource scarcity; Dynamic effects; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Environmental Economics and Policy; Institutional and Behavioral Economics; Land Economics/Use; Public Economics; D01; D02; D03; O13; O54; Q01; Q22; C93; C72; C73; C23.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/91170

Market Institutions: Enhancing the Value of Rural-Urban Links
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Chowdhury,   Shyamal K.; Negassa,   Asfaw; Torero,   Maximo.
This paper examines how market institutions can affect links between urban and rural areas with specific emphasis on goods market integration in the national context. Traditionally, development researchers and practitioners have focused either on rural market development or on urban market development without considering the interdependencies and synergies between the two. However, more than ever before, emerging local and global patterns such as the modern food value-chain led by supermarkets and food processors, rapid urbanization, changes in dietary composition, and enhanced information and communication technologies point to the need to pay close attention to the role of markets both in linking rural areas with intermediate cities and market towns and...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Market; Institution; Value; Urban; Rural; Bangladesh; Ethiopia; Indonesia; Kenya; Peru; Community/Rural/Urban Development; International Development.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/59597

The Role of Clustering in Rural Industrialization:  A Case Study of the Footwear Industry in Wenzhou
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Huang,   Zuhui; Zhang,   Xiaobo; Zhu,   Yunwei.
Wenzhou used to be one of the poorest regions in eastern China. With limited arable land, poor road access to major cities, and little support from the upper level governments, this region seemed to lack all the conditions necessary for economic growth. However, over the past several decades Wenzhou has developed the most dynamic private sector in China, and has accordingly achieved one of the fastest growth rates. In particular, the footwear industry in Wenzhou has grown from a negligible market share to the largest in China. Here, we report a survey of 140 Wenzhou-based footwear enterprises of various scales, and use this information to examine the driving forces behind the dramatic rural industrial growth seen in this region. Our results show that...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Cluster; Industrialization; Finance; Economic development; Nonfarm economy.; Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/42408

Measuring Irrigation Water Efficiency with a Stochastic Production Frontier: An Application for Citrus Producing Farms in Tunisia
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Dhehibi,   Boubaker; Lachaal,   Lassaad; Elloumi,   Mohamed; Messaoud,   Emna B.
The objective of this paper is to propose an alternative measure of irrigation water efficiency based on the concept of input- specific technical efficiency, which contracts with measures previously used in the literature. The proposed methodology is applied to a randomly selected sample of 144 citrus growing farms located in Nabeul (Tunisia). A stochastic production frontier approach, based on Battese and Coelli’s (1995) inefficiency effect model, is used to obtain farm-specific estimates of technical and irrigation water efficiency. In addition, a second-stage regression approach is used to identify the factors influencing irrigation water efficiency differentials across citrus growing farms. Results indicate that technical efficiency ranges from a...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Citrus; Efficiency; Tunisia; Water; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Demand and Price Analysis; Environmental Economics and Policy; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Food Security and Poverty; International Relations/Trade; Marketing; Productivity Analysis; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/52166

La Ruta de la Sal Prehispánica. Patrimonio alimentario, cultural y turismo rural en Zapotitlán de las Salinas, Puebla, México.
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Renard Hubert,   Marie Christine; Ortiz,   Humberto Thome.
Ante el abandono del campo mexicano de parte de sus pobladores, resultado del proceso de apertura comercial que ha conocido el país desde hace treinta años, y que se ha traducido en empobrecimiento y migración de los campesinos, resulta importante buscar alternativas. Volver a valorar productos tradicionales, enraizados en las culturas locales, con una fuerte carga de identidad y buscar la activación de un desarrollo local en torno a estos productos mediante actividades no solamente agrícolas sino también turísticas es una opción para algunas comunidades. El caso de una sal de origen prehispánico, cuyos usos han sido no solamente alimentarios sino curativos, ofrece estas posibilidades. La Ruta de la Sal, en Zapotitlán de las Salinas, Puebla, es un proyecto...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Turismo rural; Sal prehispánica; Patrimonio alimentario.; Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Labor and Human Capital.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/95221

A Life Case of Hardwick, Vermont - Approach to Improve Long Term Sustainability for Small and Medium-Sized Farms and Rural Communities
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Liang,   Chyi-Lyi (Kathleen).
This paper presents a success story of a rural community adopting multifunctional farm operation to achieve long term sustainability and profitability.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Multifunctional farm operation; Food system; Local food; Hardwick Vermont; Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Food Security and Poverty; Q0.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/103687

ASSESSING THE RESEARCH FRAMEWORK AND INSTITUTIONAL CONTEXT FOR RURAL DEVELOPMENT POLICY: DISCUSSION
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Schweikhardt,   David B.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 1992
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/30385

Free-riders or victims:  Women's nonparticipation in irrigation management in Nepal's Chhattis Mauja Irrigation Scheme.
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Zwarteveen,   Margreet Z.; Neupane,   Nita.
Examines multiple factors in women's involvement/non-involvement in irrigation in the Chhattis Mauja irrigation scheme in Nepal. Includes an empirical analysis of the livelihood strategies of farm households, documentation of the level and nature of participation of women and men in the water users' organizations, analysis of women's access to irrigation services, and an examination of the need and desirability of increasing the participation of woman in the scheme organization.
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Irrigation management; Farmer-managed irrigation systems; Irrigation programs; Privatization; Water users' associations; Irrigated farming; Irrigation canals; Water delivery; Water allocation; Water distribution; Maintenance; Gender; Women in development; Farmers; Female labor; Agricultural manpower; Households; Family labor; Living standards; Social aspects; Agricultural production; Villages; Social organization; Performance evaluation; Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Consumer/Household Economics; Crop Production/Industries; Farm Management; Food Security and Poverty; Institutional and Behavioral Economics; Land Economics/Use; Production Economics.
Ano: 1996
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/52731

ENTWICKLUNGSTENDENZEN LANDWIRTSCHAFTLICHER FAMILIENBETRIEBE IN RUSSLAND SEIT 1990
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Katja,   Bruisch.
An die russische Agrarreform der 1990er Jahre knüpfte sich die Erwartung, dass entsprechend der Erfahrung in westlichen Staaten landwirtschaftliche Familienbetriebe (Fermer-Betriebe) an die Stelle der staatlichen Großbetriebe treten und einen Aufschwung in der russischen Landwirtschaft auslösen würden. Entgegen dieser Erwartungen ist der russische Fermer-Sektor bis heute verhältnismäßig schwach entwickelt, während die Landwirtschaft als eines der wichtigsten Problemfelder der russischen Innenpolitik gilt. Im vorliegenden Discussion Paper werden die für die Entstehung des Fermer-Sektors relevanten Aspekte der russischen Agrarreform nachvollzogen sowie auf der Grundlage russischer Statistiken die gegenwärtige Lage der russischen Landwirtschaft analysiert. Im...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Russland; Transformation; Agrarreform; Familienbetriebe.; Agribusiness; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Farm Management; Industrial Organization; International Development; Political Economy; P 25; Q 12; Q 15.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/90873

AGROINDUSTRY FOR RURAL AND SMALL FARMER DEVELOPMENT: ISSUES AND LESSONS FROM INDIA
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Gandhi,   Vasant P.; Kumar,   Gauri; Marsh,   Robin.
This article examines the priority given to agroindustries in India in the context of their role in rural and small farmer development.  The features and constraints of agroindustry are examined to assess their real and potential contribution and challenges faced.  Institutional and organizational models that have been tried or proposed in India are evaluated from the point of view of performance and contribution to rural and small farmer development.  The article then draws policy and managerial implications
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness; Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 1999
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/34223

Cohesion Policy for rural areas after 2013: A rationale derived from the EDORA project (European Development Opportunities in Rural Areas) - ESPON 2013 Project 2013/1/2
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Copus,   Andrew K.; Shucksmith,   Mark; Dax,   Thomas; Meredith,   David.
The starting point of the EDORA project was the recognition that, rather than becoming more uniform in character, rural Europe is, in many ways, becoming increasingly diverse, implying new challenges and opportunities. The project’s overarching aim was to examine the process of differentiation, in order to better understand how EU policy can enable rural areas to build upon their specific potentials to achieve ‘smart, sustainable and inclusive growth’. The first phase of the project consisted of a literature review in order to establish a conceptual framework for subsequent empirical analysis. This identified a very wide range of aspects of contemporary rural change. In order to manage this complexity, and so that it could be communicated simply and...
Tipo: Article
Palavras-chave: Rural areas; European Union; Cohesion policy; Neo-endogenous place-based approaches; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/119647

“SOCIAL AGRICULTURE”: A PATTERN BETWEEN FARM INNOVATION, SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY AND MULTIFUNCTIONALITY
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Macri,   Maria Carmela; Perito,   Maria Angela.
Rural context and agricultural process are assuming growing credibility as a mean to promote well being and social inclusion in the population as a whole. Fattoria solidale del Circeo” constitutes one of the many examples of social agriculture that have risen in the recent years in Italy. Differently from the general case, it is a large farm which is moving from a conventional an intensive farming system to another model, without abandoning its entrepreneurial nature. Even if it is not easy to assign a theoretic paradigm, it could be useful both in order to understand it and to give correct instruments to policy makers. So we can try to put the Fattoria Solidale del Circeo’s experience in a theoretic context. It seems to us that at least three different...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Social agriculture; Innovation; Corporate Social Responsibility; Multifunctionality of Agriculture; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Institutional and Behavioral Economics; Labor and Human Capital.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/57403

AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION SERVICE IN THE FUNCTION OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Zivkovic,   Dragic; Jelic,   Sreten; Rajic,   Zoran.
Agriculture and agricultural extension service are facing numerous problems in present times when good solutions are not easy to find. Providing of agricultural extension service is important foreign-political instrument of a state which has stimulates the development of agricultural production. Agricultural extension service must provide effective link between holdings-producers, agricultural research and other sources of information. Agricultural extension agents must be aware of psycho-social and social aspects of group action and individual counselling. Therefore, one of priorities in agricultural development of our country is rising of the level of extension operation and establishment of extension service based on modern principles. This is the...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agricultural extension service; Types; Models; Functioning; Human resources; Agribusiness; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Teaching/Communication/Extension/Profession.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/57507

Economic Reform, Energy, and Development: The Case of Mexican Manufacturing
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Gallagher,   Kevin P.; Aguayo,   Francisco.
Given increasing concern over global climate change and national security there is a burgeoning interest in examining the relationship between economic growth and energy use in developed and developing countries. More specifically, delinking energy use per unit of gross domestic product (GDP) has fast come to be seen as in the interests of national economies and the world as a whole. Recent attention has been paid to the dramatic decreases in the energy intensity of the Chinese economy, which fell by 55 percent between 1975 and 1995 (Sinton and Fridley, 2000). Do other developing economies follow similar trajectories? This paper examines the energy intensity of the Mexican economy for the period 1988 to 1998. Although the long-term trend in Mexican energy...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2003
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/15575

The Value of Inherent Soil Characteristics: A Hedonic Analysis
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Samarasinghe,   Oshadhi; Greenhalgh,   Suzie.
In an attempt to value soil natural capital, we use the inherent characteristics of soil and land valuation data to examine the relationship between soil characteristics and rural farmland values in the 6000ks2 Manawatu catchment in New Zealand. The study applies a hedonic pricing method to determine if the value of ‘critical’ inherent characteristics of soils are reflected in land values. We find empirical evidence that the examined characteristics of soil natural capital stock, e.g., particle size, drainage, potential rooting depth and profile available water, are in fact reflected in rural land values.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Natural capital; Soil characteristics; Value of soil; Hedonic prices; Rural land value; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Consumer/Household Economics; Crop Production/Industries; Environmental Economics and Policy; Farm Management; Land Economics/Use.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/97158

Multifunctionality and value creation in rural areas of southern Italy
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Nazzaro,   Concetta; Marotta,   Giuseppe.
The paper focuses on a new theoretical-methodological approach to interpreting functional transformation processes of farms located in rural areas and marked by a delay in development. We have defined a theoretical paradigm of optimal value portfolio (OVP) which considers -in a new light- multifunctional agricultural farms as an ensemble of governance structures optimizing the creation of value.  The need to validate the OVP functionality has led us to identify a new methodological approach referred to as the Value Portfolio and Multifunctional Governance Analysis (VPMGA). This analysis embeds value chain analysis and governance value analysis and at the same time attempts to overcome the “sectoral” limits representing also a new and further development....
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Multifunctionality; Rural development; Positive externalities; Value chains; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Q12; Q18; Q19.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/95322

A New Approach to Non-CMA/CA Areas
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Howatson-Leo,   Linda; Earl,   Louise; Puderer,   Henry; Cunningham,   Ron; Bollman,   Ray D.; Rea,   Willa.
Non-metropolitan areas in Canada are often simply referred as rural Canada, without enough attention paid to their inner differences. The Metropolitan Influence Zones (MIZ) conceptual framework allows us to divide non-metropolitan areas into No Metropolitan Influence Zone (No MIZ), Weak Metropolitan Influence Zone (Weak MIZ), and Moderate Metropolitan Influence Zone (Moderate MIZ), according to the commuting flows to and from metropolitan areas. Analyses on New Brunswick show that the nonmetropolitan population are economically disadvantaged overall compared to metropolitan population. However, there are substantial differences within nonmetropolitan areas. Population in the No Metropolitan Influence Zone do not appear to be the most disadvantaged...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 1996
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/28032

Transition to Decoupled Rice Support and Its Production Effects in Korea
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Lim,   Song-Soo.
Abolishing a nearly 50-year-old policy for rice price support, Korea adopted a new direct payment program in 2005. Making the transition to decoupled income support has been governed by the need for operative and effective income safety nets and the WTO disciplines on domestic support. The program aims to deal with over-supply of rice while guarding against the threat of income insecurity. Integrated into a target price mechanism, the fixed and variable payments compensate part of farm income loss arising from adverse market conditions. An empirical estimation based on the farm-level data is performed to test the degree of a linkage between rice support and production. The analysis suggests that rice support have only marginal influence on production with...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Rice; Decoupled support; Direct payments; Agricultural policy reform; Korea; Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; Agricultural Finance; Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/45680

Animal produce emission in the mid Szigetköz (Island fluve) villages (1990–2006)
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Horvath,   Eszter.
In my research I have analysed the agricultural co-operative animal breeding and animal produce characteristics of four Mid Szigetköz villages (Ásványráró, Hédervár, Darnózseli and Püski) from 1990 to 2006. I began my search with agricultural research, by examining the documents and notes pertaining to the agricultural history of the villages. According to the results of my search the Mid Szigetköz, – just like the entire Szigetköz region – had an exceptionally rich, valuable animal breeding culture, which was also rich in tradition. In the next analytical parts of my search I have analysed the indicators and natural data which characterised and determined the productivity structure of co-operatives, their animal breeding and their way of manufacturing...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Szigetkoz; Animal breeding; Animal produce; Agriculture co-operatives; Cycle effect; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Livestock Production/Industries; Production Economics.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/51939

MASTER TRAINING IN AGRIBUSINESS AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT AT THE UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Karpati,   Laszlo.
The main objective of the AHEAD project is to establish new BSc and MSc programmes in Croatia at two Faculties of the University of Zagreb. These are as follows: Agricultural and Rural Development, Food Safety and Quality Management and pilot MSc training in Agribusiness and Rural Development. These are preceded by faculty retraining programmes in food safety and quality management, as well as agribusiness and commerce within the framework of a MBA programme accredited by the International MBA Network. The professional content of the project is a modernised curriculum and training palette that would be available by the end of this project at the University of Zagreb, serving not only the higher education of the country, but the demand of the Croatian...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Curriculum Development; Agribusiness; Food Safety; Quality; Croatia; Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Environmental Economics and Policy; Institutional and Behavioral Economics; International Development; Political Economy; Public Economics; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/43583

Loan Portfolio Performance and El Niño, an Intervention Analysis
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Collier,   Benjamin; Katchova,   Ani L.; Skees,   Jerry R.
Replaced by updated/revised version.  This is an electronic version of a journal article, please cite as: Collier, B., A.L. Katchova, and J. Skees. “Loan Portfolio Performance and El Nino, an Intervention Analysis.” Agricultural Finance Review 71(2011):98-119.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agricultural Finance; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Financial Economics; International Development; Risk and Uncertainty.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/56217

VERSENYKÉPES ÉLELMISZERGAZDASÁG – ÉLHETŐ VIDÉK (Négy tézis egy lehetséges fejlesztési politika körvonalainak meghatározásához)
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Lakner,   Zoltan; Hajdu-Balogh,   Dalma; Kajari,   Karolina; Kasza,   Gyula; Markusz,   Peter; Vizvari,   Bela.
A 20. század végére globális termelési és kereskedelmi rendszerek alakultak ki az élelmiszergazdaságban. Ezek alapvető jellemzője, hogy a korábban általá-nosan alkalmazott piacvédelmi rendszerek lebomlásával párhuzamosan egyre inkább a termékek ára és minősége válik meghatározóvá. Az Európai Unió napjainkban még képes ugyan ideig-óráig fenntartani a „belső” piacok védelmét, ez azonban valószínűleg nem sokáig marad így. A 2007-13 időszakban olyan agrárgazdaság kialakítására indokolt törekedni, mely magában hordozza a hosszú távú, a mindinkább liberalizálódó és globalizálódó világgazdaság feltételrendszerei között is fenntartható fejlődés lehetőségét. (1) Ennek érdekében a magyar agro-ökológiai adottságokat messzemenően figyelembe vevő, a precíziós...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Optimális erőforrás-hasznosítás; Hozzáadott érték növelése; Kereskedelmi erőfölény; Élelmiszerbiztonság; Optimum resource utilisation; Increased value-added content; Regulation of commercial superiority; Food security system; Agribusiness; Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/57684

Malawi’s Maize Marketing System
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Jayne,   Thomas S.; Sitko,   Nicholas J.; Ricker-Gilbert,   Jacob; Mangisoni,   Julius H.
National food security in Malawi depends on improving the performance of maize markets. Ensuring that grain is consistently available at tolerable prices is crucial for consumers’ food security. At the same time, surplus producing farmers need to receive farm-gate prices consistently above production costs to intensify the use of fertilizer and other productivity enhancing technologies in a sustainable manner. These concerns give rise to the classic food price dilemma for policy makers in Malawi: how to keep prices low enough to ensure low income consumers’ access to food while keeping prices high enough to promote farm production incentives. These tensions cannot be avoided but they can be relieved through reducing food marketing margins, which shrink the...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Food security; Malawi; Maize; Marketing; Food policy; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Food Security and Poverty; International Development; Marketing; Q12; Q18.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/62162

Place-Based Economic Policy: Innovation or Fad?
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Johnson,   Thomas G.
This paper explores the emerging concept of place-based economic policy. It reviews recent literature on place-based economics policy, especially regional competitiveness policy, and explores the adoption and diffusion of this concept by economic development practitioners and social science researchers. It attempts to answer the question: Are place-based economic policy and the underlying conceptual foundations lasting innovations, or are they fads which economic development practitioners and social scientists will adopt until another fad emerges? The conclusion is that economic development practitioners and social scientists do tend to respond to fads. To ensure that regional economic development policy is not dominated by fads, social scientists must get...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Regional; Competitiveness; Place-based; Clusters; Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/10160

THE ECONOMIC STRUCTURE OF THE FOX VALLEY: A STUDY OF ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Muench,   David; Deller,   Steven C.
This study was commissioned by the Fox Cities Economic Development Partnership and undertaken by the University of Wisconsin-Extension. The intent of the study is to identify potential areas of economic growth and development for the region. The ultimate goal of this study is to provide insight and identify potential future policy directions by the Partnership and other economic development practitioners and policy makers.
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2001
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/12682

The Doha Round and Food Security in the Dairy Sector in Cameroon: A Global Simulation Model (GSIM) Approach: Technical Annex
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Leudjou,   Roland R.
This document is the technical annex to the full paper “The Doha Round and Food  Security in the Dairy Sector in Cameroon: A Global Simulation Model (GSIM) Approach”  which is available separately.
Tipo: Article
Palavras-chave: Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Consumer/Household Economics; Demand and Price Analysis; Financial Economics; Food Security and Poverty; Industrial Organization; Institutional and Behavioral Economics; International Development; International Relations/Trade; Political Economy.
Ano: 2012
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/123134

Organization and structure of the chain in the Integrated Projects of Food Chain in Basilicata region: the effects on the new rural dynamics
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Conto,   Francesco; La Sala,   Piermichele; Papapietro,   Paolo.
The introduction of the Integrated Projects of Food Chain requires the development of models capable of interpreting the dynamics of vertical and horizontal coordination between agents and the definition of the issues that most affect the ability of professionals to provide value added to goods and products to acquire in exchange a competitive advantage. With reference to the Basilicata region, the production structure of the region and the recent development of the Integrated Projects of Food Chain, this research has developed a new model of territorial organization of rural development. Now connect a new food chain model that combines theories of productivity, typical of contract economic, with those of social welfare and environmental economics:...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Food Chain; Rural Development; Integrated Project of Food Chain.; Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Labor and Human Capital.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/95001

RURAL DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIES:  THE CASE OF TANZANIA
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Lubawa,   Chilwa S.
Tanzania, like many developing countries has its share of problems associated with developing its rural sector where the majority of its population lives.  Since independence, the government of Tanzania has proclaimed the development of the rural sector the cornerstone of the country's development strategy.  A number of approaches have been tried in Tanzania.  Some of them abolished and then re-established in an effort to pave a smooth road towards rural development through improved agricultural performance and provision of essential social services.  Besides the provision of social services such as clean water, schools and dispensaries to about half of the rural population by 1982, none of the approaches has led to the anticipated transformation of...
Tipo: Thesis or Dissertation
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 1985
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/11186

COMBINING QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE APPROACHES TO RURAL DEVELOPMENT ANALYSIS: THE CASE OF AGRICULTURAL INTENSIFICATION IN LEBANON
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Hamade,   Kanj; Malorgio,   Giulio; Midmore,   Peter.
While peripheral rural regions in Lebanon face typical problems of lagging development and economic marginalisation, they have not been regarded as a priority for policy-makers, and significant disparities between these and other regions have emerged as a result. Local extensionists have encouraged technological innovation as a means to improving farmers’ livelihoods, and this has led to increasing input use and an intensification of agricultural production. This paper applies contrasting quantitative and qualitative methodologies to analyse the effects of such changes at the level of the overall economy of Lebanon and also to explore the impacts on rural households. A Computable General Equilibrium (CGE) model explores several simulation scenarios in...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/108960

Rural development in the EU
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Buckwell,   Allan.
This article analyses the evolution of European rural regional economies and the Community's public regional policies, with a view to drawing lessons for other areas of the world, especially Latin America. After presenting relative size data for the EU regions based on population, territory, employment and income, the article analyses the key economic and social trends in these areas, together with the underlying explanatory factors. The main conclusion is that the economic development of the rural regions of the EU is much more due to the overall national economic development issues, than to rural development policies. Therefore, the way to achieve rural development is by means of a good overall economic development policy, and national policies are more...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Economic development of rural areas; Overall economic development; EU rural development policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; O18.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/7988

Development of Leisure Agriculture in Fujian Province
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Zhan,   Ling; Feng,   Xian.
This paper analyzes the developmental advantages of leisure agriculture in Fujian Province of China. It then summarizes the developmental characteristics of leisure agriculture. Finally, some policy proposals on the development of leisure agriculture in Fujian are put forward.
Tipo: Thesis or Dissertation
Palavras-chave: Leisure agriculture; Fujian Province of China; Development research; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Environmental Economics and Policy; Marketing; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/53520

Aid allocation effects on growth and poverty: A CGE framework
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Twimukye,   Evarist P.; Nabiddo,   Winnie; Matovu,   John Mary.
It has been argues that increased aid causes Dutch disease as a result of appreciation of the exchange rate which reduces the competitiveness of the country's exports. In this paper, we argue that if the aid is used productively, there are both short and long term gains. Applying a recursive dynamic general equilibrium model on Uganda, we find that while the currency appreciates and some exports decline, the overall impact on growth outweighs the losses in competitiveness. In addition, it aid is used productively, poverty would be substantially reduced as long as the aid increase is sustained.
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Aid; Exchange rate; Dutch disease; Twimukye; Nabiddo; Matovu; Exports; Foreign aid; Poverty reduction; Economic policy research center; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Consumer/Household Economics; Demand and Price Analysis; Financial Economics; International Development; Labor and Human Capital; Production Economics; Productivity Analysis; Public Economics.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/54937

Short supply chain: analysis of the competitiveness of organic horticultural farmers at Italian regional level
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Bertazzoli,   Aldo; Ruggeri,   Arianna; Samoggia,   Antonella.
The paper focuses on the competitiveness of organic horticultural farms implementing short food supply chain (SFSC), by analysing the organisational structures adopted by farmers and their economic performance. The collection of data based on face to face interviews with farmers and the review of the rural development plans of three central Italy regions. Results show that farms prefer a combination of organizational structures that involve both business to consumer and business to business strategies. A high number of farms realise direct selling to consumers implemented through in farm selling and market distribution channels. Nonetheless, farms performing the highest turnover take advantage from the support of informal or formal network of producers. At...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Short chain; Direct selling; Horticultural; Organisation; Economic performance; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Q13; R11.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/94918

Openness, Technological Capabilities and Regional Disparities in China
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Chen,   Shunlong; Arun,   Thankom G.
This paper is concerned with analysing of regional disparities in China during the 90's and the main causes behind the increased regional disparities. It has identified regional openness, along with the nature of property right, as a critical influencing factor to the regional disparities, while found that the technological capabilities have complex association with economic growth. In particular, the empirical evidence has shown that non-firm R &amp; D activities are highly concentrated in the major urban cities in China to such an extent that these resources appear to be negatively associated with income level when the major cities are excluded out of the analysis. Moreover, the coastal provinces have a very low level of non-firm R &amp; D activities...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/30622

NSW Rural land performance: 1990-2008
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Eves,   Chris.
This paper will address the total and capital return performance of a major agricultural area and compare these returns on the basis of both location of land and land use. The comparison will be used to determine if location or actual land use has a greater influence on rural property capital returns. This performance analysis is based on over 35,000 rural sales transactions. These transactions cover all market based rural property transactions in New South Wales, Australia for the period January 1990 to December 2008. Correlation analysis and investment performance analysis has also been carried out to determine the possible relationships between location and land use and subsequent changes in rural land capital values.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Rural land; Rural economics; Rural land values; Rural land use; Rural land investment; Investment performance; Rural property prices.; Agribusiness; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Environmental Economics and Policy; Farm Management; Land Economics/Use; Production Economics.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/114422

Programming Regional Rural Development for Poland: A Research Perspective
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Ziolkowska,   Jadwiga.
Since Mai 2004 Poland is a new EU member country and has, due to the short membership period, little experience in creating rural policy according to the EU regulations. Additionally, there is a centralised planning of rural policies. The aim of the poster is to present how financing of rural policy can be improved by means of scientific programming methods. The study shows how the modelling approach can be used to analyse the optimal budget allocation for the Polish Plan for Development of Rural Areas from a regional perspective to better reach defined objectives.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Rural development; Policy for rural areas; Linear programming; Poland; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Q10; Q18; C61; Z0.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/24677

The economic value of olive plantation in rural areas. A study on a hill region between Italy and Slovenia
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Marangon,   Francesco; Troiano,   Stefania; Visintin,   F.
This study was undertaken with the primary purpose of assessing the welfare gain to local residents resulting from olive trees. A secondary but important aim was to underline the multifunctional role of olive farming. In fact, we know that olive plantation has potentially socially benefits. In particular, it has potentially a lot of positive social effects in rural areas depending on plantation characteristics and farming practices. Therefore, the first section of this paper reviews the main features connected to the multifunctional role of olive farming. Multifunctional role of olive farming is well known in the EU, but it is still needed the institutional intervention in favour of farmers, due to the structural difficulties of olive production sector....
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Olive plantation; Multifunctionality; Willingness to pay; Rural landscape valuation; Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/44412

Solving Ways of Supply and Demand Contradiction of Rural Social Security during Transference of Rural Land Contract and Operation Rights
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: He,   Ling; Jia,   Qijian; Dong,   Qian; Dong,   Hairong.
Taking land circulation of Hebei Province, China as an example, circulation status of rural land contract and operation rights of Hebei Province is introduced. Then, sampling survey method is used to investigate the supply and demand situation of social security of 350 peasant households in Hebei Province who have sold their land rights. And supply and demand situation of social security before and after rural land transfer in Hebei Province is also analyzed. Supply of rural social security of Hebei Province is discussed from the aspects of social security supplies before and after land transfer (status of old-age security, status of rural medical security, status of employment security and education training); demand of rural social security of Hebei...
Tipo: Thesis or Dissertation
Palavras-chave: Rural land contract and operation rights; Land circulation; Social security; China; Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/58405

Retiree-Attraction Policies for Rural Development
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Reeder,   Richard J.
Many rural communities have benefited from the attraction of retirees in recent years. With the baby boom generation beginning to make retirement decisions, many other rural communities might consider economic development strategies based on attracting and retaining retirees. This report reviews the literature on the impacts (both positive and negative) of retiree attraction in rural areas and indicates which places might benefit most (slow growth or declining population) and least (rapid growth) from retiree attraction. Factors indicating local potential to attract retirees include natural and manmade amenities, proximity to cities and tourism, and past record of attracting retirees. Recent State retiree-attraction initiatives are examined, such as direct...
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Retirement communities; Retirement counties; Retiree attraction policies; Rural development policies; Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 1998
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/33667

IMPLAN UNDERSTATES AGRICULTURAL INPUT-OUTPUT MULTIPLIERS: AN APPLICATION TO POTENTIAL AGRICULTURAL/GREEN INDUSTRY DROUGHT IMPACTS IN COLORADO
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: McKean,   John R.; Spencer,   William P.
Synthesized input-output models are widely used by industry and government economists. The IMPLAN program is popular because it provides user access to the base data so that modifications can be made. The Washington survey-based model and IMPLAN for Washington State are compared, and differences in multipliers are traced to differences in final payments leakages. An adjustment technique for IMPLAN is demonstrated. An application is made to a Colorado potential drought impact analysis. More than 51,000 part- and full-time jobs and $1.6 billion of household income are at stake in the Colorado farm and "green industry" sectors.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Drought; Economic impact; Green industry; IMPLAN; Input-output; Irrigated agriculture; Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2003
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/14669

Rural-Urban Migration and Vietnamese Agriculture
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Brennan,   Donna C.; Petersen,   Elizabeth H.; Que,   Nguyen Ngoc; Vanzetti,   David.
Vietnam has achieved remarkable economic growth since it liberalised its markets, and further economic growth and opportunities are predicted both within and outside the agriculture sector. However, growth has not been evenly distributed across regions and significant structural adjustment pressures are expected in the medium to long term. A dynamic, eight region, 13 commodity, non-linear programming model of Vietnam’s agricultural sector is used to analyse the likely impact of a change in rural-urban migration on agricultural production, prices, trade and regional incomes.
Tipo: Presentation
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2012
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/124405

Impact of Tax Reforms on Household Welfare
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Matovu,   John Mary; Twimukye,   Evarist P.; Nabiddo,   Winnie; Guloba,   Madina.
The Uganda government has since 1987 initiated a sequence of tax reforms to address the fiscal challenges facing the country. This paper uses a Computable General Equilibrium (CGE) model to analyze the welfare effects of tax reforms on households and the impact of these challenges on production and firm activities. The findings are consistent with previous studies which found that the introduction of VAT was indeed a progressive policy reform. Zero rating all food items and agricultural products mainly benefit the low income households whose consumption basket is mainly food items. In a quest for further sources of revenue by overtaxing the rich, this could generate further revenues albeit lower savings and investments by this group. Finally, over-reliance...
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Computable General Equilibrium (CGE); Twimukye; Nabiddo; Taxation; Tax base; Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; Agricultural Finance; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Consumer/Household Economics; Crop Production/Industries; Farm Management; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Food Security and Poverty; Livestock Production/Industries.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/54801

Motivation and intentions of farmers as regards the development of multifunctional agriculture in microregions of Northern and Eastern Hungary
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Feher,   Alajos; Czimbalmos,   Robert; Kovacs,   Gyorgyi; Szepesy,   Edit.
There are an increasing number of references in the literature on the significance of the role of farm households and farm families in the development of multifunctional agriculture. The motivation and intentions of 104 farmers in three LEADER micro-regions in Northern and Eastern Hungary with respect to the present and future structures of their farms (including the expansion of non-agricultural activities and functions) were investigated using questionnaires and narrative interviews. Almost two-thirds of the respondents spoke of the existence of non-agricultural activities and functions, but few of these were market-driven. The farmers ranked the steps that should be taken to increase multifunctionality in their own micro-regions in order of importance...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Multifunctional agriculture; LEADER; Rural economy; Interviews; Hungary; Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/59046

Is population growth conducive to the sustainability of cooperation?
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Stark,   Oded; Jakubek,   Marcin.
This paper asks whether population growth is conducive to the sustainability of cooperation. A simple model is developed in which farmers who live around a circular lake engage in trade with their adjacent neighbors. The payoffs from this activity are governed by a prisoner’s dilemma “rule of engagement.” Every farmer has one son when the population is not growing, or two sons when it is growing. In the former case, the son takes over the farm when his father dies. In the latter case, one son stays on his father’s farm, whereas the other son settles around another lake, along with the “other” sons of the other farmers. During his childhood, each son observes the strategies and the payoffs of his father and of the trading partners of his father, and...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Population growth; Imitation; Sustainability of cooperation; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Farm Management; Institutional and Behavioral Economics; Land Economics/Use; Production Economics; Productivity Analysis; C72; D01; D83; J19; J62; R12; R23.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/109965

REGIONAL ASPECTS OF AGRICULTURAL INCOME LEVEL IN VOJVODINA PROVINCE IN FUNCTION OF BASIC PRODUCTION FACTORS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Cobanovic,   Katarina; Nikolic-Doric,   Emilija; Mutavdzic,   Beba.
In the present research the analysis of the level of national income in agriculture was done for different districts and municipalities of the Province of Vojvodina. The analysis of the achieved level of national income in agriculture in function of the most important factors was performed on the base of classical form the traditional non-linear regression model of Cobb-Douglas production function with labour and capital as predictors and on the extended form of Cobb-Douglas function which in addition includes the arable areas.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: National income in agriculture; Cobb-Douglas production function; Investments in agriculture; Agricultural population; Agribusiness; Agricultural Finance; Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/57342

Relationship between the industrial structure and economic growth of Guangdong Province
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Li,   Qian; Li,   Hong-yun.
We quantitatively analyze the relationship between the industrial structure and economic growth in Guangdong Province of China from 1980 to 2006 by impulse response function and variance decomposition on the basis of the establishment of VAR model. Result shows that there is a long-term, stable and balanced relationship between the industrial structure and the actual economic growth in Guangdong Province with a reverse amendment mechanism. The industrial structure has a significant influence on the economic growth of Guangdong Province, but there is a certain lag phase of this influence. Economic growth has dependence on the industrial structure, which is showed by the structure of production value.
Tipo: Thesis or Dissertation
Palavras-chave: Industrial structure; VAR model; Impulse response function; China; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Financial Economics; Industrial Organization; Production Economics; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/53484

Institutional Constraints and Inter-jurisdictional Water Trade: The Case of the Australian Capital Territory and New South Wales
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Pagan,   Phil; Crase,   Lin.
Water trade remains a contentious political issue in Australia, regardless of the acknowledged benefits to which economists continually refer. At least two sources of concern arise in discussions about water trade. First, concerns are often expressed about inter-sectoral ramifications. These usually take the form of prophecies about the profligate growth of urban centres being achieved at the expense of regional and rural communities. Second, mention of unfettered trade between jurisdictions is usually sufficient to provoke rhetoric that draws upon long-standing rivalries between states. This paper considers the benefits of water trade between agricultural interests in the Murrumbidgee Valley in New South Wales and the predominantly urban users in the...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development; Public Economics; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/6035

Summary of the Functional Foods and Nutraceuticals Survey
Provedor de dados: 31
This report provides an overview of the Functional Food and Nutraceuticals (FFN) survey. The FFN survey was conducted by Statistics Canada on behalf of Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada. The objective of the survey was to produce new statistical information on the functional food and nutraceutical sector and a profile of firms engaged in functional and/or nutraceutical-related activities in Canada.  It begins with a look at the structure of the Canadian FFN industry, then reviews the labour and capital inputs, the business relationships and intellectual property rights and ends with the impact of regulations in the Canadian FNN industry. Charts, figures and tables with brief accompanying texts are used to summarize the information and to provide baseline...
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; Agricultural Finance; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Consumer/Household Economics; Crop Production/Industries; Demand and Price Analysis; Environmental Economics and Policy; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Food Security and Poverty; Health Economics and Policy; Industrial Organization; International Relations/Trade; Land Economics/Use; Livestock Production/Industries; Marketing; Production Economics; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/52703

The Economic Impact of the Agriculture Sector In Clarke County, Virginia 2005
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Lamie,   R. David; Benson,   Matt; Pease,   James W.
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/112797

FINANCING MINNESOTA'S RECREATION FIRMS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Blank,   Uel.
This paper: (1) Outlines principles and procedures pertinent to the financing of private recreational businesses in Minnesota. (2) Reports findings from study of requests to lending agencies for funds to be used in recreational enterprises.
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development; Financial Economics.
Ano: 1970
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/14282

Pedaling out of poverty:  Social impact of a manual irrigation technology in South Asia
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Shah,   Tushaar; Alam,   Mahmudul; Kumar,   M. Dinesh; Nagar,   Rashmi K.; Singh,   Mahendra.
An assessment of the social impact of treadle pump technology for manual irrigation in eastern India, the Nepal Terai, and Bangladesh, South Asia's so-called "poverty square." Treadle pump technology can be a powerful tool for poverty reduction in this region. It "self-selects" the poor, and puts to productive use the region's vast surplus family labor. It is claimed that the treadle pump could raise the annual net household income by US$100, on the average.
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Irrigation management; Treadle pump; Treadle pump technology; Technology transfer; Manual pumps; Water lifting; Low lift pumps; Aquifers; Poverty; Irrigated farming; Social impact; Income; Marketing; Pricing; Agribusiness; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Crop Production/Industries; Farm Management; Marketing; Production Economics; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies.
Ano: 2000
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/44571

A Cross-Country Analysis of Household Responses to Adult Mortality in Rural Sub-Saharan Africa: Implications For HIV/AIDS Mitigation And Rural Development Policies.
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Mather,   David; Donovan,   Cynthia; Jayne,   Thomas S.; Weber,   Michael T.; Chapoto,   Antony; Mazhangara,   Edward; Bailey,   Linda; Yoo,   Kyeongwon; Yamano,   Takashi; Mghenyi,   Elliot W.
This paper summarizes and synthesizes across the results of a set of country studies on the effects of prime-age adult mortality on rural households in Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Rwanda, and Zambia. Each study is based on large representative rural household surveys. These findings have implications for the design of efforts to mitigate some of the most important effects of rural adult mortality, and for key development policies and priorities.
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: HIV/AIDS; Sub-Saharan Africa; Mortality; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Health Economics and Policy; Downloads July 2008 - July 2009: 21; I11.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/54571

FARMER-TRADER RELATIONSHIPS IN THE INDONESIAN CHILLI MARKETS: THE ROLE OF RELATIONSHIP QUALITY IN MODERN AND TRADITIONAL SUPPLY CHAINS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Sahara; Gyau,   Amos; Stringer,   Randy; Umberger,   Wendy J.
A decade of strong economic growth, rapid urbanization and liberalization of foreign direct investment (FDI) are transforming Indonesia’s food retail sector. Modern retail markets are reorganizing how food chains operate: requiring product homogeneity, grading, sorting, packaging, and supply consistency. Current literature suggests that improving relationship quality among food chain actors enhances efficiency. In Indonesia, chillies are a priority crop commonly produced by small holders and like many other cash crops several farmer-trader issues emerging in chilli supply chains. This paper attempts to segment chilli farmers according to their perception of the relationship quality with their buyers. Data was collected through a survey of 602 chilli...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Farmer-trader relationships; Relationship quality; Cluster analysis; Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/100706

Challenging the Goldschmidt Theory of Rural Purchasing Patterns
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Foltz,   Jeremy D.; Zeuli,   Kimberly A.
This work uses unique data from three dairy dependent communities in rural Wisconsin to test established theory and empirical studies that link farm structure to local purchasing patterns and community economic development. A theoretical model of purchasing choices is developed to derive the determinants of local purchasing by dairy farms. This model is tested empirically using a double bounded Tobit model. The empirical estimations find little support for any linkage between farm size and local purchasing patterns across eleven major dairy farm inputs. The results do suggest that different community business characteristics (the supply side) and community attachment provide some explanations for diverse purchasing patterns.
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/12598

The Determinants of Rural Urban Migration: Evidence from NLSY Data
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Jordan,   Jeffrey L.; Mykerezi,   Elton; Kostandini,   Genti; Mills,   Bradford F.
Replaced with revised version of paper 07/07/11.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development; Labor and Human Capital.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/103938

From the Ground Up: Impacts of a Pro-Poor Community-Driven Development Project in Nigeria
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Nkonya,   Ephraim M.; Phillip,   Dayo; Mogues,   Tewodaj; Pender,   John L.; Yahaya,   Muhammed Kuta; Adebowale,   Gbenga; Arokoyo,   Tunji; Kato,   Edward.
The community-driven development (CDD) approach has become increasingly popular because of its potential to develop projects that are sustainable, are responsive to local priorities, empower local communities, and more effectively target poor and vulnerable groups. The purpose of this study is to assess the impacts of Fadama II, which is a CDD project and the largest  agricultural project in Nigeria. This study used propensity score matching (PSM) to select 1728 comparable project beneficiaries and non-beneficiaries. The study also used double difference methods to compare the impact indicators. Our results show that Fadama II project succeeded in targeting the poor and women farmers in its productive asset acquisition component. Participation in the...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Community driven development; Poverty reduction; Propensity score matching; Difference-in-difference; Fadama; And Nigeria; Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/42344

Farm and Ranch Budgets for Relocating Families in the Fort Berthold Indian Reservation
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Schaffner,   LeRoy W.
Tipo: Technical Report
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development; Land Economics/Use.
Ano: 1952
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/119424

Secondary crops based farming systems and their integration with processing in Lampung, Indonesia
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Siregar,   Masdjidin; Nagai,   Naoko; Suryadi,   Muhammad.
This report is the outcome of the second phase of the AGRIDIV project in Indonesia. The goal of this second phase study is to examine the performance of farming, marketing and processing of CGPRT crops at two study dry land that have different cropping patterns. The two selected sites were Siswa Bangun and Restu Baru village. The results would by no means represent a national average. Hence, the description of farming, marketing and processing of those crops given here forms a source of in-depth quantitative and qualitative information that might have wider validity. Findings relate to maize and cassava commodity systems.
Tipo: Book
Palavras-chave: FOOD CROPS; FARMING SYSTEMS; MARKETING; PROCESSING; DIVERSIFICATION; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Consumer/Household Economics; Farm Management; Food Security and Poverty.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/96622

A Duration Analysis of Poverty Transitions in Rural Kenya
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Kirimi,   Lilian; Sindi,   Kirimi.
Replaced with revised version of paper 10/04/07.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/21475

WASPA Asia: wastewater agriculture and sanitation for poverty alleviation in Asia
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: International Water Management Institute (IWMI).
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Wastewater irrigation; Health hazards; Poverty; Sanitation; Development projects; Asia; Kolkata; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Consumer/Household Economics; Crop Production/Industries; Environmental Economics and Policy; Farm Management; Food Security and Poverty; Health Economics and Policy; Land Economics/Use; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies; Risk and Uncertainty.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/91467

Rural People, Communities, and Regions: Introduction
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Tolley,   George S.
Tipo: Book
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 1981
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/95732

Estimated Economic Effects of Added Growing Season Rainfall in North Dakota
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Schaffner,   LeRoy W.; Johnson,   Jerome E.; Vreugdenhil,   Harvey G.; Enz,   John W.
Tipo: Technical Report
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development; Crop Production/Industries; Land Economics/Use.
Ano: 1983
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/120757

Finding a sustainable linkage between the emerging farmer and formal markets: The case of pick ‘n pay and the Zanyokwe farmers in the eastern Cape of South Africa
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Bediako,   J.A.; Debrah,   Kofi.
A major problem confronting rural and emerging farmers is the marketing of their products. Most of the farmers encountered depend on the local or village markets which are often saturated or purchases are not backed by effective demand to make sales meaningful for the desired benefits. Small scale South African farmers have not been able to access the formal sector to sell their goods. There are several reasons for this which is linked to the nature of the historical evolution of the South African agricultural sector and in particular the food production system. Recently, it has been argued that the small scale farmers are not able to meet the standards that are set by the formal sector and are therefore responsible for their own exclusion by producing...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Crop Production/Industries; Environmental Economics and Policy; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Food Security and Poverty; Institutional and Behavioral Economics; International Relations/Trade; Labor and Human Capital; Livestock Production/Industries; Marketing; Productivity Analysis; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/51993

O impacto do programa de microcrédito rural (Agroamigo) na melhoria das condições de vida das famílias beneficiadas no estado do Ceará: um estudo de caso
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Maciel,   Harine Matos; Khan,   Ahmad Saeed.
The main objective of the study is to verify the impact of program of small agricultural credit on the quality of life of the benefited families in the state of Ceara. The data was obtained through the application of questionnaires to the benefited families in the county of Quixada. Table, graphic and descriptive analysis were used to describe the collected data. The t-student, Tukey test and Kruskall-Wallis test were used to compare the mean values of selected variables and proportions of benefited and non benefited families were used, respectively. The employment per hectare cultivated is higher on the properties having cattle breeding and hog production activities financed by the credit program. The main of income of benefited and non benefited families...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Small rural credit; Employment; Income; Quality of life; Ceará; Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/53849

Retail Trade Area Oakes, North Dakota
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Zetocha,   Dale F.; Vangsness,   Elmer C.; Dunn,   Edward V.
Tipo: Technical Report
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 1980
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/120817

WORKFORCE PROFILE OF NEW OR RECENTLY EXPANDED MANUFACTURING AND EXPORTED SERVICES FIRMS IN NORTH DAKOTA
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Leistritz,   F. Larry; Coon,   Randal C.
North Dakota has experienced substantial growth in employment during the 1990s, with much of that growth occurring in the manufacturing and exported services sectors.  (Exported services include such activities as telemarketing and data processing where the major market for the service is outside North Dakota.) This study presents the employment and demographic characteristics of employees at new and expanding manufacturing and exported services firms in North Dakota.  The workers were asked to rate their opportunity for advancement, their opportunity for technical/skills training, and the type of training that would best enable their advancement with their current employer.  The workers also described their current housing and their plans to look for...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Manufacturing; Exported services; Workforce; Training; North Dakota; Economic development; Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 1997
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/23451

How to Realize Breakthrough in WTO Doha Negotiations?
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Zhou,   Jian-Ming.
Originally published by ‘Africa Link’ (www.africalink.ch/), Headquarters in Switzerland, at (http://www.africalink.ch/index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=article&amp;id=12993%3Ahow-torealize- breakthrough-in-wto-doha-negotiations&amp;catid=49%3Abusiness-andeconomy&amp; Itemid=58 =en)
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Breakthrough; WTO; Doha negotiations; Agriculture; Non-agricultural market; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Environmental Economics and Policy; Farm Management; Food Security and Poverty; Institutional and Behavioral Economics; International Development; International Relations/Trade; Labor and Human Capital; Political Economy; Production Economics; Productivity Analysis; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy; F; K; O; P; Q; R.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/97047

EXPERIENCES ON ORGANISATION OF FRUIT AND VEGETABLE SECTOR IN HUNGARY
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Felfoldi,   Janos.
The objectives are (1) to reveal some current issues on organisations founded by fruit and vegetable producers and (2) to stress upon those factors that should be highlighted in the very next future. In Hungary, POs have been accounting for bigger share of fruit and vegetable trading in Hungary, which refers to a better organisation in the sector. Bargaining force and level of experience on running such businesses, although, are still much behind the level expected. Flexibility and speed of a running business are highly determined by the legal form of Pos. The most favourite form is cooperative that is not flexible enough as a business form, especially for starting businesses. Low yearly turnover and weak market power feature the POs, preferring short time...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Producer organisation (PO); Fruit and vegetable; Management; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Marketing.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/53570

RURAL LIVELIHOODS IN ARMENIA
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Bezemer,   Dirk J.; Lerman,   Zvi.
In this paper the structure of the rural economy in Armenia is explored from a household perspective.  The paper draws on the livelihoods framework, recognizing the different capitals and activities that support rural households’' livelihood strategies.  Ownership of capitals and access to activities are examined in relation to the incidence of poverty on the basis of data from a recent large-scale survey of rural households in Armenia.  Different measures for the outcome of livelihood strategies in terms of well-being are observed, which are consistently linked to income levels across poor and other households.  Income-poor households are found to be less well-endowed especially with financial and social capital.  They derive smaller income shares from...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development; Labor and Human Capital.
Ano: 2003
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/15009

REGIONAL-LEVEL ECONOMIC IMPACTS OF GRAZING POLICY CHANGES: A CASE STUDY FROM OWYHEE COUNTY, IDAHO
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Darden,   Tim D.; Rimbey,   Neil R.; Harp,   Aaron J.; Harris,   Thomas R.
Regional economic impact models are important tools used to analyze the impacts of policy changes to a regional, state, county, or local economies.  The National Environmental Policy Act requires economic analysis in preparing environmental impact statements to show the effects of policy alternatives on local economies.  An input-output model was constructed for Owyhee County, Idaho, using farm- and ranch-level economic information to modify and “localize” the county IMPLAN model.  This paper shows why an “out-of-the-box” model might not always be the best way to accurately account for economic impacts of policy changes on communities dependent on ranching and federal grazing. Results show that disparities exist between the hybrid model built for Owyhee...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Land Economics/Use.
Ano: 2001
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/16635

Status of institutional reforms for integrated water resources management in Asia: Indications from policy reviews in five countries
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Bandaragoda,   Don Jayatissa.
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: River basin development; Institutional development; Water policy; Water users’ associations; Irrigation management; Water law; National planning; Water demand; Water resource management; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Institutional and Behavioral Economics; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/91908

Public Research Yields High Returns... Measured in More Than Dollars
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Heisey,   Paul W.; King,   John L.; Day-Rubenstein,   Kelly A.
Well-established quantitative approaches find that in the aggregate, public investments in agricultural research yield high returns and spur growth in agricultural productivity. Standard economic approaches may be difficult to apply to evaluations of some research benefits and may not help in gauging important steps necessary to positive research outcomes. In these more difficult cases, economic reasoning can provide qualitative analysis even when quantitative estimates of benefits are intractable.
Tipo: Article
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/121098

MINNESOTA'S ECONOMIC GROWTH IN RECESSION AND RECOVERY: PART II
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Maki,   Wilbur R.; Dalton,   Patricia Q.
This report presents statistical reference series for the study and projection of Minnesota's economic outlook in the 1980's, with special emphasis on four major sectors--agriculture and agribusiness, manufacturing and services, mining and tourism, and government spending.
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 1983
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/13541

IMPACT OF SERVICES ON RURAL COMMUNITIES
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Fisher,   Dennis U.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 1997
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/17700

The Sustainability of Agricultural Systems
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Rigby,   Dan; Caceres,   Daniel.
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development; Environmental Economics and Policy.
Ano: 1997
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/30574

Blood for Social Status: Preliminary Evidence from Rural China
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Chen,   Xi; Zhang,   Xiaobo.
Xi Chen acknowledges generous Doctoral Research Grant from the Institute for the Social Sciences at Cornell University and precious data set provided by the Development Strategy and Governance Division at IFPRI. Conference Travel Grant provided by the Department of Applied Economics and Management at Cornell is also acknowledged.  We are grateful to Ravi Kanbur for invaluable comments, guidance and encouragement. This paper also benefited from helpful discussion and invaluable comments from Robert Frank, David Sahn, Marc Rockmore, and seminar participants in the Department of Economics at Cornell. Due to time limit, I have not incorporated all helpful comments and suggestions in this early draft paper. The views expressed herein and any remaining errors...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Blood Donation; Social Status; Poverty; Inequality; Relative Deprivation; Rural China; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Consumer/Household Economics; Demand and Price Analysis; Health Economics and Policy; Institutional and Behavioral Economics; International Development; Labor and Human Capital; Political Economy; Production Economics; Public Economics; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods; Risk and Uncertainty; I32; J22; D13; D63.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/49411

Market Factors of North Dakota Durum Wheat Shipments July - December, 1964
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Nelson,   David C.; Taylor,   Fred R.
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development; Crop Production/Industries; Marketing.
Ano: 1965
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/104206

College Completion Rates Rise But Nonmetro Areas Continue To Lag
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Kusmin,   Lorin D.
Tipo: Article
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/123229

A SPATIAL ECONOMETRIC STAR MODEL WITH AN APPLICATION TO U.S. COUNTY ECONOMIC GROWTH, 1969–2003
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Pede,   Valerien O.; Florax,   Raymond J.G.M.; Holt,   Matthew T.
Spatial regression models incorporating non-stationarity in the regression coefficients are popular. We propose a spatial variant of the Smooth Transition AutoRegressive (STAR) model that is more parsimonious than commonly used approaches and endogenously determines the extent of spatial parameter variation. Uncomplicated estimation and inference procedures are demonstrated using a neoclassical convergence model for United States counties.
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Spatial autoregression; Smooth transition; Spatial econometrics; STAR; GWR; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Labor and Human Capital; Political Economy; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods; C21; C51; R11; R12.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/48117

The Role of Microenterprises in Economic Growth: A Panel Study of Wisconsin Counties 1977 to 1997
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Deller,   Steven C.
In this study I examine the role of microenterprises (firms with between one and four employees) in Wisconsin economic growth. Using a panel of Wisconsin counties from 1977 to 1997 I estimate an expanded Carlino-Mills type model of growth. Results suggest that nearly 50 percent of all businesses in Wisconsin are microenterprises and this share is relatively stable over time. Results also indicate that a higher percentage of businesses classified as microenterprises tend to be associated with counties with lower population levels, slower population growth, but higher levels of employment and income growth. Results also vary by type of industry. These results suggest that care must be taken when promoting microenterprises as a major engine of economic...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development; Public Economics.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/92140

Has Imported Rice Crowded-out Domestic Rice Production in Ghana? What has Been the Role of Policy?
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Asuming-Brempong,   Samuel; Osei-Asare,   Yaw Bonsu.
Commercial rice imports have accounted for approximately 61%, food aid in rice accounted for about 2%, and domestic rice accounted for some 37% per annum of rice consumption in Ghana over the four years between 2000 and 2003. Compared to the 1990s, these figures show a gradual decline in the share of local rice production in the total quantities of rice consumed in the country. On the other hand, the proportion of food aid in rice consumed has remained relatively constant over the period, while the proportion of commercial imports has increased steadily. Using the Engel-Granger residual-based co-integration test, a market integration analysis was explored for imported rice and domestic rice which compared a central market for imported rice and five key...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Ghana; Market integration Policy; Rice; Production; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Crop Production/Industries; Environmental Economics and Policy; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Food Security and Poverty; Institutional and Behavioral Economics; International Relations/Trade; Marketing; Production Economics; Productivity Analysis; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/52002

Contributions of U.S. Crop Subsidies to Biofuel and Related Markets
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Devadoss,   Stephen; Bayham,   Jude.
The U.S. crop subsidies provide incentives for farmers to expand feedstock production, which benefits the biofuel producers by lowering input costs. This study develops a general equilibrium model to analyze the effects of a reduction in the U.S. crop subsidy on biofuel industries and social welfare. The impacts of feedstock policies on the biofuel market are marginal. In contrast, the biofuel mandate has a larger impact and counteracts the effects of the crop subsidy reduction. The mandate increases the demand for feedstock and causes not only grain ethanol, but also cellulosic ethanol production to rise. The mandate exacerbates the distortion, and government spending increases significantly, leading to greater welfare loss.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Biofuel; Environmental impacts; Farm supports; Welfare analysis; Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; Agricultural Finance; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Crop Production/Industries; Environmental Economics and Policy; Farm Management; Financial Economics; Land Economics/Use; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy; Q18; Q27.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/100525

POLICIES TO DEVELOP ECONOMIC ALTERNATIVES FOR FARM PEOPLE AND RURAL COMMUNITIES
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Faas,   Ronald C.; Bradley,   Edward B.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 1986
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/17550

Network performance - What influences it?
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Lefebvre,   Virginie M.; Molnar,   Adrienn; Gellynck,   Xavier.
The aim of this paper is to examine the literature addressing network performance and the factors influencing it. Design – 29 papers published in 18 different journals were systematically reviewed through a multidimensional classification framework based on the strategy-structure-performance paradigm of strategic management. Findings – Based on the outputs of the literature review, a conceptual framework describing network performance is proposed. Following this framework, it is suggested that network performance is the result of the combination of network strategy, network structure and external environmental factors, and not solely the result of network structure which is characterized by five structural elements i.e. network configuration, network...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Performance; Network; Strategy-structure-performance paradigm; Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Labor and Human Capital.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/95024

The Determinants of Self-Employed Income in a Regional Economy
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Swindall,   Devin C.; Willis,   David B.; Boys,   Kathryn A.; Hughes,   David W.
Supporters claim that entrepreneurship is critical to building and sustaining the regional economies of urban and rural areas across the nation. Proponents argue that economic development practices that enhance and support entrepreneurship are essential because they cultivate innovation which, in turn, creates new jobs, new wealth, and a better quality of life. However, South Carolina’s real self-employed per capita income has decreased over the last decade. This downward trend highlights the need to examine the drivers of entrepreneurial income. The income of self-employed workers, as opposed to the number of self-employed, is critical to economic development because a major goal of economic policy is to increase incomes not just employment. Identifying...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Self-employed income; Entrepreneurship; Quantile regression; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Consumer/Household Economics; Labor and Human Capital; R11; R12.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/103957

Análisis de las preferencias del consumo de vinos IGP por parte del segmento joven de la población. Aplicación a la D.O. Navarra.
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Garcia,   Teresa.
El consumo de vino en España ha ido disminuyendo en los últimos años, cediendo parte de su mercado a otras bebidas. Esta circunstancia, unida a los cambios en las preferencias y en las pautas de consumo del producto, crea una difícil situación para las empresas del sector vinícola. Por tanto parece fundamental que las empresas vinícolas analicen su situación de cara a adoptar unas adecuadas estrategias empresariales que les permitan hacer frente a la situación actual y a un futuro que se plantea complicado. Este estudio se enmarca en Navarra, región situada en el Norte de España, en el extremo occidental de los Pirineos. Es una de las zonas vitivinícolas españolas más antiguas y gran parte de su producción vinícola se acoge a la Denominación de Origen...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Consumo de Vino; Jóvenes; Navarra International EAAE; Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Labor and Human Capital.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/95329

Comparative Analysis of Rural Consumption Expenditure in China
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Zhang,   Jie; Xie,   Jiaquan; Zhou,   Wuyang.
The disparity of consumption expenditure among rural areas in China was studied. Then income and living expenditure of rural residents were divided into 5 grades. Principle and method of Cluster Analysis were introduced. Next, Cluster Analysis was adopted to research the disparity of rural consumption expenditure among various areas. Results showed that income and consumption expenditure of 31 districts, cities and provinces could be divided into 5 classes. Shanghai City was the only city rated as the first-class areas with highest income and consumption. 7 cities and provinces were rated as the top three classes of areas. Taking Hebei and Jilin Province as the representatives, most parts of the fourth-class areas were located in northeast part of China...
Tipo: Thesis or Dissertation
Palavras-chave: Consumption expenditure; Engel coefficient; Cluster Analysis; China; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Financial Economics; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/53754

A VIDÉKFEJLESZTÉS ÚJ KUTATÁSI PROGRAMJA
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Borsos,   Janos; Nabradi,   Andras.
A Debreceni Egyetem Agrárgazdasági és Vidékfejlesztési Karának szellemi arcéle eleve regionális beállítottságú,  nemcsak földrajzi elhelyezkedése miatt, hanem alapítása szerint is célzottan Kelet-Magyarország térségének központi tudományos műhelye, Kárpát-medencei vonzáskörzetével együtt ilyen módon in-tegrátora kell legyen annak a progressziónak, amit egyszerűen vidékfejlesztési diszciplínának nevezünk. Az eddigi gazdasági vonulatok szerint a vidéknek defi-niált itteni térségek egyik sajnálatos közös vonása az egyre táguló társadalmi kü-lönbségekben jelenik meg, alapprobléma a gazdagság és szegénység közötti sza-kadék mélyülése. Ez az állapot ellenkezik az emberi toleranciával, s gátja min-den életminőséget javító, jóléti társadalmi törekvésnek. A régió...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Társadalmi különbségek; Eszak-Magyarország; Új társadalmi modellek; Mint válaszok - social differences; North-Hungary; New social models as answers; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/54301

Analysis of Short Line Railroad Development in North Dakota
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Zink,   Daniel L.
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development; Public Economics.
Ano: 1984
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/23301

Rural America at a Glance, 2010 Edition
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Kusmin,   Lorin D.; Hertz,   Thomas.
Rural America At A Glance, 2010 Edition highlights the most recent indicators of social and economic conditions in rural areas for use in developing policies and programs to assist rural areas. The 2010 edition focuses on the U.S. rural economy, including employment trends, poverty, and demographics.
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Rural indicators; Population; Employment; Rural unemployment; Nonmetropolitan; Nonmetro; Rural economy; Metro; Rural America; Census data; Population growth; Unemployment; Poverty; Demographics; ERS; USDA; Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/96637

Constructing a Social Development Network within a Rural Municipal Government in Portugal
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Koehnen,   Timothy; Cristovao,   Artur.
In Portugal, an experimental Social Development Network (SDN) programme has been  promoted at the national level by the Social Development Institute (SDI). The major  operational objective of the SDN is to construct advisory councils and local commis- sions to increase local participation. The advisory council is represented by local de- velopment  stakeholders  from  governmental  and  non-governmental  institutions.  These  stakeholders define the actions to be taken for the social development agenda in the  municipal  government.  The  paper  depicts  the  achievements  and  inadequacies  of  this  network. In general, the case-study evaluation determines if the network strengthens the  social action process in a rural area faced by social constraints,...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Advisory  councils; Participation; Empowerment; Decision-making; Governance; Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/44104

Visitors to North Dakota Heritage and Cultural Tourism Sites: Visitor Profile, Motivation, Perceptions, and Family Decision Making
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Wolfe,   Kara L.; Hodur,   Nancy M.; Leistritz,   F. Larry.
Interest in cultural/heritage tourism has been increasing in recent years. The number of person-trips has increased from 192 million in 1996 to almost 217 million in 2005 (a person trip is one person traveling 50 miles or more away from home, one way). Thus, the number of travelers visiting heritage/cultural events and attractions combined with their propensity to spend more money, make them a very attractive market segment for the state of North Dakota which is home to a wide variety of heritage and cultural attractions. The aim of this project was to assess the characteristics of visitors to North Dakota heritage and cultural tourism sites. Intercept surveys were conducted at three heritage/cultural tourism attractions. Visitors to North Dakota...
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Heritage and cultural tourism; Visitor profile; Visitor motivation; Visitor perceptions; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Public Economics.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/54715

Wealth, Entrepreneurship, and Rural Livelihoods
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Markley,   Deborah M.; Low,   Sarah A.
Tipo: Article
Palavras-chave: Capitals; Entrepreneurship; Livelihoods; Self-employment; Wealth; Agribusiness; Agricultural Finance; Community/Rural/Urban Development; R1; O2; L26.
Ano: 2012
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/122801

THE IMPORTANCE OF LOGIC PLANNING IN CASE OF IT AND INNOVATION PROJECTS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Kiss,   Judit; Kosztyan,   Zsolt T.
In case of using methodology of project planning, in the first step we had to create a “good” logic network. We had to determine the successors and predecessors of the tasks. However, usually successors and predecessors proceed from the technology, sometimes (especially in case of IT and innovation projects) these relations between tasks are not explicit. In case of projects, especially IT and innovation projects, one of the most critical points of view is the phase of logic planning. However, it is a very important phase, only slightly supported by any kind of Project Management tools. Our goal was to support the logic planning phase. In our paper a new planning method, namely SNPM (Stochastic Network Planning Method) is introduced through some practical...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Stochastic Network Planning Method; Project Expert Matrix; Logic planning of IT projects; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies; Teaching/Communication/Extension/Profession.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/53559

POLÍTICAS PÚBLICAS E CONFLITOS NO CAMPO DO PARÁ: O PAPEL DAS VARAS AGRÁRIAS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Quintans,   Mariana Trotta.
O estado do Pará tem sido palco de intensos conflitos pela posse da terra, alguns estudos apontam como origens deste quadro, o modelo agrário concentracionista e excludente proposto para região. Diante desta realidade, em 2001 foram criadas varas agrárias em diferentes municípios do estado, nas regiões que apresentavam o maior número de conflitos pela posse da terra. Atualmente, existem varas agrárias em cinco municípios, Altamira, Redenção, Marabá, Santarém e Castanhal.  Teremos como objetivo analisar o papel destas varas especializadas nos conflitos coletivos pela posse da terra no Pará, a partir do estudo de um caso emblemático, o conflito possessório que levou a morte a missionária americana Doroty...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Varas Agrárias; Conflitos no Campo e Políticas Públicas; Agricultural Varas; Conflicts in the Countryside; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Labor and Human Capital.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/113352

Financial Feasibility of Simultaneous Production of Pine Sawlogs, Forage, and Meat Goats on Small Farms in Alabama: A Preliminary Analysis
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Broughton,   Brandi; Bukenya,   James O.
Small and limited resource farmers and landowners in the Alabama Black Belt region face many challenges as they seek to make their farms and forestlands profitable, productive and environmentally sustainable. A host of problems—farmland conversion, urbanization pressures, reductions in water quality and availability, soil erosion, irregular cash flows, and increased government regulation—make managing family farms or forestland a difficult task. In response to these challenges, many farmers and landowners are considering agroforestry as an opportunity to increase land productivity and to improve their cash flows by combining income from agriculture, forestry, and animal production on the same piece of land. The objective in this paper was to conduct...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Silvopasture; Financial Analysis; Enterprise Budgets; Cash Flow Analysis; Agribusiness; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Livestock Production/Industries; Production Economics; Productivity Analysis; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/56485

The agro- structural change in the Alps and its outlook until 2020. A model based on key determinants
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Hoffmann,   Christian; Stiefenhofer,   Annika; Streifeneder,   Thomas.
The agro-structural change in the Alps has been gaining intensity steadily since 1980. Farms continuously feel the pressure to adapt to changed economic, political, and social conditions. Those diverge significantly between the different alpine countries but also within a country. Based on the developments so far, the current situation and expected future framework conditions, this paper intends to indicate possible developments for future agro-structural trends in the Alpine arc. Using multivariate regression analyses, significant indicators were derived from harmonised parameters on municipality level, which influence farm abandonment. They form the basis of the forecast of farm abandonment until 2020. Based on agro-economic scenarios from the project...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agro structural-change; Farm abandonment; Simulation models; Alps; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Q10.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/95316

The Depopulation of Rural Areas and the Farming System
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Mann,   Stefan.
Depopulation of rural areas can entail negative externalities. This paper examines, inter alia, the influence of the farming system on depopulation processes. The population change in rural communities in Switzerland (family-based farming system) and in the German Land Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania (fordistic farming system) is explained through regression analysis by the proportion of persons occupied in the three economic sectors and by other variables. In Switzerland, a high proportion of locals occupied in farming affects population dynamics positively; in Mecklenburg- Western Pomerania, the situation is exactly opposite. This can serve as an argument to support small and networked farms in rural problem regions.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/24415

Branch Expansion of Commercial Banks in Rural America
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Nam,   Sangjeong; Ellinger,   Paul N.
The main objective of this study is to identify the financial and market characteristics of commercial banks' branch expansion decision. The nested logit model is used to analyze the characteristics to affect the expansion decision and location choice of commercial banks due to a two-level nesting structure for branch expansion decision. The probability that banks with high deposit growth rate, assets, loan to deposit ratio or more branches open branches in rural area is less than the probability that those open branches in both areas. However, banks with high deposit growth rate, asset, loan to deposit ratio, agricultural loan rate, ROA and rural head office are more likely to open branches in both areas rather than in urban area.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/6438

ECONOMIC FACTORS INFLUENCING THE LEVEL OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OF MULTICOUNTY AREAS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Daberkow,   Stan G.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 1972
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/30329

Harnessing the Forces of Urban Expansion - The Public Economics of Farmland Development Allowance
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Chau,   Nancy H.; Zhang,   Weiwen.
For decades, rapid urban expansion has led to concerns over the loss of cultivated land in rural China. This contrasts sharply with another salient feature of the Chinese land policy reform landscape that has gone on largely unnoticed - the addition of newly cultivated land in China through land development has consistently exceeded land conversion. In a model featuring fiscal decentralization, local governments as custodians of land use and development, along with a land development allowance policy instituted in 1998, we show that a land development allowance policy can harness the forces of urban expansion to encourage agricultural land development.
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Land development allowance; Fiscal decentralization; Inter-jurisdictional competition; Agricultural development; Community/Rural/Urban Development; H11; H77; P35; R5; R14; O18.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/99416

DOES RURAL JOB GROWTH LEAD THE ECONOMY OUT OF RECESSION?
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Golub,   Alla A.; Henderson,   Jason R.; Foster,   Kenneth A.
This paper explores the dynamics of rural and non-rural job growth to investigate if job growth starts in rural places, making it one of the leading indicators of economic growth. Empirical results provide mixed evidence. The mixed results of the Granger non-causality tests could be sensitive to the non-rural area definition. The relationship between rural job growth and non-rural job growth is not restricted to post-recession periods. Analysis of Bureau of Labor Statistics data suggests the spillover effects of non-rural growth are larger than the spillover effect of rural growth on non-rural areas. But this positive response of rural growth disappears over time and turns sharply negative. In the long run, “"backwash”" effects outweigh “"spread”" effects.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/20066

Using DEA and VEA to Evaluate Quality of Life in the Mid-Atlantic States
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Marshall,   Elizabeth P.; Shortle,   James S.
In this study we use data envelopment analysis (DEA) and an extension of DEA called value efficiency analysis (VEA) to explore the “"production”" of quality of life within counties in the mid-Atlantic region and the extent to which production frontiers and efficiency differ between rural and urban counties. These methods allow us to identify counties that are inefficient in their quality of life production, and to rank (using DEA) those counties according to their distance from a performance standard established by other observed counties(using VEA), or  by a single unit designated as "“most preferred"(using VEA).”
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Data envelopment analysis; Value efficiency analysis; Quality of life; Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/10237

LOCAL GOVERNMENT PERSPECTIVE--BUILDING CAPACITY IN MARION COUNTY: MOBILIZING COMMUNITIES FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Franke,   Randy.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 1998
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/17946

Experience with World Bank Funded Rural Development
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Donaldson,   Graham.
Rural development projects, designed to reach large numbers of families in villages throughout the world, were a major element in World Bank strategy in the 1970s and 1980s. Evaluation of nearly 400 completed projects shows two out of three have been satisfactory. This paper reviews and extracts lessons from evaluation of both satisfactory and unsatisfactory projects. Based on these findings it postulates a three part model of successful rural development initiatives based on incentive, production and institutional components.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 1993
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/9593

Rural districts and generation turnover in Italian regions tools to protect the rural space
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Galluzzo,   Nicola.
Aim of this paper was to find some correlation, using a model of linear regression, between rural development and rural district in two different period of study. The analysis is divided in two parts to compare two different stages of application of II pillar of Common agriculture policy from 2000-2006 to 2007-2013. European funds, allocated to guarantee a generational turnover, are something of very important for rural development in Italy and the rural district is able to be a centre of propulsion for a well balanced growth of rural areas and it can be an element of attraction for farmers.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Rural districts; Rural areas; L.e.a.d.e.r.; Certified quality food; Cooperative credit banks; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Q18; Q19.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/95301

Basin-level use and productivity of water: examples from South Asia
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Molden,   David J.; Sakthivadivel,   Ramasamy; Habib,   Zaigham.
Discusses and illustrates concepts for identifying ways of improving productivity of water within basins. The results of applying a water accounting procedure to four sub-basins in South Asia (Bhakra in India; Chishtian in Pakistan; Huruluwewa in northern Sri Lanka; and Kirindi Oya in southern Sri Lanka) are presented. The methodology used identifies the quantities and productivity of various uses of water within a basin. This information is then used to identify the water-saving potential, and the means of improving the productivity of the managed supplies.
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Water management; Water conservation; River basins; Water use; Productivity; Case studies; Irrigated farming; Indicators; Water scarcity; South Asia; India; Pakistan; Sri Lanka; Bhakra; Chishtian; Kirindi Oya; Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; Agricultural Finance; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Crop Production/Industries; Farm Management; Production Economics; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2001
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/61099

Congregations and rural development The case of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Pesonen,   Heikki; Vesala,   Kari.
Approximately 84 percent of Finns are members of the Evangelical Lutheran Church. Most of the Church’s 562 congregations are located in rural areas. In local communities Church congregations typically play a significant role, providing job opportunities, offering various services and promoting social and mental welfare. This paper examines the role that the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland and its congregations have in rural development. The activities of the rural congregations are examined, firstly, from the point of view of rural development on the whole. What is the potential of the congregations in rural development? Secondly, the role of congregations in rural development is examined by taking into consideration the religious motivations and...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Religion; Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland; Congregations; Rural; Development; Community attachment; Social sustainability; Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/44102

Toward a Territorial Approach to Rural Development
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: de Janvry,   Alain; Sadoulet,   Elisabeth.
This paper explores a territorial approach to rural development in Latin America. It first reviews evidence that progress in rural social development has not been accompanied by reductions in income poverty and inequality. It then assesses qualitative changes that have occurred in rural incomes and the emergence of new opportunities for rural poverty reduction and draws implications for the potential of a territorial approach to rural development. Recent experiences with territorial approaches are briefly reviewed and lessons extracted for the implementation of such an approach. It concludes with a series of recommendations for implementation of a territorial approach to rural development.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Rural development; Rural poverty; Territorial approach; Inequality; Latin America; Community/Rural/Urban Development; O10; O13; O15; O18.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/112593

Rural America At A Glance, 2004
Provedor de dados: 31
Rural America At A Glance, 2004 is a six-page brochure that highlights the most recent indicators of social and economic conditions in rural areas for use in developing policies and programs to assist rural areas. The brochure is the third in a series of reports that uses current social and economic data to highlight population, labor market, income, and poverty trends in rural areas. This brochure provides information on key rural conditions and trends for use by public and private decision-makers and others in efforts to enhance the economic opportunities and quality of life for rural people and their communities.
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/33719

Using Empirical Information in the Era of HIV/AIDS to Inform Mitigation and Rural Development Strategies: Selected Results from African Country Studies
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Mather,   David; Donovan,   Cynthia; Jayne,   Thomas S.; Weber,   Michael T.
This paper summarizes empirical results from a synthesis of a set of country studies  undertaken by Michigan State University and partner institutions in five African countries, each  of which is based upon large-scale rural household surveys. The results demonstrate that the  post-death land/labor ratios and income of rural households directly affected by prime-age adult  mortality are more heterogeneous than implied by some of the literature and discussion among development practitioners.
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Food security; Food policy; HIV/AIDS; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Health Economics and Policy; Downloads July 2008-July 2009: 10; I11.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/54569

FOREWORD: The Economics of Land Use Change: Advancing the Frontiers
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Lynch,   Lori; Geoghegan,   Jacqueline.
Tipo: Article
Palavras-chave: Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Environmental Economics and Policy; Land Economics/Use; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/120679

The rural non-farm economy, livelihood strategies and household welfare
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Stifel,   David.
This paper examines the relationship between rural non-farm employment and household welfare using nationally representative data from Madagascar. It focuses on labor outcomes in the context of household livelihood strategies that include farm and non-farm income earning opportunities. It identifies distinct household livelihood strategies that can be ordered in welfare terms, and estimates multinomial logit models to assess the extent of the barriers to choosing dominant strategies. It finds that high-return non-farm activities provide an important pathway out of poverty, but that barriers such as lack of (a) education, (b) formal credit and (c) access to telecommunications restrict participation in such activities. Individual employment choice models and...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Non-farm; Livelihood strategy; Diversification; Labor; Welfare; Madagascar; Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/93887

WAR AND PEACE IN THE RURAL WEST
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Salant,   Priscilla.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2000
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/33457

Optimizing Voluntary Deforestation Policy in the Face of Adverse Selection and Costly Transfers
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: van Benthem,   Arthur A.; Kerr,   Suzi.
As part of international climate change policy, voluntary opt-in programs to reduce emissions in unregulated sectors or countries have spurred considerable discussion. Since any regulator will make errors in predicting baselines, adverse selection will reduce efficiency since participants will self-select into the program. In contrast, pure subsidies lead to full participation but require large financial transfers; this is a particular challenge across countries. A global social planner facing costless transfers would choose such a subsidy to maximize efficiency. However, any actual policy needs to be individually rational for both the buying (industrialized) and selling (developing) country. We present a simple model to analyze this trade-off between...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Voluntary opt-in; Adverse selection; Deforestation; Offsets; Emissions trading; REDD; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Environmental Economics and Policy; Land Economics/Use; Q54; Q56.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/96813

Population Changes within Census County Divisions of North Dakota
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Voelker,   Stanley W.; Ostenson,   Thomas K.
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 1971
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/101947

A helyi akciócsoportok működése egy országos felmérés tükrében
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Kiss,   Krisztian; Szekeresne,   Koteles Rita.
A tanulmányban kérdőíves felmérésünk eredményeire támaszkodva bemutatjuk a 2007-ben megalakult LEADER HACS-ok fontosabb működési jellemzőit. Országos felmérésünkből kiderül, hogy nincsen hagyománya, gyakorlata a fejlesztésekben való együttműködésnek, holott a helyi program végrehajtása nagymértékben múlik a helyi társadalom felkészültségén, az emberek és szervezetek együttműködésén. A HACS-ok által lefedett térségek fejlődését több vonatkozásban a humán erőforrások, a vidéki emberek és közösségeik (az ún. szoft tényezők) hiányosságai gátolják, következésképpen sürgető a humán erőforrások fejlesztése is. A HACS-ok feladatuknak a támogatási források odaítélését tartják, ami fontos, de korántsem elégséges ahhoz, hogy a tőlük elvárt, a helyi vidékfejlesztési...
Tipo: Article
Palavras-chave: Helyi akciócsoportok (HACS-ok); Szubszidiaritás; Együttműködés; Kapacitásépítés; Fenntarthatóság; Local Action Groups (LAG's); Subsidiarity; Cooperation; Capacity building; Sustainability; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Labor and Human Capital; Public Economics.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/119887

Aspekte der Agrarpolitik 2007
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Rudloff,   Bettina; Heckelei,   Thomas; Rasch,   Sebastian.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; International Relations/Trade.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/97519

Do Supervisors Affect the Valuation of Public Goods?
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Franceschi,   Dina; Vásquez,   William F.
Systematic supervision procedures have been proposed to improve contingent valuation surveying, particularly in developing countries. Surprisingly, the CV literature does not say much about the potential effects of supervision even though there is evidence of interviewer effects and social desirability issues that can bias results. This paper investigates the effects of interview supervision on the valuation of public services, using split-sample treatments to include a test of scope of a nested good and to assess the effect of interview supervision on reported WTP. Results suggest that supervisors can be used to improve quality with no effect on WTP estimates.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Contingent valuation; Drinking water; Nicaragua; Social desirability; Supervision effects; Willingness to pay; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Consumer/Household Economics; Environmental Economics and Policy; Public Economics; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/117771

Potencial de transformação de um aglomerado de produtores em um arranjo produtivo local
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Roman,   Darlan Jose; Erdmann,   Rolf Hermann.
This article discusses the potential transformation of a traditional producer of alfalfa in a Local Production Arrangement. It starts with the presentation and discussion of the concept of local productive arrangement, which emerges in contemporary society. This concept has been discussed as part of efforts to understand the place of cooperation in social and organizational dynamics. Discusses alternatives then to add value to the productive chain of alfalfa and mapping of the conditions of production in the context of the county of Herval d'Oeste - SC. Finally we analyze the possibilities for consolidation of an LPA as a means of adding value to the product, improving the production and marketing, enjoy the benefits of cooperation and to provide the...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Systemic competitiveness; Local clusters; Alfalfa; Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/94841

La construcción del capital social comunitario en un entorno periurbano – Ejido de San Nicolás Totolapan
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Martinez,   Jorge Tovar.
La información presentada forma parte de la investigación realizada en la Comunidad Ejidal de San Nicolás Totolapan, realizada el año 2009, en relación a la integración y convivencia económico-territorial de la organización ejidal con la gran ciudad de México y sus habitantes, a través del diseño y la puesta en operación de estrategias de adaptación y cambio en sus usos y costumbres al interior de la comunidad, que se ubica en un espacio periurbano colindante con el Distrito Federal, capital federal de México, en donde 336 ejidatarios administran sus tierras en régimen de propiedad comunitaria, que esta conformada principalmente de áreas de bosque y otras tierras cultivables, y que en un momento dado por las circunstancias socio-económicas, deciden poner...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Capital social; Turismo rural; Ecoturismo; Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Labor and Human Capital.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/95238

ECONOMIC GROWTH IN MINNESOTA COMPARED TO NEIGHBORING STATES AND THE NATION AS A WHOLE
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Helmberger,   John D.
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 1984
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/13483

Developing Cost Effective Methods for Estimating Household Income and Nutrient Intake Adequacy
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Tschirley,   David L.; Rose,   Donald.
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Downloads July 2008 - July 2009: 6.
Ano: 2000
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/11330

Retaining Financial Capital for Rural Community Development: A Case Study of the Town of Olds, Alberta
Provedor de dados: 31
Financial capital is an important component of rural community development and a key aspect of community resilience. Yet residents often transfer their wealth into investment vehicles such as GICs and bonds that are external to their community. This exodus of financial capital is often in contrast to a deep commitment to the local community in which these residents lived and worked for the majority of their lives. With a focus on the Town of Olds, Alberta, this project seeks to understand the possibilities for local financial capital retention for community development. We compare several approaches to capital retention that include the transition towns movement, community currency and community bonds; we explore perspectives from municipal, provincial,...
Tipo: Technical Report
Palavras-chave: Rural finance; Community investment; Impact assessment; Social research methods; Rural development; Community resilience; Community/Rural/Urban Development; R51; R11; Q38.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/119055

Livelihood strategies in the rural Kenyan highlands
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Brown,   Douglas R.; Stephens,   Emma C.; Ouma,   James Okuro; Murithi,   Festus M.; Barrett,   Christopher B.
The concept of a livelihood strategy has become central to development practice in recent years. Nonetheless, precise identification of livelihoods in quantitative data has remained methodologically elusive. This paper uses cluster analysis methods to operationalize the concept of livelihood strategies in household data and then uses the resulting strategy-specific income distributions to test whether the hypothesized outcome differences between livelihoods indeed exist. Using data from Kenya’s central and western highlands, we identify five distinct livelihood strategies that exhibit statistically significant differences in mean per capita incomes and stochastic dominance orderings that establish clear welfare rankings among livelihood strategies....
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Livelihood strategy; Kenya; Smallholder agriculture; Cluster analysis; Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/57019

Neoclassical consumer theory and genetically modified food
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Kaye-Blake,   William.
Three axioms underpin consumer choice in neoclassical theory: weak order, independence, and continuity. Two of these axioms may not hold, however, for consumers’ choices regarding genetically modified (GM) food. Consumers may evaluate product attributes differently depending on whether the food is GM or not, violating attribute independence. Some consumers may not want GM food at all, violating continuity. The axioms were empirically investigated with a choice experiment survey. The paper discusses evidence of violations of both independence and continuity, as well as a non-neoclassical approach to modelling consumer choice.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Genetically modified food; Neoclassical; Bounded rationality; Choice modelling; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Consumer/Household Economics; Crop Production/Industries; Environmental Economics and Policy; Farm Management; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/98511

Changes in regional inequality in rural China: decomposing the Gini index by income sources
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Wan,   Guang Hua.
A new method is proposed to decompose inequality changes as measured by the Gini index into structural effects, real inequality effects and interactive effects. Application of the method to updated Chinese data reveals that structural effects represent the driving force underlying the increasing trend in regional income inequality in rural China. Policy implications are explored. In addition to these contributions, considerable efforts are made to construct the income data used in the article. Pitfalls in measuring income inequality in rural China are discussed.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2001
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/117472

Incorporating State Elementary and Secondary School Funding Formulas in Community Impact Models
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Adhikari,   Arun; Fannin,   James Matthew.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: COMPAS modeling; Public school finance; Labor markets; Revenue capacity; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Public Economics; I22.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/56690

Credit rationing of Polish farm households. A theoretical and empirical analysis.
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Petrick,   Martin.
On the verge of EU accession, Poland’s agricultural sector is characterised by a number of distinct structural weaknesses, which are a major reason for the unsatisfactory income situation of rural households. Among these weaknesses are that farm productivity is substantially below EU standards, investment has performed much weaker as compared with the overall Polish economy, and structural change has been very small. It has been suggested that credit access is a crucial factor for overcoming these undesired outcomes. Furthermore, the Polish government massively intervenes on rural credit markets, in particular by granting subsidies on working capital and investment loans for agriculture. Against this background, the aim of the present research is to...
Tipo: Book
Palavras-chave: Agricultural Finance; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Consumer/Household Economics; Institutional and Behavioral Economics.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/93022

FINANCING LOCAL DEVELOPMENT
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Fournier,   Y.; Gentil,   D.; Coetzee,   Gerhard K.; Perret,   Sylvain R.
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2002
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/18074

STATE EXPERIENCES IN AREA DEVELOPMENT: ALABAMA, ARKANSAS, MICHIGAN
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Lanham,   Ben T., Jr.; Pettyjohn,   Earl F.; Blank,   Uel.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 1961
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/17631

Retail Trade Area Analysis Mayville-Portland North Dakota
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Bangsund,   Dean A.; Leistritz,   F. Larry; Wanzek,   Janet K.; Zetocha,   Dale F.; Bastow-Shoop,   Holly E.
This report is intended to provide an indepth trade area analysis of Mayville-Portland, North Dakota. Specific analyses included determining Mayville-Portland's main and greater trade areas, identifying the demographic profile of Mayville-Portland shoppers, examining important and less important services for patron shoppers of Mayville-Portland, identifying neighboring cities that area shoppers patronize, determining distances area shoppers traveled to Mayville-Portland, and listing popular newspapers and radio stations among area residents. Current trade area information for Mayville-Portland was obtained from a statewide trade area survey conducted by the Department of Agricultural Economics at North Dakota State University in 1989. Recent trends (1980...
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development; Farm Management.
Ano: 1991
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/51307

The relationship between spatial price transmission and geographical distance: the case of Brazil
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Hernandez-Villafuerte,   Karla Vanessa.
The objectives of this research are to investigate the influence of geographical distance on the cointegration relationship in order to increase knowledge on the issue, and to indentify its role in Brazilian agricultural markets. With this intention, the cointegration framework is applied allowing for the presence of multiple structural breaks in the long run equation. The inclusion of breaks is in response to the multiple changes of the agricultural system during the period of investigation. The spatial integration is calculated between each market pair. The cointegration coefficient and geographical distance relationship is calculated by means of an OLS regression, taking into account the quality of roads and the proximity to a border or port. The effect...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Cointegration; Price transmission; Geographical distance; Structural breaks; Rice; Soybeans; Brazil.; Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Labor and Human Capital.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/95030

Global Food Price Volatility and Spikes: An Overview of Costs, Causes, and Solutions
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: von Braun,   Joachim; Tadesse,   Getaw.
Since the 2007–08 food crisis, many thoughtful analyses have addressed the causes and impacts of high and volatile international food prices and proposed solutions to the crisis. These studies have covered global as well as local food price dynamics and policy reactions. The food price problem is, however, far-reaching, and its impacts are wide and interrelated. The price formation mechanism has become highly complex and dynamic. Policy actions are politically and economically sensitive. This situation calls for continuous and comprehensive assessments of the problem to provide timely and evidence-based knowledge for policy makers. This paper reviews existing evidence and theories and presents new thoughts and insights from analyses to enlighten the course...
Tipo: Working Paper
Palavras-chave: Food security; Prices; Volatility; Poverty; Food policy; Speculation; Economic crises; Agricultural and Food Policy; Agricultural Finance; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Food Security and Poverty; Land Economics/Use; Production Economics; I38; O13; O16; Q11; Q18.
Ano: 2012
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/120021

The Beginning Farmers’ Problem In Canada
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Pouliot,   Sebastien.
Concerns about beginning farmers in Canada derive from trends in data that show that the population of farmers and the number of young farmers are declining. This paper discusses and analyses issues regarding the constraints and opportunities beginning farmers in Canada face. The discussion covers whether issues peculiar to beginning farmers are, from an economic policy point of view, a source of concern and whether there are motives for government intervention. The main conclusions are 1) the decline in the number of farms in Canada responds to economic forces, 2) the price of fixed assets constitutes the main barrier to entry and 3) government support to entry in agriculture would have a negligible effect on the number of farms and the entry of new farms.
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Agriculture; Barriers to Entry; Beginning Farmers; Fixed Assets; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Q10; Q12; Q18.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/118019

A COMPARISON OF FINANCIAL CONDITIONS OF THE CITIES OF BRANCH AND NORTH BRANCH, MINNESOTA FOR YEARS 1986-1991
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Honadle,   Beth Walter; Jaax,   Ross.
The objective of this brief background paper is to compare selected financial indicators for the cities of Branch and North Branch for the years 1986-1991. For an additional reference point in the comparison, we compared the two cities to the average of Greater Minnesota cities their size (fewer than 2,500 people).
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 1994
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/14130

VALORAÇÃO ECONÔMICA DE BENEFÍCIOS AMBIENTAIS COMO ESTRATÉGIA DE CONSERVAÇÃO: O CASO DO LITORAL DE ILHÉUS-BA
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Freire,   Carla Regina Ferreira; Cerqueira,   Cristiane Aparecida De; Guimaraes Junior,   Gilberto De Souza.
Este artigo tem por objetivo estimar uma função de demanda por turismo e o valor de uso (recreacional) das praias do litoral do município de Ilhéus – BA, que permitirá fazer uma estimativa dos benefícios do turismo nessa área, considerando duas diferentes estações para o turismo, alta estação e baixa estação. O levantamento dos dados foi feito nos meses de janeiro (alta estação) e novembro (baixa estação), foram aplicados 138 e 110 questionários, respectivamente. A técnica utilizada para a obtenção do valor de uso do turismo foi o Método do Custo de Viagem. O valor do turismo estimado para as praias do litoral de Ilhéus-BA, considerando os turistas amostrados para cada estação foi de R$ 255,13 (alta estação) e R$ 453,58 (baixa estação) por dia por turista....
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Custo de viagem; Turismo; Demanda; Cost of trip; Tourism; Demand; Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/109806

LESSONS FROM APPROACHES TO INCREASE WOMEN'S PARTICIPATION IN DEVELOPMENT: WORKSHOP SUMMARY
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Proctor,   Celestine.
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development; Labor and Human Capital.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/14645

Compare Your Area's Food Environment With the Rest of the Country
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Golan,   Elise H.; Breneman,   Vincent E.; Dicken,   Chris.
Tipo: Article
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/121440

GENDER ROLES IN AGRICULTURE: CASE STUDIES OF FIVE VILLAGES IN NORTHERN AFGHANISTAN
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Grace,   Jo.
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development; Labor and Human Capital.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/14637

POLITICS OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Fisher,   Dennis U.; Knutson,   Ronald D.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 1989
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/17234

Development Model of Rural Industrialization in China
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Chen,   Weihong; Zhang,   Ruide; Liu,   Guichuan.
With the implementation of the policy of expanding domestic demand, farmers have become the main body of rural economy and rural industrialization. Development of rural industrialization promotes the development of rural economy in China, effectively transfers the surplus labor force in rural areas, continuously optimizes the rural economic structure, improves the living standard of farmers, and has made important contributions to the stability and development of economy and society in China. This paper introduces the connotation of rural industrialization, classifies it into three modes according to the farmer’s investment and economic development, such as exogenous model of rural industrialization, endogenous model of rural industrialization and...
Tipo: Thesis or Dissertation
Palavras-chave: Rural industrialization; Development model; Policy suggestion; China; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Industrial Organization; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/54072

Crescimento dos vales do Tietê e Paraná: um enfoque de estoques de capitais
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Bernardes,   Elaine Mendonca; Peres,   Fernando Curi; Pavarina,   Paula R. de J. Pinsetta.
The study aimed at identifying factors limiting the Tietê and Paraná valleys economic growth. Specifically, it analyzed the importance of the capital stocks for economic growth of these and the other counties in São Paulo State. Nine factors were generated by Principal Components Method to represent the capital stocks and were denominated: Human Capital I; Physical Capital; Social Capital I; Human Capital II; Financial Capital I; Social Capital II; Natural Capital I; Financial Capital II; Natural Capital II. The percentage of the total variance explained by each stock of capital was 19.5% (human); 8.3% (social); 6.0% (financial); 5.9% (physical), and 4.8% (natural). The study indicated that there are two different groups concerning the income index in the...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Economic growth; Economic development; Regional development; Capital stocks; Income; Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/54143

Migration, Household Composition, and Child Welfare in Rural Northeast Thailand
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Cameron,   Michael P.; Lim,   Steven.
In many developing countries the composition of rural households is influenced by the migration of adult household members to urban locations in search of employment. Children may be left in the care of their mother alone, or in the care of grandparents when both parents have migrated. Using representative data from a household survey conducted in rural Northeast Thailand in 2003, this paper investigates whether household composition has any effect on the welfare of children, as measured by anthropometric measurements including height-for-age, weight-for-age, and weight-for-height. Our findings suggest that household types other than nuclear families result in some significantly worse child nutritional outcomes. The implication is that governments should...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Migration; Household composition; Children; Thailand; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Consumer/Household Economics; Environmental Economics and Policy; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Food Security and Poverty; Health Economics and Policy; I31; O15; O18.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/98508

Evolução dos temas relacionados ao desenvolvimento rural: de 1950 a 2000
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Ellis,   Frank; Biggs,   Stephen.
This article provides a brief overview of the major switches in rural development thinking that have occurred over the past halfcentury or so. Dominant and subsidiary themes are identified, as well as the co-existence of different narratives running in parallel. The continuing success of the long-running small-farm efficiency paradigm is highlighted. The article concludes by asking whether sustainable livelihoods approaches can be interpreted as provided a new or different way forward for rural development in the future. The answer is a cautious yes since these approaches potentially permit the cross-sectoral and multi-occupational character of contemporary rural livelihoods in low-income countries to be placed in centre-stage in efforts to reduce rural...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Rural sociology; Rural development thinking; Sustainable development; Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/44034

IMPORTANT ECONOMIC PROBLEMS OF AGRICULTURE OF MOLDOVA
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Cimpoies,   Dragos; Schulze,   Eberhard.
Agrarian reform in Moldova, as in all former Soviet republics, involved the transfer of land and assets of collective farms in private possession, and also restructuring of the last. It was supposed that the given directions of reforms will provide, in shortest terms, recovery of agriculture and will serve as the catalyst for serious transformations of rural areas. As a matter of fact, they became the catalyst of new problems: As appeared subsequently, the end of land transformations does not mean at all the termination of problems, but only their beginning. It is well known the fact that improvement of the state in any sector of economy and even economy at all, is in direct dependence on correctness of decision-making. But the last one, is impossible...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Methoden der Datenerhebung; Mikroökonomische Daten; Befragung; Agrarian reform; Restructuring; Problems; Agrarian transformation; Аграрная реформа; Реструктуризация; Проблема; Аграрные преобра-зования.; Agribusiness; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Farm Management; Institutional and Behavioral Economics; Land Economics/Use; C 81.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/92028

Rural development policy delivery and governance in Greece
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Papadopoulou,   Eleni; Christos,   Papalexiou; Hasanagas,   Nikolaos; Ventouri,   Eirini.
The main purpose of this research is focused on understanding the politico-administrative system and structure of rural policy implementation in the third programming period (2000-2006). Case studies have been conducted for selected measures of the Greek Rural Development Programme (RDP) and LEADER+ initiative. In-depth interviews were conducted with officials involved in the rural development policy implementation.  Inflexibility due to centralization, lack of personnel motivation and inadequacy of the personnel involved in policy implementation are the main weaknesses. Work seasonal overload is also a weakness, which can be caused by peak periods or by too many and in part possibly unnecessary documents, official permissions and other legal or...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Rural Development Programme; Policy implementation; Governance; Administration; Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/94616

Rural space and rural development in Romania
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Rusu,   Marioara; Florian,   Violeta.
The rural space of Romania is characterised in terms of administrative breakdown, area and population, with reference to the NUTS classifications. This is followed by a demographic analysis of the gender and age structures, as well as migration flows. The rural-urban flows are considered, as is the employment structure in rural areas. Then, the farming sector is analysed, both with respect to its productive and factor characteristics, and the farm population features, over the period of systemic transformation. It is noted that farming intensity has gone down altogether on almost all accounts, while privatisation of farming has been overwhelming. At the same time, during the transformation, there have been disadvantageous phenomena within the farm...
Tipo: Article
Palavras-chave: Rural development; Rural areas; Romanian agriculture; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2003
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/122655

AN ASSESSMENT OF THE IMPACT OF THE RURAL EMPOWERMENT ZONE AND ENTERPRISE COMMUNITY PROGRAM ON TEXAS' RIO GRANDE VALLEY
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Estrada,   Joselito K.; Allen,   Albert J.
A Human Development Index (HDI) was developed to analyze the impact of the rural empowerment zone program on counties in the Texas Rio Grande Valley. Results of the analysis indicate that minimal development has taken place in these counties. This outcome is attributable to several institutional factors.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/34704

Determinants of Income Diversification among Fishing Communities in Western Kenya
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Olale,   Edward; Henson,   Spencer J.; Cranfield,   John A.L.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Poverty; Income Diversification; Fish worker; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Food Security and Poverty; International Development; Labor and Human Capital; Production Economics.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/61259

The Again Population: Projections and Problems in Funding Human Services
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Smith,   John P.
Tipo: Technical Report
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development; Consumer/Household Economics; Public Economics.
Ano: 1980
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/120822

POTENTIAL ROLE OF NON-AGRICULTURAL COOPERATIVES IN RURAL DEVELOPMENT: A REPORT ON FOCUS GROUP STUDIES CONDUCTED IN RURAL NORTH DAKOTA
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Bhuyan,   Sanjib; Olson,   Frayne E.
Focus group discussions were conducted in April 1997 in two rural North Dakota counties to examine whether the problem of inadequate or missing goods and services in those areas can be solved by using the cooperative business approach.  An earlier study (Bhuyan, 1996a) has shown that many rural North Dakota communities lack essential goods and services, such as supermarket or grocery stores, clothing stores, drug stores, bank/credit facilities, and ambulance or fire-services.  Focus group participants corroborated those earlier findings at the local level.  It was also found that the rural residents were not fully aware of the potential role of cooperatives in the non-agricultural sectors as a means to provide inadequate or missing goods and services....
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Non-agricultural cooperatives; Rural development strategies; Focus group; Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 1998
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/23298

CROSS-BORDER COOPERATION, PROTECTED GEOGRAPHIC AREAS AND EXTENSIVE AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION IN SERBIA
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Stojanovic,   Zaklina; Manic,   Emilija.
The concept of Sustainable Agricultural and Rural Development (SARD) is based on resources effective usage that brings strengthen social cohesion of rural regions. Sustainable agro systems take care of natural resources conservation, as well as of economic and social aspects of rural economy. In order to advance complementary activities, agricultural sector has been often seen as the base for local economical diversification of capacities. The connections between agriculture, nature and tourism are especially important. The EU countries insist on this kind of connections which is the integral part of financial support of common funds, while the candidate countries are using the IPA assistance for rural development programs. Program of cross - border...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Multifunctional; Extensive agriculture; SARD; Cross-border cooperation; Rural tourism; Ecotourism; Serbia; Agribusiness; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Environmental Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/57485

ECONOMIC RENAISSANCE: THE MASSACHUSETTS EXPERIENCE
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Howell,   James M.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 1987
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/17847

Baby Boom Migration and Its Impact on Rural America
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Cromartie,   John; Nelson,   Peter.
Members of the baby boom cohort, now 45-63 years old, are approaching a period in their lives when moves to rural and small-town destinations increase. An analysis of age-specific, net migration during the 1990s reveals extensive shifts in migration patterns as Americans move through different life-cycle stages. Assuming similar age patterns of migration, this report identifies the types of nonmetropolitan counties that are likely to experience the greatest surge in baby boom migration during 2000-20 and projects the likely impact on the size and distribution of retirement-age populations in destination counties. The analysis finds a significant increase in the propensity to migrate to nonmetro counties as people reach their fifties and sixties and...
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Baby boomers; Migration; Rural development; Life-cycle migration; Population projections.; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Institutional and Behavioral Economics.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/55947

Boosting Rural Economies with Small Business Development: Bringing Hope to Native American Reservations (PowerPoint)
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Fiddler,   Tanya.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/60350

Strategies for Developing Domestic and International Markets for Nicaragua's Dairy Products
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Dobson,   William D.
This paper analyzes the capacity of Nicaragua's dairy industry to expand domestic dairy product sales and exports profitably. The paper (a) presents information on traits of Nicaragua's dairy industry that influence domestic and export market expansion capabilities, and (b) benchmarks Nicaragua's dairy industry against principles that have been discovered to have relevant, profitable applications in the dairy industries of other countries for expanding domestic sales and exports. Six strategies for expanding Nicaragua's domestic dairy product sales and dairy exports are specified in the paper.
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Nicaragua Dairy Industry; Domestic Dairy Product Sales; Dairy Exports; Export Markets; Transportation Costs; Cold Storage; Central American Diary Markets; Morolique Cheese; Agribusiness; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Demand and Price Analysis; Farm Management; Financial Economics; Industrial Organization; International Development; International Relations/Trade; Political Economy.
Ano: 2003
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/37566

DESARROLLO RURAL: NUEVOS ENFOQUES Y PERSPECTIVAS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Mora,   Jorge; Sumpsi,   Jose Maria.
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/11834

EFFECTS OF LOCAL DEVELOPMENT PRESSURE ON LAND PRICES: A SPATIAL ECONOMIC APPROACH
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Jeanty,   Pierre Wilner; Kraybill,   David S.; Libby,   Lawrence W.; Sohngen,   Brent.
We conduct a study to examine the effects of local development pressure and other factors on the value of urban-fringe land parcels. Multiple regression spatial models were estimated using parcel- level data from Delaware County, Ohio. The empirical results provide evidence that such factors as man-made and natural features are relevant in determining property values. The econometric findings indicate that local development pressure contributes profoundly to an increase in current land prices. These results shed light on the magnitude of the effects of recently developed land and provide insights into policies to preserve farmland and the associated environmental benefits.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development; Land Economics/Use.
Ano: 2002
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/19767

The Importance Of Indigenous Biodiversity On Waikato Farms
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Trinh,   Phuong Khanh; Kaval,   Pamela.
In this paper, we studied the importance of indigenous biodiversity (native bush) on farm properties in the Waikato Region. To do this, we surveyed both real estate agents and farmers. We discovered that opinions of native bush between the two groups were very different. A small percentage of real estate agents believed that indigenous biodiversity on farms mattered; type of farm sold and age of respondent influenced this belief. While approximately half of Waikato farmers believed that native bush was important; this was influenced by age, income, education level, number of farm owners and sex. Farmers suggested that rates rebates, as well as subsidized planting and subsidized fencing would motivate them to plant more native bush on their lands.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Waikato; Indigenous biodiversity; Farms; Surveys; Logistic model; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Consumer/Household Economics; Environmental Economics and Policy; Farm Management; Land Economics/Use; Livestock Production/Industries.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/98505

Innovation, Rurality and Human Capital in Food Processing
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Brewin,   Derek G.; Omidvar,   Vahid.
In the hope of supporting rural economies, some rural planners suggest fostering food processing firms in rural areas. Locating close to the source of necessary agricultural commodities might give the processors an advantage. However, emerging patterns of product innovations, which affect demand, and process innovations, which lower costs, are tied to firm-level capacities in research and development. Communities can become more efficient at supplying services, including research services, to a particular industry. This in turn lowers the costs of that industry, driving up demand for the services and so on. The agglomerations of service firms spin off supporting services, which accommodate yet more firms. Agglomerations of service firms are difficult to...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Productivity Analysis.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/46438

THE ROLE OF AGRICULTURE IN THE NORTH DAKOTA ECONOMY
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Leistritz,   F. Larry; Lambert,   David K.; Coon,   Randal C.
The purpose of this report is to assess the role of agriculture in the North Dakota economy.  This analysis is both statewide and regional in perspective (data are provided for each of the state's eight planning regions).  Key indicators used in the analysis include sales for final demand (i.e., sales to out-of-state markets), gross business volume (gross receipts), gross state product (value added), and direct employment for each economic sector.  The analysis reveals that, although its role in the North Dakota economy has been reduced in a relative sense, agriculture remains a cornerstone of the state economy and remains the largest goods and services exporting sector.  While agriculture accounts for smaller shares of state sales for final demand, gross...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Economic base; Value added; Economic indicators; Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2002
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/23095

Environmentally sustainable tourism: International and Hungarian relations
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: David,   Lorant; Baros,   Zoltan.
Compliance with the principles of sustainability is now a general requirement with respect to any tourism strategy, tourism policy or management. Much has been written about the issue of sustainability and its relationship to tourism management and development. Still, their actual relationship is not always clear, and whilst a number of methodologies profess to be sustainable, there is no clear statement as to how that can be achieved. It is generally accepted, irrespective of the sustainability model used, that there are three key components or strands to sustainability: economic, social and environmental. It is in working towards a balance between the competing demands of all three components that progress towards sustainability can be achieved. One...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Tourism; Sustainable development; Environment; Turizmus; Fenntartható fejlődés; Környezet; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Environmental Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/92542

The Impact of Management Changes Designed to Reduce Discharges to Water on Farm Profitability and Environmental Outcomes (Power Point)
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Ford,   Stuart.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Consumer/Household Economics; Crop Production/Industries; Environmental Economics and Policy; Farm Management; Land Economics/Use.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/97613

Must Conditional Cash Transfer Programs Be Conditioned to Be Effective?: The Impact of Conditioning Transfers on School Enrollment In Mexico
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: de Brauw,   Alan; Hoddinott,   John.
A growing body of evidence suggests that conditional cash transfer (CCT) programs can have strong, positive effects on a range of welfare indicators for poor households in developing countries. However, the contribution of individual program components toward achieving these outcomes is not well understood. This paper contributes to filling this gap by explicitly testing the importance of conditionality on one specific outcome related to human capital formation (namely school enrollment), using data collected during the evaluation of Mexico’s Programa de Educación, Salud, y Alimentación (PROGRESA) CCT program. We exploit the fact that some PROGRESA beneficiaries who received transfers did not receive the forms needed to monitor their children’s attendance...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Conditionality; Cash transfers; School enrollment; School attendance; PROGRESA; Mexico; Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/42814

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVES IN RURAL NORTH DAKOTA COMMUNITIES: SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACTS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: DeVuyst,   Cheryl Sinn; Leistritz,   F. Larry; Schepp,   Angela.
The purpose of this study was to examine the local socioeconomic impacts of new economic development initiatives in North Dakota's rural (nonmetropolitan) communities.  This report is the second to present findings from this project; an earlier report analyzed the effects of four new agricultural processing plants on their host communities.  This report examines the effects of manufacturing and/or exported services facilities in three communities and presents comparison data drawn from two control communities (i.e., towns that had not experienced the advent of a major new employer during the 1990s).  The information from the two groups of development communities and the control communities is compared and contrasted to discern similarities and differences...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Rural development; Community impacts; North Dakota; Manufacturing; Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2003
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/23577

Economic Effects of a Free Trade Agreement like CAFTA on Agricultural Trade Between Southern U.S. and Latin American Regions, and the Potential Implications for Rural Development
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Fuentes,   Porfirio A.; Allen,   Albert J.; Couvillion,   Warren C.
A SEM model is presented to simulate the effects of a Free Trade agreement. As expected results show an increase in social welfare in trading regions involved resulting from the FTA implementation. An analysis of the potential effects on rural poor and policy implications for rural development are also presented.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/34634

The Development of Kiribati: An Analysis of Trends, Issues and Policies
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Tisdell,   Clement A.
Kiribati is one of the five least developed Pacific island nations according to the classification of the United Nations. This article reviews the situation of Kiribati in relation to its development generally but paying particular attention to: Public and private finance; social issues such as education and health; its trade and external balance; and economic infrastructure. Policy suggestions are made in relation to each of these matters and an assessment given of the development status of Kiribati.
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Kiribati; Pacific Island; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Financial Economics; Health Economics and Policy; International Relations/Trade; Public Economics.
Ano: 2000
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/100031

Does Decentralized Welfare Reform Lead to a Race to the Bottom in Local Economic Development and Local Public Services?
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Baryeh,   Afia; Kraybill,   David S.
This paper tests the hypothesis that devolution of welfare programs leads to heightened intergovernmental competition and a “"race to the bottom"” in the provision of local public services.  Data from a national survey of county governments is used to estimate an econometric model of strategic interaction by county governments.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2001
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/20512

REGIONAL DISPARITIES IN SHARING THE GROSS NATIONAL PRODUCT
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Maki,   Wilbur R.
The purpose of this paper is to account for the widening disparities in the principal measures of regional economic growth and well-being, starting with the Gross National Product and its regional distribution. Its focus is the measurement of recent state-level shifts in industry and population and the assessment of their implications for public intervention in private sector decision making.
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 1984
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/14080

Spatial autocorrelation and non-farm rural enterprises in Indonesia
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Gibson,   John; Olivia,   Susan.
Non-farm rural enterprises (NFRE) are increasingly studied because of their role in poverty reduction. However, existing studies of the effects of infrastructure on NFRE may give incorrect inferences because they typically fail to account for spatial effects. Such effects could reflect either spatial errors due to excluded local effects or spatial lags due to excluded interactions, such as between households switching out of farm work. We use rural investment climate survey data from Indonesia that allow distances between each household to be measured so that spatial effects can be modeled to assess the bias from ignoring such effects.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Infrastructure; Non-farm enterprises; Spatial statistics; Indonesia; Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/10387

Latino/a Wealth and Livelihood Strategies in Rural Midwestern Communities
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Valdivia,   Corinne; Jeanetta,   Stephen; Flores,   Lisa Y.; Morales,   Alejandro; Martinez,   Domingo Gallego.
Tipo: Article
Palavras-chave: Economics of Minorities; Races and Immigrants; Public Policy; Regional Migration; Regional Labor Markets; Agricultural Finance; Community/Rural/Urban Development; J15; J18; R23.
Ano: 2012
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/122802

A PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS OF SEASON EXTENSION AND THE DULUTH-SUPERIOR ECONOMY
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Runge,   C. Ford; Fruin,   Jerry E.
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 1986
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/13767

ESTIMATING DEMAND FOR RECREATIONAL FISHING IN ALABAMA USING TRAVEL COST MODEL
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Ojumu,   Oluwagbemiga; Hite,   Diane; Fields,   Deacue.
Individuals and households reveal their willingness to pay to enjoy environmental and natural resource services by engaging in outdoor recreation activities.  The state of Alabama and the Black-Belt region possess significant recreational fishing resources whose qualities could be improved through public and private management innovations.  To measure the value of such interventions, a baseline estimate of recreational fishing demand and potential for increasing the demand by on-site improvements needs to established. Using direct mail survey, count data obtained on individual angler characteristics, expenditures on fishing equipment, and destinations and expenditures on time and travel for each trip taken.  In addition, the kinds and quantities of fish...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Recreation; Negative-Binomial; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Consumer/Household Economics; Demand and Price Analysis; Environmental Economics and Policy; Public Economics.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/46858

The Implications of Skewed Risk Perception for a Dutch Coastal Land Market: Insights from an Agent-Based Computational Economics Model
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Filatova,   Tatiana; Parker,   Dawn Cassandra; van der Veen,   Anne.
Dutch coastal land markets are characterized by high amenity values but are threatened by potential coastal hazards, leading to high potential damage costs from flooding. Yet, Dutch residents generally perceive low or no flood risk. Using an agent-based land market model and Dutch survey data on risk perceptions and location preferences, this paper explores the patterns of land development and land rents produced by buyers with low, highly skewed risk perceptions. We find that, compared to representative agent and uniform risk perception models, the skewed risk perception distribution produces substantially more, high-valued development in risky coastal zones, potentially creating economically significant risks triggered by the current Dutch flood...
Tipo: Article
Palavras-chave: Land markets; Risk perceptions; Agent-based modeling; The Netherlands; Survey; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Environmental Economics and Policy; Land Economics/Use; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods; Risk and Uncertainty.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/120639

USERS' GUIDE TO THE MINNESOTA REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT SIMULATION LABORATORY
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Maki,   Wilbur R.; Meagher,   Patrick D.; Laulainen,   Leonard A., Jr.; Chen,   Mason.
This manual is a users' guide to the Minnesota Regional Development Simulation Laboratory, called SIMLAB.
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 1979
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/14011

Poverty and Social Deprivation in Botswana: A Rural Case Study
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Moepeng,   Pelotshweu T.; Tisdell,   Clement A.
Poverty and social deprivation in Botswana are rising in rural areas while they are declining in urban towns and villages. Revenue from diamond mining is thought to have made a significant contribution to reducing poverty levels in cities and urban villages. However, the benefits from diamond revenue are perceived to have not reversed trends in rural poverty. In this study, contingency tables and chi-square tests are used to determine whether there is an association between the gender, educational status, and age of household heads and whether or not they believe their household is in the 20% of the least well-off households, in their selected rural village, Nshakashogwe. Such less well-off households if not in absolute poverty, are likely to be in...
Tipo: Working Paper
Palavras-chave: Poverty; Botswana; Gender inequality; Education; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/123455

Do Environmental Services Buyers Prefer Differentiated Rates? A Case Study from the Colombian Andes
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Moreno-Sanchez,   Rocio del Pilar; Maldonado,   Jorge Higinio; Wunder,   Sven; Borda,   Carlos Andres.
Flat user fees in payment for environmental services (PES) schemes promote administrative ease, and are sometimes perceived as egalitarian. However, when environmental service (ES) buyers are heterogeneous in their income and water consumption levels, this may not be optimal, as total payments become too low and services are under-supplied. This paper identifies ES buyer preferences and estimates their willingness to pay (WTP) differentiated fees in an ongoing PES initiative in an Andean watershed in Colombia. Small, flat user payments have recently been introduced to implement incipient watershed protection upstream. Environmental service users fall into two highly heterogeneous categories: smallholder peasants and owners of recreational houses. We...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: PES; WTP; Environmental services; Colombia; Watershed protection; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Demand and Price Analysis; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy; Q56; Q25; Q5; Q51; C25; D10; D12; D61; D63.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/91171

Tourism and Development: A Recent Phenomenon Built on Old (Institutional) Roots?
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Brau,   Rinaldo; Di Liberto,   Adriana; Pigliaru,   Francesco.
Is tourism an opportunity for lagging countries in the elusive quest for growth (Easterly, 2002)? Recent empirical evidence suggests that the answer is a cautious yes. Aggregate cross-country data show that tourism specialization is likely to be associated with higher per capita GDP growth rates than those observed in industrialized countries. However, this evidence ignores the importance of institutional quality and results are likely to be biased by omitted variable problems. In this paper we frame our starting question within the general debate about the importance of good/bad institutions as fundamental determinants of economic growth (Acemoglu et al., 2001) and ask whether previous positive results of tourism on growth are in fact driven by the...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Economic Development; Tourism Specialization; Institutions; Community/Rural/Urban Development; O11; O50; O47; F43; L83.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/59425

The Waikato River Settlement and Natural Resource Management in New Zealand
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Steenstra,   Alex.
This paper examines the Waikato River Agreement in Principle by considering the implications of accommodating cultural values in natural resource management for the Waikato River and New Zealand. Economics will continue to play an integral part in the management of the Waikato River and natural resources in New Zealand. The settlement provides an opportunity to rethink how to incorporate Maori knowledge, cultural and social relationships, and social, cultural, and economic wellbeing in an integrated, holistic, and coordinated approach.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Water; Cultural values; Natural resource economics; Co-management; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Environmental Economics and Policy; Land Economics/Use; Political Economy.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/96665

A New Look at the Agricultural Community as Extension Clientele in the West
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Tranel,   Jeffrey E.; Hewlett,   John P.; Weigel,   Randolph R.; Rahman,   Tauhidur; Teegerstrom,   Trent; Ehmke,   Cole.
This report presents the preliminary results of a statistically valid 2006 survey of small agricultural producers (sales of less than $50,000) in three Western states (Wyoming, Colorado and Arizona). The West has undergone significant change, and the composition of farm managers has changed with it. This report provides information from farm operators in the rural West  on their perceived threats as well as characteristics of themselves and their operations. Topics of interest were demographics, reasons for involvement in agriculture, income, resource management (crops and livestock), and preferences for information delivery. The project was supported by the Western Center for Risk Management Education.
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Small farm; Extension; West; Arizona; Colorado; Wyoming; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Crop Production/Industries; Farm Management; Labor and Human Capital; Land Economics/Use; Livestock Production/Industries; Teaching/Communication/Extension/Profession.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/37721

A SUMMARY OF THE LITERATURE ON SHIFT-SHARE ANALYSIS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Selting,   Anne C.; Loveridge,   Scott.
Shift-share analysis is a method of decomposing regional income or employment growth patterns into expected (share) and differential (shift) components. Since its inception in the 1940s, over seventy academic contributions have criticized, defended, and extended the original concept. These contributions are summarized, and research needs for the future are identified.
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 1992
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/14086

The likely regional impacts of an agricultural emissions policy in New Zealand: Preliminary analysis
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Sin,   Isabelle; Brunton,   Emma; Hendy,   Joanna; Kerr,   Suzi.
Hendy and Kerr (2005b) find that an emissions charge on agricultural methane and nitrous oxide of $25 per tonne of carbon dioxide (CO2) equivalent would be likely to reduce New Zealand‘s net land-use related emissions for commitment period one in the order of 3%, with full accounting. The costs per farmer and as a percentage of profit would be very high. This paper considers the regional impacts of such a policy in New Zealand by allocating the emission charge across space according to the location of animals. We then combine our emissions charge information with data on the socio-economic characteristics of the affected areas. Obviously rural areas are heavily affected. In many respects, for example median income, ethnic mix, and percentage of working...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Climate change; Land use; Social impacts; Methane; Nitrous oxide; Dairy; Sheep; Beef; Distribution of costs; Regional; Agribusiness; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Crop Production/Industries; Environmental Economics and Policy; Farm Management; Land Economics/Use; Livestock Production/Industries; Q25; Q28; R14.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/98506

Evaluierung der Übergangsregelung des Herkunftsschutzes bei Agrarprodukten und Lebensmitteln in Europa gemäß Verordnung (EG) Nr. 510/06 und Verbesserungsvorschläge für die anstehende Modifikation
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Profeta,   Adriano; Balling,   Richard.
With the coming-into-effect of regulation (EC) Nr. 510/06 from the 20th March 2006 and the executive regulation (EG) Nr. 1898/06 the community-wide protection of geographical indications and designations of origin for agricultural products and foods received a new legal basis. The new regulation replaces the old regulation (EG) Nr. 2081/92. Because some of the changes have great significance for new applications of producer groups and for their communication policy in this paper the most important modifications will be presented and evaluated. Furthermore proposals for possible future modifications are discussed.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Protection of origin; Protected designation of origin; Protected geographical indication; Regulation (EC) Nr. 510/06; Executive regulation (EC) Nr. 1898/06; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Agricultural and Food Policy; International Relations/Trade.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/96731

Renda e activos de agregados familiares rurais em Moçambique, 2002-2005: É possível sustentar o desenvolvimento a favor dos pobres?
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Mather,   David; Cunguara,   Benedito; Boughton,   Duncan.
Mozambique made impressive reductions in poverty from 1996 to 2002. The national poverty rate, as documented by the National Household Consumption Survey Inquérito aos Agregados Familiares (IAF) expenditure surveys in those years, fell from 69.4% in 1996/97 to 54.1% in 2002/03. Consistent with the IAF expenditure survey results, Trabalho de Inquerito Agricola (TIA) rural household income surveys showed that mean and median rural household income per adult equivalent increased by 65% and 30% respectively from 1995/96 to 2001/02, and that all income quintiles shared in the income growth. Yet in spite of these impressive gains in household welfare, the majority of the country’s population remained below the poverty line in 2002/03 (51.5% in urban areas, 55.3%...
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Food Security and Poverty.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/97146

Short-run Birth and Death of U.S. Manufacturing Firms: 2000 - 2005
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Brown,   Jason P.; Lambert,   Dayton M.
Attracting manufacturing investment remains a viable regional development policy. Previous research in the location literature has informed policymakers which factors are most important for attracting new firm investment. Far less is known about the dynamics of firm death and the possible interaction with firm birth. A conceptual model of county-level investment in the U.S. manufacturing sector is developed from location theory and subsequent literature. Specifically, we test the relative importance of location factors influencing firm investment, and if these factors influence firm birth and death differently. Local factors include labor quality, availability, and cost, market conditions, agglomeration due to localization and urbanization economies,...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Location factors; Manufacturing; Creative destruction; Community/Rural/Urban Development; L60; R11; R12.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/46739

Understanding Community Impacts: A Tool for Evaluating Externalities from Local Bio-Fuels Production
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Fortenbery,   T. Randall; Deller,   Steven C.
The popularity of public investment in local bio-fuels production as a rural development initiative is growing. An important consideration in determining the level of public support for a plant's development, however, is accurately measuring public externalities resulting from plant activity. The purpose of this research was to first develop a set of community multipliers associated with various bio-fuel plant configurations, and then develop an easy to use tool that allows local communities to measure potential benefits based on varying levels of plant activity.
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/10278

EVOLUTION DES SYSTEMES AGRAIRES DANS LE NORD DE LA COTE D'IVOIRE: LES DEBATS, BOSERUP VERSUS MALTHUS, ET COMPETITION VERSUS COMPLEMENTARITE, REVISITES
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Demont,   Matty; Jouve,   Philippe; Stessens,   Johan; Tollens,   Eric.
A socio-economic analysis of the farms in four villages of the Dikodougou region (North of Cote d’'Ivoire) reviews two debates about the evolution of the farming systems in sub-Saharan Africa.  Firstly, the two opposing views in the controversy “"Boserup versus Malthus"” are complements rather than opposites.  In a first phase, demographic pressure causes Malthusian mechanisms (proliferation of weeds, deterioration of the bio-physical environment, of global fertility and of the profitability of the traditional production system) generating favourable conditions for the adoption of ox-drawn farming.  In a second phase, the alternation of the production system illustrates well the Boserupian response to a situation where the traditional system is not adapted...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development; Production Economics.
Ano: 1999
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/31833

Administration of Rural Adjustment Assistance in N.S.W.: Comment
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Simpson,   R.A.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 1978
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/10332

Giving credit to the microlenders. Formal microlending, credit constraints and adverse selection: a case study of shrimp farmers in Bangladesh
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Andersson,   Camilla I.M.; Holmgren,   Erik; MacGregor,   James; Stage,   Jesper.
Smallholder farmers have long been denied access to formal credit, largely because of the high administrative fees associated with loans. A possible solution to this problem, which has become increasingly popular, is the use of microcredit financing, where innovative means of securing the loans, such as peer monitoring, are used. This paper examines the effectiveness of formal microcredit schemes as compared to the traditional informal credit sources in a rural shrimp farming district of Bangladesh. We compare the two types of credit by studying the technical and allocative efficiencies of the two groups of borrowers. The findings suggest that farmers using both types of microcredit have difficulty accessing credit, often over-utilising labour in order to...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Economics; Bangladesh; Shrimp Farming; Fisheries; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Crop Production/Industries; Environmental Economics and Policy; Financial Economics; Livestock Production/Industries.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/37921

Metro, Micro, and Non-Core:  A 3-year Portrait of Broadband Supply and Demand in Oklahoma
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Whitacre,   Brian E.
Rural communities suffer from both supply and demand-side disadvantages when dealing with Internet access.  Telecommunications companies are less likely to provide them with needed infrastructure due to lower population densities, and they also tend to have lower levels of specific factors known to influence the access decision such as education and income.  This study looks at the broadband Internet setting in Oklahoma over a 3-year period, examining the diffusion of both infrastructure and access rates.  A non-linear decomposition technique allows for measurement of how specific characteristics, including the availability of infrastructure, contribute to observed metropolitan – micropolitan or metropolitan – noncore “digital divides.”  The results...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Broadband; Internet; Diffusion; Rural; Community/Rural/Urban Development; R11; O18; C1.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/55929

The Bases for Regional Growth: A Review
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Edwards,   Clark.
Tipo: Book
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 1981
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/100768

Credit Policy for Rural Development
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Druce,   P.C.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Willingness; Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 1956
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/9058

Transformations in Agriculture and their Implications for Rural Development
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Hazell,   Peter B.R.
The paper reviews the implications for rural development of current transformations in agriculture. It first identifies some of the driving forces - in addition to the impact of rising incomes in some but not all developing countries - behind the transformation process: changing market chains, shifts in public policy, OECD agricultural policies and HIV/AIDS. It then discusses some strategic issues for assisting the rural sector and small farms in developing countries: increasing the productivity of food staples, diversification into higher value products, organizing small farmer for marketing, agricultural services, non-farm opportunities and migration and targeting the vulnerable. It emphasizes the need for integrated interventions if small farm...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Rural development; Poverty reduction; Agricultural transformation; Small farm development; Community/Rural/Urban Development; O10; O13; O18; Q10; Q18.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/112592

A MICROENTERPRISE-CENTERED ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY FOR THE RURAL SOUTH: SUSTAINING GROWTH WITH ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Christy,   Ralph D.; Wenner,   Mark D.; Dassie,   Wylin.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2000
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/15489

Abschätzung der Wertschöpfungspotenziale im ländlichen Raum durch Biokraftstoffe am Beispiel Nordrhein-Westfalens
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Breuer,   Thomas; Holm-Muller,   Karin.
To enhance the use of biofuels is stated priority of EU and German energy policy. Reasons given for this priority inter alia include positive income effects for the rural areas. This paper uses the example of North Rhine-Westphalia to investigate rural areas’ possibilities to profit from the added value of bio fuel production. It is shown that the main channel of income generation is based on stabilized demand for agricultural products. Taking into account recent policy shifts in Germany there remain few chances to participate in the added value of downstream production steps. In addition, due to considerable support for biogas plants maize production considerably reduces areas consecrated to bio fuel production.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Biofuel; Development of rural areas; Income effects; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/96752

Status and perspectives of development of rural tourism in the autonomous province of Vojvodina
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Andric,   Natasa Branimir; Tomic,   Danilo Vlastimir; Tomic,   Gordana Radovan.
This paper presents the study of the status and problems in rural areas of Vojvodina. Vojvodina villages that are economically and demographically devastated have been singled out. Special emphasis is placed on the status and perspectives of development of rural tourism in this Province as one of the supplemental sources of revenues of rural households. Some of the present limitations of faster development of this branch of economy have also been pointed out. In the end, the development opportunities of this form of economic activity in rural areas are pointed out, with a special emphasis on salas farmsteads as specific forms of rural way of life and organising of agricultural production.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Rural tourism; Limitations; Perspectives; “salas” farmsteads; Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/95305

The Socio-Economics of Gender Issues in Rural India: Results of Interviews in Three Villages and a Forest Meeting in Eastern India
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Tisdell,   Clement A.; Roy,   Kartik C.
Reports responses to interviews conducted in three rural villages in Eastern India in January 2000 as well as replies to questions to asked at a forest meeting of groups/persons interested in rural women and development.  The questions were designed to provide information on gender-bias and possible reasons for it, especially any economic reasons.  These interviews are intended to supplement detailed questionnaires directed to wives in these villages.  Interviews were conducted with Kondhs and scheduled caste villages in a village west of Dashapalla in Orissa, with Santals in all Santal villages, Bandhgora, in the Midnapore region of West Bengal and with Santals and scheduled caste Hindus in a mixed village, Sanandapur, in the same region.  The results...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Gender inequality; India; Caste system; Tribal groups; Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2000
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/100030

PERSPECTIVES ON ECONOMIC GROWTH IN NORTHEAST MINNESOTA
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Maki,   Wilbur R.; Lichty,   Richard W.; Laulainen,   Leonard A., Jr.
This report focuses on the regional economy of Northeast Minnesota and, also, a portion of Northwest Wisconsin. It covers past trends, current directions of change, and future prospects under varying assumptions. Projected economic impacts of these changes are presented as a basis for discussion of such controversial issues as large-scale mineral exploration and development.
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 1977
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/14234

IN-MIGRANTS TO NORTH DAKOTA: A SOCIOECONOMIC PROFILE; SUMMARY
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Leistritz,   F. Larry; Sell,   Randall S.
This study describes basic socioeconomic characteristics of new residents to North Dakota, the factors motivating their move, and their satisfaction with the North Dakota communities where they live. Data came from a 1997 survey of more than 700 new residents. New residents who responded to the survey were generally younger than the North Dakota population overall; about two-thirds were between 21 and 40 years old.  The educational level of the migrants was also higher than that of the state's population overall; 47 percent of the new residents were college graduates and an additional 35 percent reported some college or post-secondary vocational/trade school attendance.  About 48 percent of the new residents had previous ties to North Dakota. The new...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: In-migrants; New residents; Socioeconomic characteristics; North Dakota; Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 1998
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/23224

RURAL AMERICA AT A GLANCE 2006 Edition
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Kusmin,   Lorin D.
From 2000 to 2005, the nonmetro population in the United States grew by 2.2 percent. International migration supplied nearly a third of the growth in nonmetro areas, and accounted for all nonmetro population growth in the Midwest. Growth was concentrated in nonmetro counties adjacent to metro areas. (Data on nonmetro areas are used in this report to describe rural and small-town America. The definitions of metro and nonmetro areas are discussed in the section on data sources at the end of this report.) The nonmetro population is aging, like the U.S. population as a whole, with implications for health care, housing, and transportation. Between 2000 and 2005, the nonmetro population 40-59 years old grew by 8 percent, while the nonmetro population under 20...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/33887

Reconnecting with Community: A Critical Access Hospital Relocation Case Study (PowerPoint)
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Guthmiller,   Martin.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development; Health Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/45910

CRITICAL LINKAGES: LIVELIHOODS, MARKETS AND INSTITUTIONS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Dorward,   Andrew; Poole,   Nigel D.; Morrison,   Jamie; Kydd,   Jonathan; Urey,   Ian.
The benefits of livelihoods thinking and approaches are widely recognised. This paper focuses on an important gap in much of the conceptualisation and application of "livelihood approaches", a lack of emphasis on markets and their roles in livelihood development and poverty reduction. The omission is important as it can lead to failure to identify and act on market opportunities and constraints and on related institutional issues. The paper explores these arguments in more detail and suggests ways in which they may be addressed before concluding with a brief illustration of the application of the paper's arguments to a desk study on rural market development in Africa.
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development; Food Security and Poverty; Labor and Human Capital.
Ano: 2002
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/10919

Performance of two transferred modules in the Lagunera Region:  Water relations
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Levine,   G.; Galvan,   A. Cruz; Garcia,   D.; Garces-Restrepo,   Carlos; Johnson,   Sam H., III.
Evaluates the degree of success of water users in managing water allocations and deliveries in two irrigation district modules in the Lagunera Region of Mexico. Policies and practices are evaluated from the standpoints of the nature of planning rules, consistency, equity, and efficiency in implementation of the plans.
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Water policy; Performance; Privatization; Irrigation systems; Operations; Maintenance; Irrigation efficiency; Water users' associations; Water rights; Water allocation; Water supply; Water distribution; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Crop Production/Industries; Farm Management; Land Economics/Use; Productivity Analysis.
Ano: 1998
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/44583

A Review of Municipal Bond Issues in Michigan
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Scorsone,   Eric; Plerhoples,   Christina.
Municipal bonds have recently been of national interest and Michigan’s strained economy over the past decade has made bond issuance in the state of particular interest to a variety of stakeholders. Given the close connection between municipal bonds and property taxes, the fall-off in the housing market has placed significant strain on bonds within the state.  This paper reviews the Michigan municipal bond condition and develops a new debt assessment indicator system.  This system was tested using over 700 Michigan local governments. Based on this indicator system, a number of communities are experiencing significant fiscal stress.  However, further examination reveals that at least some of these communities have in place short term plans to address such...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Municipal bonds; Public finance; Regional economics; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Public Economics; R5; R51.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/103093

The Composition of Business Establishment in Smaller and Larger Communities in Canada
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Mendelson,   Robert.
Between 1993 and 1996 there was a large number of business establishment starts in smaller and larger communities in Canada, indicating significant business establishment development in the post recessionary period of the 1990s. Between 1993 and 1996 smaller communities had a larger ratio of smaller establishments (under 10 employees) to population than larger communities. In today's economy, new establishments tend to have fewer employees (under 10 employees) and are located in the service and construction sectors of the economy.
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 1999
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/28058

THE CHANGING NATURE OF RURAL COMMUNITIES
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Johnson,   Thomas G.; Scott,   James K.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 1997
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/17697

California Agriculture Dimensions and Issues
Provedor de dados: 31
The Evolution of California Agriculture 1850-2000, by Alan L. Olmstead and Paul W. Rhode; Cross Sections of a Diverse Agriculture: Profiles of California's Agricultural Production Regions and Principle Commodities, by Warren E. Johnston; The Measure of California Agriculture and Its Importance in the State's Economy, by Daniel Sumner, Jose E. Bervejillo and Nicolai V. Kuminoff; Marketing California's Agricultural Production, by Hoy F. Carman, Roberta Cook and Richard J. Sexton; International Trade and the Road Ahead for California Agriculture, by Tiffany Arthur, Colin Carter, and Alix Peterson Zwane; Commodity Policy and California Agriculture, by Daniel A. Sumner and Henrich Brunke; Water Infrastructure and Water Allocation in California, by Richard...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Environmental Economics and Policy; International Relations/Trade; Marketing; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2003
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/11917

URBAN PUBLIC SERVICE COSTS AND BENEFITS OF RURAL-TO-URBAN MIGRATION
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Morgan,   Larry C.; Bordeaux,   A. Frank, Jr.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 1974
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/29830

Employment Generation Strategies for Small Towns: An Overview of Alternatives
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Barkley,   David L.
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2001
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/113339

Rural Zoning in North Dakota
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Schmitt,   Joseph M.; Johnson,   Jerome E.; Rushing,   Robert K.
Tipo: Technical Report
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development; Land Economics/Use.
Ano: 1980
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/120812

Biofuels and Rural Economic Development in Latin America and the Caribbean
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Falck-Zepeda,   Jose Benjamin; Msangi,   Siwa; Sulser,   Timothy B.; Zambrano,   Patricia.
Biofuel expansion is seen as a way to reduce dependence on fossil fuels, as an alternative energy source for transportation and other uses, as a way to reduce Green House Gases, and as way to revitalize the agricultural sector. Very little discussions have been focused on Latin America, except for Brazil. Potential negative impacts re-enforce the need of performing more in depth analysis of the potential impact of biofuels expansion in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC). Paper estimates biofuels production potential based on current production situation and develops a forward-looking analysis of the long-term impact of biofuels expansion in Latin America and its effects on prices, trade, food security, malnutrition and other indicators using the...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/6113

COMMUNITY BASED RESOURCE PLANNING - Studies from Zimbabwe and Northern Australia
Provedor de dados: 31
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/114055

O DEBATE BRASILEIRO SOBRE PLURIATIVIDADE: IMPLICAÇÕES SOBRE O DESENVOLVIMENTO RURAL E AS POLÍTICAS PÚBLICAS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Souza,   Raquel Pereira; Souza,   Marcelo Santos.
O fenômeno da pluriatividade tem sido um tema bastante debatido e controverso. Nesse debate destacam-se duas perspectivas teóricas que polarizam o debate que são: a do “novo rural” e a da pluriatividade como “estratégia de reprodução social”. Essas perspectivas, apesar de vêem esse fenômeno como eixo dinâmico para o desenvolvimento do meio rural, possuem interpretações diferentes do que vem a ser a pluriatividade. Assim, esse artigo tem por objetivo esclarecer as diferenças, no que diz respeito às construções teóricas de cada uma delas, conceitos utilizados e implicações, tanto no que diz respeito aos elementos necessários para a construção de um processo virtuoso de desenvolvimento, quanto às implicações deste em termos de políticas públicas. Aponta-se...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Pluriatividade; Atividades não-agrícolas; Desenvolvimento rural; Pluriactivities; No-agricultural activities; Rural development; Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/109203

Reinventing Minnesota: Crossing Traditional Boundaries to Create Change (PowerPoint)
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Penny,   Timothy J.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/52561

Bangladesh's Performance and the Millennium Development Goals: A Sketch of Progress
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Tisdell,   Clement A.
Provides a sketch of Bangladesh’s socio-economic performance in the light of the UN’s Millennium Development Goals.  After providing some background on these goals and on Bangladesh, this article considers trends in the incidence of poverty and hunger in Bangladesh, access to education and gender equality in Bangladesh, child mortality and maternal health, the incidence of important diseases in Bangladesh and Bangladesh’s progress in achieving environmental sustainability, particularly in relation to its use and development of its energy resources.  In addition, Bangladesh’s involvement in global partnerships providing financial and other assistance to it are considered.
Tipo: Working Paper
Palavras-chave: Millennium Development Goals; Bangladesh; Poverty; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Environmental Economics and Policy; Labor and Human Capital; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/123454

THE COMPETITIVENESS OF TOURISM AND RURAL TOURISM OFFER IN BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA THROUGH APPLICATION OF THE MARKETING APPROACH
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Cejvanovic,   Ferhat; Duric,   Aleksandar; Vujic,   Tatjana.
This paper considers the essence, significance and necessity of application of the marketing approach, i.e. planning, organizing and control of marketing activities in tourist and rural tourist policy, intending to add to competitiveness of the tourism offer in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The paper elaborates theoretic and substantial aspects of marketing element in tourism and rural tourism, with a special view on importance and contribution of marketing approach in competitiveness of tourism and rural tourism offer in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The marketing approach in tourism and rural tourism, presented in this work, may serve as a basis for creating policy and developing marketing approach in B&amp;H tourism and rural tourism.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Marketing; Tourism; Rural tourism; Conceptual model of tourism development; Bosnia; Herzegovina; Agribusiness; Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/57505

Dynamics, risk, and vulnerability
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Ligon,   Ethan.
Recent research on household `vulnerability' has led to an increased appreciation of the welfare costs of risk. Measuring the risk borne by a particular household has generally involved the use of panel data, and in particular the use of time series variation in household expenditures to estimate the risk borne by the household in any given period. This has led researchers to focus on static measures of vulnerability, since once used to identify the distribution of consumption expenditures in a single period the time series variation can no longer be used to describe the intertemporal profile of the distribution of consumption expenditures--simultaneous estimation of inequality, risk, and time series variation in household vulnerability requires the...
Tipo: Working Paper
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development; Public Economics.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/120423

Smallholder Marketing Behavior and Urban Consumption Patterns in Eastern and Southern Africa
Provedor de dados: 31
Accurate information on farmer and consumer behavior is the foundation for identifying public investments and policies that can effectively promote national food security and income growth objectives. This policy brief summarizes recent findings from a study on smallholder crop marketing behavior and urban consumption patterns in Eastern and Southern Africa.
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Food security; Africa; Food policy; Marketing; Smallholders; Consumption; Agricultural and Food Policy; Agricultural Finance; Community/Rural/Urban Development; International Development; Marketing; Q18; Q11; Q12.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/62155

Spatial Analysis of Rural Economic Development Using a Locally Weighted Regression Model
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Cho,   Seong-Hoon; Kim,   Seung Gyu; Clark,   Christopher D.; Park,   William M.
This study uses locally weighted regression to identify county-level characteristics that serve as drivers of creative employment throughout the southern United States. We found that higher per capita income, greater infrastructure investments, and the rural nature of a county tended to promote creative employment density, while higher scores on a natural amenity index had the opposite effect. We were also able to identify and map clusters of rural counties where the marginal effects of these variables on creative employment density were greatest. These findings should help rural communities to promote creative employment growth as a means of furthering rural economic development.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Creative class; Locally weighted regression; Natural amenities; Rural economic development; Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/10163

Análise de Mortalidade de Adultos em Agregados Familiares Rurais em Moçambique e as Implicações para as Políticas
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Mather,   David; de Marrule,   Higino Francisco; Donovan,   Cynthia; Weber,   Michael T.; Alage,   Albertina.
Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, Directorate of Economics, Republic of Mozambique
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Food security; Food policy; Adult mortality; HIV/AIDS; Rural economic policy; Mozambique; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Health Economics and Policy; Q18.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/56063

THE ROLE OF HUMAN CAPITAL IN LANGUAGE ACQUISITION  AMONG IMMIGRANTS IN U.S. METROPOLITAN AREAS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Waldorf,   Brigitte S.; Beckhusen,   Julia; Florax,   Raymond J.G.M.; de Graaff,   Thomas.
Segregation by race, ethnicity and income is a persistent feature of U.S. cities and communities, and ethnic enclaves have formed ever since immigration became more diverse. For low-skilled immigrants in particular, settling in an ethnic enclave may offer important opportunities and facilitate coping with the new environment. However, immigrant enclaves may also foster occupational segregation and retard assimilation, with the willingness to invest in language acquisition playing a key role. This paper expands on earlier work focusing on the linkage between spatial segregation and language acquisition. Using data from the 2000 U.S. Census the study stratifies immigrants by their location in one of four metropolitan areas by educational attainment and...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Immigration; Human capital; Language acquisition; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Labor and Human Capital; Political Economy; Public Economics; I21; J10; R20.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/48643

Telemedicine in Rural Maine (PowerPoint)
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: McCarthy,   Mary.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/106154

AGRICULTURE AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT:  LESSONS FOR CHRISTIAN GROUPS COMBATING PERSISTENT POVERTY
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Barrett,   Christopher B.; Brown,   Douglas R.
Persistent poverty is one of the core challenges faced by Christians and by development scholars and practitioners alike. There is no question that Jesus was concerned about the poor - both materially and spiritually. From his first public address in the Synagogue in Nazareth, His home town, where He concluded by saying that He had come to "preach good news to the poor" (Luke 4:18), Jesus lived the gospel in word and deed. We, as Christian men and women, whether researchers or practitioners, are called to do no less. When Jesus made His parting remarks to His disciples, He said (John 20:21) "As the Father has sent me, I am sending you." emphasizing that we are to do likewise. This concern permeates the Old and New Testament, another example being the words...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development; O1; Q12; Q18.
Ano: 2002
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/14738

Los sistemas agroalimentarios locales en México. Aportaciones teóricas y empíricas para el estudio de la gobernanza
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Torres Salcido,   G.
En este artículo se aborda una doble paradoja que envuelve la gobernanza de los SIAL: por un lado, la emergencia de un consumidor que demanda productos específicos y con características propias de los territorios, involucrándose en formas de comercio justo y redes éticas de intercambio; pero por otro lado, las crecientes exigencias que se ciernen sobre el productor, para garantizar la autenticidad del producto y el cumplimiento de normas ambientales mediante mecanismos de certificación, la mayor de las veces ajenos al productor, provocan nuevas formas de desigualdad y asimetrías en la organización y la acción colectiva tanto al interior de las comunidades como al exterior de las mismas. El artículo se divide en tres partes en las que se analizan las...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: SIAL; Gobernanza; México; Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Labor and Human Capital.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/95237

Impacts of Sustainable Agriculture on North Dakota Rural Communities
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Dahl,   Bruce L.; Goreham,   Gary A.; Jacobsen,   Roy M.; Sell,   Randall S.; Stearns,   Larry D.; Watt,   David L.; Youngs,   George A., Jr.
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development; Farm Management; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 1991
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/23139

The Impact of Training on Women's Micro-Enterprise Development
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Leach,   Fiona; Abdulla,   Salwa; Appleton,   Helen; El-Bushra,   Judy; Cardenas,   Nora; Kebede,   Kibre; Lewis,   Viv; Sitaram,   Shashikala.
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2001
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/12862

Análise de sustentabilidade dos beneficiados do Programa Cédula da Terra no município de Sobral, estado do Ceará
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Parente,   Thiago Dias; Tabosa,   Francisco Jose Silva; Mayorga,   Fernando Daniel de Oliveira; Oliveira,   Silvando Carmo de.
The objective of this study is examining the sustainability of settlements of the Cedula da Terra Program, in the municipality of Sobral. For this, was prepared an index of Sustainability (IS) whereas different variables representing economic and social development, social capital and environmental settlements. It is based on studies undertaken by Barreto, Khan and Lima (2005). The results showed an high level of Sustainability for Macapa and average level of Sustainability for the São João and Picada
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Sustainable Development; Cédula da Terra Program; Sobral; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/114187

Land use policies and practices for reducing vulnerability in rural Tajikistan
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Lerman,   Zvi; Wolfgramm,   Bettina.
Tajikistan, with 93% of its surface area taken up by mountains and 65% of its labor force employed in agriculture, is judged to be highly vulnerable to risks, including climate change risks and food insecurity risks. The article examines a set of land use policies and practices that can be used to mitigate the vulnerability of Tajikistan’s large rural population, primarily by increasing family incomes. Empirical evidence from Tajikistan and other CIS countries suggests that families with more land and higher commercialization earn higher incomes and achieve higher well-being. The recommended policy measures that are likely to increase rural family incomes accordingly advocate expansion of smallholder farms, improvement of livestock productivity, increase...
Tipo: Article
Palavras-chave: Vulnerability to risks; Rural incomes; Agriculture; Land use policies; Tajikistan; Climate change risks; Sustainable land management; Transition countries. Tajikistan; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Environmental Economics and Policy; Land Economics/Use.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/119834

Policy responses to a dark side of the integration of regions and nations
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Stark,   Oded.
In this paper I study policy responses to an increase in post-merger distress. I consider the integration of regions and nations as a merger of populations which I view as a revision of social space, and I identify the effect of the merger on aggregate distress. The paper is based on the premise that the merger of groups of people alters their social landscape and their comparators. Employing a specific measure of social distress that is based on the sensing of relative deprivation, a merger increases aggregate distress: the social distress of a merged population is greater than the sum of the social distress of the constituent populations when apart. In response, policies are enacted to ensure that aggregate distress and/or that of individuals does not...
Tipo: Working Paper
Palavras-chave: Merger of populations; Revision of social space; Aggregate relative deprivation; Societal distress; Policy responses; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Labor and Human Capital; D04; D63; F55; H53; P51.
Ano: 2012
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/122036

SOCIAL CAPITAL AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT: LITERATURE REVIEW AND CURRENT STATE OF THE ART
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Dufhues,   Thomas; Buchenrieder,   Gertrud; Fischer,   Isabel.
Social capital has been recently held up as a conceptual framework to build a bridge between the diverse disciplines involved in rural development. However, despite its potential and the impressively rapid take-up of the concept by the community of development professionals, it remains an elusive construct. No definition is yet generally accepted and many definitions are in use. Recently, social capital in the form of social networks has gained much attention in rural development theory and empirical research. But social networks or structural components of social capital are a largely missing dimension in income and poverty analysis. Moreover, most research on social capital assumes that it is a uniform entity. Therefore, the effects of different forms of...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Sozialkapital; Individuelles Sozialkapital; Sozialkapitalmessung; Ego-zentriertes Netzwerk; Soziale Netzwerke; Social capital; Individual social capital; Measuring social capital; Ego-network; Social networks; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Labor and Human Capital; D85; Z13.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/92017

NEWS AND VIEWS FROM THE WESTERN RURAL DEVELOPMENT CENTER
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Daniels,   Steven E.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2003
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/27977

Infrastructure Investment and Regional Economic Development in China
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Mi,   Benjia.
This paper analyzes the effect of infrastructure investment on the increase of regional economic aggregate and the industrial development in China from the perspective of quantitative method. It also investigates the current situation of transportation infrastructure development in China. The policies of foreign infrastructure investment and regional economic growth and their characteristics are introduced. Finally, this paper puts forward some policy suggestions.
Tipo: Thesis or Dissertation
Palavras-chave: Infrastructure; Investment; Economic development; China; Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/53527

An Empirical Evaluation of EU and National Structural Policies in Remote Rural Areas: The Case of Evrytania
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Psaltopoulos,   Demetrios; Efstratoglou,   Sophia.
This paper presents an empirical investigation into the effects of European Union structural policy funding in the poor, remote, rural area of Evrytania in Greece. First, the socio-economic profile of the area is presented, followed by a detailed description of structural policy intervention in the study area during 1989-93 period (first Community Support Framework). Subsequently, a regional Social Accounting Matrix (SAM) is used to portray the structural characteristics of the local economy, followed by the estimation of the economic impacts of policy expenditures during the first period of structural funding after the 1988 reforms. Results indicate that the local economy is characterised by a low level of development, lack of integration and generally...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development; Political Economy.
Ano: 2000
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/26415

Analysis of Participation in Multifunctional Agriculture:  U.S. Rice Farms
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Tur Cardona,   Juan; Wailes,   Eric J.; Dixon,   Bruce L.; Danforth,   Diana M.
Multifunctional agriculture is particularly fundamental to some working lands conservation policies and programs, such as the Environmental Quality Incentive Program (EQIP), Conservation Security Program (CSP) and Wildlife Habitat Incentive Program (WHIP). Farmers can also be engaged in providing recreational and agri-tourism services such as hunting, fishing, bird-watching, farm tours, petting zoos and hospitality services. Using the Agricultural Resource Management Survey (ARMS) we analyze factors associated with participation in conservation, recreation and agri-tourism activities as a function of farm structure, farm financial measures, production practices, and socio-demographic characteristics of the farm operator. To estimate the functional...
Tipo: Presentation
Palavras-chave: Multifunctional agriculture; Agri-environmental policy; Rice; Logistic model; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Crop Production/Industries; Environmental Economics and Policy; Land Economics/Use; Q18; Q26; Q28.
Ano: 2012
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/119750

Cultural Identity and Knowledge Creation in Cosmopolitan Cities
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Ottaviano,   Gianmarco I.P.; Prarolo,   Giovanni.
We study how the city system is affected by the possibility for the members of the same cultural diaspora to interact across different cities. In so doing, we propose a simple two- city model with two mobile cultural groups. A localized externality fosters the productivity of individuals when groups interact in a city. At the same time, such interaction dilutes cultural identities and reduces the consumption of culture-specific goods and services. We show that the two groups segregate in different cities when diaspora members find it hard to communicate at distance whereas they integrate in multicultural cities when communication is easy. The model generates situations in which segregation is an equilibrium but is Pareto dominated by integration.
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Cultural Identity; Cosmopolitan City; Productivity; Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/54291

The impact of regional integration on Southern African agriculture
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Maasdorp,   G.
Your Conference Organising Committee has done me a signal honour in asking me to deliver the Simon Brand Memorial Lecture. Indeed, I feel doubly honoured since Simon Brand was a personal friend of mine and someone whom I held in high esteem. He was a man of integrity, and this, together with his intellectual rigour, led to his being highly respected by all shades of political opinion. He played an important role in supporting socio-political change in South Africa, and I have no doubt that, but for his untimely death, he would have assumed an even more important role in the new South Africa post-1994. One of the fields in which he had become increasingly interested was that of economic cooperation across the Southern African region. As Simon Brand was an...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 1997
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/54434

Economics of Sourcing Cellulosic Feedstock for Energy Production
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Gustafson,   Cole R.; Maung,   Thein A.; Saxowsky,   David M.; Nowatzki,   John; Miljkovic,   Tatjana.
This study investigates the economics of supplying wheat straw and corn stover within 100 mile radius of a potential new biorefinery in southeast North Dakota. In particular, straw and stover total delivery costs, potential straw and stover supply sites and least cost transportation routes are identified using a linear programming transport model and a GIS (Geographic Information Systems) mapping system. We show that USDA/NRCS (Natural Resources Conservation Service) future crop residue removal rate policies will be important for determining whether it is economically viable to harvest crop residues as potential feedstock for energy generation. Increase in residue removal rates narrow the size of residue supply areas and consequently result in lowering...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Wheat Straw; Corn Stover; Density; Transportation Cost; GIS; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Crop Production/Industries.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/103260

Bridging the Metropolitan-Nonmetropolitan Digital Divide in Home Internet Use
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Whitacre,   Brian E.; Mills,   Bradford F.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2003
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/93724

THE CONTRIBUTION OF THE COAST TO THE SOUTH CAROLINA ECONOMY
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Henry,   Mark S.; Barkley,   David L.; Evatt,   Michalann G.
The South Carolina counties classified as coastal are Beaufort, Berkeley, Charleston, Colleton, Dorchester, Georgetown, Horry and Jasper.  These eight counties comprise the coastal zone management region of the Ocean and Coastal Resource Management division of the S.C. Department of Health and Environmental Control  The report examines the influence of these counties on the State's economy.
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2002
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/18793

Valuing State-Level Funding for Research: Results for Florida
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Moss,   Charles B.
This study analyzes the value of agricultural research to Florida by examining the effect of research spending on agricultural productivity, as measured by a total factor productivity index, and profitability, as measured by net farm income.  Results suggest that research expenditures do increase agricultural productivity in the state.  However, agricultural productivity does not affect net cash income.  Further, the economic rents to the productivity gains do not accrue to land values.  Instead, the economic value of research innovations accrues more to consumers than to producers.  Thus, consumers are the ultimate beneficiaries of agricultural research in Florida, thereby justifying public funding for agricultural research.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Cointegration; Research and development; State expenditures; Total factor productivity; Agricultural and Food Policy; Agricultural Finance; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies; Teaching/Communication/Extension/Profession; H40; H72; Q16.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/43757

EDUCATION AND ECONOMIC GROWTH
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Maki,   Wilbur R.
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 1987
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/13538

ECONOMIC IMPORTANCE OF AGRICULTURE-RELATED INDUSTRY IN MINNESOTA
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Maki,   Wilbur R.; Stenberg,   Peter L.; Chen,   Mason.
This report is the third in a series on interindustry and interregional relationships and their implications for the economy of Minnesota and its substate development regions. In this report, the role and importance of agriculture-related industries in Minnesota are discussed. A total of 19 agriculture and 35 food products manufacturing industries are identified as the principal agriculture-related industries in the state and the nation. Their interindustry and interregional (Minnesota and rest-of-nation) linkages are derived for the 1977 calendar year.
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 1981
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/14088

Empirical Analysis of Agricultural Growth and Unemployment in Nigeria
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Ayinde,   Opeyemi Eyitayo; Ayinde,   Kayode; Memudu,   I. J. B.; Ojehomon,   V.I.
Unemployment which has been identified as the major cause of poverty is a worldwide economic problem. Poverty alleviation has been a great concern to developing countries. The economic burden of unemployment on a society necessitates this study. Consequently, this study analyses the Nigerian agricultural growth rate, its contributions, and examines the linkage and dimension of agricultural growth and unemployment rates. Collected time series data were analyzed with the aid of t – test, Duncan Multiple Range test, Granger Causality test and regression analysis.   Results showed that Nigerian agricultural growth rate has an inverse relationship with unemployment and re – establish the Cobweb supply theory. In addition, increase in agricultural growth...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Cobweb supply theory; Granger Causality test; Nigeria; Unemployment; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Environmental Economics and Policy; Farm Management; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Food Security and Poverty; International Relations/Trade; Marketing; Productivity Analysis; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/52147

Spatial Variability of Tourism Demand and Differences in Economic Impact in a Rural Economic Development Context
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Das,   Biswa R.; Rainey,   Daniel V.
Statistically predicted future tourism demand is used to conduct an economic impact analysis in twelve tourism zones in the state of Arkansas. The analysis reveals spatial variability in employment, and output growth that will continue into the future. Tourism has the potential as an economic growth engine for the state, especially in economically disadvantaged regions with long-term benefits.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Tourism Demand; Economic Impact Analysis; Rural Development; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy; R15; R58.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/6799

CONSTRUÇÃO DE UM ÍNDICE DE DESENVOLVIMENTO RURAL – RESULTADOS PARA AS REGIÕES NORDESTE E SUL DO BRASIL
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Correa,   Vanessa Petrelli; Silva,   Fernanda Faria; Neder,   Henrique Dantas.
Recentemente algumas políticas públicas foram organizadas com o intuito de dirigir recursos para agricultores familiares mais carentes e para estimular o “desenvolvimento local”, incorporando o debate de “Desenvolvimento Territorial”. No Brasil, as regiões Nordeste e Sul concentram a maioria dos agricultores familiares e é importante analisar o perfil dos municípios. Partindo de metodologia desenvolvida por Kageyama (2005), construímos um Índice de Desenvolvimento Rural e o calculamos para cada um dos municípios das regiões  Sul e Nordeste do Brasil. No presente trabalho apresentamos a metodologia aplicada e os resultados encontrados, comparando os valores do IDR com os do IDH para mostrar como o primeiro capta aspectos diferenciados e é capaz de...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Desenvolvimento Rural; Indicadores de Desenvolvimento; IDH; IDR; Rural Development; Development Indicators; Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/108525

Associations between Poverty and Socio-economic Variables in a Typical Tswana Rural Village: New Insights
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Moepeng,   Pelotshweu T.; Tisdell,   Clement A.
This paper reports on and analyzes primary survey data obtained from a survey of household heads on the rural village of Nshakazhogwe, a typical rural village in northeast Botswana. It examines the associations between the incidence of poverty of household heads in this village and the values of several socio-economic variables. The socio-economic variables considered are the age of the household head, the level of their educational attainment, their gender, the number of sources from which they obtain their income, whether or not they have some wage employment, whether they receive income transfers privately or from the government, whether they conduct a home business and whether or not they obtain income from sales of livestock, crops or natural...
Tipo: Working Paper
Palavras-chave: Botswana; Poverty; Incidence of Poverty; Household heads; Gender; Education; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Food Security and Poverty; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/123546

ECONOMIC RESEARCH PROGRAMS FOR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT--WHY DO IT?
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Motes,   William C.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 1972
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/30319

Priorities for, and preferred approaches to, management of New Zealand fresh waters
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Hughey,   Kenneth F.D.; Kerr,   Geoffrey N.; Cullen,   Ross; Shen,   Fujun.
Since 2000 six standardised biennial public surveys of the state of the New Zealand environment have been undertaken. A fresh water case study was included in the 2010 postal survey and in an electronic survey. Desirable futures for New Zealand's fresh water resources, sources of damage to freshwater, preferred management approaches, and views about charges for commercial uses of water are reported. Respondents desire high quality water, are not prepared to trade that off for damaging economic gains, and support charges for commercial uses of water. We report public preferences for tools to manage water use.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Public perceptions; Fresh water; New Zealand; Economic instruments; Management; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Environmental Economics and Policy; Health Economics and Policy; Land Economics/Use.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/96943

Agricultural Growth, Poverty Reduction and Millennium Development Goals in Africa: Outcomes of AAAE Conference
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Nambiro,   Elizabeth; Omare,   Musa N.; Nkamleu,   Guy Blaise.
This report is a summary of emerging issues affecting African agriculture, recent experiences and policy proposals that can guide interventions in improving the sector’s productivity. Agriculture is at the centre of rural poverty reduction in Africa and urgent measures are needed to increase farm yields and incomes in order to stem collapse of economies and societies.
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: AAAE; African Association of Agricultural Economists; Millennium development goals in Africa; Agricultural policies; Agricultural research systems; Poverty reduction; Agricultural productivity; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Farm Management; Food Security and Poverty; Production Economics; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies; Q010; Q130; Q170; Q180; Q560.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/50144

RURAL GROWTH IN U.S. HEARTLAND
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Miranowski,   John A.; Monchuk,   Daniel C.; Wohlgemuth,   Darin.
This study identifies factors that explain growth in rural areas using data from 618 counties in the U.S. rural heartland.  We evaluate many of the growth hypotheses in the context of sectoral employment growth for counties in Iowa, Minnesota, Missouri, Kansas, Nebraska, South Dakota and North Dakota.  Separate estimates for rural and urban counties provide insight into factors that are important in explaining employment growth.  The results support the importance of human capital as a factor contributing to sectoral employment growth and show that increased concentration and specialization of employment  within a county lead to slower growth in the rural heartland counties.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2001
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/20655

Assessment of participatory management of irrigation schemes in Sri Lanka: Partial reforms, partial benefits
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Samad,   Madar; Vermillion,   Douglas Lynn.
Describes the application of a standard methodology developed by IWMI to assess the impact of irrigation management transfer on the performance of irrigation schemes. Includes detailed analysis of the effects of participatory management on the performance of irrigation schemes in Sri Lanka.
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Privatization; Policy; Performance evaluation; Indicators; Operating costs; Irrigation management; Economic aspects; Returns; Participatory management; Farmer participation; Government managed irrigation systems; Small scale systems; Large-scale systems; Regression analysis; Models; Agribusiness; Agricultural Finance; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Farm Management; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies.
Ano: 1999
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/44577

Las Ferias Agroalimentarias de Costa Rica: espacios para promocionar la agroindustria, los productos típicos y el turismo en los territorios rurales
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Blanco,   Marvin; Masis,   German.
Con el propósito de analizar las características y el impacto de las ferias agroalimentarias sobre la comercialización de productos agropecuarios, la diversificación de la producción agroindustrial y el desarrollo de nuevas opciones de turismo en los territorios rurales, se realizó una investigación preliminar y de tipo cualitativo de cuatro de las ferias que se realizan en Costa Rica, éstas son las del aguacate, naranja, pejibaye y queso. Los resultados del estudio señalan que las ferias se iniciaron con el impulso de una comisión productiva local y tienen un nivel de organización simple pero ágil y comprometida en la atención de las distintas actividades. Convocan la participación de los productores locales y sus familias, quienes participan en...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Ferias Agroalimentarias; Agroturismo; Territorio.; Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Labor and Human Capital.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/95335

REGIONALISM AS A NEW BASIS FOR PLANNING
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Hoyt,   John S., Jr.
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 1970
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/13631

An analysis of farmers’ behaviour and rewarded provision of public goods
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Roel,   Jongeneel; Ge,   Lan.
Aiming to stimulate the role of agriculture as provider of public goods, the new CAP reform raises many theoretical and practical questions. The most relevant ones concern farmers’ response to the policy instruments. This paper uses a formal model to analyse the incentives and constraints generated by policy instruments and their potential impact on farmers’ participation decision. The analysis shows that, when choosing policy instruments to stimulate provision of public good, it is important to take into account different degrees and mechanisms of jointness between commodity and non-commodity (potentially public good) production, as they can enhance or erode the desired effect of the policy instruments. Some implications for modelling and policy analysis...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Farmers’ behaviour; Provision of public goods; Jointness; Common Agricultural Policy (CAP); Community/Rural/Urban Development; H41; Q12; Q18.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/94615

Plans communaux de sécurité alimentaire et leur relation avec les PDSEC, le PNSA et les Banques de céréales
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Traore,   Abdramane; Dembele,   Niama Nango.
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Food security; Mali; Cereal banks; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Consumer/Household Economics; Food Security and Poverty; Q10; Q12.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/57143

The farmer as a main factor of structural change in rural area’s: examination of slovenian farmers’ characteristics, perceived opportunities and threats and strategies as part of rural development in Slovenia
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Bergevoet,   Ron H.M.; Kuipers,   Abele; Marija,   Klopcic.
Agriculture in Slovenia is characterized by less-favourable natural and structural conditions. The degree of competitiveness of the whole agro-food sector will eventually decide whether farmers and industry will be able to compete on the EU market. Slovenian agriculture at the moment still lacks competitiveness Farmers that want to stay into business will have to further develop their farm. For farm development, besides craftsmanship and management skills increasingly entrepreneurial competencies are needed.  To get insight into the entrepreneurial characteristics of Slovenian dairy farmers by investigating the opportunities and threats as perceived by farmers (external factors) to establish a future in rural Slovenia in the relation to internal factors...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Rural development; Structural changes; Farmers; Strategies; Slovenia; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Q18.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/94614

Trends in Shipping Grain by Motor Carrier from North Dakota Origins 1956-57 through 1963-64
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Nelson,   David C.
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development; Marketing.
Ano: 1966
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/104200

Integrated Hydro-Economic Modelling: Challenges and Experiences in an Australian Catchment
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Kragt,   Marit Ellen; Bennett,   Jeffrey W.
Integrated catchment policies are widely used to manage natural resources in Australian catchments. Integration of environmental processes with socio-economic systems is often difficult due to the limitations of decision support tools. To support assessments of the environmental and economic trade-offs of changes in catchment management, fully integrated models are needed.   This research demonstrates a Bayesian Network (BN) approach to integrating environmental modelling with economic valuation. The model incorporates hydrological, ecological and economic models for the George catchment in Tasmania. Choice experiments were used to elicit information about the non-market costs and benefits of environmental changes. This allows the efficiency of alternative...
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Hydro-economic modelling; Integrated catchment modelling; Ecological modelling; Valuation; Bayesian networks; Water quality; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Environmental Economics and Policy; Land Economics/Use.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/94815

THE CHANGING RURAL POLICY CONTEXT: DISCUSSION
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Hastings,   Steven E.; Cole,   Gerald L.
This paper discusses a paper presented by Steven Smith at the 1995 annual meeting of the Northeastern Agricultural and Resource Economics Association.  Smith presented key issues that have changed the context for rural development policy in the United States.  We propose that the induced innovation model of economic development can be used to identify a variety of ways that LGU's can contribute to developing and delivering appropriate rural economic development programs.  These ways include assisting rural communities in identifying comparative advantage, identifying and/or providing relevant resource persons, delivering appropriate educational programs and conducting research on important issues.  The success of LGU's in these areas will depend on their...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 1995
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/31593

ASSESSING THE RESEARCH FRAMEWORK AND INSTITUTIONAL CONTEXT FOR RURAL DEVELOPMENT POLICY
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: McGranahan,   David A.
The economic context for rural development has changed markedly since the 1970s. While natural resource industries have continued to decline in importance as rural employers, the internationalization of markets, reorganization of industries, new production technologies, and the rapid development of new information technologies have eroded the competitive position of many rural areas with respect to other industries. In the South, as well as in the rest of the country, the critical rural issue for the 1990s is whether rural areas will be able to find niches to replace those they lost in the 1980s. Thus far, the new economy has been primarily an urban economy, and most rural areas have been left out. This has serious implications for rural development policy.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 1992
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/30368

Die neue Rolle von Sozialer Sicherung für ländliche Entwicklung in Entwicklungsländern
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Jutting,   Johannes Paul.
In the 1990ies the ultimate target of social security has been widened: Social security aims at protecting people against life risks and helping them to take advantage of social and economic opportunities. Existing social security systems in rural areas of developing countries are often “second best solutions” and need reforms. Institutional innovations such as micro insurance schemes are a promising way of improving the risk management of rural households. The example of community based health insurance schemes in Senegal shows, that rural households can be successfully integrated into insurance schemes. This allows a better access to health care and is an essential prerequisite for increasing labour productivity. Moreover, it offers in the mid to long...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Social security; Micro insurance schemes; Developing countries; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Health Economics and Policy; International Development.
Ano: 2002
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/98252

Current Information: Dissertation Abstracts
Provedor de dados: 31
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2003
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/60465

AZ AGRÁR- ÉS VIDÉKFEJLESZTÉS FENNTARTHATÓ RENDSZERE
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Csete,   Laszlo.
A témakörben végzett eddigi vizsgálódásaink alapján egyre jobban kirajzolha-tó, hogy a globalizálódó világ ellentmondásaiból való kilábalás a fenntarthatóság-tól, a kreativitástól, az alternatív erőforrások térnyerésétől és az emberek összefo-gásától remélhető. Ez még inkább igaz a rendszerváltozás átalakulási, átmeneti gondjainak következményeivel vesződő hazai agrárgazdaságra és vidékre.  A fenntarthatóság és a vidékfejlesztés kibontakozása az Európai Unióban egymástól függetlenül párhuzamosan halad, s nem sokkal jobb a helyzet az ag-rárpolitikában és vidékpolitikában, miközben a fenntarthatóság középpontba ál-lítása, az agrár- és vidékfejlesztés tudatos összekapcsolása a kölcsönhatások és összefüggések előnyeinek kamatoztatása érdekében egyre sürgetőbb....
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Nemzeti stratégia; LEADER+; Vidékfejlesztés; Fenntarthatóság - National strategies; LEADER +; Rural development; Sustainability; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/54294

USERS' GUIDE TO THE MINNESOTA TWO-REGION INPUT-OUTPUT MODEL
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Hwang,   Henry H.; Maki,   Wilbur R.
The main objective of this study is to develop a computationally simple and efficient, but theoretically defensible, two-region input-output tables: a complete national input-output table, and regional estimates of gross outputs and final demands for a given base year.
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 1979
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/13831

ESTADO E AGRICULTORES FAMILIARES: UMA ANÁLISE INTERPRETATIVA SOBRE O DESENVOLVIMENTO RURAL NO SUL DE MINAS GERAIS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Ferreira,   Patricia Aparecida; Pereira,   Jose Roberto; Alencar,   Edgard; Santana,   Ana Carolina.
Este trabalho procurou identificar  como os atores sociais vinculados à agricultura familiar (lideranças de produtores familiares, profissionais de ciências agrárias, autoridades municipais, pesquisadores e professores universitários) interpretam o papel do Estado para o desenvolvimento dessa categoria na Região Sul de Minas Gerais. Com relação à coleta de dados, utilizou-se a técnica "focused interview". Os entrevistados foram selecionados pelo método não-probabilístico de amostragem por julgamento. Os resultados revelaram que a interpretação feita pelos entrevistados aproxima-se mais da perspectiva do Estado patrimonialista burocrático autoritário, uma vez que os depoimentos apontam para a necessidade de uma maior intervenção do Estado. Por outro lado,...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agricultura familiar; Estado; Desenvolvimento rural; Análise interpretativa; Familiar agriculture; State; Rural development; Interpretative analysis; Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/108966

Improving Food Security in Africa: Highlights of 25 Years of Research, Capacity-Building, and Outreach.
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Food Security Group at Michigan State University.
Decades of research have led to substantially improved understanding of the nature of food insecurity. A combination of economic growth and targeted programs resulted in a steady fall (until the food crisis of 2007/08) in the percentage of the world’s population suffering from undernutrition (from 20% in 1990/92 to 16% in 2006). Yet over a billion people still face both chronic and/or transitory food insecurity due to long-standing problems of inadequate income, low-productivity in agricultural production and marketing, and related problems of poor health and absence of clean water. Assuring adequate food security for such a large share of the world’s population is increasingly challenging due to continuing resource degradation driven by a combination of...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Africa; Food Security; Research; Capacity building; Outreach; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Consumer/Household Economics; Demand and Price Analysis; Food Security and Poverty; International Development; Land Economics/Use; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods; Q10; Q18; Q12; Q13.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/55050

TOURISM AND RECREATION: A SUBSTANTIAL INCOME POTENTIAL FOR THE MEMORIAL HARDWOOD FOREST AREA OF SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Blank,   Uel.
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 1979
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/13512

Entrepreneurship, Social Capital and Community Development: The case of Israeli Kibbutz
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Heilbrunn,   Sibylle.
Globalization, industrialization and structural changes in traditional rural employment patterns have caused rural communities such as the Israeli Kibbutz to search for development strategies in order to survive. Self development constitutes one possible approach to community development. It nurtures local entrepreneurial activities and relies basically on local resources in order to create new jobs and economic activities. These local activities of entrepreneurship generate variety and leverage resources and can therefore foster social capital development and contribute to the community's capacity. Community development requires a mix of resources including natural capital, produced economic capital, human capital and institutional capital. Social capital...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness; Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/45105

Urban Growth, Rural Land Conversion and the Fiscal Well-Being of Local Municipalities
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Deller,   Steven C.
The economic and fiscal impact of five alternative economic development events are compared and contrasted using a conjoined input-output/econometric modeling system. The five hypothetical events include retail, services (hospital) and manufacturing developments along with two housing developments. For the case study the simulation results suggest that impacts can vary wildly across the types of development and that scenario development plays a key role in the analysis. Along this line, experimental simulations must take care to make scenarios comparable. In the end there are seldom “rules of thumb,” such as the Cost of Community Service Studies (COCS) offered by the American Farmland Trust, which can be applied in the community setting
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2003
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/12687

Measurement of Farmers’ Attitude towards Complete Ownership of Farmland in Eastern Ethiopia
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Semie,   Negussie; Belay,   Kassa; Karippai,   Ranjan S.; Bogale,   Ayalneh.
The aim of this study was developing a scale with which to measure farmers’ attitude towards complete ownership of farmland. The research started by identifying 50 different statements based on review of the empirical literature and information obtained from stakeholders and experts. Of these statements, 30 items were selected and ultimately only 12 consistent and reliable statements were retained for inclusion in a five point Likert type scale. The 12 statements’ scale was administered on 335 randomly selected sample farmers to measure their attitude towards complete ownership of farmland. The result shows that about 85% and 9% of the respondents were favoring and disfavoring complete ownership of farmland, respectively. Only 6% of the sample respondents...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Attitudes; Farmers’ attitude; Likert scale; Item generation and analysis; Complete ownership of farmland; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Farm Management; Land Economics/Use.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/90686

AVALIAÇÃO DOS BENEFÍCIOS SOCIOECONÔMICOS DO SANEAMENTO AMBIENTAL NO MUNICÍPIO DE CUIABÁ NO PERÍODO DE 2000 A 2005
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Mendes,   Carlos Magno; Silva,   Cristiane Marcela Oliveira.
Fatores relacionados às condições de vida da população e às questões ambientais precárias são freqüentemente citados como os maiores responsáveis pela incidência de doenças e, às vezes, por traduzirem obstáculos ao controle de surtos de epidemias. O objetivo deste estudo é avaliar os benefícios diretos e indiretos decorrentes do impacto da falta de planejamento urbano e de sua conseqüente infra-estrutura sanitária e ambiental deficitária no município de Cuiabá, no período de 2000 a 2005. Diante do saneamento ambiental falho, prejudicial à saúde humana, a análise enfoca as doenças de maior notificação e incidência, tais como diarréia, dengue e hanseníase.  O Método dos Custos Evitáveis (MCE), que relaciona a poluição ambiental e sua conseqüente afetação à...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Saneamento ambiental; Saúde pública; Morbidade e mortalidade; Custos evitáveis; Environmental sanitation; Public health; Morbidity and mortality; Avoidable costs; Community/Rural/Urban Development; I 11; I 18.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/109787

COALITION/CONSENSUS BUILDING FOR RURAL DEVELOPMENT POLICY
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Fern,   Kenneth, Jr.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 1989
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/17227

Spatial Competition and Market Power in Banking
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Richards,   Timothy J.; Acharya,   Ram N.; Kagan,   Albert.
Banks in non-metropolitan areas compete in a spatially-differentiated environment. Particularly with the advent of electronic banking services, however, there is some question as to how much market power is conferred by spatial separation from rivals. This paper estimates a structural model of the supply and demand of banking services in which pricing power is allowed to depend explicitly on the distance between rival banks. A spatial autoregressive econometric model shows that approximately 38.0% of economic surplus earned by firms in non-metropolitan banking in the upper midwest is due to spatial market power.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Banking; Market power; Non-metropolitan markets; Spatial econometrics; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Financial Economics; C21; D43; G21; L13.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/6566

Ensuring a Sustainable, Enduring Agriculture
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Horne,   James E.
During the farm crisis of the 1980s we began to better understand the inherent faults of an industrialized food system. Despite large gains in productivity, efficiency, and economies of size, thousands of farms were in foreclosure. Many farmers were overly extended in debt. Others were in trouble because of a combination of factors such as drought, low crop prices, high input prices, and the lack of competition in the marketplace. The end result was the loss of thousands of farmers and a subsequent decline in many rural communities. At the same time, a new vision of an enduring agriculture emerged. It was called sustainable agriculture. This new paradigm became attractive because it focused on solutions to the problems of the day. Sustainable agriculture...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Enduring agriculture; Sustainable agriculture; Resource scarcity; Rural development; Alternative food systems; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Consumer/Household Economics; International Development; Political Economy.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/95763

RELATIONSHIP OF NON-BASIC SECTOR INCOME GROWTH AND THE GAMING SECTOR
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Harris,   Thomas R.; Narayanan,   Rangesan.
Nevada disaggregated export-base multipliers were derived to determine if and to what extent non-basic sector income growth was impacted by income growth of selected basic sectors.  Results indicate that growth in the Hotel and Gaming Sector is statistically significant and substantially higher than growth in the Other Basic Industries Sector.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 1999
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/35731

Are Staple Food Markets in Africa Efficient? Spatial Price Analyses and Beyond
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Rashid,   Shahidur; Minot,   Nicholas.
Paper to be presented at the Comesa policy seminar “Food price variability: Causes, consequences, and policy options" on 25-26 January 2010 in Maputo, Mozambique under the Comesa-MSU-IFPRI African Agricultural Markets Project (AAMP)
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Sub saharan Africa; Food security; Food prices; Markets; Efficiency; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Demand and Price Analysis; Food Security and Poverty; International Development; International Relations/Trade; Q11; Q13; Q18; Q17.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/58562

Analysis of Texas Winery Visitor Spending and GOTEXAN Efforts to Promote Winery Tourism
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Hanagriff,   Roger D.; Murova,   Olga I.
Swinburne University (Langworthy, Howard, Fiona &amp; Mawson, 2006), agri-tourism is a growing phenomenon in Australia, often most strongly associated with wine regions.  Recommendations to improve include creation of tourism regions &amp; cooperatives, cooperation between sectors (CVBs, restaurants), infrastructure development and model development to measurable factors. South African wineries Bruwer, 2003 identified factors that were helpful in developing a wine tourism market of South African wineries.  Regarding South Africa wine tourism, areas of winery business that promote tourism include both service provision and destination marketing, development of wine routes forms an integral part of the wine tourism industry, estates sell more wine through...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Texas Wine; TDA Wine Marketing; State Value of Wine Marketing; Wine Tourism; Rural Tourism; Tourism; Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Marketing.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/98793

THE SECONDARY ECONOMIC IMPACTS OF IRRIGATION DEVELOPMENT IN WASHINGTON
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Findeis,   Jill L.; Whittlesey,   Norman K.
Two potential projects in Washington are examined for their secondary impacts on the economy of the state.  A major impact of these projects is to increase the energy costs to regional power consumers.  After accounting for the negative impacts of rising energy costs, the long run state level residual income increases by $209 million after irrigating an additional 700,000acres. The distribution of potential benefits is uneven among sectors of the economy and some sectors will possibly experience substantial decreases in returns to stockholder equity as a result of irrigation expansion.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 1984
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/32137

Início Tardio da Campanha de Comercialização Agrícola 2009/10: Preços Altos Dominam a Comercialização
Provedor de dados: 31
Resultados das Investigações do SIMA-Departamento de Estatística e Departamento de Análise de Políticas MINAG - Direcção de Economia – Dpto. Estatística
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Food Security and Poverty.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/97037

Revitalizing the Retail Trade Sector in Rural Communities: Experiences of 13 North Dakota Towns
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Leistritz,   F. Larry; Mortensen,   Timothy L.; Bastow-Shoop,   Holly E.; Braaten-Grabanski,   Joan; Schuler,   Alan V.; Fedorenko,   Julie.
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 1989
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/23255

RAPID ASSESSMENTS IN URBAN AREAS: LESSONS FROM BANGLADESH AND TANZANIA
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Garrett,   James L.; Downen,   Jeanne.
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2001
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/15947

La qualification territoriale des produits dans les processus d’activation des SYAL. Le cas des fromageries rurales en Amérique Latine
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Boucher,   Francois; Bridier,   B.; Brun,   V.
En Amérique Latine, depuis la fin des années 1990, une nouvelle voie de développement de l’agro-industrie rurale (AIR) a été ouverte avec les Systèmes Agroalimentaires Localisés (SYAL). Elle est apparue à partir des relations qui existent entre des concentrations géographiques d’AIR et le territoire, pour faire face aux nouveaux défis posés par la mondialisation : recomposition des circuits de commercialisation, concurrence accrue avec les produits nationaux et importés, nouvelles exigences des consommateurs, notamment en termes de qualité. Cette dynamique est particulièrement notoire dans le secteur du lait et de la fromagerie rurale, où l’on constate l’existence de concentrations géographiques d’AIR que l’on peut assimiler à des SYAL du fait de leur...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: SYAL; Qualification territoriale; Action collective.; Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Labor and Human Capital.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/94988

ECONOMIC AND FISCAL IMPACTS OF A RETIREMENT/RECREATION COMMUNITY: A STUDY OF TELLICO VILLAGE, TENNESSEE
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Siegel,   Paul B.; Leuthold,   Frank O.
Retirement/recreation communities (RRCs) have been promoted as a way for some rural regions to develop their economies.  RRCs can have substantial economic impacts (changes in employment and income) and fiscal impacts (changes in local government revenues and costs) on rural communities.  Because the magnitude and direction of these impacts are site-specific, assessments of RRCs as a rural development strategy should consider both the economic and fiscal impacts for a given region.  This paper presents a case study of the economic and fiscal impacts of Tellico Village on Loudon County, Tennessee.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Retirement community; Economic and fiscal impacts; Rural development; Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 1993
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/15035

High value products or staple crops? A discussion on development strategies for Southern Africa
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Nin Pratt,   Alejandro; Diao,   Xinshen.
Unexploited agricultural potential and regional trade opportunities together with the presence of South Africa and other middle-income countries, offer Southern Africa the unique opportunity to foster agricultural growth through regional linkages. In this study a global general equilibrium model that focuses on Southern Africa is used to analyze the implications that these specific characteristics of the regional economy have on growth choices of low-income countries. Three groups of growth scenarios are define to analyze the role of South Africa as a possible engine of growth, the role of own growth engines in low-income countries, and growth linkages between middle- and low-income countries. Results of the simulation scenarios show that larger benefits...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/21094

Rethinking agriculture in the Greater Mekong Subregion: how to sustainably meet food needs, enhance ecosystem services and cope with climate change
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Johnston,   Robyn M.; Hoanh,   Chu Thai; Lacombe,   Guillaume; Noble,   Andrew D.; Smakhtin,   Vladimir U.; Suhardiman,   Diana; Kam,   Suan Pheng; Choo,   Poh Sze.
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Agricultural production; Rice; Fisheries; Livestock; Farming systems; Coastal area; Flood plains; Climate change; Environmental effects; Food production; Ecosystems; Water management; South East Asia; Greater Mekong Subregion; Agricultural and Food Policy; Agricultural Finance; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Consumer/Household Economics; Crop Production/Industries; Demand and Price Analysis; Environmental Economics and Policy; Farm Management; Financial Economics; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Land Economics/Use; Production Economics; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/91465

El Proceso de Gobernanza de la Cadena de la Mora. Un Estudio de Caso en el Departamento de Caldas (Colombia)
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Tobasura,   A.I.; Ospina,   P.C.
La Mora (Rubus Glaucus Benth) es un cultivo relativamente pequeño en el contexto de la agricultura colombiana. No obstante, en la última década, se ha aumentado el área cultivada y la productividad por hectárea en diferentes zonas de Colombia, esto debido principalmente a la implementación de políticas públicas y estrategias gubernamentales articuladoras, que han generado interesantes dinámicas de cooperación y coordinación entre actores privados y públicos que intervienen en diferentes eslabones de la cadena de valor de la mora, con el objetivo de mejorar su desempeño económico y social. El caso de la “cadena de la mora” en el departamento de Caldas puede ser ilustrativo para analizar cómo se generan procesos de gobernanza en la construcción de cadenas de...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Sistemas Agroalimentarios; Gobernanza; Cultivo de mora.; Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Labor and Human Capital.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/95236

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT IN METROPOLITAN AREAS: AN INTRODUCTION; Proceedings of the Fifth Joint Conference on Agriculture, Food, and the Environment, June 17-18, 1996, Padova, Italy.
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Grillenzoni,   Maurizio; Canavari,   Maurizio.
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 1996
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/14454

A dynamic structural model of household migration decisions and their effects
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Castelhano,   Michael; Lin,   C.-Y. Cynthia; Taylor,   J. Edward.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development; Consumer/Household Economics.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/103922

Politicas estratégicas de innovación en los sistemas vitivinícolas locales: la denominación de origen “Rias Baixas”
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Macias Vazquez,   Alfredo; Vence Deza,   Xavier.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Labor and Human Capital.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/95199

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND PUBLIC GOODS DEPENDENCY
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Zhang,   Xiaobo; Fan,   Shenggen.
Few studies have systematically documented the interdependency among different types of public goods and their impact on economic development.  This papers aims to develop a methodological framework to evaluate the degree of interdependency and identify the weakest link of public goods provisions and empirically applies it to Uganda.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2003
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/21959

La certification des AOP-IGP: réflexions générales et analyse du cas de la Damassine AOC (Suisse)
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Bacci,   V.; Thevenod-Mottet,   Erik.
La reconnaissance de produits en Appellation d’Origine protégée (AOP) ou en Indication géographique protégée (IGP) est généralement perçue comme une opportunité pour les filières traditionnelles en termes d’organisation, de promotion et de marché. Mais cette reconnaissance est liée, dans la plupart des pays, à la mise e place d’un système normatif de contrôle et de certification dont les coûts et les conséquences organisationnelles restent largement ignorés par la littérature scientifique. Nous proposons une réflexion sur ce sujet, à partir du cas de la Damassine, une eau-de-vie AOP provenant d’une petite région de Suisse.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Indications géographiques; Certification.; Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Labor and Human Capital.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/94924

STATEWIDE ECONOMIC AND FISCAL EFFECTS OF THE DIRECT REDUCTION OF IRON ORE TO STEEL IN NORTHEAST MINNESOTA
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Maki,   Wilbur R.
The Minnesota Regional Development Simulation Laboratory (SIMLAB) was used to simulate statewide economic effects of three iron mining industry options--revitalization of the Lower Great Lakes states steel industry, gradual liquidation of this industry, and the direct reduction of iron ore to steel in Northeast Minnesota. Industry output, employment, and value added indicators for the 1970 and 1977 years are compared with corresponding economic indicators for the 1980-2000 projection period. Finally, mineral-related state tax revenue trends are presented. Changes in these trends which are associated with each of the three iron mining industry options are projected for the 1980-89 period.
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 1981
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/13480

TRADE AND INVESTMENT LIBERALIZASTION AND CHINA'S RURAL ECONOMY: IMPACTS AND POLICY RESPONSES
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Rozelle,   Scott.
While the forces of development and transition have been in part responsible for generating the progress that rural China has experienced during the past 20 years as well as being responsible for some of the remaining barriers, the nation'’s efforts at pushing ambitious Trade and Investment Liberalization (TIL) policies threaten to further accentuate the trends in rural China.  Surprisingly, however, even though the potential for gain and for damage is great, almost no literature exists to answer some of the most basic questions about the proposed efforts to push TIL.  On balance, will TIL policies help or hurt rural residents?  How will they affect rural incomes?  How will they affect rural employment in the agricultural and non-agricultural sectors?...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development; International Relations/Trade.
Ano: 2001
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/11959

Rural Manufacturers Attributes, Intentions and Needs of Manitoba, North Dakota and Saskatchewan Firms
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Leistritz,   F. Larry; Wanzek,   Janet K.
The past decade has been a period of turmoil for the manufacturing sector in both the U. S. and Canada, and rural manufacturing firms in both countries have been subjected to substantial competitive pressures. The purpose of this study was to increase our understanding of the firms that comprise the manufacturing sector in North Dakota and in the Provinces of Manitoba and Saskatchewan. Data came from a survey of firms conducted in 1991. A total of 333 firms (214 from North Dakota, 61 from Manitoba, and 58 from Saskatchewan) returned useable surveys. Durable goods manufacturers dominated the sample, accounting for 65 percent in Manitoba, 66 percent in North Dakota, and 78 percent in Saskatchewan. Many of the participating firms were relatively new; about 59...
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development; Production Economics.
Ano: 1992
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/51192

ÍNDICE RELATIVO DE QUALIDADE DE VIDA NO ESTADO DO AMAZONAS: UMA APLICAÇÃO DA ANÁLISE FATORIAL
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Silveira,   Breno Carrillo; Silva,   Rubicleis Gomes Da; Silveira,   Aurilene Oliveira De Araujo.
A otimização da qualidade de vida da população deve ser a função objetivo de todo governo. A melhoria da qualidade de vida possui papel primordial no desenvolvimento de um país, estado ou município. Assim, é interessante a formulação de um indicador que quantifique o desenvolvimento alcançado por uma sociedade, utilizando uma quantidade de variáveis de forma que se consiga captar maiores informações sobre essa sociedade, para que formuladores de políticas públicas tenham melhores subsídios na elaboração de medidas que permitam aumentar o próprio grau de desenvolvimento. Dessa forma, esta pesquisa objetiva construir o Índice Relativo de Qualidade de Vida (IRQV) para os municípios do Estado do Amazonas. Os resultados indicam que os municípios apresentam uma...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: IDH-M; Índice relativo de qualidade de vida; Estado do Amazonas e estatística multivariada; Index on quality of life; State of Amazonas and multivariate statistics; Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/108885

Study on Enclave Town: A New Theory
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Wang,   Xianfeng.
The enclave cities and towns means a certain poor region of enclave district, because of owning a special nature resources and environment, but did  not get to availably develop and using over a long period of time, along with people's development and using. It has been own "poles of growth", which formed  propulsive property and drove other interrelated newly developed industries booming and therefore brings the city and towns themselves prosperous. Finally the enclave cities and towns become famous tourism cities and towns. The notion of Enclave cities and towns is based on theories of Poles of growth and enclave economy.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2003
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/31939

Mali's Agricultural Sector: Trends and Performance
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Boughton,   Duncan; Kelly,   Valerie A.
This selective brief on Mali’s agricultural sector trends and performance focuses on cereal, livestock and fisheries production. We also review recent developments in the fertilizer sector given the importance of sustainable intensification to reduce pressure on natural resources. We begin with a thumbnail sketch of Mali’s agricultural sector.
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Food Security and Poverty.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/97137

Rural development policies and sustainable land use in the hillside areas of Honduras: a quantitative livelihoods approach
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Jansen,   Hans G.P.; Pender,   John L.; Damon,   Amy L.; Schipper,   Robert A.
Promising ways of promoting sustainable development in less-favored areas have long been a focus of the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). Hillside areas are an important facet of less-favored areas because they often have limited biophysical potential and attract limited public investment. As a result, poverty, low agricultural productivity, and natural resource degradation tend to be interrelated problems in such areas. In Honduras, poverty is deep and widespread, and this is especially the case in the hillside areas— home to one-third of the country’s population. The majority of these people earn their living through agriculture, as either smallholders or farm laborers. Rural poverty in the hillsides results primarily from unequal...
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Sustainable development; Honduras; Rural development; Government policy; Hill farming; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Land Economics/Use.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/37883

Openness and Urban Concentration in Europe, 1870-1990
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Nitsch,   Volker.
This paper provides a new attempt to examine the relationship between an economy's exposure to foreign trade and its degree of urban concentration. In contrast to previous work, which is often based on rich cross-country data sets, the analysis is focused exclusively on European countries, allowing to explore reliable historical data. The results generally confirm earlier findings of a negative relationship between openness and city size for the period from 1970 to 1990, but are much weaker for other time periods and concentration measures. Therefore, it is argued that the linkage between trade policy and urban centralization is not robust. Dieses Papier untersucht den Zusammenhang zwischen dem Offenheitsgrad einer Volkswirtschaft und dem Ausmaß urbaner...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Urban Concentration; Openness; Urban Primacy; City Size; Community/Rural/Urban Development; R11; R12.
Ano: 2001
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/26266

Stunted Growth: Natural Resource Concentration, Economic Growth, and Dutch Disease in the Southeastern United States
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Elliott,   Vaughn M., II; Hartarska,   Valentina M.; Bailey,   Conner.
We study the link between economic growth and resource endowment in the southeastern United States and find signs of Dutch Disease. Using data for 815 counties in this region, we focus attention on the connection between economic growth and forest resources. Our data support the Dutch Disease theory that economic reliance on natural resources contributes to low economic growth.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/6494

Retail Trade Area Analysis Rugby North Dakota
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Bangsund,   Dean A.; Leistritz,   F. Larry; Wanzek,   Janet K.; Zetocha,   Dale F.; Bastow-Shoop,   Holly E.
Tipo: Technical Report
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 1991
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/119435

Community Resource Development Guides
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Taylor,   Fred R.; Hertsgaard,   Thor A.; Vangsness,   Elmer C.; Paulus,   Leonard M.
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 1964
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/115676

Sri Lanka's Rural Non-farm Economy: Removing Constraints to Pro-poor Growth
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Jin,   Songqing; Deininger,   Klaus W.; Sur,   Mona.
We use a survey of small rural enterprises from Sri Lanka to demonstrate quantitatively the economic importance of this sector and to identify participants' characteristics and obstacles to the sector's expansion and productivity. Value added in the rural non-farm sector is estimated to amount to 80% of agricultural GDP and mean incomes for those having a rural enterprise to be about double of those who do not. Barriers to entry appear to be low and the impact of non-farm enterprise development on inequality modest and temporary, implying the potential for the sector to make a significant contribution to growth and poverty reduction. At the same time, infrastructure constraints (but not regulatory obstacles) pose a formidable barrier to startup of new...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/19280

Using System Dynamics for Holistic Rural Policy Assessments and Data Envelopment Analysis for Evaluation of Comparative Policy Efficiency at Regional level
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Bryden,   John Marshall.
The TOP-MARD (FW6) project was designed to evaluate the impact of a range of optional rural development policies on the multiple functions of agriculture and assess the differing economic, social and environmental outcomes over time in 11 European rural regions. Two main tools were used, namely dynamic system modelling and Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA). Dynamic System Modelling allowed (ex ante) evaluation of the outcomes of various policy scenarios, while DEA provided the means of comparing these outcomes with relevant expenditures in the 11 regions studied. This paper describes and discusses these two tools, and suggests that they complement the evaluators’ tool-kit. System dynamics provides the means of assessing economic, social and environmental...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/94618

Back Materials
Provedor de dados: 31
Includes:  JAAE Manuscript Submission Guidelines; Southern Agricultural Economics Association Executive Committee; Back Cover
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; Agricultural Finance; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Consumer/Household Economics; Crop Production/Industries; Production Economics; Productivity Analysis.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/100659

TRANSFORMING THE RURAL ASIAN ECONOMY: THE UNFINISHED REVOLUTION
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Hazell,   Peter B.R.; Rosegrant,   Mark W.
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2001
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/16333

Gestión del conocimiento y desarrollo rural Enseñanzas a partir del estudio de caso de una empresa familiar innovadora y socialmente responsable en la producción orgánica de leche y lácteos en México
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: del Valle Rivera,   Maria del Carmen.
En la actualidad, la producción y transformación de alimentos son actividades en las que se articulan estrategias locales y globales. De frente a la sociedad del conocimiento, se requiere la incorporación de conocimiento en la generación de valor, en particular el conocimiento introducido mediante la gestión que desempeñan las empresas en su relación con instituciones de investigación y educación superior y otras organizaciones internacionales, así como en el rescate de conocimiento tácito en la localidad o región en la que actúan, en tanto un proceso de enseñanza-aprendizaje, que puede contribuir en el bienestar de la población local. El objetivo de esta ponencia es presentar el análisis y reflexión sobre las posibilidades de impulsar la actividad...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Gestión del conocimiento; Sistema de producción de leche orgánica; Desarrollo rural.; Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Labor and Human Capital.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/95010

Sub-Contracting in Rural Areas of Thailand
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Mead,   Donald C.
This paper describes an arrangement where a producer undertakes certain steps in the production process done by individuals working in their own homes in Thailand. The paper also provides a description of how this system operates in four different industries, presents survey data on people engaged in subcontracting work, evaluates the subcontracting system, and determines the advantages and disadvantages of its operation.
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Food security; Food policy; Thailand; Subcontracting; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Downloads November 2008-July 2009: 7; Q18.
Ano: 1982
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/54766

Research, development and capacity building for the sustainability of dam development with special reference to the Bui Dam Project
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Raschid-Sally,   Liqa; Twum-Korangteng,   Richard; Akoto-Danso,   Edmund Kyei.
Issue paper prepared for the Ghana Dams Forum February 2008
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Dams; Reservoirs; Development projects; Water power; Electrical energy; Electricity supplies; Environmental effects; Social impact; Institutions; Ghana; Bui Dam Project; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Crop Production/Industries; Environmental Economics and Policy; Farm Management; Land Economics/Use; Production Economics; Productivity Analysis.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/91815

The Influence of Market Barriers and Farm Income Risk on Non-Farm Income Diversification
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Olale,   Edward; Nazli,   Hina.
Empirical evidence shows that non-farm income diversification is associated with higher welfare among farm households. However, most studies have ignored market barriers and farm income risk in explaining income diversification behaviour. This study develops an analytical framework that includes both market barriers and farm income risk, in addition to other factors, in explaining income diversification behaviour. The analytical framework is used to test the hypotheses that: market barriers reduce the intensity of non-farm income diversification; and farm income risk increases the intensity of non-farm income diversification. The results confirm the hypotheses, suggesting that market barriers and farm income risk are key factors in explaining income...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Market barriers; Farm income risk; Income diversification; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Food Security and Poverty.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/60915

Labor requirements and profitability of alternative soil fertility replenishment technologies in Zambia
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Ajayi,   Olu Clifford; Akinnifesi,   Festus K.
Low soil fertility is a major concern in agricultural productivity and development policy discourse in sub-saharan Africa. The problem is exacerbated by government withdrawal from fertilizer input markets and the inability of private sector operators to fill the gap. This warranted a search for other nutrient sources to supplement chemical fertilizers. Based on field data collected in Zambia, this study assessed the labor inputs implications of “improved tree fallows”, continuous maize cropping with and without mineral fertilizer and, evaluated the financial profitability of the different land use systems. Results show that agroforestry-based land use systems are more profitable (NPV between $233 and $309 per ha) than farmers’ practice of continuous maize...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agroforestry; Improved tree fallows; Financial analysis; Production economics; Southern Africa; Sustainable agriculture; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Consumer/Household Economics; Environmental Economics and Policy; Farm Management; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Food Security and Poverty; Land Economics/Use; Production Economics; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/52185

Police organization in the Republic of Croatia – problems in decision making
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Kovacicek,   Kresimir.
During the last few years of my police work I had a chance to speak and share opinion with my work associates about the police system in Croatia. My colleagues sometimes shared my opinion and sometimes they did not about the quality of police organization. Everyone’s conclusion was that some sort of change in the police organization has to be made; organization of the police must follow and embrace modern standards in organization and conduct.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development; Institutional and Behavioral Economics; Teaching/Communication/Extension/Profession.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/48343

The Two Faces of Rural Population Loss Through Outmigration
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: McGranahan,   David A.; Cromartie,   John; Wojan,   Timothy R.
Over a third of nonmetropolitan counties lost more than 10 percent of their population over the past 20 years through net outmigration. Poverty and low education account for the high net outmigration in some of these counties, but most are relatively prosperous. Their outmigration is related to low population density, geographic isolation, and a lack of scenic amenities. Programs that reduce the disadvantages of geographic isolation and that enhance residents' access to scenic amenities could help slow or reverse net outmigration in many nonmetro counties.
Tipo: Article
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development; Labor and Human Capital.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/121431

Interregionale Disparitäten und Entwicklung ländlicher Räume als regionalpolitische Herausforderung für die neuen EU-Mitgliedstaaten
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Baum,   Sabine; Weingarten,   Peter.
Since the beginning of transition, interregional disparities in Central and Eastern European Countries (CEECs) have increased. Particularly, the differences between urban and rural areas have grown. This paper traces the development of these disparities and discusses, based on theoretical considerations and political objectives, the need for and the design of regional policy measures. For rural development in the new EU member states, institution building, competitiveness of the agri-food sector, non-farm income sources and labour mobility are crucial. These measures should be adapted to the specific characteristics of the respective areas. Since the end of the 1990's, the efforts of regional policy in the CEECs were highly influenced by the preparation...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Regional disparities; Rural area; Regional policy; Structural policy; Central and Eastern Europe; EU Eastern Enlargement; Regional types; Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/97217

Sources of Agricultural Productivity Growth in Central Asia: The Case of Tajikistan and Uzbekistan
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Lerman,   Zvi; Sedik,   David J.
The paper examines agricultural production and productivity growth in two Central Asian countries – Tajikistan and Uzbekistan. Both countries are characterized by a significant shift of resources from the traditional Soviet model of collective agriculture to more market-compliant individual and family farming. In both countries, the beginning of the policy-driven switch to family farming around 1997 coincided with the beginning of recovery in agriculture, namely resumption of agricultural growth after a phase of transition decline since 1991. In addition to growth in total agricultural production, we also observe significant increases in productivity of both land and labor since 1997. These observations suggest that productivity growth may be attributable...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Agricultural productivity; Agricultural growth; Family farms; Corporate farms; Comparative performance; Agrarian reforms; Transition countries; Central Asia; Tajikistan; Uzbekistan; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Food Security and Poverty; International Development; Land Economics/Use; Productivity Analysis; P27; P31; P32; Q15; R14.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/54713

A főfoglalkozású egyéni gazdák habitusai Magyarországon
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Kovacs,   Terez.
A kutatás célja az, hogy megállapítsuk, milyen habitussal rendelkeznek a gazdák, és melyikkel képesek eredményesen alkalmazkodni a piacgazdasághoz. A teljes munkaidőben dolgozó egyéni gazdákra az a jellemző, hogy nagyon szeretnek dolgozni, amit a szüleiktől örököltek. Valamennyien nagyon erős egyéniségek, ezért is építették ki a saját gazdasági autonómiájukat, amivel létrejött autonóm személyiségük is. A mezőgazdaságban az egyéni gazdák a gazdálkodás kialakításához a „készen talált” mintákat először is a háztájiból vették, továbbá a teljes kollektivizálás előtti családi gazdaságokból és csak harmadsorban a korábbi munkahelyi kapcsolatokból, tapasztalatokból. A vizsgálatban az alábbi habitustípusok körvonalazódtak: paraszti, utóparaszti, parasztpolgári,...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Főfoglalkozású egyéni gazdák; Habitus; Siker; Újkapitalizmus; Full-time independent farmers; Working habits; Success; New capitalism; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Labor and Human Capital.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/58591

LONG-TERM GOVERNMENT RESPONSES TO SUSTAINABLE TOURISM DEVELOPMENT: PRINCIPLES AND STRATEGIES
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Csoban,   Katalin, Vargane; Gathy,   Andrea Bauer.
Tourism is one of the leading sectors in the world economy. Enhancing its well-known economic, social and environmental benefits while managing its negative impacts are highly important for the national governments in European Union. Strategic planning is essential to meet the long term requirements of sustainability. National sustainable development strategies and tourism strategies are fundamental means of strategic planning as they provide guidance for the decision-makers of the tourism sector. The member states of the European Union have prepared their national sustainable development strategies, furthermore the Union’s common strategy and the national strategies of some member states have already been revised and renewed by now. The Hungarian...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Sustainable tourism; National strategies; World Tourism Organization; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/53550

INDUSTRIALIZATION AS A POVERTY POLICY: TOWARD A MICRO ANALYSIS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Bryant,   W. Keith.
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development; Food Security and Poverty.
Ano: 1968
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/13346

Impact of Natural Resource Conservation Policies on Household Consumption Around Zambian National Parks
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Tembo,   Gelson; Bandyopadhyay,   Sushenjit; Pavy,   Jean-Michel.
Key Policy Points - Game Management Areas (GMAs) in Zambia aim to combine nature conservation with economic empowerment of rural households and communities. - We find evidence of consumption gains from living in GMAs and from participating in natural resource management through Community-Resource Boards (CRBs) and Village Action Groups (VAGs). - However, these benefits are unevenly distributed. Only GMAs with limited alternative livelihoods (Bangweulu and South Luangwa) exhibit significant consumption benefits. Also, the benefits accrue mainly to the relatively well off while the poor do not gain even if they participate. - Resources from ZAWA to CRBs seldom reach the VAGs. Richer, more educated community members participate at CRB or higher level while...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Zambia; Food security; Policy; Natural resources; Conservation; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Food Security and Poverty; International Development; Q18; Q56.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/55055

Analyzing Arkansas' Economic Growth: Need for Future Rural Development Strategies
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Das,   Biswaranjan; Rainey,   Daniel V.
A shift-share analysis was conducted for the 75 counties of Arkansas to determine the changing structure of the states' economy for the period 1980-2000. The analysis reveals a lack of overall comparative advantage in the majority of rural counties due to their inability to obtain higher paying jobs in manufacturing and professional sectors.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/35381

Factors influencing nutritional status of rural low income elderly in Trinidad
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Francis-Granderson,   Isabella; Pemberton,   Carlisle A.
Bridgetown, Barbados 6th – 10th July, 2009
Tipo: Presentation
Palavras-chave: Isabella Francis-Granderson; Dr. Carlisle Pemberton; Nutritional Status; Nutritional Assessment; Healthy Eating Index.; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Health Economics and Policy; R20; I18.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/122660

Enhancing contributions of the informal sector to National development: The case of Uganda
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Muwonge,   Abdu; Obwona,   Marios; Nambwaayo,   Victoria.
Regardless of the definition of the informal sector, there is wide spread consensus that the sector is important to the developing world. The International Lab-our Organization estimated that in 1990, 21 percent of the Sub-Saharan Africa's 227 million labour force was working in the informal economy. As the informal sector continued to grow both in urban and rural areas, there was a decline or stagnation in the growth of formal employment. The informal sector's contribution to gross domestic product (GDP) is increasing, although not much is known in most countries because the sector hardly enters the official statistical records. This study analyzes Uganda's informal sector size, contribution, formal-informal sector linkages, causes, constraints and...
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Informal sector; Employment; Informal markets; EPRC; Muwonge; Nambwaayo; Agribusiness; Agricultural Finance; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Consumer/Household Economics; Demand and Price Analysis; Financial Economics; Industrial Organization; Institutional and Behavioral Economics; Labor and Human Capital; Land Economics/Use; Political Economy; Production Economics; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/93813

ELEMENTS IN MAKING RURAL DEVELOPMENT GO
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Heady,   Earl O.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 1972
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/17332

ANALYSIS OF SOCIOECONOMIC DATA FOR THE SOUTHERN TIER CLUSTER OF MICHIGAN COUNTIES
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Phillips,   Jon C.
This paper presents an analysis of socioeconomic data for a cluster of four Michigan counties that lie on its southern border. These adjacent counties (Branch, Hillsdale, Lenawee, and St. Joseph) are part of a three-year rural development project. Data for individual counties as well as averages for the cluster are given. Topics covered include population growth, age of residents, educational attainment, unemployment, employment/jobs, sources of personal income, household income, poverty rates, and household composition. An executive summary is also provided.
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 1998
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/11744

MINNESOTA ECONOMIC INDICATORS: PART II METHODOLOGY AND FINDINGS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Stenberg,   Peter L.; Maki,   Wilbur R.
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 1989
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/14255

Rural Non-farm Livelihoods in Transition Economies: Emerging Issues and Policies
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Davis,   Junior.
This article reviews key conceptual issues related to the development of the rural non-farm economy (RNFE) in a transition context and analyses available empirical evidence on the role of RNFE during recovery from the transition recession. Growth in the RNFE in the transition countries took place during the recession transition, which shows that it may be distress driven, but the paper explores other factors which may be driving the RNFE. It looks at the RNFE in light of the factors driving income growth and inequality, i.e. endowments and institutions. It concludes that, although not uniform across transition countries, the RNFE should be seen as a component of a growth strategy rather than as a temporary “refuge” or survival one. The patterns of growth...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Transition economies; Rural livelihoods; Rural non-farm economy; Rural poverty; Rural development; Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/112606

Migration and Rural Development
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Lucas,   Robert E.B.
The paper summarizes the key routes through which internal and international migration impact rural development and some of the evidence pertaining to these effects in low income countries. It concludes that, although the study of migration impacts on rural economies has come a long way from the early dual theories of development, some of the potentially more important aspects remain to be investigated systematically.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Migration; Rural development; Remittances; Rural poverty; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Labor and Human Capital; F22; O13; O15; O18.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/112594

Serving Member Interests in Changing Markets: A Case Study of Pro-Fac Cooperative
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Henehan,   Brian M.; Schmit,   Todd M.
Since the inception of Pro-Fac Cooperative (PF) in 1960, the cooperative has undergone significant structural and organizational changes. The PF case presents a unique opportunity to examine the changes in the processed fruit and vegetable industry and the strategies adopted by a producer-owned cooperative to best represent member interests in the face of the industry structural changes over the past fifty years. PF is an agricultural cooperative that markets crops primarily grown by its member-growers, including fruits (cherries, apples, blueberries, and peaches), vegetables (snap beans, beets, peas, sweet corn, carrots, cabbage, squash, asparagus and potatoes), and popcorn.  Members are located principally in the states of New York, Delaware,...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Agricultural cooperatives; Fruit and vegetable processing; Private equity firms; Boards of directors; Financing.; Agribusiness; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Crop Production/Industries.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/48924

Avaliação dos Impactos dos Programas de Monetização de Trigo e Óleos Comestíveis Não Refinados do Título II em Moçambique, 1997-2007.
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Donovan,   Cynthia; Zavale,   Helder; Tschirley,   David L.
De 1997 a 2007, os programas de monetização do Título II da Agência Americana para o Desenvolvimento Internacional (USAID) venderam mais de $200 milhões de trigo e óleos vegetais não refinados destinados à ajuda alimentar em Moçambique. Este estudo tem três objectivos: 1) documentar as lições aprendidas dos programas passados de monetização em Moçambique; 2) identificar os efeitos desejados e indesejados da monetização em Moçambique; e 3) documentar sucessos indirectos em resultado da utilização da monetização em Moçambique, se os houver. Os programas de monetização em Moçambique implementados até 1997 tiveram efeitos positivos sobre o desenvolvimento de mercados e contribuíram para a segurança alimentar num período crítico. Durante os períodos...
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Food Security and Poverty.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/97057

CAPITAL SOCIAL COMO FATOR DE DESENVOLVIMENTO LOCAL
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Mendonca,   Kamila Vieira; Pinheiro,   Jose Cesar.
O presente estudo verificou e avaliou o grau de acumulação de capital social como fator de desenvolvimento local, do assentamento Che Guevara, localizado no município de Ocara, no Estado do Ceará. O índice de capital social (ICS) foi calculado com base nas respostas de um questionário elaborado com variáveis mensuráveis e que refletem o estoque de capital social. A comunidade dispõe de um grau mediano de capital social.-------------This study verified and evaluated the degree of accumulation of capital as a factor of local development, of the settlement Che Guevara, located in the municipality of Ocara, in the state of Ceará. The index of social capital (ICS) has been based on responses from a questionnaire was prepared with variables they consider aspects...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Capital Social; Desenvolvimento Local; Assentamento; Social Capital; Local Development; Settlement; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Financial Economics.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/108083

Representative Characteristics of Rural Households in Areas of Central and Southern Mozambique Affected by the 2000 Floods
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Benfica,   Rui M.S.; Arlindo,   Pedro; Weber,   Michael T.; Tschirley,   David L.
Research Results from the Department of Policy Analysis MADR-Directorate of Economics
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Food security; Food policy; Mozambique; Rural household; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Q18.
Ano: 2000
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/55214

Indicators
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Parker,   Timothy S.
Tipo: Article
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development; Crop Production/Industries; Food Security and Poverty; International Relations/Trade.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/122969

Dynamics in trade streams in international food supply networks. The case of fresh produce, meat, and cereals
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Deiters,   Jivka; Fritz,   Melanie.
The identification of the most relevant agri-food trade streams serves as the foundation and shows the trading volume in selected countries on which the later research of project e-Trust is based, with particular consideration of the specific role of trust in these transactions and its transfer in e-commerce afterwards. For the elaboration of the data collection, mainly the international statistical database of Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAOSTAT) is used as a common basis of the comparison. The procedure has been applied to six European traders in agricultural products (Germany, Austria, Italy, Slovenia, Greece and Spain) and three non-European countries (USA, Brazil and Turkey). According to the statistical sources mentioned...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Trade streams; Dynamics; E-commerce; Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Labor and Human Capital.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/95022

Selected Posters, SAEA 2009, Annual Meeting
Provedor de dados: 31
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Consumer/Household Economics; Health Economics and Policy; International Relations/Trade; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy; Teaching/Communication/Extension/Profession.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/53105

RURAL SMALL BUSINESS FINANCE:  EVIDENCE FROM THE 1998 SURVEY OF SMALL BUSINESS FINANCES
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Gustafson,   Cole R.
The 1998 Survey of Small Business Finances provides robust information on the financing of small businesses including an overview of their firm's organization, financial characteristics, and credit use.  Information from the survey is used in this study to compare the financial characteristics of urban and rural small businesses.  Overall, rural small businesses have very similar financial characteristics, access to technology and financial services, sources of financial capital, and creditworthiness when compared to urban small businesses.  Nonparametric rank order statistical methods were required when comparing dollar values of urban and rural small businesses because normality assumptions were violated due to the high concentration of small firms.  On...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Rural; Small; Business; Finances; Survey; Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2003
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/23674

GATEWAY TO THE MARKET FOR SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA: A FEASIBILITY STUDY
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Colavito,   Luke A.; Trupo,   Paul; Coale,   Charles W., Jr.; Reaves,   Dixie Watts; Norton,   George W.
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development; Marketing.
Ano: 1997
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/14826

VENDÉGFOGADÁS A KARCAGI KISTÉRSÉGBEN
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Hekline-Herbaly,   Katalin.
Összefoglalásként megállapítható, hogy a Karcagi kistérség elsősorban ter-mészeti adottságai (folyók és holtágak, kunhalmok, puszták, ősi növény- és állat-világ), valamint a gyógyvízre épülő vendéglátás révén gazdagíthatja a jövőben is Magyarország turisztikai kínálatát. Mindezt hatékonyan egészítik ki az épített környezetben megtalálható értékek (múzeumok, templomok, egyéb épületek), il-letve a meglévő hagyományok, kulturális rendezvények és programok. Kutatá-sunk során ezzel összefüggésben vizsgáltuk az itt élő vendégfogadók jelenlegi te-vékenységét és jövőbeni elképzeléseit. Nevezettek körében 2002-ben elvégzett kérdőíves felmérés és mélyinterjúk alapján egyértelmű, hogy a kistérségben nem a szakirodalmi meghatározás kritériumainak megfelelő falusi...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Terrmészeti adottságok; Vidéki turizmus; Natural circumstances; Rural tourism; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Labor and Human Capital.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/54318

THE EFFECT OF AGRICULTURE ON COUNTRY TOWN POPULATION IN THE GRAZING AND WHEAT GROWING REGIONS OF NEW SOUTH WALES
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Davidson,   Bruce Robinson.
An attempt was made to identify the factors which determined the rate of growth of the populations of country towns in the grazing and wheat growing regions of New South Wales between 1958 and 1971. The town population increased even though farm population declined during the period studied. In the Wheat and Sheep Zone and on the Northern Tablelands the rate of growth of country town population appeared to be determined by the rate of growth in the gross revenue from agriculture. In all other regions agricultural factors appeared to have little effect on the rate of growth of country towns.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 1976
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/9166

Adding value to local resources specifically tailored for developing São Paulo State’s vitiviniculture
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Verdi,   Adriana Renata; Otani,   Malimiria Norico; Fredo,   Carlos Eduardo.
São Paulo state’s vitiviniculture ranks second in Brazil, being characterized by the production of table grapes and wines derived from American and hybrid varieties. Despite its economic, social, and environmental benefits, the state’s vitiviniculture has witnessed an increasing dependence on grapes produced in other states over the last decade. Besides adding to the cost of producing wine in São Paulo, grape imports from the state of Rio Grande do Sul compromises not only product quality, but also the process of creating an identity for the product. To give a new impetus to the production of grapes and wines in São Paulo, the State of São Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP) developed a project called “Revitalizing São Paulo’s Vitivinicultural Chain,” a...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Territorial resources; Development; Vitiviniculture.; Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Labor and Human Capital.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/95240

Impacts of socio-economic factors on farm household dynamics - empirical survey data in an agent-based model application
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Schnicke,   Hauke Joachim.
This paper addresses three issues of socio-economic factors of Hungarian farm households and their impacts on structural change. This concerns the role of age as a factor influencing the opportunity costs of labour, the impact of empirical age patterns on structural change, and the role of a varied probability of young farm successors entering into the farming business. Results of a farm household survey are integrated in simulation experiments with the agent-based model AgriPoliS which has been adapted to a Hungarian case study region. It could be shown that impediments of a flexible labour adjustment slow down structural change while the timing of persisting or exiting of farms highly depends on the age distribution of farmers.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Socio-economic characteristics; Farm households; Empirical age patterns; Farm succession; Structural change; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Q18; Q14.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/94905

2009 Federal Reference Manual for Regional Schools, Income Tax Management and Reporting
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Bouchard,   Gregory J.; Bennett,   Joseph A.
Tipo: Working Paper
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/121773

PEOPLE LEFT BEHIND: TRANSITIONS OF THE RURAL POOR
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Molnar,   Joseph J.; Traxler,   Greg.
Compared to their urban counterparts, the rural poor are more likely to be employed, more apt to be members of married-couple families, less likely to be children, less likely to be minority, and more likely to have assets but a negative income.  This paper examines poverty rates and factors that affect mobility in and out of poverty among major categories of the rural poor.  Particular attention is paid to farm workers and the rural farm population in the South.  It endeavors to identify both structural conditions that perpetuate rural poverty and government interventions that ameliorate human suffering and break the cycle of poverty reproduction.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 1991
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/30279

A Report on Socioeconomic Attributes and Gender Inequality in Kondh-Dominated Villages: A Comparative Analysis of Tribals and Non-Tribals in the Phulbani District, Orissa, India
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Tisdell,   Clement A.; Roy,   Kartik C.; Ghose,   Ananda.
Reports on results of a survey, completed in 2000, of wives in three villages in the Phulbani district, Orissa, India. These villages are dominated by the Kondh scheduled tribe but some also contain members of the scheduled caste, called Dombs in Orissa. The article reports on the total responses and comparative responses of these groups to a structured questionnaire. The article provides background information for the villages surveyed, and reports information in relation to wives and their families about property rights, assets and incomes, economic conditions and survival strategies, aspects of credit, production and marketing, social dynamics and education. In addition, children’s affairs, including the treatment and entitlements of female and male...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Gender Inequality; Children; India; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Institutional and Behavioral Economics.
Ano: 2002
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/100213

PANORAMA GERAL DA PRODUÇÃO DE ABACAXI NO BRASIL E COMPORTAMENTO SAZONAL DOS PREÇOS DO ABACAXI “PÉROLA” COMERCIALIZADOS EM GOIÁS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Marin,   Joel Orlando Bevilaqua; Carvalho,   Simone Pereira de; Prado,   Licius De Albuquerque; Pereira,   Jaqueline Maga Lhaes.
O abacaxizeiro é o gênero mais importante da família Bromeliaceae, do ponto de vista econômico. A variedade “Pérola” é a mais cultivada no Brasil, sendo produzido em quase todas as regiões e Estados da federação. Em função da importância desse fruto, este estudo objetivou trazer um panorama geral referentes ao valor das exportações, área plantada e valor da produção de abacaxi no Brasil, com ênfase em Goiás. Bem como, analisar o comportamento sazonal dos preços do Abacaxi “Pérola” comercializados na CEASA-GO, no período de 1999 a 2005, identificando os períodos sazonais existentes e as possíveis causas da variação observada. Para isso utilizou-se a metodologia de Hoffmann (1980) de “Determinação do padrão de variação estacional em uma série temporal” e...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Abacaxi “Pérola”; Sazonalidade dos preços; CEASA-GO; Pineapple "Perola"; Seasonality of prices; CEASA-GO; Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/109788

Irrigation, poverty and inequality in rural China
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Huang,   Qiuqiong; Dawe,   David; Rozelle,   Scott; Huang,   Jikun; Wang,   Jinxia.
This paper examines the impact of irrigation on rural incomes, poverty and the income distribution in rural China. The relationship between irrigation and income is examined using descriptive statistics and multivariate analysis. A simulation approach is used to explore the impact of irrigation on poverty incidence. To uncover the effect of irrigation on the income distribution, inequality is decomposed by source of income, by group according to access to irrigation and by estimated income flows as a result of specific household characteristics. The results show that irrigation increases income and reduces poverty and inequality.
Tipo: Article
Palavras-chave: Income; Inequality; Irrigation; Poverty; Rural China; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Food Security and Poverty.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/118443

Dunavant Africa (PowerPoint)
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Laurin,   Rickard.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Farm Management; Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/45713

REGIONAL BENCHMARKING PROCESS IN COGNAC PROJECT (COORDINATION OF RDI POLICIES AND THEIR COHERENCE WITH OTHER POLICIES IN THE NEWLY ACCEDED COUNTRIES)
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Berde,   Agnes; Nadaban,   Marta Volgyine.
In order to achieve the Lisbon objectives and create a knowledge based society, Europe needs to increase and improve investment in R&amp;D. This requires improving the effectiveness and coherence of research policies at European, national and regional levels. The first cycle of application of the open method of co-ordination (OMC) to the 3% objective provided an overview of the Member States policies in a number of areas, facilitated mutual learning and led to a number of policy recommendations adopted by CREST in October 2004. The current regional benchmarking practice is made within a 6th Framework Programme project called Cognac, which is the acronym for Coordination of R&amp;D&amp;I policies and their coherence with other policies in Newly Acceded...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Benchmarking; Regional benchmarking; Economic and research performance; Agribusiness; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Teaching/Communication/Extension/Profession.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/53536

Comparing the profitability of farming and forestry
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Evison,   David.
This paper updates an analysis of returns from major productive land uses in New Zealand carried out in 2008. Trends in profitability over time are shown, and a preliminary investigation of the relationship between land-use change towards forestry (new land planting) and forestry profitability is described.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Profitability; Farming; Forestry; Land use; Land-use change; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Crop Production/Industries; Environmental Economics and Policy; Farm Management; Land Economics/Use; Livestock Production/Industries.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/99682

Quality Agro-Food Districts, typical Products, local Governance
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Montresor,   Elisa; Pecci,   Francesco; Pontarollo,   Nicola.
The paper investigates the coexistence of different organisational patterns of local productions and evaluate which local governance may be more appropriate in a globalized agro-food scenery. We analyze, through the spatial analysis tools and the use of suitable indicators at municipality level, some PDO/PGI products in two Italian regions, Veneto and Emilia Romagna, which adopted very different strategies. The regional institutions in Veneto preferred to individualize "from the top" the quality agro-food districts at provincial level. In Emilia Romagna, instead, the policy makers decided to recognize the initiatives from the "bottom", born through various types of agreements. The spatial analysis allows to select the most appropriate indicators in order...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Labor and Human Capital.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/95204

Performance of Smallholder Agriculture Under Limited Mechanization and the Fast Track Land Reform Program in Zimbabwe
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Obi,   Ajuruchukwu; Chisango,   Future Fortune T.
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Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agricultural mechanization; Fast track land reform; Agricultural development; Stochastic Frontier model; Technical efficiency; Agribusiness management; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; International Development; Land Economics/Use; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/117605

Rural Innovation Beyond the Academy (Power Point Presentation)
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Stauber,   Karl.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/33332

Financing Growth of Cellulosic Ethanol
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Gustafson,   Cole R.
The corn grain ethanol industry experienced rapid growth from 2005- 07. U.S. financial markets obliged and supplied credit at reasonable cost and terms which facilitated this expansion. Now, the biofuel industry is being challenged to nearly triple production under recently passed federal legislation, 2007 Energy Independence and Security Act, in the midst of a collapse of worldwide financial markets. However, the status of U.S. financial markets is in question. Both existing first generation and prospective next generation biofuel plants are demanding a large influx of capital to support adoption of new technological innovations. First generation plants require the innovations to remain low cost producers in highly competitive commodity markets. Second...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness; Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/53504

INNOVATION AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT: THE SOLUTION FOR THE HUNGARIAN BEE-KEEPING SECTOR
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Karpati,   Laszlo; Csapo,   Zsolt; Vanyi Arvane,   Georgina.
Rural development has become more and more important issue in Hungary since rural areas also contribute to the efficiency of the national economy. Development of rural areas also very important issue in the European Union, which could contribute to the improvement of profitability of small family businesses, higher employment rate in rural areas as well as slow down the migration of people from rural into urban areas. Nowadays the bee-keeping - as one of the activities can provide alternative income for small businesses in rural areas – has become more and more important topic in Hungary. Bee-keeping sector provides income roughly 15 thousands families in Hungary. At the same time it takes important role in the preservation of rural landscape, traditions...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Honey production; EU funds; Product innovation; Rural development; Agribusiness; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Livestock Production/Industries.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/57486

National Trends in the Rural Economy and Implications
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Kornacki,   John J.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 1988
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/60018

GOVERNMENT SPENDING, GROWTH AND POVERTY: AN ANALYSIS OF INTERLINKAGES IN RURAL INDIA
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Fan,   Shenggen; Hazell,   Peter B.R.; Thorat,   Sukhadeo.
Poverty in rural India has declined substantially in recent decades. The percentage of the rural population living below the poverty line fluctuated between 50 and 65 percent prior to the mid-1960s, but then declined steadily to about one-third of the rural population by the early 1990s. This steady decline in poverty was strongly associated with agricultural growth, particularly the green revolution, which in turn was a response to massive public investments in agriculture and rural infrastructure. Public investment in rural areas has also benefitted the poor through its impact on the growth of the rural nonfarm economy, and government expenditure on rural poverty and employment programs, which has grown rapidly, has directly benefitted the rural poor....
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 1998
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/16071

ATTRITION IN THE KWAZULU NATAL INCOME DYNAMICS STUDY, 1993-1998
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Maluccio,   John A.
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2000
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/15969

Estratégias de las Vinícolas en el Estado de São Paulo, Brasil: Un Estudio de Casos Múltiples
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Sato,   Geni Satiko; Alves,   Humberto Sebastiao; Strehlau,   Vivian.
El objetivo de esta investigación fue a de identificar las estrategias adoptadas por las vinícolas en Brasil, en la región de las ciudades de San Roque, Louveira, Jundiaí y Sao Paulo. La metodología utilizada fue el estudio de casos múltiples. Fueron realizadas entrevistas con los propietarios y visitas a las vinícolas. El turismo rural es el principal canal de distribución para los vinos, licores, frutas y dulces, Están presentes en las vinícolas una diversificación de actividades, como tiendas, restaurantes y hacer un recorrido a las vinícolas. Los propietarios se caracterizan por ser pequeños agricultores familiares y descendientes de italianos y sus familias están en esta actividad por 2-3 generaciones. Las vinícolas buscan crear un paisaje rural dónde...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Vinícolas; Estratégias; Brasil.; Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Labor and Human Capital.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/95230

Programación de la comercialización mensual agraria: el caso de los cultivos hortícolas en la provincia de Almería
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Perez-Mesa,   Juan Carlos.
RESUMEN: Este artículo trata sobre la programación de la producción agraria, entendida no sólo como la selección entre varios cultivos sino, también, como la distribución temporal de los mismos. Primero se estudia la programación de la producción para una empresa, donde sus decisiones no afectan a los precios de equilibrio en el mercado: en este caso se propone la utilización de un modelo de Markowitz adaptado a la programación temporal de la comercialización. Posteriormente, se analiza la ordenación de la venta para un operador que tuviese capacidad, por su volumen de comercialización, de alterar el equilibrio de mercado: en este caso se propone la utilización de un modelo de maximización mensual de ingresos y márgenes.  SUMMARY: This article analyses the...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Exportación; Optimización; Planificación; Programación matemática; Optimization; Planning; Mathematical programming; Export; Community/Rural/Urban Development; International Relations/Trade; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods; C61; Q13.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/37187

An Assessment of the UN's Millennium Development Goals and its Millennium Declaration
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Tisdell,   Clement A.
The United Nations’ Millennium Declaration, passed by the General Assembly in September 2000, is assessed with particular attention being given to the Millennium Development Goals and associated targets outlined in the Declaration. The focus of the article is not so much on the extent to which these goals are being met but on the adequacy of the Declaration itself.  The fundamental values outlined in the Declaration are listed and assessed. The Millennium Development Goals are means for the attainment of these values, along with some other objectives specified in the Declaration.  Both sets of objectives are examined, with most attention being given to the Millennium Development Goals and Targets. The Millennium Development Goals aim to reduce social and...
Tipo: Working Paper
Palavras-chave: United Nations' Millennium Development Goals; Environmental sustainability; Poverty eradication; Africa; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Environmental Economics and Policy; International Development; International Relations/Trade; Labor and Human Capital.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/123453

The adaptability of stakeholders to new approaches in rural development in the Czech Republic
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Hudeckova,   Helena; Balzerova,   Hana.
The paper deals with the adoption of new approaches in the practice of rural development. Major attention is paid to the LEADER approach, with the objective of evaluating the implementation of the principles in the activities of actors associated with Czech LAGs. Techniques of content analysis and interviews with selected representatives, mainly with managers of LAGs, were used for sociological empirical research. The results analyse concrete clashes between the hierarchic structure and the principle of network co-operation, which is starting to develop successfully at state-wide and international levels. Next, the results point out the failures in the implementation of the LEADER approach in the Czech Republic which have been overcome (linked with the...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Countryside; Development; Territorial governance; Stakeholder; LEADER; Community/Rural/Urban Development; GA; IN.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/96863

TWO ESSAYS ON COUNTRY LIFE IN 20TH CENTURY AMERICA
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Wunderlich,   Gene.
The two brief essays that follow describe: 1) the American Country Life Association's mission and legacy; 2) a mid-century effort to create a new Country Life Commission.    Titles: Theodore Roosevelt's Country Life Commission and the American Country Life Association, by Gene Wunderlich;   Teddy Roosevelt's Silent Echo: The Second Country Life Commission, by Gene Wunderlich;
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/20178

Participation and decentralisation in rural development: Lessons from the Lesotho Highlands Water Project
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Parker,   A.N.
Emerging experience from many countries, including some African countries, suggests that an approach that puts communities at the centre of the development process is likely to have considerably more chance of success than the centralised, bureaucratic approach that has characterised previous rural development initiatives. In Lesotho, the establishment of a central source of finance—the Development Fund—to fund community-driven development has had a positive impact on mobilising communities to implement a range of development projects. The experience of the Development Fund provides important lessons for other countries that are interested in promoting development projects that are sustainable and, at the same time, meet communities’ felt needs.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 1997
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/54449

Non-Credit Services of Group-Based Financial Institutions: Implications for Smallholder Women’s Honey Income in Arid and Semi Arid Lands of Kenya
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Otieno,   Peter Shimon; Nyikal,   Rose Adhiambo; Mugivane,   Fred Inuani.
This paper analyses the effect of non-credit services of joint liability credit institutions on smallholder women beekeepers’ honey income. The non-credit services offered to the beekeepers are mainly enterprise development services (training on marketing, business, production and subsector analysis). The study uses cross-sectional data from a survey of women beekeepers participating in group-based credit programmes; the survey was conducted in September 2005 in Makueni district of Kenya. The findings indicate that the number of enterprise development related trainings attended by women beekeepers that are offered by the group-based financial institutions positively and significantly influence honey income. The results confirm that non-credit services...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Credit; Finance; Honey; Makueni; Agricultural and Food Policy; Agricultural Finance; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Consumer/Household Economics; Demand and Price Analysis; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Food Security and Poverty; Labor and Human Capital; Marketing; Productivity Analysis; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/52152

THE ROLE OF CAPITAL AND CREDIT MARKETS IN REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT: PROBLEMS AND ISSUES
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Shane,   Mathew.
This paper discusses the major problem facing regional capital and credit markets in their relationship to regional development. There are two ways in which capital and credit markets play a crucial role in regional development: (1) they mobilize local savings resources and allocate them between sectors and industries within the region and (2) they provide the mechanism by which financial resources flow between the region and the national economy.
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development; Financial Economics.
Ano: 1972
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/13578

The Reform of the EU Sugar Trade Preferences toward Developing Countries in Light of the Economic Partnership Agreements
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Gotor,   Elisabetta.
This article provides a general overview of the evolution of the European Union  trade preferences with the African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) Countries, giving due attention to the reform of the Sugar Protocol (SP) in light of the anticipated Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs). The EU sugar trade relationship with the ACP, as captured in both a reformed SP for ACP non–least developed countries and in the Everything-but-Arms initiative for the world’s least developed countries, is analysed and contextualized within the ongoing negotiations toward achieving EPAs, which will substitute the Lomé Convention and give a new order to EU-ACP relationships.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: African Caribbean Pacific countries; Development; Economic Partnership Agreements; European Union; Sugar reform.; Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; International Development; International Relations/Trade; Political Economy.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/52695

Determinants of Returns in Rural Tourism
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Murova,   Olga I.; Hanagriff,   Roger D.
The goal of this study, based on data collected through community surveys and visitors’ surveys, is to determine and analyze factors impacting returns from rural tourism. Our first model shows that age of event, median family income, and hired labor have a significant impact on the revenues collected from tourism events. Furthermore, it shows brochures and flyers to be the most effective form of advertisement. The second multivariate regression model proves that traveling greater distances, staying overnight at a hotel, and plans for visiting surrounding areas contribute positively and significantly to higher individual expenditures by tourists.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Advertising; Rural development; Tourism; Community/Rural/Urban Development; R11; R21.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/113535

RISK SHARING AND INFORMATION: THEORY AND MEASUREMENT IN VILLAGE ECONOMIES
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Ligon,   Ethan.
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development; Risk and Uncertainty.
Ano: 1996
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/25091

Household Vegetable Demand in the Philippines: Is There an Urban-Rural Divide?
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Mutuc,   Maria Erlinda M.; Pan,   Suwen; Rejesus,   Roderick M.
A three-step estimation method and a Nonlinear Quadratic Almost Ideal Demand System (NQAIDS) are used to assess the vegetable demand behavior of rural and urban households in the Philippines. The results show that most of the expenditure and own-price elasticities of the vegetables analyzed are near or larger than unitary in both rural and urban areas. For majority of the vegetable commodities, there are no significant differences in the expenditure, own-price, and cross-price elasticities of urban households relative to rural households. Only demand for cabbage and tomatoes in the urban areas tend to be statistically different compared to rural areas. The demand behavior information gleaned from the analysis provides important insights that could help...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development; Consumer/Household Economics.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/35483

THE IMPACT OF PROGRESA ON COMMUNITY SOCIAL RELATIONSHIPS: FINAL REPORT
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Adato,   Michelle.
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2000
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/16015

To Target or Not to Target? The cost efficiency of indicator-based targeting
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Houssou,   Nazaire; Zeller,   Manfred.
This paper assesses the cost efficiency of indicator-based targeting. Using household survey data from Malawi, we examine whether an indicator-based targeting of the poor is more target- and cost-efficient than the currently used mechanisms for targeting agricultural subsidy programs in the country.  There is compelling evidence in favor of targeting Malawi’s poor based on the newly developed system. An indicator-based targeting system appears to be more target- and cost-efficient than the 2000/01 Starter Pack and the 2006/07 Agricultural Input Subsidy Program (AISP). While the Starter Pack and the AISP transferred about 50% of total transfer, under an indicator-based system, about 73% of transfers are delivered to the poor. Likewise, under an...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Malawi; Poverty targeting; Validation tests; Cost efficiency; Development policy; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Food Security and Poverty; Political Economy; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods; C01; C13; I32.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/61007

An Optimal Size for Rural Tourism Villages with Agglomeration and Club-Good Effects
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Tchetchik,   Anat; Fleischer,   Aliza; Finkelshtain,   Israel.
Helping to sustain a viable rural sector, rural tourism enjoys public support in many countries. We claim that due to club-good and agglomeration externalities in the rural accommodation market, public support should be integrated in a broader local development policy that regulates the number of accommodation units in a locality. To demonstrate this we extended an equilibrium model that accounts for product differentiation and oligopolistic competition to address club-good and agglomeration effects and applied it to data collected in north Israel. We show that under the prevailing regulation, the number of units is by far higher than the social optimum.
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development; International Development; Political Economy.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/93135

The Food and Fiber System: Contributing to the U.S. and World Economies
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Lipton,   Kathryn L.
Even though farming accounts for only about 1 percent of the total national workforce, it is at the core of the food and fiber system. The system is one of the largest sectors in the U.S. economy, and is comprised of industries related to farming, including feed, seed, fertilizer, machinery, food processing, manufacturing, and exporting. The interrelationships among the sectors of the food and fiber system and the U.S. and world economies are many and complex. As a result, U.S. and world policies and economic factors--such as interest and inflation rates--play a critical role in everything from the cost and availability of farm credit to the demand for farm products at home and abroad. The farm crisis of the 1980's illustrates how specific economic events...
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Farming; Food and fiber system; Industries; Gross domestic product; Income; Employment; Input/output analysis; Agricultural trade; Rural economy; Agribusiness; Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 1998
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/33761

Alternative Housing Development Strategies in Georgia's Coastal Marshlands
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Kriesel,   Warren; Mullen,   Jeffrey D.
Coastal Georgia continues to experience extremely high population growth rates. People are attracted by coastal amenities, including pleasant views of the saltwater marshes. The real estate market has responded to population growth with a pattern of development that exhibits varying degrees of compatibility with the nearby marshland ecosystem. Among community leaders there is a need for information on development alternatives. Information has been generated from a hedonic price analysis that contains proximity to amenities and development design variables. We conclude that real estate developers have, under certain circumstances, an economic incentive to incorporate more open space in their design of residential subdivisions in marshland environments.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/49514

SHEEP PRODUCTION IN HUNGARY – IS IT A SUSTAINABLE SECTOR?
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Madai,   Hajnalka; Nabradi,   Andras; Lapis,   Miklos.
The question of sustainability of agricultural production especially animal production and events leading to its development can be dated back to the second part of the last century. Sustainability is a priority subject matter as it is a core element in our existence and in the survival of the forthcoming generations. The notion of sustainability comprises three aspects: ecological, social and political and economic target systems, which by now have been supplemented with cultural and regional elements including the protection of environment, local traditions, scale of values, cultural and historical heritage. The principles of sustainable development also include the improvement of human and animal health and the maintenance of vital rural communities....
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Sheep production; Sustainability; Problem tree; Swot; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Livestock Production/Industries.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/53576

Trends in Agricultural and Rural Development Indicators in Zambia.
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Jayne,   Thomas S.; Govereh,   Jones; Chilonda,   Pius; Mason,   Nicole M.; Chapoto,   Antony; Haantuba,   Hyde H.
Effective agricultural and food security policies in Africa need to be based on a solid empirical foundation. In Zambia, it is widely perceived that poverty rates are increasing, agricultural growth is stagnant, and real food prices are higher as food production declines. This study examines these trends and finds that all of these perceptions are wrong. Rural poverty rates have declined substantially in rural Zambia since the early 1990s, although they are still unacceptably high. Real staple food prices for consumers have declined by 20% over the past decade, thanks to major reductions in maize milling and retailing margins. And there is evidence of impressive production growth for some crops that are becoming increasingly important sources of income and...
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Food security; Policy; Development; Indicators; Zambia.; Africa; Community/Rural/Urban Development; International Development; Q18.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/54483

ENDOGENOUS INITIATIVES AS A CHANCE TO IMPROVE RURAL LIVELIHOOD? RESULTS OF A CASE STUDY IN BALTOW, SOUTH-EASTERN POLAND
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Gramzow,   Andreas.
Polish rural areas, compared to other EU-25 member states, still show a high agricultural employment due to a lack of job opportunities in other rural economic sectors. In particular, in South-eastern Poland the shut down of heavy industry companies in the early 1990s left many rural inhabitants only with small incomes from their peasant farms or pensions. In the commune Ba³tów (South-eastern Poland) in order to counteract these developments, local development associations and a regional partnership undertook initiatives to stimulate the regional economy by creating a tourism infrastructure. This paper presents a case study, conducted in Ba³tów, which analyses local problems, development chances, and experience with local endogenous initiatives. The main...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Rural development; Tourism; Leader+; Endogenous; P32; Q10; R11; Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/14900

URBAN VULNERABILITY IN AFGHANISTAN: CASE STUDIES FROM THREE CITIES
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Schutte,   Stefan.
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development; Risk and Uncertainty.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/14632

Virtual form of education in lifelong learning - chance for the country
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Jarolimek,   Jan; Vanek,   Jiri; Simek,   Pavel.
The availability of education, including lifelong learning, is one of the value measures of quality of life in advanced countries. However, there are still significant differences between a township and a rural region. Centres of education are mainly situated in big cities; smaller municipalities are separated from these centres by tens or hundreds of kilometers (according to the conditions of the Czech Republic). While educating young people, it is usually accepted that they commute towards education; there is a whole range of social and cultural aspects; and above all, they have time for that - it is their main “working” load. The opposite situation is the case in lifelong learning, which is conducted in parallel with full-time employment but is...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: E-learning; Virtual education; Lifelong learning; Rural development; Multimedia; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/96854

Regional identity as a trigger for agricultural regional development
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Mettepenningen,   Evy; Mazodier,   Marion; Vandermeulen,   Valerie; Van Huylenbroeck,   Guido.
Regional development is receiving a lot of attention nowadays in European policy. A possible stepping stone to achieve regional development is regional identity. This paper investigates whether regional identity can contribute to the specific case of agricultural regional development. One possible way for agriculture to profit from regional identity is by diversifying farm activities. The paper shows that regional identity can stimulate farmers to take up diversification and can also stimulate inhabitants of the region to consume products directly from the farmer.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Regional identity; Regional development; Multifunctional agriculture; Diversification; Farm income; Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/94894

COPING WITH CHANGE - BUILDING A SHARED VISION OF THE FUTURE CITY REGION
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Maki,   Wilbur R.
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 1992
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/13490

QUASI-EXPERIMENTAL DESIGNS FOR MEASURING IMPACTS OF DEVELOPMENTAL HIGHWAYS IN RURAL AREAS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Broder,   Josef M.; Taylor,   Teresa D.; McNamara,   Kevin T.
Quasi-experimental techniques were developed to provide decision-making tools for documenting the impacts of developmental highways in rural areas.  Regression discontinuity analysis (RDA) with limited observations was used to compare economic changes in highway counties to those in adjacent and non-adjacent control counties.  The RDA models found statistically significant changes in population, per capita income, and taxable sales related to highway development.  The study found that some counties benefited from developmental highways, some were unchanged, while some experienced economic decline.  RDA models with adjacent controls had better explanatory powers while those with non-adjacent controls were more sensitive to highway-related changes in...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 1992
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/30386

LITHUANIAN DIAGNOSTICS OF LAGGING TERRITORIES: EVALUATION AND INSIGHTS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Meyers,   William H.; Kairyte,   Emilija; Ribasauskiene,   Erika.
During the period 2006-2007 diagnostics were conducted on territorial aspects of rural Lithuania with a special focus on the rural areas lagging behind. The study includes analysis of economic, demographic and social indicators of rural areas at a disaggregated level and a methodology enabling the assessment of opportunities and constraints and the comparisons of rural areas in various territories. The study objective is an improved set of diagnostics that captures territorial differences, improves the targeting of RDP measures and strengthens the framework for allocation and access to structural and rural development funds. The paper discusses diagnostic methods by reviewing concepts of rurality and presenting methods used for identifying and ranking...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Investment; Rural development; Lagging rural areas; Economic structure; Competitiveness; Social well-being; Development indices; Funding envelopes; Agribusiness; Community/Rural/Urban Development; International Development.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/57346

A Policy Opportunity: Getting in Touch with Rural America
Provedor de dados: 31
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2002
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/93771

Enhancing the Profitability of Horticultural Products with Market Based Information
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Kyei,   Prince; Ejimakor,   Godfrey.
In addition to regional variations, demand for poinsettias was shown to depend on its price. Based on state-level data for 2005,demand in the Northeast and Midwest regions of the U.S. were found to be inelastic.  This suggests that the market for poinsettias in both regions could support higher prices.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Demand structure; Elasticity; Poinsettias; Green industry; S1021; Agribusiness; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Demand and Price Analysis.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/57077

Five Kinds of Capital: Useful Concepts for Sustainable Development
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Goodwin,   Neva R.
The concept of capital has a number of different meanings. It is useful to differentiate between five kinds of capital: financial, natural, produced, human, and social. All are stocks that have the capacity to produce flows of economically desirable outputs. The maintenance of all five kinds of capital is essential for the sustainability of economic development. Financial capital facilitates economic production, though it is not itself productive, referring rather to a system of ownership or control of physical capital. Natural capital is made up of the resources and ecosystem services of the natural world. Produced capital consists of physical assets generated by applying human productive activities to natural capital and capable of providing a flow of...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2003
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/15595

RURAL BROADBAND AVAILABILITY AND ADOPTION IN OKLAHOMA
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Whitacre,   Brian E.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Broadband Adoption; Rural Broadband Availability; Broadband Infrastructure; Broadband Digital Divide; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies; R22; D12.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/100793

Did local government structure kill small town America?
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Warziniack,   Travis.
This article examines the provision of public goods in an urban area and the effect voting has on the level and location of amenities throughout a city. It is particularly appropriate for small communities that must finance economic development projects with limited funds. The work presented is a result of working with rural communities throughout America that have seen their historic downtowns deteriorate as big box retail grows on the urban fringe. I find this shift in community development may be a result of the way local economic development is financed and projects are decided upon. Specifically, I find significant welfare losses associated with voting for a public good in space. Small public projects that would lead to community-wide welfare...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Open space; Spatial economics; Referendum; Voting; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Land Economics/Use; Political Economy; R10; R14.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/60956

Retail Trade Area Analysis New Town North Dakota
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Bangsund,   Dean A.; Leistritz,   F. Larry; Wanzek,   Janet K.; Zetocha,   Dale F.; Bastow-Shoop,   Holly E.
This report is intended to provide an indepth trade area analysis of New Town, North Dakota. Specific analyses included determining New Town's main and greater trade areas, identifying the demographic profile of New Town shoppers, examining important and less important services for patron shoppers of New Town, identifying neighboring cities that area shoppers patronize, determining distances area shoppers traveled to New Town, and listing popular newspapers and radio stations among area residents. Current trade area information for New Town was obtained from a statewide trade area survey conducted by the Department of Agricultural Economics at North Dakota State University in 1989. Recent trends (1980 to 1989) in New Town population, retail sales, per...
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development; Financial Economics.
Ano: 1991
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/51269

Facility Closures and Downsizing in the Rural Midwest: A Preliminary Assessment of Extent and Effects
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Leistritz,   F. Larry; Knapp,   Tim; Root,   Kenneth A.; Walzer,   Norman.
Rural communities across the United States have been undergoing dramatic economic restructuring. As a result, many rural communities are struggling to recover from the closure or downsizing of manufacturing facilities and to implement economic development programs. The goal of this study was to gain new insights into community, organizational, and economic factors that underlie effective rural community response to economic distress. The study covers communities with populations between 500 and 10,000 in the states of Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, Missouri, North Dakota, and South Dakota. Data come from a survey of local government officials of all towns in the six states with populations between 500 and 10,000. Surveys were mailed to 2,118 towns during the...
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Agricultural Finance; Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 1996
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/51162

STATE-LOCAL FISCAL EFFECTS OF RURAL-URBAN POPULATION SHIFTS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Maki,   Wilbur R.
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 1988
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/13956

MACROECONOMIC TRENDS AND THEIR IMPLICATIONS FOR LOCAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Waelti,   John J.; Waldo,   Arley D.
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 1992
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/14035

Cereal price instability in Ethiopia: An examination of sources and policy options
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Shahidur,   Rashid; Meron,   Assefa.
Managing food price instability is a long standing policy challenge, which, with mixed experiences of agricultural price policy reforms, has re-emerged as a contemporary policy issue. This is particularly true for Ethiopia, where managing food price stability continues to be a formidable policy challenge. The objective of this paper is to examine the underlying causes of cereal price instabilities and to assess the policy options to manage them. It undertakes three tasks: (a) analyzes the sources and degree of cereal price instability, (b) discusses the viability of various policy options, and (c) critically reviews the country’s past, ongoing, and emerging policies for food price stabilization. The results show that the determinants of price...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Cereal; Policy; Price instability; Ethiopia; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Crop Production/Industries; Environmental Economics and Policy; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Food Security and Poverty; Institutional and Behavioral Economics; International Relations/Trade; Production Economics; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/51999

Public Expenditure and Poverty Reduction in the Southern United States
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Jung,   Suhyun; Cho,   Seong-Hoon; Roberts,   Roland K.
The objective of this research was to analyze the effects of education, health and hospital, parks and recreation, and public welfare expenditures on poverty, focusing particularly on how these relationships change over space and time. Government expenditure on parks and recreation has been the single most effective government expenditure category over time, although the marginal effects of the government expenditure on poverty alleviation have weakened over time. Clusters of the highest marginal effects of government expenditures on poverty reduction were identified for each time period using geographically weighted regression (GWR) and analysis of local indicators of spatial association (LISA)
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Government expenditure; GWR; Poverty; Southern United States; Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/47145

Consumer Segments in Urban and Suburban Farmers Markets
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Elepu,   Gabriel; Mazzocco,   Michael A.
www.ifama.org
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Cluster analysis; Consumer segments; Farmers markets; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Consumer/Household Economics; Crop Production/Industries.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/93352

Technical Barriers to Interstate Trade: Noxious Weed Regulations
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Gopinath,   Munisamy; Min,   He; Buccola,   Steven T.
We focus on regulations controlling the spread of noxious weeds, especially the trade effects of regulatory differences across U.S. states. We specify a gravity model for each state’s seed, nursery product, and commodity trade with each other state. Within the gravity model, we examine the role of cross-state regulatory congruence arising from ecological and agronomic characteristics and interest-group lobbying. A spatial-autoregressive Tobit model is estimated with a modified expectation-maximization algorithm. Results show that weed regulatory congruence positively affects interstate trade. By fostering cross-state regulatory differences, consumer and commodity-producer lobbying reduce the value of interstate trade by about two percent per annum.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Interstate trade; Invasive species; Rent-seeking; Agribusiness; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Land Economics/Use; Political Economy; Public Economics; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods; F1; H7; Q5.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/100527

UNDERSTANDING VILLAGE INSTITUTIONS: CASE STUDIES ON WATER MANAGEMENT FROM FARYAB AND SARIPUL
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Pain,   Adam.
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/14639

ZONA DE TRANSIÇÃO EM LONDRINA-PR: AS QUESTÕES URBANAS E RURAIS NA OFERTA DE PARCELAMENTO DE LOTES
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Zapparoli,   Irene Domenes.
Entre a área urbana e rural tem-se a zona de transição. A zona urbana compreende as áreas urbanizadas ou em vias de ocupação. Na zona rural se prevê a implantação de equipamentos e empreendimentos considerados necessários à estrutura urbana. Assim a transformação de zona de expansão em zona urbana fica vinculada ao processo de aceitação de loteamentos. As áreas rurais foram transformadas em área de expansão urbana, seja através de alterações dos perímetros urbanos, seja através de ocupações clandestinas na zona rural. Assim questiona-se: De que forma vem sendo feita a expansão da zona urbana? Quais são os reflexos na zona de expansão urbana ou zona rural. Como a população de Londrina se manifesta a respeito dos parcelamentos de lotes urbanos? O objetivo...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Zona rural; Hegemonia; Londrina; Rural area; Hegemonic process; Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/112735

Rural Non-farm Dynamics: Occupational Ladders and Earnings Mobility in Thailand
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Chawanote,   Chayanee; Barrett,   Christopher B.
This study explores occupational and earnings dynamics of rural non-farm economy (RNFE) in Thailand. Using occupational transition matrices, we finds significant occupational transitions in rural Thailand, mainly involving moving to non-farm employment, rather than starting businesses. Moreover, results from conditional micro mobility regressions show that transitions into the RNFE are associated with statistically significant earnings gains while transitions into farming are associated with earnings losses. The cumulative distribution of income indicates that non-farm employers’ earnings distribution stochastically dominates the others, signaling an occupational ladder. However, only a small number of individuals become non-farm employers, reflecting the...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Earnings mobility; Non-farm employment; Non-farm business; Occupational choice; Community/Rural/Urban Development; International Development; Labor and Human Capital.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/103879

Devolution and delivery: recent rural policy-making in Scotland
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Thomson,   Kenneth J.
Since 1999, Scotland has (re)gained a considerable degree of political independence from the rest of the UK, and a minority nationalist government since 2007 has determined a strong general policy agenda, including ambitious climate change commitments. This new political framework is being exploited in various ways as regards agricultural and rural policy. Recent developments in Scottish agricultural and rural policy (e.g. implementation of the CAP’s Pillars 1 and 2, especially the latter’s “Rural Priorities” scheme, and “land reform”) and its governance (public administration and private involvement) are described, with conclusions about the implications of devolution.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Scotland; Rural policy; Rural development; Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/94899

Entrepreneurial Programs: Which Contribute to Oklahoma Business Owners' Success?
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Brooks,   Lara; Whitacre,   Brian E.; Muske,   Glenn; Woods,   Michael D.; Shideler,   David W.
Replaced with revised version of poster 07/20/10.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Entrepreneur; Entrepreneurship; Rural economic development; Small business management; Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/61388

THE ECONOMIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL ASPECTS OF COLORADO'S GOLF INDUSTRY
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Watson,   Philip; Davies,   Stephen P.; Thilmany,   Dawn D.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development; Environmental Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/36247

Sources of the rural-urban productivity disparities and the policy implications on rural development in Korea
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Kim,   Hanho; Gopinath,   Munisamy.
This paper investigates the effect of trade cost changes on the spatial productivity distribution in Korea. Data on gross value added and primary factors for 163 spatial units during 2000-2005 are assembled to estimate local TFP using a value-added function. In our application, we control for agglomeration economies so as to identify factors shifting the regional raw-productivity distribution over time. The TFP estimation results show that the Korean regional economy exhibits constant returns to scale, along with significant localization economies. We find that and trade costs reduction and infrastructure improvement significantly shift to the right all percentile values of the regional productivity distribution, while amenity does not affect the movement...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agglomeration economies; Spatial productivity distribution; Trade cost; Community/Rural/Urban Development; F1; R3.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/94896

Impacts of irrigation management transfer:  A review of the evidence.
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Vermillion,   Douglas Lynn.
Evaluates data from 29 different studies on irrigation management transfer to assess the impacts of transfer on various aspects of irrigation system management. Twelve guiding principles to ensure a more systematic approach to research on the impacts of management transfer are proposed. Identifies key research propositions on the conditions necessary for transfer programs to succeed.
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Irrigation management; Irrigation systems; Policy; Privatization; Case studies; Performance evaluation; Irrigated farming; Economic aspects; Financing; Operations; Environmental sustainability; Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Crop Production/Industries; Farm Management; Institutional and Behavioral Economics; Productivity Analysis.
Ano: 1997
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/52798

WEST VIRGINIA AGRICULTURE IN 1997: SITUATION, TRENDS AND COMPARISON
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Colyer,   Dale.
Agriculture in West Virginia produces significant amounts of income, provides full and part-time employment for substantial numbers of people, helps to make rural areas pleasant places to live, and creates amenities for residents visitors to the state.  Agriculture in the State follows the trends in U.S. Agriculture.  However, farms in the state are smaller and a larger proportion of its farm income is derived from livestock and livestock products with the poultry industry now surpassing beef cattle as the largest source of farm income.
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 1999
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/19098

Evaluating Pillar 2 Employment Impacts: Case Study Methodology and Results for East Wales
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Midmore,   Peter; Langstaff,   Lesley; Lowman,   Stephen; Vaughan,   Alison.
This case study evaluation aims to explore employment impacts of the reformed East Wales RDP in East Wales, a UK region which is highly spatially differentiated. It concentrates on analysis of documentary evidence and representative in-depth interviews which support an evaluative interpretation of mechanisms of rural change. Issues explored relate to problems of the rural economy requiring policy intervention, and CAP rural development reform impacts on rural employment of farm households and workers in other sectors. Major concerns relate to youth out-migration, inadequate childcare provision, age structure, lack of affordable housing, pockets of deprivation, deteriorating service provision, labour supply, spatial diversity, and predominance of small...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Wales; Rural development; Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/43959

Foreword: Special Issue on the Economics of Local Food Markets
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Just,   David R.; Blalock,   Garrick.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Teaching/Communication/Extension/Profession.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/106066

Socioeconomic Factors and Its Influence in Vertical Price Transmission: The Case of the Mexican Tortilla Industry
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Araujo-Enciso,   Sergio Rene.
The present document provides evidence of how prices along the Mexican Tortilla Industry are related and co-integrated, furthermore it attempts to derive a formal relationship between market integration and socioeconomic variables that affects transaction costs and therefore price transmission. Although not conclusive, it sets the ground for further steps on achieving such objective by implementing more advanced techniques.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Maize tortilla industry; Vertical price transmission; Socioeconomic variables.; Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Labor and Human Capital.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/94922

Creating Jobs and Economic Development in Rural America (Power Point Presentation)
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Peterson,   Bruce T., Jr.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/33298

GROUP APPROACHES TO FINANCIAL SERVICE PROVISION IN RURAL SOUTH AFRICA
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Coetzee,   Gerhard K.; Cross,   Catherine.
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development; Financial Economics.
Ano: 2002
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/18042

A LEADER+ program a dél-mátrai településeken
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Szenasy,   Andrea.
A LEADER+ programban megpályázható pénzek ugyan nem oldják meg a térség gazdasági és szociális problémáit egyik pillanatról a másikra, de jó lehetőséget nyújtanak arra, hogy együttműködő partnerek, a település lehetőségeihez igazodva, projektek megvalósítását kezdeményezzék. Erre vállalkozott 2005-ben a „Dél-Mátra 11” akciócsoport, melynek kedvező fogadtatásain felbuzdulva még 13 település csatlakozott, s „Dél-Mátra” akciócsoportként folytatják a már megkezdett utat.   -------------------------------------------     The funds that are available under the LEADER+ programme will not solve the economic and social problems of the area in the blink of the eye, but they are an excellent opportunity for the cooperating partners to implement projects that were...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: LEADER+; Vidékfejlesztés; Életminőség javítása; „Dél-Mátra 11”; „Dél-Mátra” akciócsoport; LEADER+; Rural development; Improving quality of life; South-Mátra 11; South-Mátra action group; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/92513

CONTINGENT VALUATION OF RURAL TOURISM DEVELOPMENT WITH TESTS OF SCOPE AND MODE STABILITY
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Lindberg,   Kreg; Johnson,   Rebecca L.; Berrens,   Robert P.
Contingent valuation is used to measure the social impacts of tourism in rural Oregon communities. Impacts are substantial, for example, annual household willingness to pay (WTP) to reduce traffic congestion is $186. Study features include tests of sensitivity to a change in scope, tests of stability across survey mode, and a thorough system of “no” –vote follow-up questions in a referendum format. While there is no evidence of scope effects (at the 0.05 level), results indicate that conclusions regarding sensitivity to scope may be dependent on the test used. WTP estimates are substantially less with the mail versus telephone survey mode.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 1997
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/31005

Desarrollo Territorial Rural en America Latina: Discurso y Realidades
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Alfaro,   Jorge Mora.
The reorientation ocurred in the socioeconomic, politic and institutional development of the Latin American and Caribbean countries, since 80's decade, provoke significant transformations in the regional rural spaces. The socioeconomic bipolarization is one of the most remarkable phenomena in the new conditions of the rural areas: by one side, was conformed a dynamic sector of companies, familiar's producers and external investors, dedicated to goods exportation or a different non agriculture rural activities (NARA). On the other side, numerous rural families, without the resources and the capabilities to compete with the imported goods, were gradually excluded. The NARA and the familiar pluriactivity are two ways used by the rural families to incomes...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/11846

Towards a General Theory of Environmental Inequality: Social Characteristics of Townships and the Distribution of Pollution in China’s Jiangsu Province
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Schoolman,   Ethan D.; Ma,   Chunbo.
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Environmental Inequality; Hukou System; Pollution; China; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Health Economics and Policy; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy; D63; J15; J61; Q53; R12; R23.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/117809

THE ROLE OF AGRICULTURE IN THE NORTH DAKOTA ECONOMY - SUMMARY
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Leistritz,   F. Larry; Lambert,   David K.; Coon,   Randal C.
The purpose of this report is to assess the role of agriculture in the North Dakota economy.  This analysis is both statewide and regional in perspective (data are provided for each of the state's eight planning regions).  Key indicators used in the analysis include sales for final demand (i.e., sales to out-of-state markets), gross business volume (gross receipts), gross state product (value added), and direct employment for each economic sector.  The analysis reveals that, although its role in the North Dakota economy has been reduced in a relative sense, agriculture remains a cornerstone of the state economy and remains the largest goods and services exporting sector.  While agriculture accounts for smaller shares of state sales for final demand, gross...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Economic base; Value added; Economic indicators; Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2002
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/23096

Globalization, Trade and the Changing Geography of New Zealand: Urban versus Rural or Centre versus Periphery? (PowerPoint Presentation)
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: McCann,   Philip.
This paper will examine the interrelationships between the position, role and performance of New Zealand in the global economy. In particular, the paper deals with the challenges faced by New Zealand which are associated with its economic geography, and examines how these challenges are mediated both in terms of external international economic issues and also internal interregional economic issues. It will be argued that both the internal and external responses of New Zealand to these issues are interconnected with basically the same processes, and the identification of such interconnections will help us to understand how New Zealand will evolve over the coming decades.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/9466

Demand for On-Farm Permanent Hired Labor in Family Holdings: A Comment
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Kimhi,   Ayal.
This comment critically discusses the theoretical and empirical treatment of corner solutions in the analysis of labor decisions on farm households. As more and more labor decisions are analyzed jointly, the more ambitious becomes the theoretical justification of empirical applications. "Cutting corners" in theoretical models puts the validity of empirical conclusions in doubt. In such cases relying on intuitive theoretical justification of empirical modeling is preferred.
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/53198

Impacts of a Changing Rural Economy on Farm Businesses and Households (PowerPoint)
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Fannin,   James Matthew.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/50604

INCLUDING THE ECONOMIC IMPACT OF COST PAYING IN REGIONAL INPUT-OUTPUT ANALYSIS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Elder,   Eric E.; Butcher,   Walter R.
Traditional input-output analysis is used to determine indirect and induced benefits resulting from spending on a particular projects.  Emphasis has been on positive impacts to the economy in question, usually ignoring the related costs of paying for the project.  Input-output was used in this study to see if the negative impacts brought about by payments for a projects were significant.  Negative impacts were found to give rise to significant indirect and induced negative impacts on the economy suggesting that negative impacts be included as a standard feature in input-output analysis.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 1989
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/32444

Consumers and sellers heterogeneity, search costs and spatial price dispersion in retail food markets
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Anania,   Giovanni; Nistico,   Rosanna.
— Price dispersion, i.e. a homogeneous product sold at different prices by different sellers, is among the most replicated findings in empirical economics. The paper assesses the extent and determinants of spatial price dispersion for 14 perfectly homogeneous food products in more than 400 retailers in a market characterized by the persistence of a large number of relatively small traditional food stores, side by side with large supermarkets. The extent of observed price dispersion is quite high, suggesting that, despite their large number, monopolistic competition prevails among sellers as a result of the heterogeneity of services offered. When prices in an urban area (where the spatial concentration of sellers is much higher and consumer search costs...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Price dispersion; Retail pricing; Food markets.; Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Labor and Human Capital.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/94921

A Discriminant Analysis of Factors Associated with The Adoption Of Certified Organic Farming By Smallholder Farmers in Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Kisaka-Lwayo,   Maggie.
Discriminant analysis was used to identify the characteristics that distinguish between fully-certified organic, partially-certified organic and non-organic farmers in Umbumbulu district, KwaZulu-Natal (KZN), South Africa (SA) during October- November 2004. 200 farmers interviewed were drawn by purposively selecting the 151 members of the Ezemvelo Farmers’ Organisation (EFO), and by random sampling 49 non-organic farmers in wards neighbouring EFO. Results from the two estimated discriminant functions suggested that farmers with higher household sizes, incomes, input costs per hectare and number of chickens owned, locations further from innovators and less risk aversion were more likely to be certified as organic. Household location should be considered in...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Adoption; Organic; Discriminant Analysis; South Africa; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Demand and Price Analysis; Farm Management; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Food Security and Poverty; Health Economics and Policy; International Relations/Trade; Labor and Human Capital; Marketing; Productivity Analysis; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/52155

RURAL COMMUNITIES: SOME SOCIAL ISSUES
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Musgrave,   Warren F.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 1983
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/23034

POLICY CONSIDERATIONS FOR URBAN-RURAL BALANCE
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Maki,   Wilbur R.
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 1970
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/13342

Retail Trade Area Analysis Bottineau North Dakota
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Bangsund,   Dean A.; Leistritz,   F. Larry; Wanzek,   Janet K.; Bastow-Shoop,   Holly E.; Zetocha,   Dale F.
Tipo: Technical Report
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development; Public Economics.
Ano: 1991
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/119432

Capital Budgeting Analysis of Organic Coffee Production in Gulmi District of Nepal.
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Poudel,   Krishna Lal; Nepal,   Arati Poudel; Dhungana,   Bhima; Sugimoto,   Yasuhiro; Yamamoto,   Naoyuki; Nishiwaki,   Aya.
This paper is only a part of research completed for the PhD degree in agricultural economics in University of Miyazaki. The paper is subjected to further improve and finalised.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Organic; Capital Budgeting and Sustainable; Agribusiness; Agricultural Finance; Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/51559

How Members Feel About Cooperatives
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Cobia,   David W.; Navarro,   Luis A.
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development; Consumer/Household Economics.
Ano: 1972
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/60699

MEASURING INTERACTIONS AMONG URBAN DEVELOPMENT, LAND USE REGULATIONS, AND PUBLIC FINANCE
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Cho,   Seong-Hoon; Wu,   JunJie.
In this paper, a theoretical model is developed to analyze the interactions among residential development, land use regulations, and public financial impacts (public expenditure and property tax).  A simultaneous equations system with self-selection and discrete dependent variables is estimated to determine the interactions for counties in the five western states (California, Idaho, Nevada, Oregon, and Washington).  The results show that county governments are more likely to impose land use regulations when facing rapid land development, high public expenditure and property tax.  The land use regulations, in turn, decrease land development, long-run public expenditure, and property tax at the cost of higher housing prices and property tax.  During the...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development; Land Economics/Use.
Ano: 2001
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/20774

Anatomy of Stigmatized Behavior: Peer Influence and Relative Concern
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Chen,   Xi.
This paper is based on an ongoing joint work with David Sahn and Xiaobo Zhang.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Social Stigma; Peer Influences; Relative Concern; Blood Donation; China; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Consumer/Household Economics; Food Security and Poverty; Health Economics and Policy; Institutional and Behavioral Economics; International Development; Labor and Human Capital; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods; Risk and Uncertainty; JEL: I32; J22; D13; D63.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/103644

Need for institutional impact assessment in planning irrigation system modernization
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Bandaragoda,   Don Jayatissa.
Presents a case study of the institutional implications of remodeling an old irrigation system in northern Pakistan. Highlights the importance for donors and project planners to consider institutional issues such as water allocation rules, operation procedures, and organizational capacity for post-construction system management along with changes to the physical infrastructure.
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Irrigation management; Irrigation systems; Water allocation; Rehabilitation; Modernization; Case studies; Institutional constraints; Operations; Maintenance; Irrigation canals; Irrigation effects; Pakistan; Lower Swat Canal; Agribusiness; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Consumer/Household Economics; Crop Production/Industries; Environmental Economics and Policy; Farm Management; Institutional and Behavioral Economics; Land Economics/Use; Production Economics; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 1998
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/52967

Trends in wine production and trade
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Lazanyi,   Janos.
Historically, wine production and consumption have been at home in Europe. The most important countries mentionable are France, Italy, Germany, Spain, Greece, Portugal, Moldova, Romania, Bulgaria and Hungary. The European Union (EU 27) occupies a leading position on the world wine market. Globally, it accounts for 49.9% of growing areas and 39.1% of grape production, according to FAO data for the year 2006. The European Union (EU 27) produces 60.0%of wine and accounts for 55.4%of wine imports and 72.8%of exports. Wine production and consumption is increasing in Argentina, Australia, Chile, New Zealand, South Africa, Uruguay and in the United States, and decreasing in many traditionally wine growing countries. As a result of growing globalization, the EU...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Grapes growing; Wine trade; Regulation of wine market; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Demand and Price Analysis.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/48348

Smallholder Farmers and Collective Action: What Determines the Intensity of Participation?
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Fischer,   Elisabeth; Qaim,   Matin.
Collective action has become an important strategy for smallholders in developing countries to remain competitive in rapidly changing markets. However, within farmer groups, the commitment of individual members can vary, as the expected net benefits are not the same for all individuals, and opportunities to free-ride exist. Since the benefits of collective action emerge primarily through the exploitation of economies of scale, low participation rates in joint activities may put a serious threat to the success and viability of farmer groups. This article investigates determinants of smallholder participation intensity and free-riding, using the example of banana groups in Kenya. The results suggest that family labor availability and previous benefits that...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Collective action; Participation intensity; Smallholder farmers; Kenya; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Institutional and Behavioral Economics; International Development; D23; D71; O13; Q13.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/108551

Gender and incidence of indirect taxation: Evidence from Uganda
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Ssewanyana,   Sarah N.
Since the 1990's, Uganda system has undergone various reforms. However, both tax policies and reforms have been formulated without clearly indication the channels through which gender impacts on these policies/reforms. Using the national household survey of 2005/06, this paper provided insight into how tax policies and reforms on indirect taxes impact differently on women and men. The incidence rate of tax gender-based household typologies controlled by expenditure quintile brings out interesting findings. The incidence rate of indirect tax is significantly greater on households headed by male compared to their female counterparts regardless of income level. This also holds after controlling for the presence of children. More importantly, the impact on...
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Tax policies; Tax reforms; Household expenditures; Ssewanyana; Economic policy research center; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Consumer/Household Economics; Demand and Price Analysis; Institutional and Behavioral Economics; Labor and Human Capital.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/54939

THE ROLE OF STAFF IN THE OPERATION OF TELECOTTAGES
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Hohl,   Ferenc.
The main purpose of establishing telecottages is to improve the provision of IT inf¬rastructure in rural settlements via providing community access. The quantity and quality of staffing is a key factor in the long term operation of the telecottages. National and international literature focuses on the fact that use of the IT tools of telecottages requires suitable staffing. Asurvey conducted in 2004 showed that managers working in the questioned telecottages typically have higher education qualification, but only 54% of them receive any sort of remuneration for their work. More than half of the client service associates have secondary qualification, and every third of them does not receive any remuneration for their work. The survey findings indicate that...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Telecottage; Staff; Qualification; Education; Economic operations; Teleház; Munkaerő; Képzettség; Oktatás; Gazdasági működés; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Teaching/Communication/Extension/Profession.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/99214

MINNESOTA'S ECONOMIC OUTLOOK TO 2000
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Maki,   Wilbur R.
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 1988
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/13783

Smallholder Commercialization Trends as Affected by Land Constraints in Zambia: What are the Policy Implications?
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Hichaambwa,   Munguzwe; Jayne,   Thomas S.
Though Zambia has considerable agricultural potential, the sector’s contribution to growth and poverty reduction has been limited. The sector remains one of the most important employers of labour and remains the main source of livelihood for most rural households in Zambia. Thus key development challenge facing Zambian agriculture over the past two decades has been how it can effectively contribute to poverty reduction and broad-based economic growth. Agricultural commercialisation and surplus production, as revealed by nationally representative farm surveys, in the country has remained concentrated with only about 5% of Zambia’s small- and medium-scale farmers produce half of the marketed surplus. Meanwhile at least half of the smallholder farms sell...
Tipo: Working Paper
Palavras-chave: Food Security; Land Economics; Food policy; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Crop Production/Industries; Food Security and Poverty; Land Economics/Use; Production Economics.
Ano: 2012
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/123219

L’approche Syal comme démarche pour le développement territorial de l’Amazonie brésilienne et la Pampa argentine.
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Beber,   Caetano Luiz; Cerdan,   Claire.
Notre communication s’intéresse à de grands espaces agricoles , la PAMPA argentine et l’AMAZONIE brésilienne, qui se caractérisent par la présence de multiples acteurs, agricultures familiales, agroindustriels qui juxtaposent ou associent des modèles différents de développement dans le territoire. Nous proposons ici de discuter à partir d’une revue des travaux sur les SYAL dans quelle mesure cette approche peut être considérée comme clé de lecture pour ces dynamiques spatiales de grande échelle. Quels sont ses atouts et ses limites? Comment penser les processus de spécification des ressources territoriales, de coordination entre acteurs privés et acteurs publiques dans ces régions au profil si particulier.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: SYAL; Économie et développement rural; Développement territorial durable; Brésil et Argentine.; Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Labor and Human Capital.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/94928

The Nonfarm Sector and Rural Development: Review of Issues and Evidence
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Ismal,   Nurul.
As part of the 2020 Vision initiative, IFPRI has identified key issues for which better knowledge is required if poverty and hunger in developing countries are to be alleviated by 2020. IFPRI is addressing the issues of rural poverty and unemployment from many different directions, including research on policies to encourage rural development, rural credit and saving programs, safety nets for those left behind by economic growth, and the role of government policy when emphasis is on market-led development. One of the most urgent issues to be addressed is the future direction of the nonfarm rural sector in the context of overall rural development.  In most developing countries, the rural labor force is growing rapidly, but employment opportunities are...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 1997
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/42259

The Controversy on Northern Development
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Lloyd,   Alan G.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 1965
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/9018

O PROCESSO DECISÓRIO DE IMPLANTAÇÃO DE ESTRUTURA DE ARMAZENAGEM DE SOJA AO NÍVEL DE PROPRIEDADE RURAL NA REGIÃO DE SANTO ÂNGELO/RS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Dutra,   Alberto Silva; Machado,   Joao Armando Dessimon; Rathmann,   Regis.
Considerando-se que existe um déficit na capacidade estática de armazenamento de grãos no Brasil, aliado a baixa margem de rentabilidade auferida pelos produtores de commodities agrícolas, notadamente a soja, bem como o fato de que a armazenagem em nível de propriedade rural pode vir a se constituir em um diferencial positivo ao produtor no momento da comercialização desta oleaginosa, buscou-se responder ao seguinte questionamento: como se desenvolve o processo de tomada de decisão do produtor rural, no que tange à instalação de uma estrutura para a armazenagem de soja em sua propriedade? Diante dessa problemática, propôs-se para a presente pesquisa o objetivo de identificar e caracterizar o processo decisório do produtor rural em relação à este...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Processo decisório; Produtor rural; Armazenagem de soja; Decision-making process; Rural producer; Soybean storage; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Crop Production/Industries.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/112747

REGIONAL ECONOMIC FORECASTS FOR WATER AND LAND RESOURCES PLANNING. I. FORECAST SYSTEM
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Maki,   Wilbur R.
A Regional forecast system for employment, earnings, income and population is presented in this report. Employment is related to earnings in a 25-industry breakdown of the economy and total employment is related for Minnesota and its 13 Substate development regions in the forecast system. The regional economic forecasts are presented in Part II of this report.
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 1979
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/14259

A Consumption Base Theory of Development: An Application to the Rural Cultural Economy
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Markusen,   Ann.
Export base theory, which posits that overall regional growth is a function of external sales of locally produced goods and services, dominates economic development practice. But the consumption base can also serve as a growth driver, especially in small towns and rural areas. Local investments may induce residents to divert expenditures into local purchases, attract new and footloose residents and tourists, and revitalize aging town centers. A consumption base approach is not reducible to import substitution, but seeks to serve latent demand and alter the broad portfolio of goods and services purchased locally. I present the analytics for a consumption base theory and demonstrate how cultural investments prompt regional growth, emphasizing the role of...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Economic base; Consumption; Cultural investments; Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/10164

Brain Drain in Rural America
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Waldorf,   Brigitte S.
The paper aims at understanding changes in the distribution and accumulation of intellectual capital by analyzing migrants' educational profiles across a sample of 303 U.S. counties.  The results suggest that newcomers are better educated than the resident population, and the education gap is most pronounced for newcomers from other states. The results further suggest that the educational status of newcomers "in-migrants" is positively related to the educational status of the resident population "stayers", thus implying a further agglomeration of human capital across space. However, for interstate migrants the effect is context-dependent, playing a greater role in urban than in rural settings.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Human Capital; Migration; Brain Drain; Community/Rural/Urban Development; J24; R23.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/9866

ECONOMIC GROWTH IN MINNESOTA: COMPARED TO NEIGHBORING STATES AND THE U.S.
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Helmberger,   John D.
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 1972
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/14036

SOME ECONOMIC ASPECTS OF UPLAND DEVELOPMENT IN KOREA
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Sjamsu,   Asmarni.
Korea is a land-short economy faced with a very high population density and low land cultivation density and high rates of migration from farm to urban areas with rapid urbanization.  Therefore, agricultural land is one of the valuable resources for the Korean economy.  Shortage of land has been one of the major limitations of production in the Republic of Korea in trying to produce enough food to supply its expected demand.  Population growth is one of the major factors in determining this demand for food.  Currently, about 60 percent of the population still derives its likelihood from agriculture.  Agriculture sector contributes about 28.4 percent of the GNP.
Tipo: Thesis or Dissertation
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 1972
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/11108

LAS VIAS PECUARIAS Y LA PLANIFICACION TERRITORIAL
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Guaita Pradas,   Inmaculada; Barrachina Martinez,   Isabel; Fuensanta,   Marin Soler.
La creciente demanda de activos ambientales por la sociedad, hace que recursos ambientales que hoy están en desuso sean susceptibles de tener nuevos valores por la utilidad que proporcionan, no solo a los habitantes del medio rural donde están inmersos, sino también a los habitantes del medio urbano que los pueden utilizar con finalidades recreativas y de contacto con la naturaleza. Un buen ejemplo de este tipo de recurso son las vías pecuarias, que han sido utilizadas durante más de 500 años para el paso del ganado; coincidiendo con el auge económico del sector agropecuario en España. Debido al proceso de desarrollo económico industrial se han ido abandonando paulatinamente, llegando en la actualidad a un estado de deterioro en algunos casos irreversible....
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Canada Real; Valoracion contingente; Disposicion a pagar; Eleccion racional del consumidor.; Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Labor and Human Capital.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/95331

The Promotion of Rural Tourism in Korea and Other East Asia Countries: Policies and Implementation
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Lee,   Jae-Ouk; Thomson,   Kenneth J.
Within a context of global trade liberalisation and constrained national budgets, agriculture in many countries has proved incapable of sustaining household livelihoods an d socio-economic development in rural areas. The post-war industrial success of several Asian countries has suggested various alternatives for rural development, including tourism for domestic and possibly foreign visitors. After outlining the economic characteristics of rural tourism and its policies, this paper reviews the evolution of government policies in this area in East Asia, including the establishment of "tourist farms" and "pilot scheme" villages in Korea since the 1980s. A field survey of some 200 Korean village leaders and others, undertaken in 2004, is reported as to the...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Rural tourism; Korea; East Asia; Tourism policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy; O18; Q26; Q28.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/25769

Household Responses to Prime Age Adult Mortality in Rural Mozambique: Implications for HIV/AIDS Mitigation Efforts and Rural Economic Development Policies
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Mather,   David; Donovan,   Cynthia; Weber,   Michael T.; de Marrule,   Higino Francisco; Alage,   Albertina.
Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, Directorate of Economics, Republic of Mozambique
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Food security; Food policy; HIV/AIDS; Adult mortality; Mozambique; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Health Economics and Policy; Q18.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/56060

Observer les circuits courts à l’échelle d’un territoire : proposition d’un modèle d’analyse spatiale des données, en termes de systèmes d’information géographique.
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Scheffer,   Sandrine; Dalido,   Anne-Laure.
Notre contribution est issue de recherches conduites dans le cadre d’un programme interrégional PSDR1 (Liproco- Liens Producteurs – Consommateurs) portant sur « les démarches de valorisation des produits alimentaires et activités connexes fondées sur les proximités producteurs – consommateurs. ». Soulignant l’intérêt croissant tant des consommateurs qui s’interrogent sur leurs modes de consommation, que des acteurs qui en saisissent les enjeux pour leur territoire, nos travaux portent notamment sur les articulations existant entre les circuits courts et les problématiques de développement territorial. L’analyse cartographique multiscalaire constitue à notre sens un outil précieux permettant de relier et d’analyser les dynamiques de localisation des...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Circuits courts; Systèmes d’Information Géographique; Dynamiques spatiales.; Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Labor and Human Capital.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/95005

Globalization and Poverty in Senegal: A Worst Case Scenario?
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Maertens,   Miet; Colen,   Liesbeth; Swinnen,   Johan F.M.
There is no consensus about how globalization –trade and foreign investments – affects poverty reduction. Using household survey data, this study contributes to the empirical literature on globalization and poverty by analyzing the household-level implications of increased foreign investments and trade in the horticulture sector in Senegal. In many aspects this represents what many would consider a “worst-case scenario”. Stringent rich country standards are imposed on exports and the supply chain is controlled by a single multinational company with extreme levels of supply base consolidation, full vertical integration and complete exclusion of smallholder suppliers. We analyze and quantify income and poverty effects under these “worst-case conditions” and...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Trade; FDI; Poverty; Vertical coordination; Modern supply chains; Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Food Security and Poverty; International Relations/Trade; F2; J43; O12; Q12; Q17.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/51668

Supply chain differentiation, contract agriculture, and farmers’ marketing preferences: the case of sweet pepper in Thailand
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Schipmann,   Christin; Qaim,   Matin.
There is an emerging body of literature analyzing how smallholder farmers in developing countries can be linked to modern supply chains. However, most of the available studies concentrate on farm and farmer characteristics, failing to capture details of institutional arrangements between farmers and traders. Moreover, farmers’ preferences have rarely been considered. Here, we address these gaps by analyzing different market channels for sweet pepper in Thailand. Using data from a survey and choice experiment with farmers, we find that there is a general preference for marketing options that do not involve a contract. Additional provision of inputs and credit can increase the attractiveness of contracts. Yet, the most important factor for farmers is to...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Choice experiment; Contract design; Farmers’ stated preferences; Modern agricultural supply chains; Thailand; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Institutional and Behavioral Economics; International Development; L14; O31; Q12; Q13.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/108349

The show must go on: Zur politischen Ökonomie der Ländlichen Entwicklungspolitik in der EU
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Henning,   Christian H.C.A.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Political Economy.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/97215

Geography and Economic Transition: Global Spatial Analysis at the Grid Cell Level
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Motamed,   Mesbah J.; Florax,   Raymond J.G.M.; Masters,   William J.
This paper addresses the timing of historical transition from rural to urban activity. In our model, rural production has constant returns and meets subsistence needs, while urban production has scale economies and meets the demands of higher-income consumers. Urbanization occurs sooner when rural or urban productivity is higher or transport costs are lower. We test the model on worldwide data that divides the earth's surface at half-degree intervals into over 60,000 cells. From an independent estimate of each cell's rural and urban population history, we identify the date at which each cell achieves various thresholds of urbanization. Controlling for country fixed effects and neighbors' urbanization using spatial techniques, we find that the date at which...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Economic growth; Economic geography; Urbanization; Agriculture; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods; C21; N50; O11; O18; R1.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/49589

DISCUSSION: ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL INDICATORS OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT FROM AN ECONOMIC VIEWPOINT
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Waldrop,   John E.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 1972
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/30317

PANEL DISCUSSION: SECRETARIAT OF AGRICULTURE, LIVESTOCK AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT, MEXICO
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Avila,   Roberto Aceves.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 1998
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/16753

Economic Inequality and the Urban Environment: The Case of Water and Sanitation
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Johnstone,   Nick.
This paper looks at the relationship between economic inequality and urban environmental quality in developing countries, with specific reference to the provision of water and sanitation services. The paper explores the consequences of “dual” systems, in which a proportion of a city’s residents are served by subsidised “town” water and sanitation facilities, whilst another section of the city has been forced to develop a variety of “on-site” strategies through their own efforts. A number of conclusions are reached: firstly, it is argued that poorer households are generally more adversely affected by low levels of provision and that standard project evaluation techniques perpetuate this bias; secondly, the cost structure of service provision implies that...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development; Consumer/Household Economics.
Ano: 1997
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/24141

RURAL DEVELOPMENT AND THE WELFARE OF RURAL PEOPLE
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Waldo,   Arley D.
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 1970
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/14294

Halting the Rural Race to the Bottom: An Evolutionary Model of Rural Development to Analyse Neo-endogenous Policies in the EU
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Petrick,   Martin.
The article contributes to the understanding of neo-endogenous rural development policies from the perspective of evolutionary game theory. Rural development is modelled as the increasing realisation over time of gains from interaction by rural stakeholders. The model exhibits two dynamically stable equilibria, which depict declining and prospering regions. Neo-endogenous policies are interpreted as stimuli emerging from an external government authority which help decentralised actors to coordinate on the superior of the two equilibria. External intervention may thus be possible and desirable without giving up the autonomy of local decision makers. However, because initial conditions matter, outcomes cannot be planned or engineered from the outside.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Rural governance; Neo-endogenous policies; Evolutionary game theory; Collective action.; Community/Rural/Urban Development; C73; R23; R58.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/114764

AGRICULTURE: ESSENTIAL TO MINNESOTA'S ECONOMY AND ITS REGIONS AND COMMUNITIES
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Maki,   Wilbur R.; Stenberg,   Peter L.; del Ninno,   Carlo.
This report presents local data and related discussion on the economic importance of agriculture and agriculture-related industries in Minnesota. Statistical findings show the contribution of agriculture to Minnesota's economic base and to changes in employment, income, and population in the state and its substate regions and counties.
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 1981
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/13595

AGRICULTURAL ADAPTATION TO URBANIZATION: FARM TYPES IN NORTHEAST METROPOLITAN AREAS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Heimlich,   Ralph E.; Barnard,   Charles H.
Metropolitan agriculture is not homogeneous.  This paper delves beneath metropolitan county averages using data on individual farms in the Northeast classified into three statistically distinct types.  A small group of adaptive farms profit from intensive production on smaller acreage to accommodate themselves to the urban environment.  Traditional farms have increased costs and pressures on their more extensive operations without compensating increases in revenue from better-adapted enterprises.  A large group of recreational farms subsidize small-farm activities from nonfarm income.  Operating characteristics of each farm type are presented and their importance to metropolitan agriculture is assessed.  Implications for preserving farming and farmland in...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development; Land Economics/Use.
Ano: 1992
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/28849

Medição do Impacto dos Activos Públicos e Privados Sobre a Renda de Culturas de Agregados Familiares em Moçambique Rural, 2002-2005
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Mather,   David.
This paper aims to better understand the determinants of household crop income, by using the TIA panel household survey of 2002-2005 to measure the impact of various private and public assets on crop income. We build upon Walker et al.’s (2004) analysis of TIA02 crop income by utilizing the econometric advantages of panel econometrics to obtain improved estimates of the impact of various private and public assets on crop income. Our principal focus is to measure the effect on household crop income of factors which are assumed to have a positive effect on crop productivity and profitability, including: private assets such as landholding; household use of improved inputs (fertilizer, animal traction) and diversification into tobacco or cotton; and access to...
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Consumer/Household Economics; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Food Security and Poverty.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/97038

KNOWLEDGE NEEDS IN RURAL TOURISM IN CZECH REPUBLIC
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Domeova,   Ludmila; Zeipelt,   Rudolf.
Rural tourism has gone through an important development, but in the Czech Republic has only been possible to run a private business only in last 18 years. In Czech Republic that form of tourism is not very widespread, although there is great potential in it and the neighboring countries such as Austria or Germany are on a much higher level. For more intensive development and better competitiveness on the marker a proper education is necessary especially on the secondary level. An inquiry investigation has been provided. The responders were owners and operators of small businesses in rural tourism. The first part of the questionnaire was focused on the matters of ownership, running the business, promotion, internet services, etc. The subsequent part of the...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Rural Tourism; Inquiry Investigation; Knowledge Needs; Micro Business; Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/104674

Methodological innovations in estimating the (inverse) relationship between farm productivity and farm size in a developing economy: a case study of Burundi
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Verschelde,   Marijn; Vandamme,   Ellen; D'Haese,   Marijke F.C.; Rayp,   Glenn.
We use a nonparametric estimation of the production function to investigate the relationship between farm productivity and farming scale in poor smallholder agricultural systems in the north of Burundi. Burundi is one of the poorest countries in the world, with a predominant small scale subsistence farming sector. A Kernel regression is used on data of mixed cropping systems to study the determinants of production including different factors that have been identified in literature as missing variables in the testing of the inverse relationship such as soil quality, location and household heterogeneity. Household data on farm activities and crop production was gathered among 640 households in 2007 in two Northern provinces of Burundi. Four production models...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Inverse relationship; Farm size; Nonparametric; Burundi; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Environmental Economics and Policy; D24; O13; Q12; Q18.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/99359

MINNESOTA ECONOMIC TRENDS IN THE 1980'S
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Maki,   Wilbur R.; Akhavipour,   Hossein.
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 1985
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/13352

The Effects of Rural Infrastructure Development on Agricultural Production Technical Efficiency: Evidence from the Data of Second National Agricultural Census of China
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Li,   Zongzhang; Liu,   Xiaomin.
This paper studies the effects of rural infrastructure development on agricultural production technical efficiency, using data from the second agricultural census of China. Employing Data Envelopment Analysis, this paper first estimates agricultural production technical efficiency of each administrative area of China. A Tobit model is then applied to study the effects on agricultural production technical efficiency of various types of rural infrastructures. Our empirical results suggest that transportation infrastructure plays the most substantial positive role on technical efficiency, followed by vocational/technical education infrastructure, electricity facilities and water supply systems. In addition, other potential factors influencing agriculture...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Rural infrastructure; Agricultural production; Technical efficiency; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Productivity Analysis.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/51028

Multivariate Typology of Farm Households Based on Socio-Economic Characteristics Explaining Adoption of New Technology in Rwanda
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Bidogeza,   J.C.; Berentsen,   Paul B.M.; De Graaff,   J.; Oude Lansink,   Alfons G.J.M.
The challenge for agricultural policymakers and planners, particularly in the context of Rwanda with high population density and consequently food insecurity, is how to enable farmers to adopt new technology. It is known that adoption of new technology may vary among farm households because of socio-economic characteristics. This paper intends to typify farm households in Rwanda based on the exploration of factors explaining adoption of new technology. Ultimately, typical farms obtained from the typology will be used, later as basis to develop representative mathematical programming models. Multivariate statistical techniques offer the means of creating such typologies, particularly when an in-depth database is available. This multivariate analysis...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Consumer/Household Economics; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Food Security and Poverty; Land Economics/Use; Marketing; Production Economics; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/52107

Agglomeration, Migration and Agricultural Growth: A Regional CGE Analysis for Uganda
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Dorosh,   Paul A.; Thurlow,   James.
CGE Analysis; Development Strategy; sub-Saharan Africa;
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Rural-urban linkages; Internal migration; Regional development; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Q18; R13; R23.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/50775

The impact of non-farm income on the investment in agriculture: evidence from Hungary and Slovenia
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Bakucs,   Lajos Zoltan; Bojnec,   Stefan; Ferto,   Imre; Latruffe,   Laure.
The article investigates the impact of non-farm income on the investment for Hungarian and Slovenian farms using FADN panel data for the years 2004-2008 and different econometric estimation approaches. We find that non-farm income is more important for Slovenian farms than for Hungarian farms. Farm gross investment is positively associated with real sales growth and cash flow implying the absence of soft budget constraint. Gross farm investment is negatively associated with non-farm income, but positively associated with investment subsidies. Specific results by country are found depending on growing vs. declining real sales and on farm indebtedness.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Non-farm income; Farm investment; Soft budget constraint; Panel data analysis; Community/Rural/Urban Development; D81; D92; O12; Q12; C23.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/95318

Idle Chatter or Learning? Evidence from Rural Tanzania of Social Learning about Clinicians and the Health System
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Adelman,   Sarah W.; Essam,   Timothy M.; Leonard,   Kenneth L.
We examine data from rural Arusha region in Tanzania in which households are asked to recall the illness episodes of randomly chosen other households in their village. We analyze the probability that a household would be able to recall another illness episode as a function of the characteristics of the illness, the location and type of health care chosen and the outcome experienced. Households are more likely to recall severe illnesses and illnesses for which good quality care is important, illnesses that resulted in visits to hospitals or when the patient was not cured. In addition, households are more likely to recall illnesses that resulted in a visit to a facility where the average tenure of clinicians is less than two years old. The results are...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Learning; Health care; Trust; Social networks; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Health Economics and Policy; I1; O1; O2.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/42884

Les Communes Rurales du Mali: Un Catalyseur Potentiel Pour Amebliorer la Nutrition Infantile?
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Tefft,   James F.; Keita,   Daouda; Wise,   Victoria; Kelly,   Valerie A.; Staatz,   John M.
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Downloads July 2008-June 2009: 6.
Ano: 2003
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/11347

Effects of Environmental Regulation on Economic Activity and Pollution in Commercial Agriculture
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Sneeringer,   Stacy E.
Research on environmental regulation’s effects on economic activity has largely focused on manufacturing, ignoring one of the major polluters in the U.S. – commercial agriculture.  As livestock production has become increasingly mobile, regulation has become an important criterion in firm location.  This article extends the literature on environmental regulation’s economic effects to commercial agriculture by exploiting a series of regulations adopted in North Carolina in the 1990s.  During this time, the state’s hog production more than tripled as a consequence of welcoming state legislation.  This sudden growth creates an opportunity to study how environmental regulation affects the location of economic activity, the externality costs of legislation...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Livestock; Externality; Regulation; Public health; Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Environmental Economics and Policy; Health Economics and Policy; Livestock Production/Industries; Q5.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/46591

URBAN CONCENTRATION: PROSPECTS AND IMPLICATIONS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Noll,   Roger G.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 1969
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/16996

Labour Market Effects of Trade Liberalisation: The Case of Mauritius
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Ramessur,   Taruna Shalini; Durbarry,   Ramesh.
This article uses a partial equilibrium approach to measure the impact of trade liberalisation on the demand elasticity of labour in the apparel industry in Mauritius, a sector where, in general, those in the work force are poor. The findings reveal that there is no evidence that trade liberalisation has increased the overall labour demand elasticity with respect to wages, though it has increased the demand elasticity for female workers. We further examine the relationship between trade liberalisation measures and characteristics of poor households and find that the overall results are mixed and inconclusive, probably due to the high level of data aggregation. Keywords: trade liberalisation, poverty alleviation
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Trade liberalisation; Poverty alleviation; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Financial Economics; International Development; International Relations/Trade; Political Economy.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/54588

Does microfinance reduce rural poverty? Evidence based on household panel data from northern Ethiopia
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Berhane,   Guush; Gardebroek,   Cornelis.
This paper evaluates the long-term impact of microfinance credit from the intensity of participation in borrowing. We use a four-round panel data set on 351 farm households that had access to microfinance in northern Ethiopia. Over the years 1997-2006, with three-year intervals, households are observed on key poverty indicators: improvements in annual consumption and housing improvements. The relatively long duration in the panel enables to measure household poverty changes between consecutive periods and see the long-run effects of exposure to microfinance from the intensity of participation borrowing. The fixed-effects model is innovatively modeled to account for potential selection biases due to both time-invariant and time-varying unobserved individual...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Microfinance; Treatment effects; Trend model; Panel data; Agricultural Finance; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Food Security and Poverty; International Development.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/51472

Understanding Persistent Food Insecurity: A Paradox of Place and Circumstance
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Mammen,   Sheila; Bauer,   Jean W.; Richards,   Leslie.
Survey data from a USDA-funded multi-state longitudinal project revealed a paradox where rural low-income families from states considered prosperous were persistently more food insecure than similar families from less prosperous states. An examination of quantitative and qualitative data found that families in the food insecure states were more likely to experience greater material hardship and incur greater housing costs than families in the food secure states. Families in the food insecure states, however, did not have lower per capita median incomes or lower life satisfaction than those in the food secure states. A wide range of strategies to cope with food insecurity reported by families in both food insecure and food secure states was examined using...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Persistent food insecurity; Rural low-income families; Food coping strategies; Family Ecological systems; Material hardship; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Consumer/Household Economics; Financial Economics; Food Security and Poverty; I32.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/42168

COHESION, INTEGRATION, AND ATTACHMENT IN OWYHEE COUNTY COMMUNITIES
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Harp,   Aaron J.; Rimbey,   Neil R.; Darden,   Tim D.
How social change occurs is an important consideration when analyzing the effects of public land management policies on rural communities. This paper utilizes data from a recent study in Owyhee County, Idaho, to explore the combination of social attributes that contribute to community attitudes of cohesion, integration, and attachment in a set of rural communities. Specifically, we examine the importance of social networks and where a particular public land activity, ranching, fits into those networks. We then evaluate the role such networks play in determining respondent attitudes about the cohesiveness of their community, how they are integrated with people in their community, and how attached they are to where they live. The results indicate that...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development; Land Economics/Use.
Ano: 2001
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/16625

DIAGNÓSTICO ORGANIZACIONAL DE UMA PROPRIEDADE RURAL ESPECIALIZADA EM CRIA DE BOVINOS DE CORTE NO ESTADO DO TOCANTINS - BRASIL
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Neto,   Odilon Jose De Oliveira; Lima,   Jose Jeronimo de; Cesar,   Vagner Antonio Maximo; Rezende,   Simone Oliveira; Drees,   Christian.
Este artigo é resultante de um diagnóstico analítico do ambiente interno de uma propriedade rural especializada em cria de bovinos de corte. Contudo, este estudo foi composto de levantamento de dados e informações coletados a partir de entrevistas estruturadas aplicadas aos profissionais responsáveis pela produção, mercadologia, sistema de informações, finanças, gestão de pessoas e administração geral da organização. Trata-se de um estudo de caso da Fazenda Alvorada localizada no Estado do Tocantins – Brasil, onde os dados e informações coletadas permitiram a constituição de uma radiografia do ambiente interno da organização mediante aplicação de um roteiro de levantamento (check-list) com base na utilização do Modelo SWOT, seguido de uma entrevista...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Diagnóstico organizacional; Análise SWOT; Bovinos de Corte; Organizational diagnosis; Analysis SWOT; Bovine of Cut; Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/108973

Evaluation of historic, current and future water demand in the Olifants River Catchment, South Africa
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: McCartney,   Matthew P.; Arranz,   Roberto.
Water resource development has played a significant role in the expansion of agriculture and industry in the Olifants River Catchment. However, currently water deficit is one of the major constraints hampering development in the catchment; both the mining and agricultural sectors are producing below optimal levels because of their reliance on insufficient supplies. In this study, the Water Evaluation and Planning (WEAP) model was used to evaluate scenarios of historic, current and future water demand in the catchment. For each scenario, the WEAP model was used to simulate demand in five different sectors (rural, urban, mining, commercial forestry and irrigation) over a 70-year period of varying rainfall and hydrology. Levels of assured supply were...
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: River basins; Catchment areas; Water resources development; Water demand; Water allocation; Simulation models; Calibrations; Water use; Irrigation water; Domestic water; Ecology; South Africa; Olifants River Catchment; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Crop Production/Industries; Demand and Price Analysis; Environmental Economics and Policy; Farm Management; Labor and Human Capital; Land Economics/Use; Production Economics; Productivity Analysis; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/61095

AN EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS OF THE LINK BETWEEN ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND ECONOMIC GROWTH IN WEST VIRGINIA
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Mojica,   Maribel N.; Gebremedhin,   Tesfa G.; Schaeffer,   Peter V.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/46723

The impacts of mobile phone coverage expansion and personal networks on migration: evidence from Uganda
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Muto,   Megumi.
Personal networks can help rural workers find urban jobs. Moreover, when the information flow increases due to the mobile phone coverage expansion, the new information flow may strengthen the existing personal networks or bypass them, helping those who were previously outside the networks in the latter case. We examine the combined impact of mobile phone coverage expansion and personal networks by using panel data of 856 households in 94 communities in rural Uganda, where the number of communities covered by mobile phone coverage increased from 41 to 87 communities over a two-year period between first and second surveys in 2003 and 2005, respectively. We first find that, when the household head’s ethnicity belongs to a larger ethnic group in Kampala, an...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Africa; Networks; Information; Migrants; Community/Rural/Urban Development; International Development; Labor and Human Capital; J21; J61; O15.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/51898

TECHNOLOGICAL LEADERSHIP, HUMAN CAPITAL AND ECONOMIC GROWTH: A SPATIAL ECONOMETRIC ANALYSIS FOR U.S. COUNTIES, 1969-2003*
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Pede,   Valerien O.; Florax,   Raymond J.G.M.; de Groot,   Henri L.F.
The traditional view of cities as monocentric conglomerates of people clustered around an employment center, driving economic growth in cities that subsequently trickles down to the hinterland, is increasingly being challenged. In particular, the role of space, technological leadership, human capital, increasing returns to scale and industrial clustering as well as hierarchical organization principles have been emphasized in the more recent literature. This paper utilizes exploratory and spatial econometric data analysis techniques to investigate these issues for U.S. counties using data from 1969 through 2003. Ultimately, contiguous and hierarchical organization and interaction patterns are captured using an endogenous growth model allowing for spatial...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/28630

Capacity building for participatory irrigation management in Sindh Province of Pakistan.
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Memon,   Yameen; Talpur,   Mustafa; Murray-Rust,   Hammond.
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: River basins; Institutions; Organizations; Private sector; Public sector; Local government; Mapping; Water resource management; Water policy; Legislation; Rural women; Constraints; Groundwater; Surface water; Water quality; Water use; Water users; Dams; Reservoirs; Large-scale systems; Irrigation management; Industrialization; Case studies; Operations; Maintenance; Canals; Conflict; Farmer-agency interactions; Policy; Water supply; Rural development; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Farm Management; Institutional and Behavioral Economics; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2001
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/92769

PERIPHERAL VS. CORE REGIONS IN EXTENDED INTEGRATED MARKETS: A PRELIMINARY U.S. APPLICATION
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Maki,   Wilbur R.; Reynolds,   Paul.
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 1991
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/13245

THE ROLE OF AGRICULTURE FOR OVERCOMING RURAL POVERTY IN ROMANIA
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Salasan,   Cosmin; Fritzsch,   Jana.
Topical literature sees agriculture's ability to provide food and cash income as a major role in poverty reduction. However, it can only be a driving force for economic development for very poor countries. Economic indicators confirm that Romania is not a very poor country, although poverty has been an issue. During recent years, Romania has progressed successfully in reducing poverty. On the one hand, this can be attributed to its positive overall economic development. On the other hand, agriculture has served as a social safety net for many millions of people. Now the agricultural sector is dominated by subsistent and semi-subsistent farm households headed by persons of retirement age without formal agricultural training. Only 40% of the utilised...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Farm Management; Food Security and Poverty; International Development.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/91907

Investigating the Sources of Agricultural Growth in Africa: Factor Accumulation, Total Factor Productivity, and Technology Absorption
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Nkamleu,   Guy Blaise.
This paper investigates sources and determinants of agricultural growth in Africa, concentrating on the growth path during the last three decades. The analysis employs the broader framework provided by empirical growth literature and recent developments in Total Factor Productivity (TFP) measurement to search for fundamental determinants of growth in African agriculture. One main contribution and new findings in this analysis is the quantification of the contribution of the productivity growth and the contribution of different inputs such as land, labor, tractor and fertilizer in the agricultural growth. Growth accounting computation highlights the fact that factor accumulation rather than TFP accounts for a large share of agricultural output growth and...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Growth accounting; TFP; Factor accumulation; Capital absorption; Africa; Agricultural and Food Policy; Agricultural Finance; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Demand and Price Analysis; Farm Management; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Food Security and Poverty; International Relations/Trade; Land Economics/Use; Livestock Production/Industries; Marketing; Productivity Analysis; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies; N50; O47; D24.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/52108

Reexamining Rural Decline: How Changing Rural Classifications and Short Time Frames Affect Perceived Growth
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Artz,   Georgeanne M.; Orazem,   Peter F.
Beale codes are an important tool for examining rural urban differences in socioeconomic trends.  However, as population changes, counties’' designations also change over time.  This feature of Beale codes is commonly overlooked by researchers, yet it has important implications for understanding rural growth.  Since the fastest growing counties grow out of their rural status, use of the most recent codes excludes the most successful rural counties.  Average economic performance of the countries remaining rural significantly understates the true performance of rural counties.  This paper illustrates that choice of Beale code can alter conclusions regarding the relative speed of rural and urban growth across a variety of commonly used social and economic...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/19408

The Florida oranges local agro-food system – Geographical Indication or Commodity?
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Perret,   Anna O.; Thevenod-Mottet,   Erik.
When considering the Florida oranges as a local production system, two questions currently arise: is this system frightened by a globalization of the orange juice as a commodity whereas it is integrated to a globalized system? And is there any specific local asset remaining, such as a special quality and reputation which would justify a recognition as a geographical indication? Our findings demonstrate that there is a dilemma, for the State authorities as well as for some actors of the system, between an origin product approach and a sectorial commodity one.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Geographical indications; Commodity; Globalization.; Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Labor and Human Capital.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/95215

Studies on Problems in the Construction of Legal System in New Countryside of China
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Xu,   Shijiang.
The construction of legal system since the reform and opening up in the rural areas of China was reviewed in this study from the perspective of agricultural laws and regulations as well as the legal system of rural social governance. Prospects were put forward for the legal system construction in new countryside, and the characteristics that such a legal system should have were analyzed: first, a relative perfect system for laws and regulations; second, obvious social consensus of laws; third, the factuality of laws unceasingly proposing new legal demands. Problems that should be placed more attention in the construction of new countryside were discussed so as to provide references for relevant policy making: first, legal issues in the scale agricultural...
Tipo: Thesis or Dissertation
Palavras-chave: Legal system construction in new countryside; Rural development; Problems; China; Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/56351

Can Health Care Services Attract Retirees And Contribute to the Economic Sustainability of Rural Places?
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Oehmke,   James F.; Tsukamoto,   Satoshi; Post,   Lori A.
The search for engines to power rural economic growth has gone beyond the traditional boundaries of the food and fiber sector to industries such as tourism and to schemes such as attracting metropolitan workers to commuter communities with rural amenities. A group that has been somewhat overlooked is retirees, who may wish to trade in urban or suburban life-styles for a more peaceful rural retirement. An industry that has been neglected is the health care industry, which is the most rapidly growing industry nationally and of particular interest to retirees and aging populations. This paper examines the importance of rural health care services in attracting migrants age 65+ to rural counties in Michigan. Results indicate that the number of health care...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Elder migration; Health care; Rural development; Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/10155

SHORT-TERM EMPLOYMENT TRANSITIONS OF THE CANADIAN LABOUR FORCE:  RURAL-URBAN DIFFERENCES
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Vera-Toscano,   Esperanza; Phimister,   Euan; Weersink,   Alfons.
Using data from the Canadian Survey of Labour and Income Dynamics (SLID) for the period 1993-1996, we examine patterns and determinants of labour force transitions of adequately employed and underemployed workers in an attempt to explore whether employment dynamics significantly differ between rural and urban workers so as to disadvantage rural economic performance.  The results indicate that rural underemployed workers in Canada are, in the short run (year-to-year transitions) equally likely to enter adequate employment as adequately employed individuals are to enter underemployment.  Further, we also found there is weak evidence that education level of rural workers has a lower impact on the probability of moving out of underemployment than in urban...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development; Labor and Human Capital.
Ano: 2002
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/34143

Evolução do crescimento econômico dos municípios do Rio Grande do Sul
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Stulp,   Valter Jose.
The study analyses the convergence or not of the counties of the state of Rio Grande do Sul to a same level of income per capita. It also examines variables associated with the economic growth of the counties, such as the regional location, the participation of the economic sectors and the agrarian structure. The perspectives of regional economic growth in the State are promising. In the long run the percentage of counties with income per capita above the State average would increase from 28% to 52%. The effect of the industrial and services sectors upon the growth of income is greater than that of the agricultural sector, with the exception in the State’s Norwest region. But the agricultural sector is important for the counties economic growth because,...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Economic growth; Counties; Regional convergence; Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/55316

Tennessee Agriculture and Forestry Industry Clusters and Economic Performance, 2001-2006
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Stewart,   Lance A.; Lambert,   Dayton M.; Wilcox,   Michael D.; English,   Burton C.
Industry cluster identification methods determine linkages between purchasers and suppliers at the county level for 447 economic sectors in Tennessee. Using an econometric model, the cluster analysis is extended to estimate which value chains contributed to economic growth between 2001 and 2006. Businesses making up the agriculture and forestry clusters enjoyed increased output per job in 34% and 32%, respectively, of Tennessee's counties. The spatial pattern of these findings was significant, suggesting that some counties may benefit from regional coordination of projects designed to enhance or retain businesses in these industry clusters.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Comparative advantage; Economic development; Industry clusters; Nonparametric clustering; Value chains; Agribusiness; Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/50088

O PAPEL DA PRODUÇÃO DE BIOCOMBUSTÍVEIS PARA O DESENVOLVIMENTO LOCAL: UMA ANÁLISE NO ARRANJO FUMAGEIRO GAÚCHO
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Wegner,   Douglas; Santos,   Manoela Silveira Dos; Padula,   Antonio Domingos.
O presente artigo explora o papel da produção de biocombustíveis para o desenvolvimento local endógeno. A análise foi realizada na Região do Vale do Rio Pardo (RS), tradicional produtora de tabaco que concentra as principais multinacionais do setor e possui alta dependência em relação ao produto. O recrudescimento das campanhas antitabagistas e a criação de legislações mais rigorosas serviram de alerta à região para os riscos da dependência em relação à cadeia produtiva do tabaco. Atualmente, são desenvolvidos localmente dois projetos baseados na produção de biocombustíveis que buscam o desenvolvimento local sustentável, aproveitando as potencialidades da região. A metodologia de pesquisa utilizada caracteriza-se como uma abordagem qualitativa, e a coleta...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Desenvolvimento local; Sustentabilidade; Biocombustíveis; Agricultura familiar; Local development; Sustainability; Biofuels; Family farmers; Tobacco; Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/109662

Broadband Access, Telecommuting and the Urban-Rural Digital Divide
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Singh,   Rajesh; Orazem,   Peter F.; Song,   Moohoun.
We investigate the role of broadband access on the probability of telecommuting and whether individuals who work from home receive greater compensation.  We also assess whether telecommuting differs between more- and less-densely populated areas.  Telecommuting responds positively to local average commuting time and to local access to High-Speed Internet service. Differences in broadband access explain three-fourths of the gap in telecommuting between urban and rural markets.  Telecommuters and other IT users do not earn significantly more than otherwise observationally comparable workers.  Already highly skilled and highly paid workers are the most likely to telecommute and so they do not earn more because they telecommute. As broadband access improves in...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development; Labor and Human Capital.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/18214

Is it a Jungle Out There?: Meat Packing, Immigrants and Rural Communities
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Artz,   Georgeanne M.; Jackson,   Rebecca; Orazem,   Peter F.
Over the past 35 years, meatpacking plants have moved from urban to rural areas. These plants can represent a significant share of a rural community’s employment. As a traditional employer of immigrants, these plants can also alter significantly the demographic composition of a rural community. These changes have led to numerous controversies regarding whether meatpacking plants impose social or economic costs on their host communities. This study uses comments culled from various media to identify where there exist sharp differences of opinion on how local meatpacking presence affects local language problems, social service expenses, special needs schooling and the mix of foreign- and native-born citizens. These opinions are used to formulate testable...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/48529

Bio Farming and Its Impact on Rural America (Power Point Presentation)
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Horan,   Bill.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/33289

Novos dados sobre a evolução da população ativa rural e da pluriatividade no Rio Grande do Sul
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Anjos,   Flávio Sacco dos; Caldas,   Nadia Velleda.
O artigo analisa as transformações que atingem o meio rural gaúcho nos cinco primeiros anos do século XXI, demonstrando o impacto da desagrarização e da pluriatividade a partir das informações fornecidas pela Pesquisa Nacional por Amostra de Domicílio. Com base nos dados disponíveis é destacada a queda na capacidade da agricultura em ocupar a força de trabalho residente nos estabelecimentos familiares.---------------------------------This paper examines the transformations that took place in the rural areas of Rio Grande do Sul state on the five first years of the 21st century, demonstrating the impact of desagrarization and pluriativity processes. This conclusion is supported from the point of view of the information supplied by Research National for of...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agricultura familiar; Pluriatividade; Desenvolvimento rural; Amily farming; Pluriactivity; Rural development; Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/108572

Microeconomics of Technology Adoption
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Foster,   Andrew D.; Rosenzweig,   Mark R.
There is an emerging consensus among macro-economists that differences in technology across countries accounts for the major differences in per-capita GDP and the wages of workers with similar skills across countries. Accounting for differences in technology levels across countries thus can go a long way towards understanding global inequality. One mechanism by which poorer countries can catch up with richer countries is through technological diffusion, the adoption by low-income countries of the advanced technologies produced in high-income countries. In this survey, we examine recent micro studies that focus on understanding the adoption process. If technological diffusion is a major channel by which poor countries can develop, it must be the case that...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Technology adoption review; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Farm Management; Food Security and Poverty; International Development; Labor and Human Capital; Land Economics/Use; Production Economics; Productivity Analysis; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies; O10; O13; O33.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/56760

THE POLITICAL ECONOMY OF RURAL EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES:  A CASE STUDY AND ANALYTICAL FRAMEWORK
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Winchester,   Lucy J.
Chapter one is an extension report prepared for local level policy makers involved in the delivery of emergency medical services (EMS) in Hillsdale County, Michigan. The report originated out of a request, from officials to the Kellogg Leadershiop and Local Government Education Project, for aid with a public policy crisis in the delivery of ambulance services in Hillsdale County. It attempts to outline the public policy issues associated with ambulance delivery and to, in more detail, describe the organization of ambulance services in Hillsdale County. The report is meant to be a starting point for discussions between extension personnel and local leaders to address their questions and concerns about Hillsdale County ambulance delivery.
Tipo: Thesis or Dissertation
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development; Health Economics and Policy.
Ano: 1991
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/11082

Irrigated agriculture, water pricing and water savings in the Lower Jordan River Basin (in Jordan)
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Venot,   Jean-Philippe; Molle,   Francois; Hassan,   Yousef.
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Farming systems; Irrigated farming; Water conservation; Groundwater; Water policy; Water rates; Water costs; Pricing; Cost recovery; Economic impact; Jordan; Lower Jordan River Basin; Jordan Valley; Amman-Zarqa Basin; Yarmouk Basin; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Crop Production/Industries; Environmental Economics and Policy; Farm Management; Food Security and Poverty; Land Economics/Use; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/91468

Bulgarian rural development policy implementation and new rural paradigm
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Peneva,   Mariya Marinova; Kopeva,   Diana Ilieva.
The role of Rural Development Policy is growing nowadays. As an EU member state Bulgaria started implementation of Rural Development Policy. The paper analyse the level of achievement of the Rural Development Programme’s objectives in Bulgaria. The programme started in 2008 and most of the measures are implemented. But effective payments have been done only under eight measures. The vast majority of financed projects are for investments mainly in agriculture (for perennial crops production, buildings, machineries and equipment). In the paper are specified opportunities and challenges of the rural development policy in Bulgaria in order to be consistent with the new rural paradigm.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Rural development; New rural paradigm; Rural development policy; Bulgaria; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Q10; Q18; R58.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/95303

Rural to Urban Migration: Population Distribution Patterns
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Graves,   Philip E.; Clawson,   Marion.
Tipo: Book
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 1981
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/100683

Income Convergence and Growth in Alabama: Evidence from Sub-county Level Data
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Gyawali,   Buddhi Raj; Fraser,   Rory; Banerjee,   Ban; Bukenya,   James O.
1980 and 2000 Census Block Group (CBG) data were used to examine income convergence in all Alabama counties vis-à-vis Alabama’s Black Belt and Northwest regions. Though all three models demonstrated conditional income convergence, CBGs with smaller initial populations, smaller changes in African-American or dependent age populations had higher income changes.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Alabama; African-Americans; Black Belt; Census Block Groups; Income Convergence; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/46713

INTERREGIONAL COMPETITION IN THE U.S. SWINE-PORK INDUSTRY: AN ANALYSIS OF OKLAHOMA'S AND THE SOUTHERN STATES' EXPANSION POTENTIAL
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Williams,   Joseph E.; Meyer,   Steve R.; Bullock,   J. Bruce.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 1983
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/30241

Gender Contribution and Constrains to Rural Agriculture and Household Food Security in Kenya: Case of Western Province
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Omwoha,   J.N.
This study examined the contribution of gender with special emphasis on women farmers towards rural agriculture as well as factors constraining access to rural agricultural production and consequently household food security in Western Province of Kenya. Data were collected from a total of 161 women farmers, 32 women groups as well as 254 individual males farmers engaged in small-scale production of various food crops in Western Province in Kenya for a period of 1 year. Data were collected using questionnaires and interviews administered to the sampled individual farmers and women groups. Outputs from individual farm productions were used as a measure of agriculture production. Comparisons were made between exclusively female owned farms, women groups and...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Food security; Gender; Kenya; Women Cooperatives; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Demand and Price Analysis; Farm Management; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Food Security and Poverty; Institutional and Behavioral Economics; International Relations/Trade; Marketing; Productivity Analysis; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/52148

The Doha Round and Food Security in the Dairy Sector in Cameroon: A Global Simulation Model (GSIM) Approach
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Leudjou,   Roland R.
In the framework of the new round of trade liberalization launched in Doha, paragraph 13 of the Development Declaration states that members will support special and differential treatment to accommodate development, including food security. This article simulates scenarios of multilateral tariff reduction from the WTO December 2008 draft modalities on agriculture for the Cameroon dairy sector. Using the Global Simulation Model, the analysis shows a substantial increase in world and domestic consumer prices, as the reduction of bound tariffs does not affect the applied tariffs given the high "binding overhang". As a consequence, consumers' welfare decreases.
Tipo: Article
Palavras-chave: Consumer welfare; Dairy products; Domestic consumer prices; Global simulation model (GSIM); Multilateral tariff reduction; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Consumer/Household Economics; Demand and Price Analysis; Financial Economics; Food Security and Poverty; Industrial Organization; Institutional and Behavioral Economics; International Development; International Relations/Trade; Political Economy.
Ano: 2012
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/123133

Impacto económico y ambiental de la quesería en el Valle de Tulancingo, Hidalgo (México).
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Escoto,   Fernando Cervantes; Alcantara,   Antonio Gomez; Cardenas,   J. Reyes Altamirano.
La industria quesera es un sector de gran importancia en el sistema alimentario mexicano, considerado estratégico por tres razones: primero, la leche y derivados son alimentos básicos que elevan la calidad de vida de la población que los consume; segundo, por los efectos de dicho sistema en el ingreso y empleo rural; y tercero, por su potencial para articular varios sectores productivos. La presente investigación consistió en analizar la rentabilidad de las empresas queseras y el impacto ambiental que se genera con esta actividad. Desde el punto de vista económico, la quesería del Valle de Tulancingo, Hidalgo resultó ser rentable, el indicador de rentabilidad obtenido resultó positivo, con relación al valor de activos invertidos en maquinaria y equipo,...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Queso; Beneficio; Daño-ambiental; Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Labor and Human Capital.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/94992

Cashew Sub-sector Strategic Framework- Using Cashew Sector Markets for Pro-Poor Growth in Nigeria
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Nugawela,   Patrick; Oroh,   Roland.
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Crop Production/Industries.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/53672

Migration To Rural Communities In The Midwest: Economic Wellbeing And Women At The Household Level
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Valdivia,   Corinne; Dozi,   Pedro V.; Martelo,   Emma Zapata.
Migration patterns are changing from large metropolis to rural towns. Rather than temporary migration of male heads of households the patterns are now for families to migrate in various stages. Rural Missouri towns have attracted newcomers. Foreign born Hispanics in non metro Missouri have low income earnings, and education, mobility and being woman have a negative effect on income earnings, as regression results show. The livelihoods of rural newcomers are vulnerable, with low income, multiple adults working in the households and with limited English proficiency. This is consistent with the life stories of women in a small town near a meat processing plant in Missouri.
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development; Consumer/Household Economics.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/92638

MARKETING ASPECTS OF CONSUMPTION OF HUNGARIAN PORK MEAT
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Karpati,   Laszlo; Torda,   Kitti.
The most important aim of authors’ study is to get to know the Hungarian pork consumption in our days. Our aim is set to estimate pork meat consumption and purchasing habits of consumers who are living in Eastern part of Hungary. The pork section is influenced negatively by several factors nowadays, which have a clear effect on the pork consumption and cause its declination. During the research work a questionnaire survey was made in 2007 and 2008. 1089 persons in different locations of Eastern Hungary were altogether asked. The data were evaluated by statistic hypothesis testing. Based on the evaluation a clear picture was got about the consumers’ purchasing and consuming habits, and their ideas, opinions about the Hungarian pork as a food and as an item...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Pork meat; Consumption; Attitude; Shopping habits; Price elasticity; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Marketing.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/53578

EVOLUTION OF INVESTMENT FLOWS IN U.S. MANUFACTURING:  A SPATIAL PANEL APPROACH
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Brown,   Jason P.; Florax,   Raymond J.G.M.; McNamara,   Kevin T.
This paper is updated by the file at  http://purl.umn.edu/54835
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Manufacturing; Investment; Location factors; Community/Rural/Urban Development; L60; R11; R30.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/42502

Rural Broadband Internet Access Supply and Demand
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Stenberg,   Peter L.; Morehart,   Mitchell J.
Internet use has grown rapidly over the last 15 years and so has its integration into the rural economy. Connecting to the Internet via high-speed technology such as DSL lines, cable, satellite, and wireless networks increases bandwidth and makes the Internet much more useful to businesses, households, and governments. Rural households are almost as likely as urban households to use the Internet.  Broadband Internet access in rural areas has been less prevalent than in much more densely populated areas of the country.  Evidence suggests that the difference may lie in the higher cost or less availability of broadband Internet access in rural areas.   The paucity of national geographically-specific data, however, presents a challenge in trying to analyze...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Broadband Internet access; Rural communities; Farm communities; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods; O33; R0.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/49361

Developing Status of Specialized Farmers Cooperatives: Based on the Investigation Data of 162 Villages in Sichuan Province, China
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Zhang,   Pingjie; Zhang,   Yuan; Hu,   Jing-wei; Huang,   Ling.
Concepts of Specialized Farmers Cooperative (cooperative) and Peasants' Specialized Cooperative Economic Organization (Specialized Cooperative Organization) are introduced. Specialized Cooperative Organization having no independent status of legal person is taken as the reference object when studying on the village level cooperative. Taking a total 162 villages in 12 cities as data sources, data investigation is carried out in the form of questionnaire and interview. Development status of Specialized Farmers Cooperatives in sample sites is introduced. On the whole, more than 20% of the sample sites have set up cooperatives, with an average of 0.23 new cooperative in each village, indicating that the coverage rate of cooperative is low. According to the...
Tipo: Thesis or Dissertation
Palavras-chave: Specialized Farmers Cooperative; China; Development status; Peasants' Specialized Cooperative Economic Organization; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Industrial Organization; Public Economics.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/55826

TOWARD A DEVELOPMENT POLICY FOR RURAL AMERICA
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Barkley,   Paul W.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 1988
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/28830

Tax evasion and widening the tax base in Uganda
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Sennoga,   Edward B.; Matovu,   John Mary; Twimukye,   Evarist P.
Uganda still lags behind in its tax collections at the domestic level. For most of the commodities the tax collection effort is not more than 5 percent relative to the statutory rate of 18 percent. This results into a situation where the government has to rely a lot on foreign financing. From the analysis, there is a lot of improvement where URA can be able to increase its tax effort. this could be achieved by targeting commodities that are under-taxed and excluding food items for equity purposes. Increasing domestic collection would also result into less over reliance on taxing a few commodities especially fuel which is interlinked with a lot of other sectors and could indeed harm growth in the long-run. We also find that the tax effort on imports is...
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Taxation; Tax base; Domestic taxes; Import duty; Sennoga; Twimukye; Matovu; EPRC; Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Consumer/Household Economics; Crop Production/Industries; Demand and Price Analysis; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Food Security and Poverty; Public Economics.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/54802

The Value of social networks in rural Paraguay
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Ligon,   Ethan; Schechter,   Laura.
We conduct field experiments in rural Paraguay to measure the value of reciprocity within social networks in a set of fifteen villages. These experiments involve conducting dictator- type games different  treatments involve manipulating the information and choice that individuals have in the game. These different treatments allow us to measure and distinguish between different motives for giving in these games. The different motives we're able to measure include a general benevolence and reciprocity within the social network. We're further able to draw inferences from play in the games regarding the sorts of impediments to trade which must restrict villagers' ability to share in states of the world when no researchers are present running experiments and...
Tipo: Working Paper
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/120419

Development of Rural Manufacturing SME Clusters in a Developing Country: The Indonesian Case
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Tambunan,   Tulus.
Development of manufacturing small and medium  enterprises (SMEs) is a key engine to promote development of rural economy in developing countries. A common industrial organization among manufacturing SMEs, especially in rural areas, in Indonesia as in many other developing countries is clustering, where firms producing similar products concentrate in a certain area. This has led the Indonesian government to adopt a clustering approach as an important element in its rural development strategy to promote the development of rural industry, which consists mainly of SMEs. The main aim of this study is to identify critical success factors of development of rural manufacturing SME clusters in Indonesia. From a number of cases, it reveals that direct government...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: SME; SME Cluster; Rural economy; Soccess factors; Tegal metalworking industry; Indonesia; Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/45678

POLAND’S ADJUSTMENT TO CHALLENGES OF CHANGING AGRICULTURAL POLICY OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Kowalski,   Andrzej; Wigier,   Marek; Chmielinski,   Pawel.
Paper is aimed in assessment of first period of Poland’s membership in EU and covering agriculture and rural areas with the support under the Common Agricultural Policy in the context of future challenges faced by the agricultural policy. Analysis shows that accession to EU became a strong impulse for growth of the Polish food economy, however the main challenge for the Common Agricultural Policy in future, from Poland’s perspective, will be strengthening the multifunctional agriculture, i.e. territorial cohesion and positive effects of agricultural activity on natural environment.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Multifunctional agriculture; Common agricultural policy; Rural development; Poland; Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/57352

Using Ethnographic Decision Tree Modelling to Explore Farmers’ Decision-making Processes: a Case Study
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Roth,   Hein; Botha,   Neels.
Agriculture is the foundation of the Manawatu/Wanganui region’s economy, which consists of 300,000 ha of highly erodible land. Past land management practices caused a major threat to the long-term sustainability of the region. Horizons Regional Council introduced Whole Farm Plans (WFP) as part of a variety of tools to protect and conserve the land. This paper discusses the progressive findings of a study about farmers’ WFP adoption decisions. Following Gladwin’s (1989) ethnographic decision tree modeling (EDTM) approach, qualitative interviews were held with a sample of 15 WFP adopters and 14 non-adopters across the Region to develop the adoption decision tree. Key findings were that hill country farmers’ decision to develop, or not develop, a WFP was...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Erosion; Hill country farmers; EDTM; Whole Farm Plan; Decision-making model; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Crop Production/Industries; Environmental Economics and Policy; Farm Management; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Land Economics/Use.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/97157

Public Investment Targeting in Rural Central America
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Alwang,   Jeffrey Roger; Jansen,   Hans G.P.
This paper uses an asset-base framework to analyze the determinants of rural growth and poverty reduction for the three poorest countries in Central America: Guatemala, Honduras and Nicaragua. High inequalities in the distribution of productive assets in all three countries constrain how the poor share in the benefits of growth, even under appropriate policy regimes. Heterogeneous conditions require complementary analysis of spatial determinants of well-being, analysis of household-level assets, and how household livelihood strategies, conditioned on spatial attributes and asset bases, determine well-being outcomes. Using a combination of GIS mapping techniques and quantitative household analysis, we generate a description of rural territories that...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/25777

Does Rural Household Income Depend on Neighboring Communities? Evidence from Israel
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Kimhi,   Ayal.
In Israel, rural communities are those with up to 2000 residents, and rural areas include only rural communities. This paper explores the dependence of rural incomes on nearby urban areas. This dependence is mostly implied by rural-to-urban or urban-to-rural selective migration (or both). Migration flows can be affected by differential wages, housing costs and other amenities, and by commuting costs and costs of migration. An income generating equation, that includes characteristics of nearby urban communities as well as other spatial indicators among the explanatory variables, is estimated for rural households in Moshav villages using 2006 survey data. The results show that the population of nearby urban communities is significantly associated with rural...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development; Consumer/Household Economics.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/93134

CHALLENGES OF ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGE IN THE CASE OF ALBANIAN EXPORTING COMPANIES
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Sinanaj, Doloreza; Dollani, Petrit.
The authors, using the export sector companies’ data, attempt to study influence of internal organizational factors (such as structure, culture, political and power/authority issues of the decision making) on a company performance.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Albanian exporting companies; Organizational change.; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Industrial Organization; International Relations/Trade; C30; D20.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/92353

IMPACTS OF HISPANIC POPULATION GROWTH ON RURAL WAGES
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Newman,   Constance.
Although earnings generally increased in rural areas in the 1990s, Hispanic population growth led to lower wages for at least one segment of the rural population—workers with a high school degree (skilled workers), particularly men in this skill group. Using data from the Bureau of Economic Analysis and the Current Population Survey, this report examines the effects of Hispanic population growth on rural wages. The analysis combines approaches from earlier immigration-impact studies and more recent work that incorporates the role of labor demand in the labor market. The analysis finds that labor demand shift factors and other area-specific factors that often are not included in immigration studies are important. Results indicate that labor demand increases...
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Immigration; Wages; Labor demand; Hispanic population growth; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Labor and Human Capital.
Ano: 2003
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/33965

Rural development in the area of Pollino: integrated design of an “atypical” chain
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Conto,   Francesco; La Sala,   Piermichele; Papapietro,   Paolo.
The introduction of the Integrated Projects of Food Chain requires the development of models capable of interpreting the dynamics of vertical and horizontal coordination between agents and the definition of the issues that most affect the ability of professionals to provide value added to goods and products to acquire in exchange a competitive advantage.  With reference to setting up Local Production System of the Pollino - Lagonegrese, characterized by the development of an "atypical" food chain, for which the main factor of integration and competitive advantage lies in the strong link between companies and territory and in the social and economic value of the protected area agriculture, this research has developed a new model for food chain that combines...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Food Chain; Protected areas; Rural Development; Integrated Project of Food Chain; Local Production System Pollino-Lagonegrese; Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/95310

RURAL DEVELOPMENT RESEARCH UNDER SCRUTINY
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Tyner,   Fred H.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 1974
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/29826

The Choice of Land Tenure Contracts in the Presence of Transaction Costs in Rice Farming in West Java, Indonesia.
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Jamal,   Erizal; Mardiharini,   Maesti.
This study assessed the preference for and efficiency of land tenure contract arrangements in rice farming in West Java, Indonesia. Specifically, it examined the transaction costs associated with land tenure contracts, the land tenure contract preference, the efficiency of land tenure contracts, and the policy agenda to address the problems of land tenure efficiency. Three types of land tenure contracts were considered: sharecropping, fixed rental and mortgage.  Farm plot data were used to econometrically investigate whether transaction cost had an effect on the choice of land tenure contracts and on the efficiency of land tenure contracts. The transaction cost coefficient of 0.097 (significant of 1% level) in the choice of land tenure indicates that as...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Land tenure; Transaction cost; Rice farming; Indonesia; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Environmental Economics and Policy; Institutional and Behavioral Economics; Land Economics/Use; Public Economics.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/51204

COST SAVINGS FROM CONSOLIDATING NORTH DAKOTA'S COUNTIES
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Krause,   Mark A.
Consolidation of county government services is often proposed as a way to reduce costs.  A bill was proposed in the 1993 North Dakota Legislative Assembly to merge North Dakota's 53 counties into 15 "super counties."  This study estimates county expenditure functions for four categories of services: (1) general government, (2) public safety, (3) roads and highways, and (4) health and welfare. The statistical results were used to estimate expenditures for the 15 consolidated counties and a 26-county alternative.  The results indicate that the 15-county proposal would have achieved cost savings of 4.9 percent for the four service categories.  Costs of road and highway, general government, and health and welfare services could be reduced 3, 10, and 15...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 1996
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/23321

Regional Convergence in the European Union (1985-1999): A Spatial Dynamic Panel Analysis
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Badinger,   Harald; Muller,   Werner G.; Tondl,   Gabriele.
We estimate the speed of income convergence for a sample of 196 European NUTS 2 regions over the period 1985-1999. So far there is no direct estimator available for dynamic panels with strong spatial dependencies. We propose a two-step procedure, which involves first spatial filtering of the variables to remove the spatial correlation, and application of standard GMM estimators for dynamic panels in a second step. Our results show that ignorance of the spatial correlation leads to potentially misleading results. Applying a system GMM estimator on the filtered variables, we obtain a speed of convergence of 6.9 per cent and a capital elasticity of 0.43.
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Growth; Convergence; Spatial dependence; Spatial filtering; Dynamic panels; GMM; Community/Rural/Urban Development; C23; O00; R11.
Ano: 2002
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/26329

EMBEDDED INSTITUTIONS AND THE PERSISTENCE OF LARGE FARMS IN RUSSIA
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Koester,   Ulrich; Petrick,   Martin.
Differences in farm structures between Russia and western market economies can hardly be made consistent with the neoclassical textbook idea of a technologically determined farm size operating in a perfect market environment. The main aim of the paper is to identify embedded institutions that provide an explanation for the persistent differences. It is shown that these institutions vary widely across countries. We argue that the historical contingency of a patrimonial society that is both hierarchical and egalitarian also has an important bearing on the current persistence of large farming structures in Russia. The cultural beliefs based on this contingency explain the relative absence of entrepreneurial attitude in the rural society, the lack of trust in...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Embedded institutions; Agricultural transition; Farm restructuring; Agroholdings; Russia.; Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Industrial Organization; Institutional and Behavioral Economics; Political Economy; Public Economics; P32; P52; Q12; Q15.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/94720

AGRICULTURE IN THE APPALACHIAN REGION: 1965-2000
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Colyer,   Dale.
Revised version of a paper presented at the Southern Agricultural Economics Association Annual Meeting in Fort Worth, Texas, January 28-31, 2001
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2001
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/19101

CARGO PREFERENCE LEGISLATION, AGRICULTURAL EXPORTS, AND THE FUTURE OF THE DULUTH-SUPERIOR ECONOMY: A LEGISLATIVE HISTORY AND ECONOMIC ANALYSIS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Gitomer,   Charles S.; Runge,   C. Ford.
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development; International Relations/Trade.
Ano: 1990
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/13609

North Dakota Lignite Industry's Contribution to the State Economy for 2010 and Projected for 2011
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Coon,   Randal C.; Leistritz,   F. Larry.
Tipo: Technical Report
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development; Public Economics.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/120350

Education's Role in the Metro-Nonmetro Earnings Divide
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Kusmin,   Lorin D.; Gibbs,   Robert; Parker,   Timothy S.
Tipo: Article
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/123994

THE IMPACTS OF THE CONSERVATION RESERVE PROGRAM ON RURAL COMMUNITIES:  THE CASE OF THREE OREGON COUNTIES
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Martin,   Michael V.; Radtke,   Hans; Eleveld,   Bart; Nofziger,   S. Dianne.
Using an economic input/output model, the community personal income impacts of participating in the Conservation Reserve Program were analyzed for three rural Oregon counties. While individual farmers may benefit from participation, there may be net adverse impact on the community if the retired land is relatively productive or if the inputs that are no longer purchased would have been purchased locally. These negative effects may be exacerbated if participating farmers quit farming and leave the local area or if the Conservation Reserve Program benefits go to absentee landowners. The Conservation Reserve Program may then represent a conflict between community and national policy objectives.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 1988
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/32122

OCUPACAO E DESMATAMENTO versus CONSERVACAO E MUDANCAS NO USO DE SEUS RECURSOS NATURAIS NO ALTO MOJU
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Mota,   Dalva Maria da; Meyer,   Gustavo; Brandao Sato,   Romy.
This paper discusses land occupation and natural resources utilization, and analyses the forest conservation paradox (desire/barriers) experienced by small farmers of Alto Moju region, in the Amazon. This paradox is marked by a lack of land tenure regularization, the role of timber as a tradable asset saved for hard times, and low level of organization amongst local families. To proceed with the analysis, the authors used qualitative research methods (semi-directive interviews and participant observation), which favored the farmers’ representations regarding the use of natural resources and the social reproduction of families. From examining the land occupation history and the zoning with key actors, the authors conclude that the social reproduction of...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Alto Moju; Ocupação; Conservação; Alto Moju; Land occupation; Conservation; Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/102025

AGRICULTURE: ESSENTIAL TO MINNESOTA'S ECONOMY AND ITS REGIONS AND COMMUNITIES - AN UPDATE
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Maki,   Wilbur R.
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 1982
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/14243

Poverty - Dynamic and Sustainability Perspectives Implications for Welfare and Policy with Reference to India
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Tisdell,   Clement A.
After outlining some comparative features of poverty in India, this article reviews critically recent literature on the dynamics of poverty.  On economic efficiency grounds, it rejects the view that the chronically poor are more deserving than the non-chronic poor of poverty assistance.  Mechanisms of households and communities for coping with poverty are discussed.  The possibility is raised that where poverty has been persistent that rational methods for coping with it are likely to be well established, and less suffering may occur than for households and communities thrown temporarily into poverty.  However, situations can also be envisaged where such rational behaviours deepen the poverty trap and create unfavourable externalities for poverty...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: India; Markets and poverty; Poverty alleviation policy; Markets and poverty; Poverty dynamics; Sustainable communities; Community/Rural/Urban Development; International Development.
Ano: 2003
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/106949

THE TRANSFORMATION OF RURAL AMERICA: NEW LATINO COMMUNITIES IN AGRICULTURAL REGIONS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Garcia,   Victor Q.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development; Labor and Human Capital.
Ano: 2000
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/33437

Expanding the Agricultural Finance Frontier: A Kenyan Case
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Kibaara,   Betty; Nyoro,   James K.
Agriculture is the mainstay of the Kenyan Economy. However, agriculture has experienced low productivity over the years. Poor access to agricultural finance has been identified as a contributing factor to low crop productivity. Kenyan agriculture has undergone some fundamental changes which have profoundly affected agricultural financial services. In addition, most financiers shy away from lending to the agricultural sector because of the covariant risks related to rain-fed agriculture. Given this background, we undertake a comparative analysis of emerging models of agricultural finance that have expanded the agricultural finance frontier to the smallholder farmers. Key findings indicate that demand for farming credit takes the highest proportion of the...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness; Agricultural Finance; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Demand and Price Analysis; Farm Management; Financial Economics; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Food Security and Poverty; Institutional and Behavioral Economics; International Relations/Trade; Labor and Human Capital; Land Economics/Use; Marketing; Production Economics; Productivity Analysis; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/52109

IMPACTS OF ALTERNATIVE FARM POLICIES ON RURAL COMMUNITIES
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Bowker,   James Michael; Richardson,   James W.
The purpose of this study was to describe an LP/IO model for evaluating the economic impacts of alternative farm policies on rural communities and demonstrate its capabilities by analyzing the impacts of three farm policies on a rural community in Texas. Results indicate that in the noncrop sector, two groups of industries are most affected by farm policy. The first group relates to production directly (agricultural services, banking and credit, and nondurable manufacturing) and the second group relates to households (retail trade and services). Farm policies which reduce production but increase net returns cause losses for the first group while benefitting the second group. Both groups are made worse off by farm policies which reduce agricultural...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 1989
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/30088

Factors Influencing Productive Activities of the Korean Rural Elderly
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Ma,   Sang-Jin.
The purpose of this study was to identify the factors influencing productive activities of the Korean rural elderly. Utilizing data from the 2004 survey "Living Profile and Welfare Service Needs of Older Persons in Korea," this study predicted the productive activities of the rural elderly. All of the ten predicting variables selected from the survey and literature review (age, gender, education, activity limitation, personal income, health, organization, family status, socio-economic status, and job) were found to have significant partial effects on such productive activities as paid work, care-giving and volunteer work. The following are major conclusions: The rural elderly women had more care-giving, whereas men had more volunteer work. Participation in...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Rural elderly; Productive activity; Paid work; Care-giving; Volunteer work; Korea; Agribusiness; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Farm Management; Industrial Organization; Institutional and Behavioral Economics; Labor and Human Capital.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/45651

Education Bonus Programs: An Overview of State and Local Incentives' Programs to Encourage Greater Educational Attainment
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Barkley,   David L.; Eades,   Daniel C.
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/112795

Rural Populations Have Higher Rates of Chronic Disease
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Jones,   Carol Adaire.
Tipo: Article
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development; Health Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/121970

Cooperatives, Credit Unions, and Social Engagement in Canada
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Kennedy,   Travis.
Co-operatives serve as engines for local economies; generating and retaining local wealth, operating through existing social networks within communities and providing economic opportunities for local people. Is there a correlation between levels of social engagement and the presence of co-operatives and credit unions? Using the Statistics Canada GSS survey, 2003 and Environics Analytics, Business Locations data it is possible to assess the linkages between social engagement and the presence of cooperatives in Canada. Linkages between demographics (including the breakdown of rural/urban co-operatives and credit unions) and social engagement we isolated volunteerism as a dependant variable in logit regressions. It was established that: across Canada, the...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/113245

INTERREGIONALE DISPARITATEN UND ENTWICKLUNG LANDLICHER RAUME ALS REGIONALPOLITISCHE HERAUSFORDERUNG FUR DIE NEUEN EU-MITGLIEDSSTAATEN
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Baum,   Sabine; Weingarten,   Peter.
ZUSAMMENFASSUNG Seit Beginn der Transformation haben in den Ländern Mittel- und Osteuropas (MOEL) die interregionalen Disparitäten zugenommen. Insbesondere die Stadt-Land-Gegensätze haben sich verstärkt. Dieser Beitrag zeigt die Entwicklung der Disparitäten auf und diskutiert auf der Basis theoretischer Überlegungen und politischer Ziele die Notwendigkeit und Ausgestaltung regionalpolitischer Maßnahmen. Bei der ländlichen Entwicklung in den neuen EU-Mitglied-staaten kommt den Bereichen Institutionenaufbau, Wettbewerbsfähigkeit des Agrarsektors, außer-landwirtschaftliche Einkommensquellen und Arbeitsmobilität eine große Bedeutung zu. Diese Maßnahmen sollten den spezifischen Charakteristika der jeweiligen Gebiete angepasst sein. Die regionalpolitischen...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Regional disparities; Rural area; Regional policy; Structural policy; Central and Eastern Europe; EU Eastern Enlargement; Regional types; Community/Rural/Urban Development; P25; R58; O18.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/14899

Discussion: Human Capital and Rural Economic Development
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Barefield,   Alan.
One of the most critical elements of a nation’s social infrastructure is its system of education. Concerns with accessibility, achievement, and choice are significant elements in determining the quality of life for all communities, but most especially for rural communities where resources, and in many cases, opportunities, are perceived to be less plentiful than for their urban and suburban counterparts.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Education; Pre-kindergarten; Discipline; Community colleges; Rural; Economic development; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Institutional and Behavioral Economics; Labor and Human Capital; Teaching/Communication/Extension/Profession; I21; R11.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/53090

RURAL DEVELOPMENT RESEARCH PROGRAMS OF SOUTHERN 1862 AND 1890 LAND GRANT INSTITUTIONS: CHARACTERISTICS, NEEDS, AND PRIORITIES FOR THE 1970'S
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Davis,   Carlton George.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 1974
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/29823

ECONOMIC GROWTH THROUGH REGIONAL ASSOCIATIONS
Provedor de dados: 31
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 1962
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/17970

Difficulties and Countermeasures of Rural Human Resources Development in Minority Areas - A Case Study of Xinjiang Province, China
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Li,   Guang-ming.
We introduce the development status of human resources in rural Xinjiang of China, analyze its obstacles and difficulties, and finally put forward related countermeasures for the rural human resources development in minority areas.
Tipo: Thesis or Dissertation
Palavras-chave: Rural China; Human resources development; Countermeasures; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Labor and Human Capital; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/53479

Some Conceptional Thoughts on the Impact of Social Networks on Non-farm Rural Employment
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Traikova,   Diana; Mollers,   Judith; Fritzsch,   Jana; Buchenrieder,   Gertrud.
Everybody knows: rural regions offer fewer possibilities for non-farm employment than urban areas. For this reason, it was the semi-subsistence farm structures that had to absorb the released workers from the big rural state enterprises and the urban-rural migrants fleeing unemployment in the towns in the course of economic transformation. This has created hidden unemployment in farm households and thus low agricultural labour productivity in the European transition economies. From a policy point of view, it is therefore desirable to promote new jobs outside the farm sector in order to decrease the livelihood dependency on agriculture. But do rural people actually have a choice? And if so, will they go for non-farm employment? In Europe's transition...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Rural non-farm employment; Social networks; Transition; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Labor and Human Capital.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/7801

Opportunities and Challenges for Strengthening Staple Food Markets in Eastern and Southern Africa
Provedor de dados: 31
This study highlights the major challenges facing governments and international agencies in their efforts to strengthen the performance of staple food markets in Eastern and Southern Africa.
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Food security; Africa; Food policy; Markets; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; International Development; Marketing; Q18; Q13.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/62156

DEVELOPING COMPREHENSIVE ECONOMIC INFORMATION FOR REGIONAL PLANNING: A CASE STUDY
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Pendse,   Dilip; Conner,   M.C.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 1977
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/30538

FOSTERING GLOBAL WELL-BEING: A NEW PARADIGM TO REVITALIZE AGRICULTURAL AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Bathrick,   David D.
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; International Development.
Ano: 1998
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/16202

Changing future: expected development in Alpine farming
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Flury,   Christian; Gotsch,   Nikolaus; Rieder,   Peter.
In the coming years, significant changes are to be expected in agriculture in mountain regions due to the changing general environment. It can be assumed that product prices will sink while production costs remain unchanged at their present high level. Therefore, a more incisive structural change will be necessary if additional direct payments are not forthcoming. Economic survival can only be assured if the number of farms, and in particular the number of workforce, decrease even further. This will also lead to a decline in agriculture's contribution to decentralised settlement. On the other hand, if this structural adaptation is impeded, the result will be a major decline in the per capita income of the workforce and, consequently, social problems. The...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/31991

Dynamic Spatial Modelling of Regional Convergence Processes
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Kosfeld,   Reinhold; Lauridsen,   Jorgen.
Econometric analysis of convergence processes across countries or regions usually refers to a transition period between an arbitrary chosen starting year and a fictitious steady state. Panel unit root tests and panel cointegration techniques have proved to belong to powerful econometric tools if the conditions are met. When referring to economically defined regions, though, it is rather an exception than the rule that coherent time series are available. For this case we introduce a dynamic spatial modelling approach which is suitable to trace regional adjustment processes in space instead of time. It is shown how the spatial error-correction mechanism (SEC model) can be estimated depending on the spatial stationarity properties of the variables under...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Regional convergence; Dynamic spatial models; Spatial unit roots; Spatial error-correction; Community/Rural/Urban Development; C21; R11; R15.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/26211

Using Surveys to Compare the Public's and Decision-makers' Preferences for Urban Regeneration: The Venice Arsenale
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Alberini,   Anna; Longo,   Alberto; Riganti,   Patrizia.
In this paper, we illustrate how surveys can be used to elicit the preferences of the public and of policymakers and city officials for regeneration projects at urban sites. Our methodology uses rating exercises, coupled with conjoint-choice stated preferences for the general public and with ranking exercises for the public officials and other stakeholders, and is then applied to investigate alternative reuses of the Venice Arsenale, Italy, and their economic, environmental and social impacts. One interesting feature of the conjoint choice questions for members of the public is that the responses to these questions can be used to estimate the social benefits of regeneration projects, i.e., how much people are willing to pay for these urban transformations....
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/12221

A fenntartható fejlődés kérdései a Gyöngyösi kistérség településein
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Baják,   Imre; Torcsvari,   Zsolt.
A kutatás célja a fenntarthatóság lokális, helyi (kistérségi, települési) megvalósítási lehetőségeinek, megoldási módjainak, ellentmondásainak és akadályainak feltárása. A kérdőíves vizsgálat az önkormányzatoknál és a lakosságnál is ismerethiányt és gyenge kezdeményezőkészséget jelzett. Igaz, napjainkban Magyarországon a fenntarthatóságot kormányzati és helyi szinten sem kezelik jelentőségének megfelelő helyen, s a nemzeti stratégia is csak 2007-re készült el. Útmutatók és esettanulmányok híján az önkormányzatok is csak tapogatóznak, és a lakosság sincsen tisztában a nemzetközi kezdeményezés jelentőségével. A törvényi háttér csak azt rögzíti, hogy a helyi hatóságok részt vehetnek ilyen stratégiák készítésében, de nem fogalmaz meg kötelezettségeket,...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Fenntarthatóság; Fenntarthatósági stratégia; Lokális szint; Önkormányzatok; Civil szféra; Sustainability; Sustainability strategy; Local level; Municipal Governments; NGOs; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Environmental Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/92528

Determinants of Selected Agricultural Export Crops in Nigeria: An Ecm Approach
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Yusuf,   Sina A.; Yusuf,   W.A.
This study examines the factors that determine the export performance of three major agricultural exportable commodities of cocoa, rubber and palm-kernel in the context of liberalization. Using time series data covering thirty three years and to avoid spurious result, error correction model was applied in the analysis. The unit root test is in line with the a priori expectation that macroeconomic variables are not stationary at their level. Virtually all the variables tested were differenced once before attaining stationarity. Each of the three equations indicated that the dependent variables cointegrated with their arguments at 1 percent level. There is the existence of short term and long term equilibrium relationships between the dependent variables and...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agricultural exports; Cointegration; ECM; Nigeria; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Crop Production/Industries; Demand and Price Analysis; Farm Management; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Food Security and Poverty; Industrial Organization; International Relations/Trade; Marketing; Productivity Analysis; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/52181

THE INDIANA ENTERPRISE ZONE PROGRAM: FISCAL IMPACT OF A JOB CREATION TAX CREDIT
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Low,   Sarah A.
This paper estimated the fiscal impact of a job creation tax credit, a proposed incentive for establishments participating in the Indiana enterprise zone program. State unemployment insurance files were utilized with GIS to obtain enterprise zone data. Labor demand and labor supply were estimated. Job creation due to the credit was calculated from empirical results.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development; Public Economics.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/19917

STATED PREFERENCES AND LENGTH OF RESIDENCY IN RURAL COMMUNITIES:  ARE DEVELOPMENT AND CONSERVATION VALUES HETEROGENEOUS?
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Johnston,   Robert J.; Swallow,   Stephen K.; Bauer,   Dana Marie.
Newer residents of rural, urban-fringe communities are often assumed to have preferences for the development and conservation of rural lands that differ from those of longer-term residents.  The existing literature offers little to verify or quantify presumed preference shifts. This paper provides a systematic, quantitative examination of whether stated preferences for development and conservation tradeoffs differ according to length of residency in a rural community, and explores implications of these findings for assumptions regarding development and conservation preferences.  Results are based on stated preferences estimated from a multi-attribute contingent choice survey of Rhode Island rural residents.  Heterogeneity-according to length of town...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development; Land Economics/Use.
Ano: 2002
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/19683

The Agricultural Convergence Hypothesis on Regional Base in Europe: A Parametric and Non-Parametric Approach
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Carri,   Carlo Bernini; Sassi,   Maria.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2002
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/24861

Comunicação para o Turismo no Espaço Rural
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Mariani,   Milton Pasquoto; Gehlen,   Marco Antonio.
O turismo no espaço rural é uma modalidade relativamente nova e em fase de expansão no Brasil. Atraídos por uma oportunidade de mercado, muitos empreendedores rurais encontraram no turismo rural uma alternativa de obtenção de renda extra, mas depararam-se também com iniciativas públicas e privadas ainda insuficientes para promover e fomentar a modalidade. O presente artigo apresenta algumas contribuições teóricas para uma reflexão sobre o estudo de duas áreas analisadas sob uma ótica de complementaridade: a comunicação e o turismo rural. O estudo é conduzido sob o prisma de que a atividade turística recorre à dinâmica do processo comunicacional – elemento base da comunicação – com a finalidade de estabelecer um contato cada vez mais próximo entre a oferta...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Turismo Rural; Comunicação; Processo Comunicacional; Rural tourism; Communication; Communication process; Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/108166

Carbon Credit Payment Options for Agroforestry Projects in Africa
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Allwardt,   Jennifer.
The potential of using carbon offset credits from agroforestry projects for farmers in developing areas has become more prevalent in both Clean Development Mechanism and voluntary carbon markets. Since the implementation of the Kyoto Protocol, many international development organizations have been interested in using the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) to help both mitigate CO2 emissions through agroforestry projects offsets and as a poverty reduction tool. Few organizations that have begun talking with farmers about planting trees for carbon offset credits have been able to tell the farmers how much money they would receive from their new tree growth or the costs they will incur in doing so. For this study, a whole farm budget toolkit was designed to...
Tipo: Thesis
Palavras-chave: Agroforestry; Budget toolkit; Carbon credits; Clean Development Mechanism; Payment methods; Smallholder farmers; Agricultural Finance; Community/Rural/Urban Development; International Development; Land Economics/Use; O13; O22; R30; Q54.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/118497

The aged care industry in regional Australia: will it cope with the tsunami to come?
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Sappey,   Jennifer; Bone,   Zelma.
This paper reports on a pilot project to map the aged care industry in the Bathurst region of Central West New South Wales. The purpose of the project is to inform the future efforts of government, community based providers (CBPs) and private agencies in the sustainable development of the aged care industry. Early data suggest that the fragmented industry structure of CBPs, funded through asynchronous, disjointed state and federal funding programs, will be unable to respond to the increased demand for aged care services during the next decade. Initial findings also suggest that market tensions between CBPs and commercial providers will increase as they engage in competitive tendering for federal and state funding, and directly compete for scarce labour in...
Tipo: Article
Palavras-chave: Not-for-profits; Social services; Social capital; Social services; Governance; Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/120868

Lessons Learned in the Southern Region after the First Year of Implementation of the New Commodity Programs
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Campiche,   Jody L.; Harris,   Wesley L.
The development of the commodity programs in the 2008 Farm Bill involved the origination of two complex revenue support initiatives. The two new programs, Average Crop Revenue Election (ACRE) and Supplemental Revenue Assurance (SURE), expanded the risk management tool kit of agricultural producers. The SURE program is a permanent disaster assistance program, whereas the ACRE program is a revenue-based commodity program offered as an alternative to the price-based Direct and Counter-Cyclical Program (DCP) created in the 2002 Farm Bill. For the 2009 signup, only 7.7% of eligible U.S. farms enrolled in the ACRE program. In the southern region, three states had no farms electing ACRE and four others had less than 50. Excluding Oklahoma, less than 1% of all...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Farm policy; Food Conservation and Energy Act of 2008; Average Crop Revenue Election Program (ACRE); Supplemental Revenue Assistance (SURE); Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Farm Management; Political Economy; Q1.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/92587

The changing paradigm of rural governance
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Guido,   Valeria Agustina; Rodriguez,   Maria Soledad.
The following document will approach the analysis of the Provincial Agricultural Services Program, PROSAP, as a tool to promote the sustainable development of agriculture, taking into consideration the economic and social needs, with a strong regional and territorial insertion. The purpose is to go beyond the prospects of the sector, identifying the changes in the management of public policies for the agricultural area through the PROSAP.  Although a new governance paradigm with larger consensus and more coordination is foreseen, its institutionalization will face frictions, difficulties and challenges.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agricultural Policy - Structure; Scope; And Performance of Government; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Q18; H11.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/94909

DULUTH-SUPERIOR'S TOURISM-TRAVEL ECONOMY
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Blank,   Uel.
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 1982
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/14238

Evolution of the Rural Economy in Post-War Mozambique: Insights from a Rapid Appraisal of Monapo District of Nampula Province
Provedor de dados: 31
Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, Directorate of Economics, Republic of Mozambique
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Food security; Food policy; Mozambique; Rapid appraisal; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Food Security and Poverty; Q18.
Ano: 1994
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/56015

Territorializando la producción ecológica. Acciones colectivas y políticas públicas en Andalucía
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Lozano,   C.; Aguilar,   E.
Este trabajo analiza una experiencia de territorialización de la producción ecológica en la comarca de la Sierra de Segura (Andalucía, España) y plantea la posibilidad de hablar de un SIAL “Agricultura ecológica-Sierra de Segura”. De una forma más concreta, estudia cómo se han desarrollado diversas estrategias colectivas para dotar de arraigo a esta actividad y para vincular esta certificación genérica a las características naturales, pero también socioculturales de la zona. En este trabajo se analizarán las formas de coordinación territorial y las redes establecidas entre los diferentes actores del SIAL, las acciones colectivas estructurales y funcionales que se han ido desarrollando en el territorio, la incidencia de las políticas públicas en el...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agricultura Ecológica; Sistemas Agroalimentarios Localizados; Andalucía; Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Labor and Human Capital.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/95198

Operational Models for Improving the Targeting Efficiency of Agricultural and Development Policies: A systematic comparison of different estimation methods using out-of-sample tests
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Houssou,   Nazaire; Zeller,   Manfred.
Accurate targeting is key for the success of any development policy. While a number of factors might explain low targeting efficiency such as governance failure, political interference or lack of political will, this paper focuses on improving indicator-based models that identify poor households and smallholder farmers more accurately.    Using stepwise regressions along with out-of-sample validation tests and receiver operating characteristic curves, this paper develops proxy means tests models for rural and urban Malawi. The models developed have proved their validity in an independent sample and therefore, can be used to target a wide range of development policies to the poor. This makes the models a potentially interesting policy tool for the country.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Malawi; Poverty targeting; Predictions; Proxy means tests; Out-of-sample tests; ROC curve; Bootstrap; Agricultural and Food Policy; Agricultural Finance; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Food Security and Poverty; International Development; Political Economy; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods; C01; C13; C51; C52; I3; I32; Q14.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/51454

Convergence and the Effects of Spatial Interaction
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Niebuhr,   Annekatrin.
Since the beginning of the 1990s, the issue of income convergence has received considerable attention in economic research. Although a vast number of empirical studies has emerged, evidence on the role of spatial interaction is still rather scarce. The present paper is an attempt to provide additional information on the spatial aspect of convergence. Spatial econometric methods are used to investigate regional convergence in West Germany. The results indicate that spatial interaction is an important element of regional growth. However, considering spatial effects does not alter the general conclusion that regional income growth is characterised by a process of convergence.
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Regional convergence; Spatial interaction; Spatial econometrics; Community/Rural/Urban Development; C21; C52; O18; R11.
Ano: 2001
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/26351

DIFFERENTIAL RATES OF GROWTH IN RURAL INCOMES RESULTING FROM SPECIFIC GOVERNMENT POLICIES LIKE THE NEW AGRICULTURAL STRATEGY
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Abel,   Martin E.
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 1971
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/13941

El beneficio de los caminos rurales: ampliando oportunidades de ingreso para los pobres
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Escobal D'Angelo,   Javier; Ponce,   Carmen.
Muchos estudios han evaluado los beneficios de los caminos rurales concentrándose en la reducción de costos monetarios y de tiempo en que los pobladores incurren para acceder a mercados de bienes e insumos o a servicios públicos clave. Esta investigación complementa dicho enfoque con una evaluación del impacto de este tipo de infraestructura sobre indicadores clave de bienestar como el ingreso y el gasto de los hogares atendidos. Con una muestra de hogares rurales de algunos de los distritos más pobres del Perú, este estudio compara hogares conectados a caminos rurales rehabilitados con hogares control cuidadosamente escogidos, mediante técnicas de propensity score matching. Los resultados muestran que las mejoras en la infraestructura rural de transporte...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Carreteras; Ingresos de hogares; Empleo; Zonas rurales; Peru; Roads; Household income; Employment; Rural areas; Peru; Community/Rural/Urban Development; H54; P25; J17; R2; J2.
Ano: 2002
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/37750

DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY, POVERTY AND DEFORESTATION IN THE PHILIPPINES
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Coxhead,   Ian A.; Jayasuriya,   Sisira.
Most thinking on poverty and deforestation in developing countries does so in terms of the influence of one on the other, in either direction. However, the two have common determinants in the underlying economic and institutional conditions that set factor and product prices and the incentives for migration and natural resource-depleting activities. These determinants include property rights failures (open access to forest lands) but also 'government failures' in the form of economic policies that indirectly promote deforestation and retard poverty alleviation. A general equilibrium approach permits the analytical identification of the influences that such distortions exert on poverty and deforestation pressures. Using a numerical general equilibrium...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2002
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/12663

Benefit-Cost Analysis and Socio-Economic Considerations of Trypanosomiasis Control and Treatment in Northern Ghana
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Wahab,   S.; Asuming-Brempong,   Samuel.
The paper estimates the cost of tsetse control and treatment of trypanosomiasis and the benefits involved, using benefit-cost analysis. It also estimates the extent to which socio-economic characteristics of farmers affect the use of tsetse control techniques, using a maximum Likelihood-Binary Logit model. The results show that farmers will benefit if they invest in control and treatment of the disease. We find that the farmer accepting the challenge that the tsetse fly is a threat to cattle production, the number of dependants the farmer has, and the farmer agreeing that the bite of the tsetse fly causes the nagana disease are significant factors that affect adoption of control practices including the use of prescribed drugs. Our findings suggest that...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Crop Production/Industries; Environmental Economics and Policy; Financial Economics; Food Security and Poverty; International Relations/Trade; Land Economics/Use; Livestock Production/Industries; Production Economics; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/52878

EMPLOYER SIZE, HUMAN CAPITAL, AND RURAL WAGES: IMPLICATIONS FOR SOUTHERN RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Kraybill,   David S.; Yoder,   Michael J.; McNamara,   Kevin T.
A recent trend in rural development policy emphasizes small business development in place of industrial recruitment. To analyze some of the likely effects of expanding the proportion of small firms in local economies, an empirical wage rate model incorporating employer size was developed, and parameters were estimated using household date from rural Putnam County, Georgia. The estimates indicated that large employers offered higher wages than small employers and that the wage premium they offered was greater for blacks than for whites. These results support Thomas Till's argument that southern rural counties with relatively large black populations should not abandon efforts to attract large employers. Other factors associated with higher wages included...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development; Labor and Human Capital.
Ano: 1991
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/30045

THE EFFECTS OF RURALITY AND INDUSTRIAL SPECIALIZATION INCOME GROWTH: U.S. COUNTIES 2000 TO 2003
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Waldorf,   Brigitte S.
This paper— part of a comprehensive project on industry clusters and rural competitiveness— explores the role of industrial specialization and rurality on economic performance for counties in the continental United States. Regression models are estimated that evaluate the impact of industry cluster-specific employment shares on per capita income growth overall, as well as in a sequence of different contextual settings. Overall, the results suggest that economic disparities across U.S. counties will diminish. The results also suggest that economic specialization “per se” is not a guarantee for economic growth. Instead, economic growth very much depends on the type of specialization and the contextual setting, with distinct differences between, for example,...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Economic Growth; Industry Clusters; Rural America; Community/Rural/Urban Development; O18; O51; R11.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/7334

Current Information: Dissertation Abstracts
Provedor de dados: 31
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2003
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/60409

Economic problems of poultry production in Egypt
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Soliman,   Ibrahim.
ISBN 2-85352-095-1, ISSN 1016-121X
Tipo: Book
Palavras-chave: Marketing inefficiency in the poultry market; Consumer price spread; Comparative advantage criteria; Economic obstacles facing poultry industry; Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Farm Management; Livestock Production/Industries.
Ano: 1990
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/119884

LOCAL BANK OFFICE OWNERSHIP, DEPOSIT CONTROL, MARKET STRUCTURE, AND ECONOMIC GROWTH
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Collender,   Robert N.; Shaffer,   Sherrill L.
The restructuring of commercial banking has heightened interest in its economic consequences both for the economy as a whole and for those most likely to bear adverse consequences:  small businesses, small banks, and rural areas.  Most previous research on bank restructuring focuses on changes in bank behavior.  In contrast, this paper focuses on the empirical association between local economic performance and changes in local bank market regulation and structure.  Findings suggest that mergers or acquisitions of local banks by nonlocal banks need not impair local economic growth, and may even have beneficial effects in rural markets, with the possible exception of farm-dependent areas.  These findings are derived from empirical models that relate both...
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Commercial banking; Economic growth; Geographic liberalization; Bank ownership; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Financial Economics.
Ano: 2000
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/33555

Rural Europe 2+2+: A conceptual framework for a rural employment policy
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Fieldsend,   Andrew F.
The four main ways in which rural employment creation can be grounded on the exploitation of natural capital can be structured by two complementary analytical directions.  These are firstly, ‘production’ based on (a) renewable resources (agriculture, energy) and (b) depletive resources (energy, construction materials) and, secondly, ‘consumption’ by (a) non-residents (tourism and leisure) and (b) residents (incomers including the wealthy retired).  This analysis forms the basis of a conceptual framework (Rural Europe 2+2+) which recognises that there is no simple definition of rural employment but that a sustainable approach to exploiting natural capital, together with the development of the other capitals of the territory via a place-based (i.e....
Tipo: Article
Palavras-chave: Rural employment; European Union; Natural capital; Place-based development; Strategic orientations; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Labor and Human Capital.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/119650

Desarrollando mercados rurales: el rol de la incertidumbre y la restricción crediticia
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Escobal D'Angelo,   Javier.
El estudio evalúa cuáles son los factores más relevantes para que un pequeño productor agrícola demande asistencia técnica con el propósito de incursionar en mercados “dinámicos”; es decir, en mercados que puedan absorber cantidades crecientes de su cultivo. Los resultados muestran que existe un segmento de productores cuya “distancia” a estos mercados no es tan significativa como para que no puedan incursionar en ellos. Sin embargo, restricciones asociadas al grado de organización de los productores, a su percepción del riesgo y a las posibilidades de acceso al mercado de crédito les impiden acceder a los beneficios adicionales que estos mercados ofrecen.
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Mercados agrícolas; Agricultura; Productividad agrícola; Mercado financiero; Asistencia técnica; Desarrollo rural; Perú; Agricultural markets; Agriculture; Agricultural productivity; Financial market; Technical assistance; Rural development; Peru; Agricultural and Food Policy; Agricultural Finance; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Crop Production/Industries; Q1; Q13; Q14.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/37729

Agricultural Value Chain Development in West Africa – Methodological framework and case study of mango in Benin
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: van Melle,   Cathelijne; Coulibaly,   Ousmane; Hell,   Kerstin.
Globalization and competitiveness of agricultural commodities could have significant potential benefits for food security and poverty reduction in West Africa. Participation in global trade and economy is potentially important but not enough to ensure benefits at all levels of the chains and equitable distribution of income for each participant. Efficiency is key in the commodity value chain, but effective support functions and services, infrastructure, legal and policy environment are important. This paper presents the framework of value chain concept and analysis, as a guide to enhance competitiveness of commodities at national, regional or global level. The paper applies the value chain framework to a case study on mango in Benin, West Africa. The...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Benin; Mango; Value chain; West Africa; Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Crop Production/Industries; Demand and Price Analysis; Environmental Economics and Policy; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Food Security and Poverty; Institutional and Behavioral Economics; International Development; International Relations/Trade; Marketing; Productivity Analysis; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/51994

IMPRIMINDO SABORES – GASTRONOMIA E IDENTIDADE TERRITORIAL NA QUARTA COLÔNIA -RS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Vendruscolo,   Rafaela; Froehlich,   Jose Marcos; Dullius,   Paulo Roberto; Cavalheiro,   Leticia.
Ancorada na articulação de potencialidades locais e oportunidades globais, a construção de territorialidades constitui uma estratégia de desenvolvimento presente no mundo contemporâneo. A relação estabelecida entre identidade, enquanto construtora de novas territorialidades, e o reconhecimento de especificidades locais mediante registro de Indicação Geográfica pode constituir elemento potencializador do desenvolvimento territorial. Neste cenário, tomam importância crescente os dispositivos de reconhecimento, voltados aos consumidores, dos diferenciais de qualidade da gastronomia resultante de produtos e modos de fazer locais, baseados na identidade e ancestralidade. Neste contexto, também a divulgação passa a constituir um importante meio de promoção dos...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Identidade territorial; Desenvolvimento territorial; Indicação Geográfica; Territory identity; Territory development; Geographical Indication; Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/109984

Public perceptions – issues in where we want rural New Zealand to head in the 21st Century
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Hughey,   Kenneth F.D.; Cullen,   Ross; Kerr,   Geoffrey N.
The ongoing biennial environmental perceptions survey has been used to consider issues when setting future directions for rural New Zealand in the 21st Century. The overall state of the environment is very good, although freshwater rates the lowest of all resources considered. At a more local level there is considerable concern about lowland streams, rivers and lakes. Farming is increasingly blamed for damaging freshwater and a range of other resources. There are important demographic differences. Those employed in resource based industries are much more positive about specific water resources than are others – anglers are more pessimistic. New Zealanders want an improved future for the rural environment and are willing to contribute. Achieving...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Perception surveys; Rural futures; Issues; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Consumer/Household Economics; Environmental Economics and Policy; Farm Management.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/96447

VISIONARIES, FARMERS AND MARKETS: AN ECONOMIC HISTORY OF NEW ZEALAND AGRICULTURE
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Lattimore,   Ralph G.; Hawke,   Gary.
Tipo: Presentation
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development; Land Economics/Use.
Ano: 1999
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/123830

A LINEAR PROGRAMMING ANALYSIS OF THE EMPLOYMENT, INCOME AND PRODUCTIVITY OF THE SMALL FARM AND RICE PROCESSING SECTORS OF SIERRA LEONE
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Rose,   Frank S.
Agriculture is the largest sector in the economy of Sierra Leone, employing approximately 75 percent of the population in 1972 and accounting for over 30 percent of the gross domestic product.  But though the national economy has grown at an estimated 4.3  percent rate in the last decade, the agricultural sector is estimated to have grown only 1.6 percent per year.  The government of Sierra Leone, recognizing the importance of the agricultural sector and the need to develop policies to encourage its growth, has set a goal of increasing the growth rate of the sector to 4.6 percent per annum.  Central to the overall agricultural development plan is the emphasis on increased rice production.  Rice is the staple food in Sierra Leone, grown by over 80 percent...
Tipo: Thesis or Dissertation
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development; Crop Production/Industries.
Ano: 1977
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/10955

Caracterización de la Producción de Frijol (Vigna sp.) en los Municipios Turén y Santa Rosalía del Estado Portuguesa (2000-2005)
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Torres,   Andrew; Paredes,   Franklin.
En esta investigación se caracteriza la producción de frijol (Vigna sp.) en los Municipios Turén y Santa Rosalía del estado Portuguesa. Se aplicó una encuesta a los productores de la Unidad de Estudio, luego se determinaron diversas estadísticas descriptivas. Se aplicó un Análisis Factorial de Componentes Principales (AFCP) a fin de identificar variables subyacentes. Entre los resultados destacan: 1) los productores consideran importante la integración empresarial, sugiriendo que existe una gran oportunidad en este sentido; 2) los productores están dispuestos a recibir adiestramiento; 3) las familias de los productores consideran que el Frijol puede ser mejor aprovechado; 4) hay una actitud positiva hacia la innovación, lo que posibilita elevar el valor...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Rural; Competitividad e integración.; Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Labor and Human Capital.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/95346

SOME IMPLICATIONS OF GROWTH IN THE MINERAL SECTOR: ERRATA
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Gregory,   R.G.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 1979
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/22596

Comprehensive evaluation on urban competitiveness - A Case of Xinjiang Province
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Wan,   Qiu-cheng.
This paper constructs the index system and econometric model of comprehensive evaluation on urban competitiveness, then adopts the factor analysis method to measure the urban competitiveness of 22 prefecture-level cities in Xinjiang Province. The 22 prefecture-level cities are divided into four levels according to the measurement result. Comprehensive analysis of the advantages and disadvantages of the cities in each level is carried out. And related countermeasures and proposals on how to improve the urban competitiveness of the 22 cities are put forward.
Tipo: Thesis or Dissertation
Palavras-chave: Urban competitiveness; Factor analysis; Xinjiang province; China; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Financial Economics; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods; Teaching/Communication/Extension/Profession.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/53483

movingAlps - ein neuer Weg in der Regional-entwicklung?
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Buchli,   Simon; Buser,   Benjamin; Rieder,   Peter.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2003
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/31997

Power, Politics, and Performance: Community Participation in South African Public Works Programs
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Adato,   Michelle; Hoddinott,   John; Haddad,   Lawrence James.
Community-driven development is indelible in the development landscape. It is increasingly visible in the policy design of many governments, nongovernmental organizations, and multilateral institutions and features in important debates involving democracy, governance, institutions, and decentralization. As this research report points out, this has philosophical and instrumentalist underpinnings, with participation as both means and end. Participatory or community-driven development is advocated on the basis that, among other advantages, it can reduce information problems for development planners and beneficiaries, increase the resources available to poor people, and strengthen the capacity for collective action among poor and other marginalized societal...
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Public works; South Africa; Community development; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Public Economics.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/37887

THEORETICAL AND POLICY BACKGROUND TO THE TOP-MARD PROJECT (TOWARDS A POLICY MODEL OF MULTIFUNCTIONAL AGRICULTURE AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT)
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Bryden,   John Marshall; Arandia Miura,   Amaia; Johnson,   Thomas G.
The TOP-MARD project is a 3-year, 11 country, project supported by the EU’s Framework 6 Programme for Research and Technology Development1. The aim of the research project was to build a policy model of multifunctional agriculture and rural development which would link the multiple functions of agriculture with the development and quality of life of rural regions, and explore the influence of different policies on rural development outcomes. In order to deal with both market and non-market outputs, and to explore dynamics over time, a systems modelling approach was adopted.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/6396

CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE 4TH YOUNG SCIENTISTS WORKSHOP ON AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT IN CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPE YSW-2006
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Bokusheva,   Raushan; Buchenrieder,   Gertrud.
This Discussion Paper contains the greater part of the contributions to the Young Scientists Workshop on Agricultural Development in Central and Eastern Europe (IAMO, September 4-5, 2006). After last years’ positive response, the workshop has been organized for the fourth time and has a solid number of contributions. The aim of this annual event is to give young scientists the opportunity to present and discuss their transition-related research. The following short versions of the workshop contributions serve as a basis for discussion during the workshop, but also offer a cross-sectional overview of current research being carried out by young scientists. Although the issues covered by the workshop contributions are quite diverse, they share a common...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Farm Management; Industrial Organization; Institutional and Behavioral Economics; International Development; International Relations/Trade; Political Economy; Production Economics; Productivity Analysis; Public Economics.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/91964

Trade-off between Economic Revitalization and Social Capital: Application of Structural Equation Model in Japan
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Kunimitsu,   Yoji.
An income inequality has been expanded in Japan and some policy is highly needed to revitalize rural areas. This study aims to show causative factors on regional satisfaction level by the estimation of the structural equation model (SEM) with data of each town in Yamagata and Yamaguchi prefectures. Results demonstrate that (i) both the economic situations and social capital (represented by trust, altruistic moral and human network) positively affected the satisfaction level, but there is a trade-off between these effects, (ii) public facilities can increase satisfaction level as long as these facilities are built with consideration of residents' needs and quality, and (iii) the economic factor and social capital have indirect effects, affecting to...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Direct and indirect effects; Evaluation for public facilities; Regional economic situations; Social capital; Trade-off effect; Community/Rural/Urban Development; O15; R11; R15; R53; R58.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/56331

Retail Trade Area Analysis Fessenden North Dakota
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Bangsund,   Dean A.; Leistritz,   F. Larry; Wanzek,   Janet K.; Zetocha,   Dale F.; Bastow-Shoop,   Holly E.
This report is intended to provide an indepth trade area analysis of Fessenden, North Dakota. Specific analyses included determining Fessenden's main and greater trade areas, identifying the demographic profile of Fessenden shoppers, examining important and less important services for patron shoppers of Fessenden, identifying neighboring cities that area shoppers patronize, determining distances area shoppers traveled to Fessenden, and listing popular newspapers and radio stations among area residents. Current trade area information for Fessenden was obtained from a statewide trade area survey conducted by the Department of Agricultural Economics at North Dakota State University in 1989. Recent trends (1980 to 1989) in Fessenden population, retail sales,...
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development; Financial Economics.
Ano: 1991
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/51273

EVALUATING OPERATORS’ SATISFACTION AND POTENTIAL OF LOCAL RESOURCES FOR RURAL TOURISM: EVIDENCE FROM MATSUURA IN JAPAN
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Ohe,   Yasuo; Kurihara,   Shinichi; Shimoura,   Shinpei.
As rural tourism evolves into diversification, the connection between the individual and local resource management is becoming an important issue for the sustainable evolution of rural tourism. To explore this point, we investigated conceptually and empirically whether rural tourism operators’ individual satisfaction enhances utilization of local resources and, if so, what mechanism works for it by focusing on rural tourism accompanied by an educational program, i.e. a farm-stay with farm and rural experience services implemented as a part of school trips in Matsuura, Japan. From statistical tests and an econometric estimation based on a questionnaire survey of rural tourism operators we found that operators’ individual satisfaction gained from interchange...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Rural tourism; Operators’ individual satisfaction; Utilization of local resources; Feedback effect from visitors; Agribusiness; Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/57340

The Principle of Temporary Residence in a Collective Community
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Greenberg,   Ofra.
Nes Ammim is a communal settlement in Israel, populated by European Christians. It is similar to many other settlements, apart from one important characteristic: the condition limiting duration of residence. The population turnover resulting from this condition has repercussions on all aspects of life in the village: the economy, social ties with the surroundings, and social contacts among the residents. The principle of temporary residence has become a built-in limitation for the settlement.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Communal settlements; Temporary residence; Religious community; Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2000
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/62065

REFORMING THE CAP: AN AGENDA FOR REGIONAL GROWTH?
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Esposti,   Roberto.
This paper aims at analysing the recent CAP reform from the perspective of the current general and strategic objectives of the EU as defined by the Lisbon Strategy. A critical appraisal of the CAP impact in terms of regional growth is carried out. Firstly from a strictly conceptual and methodological point of view, then by analysing more in detail how CAP reform (of both Pillar I and II) might have actually affected the role of the CAP in promoting (or hindering) regional growth and, therefore, convergence. Empirical evidence provided by the different available methodologies has progressively emerged in the very last years. Though a conclusive answer on the impact of the reform can not be drawn, it still emerges that the role of CAP design and...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Common Agricultural Policy; Regional Growth and Convergence; Lisbon Strategy; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Q180; R110; O410.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/44868

The Evolution of Rural Livelihood Systems, Including Options on Organic Farming: A Case Study from the Messara Plain of Crete
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Kassa,   Habtemariam; Gibbon,   David; Hult,   Erik A.; Sodarak,   Houmchitsavath; Salih,   Mohamed; Ramasoota,   Jutarart.
The paper presents findings of a field study undertaken in May 1999 in the Greek Crete Island of  Greece Crete. The objectives of the study were to explore how agricultural activities and the livelihood systems of small farmers have been were modified in the face of major changes brought about by with the growing importance development of tourism and the implementation of the Common Agricultural Policy of the European Union. The study also assessed farmers' views on and experience with, organic farming as a potentially viable alternative livelihood strategy. The study used participatory research methods tools in order to investigate changes in livelihood systems, farmers' views on organic farming and to study the impact of the institutions that related to...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2002
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/26427

Value chain development for mountainous areas: Relation between animal breed and territory. The case of H’mong beef in Cao Bang, Vietnam
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Dao,   The Anh; Trinh,   Van Tuan; Hoang,   Xuan Truong.
In a market economy, poor breeding farmers usually face many difficulties due to the lack of information exchange in advanced technology and science, market and breeding experience. Cao Bang Province in the mountainous North of Viet Nam has the highest household poverty ratio, with 40% in 2007. The H’mong minority settled recently in the agro-ecological setting of the high mountains of Northern Vietnam, including Cao Bang, with small-scale land; therefore intensive livestock has become a main source for their livelihood. Cao Bang has two main local cattle races namely, “Small yellow” and “H’mong” registered in the Vietnam animal breed Atlas. H’mong beef accounts for 30% number of total animal. H’mong beef is indigenous breed, fairly weight, mature male...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: H’mong beef; Farmer group; Territory.; Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Labor and Human Capital.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/95008

Megteremthető-e a globális élelmezésbiztonság?
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Kalman,   Zoltan.
Nem állt meg a negatív tendencia, a legfrissebb adatok szerint a világon az éhezők száma tovább növekszik. Egybehangzó vélemények szerint a fő élelmezésbiztonsági probléma nem a megtermelt élelmiszer hiánya, hanem annak nem megfelelő elosztása. Ivóvíz, valamint elegendő mennyiségű, biztonságos, megfelelő minőségű és tápanyag-összetételű élelmiszer biztosítása alapvető emberi jog a Föld minden lakója számára. Ennek megteremtése a jelen és jövő generációk számára napjaink egyik legnagyobb kihívása, amelyre megoldást találni nemcsak erkölcsi kötelesség, hanem elengedhetetlenül fontos a világ békéjének és biztonságának a megteremtéséhez is. A Világbank, az ENSZ szervezetek (FAO, IFAD, IFPRI, WFP) és az IFPRI helyzetértékelésében sok a hasonló vonás, mind az...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Kihívás; Éhezés; Élelmiszer; Elosztás; Biztonság; Challenge; Starving; Food; Distribution; Safety; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/99132

Conjoint Analysis of Consumer Preferences for Lamb Meat in Central and Southwest Urban Albania
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Imami,   Drini; Chan-Halbrendt,   Catherine; Zhang,   Quanguo; Zhllima,   Edvin.
The IFAMR is the Official Journal of the International Food and Agribusiness Management Association: www.ifama.org
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Conjoint Choice Experiment (CCE); Latent class analysis; Lamb meat; Consumer preferences; Albania; Agribusiness; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Consumer/Household Economics; Demand and Price Analysis; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Marketing; D12.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/114711

Accessing rural finance: The rural financial market in Northern Vietnam
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Dufhues,   Thomas.
During the transition of the Vietnamese economy, adaptation of the financial system was one of the most challenging reforms. A major task of this reform was to expand the financial system’s outreach to the newly emerging private sector and household economies, especially in rural areas. Therefore, state-owned financial intermediaries such as the Vietnam Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (VBARD) and the Vietnam Bank for the Poor (VBP) have been established. Despite general successes in terms of credit outreach, certain population groups, particularly the poorest, which are often identical to ethnic minorities, seem to have been bypassed by both banks. Furthermore, the strategy pursued by national rural financial policy has focused mainly on credit...
Tipo: Thesis or Dissertation
Palavras-chave: Agricultural Finance; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Consumer/Household Economics; Food Security and Poverty.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/92327

DEVELOPMENT PATTERNS OF NAPA COUNTY, CALIFORNIA
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Fiske,   John N.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 1969
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/17013

A MEZŐGAZDASÁG FEJLESZTÉSI LEHETŐSÉGEI MEGYEI VIZSGÁLATOK ALAPJÁN
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Kaposzta,   Jozsef; Nagy,   Henrietta.
A vidékfejlesztési politika célja az, hogy kihasználva az ország kedvező ter-mészeti adottságait, a belföldi és nemzetközi piacokon versenyképes mezőgazda-ság jöjjön létre, amely képes jó minőségű alapanyagokkal ellátni a feldolgozó-ipart, tisztességes és kiszámítható jövedelmet biztosít a gazdálkodóknak és foko-zódó mértékben figyelembe veszi a környezetvédelem, valamint az egészséges táplálkozás követelményeit. Vizsgálataink alapján megállapítható, hogy a hatékonysági követelményhez igazodni képes „versenyszféra” mellett létezik a mezőgazdaságban egy korláto-zottan versenyképes termelési rész is. Ebbe tartoznak részben olyan kisméretű gazdálkodó egységek, amelyek inkább a tulajdonreform keretében létrejött kényszervállalkozásnak tekintendők vagy...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Vidékfejlesztés; Kényszervállalkozások lehetőségei; Jövedelem különbség csökkentés - opportunities of forced enterprises; Rural development; Decrease of income differences; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Political Economy.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/54320

New Investment in Rural Georgia
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Thompson,   Garland.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 1988
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/60016

Estimating the Economic Impact of Telemedicine in a Rural Community
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Whitacre,   Brian E.
One commonly discussed benefit of broadband access in rural America is the potential for telemedicine visits that allow rural residents to take advantage of urbanized medical services. While the primary benefit of telemedicine is often viewed as improved health care access, the availability of these services also offers significant economic contributions to the local community. Site visits to 24 rural hospitals of varying size over a four-state area in the Midwest provide information to develop a methodology for estimating telemedicine’s economic impact. Using this technique, telemedicine services contribute between $20,000 and $1.3M annually to these local economies, with an average of $522,000.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Telemedicine; Economic impact; Teleradiology; Telepsychiatry; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Health Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/117770

SOCIAL CAPITAL, TAX MODIFICATIONS, AND RURAL ECONOMIC PROGRESS: DISCUSSION
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Christy,   Ralph D.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2002
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/15470

Adopción de prácticas de conservación de suelos, en la pequeña agricultura de Chile Central
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Jara-Rojas,   Roberto; Bravo-Ureta,   Boris E.; Diaz Osorio,   Jose.
Published by Asociación de Economistas Agrarios de Chile
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Technology adoption; Soil conservation; Poisson regression; Peasant farmers; Chile.; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Land Economics/Use; Production Economics.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/97379

Multi-level Processes of Integration and Disintegration. Proceedings of the Third Green Week Scientific Conference.
Provedor de dados: 31
This volume of proceedings, available as both a hard copy and a pdf file, is an edited compilation of selected contributions to the MACE Conference 2009, held in Berlin, Germany, at the ICC from 14 to 15 January 2009. We would like to thank all those persons and organisations who contributed to the realisation of the MACE Conference 2009 as well as the volume you are holding. First of all, we thank all the lecturers, whose commitment made the conference possible. The conference would not have been successful without the active engagement of such a large number of colleagues from IAMO, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin and ATSAF. Thanks to all of them. Furthermore, we appreciate the support provided by the European Union, particulary to the Marie Curie...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Environmental Economics and Policy; Farm Management; Industrial Organization; Institutional and Behavioral Economics; International Development; International Relations/Trade; Land Economics/Use; Marketing.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/92312

ASSETS AND CONSTRAINTS RELATING TO THE LOCATION DECISIONS OF SMALL MANUFACTURING BUSINESSES IN VERMONT
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Liang,   Chyi-Lyi (Kathleen); King,   Lauren; Halbrendt,   Catherine K.; Robinson,   Karen.
The goal of this research is to identify the assets and constraints that exist specific to small business manufacturers in Vermont.  To satisfy this goal, the study examines factors that influence location decisions as well as identifying what obstacles business owners have experienced.  The idea for this project originated in response to the troubled economic condition of several Vermont communities, where unemployment rates are unusually high and income unusually low.  Understanding what obstacles business faces might enable future ideas on how to solve these problems.  Once assets are identified, they can be capitalized on, leading to more successful business operations. Preliminary data was collected through a telephone interview survey with Vermont...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Community development; Small business; Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 1999
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/21498

Economic Leadership in Community Development
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: White,   Fred C.; Clifton,   Ivery D.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development; Teaching/Communication/Extension/Profession.
Ano: 1988
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/60021

Creating Public-Private Partnerships to Develop Rural and Small Town Infrastructure: USDA Rural Development and Mount Olive, North Carolina (Paper and PowerPoint)
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Kornegay,   George R., Jr.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/8040

VALUE-ADDED ACTIVITIES AS A RURAL DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Kraybill,   David S.; Johnson,   Thomas G.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 1989
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/30174

A SUMMARY OF RESEARCH STUDIES ON THE COMMUNITY IMPACTS OF RAIL ABANDONMENT IN THE MIDWEST
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Fruin,   Jerry E.
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 1992
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/14239

CONTRIBUTING TO TOURISM INDUSTRY VITALITY OF A NATURAL RESOURCE BASED REGION THROUGH EDUCATIONAL/TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Blank,   Uel; Simonson,   Lawrence R.; Ballman,   Gary; Burke,   James; Korte,   Richard; Heikkila,   Arnie.
This report gives a comprehensive overview of a three-year extension education program designed to provide educational/technical assistance to the tourism industry serving the Boundary Waters Canoe Area (BWCA) in northeastern Minnesota.
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy; Teaching/Communication/Extension/Profession.
Ano: 1983
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/13528

THE RELATIONSHIPS OF TRADE, ECONOMIC GROWTH, AND MARKET POWER: THE CASE OF RICE EXPORTING
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Kang,   Hyunsoo; Kennedy,   P. Lynn; Hilbun,   Brian M.
This paper aims to (1) analyze the relationship between rice exports and economic growth for the world’s top four exporting countries (Thailand, Vietnam, India, and the U.S) and (2) seek to determine to what extent market power affects a country’s economic growth. The main objective of this paper is to determine to what extent economic growth impacts a country’s rice exports as well as to what extent Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) impacts a country’s ability to export rice. This analysis also examines the impact of market power on economic growth. On the basis of these results, we examine the existence of market power in the international rice market with respect to rice supply, and moreover, propose that there is a bi-directional causality between the...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Rice export; CR4; GDP; FDI; Market power; Trade; Export supply function; Community/Rural/Urban Development; International Relations/Trade.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/46081

Ecologia política agrária: a contribuição russo-alemã
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Nascimento,   Humberto Miranda.
O pensamento pioneiro sobre a ecologia global e o metabolismo sociedade-natureza é uma fonte precípua para os estudos rurais contemporâneos que levam em conta o caráter da relação entre o agrário e o ecológico. O presente ensaio tem por objetivo apresentar os pioneiros da ecologia política agrária contemporânea com base no enfoque materialista da relação entre sociedade e natureza. Cabe à ecologia política agrária descrever a relação entre sistemas agrários, formações sociais e ecossistemas específicos em territórios rurais. O conceito tem um duplo papel, portanto, ecologizar o agrário e redefinir sua importância para o rural. The pioneering thought about the global ecology and the society-nature metabolism is an essential source for the contemporary rural...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Ecologia política agrária; Estudos dos solos; Metabolismo sociedade-natureza; Policy agrarian-ecology; Studying soil; Society-nature metabolism; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Environmental Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/102768

The Impact of Trade and Investment Liberalization on Rural Manufacturing
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Tondel,   Fabien; Freshwater,   David; Reed,   Michael R.
Rural areas in the United States, like in other OECD countries, rely heavily on manufacturing as a source of income. Taking stock of previous studies on the impact of trade and FDI liberalization on manufacturing industries, this study presents a model with heterogeneous firms in the context of a country consisting of an urban and a rural regions. We examine how a manufacturing industry responds differently in the urban and the rural regions when the domestic economy becomes open to trade and investment with a foreign partner.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development; International Relations/Trade.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/9711

A Trade Area Analysis of Wisconsin Counties: Updated for 2010
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Deller,   Steven C.
For updated Trade Area Analysis (TAA) of Wisconsin counties we use the sales tax data as reported by the Wisconsin Department of Revenue for 2010. Only those counties that have elected to collect the optional county sales tax are included in the analysis. Because sales tax data are used one must keep in mind that the analysis focuses only on taxable sales and may not reflect the total level of activity in the county. Using Pull Factors and measures of Surplus and Leakage the relative strengths, and weaknesses, of local retail and service markets are identified. Changes in Pull Factors from 2005 to 2010 are provided to gain insights into growing and declining sectors. Finally, an update of simple Wisconsin retail market thresholds estimates (i.e., number of...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/116707

Competitiveness and revealed comparative advantage in the SADC maize industry
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Mutambatsere,   Emelly.
This paper evaluates the production and trade trends for maize and maize products in southern Africa, individual countries’ revealed comparative advantages in producing these products, and the expected implications of freer trade in this sector. The analysis employs mainly annual bilateral trade data for the period 1996-2004, evaluated using comprehensive descriptive measures and the Revealed Comparative Advantage index. Results indicate that at least half of the countries in the SADC region are deficit producers of maize and maize products, and that only South Africa is a net exporter of all products considered. Substantial cross-hauling is observed, and the bulk of locally produced products are traded regionally, with over 90% regional bias for half of...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Food Security and Poverty; Industrial Organization; Institutional and Behavioral Economics; International Relations/Trade; Marketing; Productivity Analysis; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/51996

Selected Socioeconomic Characteristics of North Dakota Community Residents
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Leistritz,   F. Larry; Ekstrom,   Brenda L.; Wanzek,   Janet K.; Vreugdenhil,   Harvey G.
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 1987
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/23217

Factors determining corn-based ethanol plant site selection, 2000-2007
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Stewart,   Lance A.; Lambert,   Dayton M.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/48724

Misurare la buona governance dei territori rurali: un possibile set di indicatori
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Franceschetti,   Giorgio; Da Re,   Riccardo; Secco,   Laura.
Il significato più comune e condiviso del termine governance si riferisce alla capacità della pubblica amministrazione di gestire e dirigere network, coinvolgendo attori pubblici e privati di varia natura in processi politico-decisionali, promuovendo il dialogo, la condivisione di responsabilità, la partecipazione e il coordinamento di molti attori a molti livelli. Modalità organizzative e d’interazione tra i vari soggetti che siano in grado di garantire una “buona governance”, soprattutto in relazione all’uso delle risorse naturali e a alla valorizzazione del capitale sociale, stanno diventando fattori chiave nello sviluppo rurale. Il concetto di “buona governance” riflette la crescente domanda espressa dalla società civile di maggior partecipazione dei...
Tipo: Presentation
Palavras-chave: Buona governance; Risorse naturali; Sviluppo rurale; Istituzioni a scala locale; Indicatori; Social network analysis; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Q 58.
Ano: 2012
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/124105

ADJUSTMENT OF POLAND’S AGRICULTURE AND FOOD SECTOR TO CHALLENGES OF AGRICULTURAL POLICY OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Kowalski,   Andrzej; Wigier,   Marek; Chmielinski,   Pawel.
Paper is aimed in assessment of first period of Poland’s membership in EU and covering agriculture and rural areas with the support under the Common Agricultural Policy in the context of future challenges faced by the agricultural policy. Analysis shows that accession to EU became a strong impulse for growth of the Polish food economy, however the main challenge for the Common Agricultural Policy in future, from Poland’s perspective, will be strengthening the multifunctional agriculture, i.e. territorial cohesion and positive effects of agricultural activity on natural environment.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Multifunctional agriculture; Common agricultural policy; Rural development; Poland; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/91129

Effects of Specialized Curing on the Income and Behavior of Tobacco Growers
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Huang,   Kejiu; Zhang,   Wenping; Ma,   Xiao; Yang,   Chao; Ji,   Xinwei; Song,   Zhaopeng.
Qingshuitang Village near the Qingmuchi Village is taken as the control region, which has similar status of social economy and flue-cured tobacco cultivation and has not implemented specialized curing. Permanent residents above the age of 18 in the two villages are investigated. Due to the dispersibility and randomness of samples, questionnaires are sent out randomly considering the differences in age, sex, education level, economic income and planting area. Excel is used to conduct statistics and analysis of survey data. Result shows that specialized curing has significant higher incentive effect on economic income of tobacco growers than the non-specialized curing. Tobacco growers in specialized curing area have apparently different attentive focus of...
Tipo: Thesis or Dissertation
Palavras-chave: Specialized curing; Economic income; Questionnaire survey; Tobacco growers; Flue-cured tobacco; China; Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/56350

RURAL AMERICA ENTERING THE 21ST CENTURY: FORCES OF CHANGE
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Brown,   Rodney J.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2003
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/33182

Structural change in Europe’s rural regions – Farm livelihoods between subsistence orientation, modernisation and non-farm diversification
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Salasan,   Cosmin; Curtiss,   Jarmila; Gomez y Paloma,   Gomez; Buchenrieder,   Gertrud; Fritzsch,   Jana; Wegener,   Stefan; Glauben,   Thomas; Hockmann,   Heinrich; Moller,   Lioudmila; Pieniadz,   Agata; Renner,   Swetlana; Davidova,   Sophia; Fredriksson,   Lena; Petrovici,   Dan Alex; Mishev,   Mishev; Hubbard,   Carmen; Gorton,   Matthew; Wolek,   Tomasz.
Edited volume of the contributions to the mini-symposium of the same title at the IAAE conference 2009.
Tipo: Book
Palavras-chave: EU; Enlarged EU; Structural change; Farm livelihoods; Modernization; Rural development; Success stories; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; International Development.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/53334

Perspektiven der ländlichen Entwicklungspolitik in der EU – Implikationen für die agrarökonomische Forschung
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Wehrheim,   Peter.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Teaching/Communication/Extension/Profession.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/97204

Wildlife Conservation in Zambia: Impacts on Rural Household Welfare
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Fernandez,   Ana; Richardson,   Robert B.; Tschirley,   David L.; Tembo,   Gelson.
FOOD SECURITY RESEARCH PROJECT,  LUSAKA, ZAMBIA
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Zambia; Food security; Tourism; Conservation; Household income; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Crop Production/Industries; Environmental Economics and Policy; Food Security and Poverty; International Development; Land Economics/Use; Q18; Q26; Q27; Q56.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/55053

Economics of Groundwater Irrigation in Nepal:  Some Farm-Level Evidences
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Bhandari,   Humnath; Pandey,   Sushil.
This article examines the economics of groundwater irrigation and shallow tubewell (STW) ownership decision making, using farm-level data collected from 324 households in Nepal.  STW irrigation generated a significant positive effect on rice yield and farmers’ incomes.  Based on a probit model, the farm size, land fragmentation, access to electricity, and access to credit were found to significantly influence farmers’ decisions to own STWs.  Although the water market benefited poor farmers, it is too small and monopolistic.  Policy reforms needed to make groundwater accessible to the poor majority include effective credit programs, investments in rural electrification, and public sector support for promoting suitable pumping technologies
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Groundwater irrigation; Probit model; Shallow tubewell; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Crop Production/Industries; Food Security and Poverty; C25; O33.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/43759

Rural Development: A Review of Conceptual and Empirical Studies
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Jansma,   J. Dean; Gamble,   Hays B.; Madden,   J. Patrick; Warland,   Rex H.
Tipo: Book
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 1981
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/100767

Community Development and Local Social Capital
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Jordan,   Jeffrey L.; Anil,   Bulent; Munasib,   Abdul B.A.
While a substantial amount of research has been devoted to showing what social capital does, research explaining social capital itself lags behind. The literature has a long tradition of examining the effect of social capital on local economic growth and development. In this paper we examine whether local economic development can explain the variation in social capital across various geographical clusters in the state of Georgia. We begin by devising a measurement tool, a Human Development Index (HDI), to measure community development. Our social capital measure includes associational memberships, voluntary activities, and philanthropy obtained from the Georgia Social Capital Survey. The findings show that even after accounting for various demographic and...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Economic development; Human development; Social capital; Agribusiness; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Institutional and Behavioral Economics; Labor and Human Capital; Public Economics; R00.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/57159

Agriculture, Structural Change and Socially Responsible Development in China and Vietnam
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Tisdell,   Clement A.
The gradualism of economic reforms in China and Vietnam (especially in China, which has led the way in this regard) has been commented on favourably by many analysts studying transitional economies. Early market reforms in China and Vietnam were constrained by political considerations and consequently, began in agriculture and in China’s case, in rural areas with the development of town-and-village enterprises as well. It is argued that at the time when the reforms began, they were socially responsible. However, they have created a legacy which has resulted in agricultural land disputes and many town-and-village enterprises now face new economic challenges resulting in social conflict as the structure of China’s economy alters and greater market...
Tipo: Working Paper
Palavras-chave: China; Commercialisation of agriculture; Economic reform; Land rights; Town-and-village enterprises; Transitional economies; Vietnam.; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Environmental Economics and Policy; Farm Management; International Relations/Trade; Political Economy; P21; P25; P31; P32.
Ano: 2012
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/123022

POTENTIAL OF AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT TO INCREASE RURAL EMPLOYMENT
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Pemberton,   Carlisle A.; Mgonja,   Mary A.
The paper examined whether increasing agricultural output would lead to an expansion of employment in rural areas in the Caribbean and Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). The paper found that the agricultural development problems in the Caribbean and SSA are very similar, especially, declining export demand for products, adverse trade policies and the actions of nature, causing damage to  agricultural production.  The simulations performed showed that  in both regions, even a 4% annual increase in agricultural output has the potential for annually increasing agricultural employment by over 6%, even with an annual technical progress of 1.5% in the case of SSA and 2% in the case of the Caribbean.  Expanding rural employment through expansion of agricultural output is...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Increasing rural employment; Rural Development; Agricultural Development in Caribbean and Sub-Saharan Africa; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Environmental Economics and Policy; Financial Economics; Labor and Human Capital; Marketing; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/36972

DESENVOLVIMENTO RURAL NA PERSPECTIVA DA RELAÇÃO ESTADO E MERCADO
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Souza,   Armando Lirio; Filippi,   Eduardo Ernesto.
Pretende-se partir de uma breve revisão sobre a noção de “Desenvolvimento Rural”. Em 2001, a Revista Estudos Avançados da USP publicou em volume 15, número 43, o Dossiê Desenvolvimento Rural, cujo conteúdo apresenta diversos enfoques. Optou-se neste trabalho pela resenha dos artigos de três autores (Veiga, J. Eli; Navarro, Zander; Silva, José Graziano da). Trata-se realmente de um dossiê, pois se revela como uma síntese das principais discussões que envolvem tanto o debate sobre desenvolvimento como a especificidade do desenvolvimento rural brasileiro. O interesse em desenvolver essa primeira reflexão sobre os referenciais conceituais, à luz de bibliografias contemporânea relacionadas à própria noção de desenvolvimento rural, deve-se a diversas indagações...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Desenvolvimento rural; Estado; Mercado; Rural development; State; Market; Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/112631

Can Subjective Measures for Rapid Assessment of Rural Poverty and Inequality be Useful in Botswana?
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Moepeng,   Pelotshweu T.; Tisdell,   Clement A.
Although middle income countries such as Botswana are credited with reliable data that are used in poverty measures, it is sometimes argued that the time lags between data generations or surveys are too wide. The Household Income and Expenditure Survey (HIES) in Botswana takes place every 10 years.  The major constraints are capacity and budget considerations. In this article, we propose two subjective measures that have been successfully used elsewhere for adaptation in Botswana. We use data from Nshakazhogwe village case study to test whether these alternative measures of poverty and deprivation are correlated with objective measures of economic deprivation. The Pearson Chi-square tests of independence are applied to examine the independence and the...
Tipo: Working Paper
Palavras-chave: Botswana; Rural Poverty; Chi square test; Heads of Household; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Food Security and Poverty; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/123547

RURAL HOUSING NEEDS AND BARRIERS: THE CASE OF CENTRAL APPALACHIA
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Deaton,   Brady J.; Hanrahan,   Charles E.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 1973
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/30417

The Research Program in Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Schickele,   Rainer.
Tipo: Technical Report
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 1951
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/119427

Agriculture’s contribution to rural viability: An approach to estimate regional economic impacts of agricultural policy in Swiss case study regions
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Kopainsky,   Birgit; Flury,   Christian; Giuliani,   Gianluca.
This paper develops a thorough yet easily implementable approach to measuring agriculture’s contribution to rural viability. The approach is based on input-output modelling. It adopts a number of concepts from input-output modelling such as determining the explicit geographical origin of input requirements and the geographical destination of farm household expenditures without formerly developing an input-output table. The approach is applied to four case studies in the Swiss mountain regions and tested for three scenarios. Our results clarify the role that agriculture still plays in the context of rural viability. They demonstrate that agriculture’s contribution to rural viability differs considerably between the case study regions and that future...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Rural viability; Employment; Added value; Agricultural production; Input requirements; Farm household expenditures; Agricultural and rural policy; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/6483

FACTORS OF DEVELOPMENT OF COMPETITIVENESS: THE CASE OF ORGANIC-AGRITOURISM
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Privitera,   Donatella.
Many farmers, in addition to normal farming activities, have already turned to agritourism as a source of additional farm income and opportunities. There are numerous benefits to be gained from the development of agritourism: it may strengthen local economy, create job opportunities and develop and promote training and certification programs to introduce young people to agriculture and the environment. Agritourism helps preserve rural lifestyles and landscape and offers the opportunity to provide "sustainable" tourism. Organic agriculture is due to demand for healthy foods with a high quality standard and limited use of chemical substances. Organic agriculture is closely connected to agritourism and tourism. The purpose of this paper is to identify and...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agritourism; Organic agriculture; Competitiveness; Agribusiness; Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/57347

2008 New York State Reference Manual for Regional Schools, Income Tax Management and Reporting for Small Businesses and Farms
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Bennett,   Joseph A.; Bennett,   Kathryn R.
Tipo: Working Paper
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/121809

Les "villages de métier" du delta du fleuve Rouge (Vietnam) : Périodisation, Spatialisation, Spécialisations
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Fanchette,   Sylvie.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Labor and Human Capital.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/95017

SOCIOECONOMIC TRENDS CHANGING RURAL AMERICA
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Wilkinson,   Kenneth P.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 1987
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/17832

Return on Investments for Community Infrastructure Projects? A Foundation for Rural Development Strategy.
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Amanor-Boadu,   Vincent; Burns,   Michael.
With decreasing populations and declining resources, rural governments are finding it challenging determining how to make investments in their infrastructure. This paper defines the problem confronting rural governments and develops a process for making infrastructure decisions to maximize community welfare.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Infrastructure; Public Goods; Rural Development; Social Welfare Economics; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Public Economics.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/6738

The Justification for Rural Planning
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Boss,   Adrian.
The N.S.W. Branch of the Australian Agricultural Economics Society held a Rural Land Planning Seminar in Sydney on 5 September 1986. The papers reproduced below are edited versions of the papers presented at that Seminar. The Review publishes these papers in the hope of furthering professional discussion of these important issues. It is hoped that the papers of other seminars, where issues relevant to Australian agricultural economists have been discussed, will be published in future issues of the Review.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 1986
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/12586

CAN AGRICULTURE AND GROWTH COEXIST? PROCEEDINGS
Provedor de dados: 31
Contents: Virginia Farming in Transition, by Wayne D. Purcell; Growth in Virginia: People and Jobs on the Move, by Todd McNew and Bradford Mills; Managing Agriculture and Growth in Virginia: The Role of Planning and Zoning, by Michael Chandler; Tools and Incentives to Manage Agriculture and Growth, by Jesse J. Richardson, Jr.; Preserving Farmland: A National Imperative, by Mary Heinricht
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development; Labor and Human Capital; Land Economics/Use.
Ano: 1998
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/14810

Environmental payments in conflicting situations between nature provision and cost minimization: a political economy approach
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Nuppenau,   Ernst-August.
We will analyze a newly emerging conflict within the second pillar of the rural development policy of the EU: a conflict between those farmers, who want to participate in high nature value agriculture, and farmers, who feel negatively impacted by supporting nature provision. We see a link through competition for land between nature provision in agriculture and cost minimal production of commercial farmers. The idea is to model this conflict using a political bargain approach and make a contribution on how to solve the conflict by innovative institutional arrangements. The power of groups will be analyzed and what governments can do.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Conflict; Political economy; Nature provision; Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/95313

Rapid Reconnaissance of Coarse Grain Production and Marketing in the CMDT zone of southern Mali: field work report of the IER-CSA-PROMISAM team December 13-19, 2009
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Boughton,   Duncan; Dembele,   Niama Nango.
This report presents principal findings of a rapid reconnaissance undertaken in December, 2009 as preparation for more detailed marketing studies to be undertaken in the context of PROMISAM II’s applied research program on promoting food security in Mali. The objective of the reconnaissance was to explore changes in cereal production and marketing patterns as an input to the design of a forthcoming study of changes in the structure, conduct and performance of the coarse grain sector in Mali. To facilitate discussions with farmers and traders an interview guide was prepared. The first section of this report synthesizes the principal findings, while the annex presents detailed field notes from the study together with the interview guide.
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Food security; MALI; Food policy; Grain; Production; Marketing; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Food Security and Poverty; International Development; Marketing; Q11; Q12; Q13; Q18.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/62226

PARTICIPAÇÃO LIBERTADORA, CEBS E COMUNIDADES CAMPONESAS EM MONTES CLAROS MG
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Lopes,   Frederico Antonio Mineiro; Amancio,   Robson; Alencar,   Edgard.
St. Sebastian s Parish, located in the municipality of Montes Claros, in the State of Minas Gerais, characterizes itself by its planning and by its apostolic pastoral work, directing its efforts towards integrating faith and life. The ´80s and ´90s were marked by intense rural worker participation in the Basic Ecclesial Communities (BECs) and by popular education with a view to human, and therefore community, promotion. This case study, of an interpretative nature, sought to verify, by participative observation and by interview transcripts, if the manner of the Jesuits intervention, through the BECs, was educational (with popular appeal) or tutorial (with an authoritarian hallmark). In addition it sought to investigate if there was a relationship between...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Social participation; Rural communities; Sustainable development.; Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/44036

COMPARING THE IMPACTS OF RETIREE VERSUS WORKING-AGE FAMILIES ON A SMALL RURAL REGION: AN APPLICATION OF THE WISCONSIN ECONOMIC IMPACT MODELING SYSTEM
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Shields,   Martin; Deller,   Steven C.; Stallmann,   Judith I.
The Wisconsin Economic Impact Modeling System, a conjoined input-output/econometric model of Wisconsin counties, is used to simulate the economic and fiscal impact of two alternative residential development patterns.  Under the first scenario, the impact of migrating retirees on a small tri-county region in northern Wisconsin is examined.  Under the second scenario, the impact of the migration of younger families with children is examined.  A comparison-contrast between the two scenarios demonstrates that the characteristics of the migrating household can have a significant impact on the nature of the impacts.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2001
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/31613

A „Vidéki Aktív Tanulás” (Rural Action Learning, RAL) módszere
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Cser,   Janos; Kalmarne Hollosi,   Erika; Schockemoehle,   Johanna.
A képzés, az oktatás a vidékfejlesztés fontos eszköze. A képzettségi szint emelkedésével a vidéken élők azon képessége is fejlődik, hogy jobban felismerjék a környezetükben rejlő gazdasági-társadalmi lehetőségeket. A regionális potenciál – melynek egyik eleme a vidék identitástudata – minél szélesebb körben történő megismertetése és kiaknázása alapozhatja meg a vidéki térségek fenntartható fejlődését. A tanulmány az aktív tanulás (Rural Action Learning, RAL) módszertani megközelítésének ismertetését követően bemutatja a Nyugat-dunántúli Régióban végzett, a regionális értékek és adottságok, helyi termékek ismeretét vizsgáló felmérés eredményeit. Elmondható, hogy a megkérdezettek jelentős hányada nem ismeri, hogy milyen növényeket termelnek, illetve milyen...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Aktív tanulás; Regionális tanulás; Regionális potenciál; Vidék identitástudata; Helyi termék; Action learning; Regional learning; Regional potential; Rural identity; Local product; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Teaching/Communication/Extension/Profession.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/58899

El patrimonio cultural de las hacienda del Municipio de Aculco de Espinoza: posibilidades para un desarrollo agroturístico.
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Guerrero,   Marisol Orozco; Roman,   Gullermo Miranda.
En México desde la década de los noventas, el turismo se ha diversificado, presentando diversas modalidades, siendo el agroturismo una de las de mayor crecimiento, ya que en la se implementan programas para recibir a los visitantes que acuden a estos lugares, los cuales están integrados por múltiples manifestaciones tangibles e intangibles que son testimonio fehaciente de las comunidades rurales. En este sentido las haciendas son espacios estrechamente ligados a la vida de los campesinos, ya que en muchos casos la existencia de ellas marcó sustancialmente la vida familiar de pueblos enteros, la forma de organizarse, las costumbres y tradiciones, la economía, entre otros aspectos. Es decir, las haciendas en México eran algo más que un conjunto de...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Aculco de Espinoza; Hacienda; Agroturismo; Patrimonio cultural tangible; Patrimonio cultural intangible.; Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Labor and Human Capital.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/95211

Impacts of Trade Liberalization and Restructuring of Agriculture on Rural Communities
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Hargrove,   David S.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; International Relations/Trade.
Ano: 1989
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/60038

DISCUSSION OF THE EFFECTS OF RECESSION ON THE RURAL-FARM ECONOMY
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Redfern,   J. Martin.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 1976
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/29946

TRADE AREA ANALYSIS OF SELECT WISCONSIN COUNTIES: UPDATE FOR 1999
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Deller,   Steven C.
The development of a community's retail market should be an integral part of the community development process. Some, however, might argue that the retail sector develops naturally following other types of economic development such as growth in the manufacturing sector or an influx of tourists. To a degree this is true. Several factors,however, may prevent this process from being completely efficient.
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2001
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/12654

LANDWIRTSCHAFT IN MOLDOVA
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Petrick,   Martin.
This paper provides an overview of the economic situation of agriculture in the Republic of Moldova. Emphasis is laid on the natural conditions for production, its structure, trade, as well as the historical development of agriculture and its transition to the market after 1991.
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Moldova; Agriculture; Transition; Moldova; Landwirtschaft; Transformation im Agrarsektor.; Agribusiness; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Production Economics; P32; Q13; Q15.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/91952

Global trends in risk management support of agriculture
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Spicka,   Jindrich.
The aim of this paper is to make an international comparison of risk management policies in OECD countries as well as in selected emerging economies. The results are based on the data from OECD Producer Support Estimates Database and General Services Support Estimates Database, a study of agricultural insurance schemes carried out by the European Commission and an overview of risk-related policy measures formulated by the OECD. The results indicate that all OECD countries have the price stabilizing support for at least some commodities. Although the share of market price support in the producer support estimates has been decreasing for a long time, it still remains an important component in most countries around the world. The analysis also revealed the...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agriculture; Agricultural policy; Risk management; Market price support; Income stabilization; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Environmental Economics and Policy; Financial Economics; International Relations/Trade; GA; IN.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/99224

A Feasibility Analysis of a Fruit and Vegetable Dehydration Plant in Kansas
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Erickson,   Donald B.; Hsu,   Jane Lu.
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 1992
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/118173

An analysis of the Peruvian jungle cocoa farmers: Acopagro cooperative vs. intermediaries – a case of study
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Higuchi,   Angie; Moritaka,   Masahiro; Fukuda,   Susumu.
n the Peruvian jungle, there are two main cocoa marketing channels: the intermediaries and the cooperative. The Acopagro Cooperative, a Peruvian organization, for example, has contributed to the shift from illegal crops like cocoa to an alternative crop like cocoa which gives small scale farmers a sustainable welfare. A survey of 243 farmers in Juanjui, San Martin-which is the main cocoa production area in Peru-was carried out between December 2009-January 2010. This study analyzes Peruvian cocoa farmers’ socio-economic characteristics as these attributes affect their decision-making process in the cocoa commercialization for their self-improvement and evaluates if the farmers’ participation in Acopagro or not influences the increment of the cocoa...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Cooperative; Socio-economic characteristics; Logistic model; Multiple regression function; Cocoa production; Marketing channel; Farmers’ organization; Agribusiness; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Farm Management; GA; IN.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/99218

LOCATIONAL DYNAMICS OF BRAZILIAN WINEGROWING: NEW REGIONS IN RIO GRANDE DO SUL AND IN THE SÃN FRANCISCO RIVER VALLEY AREA
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Schneider,   Luciane; Moraes,   Marcia Azanha Dias Ferraz De; Marques,   Pedro Valentim.
The objective of the research is to identify the locational factors that influenced the decision to expand winemaking activity into other regions of Brazil. In recent years, winemaking has expanded into new regions in the state of Rio Grande do Sul (Serra do Sudeste and Campanha) and into the São Francisco River Valley (states of Bahia and Pernambuco) - regions where this activity had not previously been carried out. Rio Grande do Sul, the state with the largest production volume, produces around 90% of all Brazilian wine. Expansion has taken place both inside and outside the state. Primary data were collected through direct interviews with winemakers for the purpose of identifying the factors that drive the locational decision-making process. It was shown...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Brazilian Winemaking; Geographic expansion; Locational decision factors; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Production Economics; Productivity Analysis.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/44087

ECONOMIC BARRIERS INHIBITING THE SUCCESSFUL DELIVERY OF STATE HOUSING: AN EASTERN CAPE PERSPECTIVE
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Townshend,   Matthew.
Housing delivery within South Africa, and specifically the Eastern Cape, is constrained by a variety of pressing issues. Significant nation-wide barriers include fiscal decentralization, supply driven inefficiencies, non-sustainability and bureaucratic failure. More specific factors and trends are highlighted through juxtaposing the normative policy aims with two case study assessments of local municipalities. These various instances of politico-economic failure appear to be bypassed via social housing initiatives; however, theoretical and practical recommendations lend themselves towards the immediate renewal of the current housing program.
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/98755

VILLAGE MODELING: A CHINESE RECIPE FOR BLENDING GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM AND HOUSEHOLD MODELING
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Kuiper,   Marijke H.
This study provides the first quantitative analysis of the impact of rural-urban migration on a Chinese village economy. Existing village models do not reflect findings of the household literature on the importance of market imperfections. Prevailing imperfections in factor markets in rural China, however, necessitate an analysis that takes into account the nonseparability of household production and consumption decisions. This study therefore develops a methodology for analyzing interactions among households in a village economy, that bridges the current gap between household and village models. The resulting model is able to capture the impact of market imperfections on household decisions, as well as the impact of household decisions on other households...
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/29133

Nonmetro Areas Showing the Effects of the Economic Downturn
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Parker,   Timothy S.
Tipo: Article
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/124175

Modernização da agricultura nos municípios do nordeste paraense: determinantes e hierarquização no ano de 2006
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Rebello,   Fabricio Khoury; Santos,   Marcos Antonio Souza dos; Homma,   Alfredo Kingo Oyama.
This paper analysis the level of agricultural modernization in the Northeast region of Pará State in 2006, as well as changes occurred in relation to the previous decade. To describe the technological standard and the relative ranking of municipalities, we used the factor analyzes statistical method to construct a ratio of agricultural modernization. The results showed the existence of a large discrepancy in technological level between the municipalities analyzed,. Of the 49 municipalities examined, only ten have reached the level of modernization above 50% (the highest level is 1). They are: Capitão Poço, Curuçá, Igarapé-Açu, Moju, Peixe-Boi, Santarém Novo, São João da Ponta, São Miguel do Guamá, Tailândia, and Tomé-Açu. On the other hand, 17...
Tipo: Article
Palavras-chave: Factor Analysis; Rural Development - State of Pará; Environment; Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/121296

Economic policy for rural and regional Australia
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Freebairn,   John W.
The efficiency and equity effects of economic policies affecting the quarter of Australians who live in rural and regional Australia (RARA) are reviewed. For the most part it is argued that economy-wide policies, rather than region or industry specific policies, are appropriate. Progressive income taxation, means-tested social security payments and government funded education, health and other services directly and efficiently redistribute to support equity. Subsidies for particular industries in RARA, such as dairy, and input subsidies targeted at RARA, such as community service obligations, misallocate resources and are ineffective in meeting equity goals. Better property rights and procedures for allocating most natural resources, especially water, are...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2003
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/116992

Modelling Policies for Multifunctional Agriculture and Rural Development – a Norwegian Approach
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Refsgaard,   Karen; Prestegard,   Sjur Spildo.
This paper outlines the development and use of a policy model for multifunctional agriculture and rural development. The model is an important part of the EU research project, TOP-MARD (Towards a Policy Model for Multifunctional Agriculture and Rural Development).. It sets the discourse on multifunctional agriculture in the context of what OECD calls the ‘New Rural Paradigm’, and explores the ways in which both market and non-market ‘functions’ of agriculture and farm households link with economic development and quality of life in different rural territories, and how different kinds of policies influence these linkages. We develop a policy model based on an approach closer to ecological economics, adopting a systems analytic approach.We seek to capture...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Multifunctionality; Agriculture; Rural development; Dynamic simulation modeling; Territorial approach; Policy scenario; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/6487

EMPLOYMENT CRISIS IN AGRICULTURE AND THE SPATIAL INEQUALITIES IN HUNGARY
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Ritter,   Krisztian.
Main objective of the paper is to discover Hungary’s rural areas suffering from agricultural employment crisis and to compare them to the spatial inequalities, examining the development possibilities and the adaptability to new economic and social processes. The actuality of this objective has been given by the recent processes in the global, European and Hungarian economy, the growing importance of local development and endogenous resources, the decreasing role of agriculture in total employment, and the general problems of rural areas. Based on multivariable statistical methods (factorial-, discriminant- and cluster analyses) and the data of 15 years before the EU accession, the selected micro-regions could be reliable separated by the economical state...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agriculture; Inequalities; Rural development; Unemployment; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Labor and Human Capital.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/47556

The Impacts of Wildlife Conservation Policies on Rural Household Welfare in Zambia
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Fernandez,   Ana; Richardson,   Robert B.; Tschirley,   David L.; Tembo,   Gelson.
KEY POLICY POINTS • Tourism is increasingly important in Zambia as a vehicle for economic growth, and has been identified as a key sector for poverty reduction due to its potential to generate off-farm income and employment in rural areas. Growth in arrivals and receipts in Zambia has outpaced average growth rates for developing countries. • Tourism in Zambia relies mostly on the stock of natural resources, including the protected area system which includes national parks and game management areas (GMAs). Co-management agreements between Zambia Wildlife Authority (ZAWA) and rural communities present opportunities and threats for households living in GMAs. • Households living in GMAs have lower average income than households in other rural areas. Yet we...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Wildlife conservation; Rural households; Zambia; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Environmental Economics and Policy; Food Security and Poverty; International Development; Q57.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/53453

Land settlement planning issues in irrigation management:  A review of experiences in Sri Lanka
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Stanbury,   Pamela.
This document is meant to present a framework for analyzing the institutions related to water management in a river basin context. The design of the five-country regional study undertaken by IWMI on “Development of Effective Water Management Institutions” provided a new methodology and a framework for river basin studies. It consists of four key components of diagnostic investigations related to water resources management in a river basin, which are interrelated. These key components are the physical system, water accounting, socioeconomic situation and performance. This study design is given in the Study’s Inception Report of 15 June 1999, and the Methodological Guidelines of 1 October 1999. This document takes one step further, and provides a conceptual...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Irrigation management; Settlement; Planning; Land management; Sri Lanka; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Crop Production/Industries; Farm Management; Land Economics/Use; Political Economy; Public Economics; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 1988
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/53072

THE IMPACT OF "BIG-BOX" BUILDING MATERIALS STORES ON HOST TOWNS AND SURROUNDING COUNTIES IN A MIDWESTERN STATE
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Stone,   Kenneth E.; Artz,   Georgeanne M.
This paper analyzes 11 regions in a midwestern state where big-box building materials stores have opened.  The zero-sum-game theory is verified; the sales gains in the host counties equaled the losses in the surrounding counties.  The results are important to existing merchants and local officials in setting strategies and policies.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2001
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/20639

MEASURING SUPPLY-SIDE ECONOMIC IMPACTS ON TOURISM/RECREATION INDUSTRIES
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Maki,   Wilbur R.
This paper addresses a series of study objectives, starting with (1) the delineation of tourism/recreation activities and providers, (2) the identification of appropriate indicators for measuring economic impact, and (3) the preparation of alternate analytical frameworks for assessing national, regional, and local implications of supply-side economic impacts of tourism/recreation activities. Included, also, among these objectives is (4) the specification of the essential attributes of a public information system for servicing the decision information needs of recreation resource managers.
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 1984
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/13725

FACTORS IN ECONOMIC GROWTH
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Saulnier,   Raymond J.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 1963
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/17029

USING PRIMARY AND SECONDARY DATA TO CONSTRUCT AN INPUT-OUTPUT TABLE--A CASE STUDY OF FOUR CITIES IN NORTHEASTERN MINNESOTA AND DOUGLAS COUNTY, WISCONSIN
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Fox,   Norman E.
The purpose of this paper is report on the construction of the thirty-five sector input-output table which represents the interindustry flows in a four-city area. The incorporated areas of the cities of Duluth, Two Harbors, and Cloquet in Minnesota, and Superior in Wisconsin are included in the study.
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 1976
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/14228

Fenntarthatósági vizsgálatok a vidékfejlesztésben
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Csete,   Maria.
A fenntarthatóság jelentősége és aktualitása nem szorul különösebb bizonyításra, mert tapasztalható, hogy a természeti rendszerek körforgásának, vagy az anyagi javak újratermelésének zavarai már az emberi létezést veszélyeztetik. A vizsgálat tárgyául a Tisza-tó térsége, illetve a Tisza-tó Térségi Fejlesztési Tanácsba tömörült 73 település szolgált. Hazánkban a fenntarthatósági vizsgálatok szerepe a vidékfejlesztésben kiemelt jelentőségű. A vidéki térségek fejlettségi szintjei és lehetőségei erőteljesen befolyásolhatják a fenntarthatóság gyakorlati megvalósításának esélyeit, amint azt korábbi vizsgálataink is alátámasztották. A vizsgált területen a támogatásokban meghirdetett fejlesztési elgondolások kérdőíves vizsgálatának eredményei alapján...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Fenntarthatóság; Vidékfejlesztés; Kistérség; Empirikus felmérés; Sustainability; Rural development; Micro-region; Empirical survey; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Environmental Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/92529

PROSPECTS FOR RURAL GROWTH? MEASURING GROWTH LINKAGES IN A SOUTH AFRICAN SMALLHOLDER FARMING AREA
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Simphiwe,   N.
This paper addresses the possible impact of rising smallholder incomes on local non-agricultural development in a case study area located in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa.  It determines how increased rural incomes are spent on a mix of goods and services, and debates the implications of these spending patterns for growth in rural areas through the alleviation of demand constraints.  These results make it possible to identify areas of intervention necessary for sustaining growth originating from stimulus to tradable agriculture from economic reforms.  This paper thus contributes to an emerging literature on the possible impact of promoting smallholder agriculture in South Africa on rural livelihoods.
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Rural; Growth linkages; Multipliers; Smallholder; South Africa; Africa; Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2001
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/18027

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN SOUTH CAROLINA: AN OVERVIEW OF RECENT TRENDS AND FUTURE PROSPECTS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Barkley,   David L.
This paper summarizes recent employment and earnings trends in South Carolina and reviews changes in the competitive environment that may impact future employment opportunities and earnings for the state's workers.  The new competitive environment is characterized by greater global competition, a continuting shift from goods-producing to service-producing industries, new production organizations and technologies, and industrial restructuring.  The implications of these structural changes for the state's businesses and workers are discussed, and public policy initiatives to prepare for these changes are suggested.
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2001
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/18794

A megújuló energiaforrások szerepe és hatásai a hazai agrárgazdaságban
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Magda,   Robert.
Összességében megállapítható, hogy Magyarországon az elmúlt fél évszázadban rendkívül megnőtt az energiafelhasználás, ami többnyire a fosszilis tüzelőanyagokból nyert energiára alapult. Ez arra készteti a jelen és a jövő kor társadalmát, hogy törekedjen a rendelkezésre álló megújuló energiaforrások felhasználásának előtérbe helyezésére, melyek használata a fenntarthatóság és a versenyképesség szempontjából sem elhanyagolható, hiszen ismert, hogy napjaink egyik kritikus költségtényezőjét adják az energiaköltségek. A megoldásban jelentős szerep hárul a vidéki társadalmakra, mert hiába történik az energiafelhasználás zöme az urbanizált területeken, az energia-előállítás, kitermelés a vidékre koncentrálódik. A fosszilis tüzelőanyagok korlátaiból adódóan új...
Tipo: Article
Palavras-chave: Energiafüggőség; Megújuló energiahordozók; Biomassza; Foglalkoztatás; Energy dependence; Renewable energy; Biomass; Employment; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Labor and Human Capital.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/119936

EFFICIENCY IN COMMUNITY DEVELPOMENT LOAN FUNDS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Naanwaab,   Cephas B.; Hartarska,   Valentina M.
We study the efficiency of Community Development Loan Funds (CDLFs) in the U.S.A. between 2002 and 2005. We find that the largest CDLFs tend to be most efficient and that efficiency decreases with age and the proportion of minority representation on the board, while board size does not affect efficiency.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development; Public Economics.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/6726

Racial/Ethnic Minorities in Rural Areas: Progress and Stagnation, 1980-90
Provedor de dados: 31
Rural minorities lag behind rural Whites and urban minorities on many crucial economic and social measures. This report examines rural Black, Hispanic, Native American, and Asian and Pacific Islander populations and their economic well-being in the 1980’s, an economically difficult decade for rural areas. Results show minimal minority progress as measured by changes in occupation, income, and poverty rates. However, the type and speed of progress was quite different among minority groups and between men and women of the same minority group. Results showed considerable diversity among groups in the characteristics that were associated with poor economic outcomes.
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development; Labor and Human Capital.
Ano: 1996
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/34039

The Emergence of Rural Artistic Havens: A First Look
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Wojan,   Timothy R.; Lambert,   Dayton M.; McGranahan,   David A.
Nearly all applied research on arts activity has examined phenomena in metropolitan areas. Findings from this past research confirm an arts specialization in a limited number of cities. This paper finds a similar pattern in nonmetropolitan areas, where a limited number of counties maintain or develop a distinct specialization in the arts. We document the emergence of these "rural artistic havens" and identify county characteristics associated with the attraction of performing, fine, and applied artists. The implications of these findings for rural development strategies focusing on the arts are discussed.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Arts activity; Built amenities; Creative class; Logistic regression; Natural amenities; Tourism development; Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/10158

Los saberes colectivos locales como factores del anclaje territorial. El SIAL de la Rosa Mosqueta rubiginosa de la Patagonia Argentina
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Barros Biscari,   Rosario Magdalena.
En el SIAL los saberes haceres son un factor preponderante en la construcción de una inteligencia territorial para la valorización de los recursos locales. En un entorno sociocultural donde se producen continuos enlaces entre sus partes componentes, la transferencia, difusión y uso particular de conocimiento es considerado de modo general junto al movimiento de bienes, capital y trabajo, elementos clave en el proceso contemporáneo de integración global asociándolo con las nociones de progreso y desarrollo. Sus mecanismos de transmisión y aprendizaje, pueden asegurar su continuidad y potenciar su crecimiento reforzando el anclaje de los productos territoriales. Como objeto de aplicación del conocimiento, se propone estudiar la especie silvestre Rosa...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Saberes colectivos; SIAL; Anclaje territorial.; Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Labor and Human Capital.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/95326

Hydro-political assessment of water governance from the top-down and review of literature on local level institutions and practices in the Volta Basin
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Opoku-Ankomah,   Yaw; Dembele,   Youssouf; Ampomah,   Ben Y.; Some,   Leopold.
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Water resource management; Governance; River basin development; Water law; Colonialism; Institutions; Social participation; Women; Water use; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Institutional and Behavioral Economics; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/91909

SOCIO-ECONOMIC IMPACTS OF SCHOOL CONSOLIDATION ON HOST AND VACATED COMMUNITIES
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Sell,   Randall S.; Leistritz,   F. Larry; Thompson,   JoAnn M.
The number of public high school districts in North Dakota declined from 256 in 1970 to 186 in 1994. Thirty-one percent of the decline in number of districts occurred from 1990 to 1994.  Eight communities (four pairs) that had gone through a school district consolidation and school closure during the last five years were studied.  This paper presents the results of a mail survey of patrons who paid property taxes to the eight different school districts.  Host communities were defined as those gaining the majority of the students from the consolidation while vacated communities' schools were closed.  Community involvement, retail services, quality of life, and consolidation impacts for host and vacated communities were compared.
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: School consolidation; School closure; Retail impacts; Community involvement; Academic impacts; Quality of life; Host community; Vacated community; Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 1996
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/23438

Conjoint Analysis of Choice Attributes and Market Segmentation of Rural Tourists In Korea
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Yun,   Hee-Jeong.
This study aims to analyze the attributes considered in choosing rural sites for tourism purposes by city dwellers and the market segmentation of rural tourism from a rural tourism demand perspective. For this purpose, this study investigates the attributes of rural areas considered in the selection of rural tourism destinations by urban dwellers using a conjoint model as a stated preference model. Based on literature reviews, two questionnaire surveys are conducted. The first questionnaire survey is performed in the 4 cities of Seoul, Daejeon, Suwon and Chuncheon with 408 urban residents. The second questionnaire survey is performed in the 5 cities of Seoul, Chuncheon, Daejeon, Cheonju and Busan with about 1,060 urban residents. The study results suggest...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Rural tourism; Rural leisure; Choice attributes; Market segmentation of rural tourism; Regional planning; Agribusiness; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Farm Management; Marketing.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/90685

DEVELOPMENT OF RURAL AMERICA
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Ahlgren,   Henry L.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 1971
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/17263

The Impact of Romania's Accession to the EU. An Analysis of the Effects of Regional Development Policy Through a Multi-regional I-O Model
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Bonfiglio,   Andrea.
The aim of this paper is to assess the impact of labour income and employment in Romania which will be produced by rural development and structural policies defined in the proposed 2007-09 financial package related to accession to the EU. The methodology used is based on a multi-regional I-O model derived from a three-stage estimation procedure. The main results show that accession to the EU will lead to great positive effects in Romania, which vary according to the region considered. Regarding these, the Southern and the North-Eastern regions are those in which benefits tend to be concentrated. In all the regions, policy seems to be able to absorb unemployment. Finally, policy gives the impression of reducing regional and sectoral income disparities,...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Accession to the EU; Rural development; Structural measures; Policy impact; Romanian NUTS-2 level development regions; Multiregional I-O model; Labor and Human Capital; Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/44112

Cairo Evaluation Clinic: Thoughts on Randomized Trials for Evaluation of Development
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Karlan,   Dean S.
We were asked to discuss specific methodological approaches to evaluating three hypothetical interventions. This article uses this forum to discuss three misperceptions about randomized trials.  First, nobody argues that randomized trials are appropriate in all settings, and for all questions.  Everyone agrees that asking the right question is the highest priority.  Second, the decision about what to measure and how to measure it, i.e., through qualitative or participatory methods versus quantitative survey or administrative data methods, is independent of the decision about whether to conduct a randomized trial.  Third, randomized trials can be used to evaluate complex and dynamic processes, not just simple and static interventions.  Evaluators should aim...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Program evaluation; Randomized control trial; Agricultural Finance; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Consumer/Household Economics; Financial Economics; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Food Security and Poverty; Institutional and Behavioral Economics; Labor and Human Capital; Public Economics; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods; B41; O12; H43; J08; H54; D73; D12.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/51913

SWOT Analysis of New-type Industrialization in Traditional Agricultural Areas
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Wu,   Yanling.
SWOT analysis method is used to discuss the new-type industrialization in traditional agricultural areas. Among them, advantages of new-type industrialization in traditional agricultural areas are analyzed from four aspects of labor advantage, land advantage, product advantage and environmental advantage. Disadvantages of new-type industrialization in traditional agricultural areas are also analyzed from four aspects of geographical disadvantage, inferior labor quality, informal system disadvantage, and backward non-agricultural industry. At the same time, opportunities for new-type industrialization in traditional agricultural areas are analyzed from three aspects of land system innovation, rural social security system, and financial policy supporting...
Tipo: Thesis or Dissertation
Palavras-chave: Traditional agricultural area; New-type industrialization road; SWOT analysis; China; Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/58611

Construction of the legal system of agricultural insurance in China
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Wang,   Zi-yan.
This paper expatiates the conception and property of agricultural insurance, and introduces the features and legislation principle of agricultural insurance. Finally, suggestions on how to perfect the legal system of agricultural insurance are put forward.
Tipo: Thesis or Dissertation
Palavras-chave: Agricultural insurance; Legal system; Construction; Agricultural Finance; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Financial Economics.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/53473

Rural - Urban Quality Differentials in North Dakota's Public School System
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Voelker,   Stanley W.; Ostenson,   Thomas K.
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development; Public Economics; Teaching/Communication/Extension/Profession.
Ano: 1970
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/102421

PUBLIC POLICY ISSUES IN RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Deavers,   Kenneth L.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 1978
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/17917

Rural Policy Survey, 1986: The Battle for the Agenda
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Gerritsen,   Rolf; Murray,   Anabel.
This article describes the federal government's rural policy activities during 1986. It emphasizes the interactions between rural and other policy areas and the prevailing influence of "politics". The Labor Government's rural policy-making in 1986 was preoccupied with the ramifications of the intensifying contemporary "rural crisis". This overshadowed the continuing, incremental additions to and reformations of the implementation of agricultural policy and processes that are integral to its policy management. Institutional and "political" constraints on federal policy also absorbed much of the government's attention. The year was dominated by a struggle between the Government and the National Farmers' Federation for the "agenda" of rural/agricultural...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 1987
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/12312

ACESSO AO CRÉDITO PRONAF NOS ASSENTAMENTOS RURAIS: VISÃO DA ASSESSORIA TÉCNICA
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Campelo,   Lilian Kecia; Riva,   Fabiana Rodrigues; Cordeiro,   Higor; Scheidt Junior,   Ademar; Maia,   Moacyr Boris Rodrigues.
Esse artigo tem por finalidade avaliar o acesso ao crédito do PRONAF a partir da visão de consultores especialistas que atuam no Programa de Assessoria Técnica, Social e Ambiental à Reforma Agrária (ATES), como importante instrumento de apoio, contemplando inclusive, a assessoria nas questões ambientais e sócio-culturais às famílias produtoras rurais. Abordagens sobre o processo de capacitação e a apresentação de dados acerca da implementação dos recursos do PRONAF, e ainda, o montante de recursos contratados por agricultores familiares foram apresentados, bem como, breve discussão de resultados quanto a sua aplicação, com a utilização do instrumento de pesquisa, através de um questionário junto aos consultores, como forma de identificar e avaliar o acesso...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Assessoria Técnica; PRONAF; Rondônia; Rural settlement; Technical consultantship; Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/109713

COMMUNITY PREFERENCES FOR TYPES OF BUSINESSES: A CASE STUDY OF THREE COUNTIES
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Cox,   Anna M.; Alwang,   Jeffrey Roger; Johnson,   Thomas G.
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 1998
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/14856

Rural America At A Glance, 2008 Edition
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Kusmin,   Lorin D.
Rural America At A Glance, 2008 Edition highlights the most recent indicators of social and economic conditions in rural areas for use in developing policies and programs to assist rural areas. The 2008 edition focuses on employment, poverty, population change, and demographic characteristics of nonmetro areas.
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Rural indicators; Population; Employment; Rural unemployment; Nonmetropolitan; Nonmetro; Rural economy; Metro; Rural America; Census data; Population growth; Employment; Unemployment; Poverty; Demographics; ERS; USDA; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/59019

Modeling Suburban and Rural-Residential Development Beyond the Urban Fringe
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Newburn,   David A.; Berck,   Peter.
This article investigates how land-use regulations differentially influence suburban versus rural-residential development. Particular emphasis is placed on how both the provision of municipal services (e.g., sewer and water) and zoned maximum density constrain higher-density residential development. We estimated a spatially explicit model with parcel data on recent housing development in Sonoma County, California. To account for heterogeneity in compliance with zoning regulations, we used a random-parameter logit model. The designation of sewer and water services was the most important determinant of suburban development. Meanwhile, it did not significantly affect the likelihood of rural-residential development, which actually leapfrogged into areas well...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development; Q24; R14; R52.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/21068

Community and Labor Issues in Animal Agriculture
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Goldsmith,   Peter D.; Martin,   Philip L.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development; Labor and Human Capital; Livestock Production/Industries; Q13; R11; J61; J43; J28.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/94387

Web-based Information Tools and Communication and Participation Strategies
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Dienel,   Hans-Liudger; Jain,   Angela; De Abreu,   Nico; Nicolaus,   Kristin; Rao,   Chelikani; Kota,   Rajesh.
The report summarizes the activities and the action-oriented research work of Pilot Project 4 (PP4) “Web-based Information Tools and Communication and Participation Strategies“. Research objectives were divided in two areas: a) communication issues, namely the development of a Project-Homepage with interactive elements (http://www.sustainable-hyderabad.in/ ) and two documentary films and b) participation issues, namely citizens participation in India as a whole and in Hyderabad in particular. PP4 aims at exploring and evaluating the applicability and appropriateness of scientifically grounded communication and participation methods for use in a megacity like Hyderabad. In the course of the Pilot Project, different research methods were applied: literature...
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development; Institutional and Behavioral Economics; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies; Teaching/Communication/Extension/Profession.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/36944

The influence of migration processes on rural development: a case study from Scotland
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Bergmann,   Holger; Thompson,   Kenneth J.
In the past, much rural development planning has relied on the concept of growth poles. With the “new rural paradigm”, we find that place-specific development and bottom-up approaches have become more popular than ever. Such place-based development often envisages the use of social capital. However, insofar as social capital is a local asset that is incorporated in individuals, it can easily be destroyed but not easily rebuilt. Continued out-migration and low in-migration into rural areas can have detrimental effects on social capital, and subsequently weaken bottom-up processes in the short and medium term.  This paper - based on a survey of 1412 persons in northern Scotland - suggests that intensified migratory processes destroy social capital in rural...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Migration; Social capital; Rural Scotland; New rural paradigm; Trust; Community/Rural/Urban Development; R23; R58; Z13; D71.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/94914

ILLINOIS' GRAPE AND WINE INDUSTRY AS A CONTRIBUTOR TO RURAL ECONOMIC GROWTH
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Rendleman,   C. Matthew; Peterson,   William C.; Beck,   Roger J.
The 2000 Illinois Vineyard Survey showed 400+ acres of grapes compared to 181 two years earlier.  There are 28 wineries with eight more scheduled to open - up from four in the 1980s.  State government has allocated $500,000 annually to an Illinois Grape and Wine Resource Council in part to boost the state's economy.  We address the need to quantify benefits by creating detailed budgets for the winegrape and wine industries.  These become part of a state-wide input-output model (IMPLAN).  Results indicate that grape growing has an output multiplier of 1.90.  Winemaking, which includes out-of-state grapes has an output multiplier of 1.76.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2003
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/35141

EXPORT ENHANCEMENT STRATEGIES FOR SMALL AND MEDIUM RURAL AND AGRICULTURAL FIRMS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Saxowsky,   David M.; Krause,   Joyce Hall; Gustafson,   Cole R.
Literature reports that small and medium firms face greater difficulty in obtaining the necessary export market information and in obtaining financing than do larger firms. Accordingly, the United States has many export promotion and enhancement services, but there is little documentation on the impacts of these services on small and medium rural and agricultural firms.  The objectives of this project were to 1) analyze the export assistance needs of small and medium rural and agricultural firms operating in the Northern Plains region at different stages of the export or internationalization process, 2) identify available export assistance and promotion services offered at the federal and state levels to meet the needs of these firms, and 3) identify...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Export; Rural; Agriculture; Export assistance; Northern Plains; Government; Community/Rural/Urban Development; International Development.
Ano: 1998
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/23307

Energy Regulation, Roll Call Votes and Regional Resources: Evidence from Russia
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Grigoriadis,   Theocharis N.; Torgler,   Benno.
This paper investigates the relative impact of regional energy production on the legislative choices of Russian Duma deputies on energy regulation between 1994 and 2003. We apply Poole's optimal classification method of roll call votes using an ordered probit model to explain energy law reform in the first decade of Russia's democratic transition. Our goal is to analyze the relative importance of home energy on deputies' behavior, controlling for other factors such as party affiliation, electoral mandate, committee membership and socio-demographic parameters. We observe that energy resource factors have a considerable effect on deputies' voting behavior. On the other hand, we concurrently find that regional economic preferences  are constrained by the...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/12116

An Empirical Analysis of County-Level Determinants of Small Business Growth Poverty in Appalachia: A Spatial Simultaneous-Equations Approach
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Gebremariam,   Gebremeskel H.; Gebremedhin,   Tesfa G.; Schaeffer,   Peter V.
In this paper we develop an autoregressive spatial simultaneous equations model to investigate the county-level determinants of small business growth and median household income in Appalachia during the period 1990-2000. Our GS2SLS and GS3SLS estimation results indicate significant spatial spillover effects and conditional convergence in counties of Appalachia during the study period.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development; Food Security and Poverty.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/35465

RURAL VIRGINIA: PROVIDING FOR THE FUTURE THROUGH CHANGING POLICY
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: McDowell,   George R.; Alwang,   Jeffrey Roger; Chandler,   R. Michael.
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 1997
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/14829

An Efficiency Analysis of Nevada and Utah Counties:  Region Size Leads Regional Efficiency
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Kim,   Man-Keun; Harris,   Thomas R.
The hypothesis that regional size increases regional efficiency is tested in this study. Data Envelopment Analysis and the Directed Acyclic Graph were used to reveal the causal relationship between regional efficiency and region size in terms of population density.  Region size and the infrastructure directly cause regional efficiency, and regional efficiency affects regional income indirectly via formulation of Metropolitan area
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/6338

Supporting rural development from structural funds in new EU member states
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Igloi,   Gabriella.
EU Accession has had the most impact on the agricultural sector and rural dwellers’ living conditions. Currently the first phase of EU Structural Funds benefits is coming to an end. The objective of this study is to provide an international overview on how to make use of rural development support within the new EU Member States. It also seeks to determine the importance of rural development in national development programmes, and the nature of measures intended to improve the quality of rural life, and whether these can possibly mesh with the objective indicators of agriculture.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Rural development; Structural funds; EAGGF; Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/46661

The Non-Market Benefits Of Rural Service Provision
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: McVittie,   Alistair; Moran,   Dominic; Hall,   Clare.
The provision of services in rural areas is constrained by a number of issues arising from the remoteness of such areas and the relative sparsity of rural populations. These factors combine to increase the cost of supply and reduce the demand for services, which consequently threatens the viability of service provision whether by the public or private sectors. A possible to solution to these issues lies in the co-location of rural services, which in general means that two or more distinct services are located within the same premises thus reducing the delivery costs associated with one or more of these services. Beyond the simple economics of service provision lies the existence of non-market elements of services in terms of benefits to local communities...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development; Public Economics.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/7977

Integration of small area estimation and mapping techniques; Tool for Regional Studies
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Vrolijk,   Hans C.J.; Dol,   Wietse; Kuhlman,   Tom.
Research projects are increasingly aimed at specific regions. A tool for statistics for regional studies was developed to combine all available information from the agricultural census and the Farm Accountancy Data Network. In this report a description is given of the development of methods and tools to display small area estimates in maps.
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/29078

Agro-food chain: an innovative paradigm for food and rural policy analysis and agro-food chain segments’ systemic performance at regional level
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Samoggia,   Antonella; Maccani,   Paola; Marchi,   Alan.
The food chain concept is an increasingly common theoretical instrument for food and rural development policy and many countries adopt the so-called “new rural paradigm”, so to integrate different sectoral policies. This paper aims at adopting the food chain paradigm in order to analyse the regional agro-food system and to sustain the design and delivery of consistent inter-sectoral policies. It adopts the netchain concept (Lazzarini et al, 2001) and the theory of governance patterns in global value chains (Gereffi et al, 2005). Results show this innovative approach contributes to better understand and stimulate economic performance of the whole agro-food network.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Rural policy; Region; Agro-food chain; Performance; Intersectoral approach; Community/Rural/Urban Development; O18; Q18; R11; R58.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/94900

PAYING FOR SCHOOLING IN RURAL VIRGINIA
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: McDowell,   George R.; Mundy,   Karen.
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development; Public Economics.
Ano: 2002
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/14858

Co-ordination and networks at sub-regional level: how programmes can meet rural needs
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Mantino,   Francesco; Tarangioli,   Serena; Tudini,   Lucia.
Main objective of this paper is focusing on local institutions and their ability to effectively respond to local needs in designing and implementing rural development policies.  The main unit of analysis is the Province of Grosseto. In this area a great number of public national and regional programmes provided for development funds during the last decade. The Province tried to co-ordinate these funds according to some strategy, but the real success in doing so is unknown and, more important, the driving forces and the conflicts/alliances which permitted this co-ordination have been explored. RDP is part of this process of co-ordination, probably one of the most relevant policies in the hands of Province.  The research explore the following elements:...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Rural development; Governance; Local development; Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/95319

MINNESOTA STATE REVENUE TRENDS AND FORECASTS: IMPLICATIONS FOR STATE FISCAL AND ECONOMIC GROWTH PLANNING IN THE 1980'S
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Maki,   Wilbur R.
This report addresses problems of statistical measurement in state revenue forecasting and impact assessment. Both personal income and state tax and other general revenue data are analyzed and reviewed in the context of state fiscal and economic growth planning and related decision information needs. A shift-and-share method of analysis is used to partition sources of change in personal income and state revenue variables and to identify rates of change in these variables for the 1970-80 period.
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 1981
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/13235

THEME OVERVIEW: BRINGING BROADBAND TO RURAL AMERICA
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Barnes,   James N.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Broadband; Internet; Regional Economic Development; Rural Regions; Community/Rural/Urban Development; R12; O33; O57; R11.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/100801

RURAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT: NEW OPPORTUNITIES AND CHALLENGES FOR COMMERCIAL BANKERS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Duncan,   Marvin R.; Fischer,   William R.; Taylor,   Richard D.
The report discusses commercial banks' role in supporting economic development in rural America.  It details demographic and economic trends in rural America.  It discusses a number of economic development programs available to commercial bankers and to private sector/public sector partnerships.  Finally, the report proposes a set of new tools for commercial bankers to further strengthen their participation in rural community economic development.   Note: Figures are not included in the machine readable copy--contact the authors for more information.
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Demographic trends; Economic trends; Rural America; Role of commercial banks; Economic development programs; New tools for bankers; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Financial Economics.
Ano: 1996
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/23354

APPLICATIONS OF SIMULATION TO REGIONAL AND COMMUNITY PLANNING
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Doeksen,   Gerald A.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 1972
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/30333

Spatial Development
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Desmet,   Klaus; Rossi-Hansberg,   Esteban.
We present a theory of spatial development. A continuum of locations in a geographic area choose each period how much to innovate (if at all) in manufacturing and services. Locations can trade subject to transport costs and technology diffuses spatially across locations. The result is an endogenous growth theory that can shed light on the link between the evolution of economic activity over time and space. We apply the model to study the evolution of the U.S. economy in the last few decades and find that the model can generate the reduction in the employment share in manufacturing, the increase in service productivity in the second part of the 1990s, the increase in land rents in the same period, as well as several other spatial and temporal patterns.
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Dynamic Spatial Models; Growth; Innovation; Land Rent Evolution; Structural Transformation; Technology Diffusion; Trade; Community/Rural/Urban Development; E32; O11; O18; O33; R12.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/59852

The measurement of farmers' risk attitudes using a non-structural approach
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Kim,   Tae-Hun.
This study estimates farmers' risk attitudes in Missouri using a non-structural approach over time. The non-structural approach proposed by Antle (1989) allows for multiple outputs and various types of risk faced by farmers and doesn't require specific functional forms for utility or production. This approach can also provide farmers' risk attitudes over time. The results show that farmers' risk attitudes are risk loving and change over time, while farmers' risk attitude is generally assumed to be risk averse and very stable over time. Since this approach has the different definition of risk attitude, the results of this study may be a bit different from previous studies.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Risk attitude; Risk preference; Nonstructural approach; Structural approach; Agribusiness; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Farm Management.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/45653

Continuity and change: Land and water use reforms in rural Uzbekistan. Socio-economic and legal analyses for the region Khorezm
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Wehrheim,   Peter; Schoeller-Schletter,   Anja; Martius,   Christopher; Djanibekov,   Nodir; Bobojonov,   Ihtiyor; Rudenko,   Inna; Lamers,   John P.A.; Muller,   Marc; Schieder,   Tina; Cai,   Ximing; Hirsch,   Darya; Wall,   Caleb.
Decades of Soviet rule have left a heritage of environmental and social problems in Central Asia. The demise of an entire ecosystem at unprecedented pace, the "Aral Sea Syndrome", is the most prominent of the undesired outcomes of the focus on agricultural production that has dominated land and resource use and continues till today. The international outcry over this ecological crisis has delegated other – and maybe more urgent – problems to a second pane. Rural livelihoods are rapidly deteriorating, unemployment is high, and rural poverty widespread. Ecological aspects, although strongly affecting everyday life in rural areas – such as water and soil salinity and environmental pollution – are not the fore most concern to the local population, as the...
Tipo: Book
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Crop Production/Industries; Industrial Organization; Institutional and Behavioral Economics; International Relations/Trade; Land Economics/Use.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/92320

THE ROLE OF AGGLOMERATION ECONOMIES IN FIRM LOCATION: A REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Selting,   Anne C.; Allanach,   Christopher; Loveridge,   Scott.
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 1994
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/13321

Rural/Urban Residence Location Choice
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Feridhanusetyawan,   Tubagus; Kilkenny,   Maureen.
Tipo: Thesis or Dissertation
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 1996
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/18406

Rural quality districts in Italy as a tool of sustainable governance
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Cisilino,   Federica; Marangon,   Francesco; Troiano,   Stefania.
The aim of this study is to point out the opportunities to improve the competitiveness of rural areas using new tools of governance.  For this purpose we firstly identify the specific rules adopted in Italy in favour of a specific tool – the district – in order to analyse its guidelines to support rural sustainable development governance.  We then describe the implementation of integrated programming approaches, referring data to the Friuli Venezia Giulia Region.  The results give us the opportunity to identify a number of projects that were developed among several stakeholders to potentially create and promote a local district.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Sustainable governance; Rural district; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Q01; R12.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/94625

Study of Economic Impacts Derived from 2005 to 2009 Rural Texas Community Events and Factors that Predict Spending?
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Hanagriff,   Roger D.; Murova,   Olga I.; Lyford,   Conrad P.
In this paper, we review the tourism impact from state supported events associated with Texas Rural Economic Development program and in the process of funding measure aspects of events that are found to be related to economic value.  The economic values are the result of visitor spending and extrapolated to total event attendance creates economic value.  Communities receiving funding were responsible for collecting visitor surveys to measure consumer spending as well as the community completing a survey to record descriptors of the event.  The overall program results were that state support represented 14 percent of the total event investment and total event value from visitor spending created approximately $7.50 return for every $1 of state funding....
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Rural economic impact; Tourism value; Economic development; Tourism; Rural tourism; Travel spending; Community events; Tourism events; Factors of tourism spending; Agribusiness; Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/56462

Russlands Weg vom Plan zum Markt: Sektorale Trends und regionale Spezifika. Eine Analyse der Produktivitäts- und Effizienzentwicklungen in der Transformationsphase.
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Voigt,   Peter.
More than ten years after the departure of the Central and Eastern European Countries (CEEC) towards market economy and democracy now it seems to be possible as well as necessary to analyse the present settings, the developments so far, and relevant problems faced during the transition. The main tasks are making the transition process empirically transparent and investigate its determinants. This has to be done in order to understand the particular trends and – based on that – to conceptualise sustainable policy concepts as well as adjusted reform measures. According to this challenge an analytical dilemma arise regarding a general focus on the subject on hand side (universal validity of the results) and the desire for diversified and precisely answers to...
Tipo: Thesis or Dissertation
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development; Industrial Organization; Institutional and Behavioral Economics; Labor and Human Capital; Land Economics/Use.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/93021

Die Landwirtschaft und andere Einflussgrößen auf die Bevölkerungsentwicklung im ländlichen Raum
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Mann,   Stefan; Erdin,   Daniel.
Factor analysis and regression analysis is used to estimate population growth and migration into and out of rural agreas in Switzerland between 1990 and 2000. Farm households contribute to an above average birth rate. However, there is a net migration out of rural areas.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Mesoeconomics; Economic structures; Socio-economics; Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/97324

Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Rural Communities:  Early Business Survival Challenges for the Agribusiness Entrepreneur
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Escalante,   Cesar L.; Turvey,   Calum G.
Barriers and strategies for survival of agribusiness and non-agribusiness entrepreneurs during early business stages are analyzed under case-study approach.  Results confirm qualitative differences in skill and execution deficiencies, market structure, and resource endowments.  Moreover, agribusiness entrepreneurs tend to adopt different strategies to address similar barriers faced by non-agribusiness entrepreneurs.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/35459

DEVELOPMENT OF PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN STATE AND NON-COMMERCIAL ORGANIZATIONS IN KAZAKHSTAN
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Smagulova,   Zubirash.
The paper discusses the ways to develop partnership between state and non-governmental organizations in Kazakhstan. It is argued that funding channels of NGO’s activity should be extended and their new services should be developed using international experience. Tax stimulus to business, state purchases of NGO’ social services, greater involvement of NGOs to provision of public services are recommendations put forward in the article.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Non-government organizations; Social partnership; NGO financial resources.; Community/Rural/Urban Development; L31.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/94607

Farm Operator Entry and Exit Behavior: A Longitudinal Analysis
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Adamson,   Dwight W.; Waugh,   Andrew.
Farm structure is experiencing a persistent change.  Since the early 1980s, US farms specializing in crops have constantly declined in number and grown in average size.  Crop production has moved to large farms at the expense of small and medium sized farms. This shift in farm structure to more concentrated production is complex.  Market forces such as technological change and changing factor input prices are likely contributors as they have been in the past.  Another factor that has generated considerable interest is the role of commodity program payments.  Commodity payments are tied to a farm’s current or historical production.  Therefore, larger farms tend to receive the greatest share of commodity program payments. However, the extent that commodity...
Tipo: Presentation
Palavras-chave: Farm Operator; Entry; Exit; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Labor and Human Capital; Q12; J61; J62.
Ano: 2012
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/124053

Infrastructure for the bioeconomy
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Dooley,   Frank J.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/48725

A convivência com o semi-árido e as transformações socioprodutivas na região do sisal – Bahia: por uma perspectiva territorial do desenvolvimento rural
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Nascimento,   Humberto Miranda.
As transformações produtivas ocorridas na área sisaleira do Estado da Bahia, nos últimos dez anos, trazem novas perspectivas de inserção econômica para a agricultura familiar do semi-árido baiano. Não só o sisal se recuperou sua importância econômica, outras atividades agrícolas e não-agrícolas começam a ganhar destaque, como a caprino-ovinocultura. O objetivo deste artigo é apresentar as transformações produtivas na Região do Sisal tendo como foco de análise a noção de Convivência com o Semi-Árido. Ressalta-se, na conclusão, que a noção de Convivência com o Semi-Árido não é somente a resposta a uma característica peculiar das áreas semi-áridas nordestinas, a estiagem, ela incorpora modos e técnicas de saber-fazer capitaneadas por governos, organizações e...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Convivência com o Semi-árido; Território do Sisal; Desenvolvimento rural. Living strategies with the Semi-Arid; Sisal Territory; Rural Development.; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Farm Management.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/107882

What are the social impacts of land use restrictions on local communities? Empirical evidence from Costa Rica
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Andam,   Kwaw S.; Ferraro,   Paul J.; Holland,   Margaret B.
Global efforts to reduce deforestation rely heavily on protected areas and land use restrictions.  The effect of these restrictions on local communities is currently the subject of heated debate among conservation and development experts.  Measuring the social impacts of protected areas is difficult because the effects cannot be isolated from other factors, given the nonrandom placement of protection.  We address this problem by applying a quasi-experimental approach to establish the counterfactual (“what would have been the socioeconomic outcome if a protected area had not been established?”).  We use matching methods to measure the impacts of pre-1980 protected areas in Costa Rica on socioeconomic outcomes in 2000.  In 2000, neighboring communities near...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Forest conservation; Social impacts; Quasi-experimental methods; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Environmental Economics and Policy; Food Security and Poverty; International Development; Land Economics/Use; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods; C14; O13; Q23.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/51783

A Dinamica Desigual do Desenvolvimento Regional no Nordeste: o Polo Assu/Mossoro (RN)
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Nunes,   Emanoel Marcio; Schneider,   Sergio.
O objetivo deste trabalho é apresentar evidências acerca das transformações resultantes da globalização e de processos de localização em áreas de dinamismo econômico da região Nordeste do Brasil, em que a mobilidade de capital tem provocado mudanças e alterado os diversos tipos de regulação. Sob a perspectiva do desenvolvimento rural, a questão que se coloca é: como acontece a inserção de uma região como a Nordeste do Brasil, fortemente rural e dependente da agricultura, no processo de globalização, e como ocorre a inclusão e participação dos atores locais? A hipótese é a de que tanto a inserção da região como a inclusão e a participação dos atores locais ocorrem de forma subordinada e dependente acentuando as desigualdades regionais e a drenagem da...
Tipo: Presentation
Palavras-chave: Mobilidade de capital; Sistema agro alimentar; Desenvolvimento rural; Capital mobility; Agro food system; Rural development; Agribusiness; Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/119006

Small-Scale Beef Cattle Production in East Java, Indonesia
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Priyanti,   Atien; Hanifah,   Vyta W.; Mahendri,   I.G.A.P.; Cahyadi,   F.; Cramb,   Rob A.
Despite its small area and intensively cropped landscape, East Java accounts for 30% of Indonesia’s beef cattle population. About two million households draw on family labour to raise cattle in backyard sheds and small enclosures, largely for cash income. The paper reports on a study in two contrasting sites – irrigated lowlands and rainfed uplands – to explore the constraints facing cattle producers in these environments and possible means to enhance their production systems and incomes. In particular, the paper focuses on the issue of feed supply and the local market that has emerged for agricultural by-products (rice straw, maize stover, and legume residues) and planted forage grasses. The research shows that intensive cattle production can provide a...
Tipo: Presentation
Palavras-chave: Smallholders; Beef cattle; Crop by-products; Integrated farming systems; Rural livelihoods; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Livestock Production/Industries.
Ano: 2012
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/124411

Politico-administrative scenario evaluation through quantitative network analysis: Using Measure 121 (modernization of agricultural holdings) of Axis 1 as an illustration
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Papadopoulou,   Eleni; Ventouri,   Eirini; Hasanagas,   Nikolaos; Papalexiou,   Christos.
In Greece, there is a fostered policy for the modernization of agricultural holdings. This aims in order at improving productivity and environmental performance within a highly competitive international environment. The main research questions are to find what structural changes are desirable or possible to appear in the politico-administrative hierarchy from the 3rd to the 4th Programming Period. Issues of power centralization, information management, dogmatism and conflict are examined. The main method applied for this purpose is the Quantitative Network Analysis. Primary data were collected with standardized questionnaires. State officials have been interviewed. Three scenarios are extracted: a) the real situation of the 3rd PP, b) the desirable...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Rural development programme; Agricultural holdings; Politico-administrative system; Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/94617

Would More Rural Bank Access to Nonlocal Funds Provide Public Benefits?
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Collender,   Robert N.
Restructuring of U.S. banking markets has raised concerns that insufficient access to loanable funds will limit economic growth in some rural areas. Access to nonlocal funds can provide public benefits through enhanced competition and efficiency, but subsidized access to nonlocal funds can create economic distortions. Because most rural areas are served by few lenders, public benefits may be limited if additional access does not encourage new competition. Unsubsidized market mechanisms could address the liquidity, risk management, and competitive challenges that some small rural banks may face. At the same time, market mechanisms can promote efficiency-enhancing use of nonlocal funding and limit distortions.
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development; Financial Economics.
Ano: 1997
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/33669

Agricultural Recovery and Individual Land Tenure: Lessons from Central Asia
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Lerman,   Zvi.
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development; Consumer/Household Economics; Farm Management.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/93126

Gewinnentwicklung  und  Betriebsaufgabe  in  der  Landwirtschaft:  Angebotseffekte,  Nachfrageeffekte  und  regionale  Heterogenität
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Margarian,   Anne.
Zusammenfassung: Das Ziel der vorliegenden Arbeit besteht in der Bestimmung der Betriebsaufgabewahrscheinlichkeit verschiedener Betriebstypen im Westen Deutschlands in Abhängigkeit von Gewinnniveau und Gewinnentwicklung. Dabei wird davon ausgegangen, dass die Reaktion der Betriebe auch von der erwarteten Nachhaltigkeit der Gewinnschwankungen sowie von der Betroffenheit anderer Betriebe abhängt. Es wird deshalb auch erwartet, dass die Betriebe in Abhängigkeit vom regionalen Kontext unterschiedlich reagieren. Die Gewinnerwartung der Betriebe wird mithilfe des Testbetriebsnetzes des BMELV geschätzt. Die Betriebsaufgabewahrscheinlichkeit wird in einem zweiten Schritt anhand der flächendeckenden Daten der Agrarstrukturerhebung in einem logistischen Modell für...
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Agrarstrukturwandel; Betriebsaufgabeentscheidung; Heterogene Effekte; Nachbarschaftseffekte; Farm structural change; Farm-exit decision; Heterogeneous effects; Neighbour-hood effects; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Industrial Organization; Land Economics/Use; D22; D92; L16; L23; Q12.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/102643

The Economic Impact of Drought on the Whitewater Rafting Industry in Colorado
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Shrestha,   Prabhakar; Schoengold,   Karina.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development; Risk and Uncertainty.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/61873

TOWARD A DEVELOPMENT POLICY FOR RURAL AMERICA: DISCUSSION
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Smith,   Stephen M.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 1988
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/28840

BUSINESS VOLATILITY AND ECONOMIC GROWTH IN CORE AND PERIPHERAL AREAS: UPPER MIDWEST REGION (USA) VERSUS NORDIC COUNTRIES AND BALTIC RIM
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Maki,   Wilbur R.; Reynolds,   Paul.
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 1992
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/13629

A Dynamic Model of Household Location, Regional Growth and Endogenous Natural Amenities with Cross-Scale Interactions
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Irwin,   Elena G.; Jayaprakash,   Ciriyam; Chen,   Yong.
We develop a coupled model of regional migration and lake ecology to study the influence of ecological-economic interactions and relative time scales on transient and asymptotic dynamics.  Cross-scale interactions fundamentally change system dynamics by eliminating steady states that are present in the decoupled economic model and introduce important time dependence.  We find that the relative time scales of interacting variables are a key determinant in system dynamics and resilience and that the system's asymptotic behavior cannot be determined without considering the full dynamics of the system.  Other time-dependent effects are found to matter, e.g., when households base their perceptions of environmental amenities on past observation, a path...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/9888

IN-MIGRANTS TO NORTH DAKOTA: A SOCIOECONOMIC PROFILE
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Leistritz,   F. Larry; Sell,   Randall S.
This study describes basic socioeconomic characteristics of new residents to North Dakota, the factors motivating their move, and their satisfaction with the North Dakota communities where they live. Data came from a 1997 survey of more than 700 new residents. New residents who responded to the survey were generally younger than the North Dakota population overall; about two-thirds were between 21 and 40 years old.  The educational level of the migrants was also higher than that of the state's population overall; 47 percent of the new residents were college graduates and an additional 35 percent reported some college or post-secondary vocational/trade school attendance.  About 48 percent of the new residents had previous ties to North Dakota. The new...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: In-migrants; New residents; Socioeconomic characteristics; North Dakota; Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 1998
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/23353

Modern Supply Chains and Product Innovation: How Can Smallholder Farmers Benefit?
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Schipmann,   Christin; Qaim,   Matin.
There is an emerging body of literature analysing how smallholder farmers in developing countries can benefit from modern supply chains. However, most of the available studies concentrate on export markets and fail to capture spillover effects that modern supply chains may have on local markets. Here, we analyse the case of sweet pepper in Thailand, which was initially introduced as a product innovation in modern supply chains, but which is now widely traded also in more traditional markets. Using survey data from smallholder farmers and econometric techniques, we show that sweet pepper cultivation contributes significantly to higher household incomes. Strikingly, at this stage, participation in modern supply chains does not lead to higher incomes than...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Adoption; Duration analysis; Impact assessment; Modern supply chains; Product innovation; Sweet pepper; Thailand; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Marketing; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods; C21; C25; C41; Q13.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/51046

Rural policy for the 21st century
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Dorr,   Thomas C.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/48729

Using Empirical Information in the Era of HIV/AIDS to Inform Mitigation and Rural Development Strategies: Selected Results from African Country Studies
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Mather,   David; Donovan,   Cynthia; Jayne,   Thomas S.; Weber,   Michael T.
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development; Health Economics and Policy; Downloads July 2008-March 2009: 7.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/11444

LIVING STANDARD, QUALITY OF LIFE IN NORTH-EAST HUNGARY BASED ON A SURVEY
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Kiraly,   Zsolt; Takacs,   Istvan.
living standard, quality of life, liveability, North-East Hungary, regional differences, questionnaire survey
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Living standard; Quality of life; Liveability; North-East Hungary; Regional differences; Questionnaire survey; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Labor and Human Capital.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/47549

Empowering Rural People for Their Own Development
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Binswanger,   Hans P.
This Elmhirst lecture first discusses the features of the institutional environment which allow rural people in low income countries to design, plan and implement their own rural development. These are divided into two broad groups: the institutional environment for rural development (environment for the private sector, communities and civil society, local government, and sector institutions) and the many factors governing profitability of investment in agriculture. While in many poor countries the institutional environment has improved over the last 20 years, the most poorly performing countries still have by far the poorest environment for local government in the world. Within an empowering institutional environment, the rate of agricultural and rural...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/25713

LABOR MARKET DISTORTIONS, RURAL-URBAN INEQUALITY AND THE OPENING OF CHINA'S ECONOMY
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Zhai,   Fan; Hertel,   Thomas W.; Wang,   Zhi.
This paper evaluates the impact of some key labor market reforms on rural-urban inequality and income distribution, using a household-disaggregated, recursive dynamic computable general equilibrium (CGE) model of China. We also explore how these factor market reforms interact with product market reforms currently underway as part of China's WTO accession process. The simulation results show that the reforms in rural land rental market and Hukou system, as well as increasing off-farm labor mobility would reduce the urban-rural income ratio dramatically. Furthermore, the combination of WTO accession and factor market reforms improves both efficiency and equality significantly.
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development; Labor and Human Capital.
Ano: 2003
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/28688

An Evolutionary Edge of Knowing Less (or: On the "Curse" of Global Information)
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Stark,   Oded; Behrens,   Doris A.
Consider a population of farmers who live around a lake. Each farmer engages in trade with his two adjacent neighbors. The trade is governed by a prisoner’s dilemma “rule of engagement.” A farmer’s payoff is the sum of the payoffs from the two prisoner’s dilemma games played with his two neighbors. When a farmer dies, his son takes over. The son decides whether to cooperate or defect by considering the actions taken and the payoffs received by the most prosperous members of the group comprising his own father and a set of his father’s neighbors. The size of this set, which can vary, is termed the “span of information.” It is shown that a larger span of information can be detrimental to the stable coexistence of cooperation and defection, and that in...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Span of interaction; Span of information; Imitation; Social welfare; Community/Rural/Urban Development; D83; R12; O4.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/49924

SUSTAINABLE COUNTRYSIDE AND COMPETITIVENESS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Szlavik,   Janos; Csete,   Maria.
Sustainability, which is a way of thinking, life, production and consumption, covers all dimensions of human existence, its relation to natural resources, the economy and society. Sustainability can be the solution, beside research and development processes, to global problems like globalising economy and market competition, global warming, poverty and famine. United Nations’ actions from Rio to Johannesburg and EU decisions seem to underpin this. Well intentioned efforts up to the present have been made on global level with few results. Therefore it is necessary to implement sustainability on regional and local sub-regional, company level. Sustainability is getting into the centre of expectations and actions. It is very likely that only regions and...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development; Environmental Economics and Policy; Public Economics; Sustainability on regional level; Settlements; Investigations - fenntarthatóság regionális szintje; Települések; Beruházások.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/54341

Mechanisms of Socio-Economic Change in Rural Areas of Developing Countries: An Overview
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Hardaker,   J. Brian; Jarrett,   Frank G.
This paper is an introduction to the Development Studies Conference and an overview of the four main topics that were the focus of conference discussion. A survey of the evolution of development thought serves to introduce the presentation of nine hypotheses. The latter provide a framework for comment upon the four conference themes: household and village economy; the economics of institutional change; the economics of new technology adaptation and adoption; and overall planning and the economics of human resource and infrastructure development. Not unexpectedly, the chief conclusion is that there is no magic formula for development.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 1993
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/9583

QUARTERLY ECONOMETRIC MODEL AND FORECASTS OF THE MINNESOTA AND U.S. IRON MINING INDUSTRY
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Lyche,   Harald C.; Maki,   Wilbur R.
The Report projects quarterly production and stock levels for the Minnesota and U.S. iron mining industry to the year 2000. Projections of Minnesota's iron industry employment are subsequently derived from the production forecasts. Ordinary least squares regression techniques are used to analyze the seasonality patterns that existed between 1955 and 1978. The regression equations, based on the quarterly data, were calibrated so they could be used to seasonalize the annual iron ore consumption, production and import projections developed by the U.S. Bureau of Mines. Alternate industry forecast series are presented to facilitate comparison with the yearly baseline projection series.
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 1979
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/13890

ECONOMIC SITUATION OF MOLDAVIANS FARM ENTERPRISES
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Cimpoies,   Dragos; Schulze,   Eberhard.
The given Discussion Paper represents the results of a questionnaire, conducted in 2003, on basic economic questions in 104 Moldavian farm enterprises. The received results continue the cycle of research activities concerning the privatization and restructuring of farm enterprises in different countries of Central and Eastern Europe, are written on a similar structure, allowing to carry out a comparative analysis between the countries of the region. To some extent, the given paper can be regarded as a continuation of the Discussion Paper 60. As the base for the analysis "the standardized questionnaire" has been put forward, developed by IAMO, being advanced and adapted by the authors to local conditions. Study of the activity of farm enterprises of...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Consolidation; Land lease; Production factors; Buy-sell; Work force; Legal forms; Moldova; Konsolidierung; Verpachtung; Produktionsfaktoren; Kauf und Verkauf; Arbeitskräfte; Rechtsformen; Консолидация; Аренда; Производственные ресурсы; Купля-продажа; Трудовые ресурсы; Организационно-правовые формы; Молдова.; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Farm Management; Industrial Organization; International Development; Labor and Human Capital; Productivity Analysis; С 81; Q12; D25; O1; O4; P3.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/92020

NAREA Awards
Provedor de dados: 31
NAREA Outstanding Master's Thesis Award, NAREA Master's Thesis Award of Merit, NAREA Distinguished Member Awards, NAREA Award for Outstanding Public Service Through Economics, and NAREA's Journal Article of the Year for 2008
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; Agricultural Finance; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Consumer/Household Economics; Crop Production/Industries; Demand and Price Analysis; Environmental Economics and Policy; Farm Management; Financial Economics; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Food Security and Poverty; Health Economics and Policy; Industrial Organization; Institutional and Behavioral Economics; International Development; International Relations/Trade; Labor and Human Capital; Land Economics/Use; Livestock Production/Industries; Marketing; Political Economy; Production Economics; Productivity Analysis; Public Economics; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy; Risk and Uncertainty; Teaching/Communication/Extension/Profession.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/55555

CONSELHOS MUNICIPAIS DE DESENVOLVIMENTO RURAL SUSTENTÁVEL (CMDRS): UMA ANÁLISE DA PARTICPAÇÃO SOCIAL A PARTIR DA SOCIOLOGIA DE PIERRE BOURDIEU
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Souza,   Cleonice Borges De; Caume,   David Jose.
Diante da relevância da temática da participação social na gestão das políticas públicas e considerando ser imprescindível a realização de estudos que tenham por mérito abordar a gestão social das políticas públicas e a participação social – com o levantamento de dados empíricos, do resgate da fala e da percepção dos diferentes agentes sociais, por exemplo –, principalmente aqueles ligados ao desenvolvimento rural, alguns, inclusive, excluídos até bem pouco tempo destas políticas e, que possam contribuir para a compreensão das relações sociais no espaço rural brasileiro, decidimos, a partir de uma perspectiva sociológica, realizar este trabalho, o qual tem por premissa fornecer subsídios à análise das relações sociais que se estabelecem entre os diversos...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Participação social; Desenvolvimento rural; Políticas públicas; CMDRS; Pierre Bourdieu; Social participation; Rural development; Public policy; SRDCC; Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/112627

TAX INCENTIVES: AN EFFECTIVE DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY FOR RURAL COMMUNITIES?
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Rainey,   Daniel V.; McNamara,   Kevin T.
As national and local economies become more globalized, many rural areas are going to find it more difficult to compete for private capital investments.  A traditional tool, modifications to tax policy, of state and local governments will not be as effective (for many communities it has never been effective) in the future.  These communities will need to seek other avenues of growth.  However, for many rural communities even alternative avenues will not lead to enhanced economic opportunity.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agglomeration; Rural development; Tax policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; R51; R58; O21; O23; R11; R38.
Ano: 2002
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/15463

Off-Road Vehicle Recreation in the West: Implications of a Wyoming Analysis
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Thomas,   Foulke; Bastian,   Christopher T.; Taylor,   David T.; Coupal,   Roger H.; Olson,   Desiree.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/92847

Has Kenyan Farmers’ Access to Markets and Services Improved? Panel  Survey Evidence, 1997-2007
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Chamberlin,   Jordan; Jayne,   Thomas S.
This report uses panel data on 1,267 smallholder households to monitor changes in their access to markets and services. We find that Kenyan smallholders’ proximity to infrastructure, markets, and services has improved markedly over the last decade. These improvements, however, have not been uniformly distributed over either time or space. Farmers in high-potential areas of the country continue to enjoy closer proximity to most kinds of markets and services compared to low-potential areas, but the greatest relative improvements over the 1997-2007 period have been in areas of medium and low potential. We also distinguish between public and private investments in examining changes in smallholders’ access to markets. Changes deriving from public investments...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Kenya; Markets; Food security; Africa; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Food Security and Poverty; International Relations/Trade; Marketing; Q18; Q13.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/58545

Role of agriculture in the livelihoods of farm households in Tibet
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Brown,   Colin G.; Waldron,   Scott A.
In its ongoing efforts to identify more socially inclusive forms of development that target households in rural areas of Tibet, the Chinese central government has begun to focus more attention and resources on agricultural modernisation and development. Although agriculture continues to play a pivotal role in rural areas of Tibet, the nature of agriculture and rural society is changing.3 This paper first highlights some of the macro‐level changes that are occurring and some of the underlying drivers behind these changes. It then describes a model used to understand farm household systems at a micro‐level for the main agricultural areas of the Yalong river and its tributaries . The models explore the impact of agricultural innovations and changing...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development; International Development.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/100729

Evaluating the implementation process of LEADER in Romania
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Marquardt,   Doris; Mollers,   Judith.
LEADER supports integrated rural regional development. The programme is characterized by a participatory and bottom-up approach, public-private partnerships, multi-sectoral regional development strategies and innovation. An obligatory Common Monitoring and Evaluation Framework (CMEF) was set up for evaluating EU interventions. The CMEF builds upon sets of common indicators and evaluation questions. Romania, where LEADER is currently introduced, has set national priorities for the programme implementation. For assessing the impact of LEADER in Romania meaningfully, an extension of the CMEF is needed. This paper, identifies and suggests appropriate indicators. Social Network Analysis is proposed as a tool for investigating intangible outcomes of LEADER in a...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: LEADER; Evaluation; Romania; Social network analysis; Common monitoring and evaluation system; Community/Rural/Urban Development; D79; P25; R19; R59.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/94734

Broadband Use by Rural Small Businesses
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Pociask,   Steve.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/33275

An Analysis of Food Grain Consumption in Urban Jiangsu Province of China
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Zheng,   Zhihao; Henneberry,   Shida Rastegari.
The impacts of economic and demographic variables on the demand for food grain commodities in urban Jiangsu province of China are estimated, using both the QUAIDS and the AIDS models. Results show that the demands for wheat flour and coarse grains are price-elastic while the demands for rice and grain products are price-inelastic. Certain demographic variables show as having a significant impact on food grain demand. Finally, a decomposition of causes of changes in rice consumption over the period of 1995–2007 is performed.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: AIDS model; China food grain demand; China urban household demand; Agribusiness; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Crop Production/Industries; Demand and Price Analysis; Farm Management; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; International Development; Production Economics; Public Economics; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods; D12; Q18; Q13.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/90677

Role of Extension in Economic Development
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Brooks,   Rusty.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development; Teaching/Communication/Extension/Profession.
Ano: 1988
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/60019

Benefit-Cost Assessment of Different Homestead Vegetable Gardening on Improving Household Food and Nutrition Security in Rural Bangladesh
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Asaduzzaman,   Md; Naseem,   Anwar; Singla,   Rohit.
Homestead vegetable gardening can play a significant role in improving food security for the resource poor rural households in developing country like Bangladesh. The present study quantifies costs/benefits of traditional and developed homestead vegetable production systems, and analyzes the underlying factors contributing to food security. The result suggests that developed gardening has better performances in terms of calorie intake and economic performances over traditional but the optimal calorie intake with least-cost technology could be a feasible livelihood strategy for resource poor people. The result also suggests that education, sex, and garden area have significant effect on food security. The occupation and family size are also positively...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development; Food Security and Poverty.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/104525

Subcontracting principles of interaction between enterprises of different sizes at a regional level
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Krasavin,   Eugeny.
This paper reviews peculiarities of interaction between enterprises of different sizes at a regional level in Russia on the basis of subcontracting. It defines basic conditions and organizational forms of such interaction related with circumstances of regional economic development. The paper also presents a comparison of American and Japanese subcontracting models considering possibility of borrowing certain specific features for the Russian conditions. It lists stable structures of interaction between small- and large-sized enterprises considering possibility of changing roles in integration schemes. On example of the Nizhny Novgorod region specializing in machine-building and metalworking, the most important peculiarities and perspective lines of...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Subcontracting; Enterprises of different sizes; Small business; Subcontracting models; Regional interaction problems of sectors of different sizes; Roles of large and small enterprises in interaction.; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies; R10; R11.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/94578

Collective Activities for the Management of Rural Common-Pool Resources: A Case Study of Irrigation System from Niigata Prefecture, Japan
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Furuzawa,   Shinichi; Kiminami,   Lily; Kiminami,   Akira.
Generally, an appropriate maintenance and management of the common-pool resources (CPRs) in rural areas can contribute to the enhancement of the “quality of life” of inhabitants through improvement of the local environment, etc. In recent years, with the aging of farm households and the rise in the number of non-farm households, it is becoming increasingly difficult for the farm households alone to maintain and manage the CPRs in the farm villages of Japan. Therefore, the cooperation by beneficiaries including non-farm households is considered to be desirable. However such cooperation may be difficult to achieve, as the participation of non-farm households in the management of such resources leads to the diversification of stakeholders. In this study, we...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Common-pool resources; Diversification of stakeholders; Cost-benefit calculus; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Institutional and Behavioral Economics; Land Economics/Use; Q10; Q2.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/51542

IS ACCESS TO CREDIT LIMITING DIVERSIFICATION AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN RURAL VIRGINIA?
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Kruja,   Zana; Mundy,   Karen; Purcell,   Wayne D.
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 1998
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/14818

SISTEMAS AGRO-FLORESTAIS, TRANSFORMAÇÕES NA AGRICULTURA TRADICIONAL E O DESENVOLVIMENTO LOCAL SUSTENTÁVEL.
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Alves,   Arlete Maria Da Silva.
A implantação dos sistemas agro-florestais por alguns atores e setores sociais e suas instituições de apoio e a formulação sobre o Desenvolvimento Local Sustentável discutidos neste artigo, visam contribuir para o aprofundamento do conhecimento sobre aqueles sistemas, que conciliam o cultivo de alimentos com plantios florestais e alternativas de desenvolvimento, a fim de subsidiar a elaboração de estratégias para a agricultura e setor florestal brasileiros. Inclui uma reflexão sobre os Sistemas Agro-florestais e formulações sobre esta e outras práticas sócio-ambientais e relações sócio-econômicas e político-institucionais que buscam contribuir efetivamente na resolução de desigualdades sócio-econômicas e de degradação ambiental existentes nestes dois...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Sistemas Agro-florestais; Transformações na Agricultura Tradicional e o Desenvolvimento Local Sustentável; Agro-forestry Systems; Conventional Agriculture; Local and Sustainable Development; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/114168

A RECENTE DEMOGRAFIA DA ÁREA RURAL PROPRIAMENTE DITA E O “NOVO RURAL” BRASILEIRO.
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Laurenti,   Antonio Carlos; Grossi,   Mauro Eduardo Del.
A última década do século passado pode ser caracterizada como um curto período de transição na demografia rural brasileira, pois seu início delimitou a interrupção da pretérita tendência de declínio e foi sucedida pelo recente período de lento crescimento da população rural, resultante da expansão do pessoal ocupado em atividade não-agrícola. As descrições disponíveis dessa tendência que inaugurou um novo mundo rural, ainda não demoveram a suspeição sobre sua genérica dispersão na zona rural, pois essa área contém algumas localidades com aglomerações de domicílios minimamente urbanizadas. O intuito básico deste artigo é mostrar os resultados da averiguação, feita com os microdados da PNAD do período de 2001-2006 relativos à União, grandes regiões e estado...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Desenvolvimento rural; Novo rural; Atividade não-agrícola; PEA; PNAD; New rural; Non-agricultural activity; PEA; PNAD; Rural development; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Labor and Human Capital.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/109771

Agri-food business: Global challenges – Innovative solutions
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Swinnen,   Johan F.M.; Vandemartele,   Thijs; Hirschauer,   Norbert; Gaetano,   Martino; Nijhoff-Savvaki,   Rannia; Trienekens,   Jacques H.; Omta,   S.W.F. (Onno); Bachev,   Hrabrin Ianouchev; Bezat-Jarzębowska,   Agnieszka; Jarzebowski,   Sebastian; Paus,   Marguerite; Singh,   Dheeraj; Prahalad,   V.C.; Wangshu,   Lobsang; Bakucs,   Lajos Zoltan; Ferto,   Imre; Havas,   Attila; Ehlers,   Melf-Hinrich; Bojnec,   Stefan; Ferto,   Imre; Levkovych,   Inna; Toth,   Aniko; Forgacs,   Csaba.
The rise of a western-style middle class in many successful emerging economies like China currently is inducing deep structural changes on agricultural world markets and within the global agri-food business. As a result of both higher incomes and concerns over product safety and quality the global demand for high-quality and safe food products is increasing significantly. In order to meet the new required quality, globally minimum quality standards are rising and private standards emerging. All over the world these developments cause adjustments at the enterprise, chain and market levels. At the same time, the tremendously increasing demand for renewable energy has led to the emergence of a highly promising market for biomass production. This has...
Tipo: Book
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; Agricultural Finance; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Industrial Organization; Institutional and Behavioral Economics; International Development; Marketing; Political Economy.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/92317

Privatizing a State Farm in Kazakhstan
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Garcia,   Roberto J.; Silvis,   Anne Heinze.
This dissolution of the Soviet Union served the state-directed linkages between state-owned farms and agribusiness enterprises ordered by the command economic system. Likewise, the dissolution disrupted marketing channels connecting the agricultural sector to a market economy those of other former republics. The transition to a market economy requires a transformation in the political and economic structures of state-owned farms and state-owned agribusiness enterprises. Directors of state-owned farms in Kazakhstan face major challenges. The primary consideration is how the farm should be organized after privatization, that is, whether the farm should be transformed into a cooperative, a joint stockholding company, or divided into several private,...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Kazakhstan; Former Soviet Union; Agricultural sector; Privatization; Market economy; Agribusiness; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Farm Management.
Ano: 1996
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/90377

A turizmus szerepe a Mátravidéken
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: David,   Lorant; Toth,   Geza.
A Mátra településeinek jó része társadalmi-gazdasági problémákkal küzd, melyeket jól jellemez az elvándorlás, a magas munkanélküliség, alacsony vállalkozássűrűség, illetve jövedelem. Az Észak-magyarországi Régióban végzett kutatásainkban már korábban megállapítottuk ezeket a tényeket. A Mátravidék fejlődésének egyik alapja lehetne az idegenforgalom/turizmus, de megállapítható, hogy kereskedelmi szálláshely-ellátottság tekintetében lakosságarányosan jelentősen elmarad a vidéki átlagtól, tehát fejlesztésekre van szükség. Véleményünk szerint elsősorban a meglévő 3 és 4 csillagos szállodák minőségi fejlesztését szükséges végrehajtani. Ha a Mátravidék turizmusa dinamikus fejlődésnek indul, a minőségi szálláshelyek férőhely-kapacitásának növelése is indokolt...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Turizmus; Mátra; Idegenforgalmi statisztika; Tourism; Mátra; Tourism statistics; Agribusiness; Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/92506

Rural areas under urban pressure; Case studies of rural-urban relationships
Provedor de dados: 31
This report presents the results of the European research project on building new relationships in rural areas under urban pressure (RURBAN). The analysis identifies the impact of urban pressure on rural landscapes and the contribution of rural goods and services (RGS) to enhance the rural landscape in Finland, France, Hungary, the Netherlands and Spain. In each country, two case study regions have been selected: a rural area near a metropolitan area and a rural area near a tourist seashore area. Despite the divergent perceptions; of urban pressure, there is an increasing interest in enhancing sustainable territorial rural-urban relationships and integrating the supply of public and private RGS.
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/29080

The importance of obtaining a more balanced relationship between the long and short food chain in the worldwide market for farm and food produce. A contribution to the debate on the capabilities of the short chain.
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Sini,   Maria Paola.
This paper is intended as an approach to the complex matter of the co-existence of long and short chains. It introduces a stimulus to further study these questions more thoroughly, which current market situations lead us to believe will be an interesting field, and one well worthy of consideration. The potentials and limits of short chain efficiency are analyzed in different contexts, in order to help identify its correct collocation in the search for the best combination of the different ways by which products can be released on the markets, with specific reference to the coexistence of the short and long chain. On this regard, a brief examination is also made of the effects of growing wholesaler power and the possibilities of a relevant control. Amongst...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Market; Short chain; Globalisation; Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Labor and Human Capital.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/95342

ECONOMIC GROWTH IN MINNESOTA COMPARED TO NEIGHBORING STATES AND THE NATION AS A WHOLE AND PROJECTIONS TO 1980 AND TO 1990
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Erickson,   Terri; Helmberger,   John D.
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 1976
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/13842

How Would Changes to the Earned Income Tax Credit Affect Rural Recipients?
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Durst,   Ron L.
The earned income tax credit (EITC) has become a major source of income support for low-income rural workers and their families, especially in the South, where the rural poor are concentrated. Program benefits for rural areas are expected to total about $6 billion in 1996, nearly double the 1992 amount, providing benefits to an estimated 4.5 million low-income rural workers and their families. Increasing concerns about escalating costs and the targeting of benefits may result in changes to the EITC program that would reduce both benefit levels and the number of eligible low-income rural workers. Proposed changes to improve the targeting of benefits would exclude many farmers from the program.
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development; Public Economics.
Ano: 1996
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/33743

The Trees and the Bees: Using Enforcement and Income Projects to Protect Forests and Rural Livelihoods Through Spatial Joint Production
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Albers,   Heidi J.; Robinson,   Elizabeth J.Z.
Forest managers in developing countries enforce extraction restrictions to limit forest degradation. In response, villagers may displace some of their extraction to other forests, which generates “leakage” of degradation. Managers also implement poverty alleviation projects to compensate for lost resource access or to induce conservation. We develop a model of spatial joint production of bees and fuelwood that is based on forest-compatible projects such as beekeeping in Thailand, Tanzania, and Mexico. We demonstrate that managers can better determine the amount and pattern of degradation by choosing the location of both enforcement and the forest-based activity.
Tipo: Article
Palavras-chave: Leakage; Spatial; NTFPs; Forest conservation; Livelihoods; Forest degradation; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Environmental Economics and Policy; International Development; Labor and Human Capital; Land Economics/Use; Production Economics; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/120271

Agriculture and The Challenge to Reduce Poverty in East Africa
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Lazaro,   Evelyne A.; Makindara,   Jeremia R.
The three East African (EA) countries Tanzania, Kenya and Uganda have a population of about 95 million people and Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of USD 34.2 billion. In recent years efforts has been made among the three East African countries, towards forging economic and regional co-operation by establishing the East African Community (EAC). The premise for economic and regional co-operation has been underpinned for the need for a common market and boost regional trade. The ultimate goal of these efforts is to achieve one of the international development objectives of increasing growth to 7% a year that is required to reduce income poverty. One of the challenges that East African countries need to tackle in the face of globalisation is the ability to...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Environmental Economics and Policy; Farm Management; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Food Security and Poverty; International Relations/Trade; Land Economics/Use; Marketing; Productivity Analysis; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/52104

Supermarkets, Farm Assets, and Technology Choices: a Duration Analysis of Horticultural Growers in Nicaragua
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Hernandez,   Ricardo; Reardon,   Thomas; Perez,   Francisco Jose; Wiegel,   Jennifer.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Supermarkets; Nicaragua; Horticulture; Small Farmers; Agribusiness; Community/Rural/Urban Development; International Development.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/103883

Comparative Analysis of the Safe Training Performance about Farmers Use Pesticide -Sichuan Province of China as an example
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Wenting,   Song; Xinhong,   Fu; Deping,   Xiong; Yan,   Wang; Lian,   Huang.
The Ministry of Agriculture of People’s Republic of China put in practice in non-hazardous food production and high-toxicity pesticides elimination, which aim at human, food and environmental safety. To investigate 491 farmers in Sichuan Province, the paper analyzes comparatively training content, fixed-point samples, different areas and training influence. The training content focuses on pesticide purchase, label reading, personal protection, container disposal, sprayer maintenance and sprayer cleaning. The results of SPSS statistical software show that there is a significant difference in 30 fixed-point samples between before and after training, and each index has obvious performance. And the results of component score and comprehensive scores of...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Training performance; Farmers; Pesticide; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Environmental Economics and Policy; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Food Security and Poverty; Institutional and Behavioral Economics; Q16.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/49973

La construction de ressources territoriales : l’échalote du plateau dogon (Mali) face à la mondialisation du marché des alliacées.
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Fournier,   S.; Chabrol,   D.; de Bon,   H.; Meyer,   Anne.
This communication aims at the analysis of the construction process of territorial resources which allowed the local system of production / processing of shallot to remain on the Dogon plateau. Complex resources, putting in relation specific know-how and local organizational and institutional devices carried the development of this production and conferred it a certain specificity, recognized by the consumers. It was so able to resist to the new competitions, national, then international. The interest and feasibility of the recording of this product as Geographical Indication is questioned nowadays. If this project can allow opening new markets, fighting against phenomena of usurpation and strengthening local organizations, it is raising the issue of the...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Resources; Shallot; Mali; Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Labor and Human Capital.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/95495

Fear or greed? Duty or solidarity? Motivations and the development of sociocognitive and moral reasoning: experimental evidences from public-goods provision dilemmas
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Meyer,   Leandro Fredrico Ferraz; Braga,   Marcelo Jose.
The paper presents results connecting the participant’s motivations and behaviors in a step-level give some dilemma with the constructs in a selected theory of adult personality systems development including value judgment and moral reasoning.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Public-goods; Experimental economics; Psychosocial development; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Environmental Economics and Policy; Institutional and Behavioral Economics; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods; C72; C92; D74.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/51339

SIMULATING ALTERNATIVE GROWTH POLICY SCENARIOS FOR A METROPOLITAN REGION
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Maki,   Wilbur R.
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 1977
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/13882

APPLICATION OF DISCRETE NORMAL DISTRIBUTION FOR DYNAMIC RURAL RETAIL SECTOR ANALYSIS: PRELIMINARY RESULTS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Harris,   Thomas R.; Shonkwiler,   John Scott; Lin,   Yuanfang.
This paper expands on previous count data models for estimating demand thresholds for rural retail sector counts.  A discrete normal distribution is used for dynamic analysis of rural retail establishment counts.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2001
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/20456

IMPLICAÇÕES DA CRIAÇÃO DE UNIDADES DE CONSERVAÇÃO PARA OS ASSENTADOS DA REFORMA AGRÁRIA: O CASO DO PARQUE NACIONAL DA SERRA DA SERRA DA BODOQUENA E DO ASSENTAMENTO CANAÃ
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Pereira,   Marcio De Araujo; Tredezini,   Cicero Antonio Oliveira; Lima,   Deise Guadalupe.
Este artigo tem como objetivo analisar as implicações sociais, econômicas e ambientais resultantes da criação do Parque Nacional da Serra da Bodoquena para a comunidade de assentados do Projeto de Assentamento Canaã, verificando-se empiricamente a ação da presença de uma unidade de conservação federal do porte de um Parque Nacional na dinâmica de um assentamento. Metodologicamente o estudo baseou-se nas três dimensões do Desenvolvimento Sustentável propostos pela World Comission on Environmental Development - WCED (1987): Sociedade, Economia e Meio Ambiente, desmembrados em fatores ou critérios de sustentabilidade propostos por Altieri (1989) acrescidos ainda da metodologia para análise de sustentabilidade apresentada por Fernandez (1995). No transcorrer...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Assentamentos Rurais; Agricultura familiar; Unidades de Conservação; Parques Nacionais; Desenvolvimento Sustentável; Rural Settlements; Familiar Agriculture; Conservartion Units; National Parks; Sustainable Development; Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/109712

MINNESOTA'S SHIFT TO SERVICES: ITS IMPACT ON JOBS, INCOME, AND TAXES
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Maki,   Wilbur R.
Economic trends depicting recent shifts of total employment in Minnesota to services-producing industries are presented for comparison with corresponding trends in personal income and state receipts. In this report, simple tabular presentations accompany the discussion of these trends and their immediate and long-term implications for the Minnesota economy. A shift-share model was used to partition the external and local sources of employment change which accounted for the industry employment shifts in the 1975-1980 period.
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 1981
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/13717

A METHODOLOGICAL INQUIRY INTO THE DETERMINATION OF THE RURAL-URBAN INTERFACE
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Davidson,   Claud M.; Bell,   Thomas M.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 1977
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/32175

Health Disparities in Rural Georgia: A Case Study of Liberty, Long, and McIntosh Counties
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Amponsah,   William A.; Fuller,   Whitney; Gibbison,   Godfrey.
Health disparities can be defined as differences in the health status among distinct segments of the population including differences that occur by gender, race or ethnicity, education, income, disability, or living in various geographic localities.  When populations are disproportionately unhealthy, they are likely to be unable to maintain steady employment, and are more likely to rely on government assistance and support from others.  We conduct a case study of three rural counties; Liberty, Long, and McIntosh to explore what factors explain the incidence of health disparities manifested in high blood pressure and heart disease.  We test the hypotheses that older individuals are more likely to experience illness at a higher rate than the rest of the...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Health disparities; High blood pressure; Heart disease; Rural community; Logistic model; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Health Economics and Policy; I100; I120; I180.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/56562

Efficiency of selected risk management instruments. An empirical analysis of risk reduction in Kazakhstani crop production
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Heidelbach,   Olaf.
Kazakhstan’s agricultural sector plays an important role in the country's economy. Not only does it function as an economic output producer, it also serves as a social buffer in times of transition to a market economy. The restructuring process had a strong impact on the economic performance of agricultural enterprises. As the state no longer functions as a back-up financier in times of economic downturn, farmers have to find their own sustainable instruments to manage business risks, which are significant in Kazakhstan due to the acute continental climate and the resulting revenue fluctuations. This thesis is an integral part of the research project "Crop Insurance in Kazakhstan – Options for Building a Sound, Institution Promoting Agricultural...
Tipo: Thesis or Dissertation
Palavras-chave: Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Crop Production/Industries; Industrial Organization; Productivity Analysis; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/92323

Using Broadband to Make Rural Michigan a Better Place to Live and Work (PowerPoint)
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Zimmer,   Scott.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/8050

Giving Chance to Indigenous Knowledge In Developing Sustainable Nutrition Improvement Interventions
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Kondwani,   Charles Nanchukwa.
A study was conducted in Nsanje district in Malawi to find out the potential of locally available resources in coming up with sustainable nutrition interventions. 60% of malnourished children had their nutrition states improved within twelve days of feeding on locally available foods.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Environmental Economics and Policy; Farm Management; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Food Security and Poverty; International Relations/Trade; Marketing; Productivity Analysis; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/52213

SARA LEE FOODS TAKES FLIGHT: AN ECONOMIC IMPACT ANALYSIS OF A TURKEY PLANT CLOSURE
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Burrows,   Spencer Antonio; Cheney,   Laura Martin; Rahn,   Allan P.
In 1998, the Sara Lee Corporation implemented a corporate strategy of deverticalization. Bil Mar Foods, Inc., a subsidiary of Sara Lee responsible for the processing of packaged meat products, followed the strategy by shutting down its turkey slaughter facility in Zeeland, Michigan. As a consequence, turkey growers in Michigan were left with no viable outlet for live bird slaughter and the potential end of live bird production in the region. This study analyzes the economic impact associated with the cessation of live bird slaughter at the Bil Mar Foods plant. The economic consequences may be as high as an $81 million loss in total industry output, a $29 million loss in income, and a total employment loss of nearly 800 jobs.  Faced with these economic...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Impact analysis; Plant closure; Turkey industry; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Livestock Production/Industries.
Ano: 2002
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/14720

DIFFERENTIATION AND SYNERGIES IN RURAL TOURISM: EVIDENCE FROM ISRAEL
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Tchetchik,   Anat; Fleischer,   Aliza; Finkelshtain,   Israel.
This paper applies a discrete-choice framework with product differentiation to model the rural tourism industry in Israel and to jointly estimate the effect of lodging and farm characteristics on consumer preferences and firms' costs. The model accounts for heterogeneity in tastes and technologies and allows for unobservable product characteristics. We find evidence for technological synergy in joint production of farming and rural hospitality, but none in the demand. The differentiation in the industry is vast and is the major contributor to the price-cost margin, which averages 62%. An additional minor cause are government regulations, which restrict supply. Simulation results demonstrate the growth potential of the industry and show that the government...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Rural tourism; Differentiated goods; Oligopoly markup; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Q10; L11; L83.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/7178

Measuring Retail Service Quality in Farm Supply Cooperatives
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Wilson,   Norbert L.W.; Hall,   Thomas; Fields,   Deacue.
Based on the Retail Service Quality Scale (RSQS), we develop a tool for mangers of local farm cooperative stores to assess which customer service groups matter to their customers. Principal component analysis (PCA) reveals three customer groups. The results of the multinomial logit model showed younger patrons and homeowners are likely to deem customer service and personal interaction as important. Customers, who consider appearance and accessibility as important, are college graduates and persons dependent on farming. Older patrons and wildlife enthusiasts are likely to view the policies and reliability as important factors of service quality.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agricultural Cooperatives; Retail Service Quality Scale (RSQS); Service Quality (SERVQUAL); Principal Competent Analysis (PCA); Multinomial Logit.; Agribusiness; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Demand and Price Analysis; Farm Management; Q13; M30; C25.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/100763

Retail Trade Area Analysis Hillsboro North Dakota
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Bangsund,   Dean A.; Leistritz,   F. Larry; Wanzek,   Janet K.; Zetocha,   Dale F.; Bastow-Shoop,   Holly E.
This report is intended to provide an indepth trade area analysis of Hillsboro, North Dakota. Specific analyses included determining Hillsboro's main and greater trade areas, identifying the demographic profile of Hillsboro shoppers, examining important and less important services for patron shoppers of Hillsboro, identifying neighboring cities that area shoppers patronize, determining distances area shoppers traveled to Hillsboro, and listing popular newspapers and radio stations among area residents. Current trade area information for Hillsboro was obtained from a statewide trade area survey conducted by the Department of Agricultural Economics at North Dakota State University in 1989. Recent trends (1980 to 1989) in Hillsboro population, retail sales,...
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development; Financial Economics.
Ano: 1991
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/51280

Examining Factors Affecting Population Change in the Southern United States: An Ongoing Case Study
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Hill,   Anquinette; Gyawali,   Buddhi Raj; Banerjee,   Swagata (Ban).
Urban sprawl and rural rebound are major foci of recent regional economic studies. Using 1980 and 2000 Census data from 11 southern states, binary logit regressions of population changes in rural-and-metropolitan counties and Black Belt-and-non-Black Belt counties reveal education, poverty, employment, and age differences are related to population changes.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: African Americans; Black Belt; Census; Population change; Rural rebound; Urban Sprawl; Southern; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Labor and Human Capital.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/56598

Policy Space for Mexican Maize: Protecting Agro-biodiversity by Promoting Rural Livelihoods
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Wise,   Timothy A.
Since the introduction of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) in 1994, traditional maize farmers in Mexico have faced difficult economic conditions. In barely more than a decade, as many as one million farmers may have abandoned their land under economic pressure from rising imports, low prices for maize and other traditional crops, weak local and regional demand, and large reductions in public sector support for agriculture. The losses are environmental as well as economic. With the loss of traditional maize, there has been a documented loss of the agricultural biodiversity of which these farmers and their ancestors have been stewards for centuries. With maize trade scheduled to be fully liberalized under NAFTA in 2008, many farm groups are...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; Agricultural Finance; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Crop Production/Industries; Demand and Price Analysis; Environmental Economics and Policy; Farm Management; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Food Security and Poverty; Industrial Organization; Institutional and Behavioral Economics; International Development; International Relations/Trade; Labor and Human Capital; Land Economics/Use; Political Economy; Production Economics; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/37278

SMALL AREA APPLICATIONS OF INPUT-OUTPUT
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Maki,   Wilbur R.
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 1970
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/13776

SUSTAINABILITY OF AGRICULTURE IN DANUBE BASIN AREA
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Popovic,   Vesna; Saric,   Radojica; Jovanovic,   Marijana.
Review article
Tipo: Article
Palavras-chave: Sustainability; Agriculture; Production systems; Danube basin area; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Environmental Economics and Policy; Q 01.
Ano: 2012
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/123960

ECONOMIC EFFECTS OF COPPER-NICKEL DEVELOPMENT IN NORTHEAST MINNESOTA
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Maki,   Wilbur R.; Meagher,   Patrick D.; Laulainen,   Leonard A., Jr.
Computer simulations of industry gross output, employment and earnings changes associated with alternative copper-nickel development scenarios are presented in this report. The direct and indirect economic effects of seven development scenarios are projected for a mining impact Study Area in St. Louis County, Minnesota.
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 1979
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/13991

REGIONAL IMPACTS OF ALTERNATIVE ENERGY ALLOCATION STRATEGIES
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Maki,   Wilbur R.; Knobloch,   Peter C.
In this paper we report on the development and use of an information system for state or regional energy planning which attempts to deal with both external effects and information needs. A regional economic model is included as an integral part of the information system. External impacts of alternative energy allocation rules are simulated and criteria for evaluating these impacts are presented.
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 1974
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/14107

Residential Broadband Availability: Evidence from Kentucky and North Carolina
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Renkow,   Mitch.
I analyze the determinants of county-level broadband availability to gauge the extent to which the rural-urban broadband gap has narrowed and the factors that underlie that narrowing. Using data that have been collected by organizations tracking and promoting broadband in Kentucky and North Carolina, I find that in both states the rural-urban availability gap has indeed narrowed substantially, although there appears to be a limit on the extent to which broadband service will extend into the least densely populated counties. Among rural counties, availability rates increase systematically with the size of the county’s urbanized population.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Broadband availability; Digital divide; Rural development; Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/117768

Transaction costs and transaction benefits associated with the process of PGI/PDO registration in Austria
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Penker,   M.; Klemen,   F.
Since 1992, the European Union protects names of regional foods as Protected Designation of Origin (PDO) or Protected Geographical Indication (PGI). Besides direct benefits such as higher prices or the protection from unfair competition, researchers and rural development agents emphasize the indirect benefits resulting from an intensified interaction of producers, processers and retailers during the registration process. Based on a comparative case study in Austria, this paper analyses the relation of transaction costs and transaction benefits associated with the registration process of two PGIs. Whereas one case was based on extensive outsourcing to a private consultancy (for just under 50,000 Euro + 160 working hours invested by the producers over 3.5...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Transaction costs; Registration process; Protected Geographical Indication; Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Labor and Human Capital.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/95213

FUTURE ROLE OF SMALL COMMUNITIES: INTERREGIONAL COMPARISONS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Maki,   Wilbur R.
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 1969
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/14078

TRADE ANALYSIS OF RETAIL AND SERVICE INDUSTRIES IN NORTH DAKOTA FOR PLANNING LOCAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Bhuyan,   Sanjib.
Trade analysis of retail and service sectors allows economic development practioners to evaluate the performance of these sectors in their respective communities.  Estimation of market potential identifies specific business categories (e.g., computer stores) that have potential for further growth.  Trade analysis of retail and service sectors in North Dakota shows that except in a few urban counties, such as Cass, Grand Forks, or Burleigh, these sectors were inefficient in retaining and attracting customer dollars.  Market potential estimation of over 130 specific business categories showed that a considerable number of business categories have potential for further growth, e.g., computer and software stores, used merchandise stores, and heavy construction...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Trade analysis; Market potential; Economic development; Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 1996
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/23332

Migration of Husbands, Remittances and Agricultural Production: Impacts when Wives Head Households in Rural Kenya
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Kiriti,   Tabitha; Tisdell,   Clement A.
This paper uses data collected from migrant's wives in the Nyeri district of Kenya. The main objective is to determine whether migration and remittances contribute to the development  of agriculture. Our results suggest that most migrants are pushed out of rural areas, belong to the group of low-paid workers in urban areas, send little and irregular remittances to their wives back in rural areas and that these remittances are mainly used for consumption purposes and do not contribute to any significant development in agriculture. Our results also indicate that altruism or social obligation might be the main reason for migrants sending remittances to their rural wives.
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Migration; Remittances; Female-headed households; Rural investment; Agricultural development; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Institutional and Behavioral Economics.
Ano: 2001
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/100211

Discussion: Applications and Innovations in Spatial Econometrics
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: LeSage,   James P.
These articles provide a discussion of studies presented in a session on spatial econometrics, focusing on the ability of spatial regression models to quantify the magnitude of spatial spillover impacts. Both articles presented argue that a proper modeling of spatial spillovers is required to truly understand the phenomena under study, in one case the impact of climate change on land values (or crop yields) and in the second the role of regional industry composition on regional business establishment growth.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Lagged variables; Panel data; Spatial spillovers; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Environmental Economics and Policy; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy; C33; C51.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/113519

Preliminary Investigation Into The Benefits From Investments In Environmental Research: Case Studies on Water Clarity/Quality and  The Biological Management of Possums
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Cullen,   Ross; Hughey,   Kenneth F.D.; Meyer-Hubbert,   Gerit; Bicknell,   Kathryn; Meister,   Anton D.; Smallman,   Clive; Su-Wuen,   Ong.
MoRST is performing an evaluation of the funds invested in environmental research. The two case studies discussed in this paper contribute to the ongoing decision-making about this investment. Substantial funds have been invested in both research programmes identified. Because the main benefits associated with research output are environmental, they are difficult to value monetarily. Preliminary analysis suggests that at a discount rate of 6%, annual future benefit flows of $7 - $10 million will justify the water quality/clarity research. The expenditure on possum biocontrol will be justified if the research generates an annual future benefit flow of $20 million.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Cost benefit analysis; Returns to research; Environmental research; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Environmental Economics and Policy; Land Economics/Use; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/97788

Ownership and Investment Behaviour in Transition Countries: A Case Study of Collective and Corporate Farms in the Czech Republic
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Curtiss,   Jarmila; Ratinger,   Tomas; Medonos,   Tomas.
Cooperative and corporate farms have retained an important role for agricultural production in many transition countries of Central and Eastern Europe. Despite this importance, these farms' ownership structure, and particularly the ownership's effect on their investment activity, which is vital for efficient restructuring and the sector's future development, are still not well understood. This paper explores the ownership-investment relationship using data on Czech farms from 1997 to 2008. We allow for ownership-specific variability in farm investment behaviour analyzed by utilizing an errorcorrection accelerator model. Empirical results suggest significant differences in the level of investment activity, responsiveness to market signals, investment...
Tipo: Working Paper
Palavras-chave: Ownership; Investment behaviour; Collective and Corporate Farms; Czech Republic; Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2012
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/122841

Evolution of Income and Fiscal Disparity in Rural China
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Yao,   Yi; Fan,   Shenggen.
This paper's goal is to increase the understanding of the income and fiscal inequality trends in rural China. Using a comprehensive county-level panel dataset between 1993 and 2002, we describe the dynamic changes in national, regional and provincial inequality measures for income, fiscal spending and local revenues respectively. We examine how the coastal-inland gap, the inter-province gap, and the gap between poor and non-poor counties contribute to the growth of inequality, and devise a decomposition approach to investigate the order of inter-group inequality's contribution to the overall inequality in a multi-tier hierarchical economy. Our major finding reveals that after a turning point, 1998, most income and fiscal inequality trends started to grow...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Regional inequality; Inequality decomposition; Fiscal equalization; Fiscal decentralization; Soft budget constraint; Community/Rural/Urban Development; D3; O18; H3.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/25671

Non-Farm Rural Activities (NFRA) in a Peasant Economy: The Case of the North Peruvian Sierra
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Velazco,   Jackeline.
Is it feasible to increase income and generate employment in the context of a traditional labour intensive rural industry with strong linkages to an agriculturally backward economy? In order to address this issue, primary data from four villages of Peruvian North Sierra was used. The case of the hat making activity, employing exclusively family labour, purchasing the main input (straw, paja de palma) from Ecuador, and with consumers concentrated on villages and small towns, was investigated. The analysis was made at the market level. Considering the context of a self-employment activity, a theoretical framework was developed to explain the determinants of labour demand, input demand, hat output and labour return. Demand and supply constraints to the...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Non-farm rural activities; Self-employment activity; Peasant economy; Peru; Community/Rural/Urban Development; D12; D21; Q12.
Ano: 2003
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/25817

Reducing Automobile Dependency on Campus: Evaluating the Impact TDM Using Stated Preferences
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Barla,   Philippe; Lapierre,   Nathanael; Alvarez Daziano,   Ricardo; Herrmann,   Markus.
In this paper, we evaluate the potential impacts of travel demand management strategies to reduce the commuting mode share of automobiles using stated preference data. The analysis is carried out on members of Université Laval in Quebec City (Canada). We measure the impact of travel time and cost as well as attitudes toward automobile, public transit and the environment. We find elasticities with respect to time and cost parameters that are low implying that large changes are required to have a noticeable impact. We find however that combining several policy interventions is more effective. Policies aiming at reducing automobile dependency by changing attitudes do not appear to be particularly effective.
Tipo: Working Paper
Palavras-chave: Mode choice; Stated preferences; Travel demand management; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy; R41; R48; Q58.
Ano: 2012
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/121311

Are Revolving Loan Funds A Better Way To Finance Rural Development?
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Mikesell,   James J.; Wallace,   George B.
Revolving loan funds (RLF's) operate, in principle, by issuing new loans as old loans are repaid. Although best suited to increasing credit access for viable firms that lack alternative funding sources, many RLF's are assisting local businesses in need of capital but financially nonviable. Two major problems arise when RLF's are used to transfer this kind of public subsidy to failing businesses: (1) RLF's require periodic refunding to avoid continued erosion of their capital base and (2) in lending money to high-risk borrowers, RLF's experience high loss rates.
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development; Financial Economics.
Ano: 1996
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/33713

Trade-offs between Shopping Bags Made of Non-degradable Plastics and Other Materials, Using Latent Class Analysis: The Case of Tianjin, China
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Chan-Halbrendt,   Catherine; Fang,   Di; Yang,   Fang.
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Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: White pollution; Plastic bag ban; Conjoint choice experiment; Willingness to pay; Latent class analysis; China; Degradable plastics; Cloth; Paper; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Consumer/Household Economics; Environmental Economics and Policy; Q1.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/92561

ECONOMIC PROFILE OF BILLINGS COUNTY
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Bangsund,   Dean A.; Leistritz,   F. Larry.
Policies affecting the use of public lands can have direct consequences for industries that rely on outputs from those lands. In recent years, environmental concerns have prompted a revisiting of the policies governing the use of those lands.  Subsequently, alternative policies have been proposed that would move the management of some public lands away from the concepts of "multiple use" to those of limited access or wilderness designations, ultimately eliminating many consumptive uses on those lands.  Thus, for industries and regional economies relying on public resources, it is necessary to (1) draw attention to the economic importance of those lands, (2) identify the potential consequences of changes in their management and use, and (3) develop plans...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Public land use; Economic base analysis; Basic sector industries; North Dakota.; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Land Economics/Use.
Ano: 1996
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/23180

LEVANTAMENTO ETNOBOTÂNICO E ETNOFARMACOLÓGICO DE PLANTAS MEDICINAIS UTILIZADAS POR COMUNIDADES RURAIS DE MUTUÍPE-BA INTEGRANTES DO “PROJETO ERVAS”
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Silva,   Marcos Paulo Leite Da; Almassy Junior,   Alexandre Americo; Silva,   Franceli Da; Silva,   Mariluce Da.
O emprego de plantas medicinais na recuperação da saúde tem ocorrido e vem evoluindo ao longo dos tempos. É comum o cultivo de plantas medicinais nos quintais das residências dos agricultores. Quando necessário àqueles que não cultivam recorrem aos vizinhos para obtenção de ramos de plantas.  O Projeto “Ervanário Regional de Valorização da Agroecologia Familiar e da Saúde – ERVAS” - visa proporcionar a diminuição dos gastos do poder público municipal com a aquisição de medicamentos convencionais, disponibilizando manipulados elaborados a partir das plantas medicinais, adquiridas dos agricultores familiares, aos usuários do Sistema Único de Saúde – SUS. Uma das pesquisas de campo, relatada neste artigo, foi desenvolvida de setembro de 2006 à janeiro de 2007...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Conhecimento tradicional; Desenvolvimento rural; Políticas públicas; Fitoterapia; Knowledge traditional; Rural development; Public policy; Phytotherapy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Health Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/117272

Establishment of a Novel Agricultural Science and Technology Service System in Beijing
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Chen,   Junhong; Zhou,   Liandi.
Guiding ideology and objective of new agricultural science and technology service system in Beijing City are introduced based on the development status of agricultural science and technology service system in Beijing. Then, the six components of new agricultural science and technology service system in Beijing City are analyzed, which are government department system, public welfare extension agency system for agricultural technology, agrotechnical extension agent system at village level, scientific research institution system, peasants economic cooperative organization system, and agriculture-related enterprise system. And the three transmission routes of agricultural science and technology service are also put forward, such as public welfare service...
Tipo: Thesis or Dissertation
Palavras-chave: Beijing; China; A novel science and technology service; System construction; Extension organization; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Industrial Organization; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies; Teaching/Communication/Extension/Profession.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/55903

Village inequality in Western China: implications for development strategy in lagging regions
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Xing,   Li; Fan,   Shenggen; Luo,   Xiaopeng; Zhang,   Xiaobo.
Increased regional inequality has been a major concern in many emerging economies like China, India, Vietnam and Thailand. However, even a large inequality is observed within the lagging regions. The objective of this paper is to look into what are the sources of within region inequality using the community surveys and a census type of households in Western China.  This snapshot view of inequality within and between rural villages in western China is based on a census-type household survey in three administrative villages and a sampling survey of 286 natural villages in the poor province of Guizhou in 2004. In contrast to coastal regions, nonfarm income is distributed unevenly in this inland western region. This accounts for the largest share of overall...
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Rural Development; Poverty; Inequality; Public investment; Community/Rural/Urban Development; H54; O47; O53; R11.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/55403

THE ROLE OF THE EUROPEAN RESEARCH NETWORKS IN RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Voicilas,   Dan Marius; Cvijanovic,   Gorica; Mijajlovic,   Nada.
The present paper intends to present “a short history” of a young research network established a few years ago. The network has already a European cover and impact. Its activity was very intense and the results over expectations. Moreover, the cohesion among members makes possible the development of the activity for the future. By this article we want to give an example of a “good practice” in this field. Could be an example for other networks, institutes, research centres and researcher of how an idea can become reality.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Europe; Networks; Rural Development; Experience; Agribusiness; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Labor and Human Capital; Teaching/Communication/Extension/Profession.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/57402

INTEGRATED REGIONAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Maki,   Wilbur R.
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 1969
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/14049

Case Studies of E-Commerce Activity in Rural and Small Town Businesses
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Markley,   Deborah M.; Barkley,   David L.; Lamie,   R. David.
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/112894

Evaluating rural development policy - review of the CMEF
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Huelemeyer,   Kerstin; Schiller,   Simone.
With the Common Monitoring and Evaluation Framework (CMEF) a guidance document for evaluation of rural development policy has been published by the European Commission. The CMEF defines the requirements on monitoring and evaluation and specifies a limited number of quantitative common indicators applicable to each programme. While in general the introduction of the CMEF is considered as being a helpful tool for carrying out evaluation, substantial criticism has been expressed regarding the suggested methodological approach and the provided set of impact indicators. Based on qualitative analyses, this article focuses on contributing to a better understanding of the evaluation process in order to learn from stakeholder perceptions and draw conclusions on how...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Evaluation; CMEF; Indicators; Political economy; Success factors; Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/94920

The Preferences of Trieste Inhabitants for the Re-use of the Old Port: A Conjoint Choice Experiment
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Massiani,   Jerome; Rosato,   Paolo.
In many developed countries, abandoned (derelict or underused) industrial areas often occupy important parts of the cities. This raises issues about the possibilities of reusing these areas as well as on the conservation of industrial heritage they often entail. Conjoint Analysis (CA) can shed light on these issues as it can elicit the preferences of inhabitants for different scenarios of reuse. So far, only a limited number of applications of CA have been made on this topic. In this article, we present the results of a CA experiment on the reuse of a large, mainly abandoned, port area in Trieste (Italy) featuring buildings with some historical and industrial heritage value. Three hundred computer assisted interviews have been made on a representative...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Land Use; Port; Trieste; Conjoint Analysis; Land Economics/Use; Community/Rural/Urban Development; H43; R52; R10.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/44224

Desarrollo metodológico para la valoración de los elementos funcionales de Sistemas Agroalimentarios Localizados
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Rodriguez-Borray,   Gonzalo.
El problema operativo principal de la multifuncionalidad es valorar las diferentes funciones que desempeñan los sistemas de producción agrícola, teniendo en cuenta que la mayor parte de estas funciones corresponden a bienes o servicios no comerciales, que no tienen un precio especificado en el mercado. Con el fin de desarrollar una metodología de identificación y valoración de las funciones relevantes de los Sistemas Agroalimentarios Localizados se adelantó un estudio aplicado a tres concentraciones de agroindustria rural basadas en la producción de panela en Colombia1.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Multifuncionalidad; Agroindustria Rural; Panela.; Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Labor and Human Capital.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/95225

KELLOGG FOUNDATION'S INTEREST IN RURAL LEADERSHIP
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Rapp,   Gene.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 1977
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/17071

Profitability and Technical Efficiency of Sweet Potato Production in Nigeria
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Adewumi,   Matthew Olaniyi; Adebayo,   Fatimoh. A.
This study examined the economics of sweet potato production in Kwara State of Nigeria. The study was conducted within the framework of the rural farming households who constitute the backbone of the Nigerian agricultural sector, producing about 80 per cent of the total national agricultural output with the cutlass-hoe technology and under rain fed conditions. Using cross-sectional data collected from 152 randomly selected sweet potato farmers from Oyun and Offa Local Government Areas of Kwara State, the study measured the profitability of and the technical efficiency of sweet potato production in the area. Primary data were collected from the sampled farming households using a structured interview schedule. Descriptive and inferential statistics was used...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Sweet potatoes; Technical efficiency; Profitability; Kwara State; Agribusiness; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Farm Management.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/45686

Firm Creation, Firm Evolution and Clusters in Chile’s Dynamic Wine Sector: Evidence from the Colchagua and Casablanca Regions
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Gwynne,   Robert N.
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Wine; Argentina; Wine cluster; Regional development; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Industrial Organization; Production Economics; Q1.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/42658

RURAL TOURISM: DEVELOPMENT, PUBLIC INTERVENTION AND LESSONS FROM THE ISRAELI EXPERIENCE
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Tchetchik,   Anat; Fleischer,   Aliza; Finkelshtain,   Israel.
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/7148

State Funded Marketing and Promotional Activities to Support a State's Winery Business; Are There Economic Returns? A Case study using Texas Senate Bill 1370's support of the Texas Wine Industry
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Hanagriff,   Roger D.; Lau,   Michael H.; Rogers,   Sarah L.
Texas wineries were surveyed regarding their participation in wine marketing activities, annual changes in gross sales, and level of sales growth attributed to Texas Department of Agriculture’s funding support. The response from the 93 registered Texas wineries was 53 wineries, which was a 57 percent response rate. Senate Bill 1370 allocated $725,000 for marketing and promotion of Texas wines. Combining the $725,000 with the normal funding of $250,000 creates $975,000 in annual support to the Texas wine industry to be used in marketing Texas wine. The most utilized funded activities are promotional materials and wineries attending TDA supported wine events. Ninety-two percent of Texas wineries recognized an increase in awareness for the Texas wine industry...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development; Marketing; Public Economics.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/44088

A Mixed Geographically Weighted Approach to Decoupling and Rural Development in the EU-15
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Pecci,   Francesco; Sassi,   Maria.
The CAP reform and the recent EC communication aimed at preparing its Health Check emphasise the need for interventions locally based where agricultural policy integrates with a broader policy for rural areas growth. In this context, the paper investigates the possible different sets policy indicators affecting agricultural productivity at the regional level considering spatial heterogeneity by means of a Mixed Geographically Weighted Regression approach. The analysis is based on a set of policy sensitive indicators selected according to the key component of the CAP reform and referred to a sample of 164 EU-15 regions at NUTS2 level. The methodology adopted, new for the empirical literature on the topic, allows for a more accurate understanding of spatial...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: CAP reform; Agricultural productivity; Spatial analysis; Cluster analysis; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/6625

Path Dependence, Institutions and the Density of Economic Activities: Evidence from Italian Cities
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Percoco,   Marco.
In recent years a growing body of literature has begun to consider the possible presence of path dependence in the development processes of countries. This phenomenon has always been recognized in regional and urban studies because the path of development almost naturally follows a history-dependent spatial diffusion influenced by both physical geography and the quality of institutions. In this paper, I consider the case of firm concentration in Italy and its impact on local development. A large and growing literature has argued in favour of persisting effects of past institutions on current outcomes. Hence, in order to identify the impact of firm density on income, I use instruments from the history of a set of Italian cities: namely the presence of a...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Path dependence; Urban development; Geography; Institutions; Firm density; Community/Rural/Urban Development; O18; R12.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/94792

Waikato warm home study
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Phillips,   Yvonne; Scarpa,   Riccardo.
New Zealand houses are cold, damp, and poorly insulated by international standards. Our substandard housing stock has negative effects on health, quality of life, productivity, winter air quality, energy use and transmission. Investment in home energy efficiency is below the socially optimal level due to information asymmetries, bounded rationality and to some degree, non-excludability. Uptake of government grants for insulation has been very low in some communities, especially by owners of private rental properties. This study examines consumer preferences and perceptions of home energy efficiency technologies for residents of the Waikato region. We use a choice experiment approach to determine willingness to pay by owner-occupiers, landlords and tenants....
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development; Consumer/Household Economics; Environmental Economics and Policy; Health Economics and Policy; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/96494

Valuation of environmental impacts of the Rural Development Program - A hedonic model with application of GIS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Liljenstolpe,   Carolina.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development; Environmental Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/114383

Use of Agricultural Options Among North Dakota Country Elevators (December 1985)
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Gunn,   Steven P.; Wilson,   William W.
Tipo: Technical Report
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 1986
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/120446

Botswana's Development: Its Economic Structure and Rural Poverty
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Moepeng,   Pelotshweu T.; Tisdell,   Clement A.
Botswana was among the highest growing economies in the world during 1985-2005 and achieved a reduction in its overall incidence of poverty from 60 per cent in 1985/86 to 30 per cent in 2002/03. The incidence of rural poverty in Botswana decreased from 55 per cent in 1985/86 to 40 per cent in 1992/93, however, it increased to 45 per cent in 2002/03. The reversal of gains in rural poverty reduction has motivated this study. An analysis of Botswana’s overall economic performance, demographic changes and movements and policy responses contribute to the understanding of the occurrence of the incidence of rural poverty in Botswana. In conclusion, it is found that Botswana’s rural and non-rural economy might appear to be characterised by dualism using the...
Tipo: Working Paper
Palavras-chave: Botswana; Poverty; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Food Security and Poverty; Livestock Production/Industries.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/123545

TRACKING THE GOVERNMENT SECTOR IN A NATURAL RESOURCE-BASED ECONOMY
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Maki,   Wilbur R.; Schallau,   Con H.; Akhavipour,   Hossein; Olson,   Douglas C.
In this paper, we describe the modeling of a resource-dependent economy, namely, Southeast Alaska, in monitoring the impact of federal, state and local government taxing and spending activities on the region.  An important part of the modeling effort is construction of a readily accessible regional database for estimating critical economic relationships and variables that provide a baseline forecast series for the region.  The Alaska Interactive Policy Analysis Simulation System (IPASS) makes use of the database in assessing the economic impacts of alternative resource management policies on state and local governments.  IPASS is a computer-based, user-interactive economic forecasting and simulation system.  The basic system is divided into eight modules:...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development; Public Economics.
Ano: 1987
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/14235

Integration of Agricultural Information Resources in Western China
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Zhou,   Lei; Wen,   Shuping.
The essence and significance of integrating agricultural information resources in western China were summarized. The integration methods were introduced from the following four aspects: agricultural information infrastructure, database, collaborative management and service application. The integration technologies were discussed, the core of which lies in integrating distributed application via software and realizing the trans-departmental and trans-system exchange and share of information through controlling information. Based on the introduction of several frequently-used intelligence terminals, the approaches of realizing the transmission of agricultural information resources in western China were analyzed. And the integration measures were put forward...
Tipo: Thesis or Dissertation
Palavras-chave: Western China; Agricultural information resources; Integration; China; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/54033

ASSESSING RURAL COMMUNITY VIABILITY AN EXPERIMENTAL MODEL
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Carruthers,   Garrey E.; Eubank,   Randy; Renner,   Kathryn; Urquhart,   N. Scott.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 1977
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/32211

Village Inequality in Western China
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Xing,   Li; Fan,   Shenggen; Luo,   Xiaopeng; Zhang,   Xiaobo.
Increased regional inequality has been a major concern in many emerging economies like China, India, Vietnam and Thailand. However, even a large inequality is observed within the lagging regions. The objective of this paper is to look into what are the sources of within region inequality using the community surveys and a census type of households in Western China. This snapshot view of inequality within and between rural villages in western China is based on a census-type household survey in three administrative villages and a sampling survey of 286 natural villages in the poor province of Guizhou in 2004. In contrast to coastal regions, nonfarm income is distributed unevenly in this inland western region. This acco unts for the largest share of overall...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Rural Development; Poverty; Inequality; Public investment; H54; O47; O53; R11; Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/25390

Water communities in the Republic of Macedonia: an empirical analysis of membership satisfaction and payment behaviour
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Gorton,   Matthew; Sauer,   Johannes; Peshevski,   Mile; Bosev,   Dane; Shekerinov,   Darko; Quarrie,   Steve.
Utilizing primary survey data, we investigate the performance of Water Communities (WCs), a form of self-managing organisation for irrigation, in the Bregalnica region of the Republic of Macedonia. While their introduction improved cost recovery, only modest changes occurred in the cost of irrigation water and many farmers remain indifferent to the WCs. Econometric analysis focuses on the decision of farmers to join a WC, determinants of farmers’ satisfaction with WCs and factors associated with changes in payment behaviour. Key determinants identified include transparency and trust regarding the conduct of WCs, cost recovery rates, farm size and irrigation costs. Membership satisfaction is an important determinant of payment behaviour.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Irrigation; Self-management; Water User Associations; Macedonia; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Environmental Economics and Policy; Institutional and Behavioral Economics; O17; P25; Q25.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/51030

Inference Based on Alternative Bootstrapping Methods in Spatial Models with an Application to County Income Growth in the United States
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Monchuk,   Daniel C.; Hayes,   Dermot J.; Miranowski,   John A.; Lambert,   Dayton M.
This study examines aggregate county income growth across the 48 contiguous states from 1990 to 2005. To control for endogeneity we estimate a two-stage spatial error model and infer parameter significance by implementing a number of spatial bootstrap algorithms. We find that outdoor recreation and natural amenities favor positive growth in rural counties, densely populated rural areas enjoy stronger growth, and property taxes correlate negatively with rural growth. We also compare estimates from the aggregate county income growth model with per capita income growth and find that these two growth processes can be quite different.
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: County income growth; Rural development; Spatial bootstrapping.; Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/62189

COOPERATIVE SUPPORT SYSTEMS FOR RURAL INDUSTRIALIZATION
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Rehber,   Erkan; Galor,   Z.; Duman,   S.
It is possible to give several connotations about the meaning of development. In short, achievement a considerable decrease in poverty, unemployment and inequality can be interpreted as development for the country considered. Of course a sound development cannot be specified purely economic terms. It must be included, adequate educational level, freedom of speech, and citizenship of nation that is truly independent both economically and politically. Most of the developing and less-developed countries are characterized as rural nations where most of the people are living in rural areas and engaged mainly in agriculture. That is why rural development inevitably is a major challenge for these countries. Improvement of agriculture from a traditional-...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Rural industry; Cooperative; Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 1999
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/11840

Networks as determinants of rural migration
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Zarnekow,   Nana; Henning,   Christian H.C.A.
This paper focuses on networks as determinants of rural migration and the importance of networks in a rural development perspective. Furthermore the impact of public goods and amenities on migration decisions in rural regions is investigated. Special attention is paid on heterogeneity in peoples migration-decisive components. Data base is a non-farm household-survey of four rural communities in Poland. The estimations show that migration decisions are influenceable in different ways: Social networks as well as socio-economic components and the regional public-good endowment are important drivers of migration, but the direction and amount of influence depends on individual-preferences and on individual network-structures - among other things especially on...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Migration; Rural development; Social networks; Latent class model; Community/Rural/Urban Development; R23; D83; H41.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/94829

PEDAGOGIA DA ALTERNANCIA E DESENVOLVIMENTO LOCAL
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Caliari,   Rogerio Omar; Alencar,   Edgard; Amancio,   Robson.
This work aimed at studying the contributions from the alternative rural educational practices in the process of construction of local development. In this context the study sought to understanding the manifestations of local development expressed in Comunidade do Giral-ES (Giral Community) and its relationship with the incorporation of knowledge by means of rural education. So, the variables related with the pedagogical practices which adopt the Alternance Pedagogy, its role in the building of the local development, its practice in the rural multicultural revalorization and its performance in the transforming performance of the subject as an agent of his own history. For the obtainance of information qualitative research techniques were used, for we see...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Local development; Alternance pedagogy; Popular participation; Rural education; Desenvolvimento local; Pedagogia da alternância; Participação popular; Educação rural.; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Consumer/Household Economics; Teaching/Communication/Extension/Profession.
Ano: 2002
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/101919

The Economic Role of Nigeria’s Subsistence Agriculture in the Transition Process: Implications for Rural Development
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Apata,   Temidayo Gabriel; Folayan,   A.; Apata,   O.M.; Akinlua,   J.
This study examined the role of subsistence-oriented agriculture in Nigeria in the 1990s to 2000s. The start out by discussing the diverging economic effects of the growth of subsistence agriculture in Nigeria since the transition process started. The quantitative analysis of this sector’s role is carried out by means of an applied Computable General Equilibrium (CGE) model applying a 1994 Social Accounting Matrix (SAM) as base year data. The innovation of the article is to disaggregate primary agricultural production not by products but by farm types, which enables us to distinguish their institutional and economic characteristics. The study simulates two Structural Adjustment Programme (SAP) of the government. The results of the post SAP period highlight...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Subsistence agriculture; CGE model; Exchange rate; Institutional Development; Structural Constraints; Nigeria; Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/108942

Limits of the applicability of the social structural model in Czech rural areas
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Kopriva,   Radek.
This article focuses on the voting behaviour of citizens in rural areas of the Czech Republic. Within the theoretical embodiment of the relationships between the individual in a social structure and voting behaviour, a so-called social-structural model for voting behaviour is often mentioned. However, when explaining the behaviour of the voting behaviour of citizens living under the conditions of the Czech Republic the applicability of this model is of course disputable. Due to the predominant inconsistencies of the social status of citizens of rural areas, it is not at all possible to determine the hypothesis of the applicability of a social-structural model of voting behaviour for citizens living in the conditions of the Czech rural countryside. The aim...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Social structural model; Voting behaviour; Class identification; Rural areas; Social status; Status (in)consistencies; Left-wing right-wing continuum; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy; GA; IN.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/99220

Should We Invest in Biofuels?
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Wetzstein,   Michael E.
The real advantage of receiving a Southern Agricultural Economics Association Lifetime Achievement award is the ability to make this presentation and have it published without having to deal with editors and referees. This provides a certain license of freedom to abstract outside the box without being constrained by your peers. So in this vein, consider the following myths and predictions concerning biofuels. These myths are generally consistent with the Grunwald’s (2009) seven myths about alternative energy.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Alternative energy; Biofuels; Agribusiness; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Environmental Economics and Policy; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/92610

Questão agrária e desenvolvimento econômico e social nas regiões Norte e Noroeste fluminense
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Souza,   Paulo Marcelo de; Ponciano,   Niraldo Jose; Mata,   Henrique Tome Da Costa; Detmann,   Edenio.
The research has as objective to analyze the evolution of the agrarian structure, and the behavior of the economic and social development indicators, for the North and Northwest regions of the Rio de Janeiro state. Moreover, it searchs to verify if the land distribution is an important variable in the explanation of the divergences between the degree of economic development of the cities. The results show that, for the considered regions, the differences in the agrarian structure, separately, can not explain the differences in the degree of economic and social development. The size of the population, in turn, seems to be an important variable in this process. This can be associated to the greater potential demand, what is attractive the private...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agrarian structure; Economic and social development; Royalties; Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/56789

Biofuel, the rural economy, and farm structure
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Miranowski,   John A.; Swenson,   David; Eathington,   Liesl; Rosburg,   Alicia.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/48720

EVALUATING THE IMPACTS OF AGRICULTURAL EXPORTS ON A REGIONAL ECONOMY
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Bairak,   Roman I.; Hughes,   David W.
Agricultural exports are important to many regional economies, as is the case for agricultural exports wither produced in or shipped through Louisiana. A hybrid (revised and verified) IMPLAN model of the Louisiana economy is used to estimate the direct and indirect impact of agricultural exports. Original model estimates of foreign exports lacked holistic (overall) accuracy. However, other, more general uses of the model were unaffected by this lack of accuracy. While the contributions of agricultural exports to the state economy were substantial, impacts were concentrated in unprocessed products. Increasing the export of processed agricultural products should enhance economic activity.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agricultural exports; Holistic accuracy; IMPLAN; Input-output models; Processed exports; Community/Rural/Urban Development; International Relations/Trade.
Ano: 1996
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/15116

ENDOGENOUS RURAL DEVELOPMENT AND SUSTAINABILITY: A EUROPEAN (NON ORTHODOX) PERSPECTIVE; Proceedings of the Fifth Joint Conference on Agriculture, Food, and the Environment, June 17-18, 1996, Padova, Italy.
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Romano,   Donato.
"The implementation of the new Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) has brought far-reaching consequences for rural development: the farmer, liberating himself from his one and only role of producer, can profit from the opportunities and synergies offered by other activities that are complementary and alternative to agriculture. Thus the farmer has an essential role in the valorization of endogenous resources of the area where he carries his activities on. Since 1975, the European Community has financed programmes which have increasingly taken into account the rural development dimension in research activities linked to agriculture (for example the AGRIMED and the CAMAR research programmes).  Central to such researches is the notion of endogenous development....
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 1996
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/14396

Determinants of Fertiliser Use by Smallholder Maize Farmers in the Chinyanja Triangle in Malawi, Mozambique and Zambia
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Mapila,   Mariam A.T.J.; Njuki,   Jemimah M.; Delve,   Robert J.; Zingore,   Shamie; Matibini,   Josephine.
Farm surveys in Malawi, Zambia and Mozambique were carried out to assess the determinants of fertiliser use given continued low yields, low organic matter and general poor soil health in Southern African soils. Regression modelling showed that fertiliser use was influenced by household and farm characteristics. In addition, it was also influenced by social and human capital and farmers’ perceptions of the effect of fertilisers on soil fertility. Farmers who perceived fertilisers as bad for their soil were less likely to adopt their use.  This is a key result, as the emerging discussions on a green revolution for Africa, as well as the continued food crisis discussion, are prompting increased fertiliser use as an immediate intervention for increasing...
Tipo: Presentation
Palavras-chave: African green revolution; Farmer perceptions; Fertiliser subsidies; Fertiliser use; Human capital; Social capital; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2012
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/123354

THE PEOPLE AT THE END OF THE ROAD
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Feiock,   Judy.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 1969
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/17002

ADVOCACY ISSUES AND IMPACTS OF GAMING IN INDIAN COUNTRY
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Coin,   Jacob.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 1998
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/17933

Impact of Rural Road Improvement on High Yield Variety Technology Adoption: Evidence from Bangladesh
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Ali,   Rubaba.
Removed at publisher's request Jan. 16, 2012
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development; Crop Production/Industries; International Development.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/95255

Reflections on Poverty and Prospects for Growth in the Mozambican Rural Sector
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: de Marrule,   Higino Francisco; Benfica,   Rui M.S.; Strasberg,   Paul J.; Tschirley,   David L.; Weber,   Michael T.
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development; Food Security and Poverty; Downloads July 2008-July 2009: 10.
Ano: 1999
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/11329

ROLNICTWO OBSZARÓW GÓRSKICH BAWARII PRZYKŁADEM DLA KARPAT POLSKICH? STUDIUM PORÓWNAWCZE
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Sroka,   Wojciech; Pieniadz,   Agata.
Niniejsze opracowanie przyjmuje formę analizy porównawczej i przedstawia wyniki badań opinii ekspertów na temat stanu oraz kierunków rozwoju obszarów wiejskich i rolnictwa w gminach górskich położonych na terenie Karpat Polskich i Alp Niemieckich. Badania wskazują, iż rolnictwo oraz obszary wiejskie subregionu karpackiego wkracza powoli na drogę rozwojową, którą rolnictwo subregionu alpejskiego ma już w pewnym sensie za sobą. Wydaje się, iż krótki okres stosowania WPR nie spowodował w subregionie karpackim wyraźnych zmian strukturalnych. Rolnictwo Alp Niemieckich jest lepiej dostosowane do specyficznych warunków produkcji rolniczej oraz jest w stanie zapewnić odpowiednie dochody ludności rolniczej. Świadczy o tym chociażby wyższy odsetek rodzin...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Rolnictwo górskie; Perspektywy rozwoju; Wsparcie; Polska; Bawaria; Berglandwirtschaft; Entwicklungsperspektiven; Förderung; Polen; Bayern.; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Farm Management; International Development; O13; Q18; Q28; R11; R23.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/91913

Lagging rural areas: detection, diagnosis and planning development
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Gonzalez,   Manuela; Sort,   J.
The overall objective of the present paper is to identify and analyse the territorial factors that influence the economy and demography of rural areas in Catalonia. The paper begins with a definition of the different rural typologies, and then proposes an innovative methodology combining tools from different disciplines, such as economics, statistics, geography and sociology. The methodology is applied to the 946 municipalities existing in Catalonia today, which visually results in a map of the region. The map obtained allows us to identify rural spaces throughout the territory – including metropolitan and peri-urban rural areas. The next step has been the analysis of the indicators of their socio-economic development contexts in order to identify their...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Rural space; Rural development; Lagging rural economy; Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/44437

Understanding rural areas dynamics from a complex perspective. An application of Prospective Structural Analysis
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Ambrosio Albala,   Mateo; Delgado,   Maria del Mar.
The development of rural areas continues to be an international priority. The urgent need to fight poverty (mainly concentrated in rural areas) in developing countries, and the demand for increasing economic and social cohesion in developed countries, explain this priority on the political agendas of multilateral bodies, the EU and most other countries. When Development Economics was acknowledged as part of the social and economic theory in the 50’s, different theories and models have tried to explain the unevenness of development and the key elements or conditions that foster it. Traditional rural development programmes were characterised by the implementation of non coordinated, sectoral, horizontal and top-down policies and strategies. The lack of...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Territorial rural development; Complexity; Prospective structural analysis; Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/44159

ESTIMATING TOURISM/RECREATION LINKAGES IN A LOCAL ECONOMY FOR REGIONAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Garcia,   L. Miguel; Dalton,   Patricia Q.; Novak,   Kathleen M.
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 1985
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/13834

El papel del capital social en la activación y consolidación de los sistemas agroalimentarios localizados. El caso de las indicaciones geográficas
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Mancebo Azor,   S.
The establishment of Geographical Indications (GI) can be considered like an instrument, that from initiative of public policies of rural development, can have application for the protection of territorial agri-food productions that present tipicity. In the case of being Local Agri-food Systems (LAFS) with a little level of productive organization, the GI Regulatory Board can be considered like a key local institution, from which programs directed to the structuring of the sector are undertaken, affecting the professionalization and building social capital between the agents who compose the LAFS. In this case the Regulatory Board will assume a determining role in the transmission of knowledge and innovations in the LAFS.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: LAFS; Social Capital; Geographical Indications (GI).; Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Labor and Human Capital.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/95218

« Femmes et Coquillages » pour une gestion durable des ressources conchylicoles dans le Delta du Saloum au Sénégal
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Fatou,   Ndoye; Pascale,   Moity-Maizi.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Labor and Human Capital.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/95207

Fallstudie zur Entwicklung der Landwirtschaft in einem benachteiligten Gebiet ohne Ausgleichszula-ge am Beispiel zweier Landkreise im Westharz (Niedersachsen)
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Pitsch,   Marion; Gasmi,   Samy.
Zusammenfassung: Die Fallstudie „Westharz“ bildet die letzte einer Reihe von fünf Studien, die im Rahmen der Evaluierung der Ausgleichszulage für benachteiligte Gebiete entstanden sind. Ziel der Fallstudien war es, die Wirkung der Ausgleichszulage auf verschiedene Bereiche der Landwirtschaft und des ländlichen Raumes in einem für die Gesamtuntersuchung als „typisch“ charakterisierten benachteiligten Gebiet vertieft zu untersuchen. Die ausgewählte Region „Westharz“ steht dabei stellvertretend für eine Mittelgebirgsregion mit der Besonderheit, dass das Land Niedersachsen von 1996 bis 2009 die Ausgleichszulagenzahlung ausgesetzt hat. Entsprechend lag ein Fokus der Studie auf der Entwicklung der Landwirtschaft nach dem Wegfall der Ausgleichszulage. Dazu wurden...
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Benachteiligte Gebiete; Ausgleichszulage; Fallstudie; Gemeinsame Agrarpolitik; 2. Säule; Less Favoured Areas; Compensatory allowance; Case study; Common agricultural policy; Pillar II; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Environmental Economics and Policy; Land Economics/Use; Q15; Q 18.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/103255

GENDER AND LOCAL LEVEL DECISION MAKING: FINDINGS FROM A CASE STUDY IN MAZAR-E SHARIF
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Wakefield,   Shawna.
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development; Labor and Human Capital.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/14635

POPULATION PROJECTIONS FOR MANITOBA BY REGION AND TOWN SIZE - SOME ALTERNATIVES, 1971-1990
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Maki,   Wilbur R.; Framingham,   Charles F.; Sandell,   D.J.
Tipo: Technical Report
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 1973
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/124310

Stainability of Cultivated Land in Henan Province Based on Ecological Footprint
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Li,   Ying-chao.
This paper summarizes the regional situation of Henan Province of China, and introduces the principle of ecological footprint mode, as well as computing formulas of ecological footprint and ecological capacity. According to the related data of Henan Province from 1998 to 2007, this paper firstly calculates the per capita ecological footprint and per capita ecological capacity of Henan Province. Result indicates that cultivated land in Henan Province shows ecological surplus with sustainable land use. And ecological surplus has increased since the year 2003. Secondly, dynamic analysis of ecological footprint of arable land is carried out in Henan Province. Thirdly, this paper also studies on the per capita ecological demand and supply in 18 districts and...
Tipo: Thesis or Dissertation
Palavras-chave: Ecological footprint; Cultivated land; Sustainable utilization; China; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Environmental Economics and Policy; Land Economics/Use; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/53591

Competitiveness of Agrarian Areas in the Stavropol Region
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Varivoda,   Valentina; Heijman,   Wim J.M.; van Ophem,   Johan.
Regional development is determined by possessing specific competitive advantages and their constant improvement. The problem how to increase competitiveness of the areas remains one of the most important for the agrarian sector. Russian economic policy aims at the stable development of the agro industrial complex (and agriculture as its central part). Therefore it is necessary to analyze competitiveness not only on the country level, but also on the regional and sub-regional scale. In this paper we have analyzed the major factors influencing the competitiveness of agricultural areas in the Stavropol region.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Competitiveness; Agrarian areas; Stavropol region; Regional and sub-regional scale; Community/Rural/Urban Development; GA; IN.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/96859

MINNESOTA ECONOMY TODAY AND HOW IT EVOLVED
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Maki,   Wilbur R.
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 1988
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/14266

LEARNING FOR THE KNOWLEDGE SOCIETY
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Ticha,   Ivana.
With sustained use and creation of knowledge in the centre of the economic development process, an economy essentially becomes a Knowledge Economy. A Knowledge Economy (KE) is one that utilizes knowledge as the key engine of economic growth. It is an economy where knowledge is acquired, created, disseminated and used effectively to enhance economic development.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Knowledge society; Knowledge economy index; Innovation systems; Education; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Farm Management; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies; Teaching/Communication/Extension/Profession.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/43573

THE ROLE OF AGRIBUSINESS IN DEVELOPMENT: REPLACING THE DIMINISHED ROLE OF THE GOVERNMENT IN RAISING RURAL INCOMES
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Stanton,   Julie V.
With increasing efforts to promote free markets, one must ask whether the impact on some agricultural producers may be less than desirable. Small producers with limited access to capital, technical assistance, and competitive buyers may be unable to participate in new marketing opportunities. Without recommending a return to heavy government, this article suggests development policy be enlarged to encompass agribusiness enterprises. Localized agribusiness can help rural populations capture value added that is otherwise lost to external agents. This may require, however, a different governmental role, primarily in the provision of basic infrastructure, transparent policies, and the continued emphasis on availability of capital and technology.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness; Agroindustry; Development strategies; Economic reform; Nonfarm income; Public policy; Rural income; Smallholder agriculture; Agribusiness; Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2000
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/14662

ANALYSIS OF ECONOMIC CHANGES IN REGION 6E 1960-1970
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Hoppe,   Robert A.; Dorf,   Ronald J.
In this paper, socio-economic changes in one development region, Region 6E, are examined and compared with changes occurring in Minnesota from 1960 to 1970. Region 6E consists of Kandiyohi, McLeod, Meeker, and Renville Counties. In particular, changes in employment by occupations, and changes in income for the urban, rural nonfarm, and rural farm populations of Region 6E are examined.
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 1976
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/14106

Integrated Report of the Project "Stabilization of Upland Agriculture and Rural Development in El Nino Vulnerable Countries"
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Yokoyama,   Shigeki; Concepcion,   Rogelio N.
The study focuses on the impacts of El Nino-induced abnormal weather on agricultural production and the rural economy in upland areas. By focusing on the development of upland agriculture, this study attempts to contribute to the global campaign of sustainable development and poverty alleviation in rural areas. It focuses on five countries, namely: Indonesia, Malaysia, Papua New Guinea, the Philippines and Thailand. These five countries, all located in the most El Nino vulnerable area of south east Asia and the Pacific, are sufficient for analyzing the impacts.
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Climatic change; Upland areas; Rural development; Plant production; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Crop Production/Industries; Environmental Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/32715

Problems and Outlet of County Economy Development in China
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Du,   Li.
The basic attributes and characteristics of county economy in China were introduced, and the problems of county economy development were analyzed. The concrete ideas of county economy development were put forward.
Tipo: Thesis or Dissertation
Palavras-chave: County economy; Sustainable development; Strategic approach; China; Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/53585

Collective Entrepreneurship:  An Emerging Phenomenon in Producer-Owned Organizations
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Cook,   Michael L.; Plunkett,   Brad.
This paper introduces and defines the concept of collective entrepreneurship.  A review of the defensive single-level rent-seeking objective of traditional agricultural cooperatives is introduced followed by an analysis of recent studies documenting a shift in the objective functions of producers jointly integrating toward more multiple-level rent-seeking entities.  This process of shifting from market failure-ameliorating collective action mechanisms toward rent-seeking group action organizations is labeled collective entrepreneurship.  The justification for introducing this concept is based on the Olsonian premise that rational, self-interested individuals will not act to achieve their common or group interests without coercion or selective incentives.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agricultural cooperatives; Entrepreneurship; Agribusiness; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Labor and Human Capital; D23; D72; Q13.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/43777

Is Attracting Retirees a Sustainable Rural Economic Development Policy?
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Das,   Biswaranjan; Rainey,   Daniel V.
An economic impact analysis was conducted in two rural counties in Northwest Arkansas to observe effects of hypothetical retiree in-migration as a sustainable economic development policy. The analysis reveals economic benefits with varying impacts and additional socio-economic costs on both counties. The policy has the potential for sustaining in the long-term.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/34818

Raising rivals’ costs strategy: test on two LAFS in Europe
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Jeanneaux,   Philippe; Barjolle,   Dominique; Meyer,   Dorothee.
Some Localised Agro-Food Systems (LAFS) are traditionally qualified as success stories (Comté PDO in France, Gruyere PDO in Switzerland, Parmigiano Reggiano PDO in Italy), whilst other PDOs (as for example the Cantal PDO from France) pay the same price for the milk as standard milk. The price difference may reach between 10 and 25% over a long period. To explain this difference, we assume that the agents who make up the LAFS developed a collective action to protect their localized cheese production system against unfair competition and to promote their product outside its region of origin. The aim of this communication is to shed light on levers which the agents activate to assure their uniqueness is irrevocable, and uphold the benefits of their LAFS. We...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: PDO; Localised agro-food system; Raising rivals’ costs; Regulation; Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Labor and Human Capital.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/95040

PARTICIPATORY ZONING TECHNIQUES AS SUPPORT TO RURAL DEVELOPMENT PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT: PRINCIPLES AND PROCEDURES, A USER'S GUIDE
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Lhopitallier,   Laurent; Perret,   Sylvain R.; Caron,   Patrick.
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development; Land Economics/Use.
Ano: 1999
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/18077

Produits agro-alimentaires locaux et développement territorial: la coordination difficile entre la tradition et la protection institutionnelle de la qualité liée au terroir. L’aubergine d’AOP Tsakonique du Péloponnèse (Grèce)
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Koraka,   Antonia; Anthopoulou,   Theodosia.
La crise de l'agriculture d’une part (remise en cause du modèle productiviste, réduction des revenus agricoles) et d’autre part les risques alimentaires survenus dernièrement poussent aussi bien les producteurs que les consommateurs vers des produits dits locaux, localisés ou de terroir. En Grèce, comme plus généralement dans les pays méditerranéens, le riche patrimoine agroalimentaire ainsi que l’attachement important au pays d’origine font que les consommateurs s’intéressent vivement aux produits traditionnels locaux. La demande croissante pour la protection de la provenance géographique des aliments (en Grèce il y a 63 étiquettes AOP et 23 IGP) et l'organisation de nombreuses fêtes de campagne et de festivals de produits locaux dans tout le pays...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Labor and Human Capital.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/95043

Small Scale Enterprise Credit Schemes: Administrative Costs and the Role of Inventory Norms
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Liedholm,   Carl.
In this paper, the actual administrative costs of existing small enterprise lending  schemes are examined first, followed by an examination of the characteristics of low cost lending  schemes. A final section develops, using primary data collected in various Michigan State  University studies, small enterprise inventory norms or guidelines that could assist those making  loans to small scale enterprises in developing countries.
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Food security; Food policy; Credit schemes; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Downloads December 2008-June 2009: 5; F33.
Ano: 1985
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/54746

A Survey of Rural People Transportation in Southwest Minnesota
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Hatch,   L. Upton; Easter,   K. William; Jensen,   Harald R.
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 1979
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/8447

E-Commerce as a Business Strategy: Lessons Learned from Case Studies of Rural and Small Town Businesses
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Barkley,   David L.; Markley,   Deborah M.; Lamie,   R. David.
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/112895

Rural Development: an Analytical Approach at Different Territorial Levels
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Montresor,   Elisa.
The purpose of this work is to contribute with some reflections to the debate that has flourished in recent years around two issues: rural development and systemic reading of the territorial articulation of agricultural development. In the numerous investigations conducted in Italy and elsewhere, the analytical approach adopted (institutional level and investigation units, choice of indicators and of the analytical instruments) has profound repercussions on rural policies, according to its wider or narrower formulation. After a brief reflection on the approaches to rural development, highlighting the contradictions of institutional intervention, the study proposes a critical description of some results of the Italian investigations. The aim is to...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2002
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/24960

CONNECTING THE SOURCES AND CONSEQUENCES OF SOCIAL CAPITAL FOR RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Jordan,   Jeffrey L.
The objective of this paper is to investigate motives and outputs of social capital with a survey instrument to distinguish self, sympathy and norms as motivating behavior and to correlate that behavior with the consequences of social capital in terms of community and associational activity.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/34758

Socio-economic Determinants of the Performance of Informal Women Co-operatives in Enugu state, Nigeria
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Opata,   Patience I.; Nweze,   Noble Jackson.
Paper to be presented for International Conference of Women in Africa and African Diaspora (WAAD) at Yaradua Conference Centre Abuja, August 3-11, 2009
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Women; Credit and Savings; Agribusiness; Agricultural Finance; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Consumer/Household Economics; Crop Production/Industries; Financial Economics; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Food Security and Poverty; Institutional and Behavioral Economics; Marketing.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/51554

PART-TIME EXECUTIVE PROGRAMME, QUALITY MANUAL
Provedor de dados: 31
An MBA course with an international perspective, designed for those who wish to develop their careers in an agri-business environment. Taught at weekends on a part-time basis, by an international team using both the Local and English language. An interactive teaching style with extensive use of case studies that gives a real feel of the business environment in which we all operate.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: MBA; Quality Assurance; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Labor and Human Capital; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/43584

Local and Regional Economic Impacts of Biofuel Development
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Leistritz,   F. Larry; Hodur,   Nancy M.
Expanded processing of agricultural products in rural areas has been widely pursued as a strategy for rural economic development. By adding value to farm products before they leave the area, new processing plants can create new employment opportunities and generate economic spinoffs in rural areas that have experienced economic stagnation or decline as a result of long term trends of farm consolidation. In addition, farmer owned processing facilities provide a way for producers to integrate forward and capture potential profits from processing and marketing their products. Consequently, the expansion of agricultural processing in rural areas usually receives broad-based support from commodity groups, rural development interests, and state political...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness; Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/53503

A Game Theoretic Approach to Analyse Cooperation between Rural Households in Northern Nigeria
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Gerichhausen,   M.; Berkhout,   Ezra D.; Hamers,   H.J.M; Manyong,   Victor M.
To improve the livelihood of the poor in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) much attention has been paid to the development of new agricultural technologies. We hypothesize that farmers can also improve their livelihood through cooperation. Partial cooperation, in which knowledge is shared or bargaining power improved, is relatively common in SSA, while cooperation where all resources are fully shared, which we address, has rarely been investigated. An important pre-requisite to establish such cooperation, is the need for a fair division rule for the gains of the cooperation. This paper combines linear programming and cooperative game theory to model the effects of cooperation of (individual) households on income and farm plans. Linear programming establishes...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Cooperations; Linear Programming; Nigeria; Livelihood; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Consumer/Household Economics; Environmental Economics and Policy; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Food Security and Poverty; International Relations/Trade; Marketing; Productivity Analysis; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/52146

Human Capital Investments in Education and Home Stability: Exploring Education, Homeownership and Poverty
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Jordan,   Jeffrey L.; Anil,   Bulent; Herbert,   Velma; Chatterjee,   Swan.
The purpose of this paper is to investigate the relationship between housing uncertainties, child time preferences and education outcomes in the form of staying in school.  The paper tests the hypothesis that students who face housing uncertainties through mortgage foreclosures and evictions learn impatient behavior and are therefore at greater risk of dropping out of school, impeding human capital formation and economic development.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Discount rates; Housing and education; Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/49320

Aflatoxin Redux: Does European Aflatoxin Regulation Hurt Groundnut Exporters from Africa?
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Xiong,   Bo; Beghin,   John C.
Replaced with revised version of paper 07/02/10.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Food safety; Standards; Aflatoxin; Maximum Residues Limit; Groundnut; Gravity equation; Africa; Market access; EU; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Crop Production/Industries; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Food Security and Poverty; International Development; International Relations/Trade; Q17; F13.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/61314

STRATEGIES FOR STIMULATING POVERTY-ALLEVIATING GROWTH IN THE RURAL NONFARM ECONOMY IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Haggblade,   Steven; Hazell,   Peter B.R.; Reardon,   Thomas.
The rural nonfarm economy (RNFE) accounts for roughly 25 percent of full-time rural employment and 35-40 percent of rural incomes across the developing world. This diverse collection of seasonal trading, household-based and large-scale agroprocessing, manufacturing and service activities plays a crucial role in sustaining rural populations, in servicing a growing and modern agriculture, and in supplying local consumer goods and services. In areas where landlessness prevails, rural nonfarm activity offers important economic alternatives for the rural poor.   Widespread economic liberalization during the 1990s has opened up rural nonfarm economies as never before -- to new opportunities and to new threats. In some instances, liberalization has benefited...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2002
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/16092

Rural Growth Linkages in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Ngqangweni,   Simphiwe.
This report addresses the impact of rising smallholder incomes on local nonagricultural development in the Eastern Cape of South Africa. It determines how increased rural incomes are spent on a mix of goods and services, and debates the implications of these spending patterns for growth in rural areas through the alleviation of demand constraints. These results make it possible to identify areas of intervention necessary for sustaining growth originating from stimulus to tradable agriculture from economic reforms. This report thus contributes to an emerging literature on the possible impact of promoting smallholder agriculture in South Africa on rural livelihoods.
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Income; Agricultural development; Southern Africa; Consumer behavior; Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 1999
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/97391

Can Rural Communities Comply with the New Arsenic Standard for Drinking Water?
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Cho,   Yongsung; Konishi,   Yoshifumi; Easter,   K. William.
Our primary concern in this paper is to determine to what extent small communities have difficulty meeting the new stricter 2001 standard for arsenic levels in their drinking water. To do this we survey water users in rural Minnesota communities that had arsenic levels in their water supply exceeding 10 g/L during 2001-2006. Our survey results show that after obtaining complete information concerning the arsenic levels in their drinking water consumers with relatively low levels of arsenic were willing to pay $8-9 annually, while those with high levels of arsenic are willing to pay $15-17 annually. We also found that consumer’s willingness to pay (WTP) didn’t vary by community size. Thus, we conclude that compared to compliance costs ($58-327 per capita...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/7353

CIVIC COMMUNITY APPROACHES TO RURAL DEVELOPMENT IN THE SOUTH: DISCUSSION
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Henry,   Mark S.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2002
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/15476

Fostering growth of the rural non-farm sector in Africa: The Case of Tanzania
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Sundaram-Stukel,   Reka; Deininger,   Klaus W.; Jin,   Songqing.
We use a survey of small rural enterprises from Tanzania to demonstrate quantitatively the economic importance of this sector and to identify participants' characteristics and obstacles to the sector's expansion and productivity.  In stark contrast to most of the findings for the formal sector where taxation and other regulatory constraints were identified as key constraints in most of the countries, infrastructure constraints (but not regulatory obstacles) pose a formidable barrier to rural households' participation in rural non-farm and to investment and increased productivity by existing ones. The fact that such constraints emerge as particularly harmful for small enterprises suggests that policies to improve delivery of the public services in question...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/21165

PATHWAYS OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT IN MADAGASCAR: AN EMPIRICAL INVESTIGATION OF THE CRITICAL TRIANGLE OF ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY, ECONOMIC GROWTH, AND POVERTY ALLEVIATION
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Zeller,   Manfred; Lapenu,   Cecile; Minten,   Bart; Ralison,   Eliane; Randrianaivo,   Desire; Randrianarisoa,   Jean Claude.
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development; Environmental Economics and Policy; Food Security and Poverty.
Ano: 2000
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/15983

Consommation alimentaire et revenu familial dans la zone périurbaine de Hanoi
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Ton,   Vu Dinh; Dang Thang,   Phan; Duquesne,   Brigitte; Lebailly,   Philippe.
Une enquête a été menée de janvier à octobre 2009 auprès de 240 familles de deux districts situés dans la zone périurbaine de la ville de Hanoi. Il s’agissait d’évaluer l’impact de la crise économique sur les revenus des ménages et, plus particulièrement, sur leur consommation alimentaire afin de déterminer les stratégies à envisager pour garantir sécurité alimentaire et revenus. Une approche d’identification des systèmes agroalimentaires a permis de distinguer 3 typologies distinctes: activité de production agricole seule, activité de production agricole associée à des activités extra – agricoles, activité de commercialisation. Le revenu de la production agricole, seule ou en association avec des activités extra – agricoles, concerne 82 % des familles de...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Revenu agricole mixte; Consommation alimentaire; Vietnam; Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Labor and Human Capital.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/95014

Like Oil and Water or Chocolate and Peanut Butter? Ethnic Diversity and Social Participation of Young People in England
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Fumagalli,   Elena; Fumagalli,   Laura.
The paper studies the impact of ethnic diversity on social participation of young people. We first propose a theoretical model in which the agents choose between structured and unstructured social activities by taking into account the ethnic composition of the groups they join. We test our predictions using English census data together with the `Longitudinal Survey of Young People in England' (LSYPE) and we find that ethnic segregation increases the probability of hanging around near home, while ethnic fractionalization decreases it. Furthermore, more structured activities are not affected by ethnic fractionalization. Finally, we use an IV strategy based on both historical and geographical data to correct for endogenous sorting into neighborhoods. The...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Social Participation; Fractionalization; Segregation; Community/Rural/Urban Development; C25; D71; J15.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/55293

Manufacturing Transition in Local Economies: A Regional Adjustment Model
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Brown,   Jason P.; Lambert,   Dayton M.; Florax,   Raymond J.G.M.
This paper addresses changes in capital formation by testing the importance of location factors with respect to the rate of establishment births and deaths in U.S. manufacturing, 2000–2004. A theoretical concept called “localized creative destruction” is tested as a mechanism to explain the dynamics impacting the spatial distribution of manufacturing establishment birth and death rates. While no support of this process was found, results identify a convergence process occurring where counties with high initial birth/death rates have smaller changes in firm birth and death rates. The interpretation is that counties become more equally competitive in terms of firm formation dynamics in lieu of successful counties increasing their lead in the short run. This...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Location determinants; Manufacturing; Adjustment models; Community/Rural/Urban Development; L60; R11; R12.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/61130

SENSITIVITY OF GROSS STATE PRODUCT TO CYCLICAL AND STRUCTURAL CHANGE
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Maki,   Wilbur R.; Jutila,   Sakari T.
The sensitivity of regional industry to business cycles has been widely documented.  Responses of individual businesses and industries in a specific region or state to each phase of the business cycle has been less well analyzed and understood.   Lacking in all the documentation, moreover, is reference to the impact of business cycles on interregional trade and regional interindustry structure and to the separation of these impacts from those due to business activity location and dislocation.  To deal with these limitations, state-level location quotient and shift-share analyses of year-to-year changes in industry-specific contribution to gross state product are used in differentiating the varying degrees of cyclical sensitivity among industries and...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 1988
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/14218

Fisheries policies impacts consideration towards the development of rural coastal areas
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Loizou,   Efstratios; Chatzitheodoridis,   Fotis; Mattas,   Konstadinos; Polymeros,   Konstantinos.
The current study aims to examine the effectiveness of fisheries policies and specifically of the Greek Operational Programme for Fisheries, 2007-13. In specific, aims to examine and assess possible impacts generated, in the regional economy of Voreio and Notio Aigaio from its four axis, with particularity to the forth one. For this a regional Input-Output model was built in order to capture direct and indirect impacts in terms of output, employment and income. Results indicate that the dynamics of the fisheries sector in the regional economy are very weak and along with the continuous shrinking of the sector, leads to the necessity of supporting alternative vocational activities for the development of coastal rural areas. Though, results indicate that the...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Rural coastal areas; Operational fisheries programme; Impact analysis; Regional analysis; Community/Rural/Urban Development; R11; R15; R58; Q22.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/94910

A NOTE ON THE COMPARATIVE COST OF LIVING IN SYDNEY AND COUNTRY TOWNS IN NEW SOUTH WALES
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Davidson,   Bruce Robinson; Tierman,   M.F.
A comparison between the cost of living of average wage earners in Sydney and nineteen country towns in New South Wales was carried out in 1974, assuming that expenditure on items of goods and services was distributed in the same proportion as in the Consumer Price Index in both country towns and the city. Housing, which was cheaper in the country, was the only group of major consumer expenditure where a significant difference between city and country town costs could be detected. The differences between the costs of food, clothing, services and miscellaneous items of expenditure in the city and country towns were not significant. A study using regression analysis revealed that there was a significant positive correlation between the size of country towns...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 1975
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/9188

FLIGHT FROM BLIGHT VS. NATURAL EVOLUTION: DETERMINATS OF HOUSEHOLD RESIDENTIAL LOCATION CHOICE AND SUBURBANIZATION
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Bayoh,   Isaac; Irwin,   Elena G.; Haab,   Timothy C.
Using a unique dataset on the characteristics, origin, and destination of households who engaged in intrametropolitan moves in the Columbus, Ohio area, we estimate a hybrid conditional logit choice model of residential location that separately identifies the push/pull influence of local public goods, namely school quality and public safety, from household income and other lifecycle effects.  Our results provide evidence of both a "natural evolution" of households, due to income and household structural changes, as well as a "flight from blight", due to higher crime rates, lower school quality, and lower quality of housing stock in the central city.  In comparing the magnitudes of these variables, we find that the influence of public school quality is...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development; Land Economics/Use.
Ano: 2002
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/19668

GENDER AND LOCAL LEVEL DECISION MAKING: FINDINGS FROM A CASE STUDY IN PANJAO
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Wakefield,   Shawna.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development; Labor and Human Capital.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/14633

Las nociones de calidad percibidas por productores queseros de Tandil, Argentina: diversidad de estrategias y tensiones en procesos de desarrollo territorial
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Velarde,   Irene; Vimo,   P.; Corradetti,   M.A.; Vertiz,   P.; Otero,   J.; Raimundi,   J.; Fernandez,   L.; Lozano,   C.; Espinoza,   F.
El partido de Tandil tiene una larga historia y tradición en la producción láctea y la elaboración de quesos. La actividad quesera en la zona comienza a mediados del siglo XIX. Tradicionales, locales y naturales son los significantes asociados a los quesos tandileros, cuyo saber hacer se ha trasmitido a través de generaciones. Desde fines de los ´90, en un contexto de crisis económica, se produce un nuevo impulso a la quesería, debido: a) a las dificultades que la crisis impuso a muchos tambos su reconversión a queseros; y b) al crecimiento de la demanda de productos artesanales causado, entre otros, por el desarrollo del turismo interno. La búsqueda de la valorización de la tipicidad de los productos de Tandil, se verifica en un conjunto de iniciativas...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Productos típicos; Convenciones de calidad; Valorización; Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Labor and Human Capital.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/95239

Online-Survey of Keepers of Rare Animals or Plants about their Activities and Attitudes in Germany
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Efken,   Josef.
Zusammenfassung: Ziel der Studie ’Online-Befragung von ErhalterInnen seltener Nutztiere oder Nutzpflanzen zu Ihren Aktivitäten und Einstellungen’ ist es, erstmalig für Deutschland beziehungsweise den deutschsprachigen Raum diesen Personenkreis zu charakterisieren. Dazu wurde eine Online-Befragung durchgeführt, die sich mit Hilfe von einschlägig bekannten Organisationen gezielt an interessierte Personen richtete. Es konnten detaillierte Erkenntnisse über Einstellungen und Ausgestaltung des Engagements gewonnen werden sowie über Art und Umfang der unmittelbaren Erhaltung seltener Nutzpflanzen beziehungsweise Nutztiere: Es werden verschiedenste Arten und Rassen beziehungsweise Sorten erhalten. Vermarktungsaspekte sind wichtig und ’Erhalten durch Essen’ wird...
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Genetische Ressourcen; On Farm Management; Online-Befragung; Genetic resources; On-farm management; Online survey; Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Crop Production/Industries; Environmental Economics and Policy; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Food Security and Poverty; Livestock Production/Industries; Marketing; H44; Q13; Q57.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/102644

Who recieve rural development measures in Hungary?
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Elek,   Sandor; Ferto,   Imre; Forgacs,   Csaba.
The paper investigates the selection mechanisms of rural development policy using a survey among farmers in the Southern Great Plain region characterising by the high level of unemployment and strong agricultural background. We focus on the farmers social-economic characteristics explaining of success of application for rural development subsidies employing selection and count models. Estimations show that the higher educated and older farmers more likely apply for rural supports, whilst the share of less favoured land affects negatively on the application for subsidy. We found selection bias in the success of application. Results imply that farmers with less favoured land less likely receive, whilst higher educated and older farmers more likely receive...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Rural development measures; Selection models; Count models; Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/44255

AVALIAÇÃO DO SISTEMA TURÍSTICO NO ESTADO DE MATO GROSSO DO SUL: REGIÃO DOS LAGOS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Mariani,   Milton Pasquoto; Correa,   Cynthia Candida; Satolani,   Monica Ferreira; Veloso,   Aline de Freitas.
O turismo é um dos maiores segmentos da economia mundial, com considerável potencial de geração de emprego e renda. O Brasil é repleto de atrativos turísticos e potencialidades prontos para serem explorado de modo racional. Uma dessas potencialidades é o estado de Mato Grosso do Sul, que vem se destacando por seu significativo potencial turístico, sobretudo, no segmento do ecoturismo, dada à exuberância de suas riquezas naturais. Esse estudo teve como objetivo descrever o potencial turístico da Região dos Lados do Estado de Mato Grosso do Sul, priorizando as cidades de Aparecida do Taboado, Três Lagoas e Bataguassu, municípios com potencialidades turísticas dessa região. Pretende-se, assim, contribuir para o aumento da competitividade e sustentabilidade do...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Turismo no espaço rural; Ecoturismo; Sistema turístico; Ourism in the rural space; Ecotourism; Cientific methods; Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/108927

L’impact socio-économique du VIH/SIDA sur les familles rurales ET SUR l’éducation des jeunes AU CAMEROUN
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Nkendah,   Robert.
Au Cameroun comme dans beaucoup d’autres pays en Afrique subsaharienne, les recherches sur le VIH/SIDA se sont confinées dans les zones urbaines et ignorant en quelque sorte les zones rurales. C’est ainsi que ses liens avec l’agriculture et le développement rural n’ont reçu que peu d’attention en raison, dit-on, du manque des données et de la faible prévalence de la maladie dans les zones rurales par rapport aux zones urbaines. Pourtant, les liens réciproques entre la pandémie du VIH/SIDA et le développement rural est aujourd’hui reconnu par tous. La communauté internationale, y compris le Cameroun, cherche à mesurer l’impact de cette maladie sur la population rurale dont les jeunes occupent souvent une place importante. La présente communication vise à...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Demand and Price Analysis; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Food Security and Poverty; International Relations/Trade; Marketing; Productivity Analysis; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/52130

Will Bangladesh's Economic Growth Solve its Environmental Problems?
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Tisdell,   Clement A.
Bangladesh has experienced rising GDP and rising per capita incomes now for at least three decades. This article considers whether its continuing economic growth is likely to solve its environmental problems. In doing so, it critically considers the application to Bangladesh of Environmental Kuznets Curve relationships and applies other macro-methods of assessing the relationship between economic growth and the environment to Bangladesh’s situation. The consequences of Bangladesh’s economic reforms for the economic welfare of Bangladeshis and the state of Bangladesh’s environment are also examined. Particular attention is given to environmental change in agriculture in the light of Bangladesh’ economic growth, reforms and proposed growth strategy. Doubts...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Bangladesh; Economic Growth; Environmental Sustainability; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Environmental Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2002
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/48740

SHOULD INDIA INVEST MORE IN LESS-FAVORED AREAS?
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Fan,   Shenggen; Hazell,   Peter B.R.
Developing countries have to allocate limited government resources for rural areas among different investment activities and regions to achieve the twin goals of productivity growth and poverty alleviation. This is particularly important at a time when many countries are facing severe financial constraints. This paper develops a framework and provides empirical evidence on the impact of government investments in technology, irrigation, education and infrastructure on agricultural productivity growth and rural poverty reduction in rural India. The results reveal that government investments in more favored areas played significant roles during the green revolution period. But the marginal returns from additional government investments in these areas have...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 1997
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/16091

Eine Analyse der Transformationsberatung für die "kollektive Landwirtschaft" während der ersten Transformationsphase (1989-1991) am Beispiel Ostdeutschlands: Lehren für Korea.
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Choi,   Jeong Nam.
This work analyzes the retrospective assessments of East German farmers about their experiences during the transition of collective farms in the German Democratic Republic (GDR). This work focuses on how they performed the re-organization of their respective farms and on the role of external advisors in this process. Consequently this work is aimed at drawing lessons for transition of the North Korean collective farms after unification of Korea (in particular for the organization of advisory support) from these assessments. A basic task in transition of the collective farms in the GDR consisted in setting up basic institutional and legal conditions. However, the different positions and opinions among the individual beneficiaries concerning the choice of...
Tipo: Thesis or Dissertation
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Land Economics/Use.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/92316

ANALYZING ALTERNATIVES IN REGIONAL RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Maki,   Wilbur R.
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 1973
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/13671

Two Dimensions of the Spatial Distribution of Housing:  Dependency and Heterogeneity across Tennessee’s Six Metropolitan Statistical Areas
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Cho,   Seong-Hoon; Clark,   Christopher D.; Park,   William M.
A two-stage multinomial logit selection model is used to model the relationship between demographic characteristics and housing density across Tennessee’s six metropolitan statistical areas.  The study finds that there is both spatial correlation and heterogeneity in the most densely populated area, has the least amount of spatial correlation among housing density at the neighborhood level, while Johnson City, which has the lowest overall housing density, has the highest degree of spatial correlation.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Community; Housing density; Spatial dependency; Spatial heterogeneity; Community/Rural/Urban Development; C31; R21.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/43763

Support Scheme of Food Processing Firms: A Driving Force for Rural Development?
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Trefflich,   Annette; Uetrecht,   Inge; Efken,   Josef; Schafer,   Martin; Steinbauer,   Christina; Wendt,   Heinz.
The agri-food sector was given remarkable amounts of funding by all German federal states in the framework of the Measure g ‘Improving Processing and Marketing of Agricultural Products’ within the rural development programs. Based on literature and data we obtained by evaluating this program we identified some indicators representative for illustration of sustainable development, Apart from project data we used the official statistics and the method of case studies. Via selected indicators we received some signs of sustainable development in enterprises of the agri-food industry that also influence the development of rural area. Some statements are restricted because net effects can not be determined. The need for subsidies is discussed as well as...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Sustainability; Economic development; Case studies; Subsidies; Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Political Economy; Production Economics.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/90868

HETEROGENEITY IN THE HINTERLAND: A TYPOLOGICAL ANALYSIS OF OHIO EXURBAN AREAS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Irwin,   Elena G.; Sharp,   Jeff.
Located between suburban and rural regions, exurban areas are among the fastest growing regions in the U.S.  To better understand exurban changes and their policy implications, we develop a typology of rural-urban places and use statistical methods to examine township patterns of exurban change in Ohio.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2003
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/21910

Labor market behavior of Chinese rural households during transition
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Wang,   Xiaobing.
The goal of this study is to assess households’ labor allocation in the wake of China’s efforts to develop the rural labor market in a manner that is conductive to its transition to a market economy. Applying the agricultural household model as the theoretical framework, we help to understand the behavior of rural households in the labor market in three different but interrelated contexts: Participation behavior in hiring labor and supplying off-farm labor, the quantity of hired-labor demand and off-farm labor supply, and the dynamics of rural households’ participation in labor markets. The empirical studies are based on micro-level panel data from Zhejiang province from 1995 to 2002. We first derive a joint model of households’ decisions on hiring labor...
Tipo: Thesis or Dissertation
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development; Consumer/Household Economics; Labor and Human Capital.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/92321

PREPARATION OF BECOMING TEACHERS OF AGRICULTURE FOR FILLING THE PART OF AN ADULT EDUCATOR
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Fekete-Szakos,   Eva.
All becoming teachers would need knowledge on adult education in order to better understand his own lifelong learning. If adult education were integrated into university education of BSc or MSc level, extension courses for practicing teachers would not loose their importance, but on the contrary, those would be arranged at an upper level. Adult education should be changed to competence based education, as the competent andragogical knowledge can hide the possibility of some extra profit. Teachers and trainers in vocational education, who are engineers and economists etc. at the same time, would mean potentially the best qualified adult educators, whose teaching competences should only be completed with andragogical competences. They are appropriate and can...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Adult education; Andragogy; Adult educator; Teacher training; Vocational trainer; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Labor and Human Capital.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/58921

Factors Influencing Farmer Adoption of Portable Computers for Site-Specific Management: A Case Study for Cotton Production
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Walton,   Jonathan C.; Larson,   James A.; Roberts,   Roland K.; Lambert,   Dayton M.; English,   Burton C.; Larkin,   Sherry L.; Marra,   Michele C.; Martin,   Steven W.; Paxton,   Kenneth W.; Reeves,   Jeanne M.
Personal digital assistants (PDA) and handheld global positioning systems (GPS) have become increasingly important in cotton production but little is known about their use. This research analyzed the adoption of PDA/handheld GPS devices in cotton production. A younger farmer who used a computer in farm management and had a positive perception of Extension had a greater likelihood of adopting the devices. In addition, farmers who used complementary remote sensing, plant mapping, and grid soil sampling information were more likely to use PDA/handheld GPS devices. Finally, the COTMAN in-field decision support program from Extension also positively impacted adoption.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Decision support; Information technology; Precision farming technology; Variable rate technology; Agribusiness; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Crop Production/Industries; Farm Management; Land Economics/Use; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies; Teaching/Communication/Extension/Profession; D21; Q12; Q16.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/90671

Stopping Start-Ups: How the Business Cycle Affects Entrepreneurship
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Yu,   Li; Orazem,   Peter F.; Jolly,   Robert W.
This study analyzes whether economic conditions at the time of labor market entry affect entrepreneurship, using difference in business start-ups between cohorts of college students graduating in boom or bust economic conditions. Those graduating during an economic bust tend to delay their business start-ups relative to boom period graduates by about two years. Those results are consistent with additional findings that higher unemployment rates at time of graduation significantly delay the first business start-up across all college graduation cohorts over the 1982-2004 period. The adverse effect of a bust is temporary, delaying but not preventing self-employment over the life-cycle.
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development; Demand and Price Analysis; Financial Economics; Labor and Human Capital; Marketing; Political Economy; Production Economics; Productivity Analysis; Public Economics; Risk and Uncertainty.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/54083

Determinantes de la elección de participación e ingresos en diferentes categorías de empleo en sectores rurales de Chile
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Rodriguez,   C.; Lopez de Lerida,   J.
Published by Asociación de Economistas Agrarios de Chile
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Labor market; Multivariate probit; Rural nonfarm employment; Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/97372

Pengembangan agribisnis berbasis palawija di Indonesia: perannya dalam peningkatan ketahanan pangan dan pengentasan kemiskinan: prosiding seminar nasional, Bogor, 13 Juli 2006
Provedor de dados: 31
This book is a proceeding of a national seminar on the development of secondary crops-based agribusiness in Indonesia: its role in improving food security and poverty alleviation. The seminar was initiated by UNCAPSA and Indonesian Centre for Food Crops Research and Development (ICFORD). It was attended by farmers, agribusiness players, researchers, agricultural scientists and policy planners. Aspects discussed cover a wide domensions including research and development, strategy/policy and programmes to develop agroindustrial sector, marketing and trade, success stories, as well as problems faced by farmers.
Tipo: Book
Palavras-chave: AGROINDUSTRIAL SECTOR; FOOD CROPS; MARKETS; MARKETING; PROCESSING; FOOD SECURITY; POVERTY; Agribusiness; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Consumer/Household Economics; Crop Production/Industries; Farm Management; Food Security and Poverty; Marketing; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/96658

New York Economic Handbook, 2002
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Extension Faculty &amp; Staff.
Tipo: Working Paper
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2001
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/122282

Red Light Ahead: Preparing Local Governments Financially for the Next Disaster
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Fannin,   James Matthew; Detre,   Joshua D.
Tipo: Article
Palavras-chave: Disaster Resiliency; Financial Health; Local Government; Public Wealth; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Public Economics; H83; H84.
Ano: 2012
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/122804

OPPORTUNITIES AND OBSTACLES OF AREABASED PARTNERSHIPS IN RURAL HUNGARY – MAIN FEATURES OF THE OPERATIONS OF LEADER LOCAL ACTION GROUPS BASED ON A NATIONWIDE SURVEY
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Kis,   Krisztian; Szekeresne,   Koteles Rita.
Based on the results of our questionnaire survey, our study presents the major operational features of LEADER LAGs established in Hungary in the second half of 2007. Our national survey indicated that most of the partnerships established do not have experience in the implementation of community-based rural development programmes and there are no traditions and practices for development cooperation, which may cause problems as the success of programme implementation highly depends on the preparedness of local society, on the cooperation of local people. The survey indicates that the development of areas covered by LAGs is hindered by so-called soft factors characterizing human resources (rural people and communities). Therefore human resources are not only...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Endogenous development; Local Action Groups (LAG's); Cooperation; Social capital; Capacity-building; Subsidiarity; Sustainability; Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/104682

A VIDÉKI TURIZMUS SZEREPE AZ ÉSZAK-MAGYARORSZÁG RÉGIÓBAN, KÜLÖNÖS TEKINTETTEL A VIDÉKFEJLESZTÉSRE A 2007-13. ÉVI AGRÁR- ÉS VIDÉKPOLITIKA TÜKRÉBEN
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: David,   Lorant; Toth,   Geza; Kelemen,   Nora; Kincses,   Aron.
Észak-Magyarország három megyéje közül Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén megyé-ben a legjelentősebb a magánszállásadás szerepe, a vendéglátók 50,5%-a találha-tó itt, Hevesben 41,6%-a, miközben Nógrád megyében 7,9%-a. Észak-Magyarország magánszállás férőhelyeinek eloszlása a 2005-ös adatokat vizsgálva területileg meglehetősen egyenlőtlen. A magánszálláshelyeken belül a 2005-ös adatok alapján a falusi szállásadás szálláshelyei 58%-ot tesznek ki, mellyel a régió eltér az országos megoszlástól. A legtöbb mutató vonatkozásában megállapítottuk, hogy a régió megyéinek falusi szállásadással, illetve magánszállásadással rendelkező települései társadalmi-gazdasági fejlettsége, illetve folyamatai sok tekintetben kedvezőtlenebbek az ilyen szállásadással rendelkező települések...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Vidéki turizmus; Falusi szállásadás; Fizetővendéglátás; Statisztikai elemzés; Versenyképesség; Countryside tourism; Village accommodation; Commercial hospitality; Statistical analysis; Competitiveness; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/57687

Land reform, household specialisation and rural development in China
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Brown,   Colin G.; Kai,   Chen.
Recent land reforms in China have sought to address fundamental problems with the Household Production Responsibility System such as land fragmentation. Primarily the reforms have targeted land productivity and grain output. However, the reforms have had a much broader effect on rural development as they have allowed a degree of household specialisation in non-grain activities both on and off the farm. Based on information collected from household surveys and fieldwork in Shandong and other provinces, this paper reports on some of the impacts of land reform on productivity, household specialisation and rural development.
Tipo: Presentation
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development; Land Economics/Use.
Ano: 1999
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/123790

Mobile telephony as a change drivers in rural areas
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Michailidis,   Anastasios; Loizou,   Efstratios; Nastis,   Stefanos A.; Mattas,   Konstadinos.
The aim of the paper is to reveal the most important causes of mobile telephony use by rural residents. In particular, the examination of the expected changes due to use of mobile phones and the assessment of the major causes that drive rural residents to desire mobile telephony access constitute the main objective of the paper. In addition, the study extends the employment of binomial econometric methodologies into rural development issues. Interesting results are revealed from the three discrete segments of rural populations regarding the drivers of mobile phone use. The majority of the users belong to the so-called “farmers”, where the dominant causes of mobile phone use are different from the rest ones. More specifically, causes such as region and...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Binomial logit model; Change facilitation; Mobile telephony; Rural areas; Survey; Community/Rural/Urban Development; C01; D83; R11; R58.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/95312

Regional employment impacts  of Common Agricultural Policy measures in Eastern Germany:  A difference-in-differences approach
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Petrick,   Martin; Zier,   Patrick.
Politicians and farm lobbyists frequently use the argument that agricultural policy is necessary to safeguard jobs in agriculture. We explore whether this is true by conducting an econometric ex-post evaluation of the European Union’s Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) in the three East German States Brandenburg, Saxony, and Saxony-Anhalt. Whereas previous studies have employed descriptive statistics or qualitative methods and have looked at single policy instruments in isolation, we apply a difference-in-differences estimator to analyse the employment effects of the entire portfolio of CAP measures simultaneously. Based on panel data at the county level, we find that investment aids and transfers to less favoured areas had a zero marginal employment effect....
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Impact analysis; Agricultural employment; Common Agricultural Policy; Decoupling; Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; Agricultural Finance; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Labor and Human Capital; Q18; J43; R58.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/93158

Transparency in Meat Production – Consumer Perception at the Point of Sale
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Deimel,   Mark.
As a result of a large number of food scandals, societal interest in transparency in the food sector has grown considerably. Deficits have been discovered, which new legal frameworks of the EU and the German legislative body have attempted to address. Hence, the creation of transparency in the production process has been the focus of the legislation. In this context, traceability systems for animal-based foods, for instance, have been established (Regulation (EC) 178/2002). In addition to tracking and tracing, one finds in the public discussion an increasing number of demands for further information, for instance information on food safety, animal and environmental protection and generally for sustainability of the production processes for foods. This is...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Transparency; Pork production; Adaptive conjoint analysis.; Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Labor and Human Capital.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/94923

REGIONAL ECONOMIC ACCOUNTS FOR RECREATION RESOURCE PLANNING
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Maki,   Wilbur R.
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 1984
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/13860

EVALUATION OF THE 2006/7 AGRICULTURAL INPUT SUBSIDY PROGRAMME, MALAWI. FINAL REPORT
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Dorward,   Andrew; Chirwa,   Ephraim; Kelly,   Valerie A.; Jayne,   Thomas S.; Slater,   Rachel; Boughton,   Duncan.
This report evaluates the 2006/7 Malawi Government Agricultural Input Subsidy Programme (AISP). The main objective of the evaluation is to assess the impact and implementation of the AISP in order to provide lessons for future interventions in growth and social protection. The evaluation combined qualitative and quantitative methods of data collection and analysis. Quantitative data were collected through a national survey in 2007 of 2,491 households who were previously interviewed in the 2004/05 Integrated Household Survey, a survey of retail shops selling inputs in six districts and data on stocks and sales from manufacturers, large-scale importers and dealers of fertilizers and seeds. The quantitative data was triangulated by qualitative data from focus...
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Food Security and Poverty; Productivity Analysis.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/97143

Comparing Welfare Estimates from Fixed Status Quo Attributes vs People’s Perceived Attributes of Water Quality
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Marsh,   Dan; Mkwara,   Lena Asimenye.
Data from a choice experiment on the community’s preferences for water quality improvements in streams was used to assess the effect of using a fixed status quo versus people’s perceived status quo on willingness to pay values. More than 50% of respondents perceived the quality of water in streams to be different to the status quo in the initial experimental design. Study results have shown that respondents who opted for their own perceived status quo alternative had stronger preferences and higher willing to pay for water quality improvements than their counterparts.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Choice experiments; Fixed status quo; People’s perceived status quo; Willingness to pay; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Crop Production/Industries; Environmental Economics and Policy; Farm Management; Health Economics and Policy; Land Economics/Use.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/97155

Service Delivery in Rural Municipalities: Privatize, Cooperate, or Go It Alone?
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Halstead,   John M.; Mohr,   Robert D.; Deller,   Steven C.
Choices in production and contracting arrangements for a wide range of services were studied using data from approximately 1,000 small, mostly rural municipalities from Illinois, New Hampshire and Wisconsin. Results suggest the use of both for-profit contractors and cooperative agreements with other governments correlate negatively with population. Small municipalities are less likely to use competitive bidding processes, compare costs between production options, or report that privatization produces savings. Median income, rural geography, and ideology show statistically-significant associations with contracting choices. Respondents generally consider themselves ―satisfied‖ with services provided by contract, although satisfaction levels are lower than...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Privatization; Municipal services; Cooperation; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Public Economics.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/60991

Critical Access Hospitals and Retail Activity: an Empirical Analysis
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Brooks,   Lara; Whitacre,   Brian E.
This paper takes an empirical approach to determining the effect that a critical access hospital (CAH) has on local retail activity.  Previous research on the relationship between hospitals and economic development has primarily focused on single-case, multiplier oriented analysis.  The positive empirical results provide additional evidence on the far-reaching economic development impacts of CAHs.  The results also emphasize the importance of continued support for these rural institutions, including federal and state subsidies.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Critical Access Hospital; Retail; Economic impact; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Health Economics and Policy; R11; I18.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/56323

A FISCAL IMPACT MODEL FOR RURAL INDUSTRIALIZATION
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Toman,   Norman E.; Leholm,   Arlen G.; Dalsted,   Norman L.; Leistritz,   F. Larry.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 1977
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/32213

The Relationship Between Members’ Trust and Participation in the Governance of Cooperatives: The Role of Organizational Commitment
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Barraud-Didier,   Valérie; Henninger,   Marie-Christine; El Akremi,   Assâad.
The International Food and Agribusiness Management Review is published by IFAMA. www.ifama.org
Tipo: Article
Palavras-chave: Organizational commitment; Cooperative members; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Environmental Economics and Policy; Farm Management; Institutional and Behavioral Economics; Land Economics/Use; Productivity Analysis; Q13; D23.
Ano: 2012
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/120855

FARMERS' ATTITUDES TO RURAL ADJUSTMENT ASSISTANCE: RESULTS OF A SURVEY IN JEMALONG SHIRE, N.S.W.
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Robinson,   Chris; McMahon,   Pat J.; Gibbs,   Melissa.
The Australian Government has provided adjustment assistance to the rural sector since 1970 under several schemes. The demand for assistance has been lower than expected, given the alleged size of the problem, particularly for the 'welfare' oriented provisions. The results of a survey of farmers' attitudes to the current Rural Adjustment Scheme are examined in an attempt to explain this phenomenon. Measures designed to ease financial difficulties or to facilitate on-farm adjustment were much preferred to those designed to assist farmers to leave agriculture. Considerable confusion about the scheme was evident and many farmers thought that information about the scheme was inadequate. Better extension and counselling is suggested to improve information flows...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 1981
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/22313

AGRÁR- ÉS VIDÉKFEJLESZTÉSI PROGRAMOK MAGYARORSZÁGON (2002-2013) – ELÉRT ÉS VÁRHATÓ EREDMÉNYEK
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Weisz,   Miklos; Kovacs,   Laszlo.
A SAPARD-ban, az AVOP-ban és az NVT-ben rendelkezésre álló források a magyar agrárium és a vidéki gazdaság szerkezet-átalakításának, modernizálásá-nak megkezdését szolgálták, a szükséges változások megvalósításához viszont szerények voltak. A három program tapasztalatai azt mutatják, hogy a fejlesztési források felhasználásával kapcsolatos korábbi kételyek nem igazolódtak, a be-adott pályázatok, támogatási kérelmek forrásigénye esetenként jelentősen meg-haladta az előirányzott pénzügyi keretet. A fő célkitűzések, prioritások jórészt teljesültek, de néhány intézkedés megvalósulásában módosítást igénylő arányta-lanságok is jelentkeztek.  Több szerző mást-mást emel ki a hazai mezőgazdaság problémái közül. Ab-ban egyet lehet érteni, hogy a mezőgazdaság...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Vidékfejlesztés; SAPARD; AVOP; NVT; ÚMVP; Regional development; SAPARD; AVOP; NVT; ÚMVP; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/57688

NATIONAL E-COMMERCE EXTENSION INITIATIVE FOR RURAL ENTREPRENEURS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Lane,   Shannon.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: National e-Commerce Extension; Rural Broadband Access; Rural Digital Divide; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Marketing; O43.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/100795

REGIONAL PLANNING: COMMON SENSE OR NONSENSE?
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Hoyt,   John S., Jr.
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 1971
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/14046

Rural areas development as a field of intervention of the European Union Cohesion Policy after 2013
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Michalewska-Pawlak,   Małgorzata.
Sustainable rural development is one of the social, economic and territorial cohesion aspects of the European Union. In the current financial perspective 2007-2013 rural areas development is supported by the Common Agricultural Policy, which does not always contribute to improvement of their vitality and cohesion with urban areas. The main theses organising the analyses presented in this paper are as follows: The problem lies in the division of the funds into particular priorities of rural development and the rural development is still dominated by the agriculture approach. The European Commission and the Member States’ approaches to rural development focus on agricultural production and improving its conditions or environment protection. Cohesion Policy...
Tipo: Article
Palavras-chave: European Union; Rural areas; Common Agricultural Policy; Cohesion Policy; Structural Funds; Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/119652

FIGHTING RURAL POVERTY IN LATIN AMERICA: NEW EVIDENCE AND POLICY
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Valdes,   Alberto; Lopez,   Ramon E.
We synthesize recent case studies on rural poverty in six Latin American countries, plus two thematic studies. We find that the return to education in farming is surprisingly small; land redistribution increases total farm output, but has mixed effects on income; and urban economic growth significantly reduces rural poverty.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development; Food Security and Poverty.
Ano: 1999
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/21581

COOPERATIVAS COMO FORMA DE ORGANIZAÇÃO DA AGRICULTURA FAMILIAR
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Rosa,   Nadir Paula Da; Lago,   Adriano; Santos Junior,   Silvio; Mendonca,   Erica Silva.
A agricultura familiar desempenha um importante papel socioeconômico na sociedade, proporcionando a permanência do homem no campo, conseqüentemente evitando o êxodo rural, e reduzindo o crescimento dos cinturões da pobreza em torno das cidades a procura de trabalho. O foco central do presente estudo concentra-se em discutir os motivos que levam as pequenas famílias rurais a buscar diferentes maneiras de se organizar, e de que maneira isso ocorre. Para isso utilizou-se de estudo de natureza descritiva e exploratória, através de 12 entrevistas semi-estruturadas com produtores rurais, representantes de cooperativas, agroindústrias familiares e com o presidente da Agroart na 30ª Expointer/Esteio, RS. Os resultados obtidos com a pesquisa levam a conclusão que a...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agricultura familiar; Agroindústrias e cooperativas; Family farming; Agricultural industries and cooperatives; Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/102769

Rural Development and Poverty Reduction: Is Agriculture Still Key?
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Anriquez,   Gustavo; Stamoulis,   Kostas G.
This paper examines the relationship between rurality and poverty, and the role the agricultural sector can play in rural development, poverty reduction, and overall development. The historical views regarding the role of the primary sector in development are presented, and then using original data, the paper argues that there was an historical misjudgment against the primary sector that served as a foundation for anti-agricultural bias in public policy until the late 80’s. Finally, this paper explains how under certain conditions territorial/regional development strategies may prosper, but in other conditions, particularly in the least-developed countries rural space, agriculture is still necessarily the starting point for rural development.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Rural development; Agricultural growth; Poverty reduction; Production linkages; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Food Security and Poverty; International Development; Q10; O10; O13.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/112591

Costs and performance of irrigation projects: A comparison of Sub-Saharan Africa and other developing regions
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Inocencio,   Arlene; Kikuchi,   Masao; Tonosaki,   Manabu; Maruyama,   Atsushi; Merrey,   Douglas J.; Sally,   Hilmy; de Jong,   Ijsbrand.
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Irrigation programs; Costs; Investment policy; Participatory management; Farmer participation; Agribusiness; Agricultural Finance; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Crop Production/Industries; Environmental Economics and Policy; Farm Management.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/44516

Defining the "Rural" in Rural America
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Cromartie,   John; Bucholtz,   Shawn.
Tipo: Article
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/122957

Regional differences evaluation on the capacities of rural basic public services based on topsis method - Demonstration from 31 Cities and Provinces
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Liu,   Jin-song.
Capacities of rural basic public services in 31 cities and provinces are evaluated and sorted based on the method of Topsis according to the data of rural education, medical treatment, health and so on during 2006 in China. The empirical results show that there are great differences among the capacities of rural basic public services in most cities and provinces, and their equalization is relatively low. The financial non-equalization is still the biggest obstacle in the process of realizing the equalization of rural basic public services. Finally, this paper put forward some countermeasures and proposals on how to bridge the gap of the equalization of rural basic public services.
Tipo: Thesis or Dissertation
Palavras-chave: Rural areas; Basic public services; Equalization; Evaluation; China; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/53477

Allocation of CAP modulation funds to rural development measures at the regional level in Finland
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Hyytia,   Nina.
Further coordination and coherence of the EU funds and policies has been increasingly called for, implying that the territorial perspectives should be included as a major element in the future policies. In this paper, CAP modulation is considered in a framework of a regional development such that it compares the effects on modulation funds first, as they are allocated as income subsidies to farm related, diversified economic activities and second, as they are channeled from agriculture to increased regional investment demand. A rural-urban Social Accounting Matrix is used as a base year data for the CGE-model. The results suggest that transferring CAP payments from actual agriculture as income support to diversified activity does not promote rural...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/114525

Participatory policy evaluation as an innovative method to improve processes of sustainable rural development
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Bocher,   Michael.
This paper presents an innovative process-orientated self-evaluation method regarding sustainable rural development processes, developed by the University of Göttingen in cooperation with rural actors and a consultant. This method, which is also available online, can be employed by rural development initiatives in order to manage their own work successfully. The paper presents the general evaluation research design and the computer-based method for the self-evaluation of regional development initiatives. It also discuses the potential problems of such a participatory research design which emerged through important empirical findings
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Sustainable rural development; LEADER+; Policy-evaluation; Germany; Participatory research; Methodology; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/44106

The Role of Farm Households and the Agro-Food Sector in Korean Rural Economy
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Heo,   Jang; Kim,   Yong-Lyoul.
This paper aims to review the role of farm households and the agro-food sector in the economy of rural areas in Korea. It discusses definition of rural area, share of agricultural and agro-food sectors in Korean economy, the income situation of farm households and non-farming activities, and multiplier effects of agriculture in Korea. Rural areas mean Eup and Myeon, whereas Dong means urban area. Rural population in Korea has continued to decrease over the years. In 2005, 18.3% of total land area, or 1,824thousand ha, was used for paddy and dry fields. The share of GRDP of agricultural, forestry, and fishing sectors was about 10% in 1985, but dropped to slightly over 3% in 2005. Thirty seven percent of farmers have a second employment in the non-farm...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Rural areas; Agriculture; Agro-food sector; Farm household income; Rural tourism; Korea; Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Consumer/Household Economics.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/45652

Unpacking the Meaning of “Market Access”
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Chamberlin,   Jordan; Jayne,   Thomas S.
Improving farmers’ access to markets is widely recognized as a major development challenge.  A review of the literature suggests that indicators of market access may bear little relationship to the specific processes of interest and hence provide misguided evidence of the impacts of improved market access. This paper attempts to “unpack” the dimensions of market access and, in the process, uses farm survey data from Kenya to investigate changes in multiple indicators during the post-liberalization period.  Findings show that market access conditions experienced by rural Kenyans exhibit considerable variation across time, space, and indicator type. We suggest ways in which structured hypothesizing and sensitivity analysis may strengthen empirical treatments...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Market access; Remoteness; Smallholders; Africa; Kenya; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; International Development; Marketing; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods; C81; D01; D63; D83; H41; H54; R58; L99.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/110014

COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT--MID-COAST MAINE
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Bennett,   Austin E.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 1969
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/17014

Regional integration and production location: what theories (do not) tell us
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Scoppola,   Margherita.
There is broad empirical evidence showing that regional integration considerably influences the choice of firms over the location of production; nevertheless, the theoretical literature on this issue is rather limited. Traditional preferential trade theory does not include the driving force of these changes, that is, economies of scale. The paper surveys recent contributions from the new economic geography and the multinational enterprise literature addressing the issue of the effects of preferential trade, with the aim of examining the main features of the models, and assessing their predictions and policy implications critically. The paper shows, among other things, that the findings are often contradictory, depending upon the underlying hypotheses of...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/18862

Human Capital Investment and the Gender Division of Labor in a Brawn-Based Economy
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Pitt,   Mark M.; Rosenzweig,   Mark R.; Hassan,   Md. Nazmul.
﻿We use a model of human capital investment and activity choice to explain facts describing gender differentials in the levels and returns to human capital investments. These include the higher return to and level of schooling, the small effect of healthiness on wages, and the large effect of healthiness on schooling for females relative to males. The model incorporates gender differences in the level and responsiveness of brawn to nutrition in a Roy-economy setting in which activities reward skill and brawn differentially. Empirical evidence from rural Bangladesh provides support for the model and the importance of the distribution of brawn.
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Brawn; Health; Schooling; Gender; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Consumer/Household Economics; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Health Economics and Policy; International Development; Labor and Human Capital; O1; J1; J2.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/93916

REGIONAL INPUT-OUTPUT AND SOCIAL ACCOUNTING SYSTEMS FOR AGRICULTURAL AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT PLANNING
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Maki,   Wilbur R.
This report presents selected statistics of inter-industry inter-dependence which focus on the importance and role of agriculture and agriculture-related industry in regional economic development. Data for two vastly different regions-- the state of Minnesota and the Northeast Region of Thailand-- are presented to show the wide differences in regional economic relationships and activity levels which occur and which are amenable, nonetheless, to similar methods of economic accounting and analysis. These methods include use of regional input-output and socio-economic accounts for monitoring, assessing and comparing the effects of particular agricultural and agriculture-related industry development strategies on a total regional economy and, also, through its...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 1980
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/13286

An Optimal Control Framework to Address the Relationship between Water Resource Management and Water-Borne Health Impacts:  Focus on the Texas Lower Rio Grande Valley
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Leidner,   Andrew J.; Lacewell,   Ronald D.; Rister,   M. Edward; Sturdivant,   Allen W.
The objective of this study is develop a theoretical model that can evaluate two types of public health expenditures on water-borne health risks: water-related municipal services, an ex ante preventative measure against water-borne contamination, and medical treatment, an ex post treatment of the water-borne pollutant’s harmful effects on human health.  The modeled community can allocate resources in either centralized-municipal water-services, point-of-use water-services, or medical intervention, with expenditures subject to a budget constraint.  The movement of a water-borne illness through the community is modeled with a susceptible-infected-susceptible (SIS) disease framework.  An optimization framework is developed, including a statement of the...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Water; Public health; Rural development; Dynamic optimization; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/98806

Mehr-Ebenen-Modelle in der Analyse agrarstruktureller Entwicklungen – Methodik und Implikationen
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Margarian,   Anne.
Until now empirical analyses have not succeeded in the determination of a general upon agreed bunch of the most important driving forces of structural change in agriculture beyond the level of the national economy. It will be argued that the sometimes contradictory results of different studies are caused by the endogenous dynamics of structural change as well as by mixing up different levels of causality. The influence of single causes, therefore, is not necessarily characterised by linearity, symmetry and independence of other causes, of the location or of time. Multi-level-models are being presented as a method with the capability to cope with these problems by modelling hierarchical relations and dynamics in time simultaneously. The flexibility of the...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Structural change; Multi-level-model; Mixed model; Hierarchical causation; Endogenous restrictions; Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/96764

A multi-regional general equilibrium model to assess policy effects at regional level
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Lovo,   Stefania; Magnani,   Riccardo; Perali,   Carlo Federico.
In this paper we develop a multi-regional general equilibrium model (MEG-R) to compare the social desirability of the CAP reform in the three Italian macro-regions: North, Center and South. The model employs a mixed complementary framework that allows for the decision of not producing a particular crop in one or more regions and presents an attempt to model interregional trade flows. The model incorporates the links between production and consumption that characterize farm household’s behavior and allows for heterogeneous household responses across regions. Results show a general tendency to reallocations from cereal crops to forage that appear more severe in the South. In this region, the reduction in crops cannot be translated into an effective expansion...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Multi regional general equilibrium model; Farm households; Interregional trade.; Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Labor and Human Capital.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/95059

ATTAINING UNIVERSAL ACCESS: PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP AND BUSINESS-NGO PARTNERSHIP
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Chowdhury,   Shyamal K.
This paper evaluates two alternative mechanisms, Public-Private Partnership in Peru and Business-NGO Partnership in Bangladesh, that provide rural people with access to telecommunications. The two mechanisms that are examined here are considered as two best practices in the provision of rural telecommunications in the context of developing countries. Under two geographically distinct market segments, rural market characterized by low per-subscriber revenue and urban market characterized by high per-subscriber revenue, the traditional provision mechanisms such as state ownership, regulated monopoly and competitive market structure may not provide universal access to the people living in rural areas of developing countries. Attainment of universal access...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2002
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/18755

Institutional Impediments, Entitlement Exchange and Women's Empowerment in Rural India: The Case of Access to Education
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Roy,   Kartik C.; Tisdell,   Clement A.; Ghose,   Ananda.
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Gender empowerment; Education; India; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Consumer/Household Economics; Environmental Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2000
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/94399

Meat Packing and Processing Facilities in the Non-Metropolitan Midwest: Blessing or Curse?
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Artz,   Georgeanne M.; Orazem,   Peter F.; Otto,   Daniel M.
Growth in the meat packing and processing industry in the Midwestern United States has generated a significant amount of debate regarding the costs and benefits of this type of economic development.  This research employs 1990-2000 proprietary data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics'’ Longitudinal Database (LDB) to investigate the effects of this industry on social and economic outcomes in non-metropolitan counties of twelve Midwestern states.  The empirical specification uses a difference-in-differences specification to measure the effect of industry growth on local economic growth, government expenditures, and crime.  Propensity score matching is used as a check on possible non-random placement of meat packing and processing plants.  Results suggest...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/19242

A TWO-STEP ESTIMATOR FOR A SPATIAL LAG MODEL OF COUNTS: THEORY, SMALL SAMPLE PERFORMANCE AND AN APPLICATION
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Lambert,   Dayton M.; Brown,   Jason P.; Florax,   Raymond J.G.M.
Several spatial econometric approaches are available to model spatially correlated disturbances in count models, but there are at present no structurally consistent count models incorporating spatial lag autocorrelation. A two-step, limited information maximum likelihood estimator is proposed to fill this gap. The estimator is developed assuming a Poisson distribution, but can be extended to other count distributions. The small sample properties of the estimator are evaluated with Monte Carlo experiments. Simulation results suggest that the spatial lag count estimator achieves gains in terms of bias over the aspatial version as spatial lag autocorrelation and sample size increase. An empirical example deals with the location choice of single-unit start-up...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Count model; Location choice; Manufacturing; Poisson; Spatial econometrics; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Land Economics/Use; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies; C21; C25; D21; R12; R30.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/59780

UMA ABORDAGEM APLICADA DE COMPONENTES PRINCIPAIS NO ESTUDO DO DESENVOLVIMENTO DA MESORREGIÃO METROPOLITANA DE BELO HORIZONTE, MG
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Marzano Araujo,   Vanessa; Mota,   Vania Correa; De Lima,   Ivis Bento.
Neste trabalho, buscou-se utilizar a técnica multivariada de análise dos componentes principais para verificar, dentre três indicadores selecionados, qual apresenta maior influência no nível de desenvolvimento da Mesorregião Metropolitana de Belo Horizonte para o ano de 2004. A discussão em torno do tema desenvolvimento é antiga, várias concepções já foram adotadas por teóricos, porém ainda não se conseguiu chegar a uma definição que seja clara sobre o que realmente significa desenvolvimento. A visão contemporânea do termo é que o desenvolvimento deve ir além do estritamente econômico, proporcionando o crescimento das variáveis macroeconômicas e a redistribuição dessas riquezas para toda a população, num processo que também eleve os indicadores sociais e...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Desenvolvimento Regional; Análise Multivariada; Belo Horizonte; Regional Development; Multivariate Analysis; Belo Horizonte; Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/102226

Expanding the Frontiers of Agricultural Economics to Meet the Future Challenges of Agricultural Development
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Kirsten,   Johann F.
In this paper I challenge the theoretical building blocks of agricultural economics and then provide some indication of how the discipline has rectified some of its shortcomings. The introduction of the New Institutional Economics into our discipline has been a major improvement. I have then argued that the challenges facing our profession are so huge that we need to think about further adaptation by making more use of other social sciences such as sociology and anthropology. This could help us understand the major complexities of dealing with the challenge of black economic empowerment in agriculture. This will however, also be necessary for us to adjust our research paradigm. This argument is well articulated by Doyer and Van Rooyen (2001) when they...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development; International Development; Teaching/Communication/Extension/Profession.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/9519

VERGLEICH DER BERGLANDWIRTSCHAFT IN POLEN UND DEUTSCHLAND
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Sroka,   Wojciech; Happe,   Kathrin.
This paper summarises results of a expert interviews on the state and development of agriculture and rural areas in selected municiapalities in the Polish Carapatian mountains and in the German Alps. Compared to the German Alps, the Polish region has a number of particularities originating from the different history and the transformation process. The overall development in the Polish region is still lagging behind. The implementation of measures of the Common Agricultural Policy has not yet led to significant structural changes in the Carpathian region. The surveyed experts have identified a positive perspective for the development of agriculture. They expect tourism and agriculture to be the main sources of income. A complete disappearance of agriculture...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Berglandwirtschaft; Entwicklungsperspektiven; Polen; Bayern; Mountainous areas; Development perspectives; Poland; Bavaria; Rolnictwo górskie; Perspektywy rozwoju; Polska; Bawaria; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Farm Management; Institutional and Behavioral Economics; International Development; Q12; Q18.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/91905

COMMUNITY SUPPORTED AGRICULTURE (CSA): A HYPOTHESIS TEST OF MEMBERSHIP ACTIVITIES AND UTILITY
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Kolodinsky,   Jane M.; Wang,   Qingbin; Pelch,   Leslie.
This study examines whether membership activities of Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) farms can yield utility directly.  Results based on survey data from Vermont suggest that time spent in picking up produce from a CSA farm and time spent in cleaning and putting away produce at home do yield utility directly and the direct utility from picking up is greater than that from cleaning and putting away.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Community supported agriculture (CSA); Household production; Vermont; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Consumer/Household Economics.
Ano: 1999
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/21692

ICT in Agricultural Enterprises in the Czech Republic – Exploration 2010
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Vanek,   Jiri; Simek,   Pavel; Vogeltanzova,   Tereza; Cervenkova,   Eva; Jarolimek,   Jan.
The present paper brings an outline of the methodology and chosen results of an extensive ICT development survey in agricultural enterprises that was carried out in the second quarter of 2010 in the whole Czech Republic. The survey was aimed primarily at the analysis of internet connectivity development in rural areas (i.e. areas where the majority of enterprises operates), at the technical and program equipment and last but not least at the present state and current trends in ICT use. This follow-up survey prosecutes the studies that were administered within the last two years (2009 in particular). In comparison with previous years, it comprises two brand new domains (e.g. social networks and their use, program equipment used in different segments of...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Information and communication technologies; Broadband; ADSL; Wi-Fi; 3G; LTE.; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies; GA; IN.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/96938

NEW CONTRACT ARRANGEMENTS IN TURKMAN AGRICULTURE: IMPACTS ON PRODUCTIVITY AND RURAL INCOMES
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Lerman,   Zvi; Stanchin,   Ivan.
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development; Farm Management; Productivity Analysis.
Ano: 2003
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/15006

The global groundwater situation: overview of opportunities and challenges
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Shah,   Tushaar; Molden,   David J.; Sakthivadivel,   Ramasamy; Seckler,   David.
Groundwater offers us few but precious opportunities for alleviating the misery of the poor; but it poses many—and daunting—challenges of preserving the resource itself. A big part of the answer is massive initiatives to augment groundwater recharge in regions suffering depletion; but, in the ultimate analysis, these cannot work without appropriate demand-side interventions. The water vision of a world that future generations will inherit will have to be the one in which groundwater plays its full developmental, productive and environmental role but in a sustainable manner; and the framework of action to realize this vision will mean eschewing the current free-for-all in groundwater appropriation and use, and promoting a more responsible management of this...
Tipo: Book
Palavras-chave: Groundwater resources; Groundwater depletion; Water scarcity; Water shortage; Poverty; Rural development; River basins; Sustainability; Waterlogging; Salinity; Aquifers; Water pollution; Pumps; Recharge; Water harvesting; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Environmental Economics and Policy; Food Security and Poverty.
Ano: 2000
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/113506

Community-driven development and scaling-up of microfinance services: case studies from Nepal and India
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Sharma,   Manohar P.
This case study examines the scaling-up experiences of two microfinance institutions: the Nirdhan Utthan Bank Limited (NUBL) in Nepal and the Self-Help Group (SHG)-Bank linkage program of the National Agricultural Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) in India. Both NUBL and NABARD groups use self-regulation (peer selection, peer monitoring, and peer enforcement of contracts) as key to gaining access to services not otherwise available to them. There are two community-based drivers. First, loan products are closely driven by client preferences, as evidenced by strong demand to join the program, high repayment rates, and very low dropout rates. Second, the process of organizing clients into groups has a significant empowering effect, providing...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Community-driven development (CDD); Scaling up; Microfinance; Case studies; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Financial Economics.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/60396

The effect of consensus building processes on regional collaboration
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Buchecker,   Matthias; Hunziker,   Marcel.
The  involvement  of  all  relevant  stakeholders  into  the  elaboration  process  of  shared  goals is generally considered as a key factor for a successful regional development.  However, no empirical research has been conducted to confirm this claim yet. In the  last years, increasing efforts have been made to evaluate participatory processes, but  the focus of that research was on the quality of the processes. This paper presents a  recent study which had the objective to measure the effect of consensus building proces- ses, a particularly interactive form of participation, in a systematic and reliable way. To  this end, a new evaluation method based on the methodology of intervention research of  environmental psychology was developed and tested in a...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Participation; Consensus building; Evaluation; Effect; Case study; Intervention research; Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/44108

RURAL DEVELOPMENT POLICIES AND NON TRADE CONCERNS: THE CASE OF ITALY
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Gatto,   Emilio; Henke,   Roberto; Velazquez,   Beatriz E.
The set of policy tools that the EU puts under the heading of Rural Development is extremely heterogeneous and brings out the need to discuss the actual consistency of such tools with the EU position on NTCs in WTO negotiations. Examined in the present work are the Rural Development Plans (RDPs) and the Regional Operational Programmes (ROPs) recently approved by the European Commission for the Italian Regions. The analysis is of a purely qualitative type and is based on currently available information, that is, the measures and the relative project typologies approved within the Plans. Taking into account the EU position on NTCs and their relationship with multifunctionality, we look at the policy instruments for Rural Development applied in Italy with...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2002
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/14798

Targeting of and outreach to the poor by rural development nonprofit organizations in Cameroon
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Balgah,   Roland Azibo; Buchenrieder,   Gertrud.
The importance of nonprofit organizations such as rural development organizations, farmers associations and common initiative groups as drivers of change in rural areas has been generally recognized in the economics of nonprofit organizations. While the economic theories attempt to explain the formation and functioning of nonprofit organizations, the targeting and outreach performance of these organizations has received little attention and at best is empirically divergent. Using the example of a nonprofit rural development organization in North West Cameroon, this paper analyzes the relative poverty of beneficiaries and non beneficiaries of its small scale fish farming program as a proxy for targeting efficiency. Poverty is measured through multiple...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Nonprofit organizations; Targeting; Poverty; Cameroon; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Food Security and Poverty; L31; I30; O18.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/93079

North Dakota Lignite Energy Industry's Contribution to the State Economy for 2011 and Projected for 2012
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Coon,   Randal C.; Bangsund,   Dean A.; Hodur,   Nancy M.
Tipo: Technical Report
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development; Public Economics.
Ano: 2012
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/122321

Regional Sustainable Development of Rural Areas Based on HDI - a case of Jilin Province, China
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Wang,   Xiao-yan; Chen,   Li-ming.
This paper introduces the connotation of Human Development Index (HDI) and its dimensional indices, as well as the HDI comprehensive evaluation method based on entropy weight. And the specific formula and steps for calculation are put forward. This paper also selects the HDI dimensional indices (life expectancy index, education index and GDP index), and constructs the evaluation index system of regional sustainable development. Based on the field investigation on Yushu, Jiutai and Yongji in Jilin Province, relevant data of HDI dimensional indices are collected. According to the comprehensive evaluation method based on entropy weight, sustainable development levels of the three typical rural areas in Jilin Province are evaluated. Result shows that the...
Tipo: Thesis or Dissertation
Palavras-chave: Human development index (HDI); Rural area; Sustainable development; Entropy weight; China; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/54036

Rural Employment and Income: The Inter-household Variations in Punjab
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Vatta,   Kamal; Garg,   B.R.; Sidhu,   M.S.
The employment pattern and income sources have been reported in the rural areas of Punjab, based on the primary data collected from 315 rural households. The results have revealed a negative relationship between employment diversification and size of landholding. Distress nature of the rural labour markets has induced casualization of work in the absence of land for cultivation. A majority of the households have been found dependent on multiple sources of income, further confirming the distress nature of these income sources. The dependence on non-farm sector as a major source of income has revealed a negative relationship with the land-size. More than two-thirds (66.9%) of the non-cultivating households have non-farm sector as the major source of their...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/47673

Combating chronic poverty in Uganda: towards a new strategy
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Ssewanyana,   Sarah N.
Using a panel of 3,572 households in the Northern Uganda Social Action Fund (NUSAF) region interviewed in 2004 and in 2008, the paper provides new evidence on chronic poverty in Uganda. While progress in reducing poverty rates has been impressive from 64.6 percent to 52.2 percent, the levels remain high with a significant number of persistently poor households. Four in every ten households are chronically poor of which 44.9 percent are living in extreme chronic poverty. About 37.8 percent of the households are living in transient poverty of which 67.4 percent escaped poverty during the panel period. The substantial movements out of poverty can perhaps be explained largely by the relative return of peace in the region that enabled households to engage in...
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Chronic poverty; Poverty dynamics; Panel data; Uganda; Northern Uganda; EPRC; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Consumer/Household Economics; Crop Production/Industries; Food Security and Poverty.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/101713

Trading efficiency in water quality markets
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: McDonald,   Hugh J.; Kennedy,   Marianna; Ngawhika,   Simon; Kerr,   Suzi.
A crucial factor in the success of any water quality trading market is its ability to cost-effectively reallocate nutrient allowances from initial holders to those users who find them most valuable; the market's trading efficiency. We explore causes of and solutions to trading inefficiency by assessing the impact on participant transaction costs and the tradeoffs that occur as a result of policy design decisions. Differing impacts of baseline-credit and cap-and-trade markets, the impact of trading rules and monitoring regimes are discussed in this endeavour. Possible solutions of increased information flows and regulatory certainty are also discussed. We then apply this framework to three existing water quality trading schemes; two from the US, and one...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Nutrient trading; Trading efficiency; Water quality markets; Transaction costs; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Environmental Economics and Policy; Health Economics and Policy; International Relations/Trade.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/96949

Valuing water in irrigated agriculture and reservoir fisheries:  A multiple-use irrigation system in Sri Lanka
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Renwick,   Mary E.
Although irrigation projects often provide water for more than crop irrigation, water allocation and management decisions often do not account for nonirrigation uses of water. Failure to account for the multiple uses of irrigation water may result in inefficient and inequitable water allocation decisions. Decision-makers often lack information on the relative economic contributions of water in irrigation and nonirrigation uses. This report addresses this problem. It examines the relative economic contributions of irrigated agriculture and reservoir fisheries in the Kirindi Oya irrigation system, located in southeastern Sri Lanka. The results of the analysis indicate the importance of both irrigated paddy production and reservoir fisheries to the local...
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Irrigation management; Water management; Irrigation programs; Irrigated farming; Rice; Production costs; Income; Economic evaluation; Water allocation; Water delivery; Fisheries; Reservoirs; Productivity; Crop production; Models; Family labor; Agribusiness; Agricultural Finance; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Consumer/Household Economics; Crop Production/Industries; Environmental Economics and Policy; Farm Management; Food Security and Poverty; Labor and Human Capital; Productivity Analysis.
Ano: 2001
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/44569

Report on the Position of the Hungarian Milk and Dairy Sector
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Popp,   Jozsef; Potori,   Norbert; Papp,   Gergely.
In recent years the Hungarian milk sector has had serious problems. Since the EU accession, domestic milk production has continuously declined, the balance of the foreign trade of milk and dairy products has deteriorated year after year and the degree of self-sufficiency has fallen below 100%. This paper, drawing on the study of Popp and Potori [2009], analyses why the competitive position of the Hungarian milk and dairy sector has collapsed in recent years.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Hungary; Dairy market; Milk production; Milk processing; Competitive disadvantages; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/59044

Comparative analysis of micro-regions in the northern Great Plain Region
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Kiraly,   Zsolt; Szmolka,   Andrea.
Our short paper examines the region of the Northern Great Plain, mainly due to its disadvantaged situation. Comparative analysis of the micro-regions in this particular region was implemented to identify possible causes for differentiation between the micro-regions. Finding these causes would then help us find more effective ways to address regional inequalities, currently one of the central issues not only in Hungary but throughout Eastern Europe. The methods used for such analysis included statistical indicators, such as difference in migration rates, rate of unemployment, number of incorporated enterprises per 1000 inhabitants etc., as well as the principal component analysis and the currently applicable categorisation system for micro-regions. The...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Regional differences; Micro-region; Principal component analysis; Területi különbségek; Kistérség; Főkomponens analízis; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/92539

Mechanisms of Socio-economic Change in Rural Areas: The Case of Education and Health in Thailand
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Khoman,   Sirilaksana.
An emphasis on the public provision of health and education in Thailand assisted both sectors to make a substantial contribution to the consistently high growth rates achieved during the 1980s. However, a review of development goals is opportune. Three types of reform are recommended: (a) redirection of expenditure towards activities in which government participation is most critical; (b) increased reliance on user and other benefit-related charges to finance such spending; and (c) decentralisation of some public responsibilities to those in closer touch with local needs and conditions.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development; Health Economics and Policy; Labor and Human Capital.
Ano: 1993
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/9586

Nonmetropolitan Outmigration Counties:  Some Are Poor, Many Are Prosperous
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: McGranahan,   David A.; Cromartie,   John; Wojan,   Timothy R.
Population loss through net outmigration is endemic to many rural areas. Over a third of nonmetro counties lost at least 10 percent of their population through net outmigration over 1988-2008. Some of these counties have had very high poverty rates, substantial loss in manufacturing jobs, and high unemployment. Lack of economic opportunity was likely a major factor in their high outmigration. Most high net outmigration counties, however, are relatively prosperous, with low unemployment rates, low high school dropout rates, and average household incomes. For these counties, low population density and less appealing landscapes distinguish them from other nonmetro counties. Both types of outmigration counties stand out on two measures, indicating that...
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Migration; Net migration; Rural development; Life-cycle migration; Population growth; Nonmetropolitan; Nonmetro; Rural economy; Metro; Rural America; Census data; Population growth; Demographics; ERS; USDA; Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/96769

Is Micro-Finance Achieving Its Goal Among Smallholder Farmers in Africa? Empirical Evidence from Kenya Using Propensity Score Matching
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Owuor,   George.
Dr. George Owuor is an Agribusiness Specialist
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Micro-Credit; Smallholder-Farmers; Performance; Agribusiness; Agricultural Finance; Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/51470

Tubewell transfer in Gujarat:  A study of the GWRDC approach
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Mukherji,   Aditi; Kishore,   Avinash.
In India public (government) tubewells were built with the intention of providing irrigation to all categories of farmers in a fair, equitable and affordable manner. However, most public tubewell programs across India have failed on all these counts. Efforts to transfer their management to water users too have met with little success. Nonetheless, the Gujarat Water Resources Development Corporation (GWRDC)-a state-owned public company-has achieved rare success in tubewell transfer by handing over management of around 60 percent of public tubewells in the Gujarat state to user groups. This study tries to identify the factors that helped in accelerating the transfer process and evaluate the performance of transferred tubewells against those owned by...
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Tube wells; Privatization; Groundwater management; Economic aspects; Operations; Maintenance; Equity; Farmers' attitudes; Policy; Agribusiness; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Consumer/Household Economics; Crop Production/Industries; Farm Management.
Ano: 2003
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/44559

MODELING ECONOMIC GROWTH WITH UNPREDICTABLE SHOCKS: A STATE-LEVEL APPLICATION FOR 1960-90
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Goetz,   Stephan J.; Ready,   Richard C.
A Barro-type economic growth model is estimated for the 50 states in the U.S. using data for three decades beginning in 1960. Frontier estimation techniques are used to test for the presence of state-specific shocks to economic growth that are independent of the usual, normally-distributed random errors. We find that large, positive shocks to growth occur during the period 1960-90. Our results indicate that the error term structure assumed each other OLS may not be appropriate for modeling economic growth.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Economic growth; Frontier estimation; Shocks; U.S. states; Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 1995
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/15263

THE EFFECTS OF RECESSION ON THE RURAL-FARM ECONOMY
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Gardner,   Bruce L.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 1976
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/29943

The Role of Agriculture in Central and Eastern European Rural Development: Engine of Change or Social Buffer?
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Ahrens,   Heinz; Balint,   Borbala; Baltag,   Grigore; Bezlepkina,   Irina V.; Blaas,   Gejza; Bojnec,   Stefan; Borisova,   Victoria; Brelik,   Agnieszka; Cimpoies,   Dragos; von Cramon-Taubadel,   Stephan; Danilowska,   Alina; Drlik,   Jan; Fock,   Theodor; Gallerani,   Vittorio; Galushko,   Viktoriya; Golemanova,   Antoaneta; Greif,   Franz; Hager,   Astrid; Hann,   Chris; Horska,   Hana; Huirne,   Ruud B.M.; Jansik,   Csaba; Jechlitschka,   Kurt; Kinnucan,   Henry W.; Kirschke,   Dieter; Krypa,   Nada; Malik,   Mykola; Matsibora,   Tetyana; Mishev,   Plamen Dimitrov; Nedyalkov,   Anton; Oskam,   Arie J.; Oude Lansink,   Alfons G.J.M.; Petrick,   Martin; Pelse,   Modrite; Petrikov,   Alexander; Raggi,   Meri; Ratinger,   Tomas; Revishvili,   Zurab; Rodionova,   Galina; Samoggia,   Antonella; Sarris,   Alexander H.; Savastano,   Sara; Sedik,   David J.; Senczyszyn,   Jaroslaw; Spesna,   Daniela; Tritten,   Christian; Tyran,   Ewa; Valentinov,   Vladislav; Viaggi,   Davide; Wegener,   Stefan; Weingarten,   Peter; Zmija,   Janusz.
Tipo: Book
Palavras-chave: Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Farm Management; Food Security and Poverty; International Development; Labor and Human Capital.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/93023

From Colonial Administration to Development Management
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Cooke,   Bill.
This paper is about the field of development management (previously development administration) and its continuities with the processes of imperial rule known as colonial administration. Development administration/ management represents itself as a subset of public administration/ public sector management. However, this conceals its status as First World discourse about how the Third World should be managed. Moreover, while development management recognizes the continuity between itself and post-1945 development administration, its advocacy of participatory methodologies, the cause of the poor and the marginalized, and democratization are seen as new, and as implying a clear break with colonial/neo-colonialist administrative practice. This paper challenges...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2001
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/30562

Helyi vidékfejlesztési programok a hátrányos helyzetű vidéki kistérségekben
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Kassai,   Zsuzsanna; Ritter,   Krisztian.
Írásunk felvázolja az alulról kezdeményezett helyi vidékfejlesztési programok által nyújtott lehetőségeket azokban a hátrányos helyzetű kistérségekben, amelyek a legtöbbet szenvedtek a mezőgazdasági foglalkoztatás csökkenése miatt. Kutatásunk eredményei arra engednek következtetni, hogy az ÚMVP LEADER program és az ÚMVP III. tengely LEADER elveken alapuló négy intézkedése már eddig is hozzájárult a helyi gazdasági és társadalmi problémák mérsékléséhez a hét vizsgált HACS területén, de szerintünk további változtatások szükségesek a helyi vidékfejlesztési stratégiákban annak érdekében, hogy valóban jelentős gazdasági, társadalmi fejlődés következzen be.  A vizsgált kistérségek a foglalkoztatási válság miatt kerültek érdeklődésünk középpontjába, de ennek...
Tipo: Article
Palavras-chave: Munkanélküliség; Helyi vidékfejlesztési stratégia; LEADER program; Együttműködés; Unemployment; Local rural development strategy; LEADER programme; Cooperation; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Teaching/Communication/Extension/Profession.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/119915

RENEWABLE ENERGY AND ITS IMPACT ON AGRICULTURAL AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT: FINDINGS OF A COMPARATIVE STUDY IN CENTRAL, EASTERN AND SOUTHERN EUROPE
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Wolz,   Axel; Buchenrieder,   Gertrud; Markus,   Richard.
Rising energy prices for fossil fuels, the unreliable supply of energy imports during the last winters and – concerning the 12 new members states (NMS) – the demand by the European Union (EU) for developing National Renewable Energy Action Plans have stimulated the national discussion and political action on renewable energy (RE) among all European countries. Particularly among the 12 NMS the share of RE has increased during the last years. Among the candidate and potential candidate countries (CC and PCC) the discussion on RE has just started. When looking at the impact of RE on agricultural and rural development the effects are relatively small. An expansion of rape seed cultivation and, to a smaller extent, of the production of wood pellets could be...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Renewable energy; Comparative survey; Agricultural and rural development; New members states of the EU; Candidate and potential candidate countries.; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Institutional and Behavioral Economics; International Development; Political Economy; Public Economics; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy; O52; Q10; Q28; Q42; R11.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/94719

ELECTRONIC COMMERCE AND RURAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT: HELPING RURAL BUSINESSES PREPARE FOR THE 21ST CENTURY
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Bomash,   William M.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2000
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/33398

EVALUATION OF THE NATIONAL FADAMA DEVELOPMENT PROJECT APPROACH TO RURAL DEVELOPMENT: LESSONS FOR LOCAL GOVERNMENT COUNCILS IN NIGERIA
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Akinleye,   S.O.; Awoniyi,   S.M.; Fapojuwo,   O.E.
The development of rural areas impacts positively on per capita income and food production. The tier of government entrusted with the responsibility in Nigeria of developing the rural areas has not lived up to expectation in spite of the huge capital investment. This paper identified the root causes behind the failings of the local governments, reviews the performance of the fadama programme and draw on the reasons behind the successes of the latter as a basis for suggestions on how the local government system can be improved. Capacity building at the local level, increased demand for accountability, involvement of private and research bodies in local government activities should be encouraged to enhance rural development.
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/54397

The adoption of water saving irrigation practices in the Region of West Macedonia
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Michailidis,   Anastasios; Nastis,   Stefanos A.; Loizou,   Efstratios; Mattas,   Konstadinos.
The use of irrigation water for agricultural production requires innovative and sustainable research and an appropriate transfer of water saving technologies. The main aim of this paper is to explore the irrigating behaviour of farmers examining factors affecting their decision to adopt novel water saving practices. In order to achieve the above aim both summary statistics and multivariate methodologies are employed. In particular, a two-step cluster analysis was used to explore the different adoption levels of water saving practices and a categorical regression model was estimated to explain this variation. Data were collected through a survey addressing 400 irrigators, carried out in 2008 in a typical Greek rural area. Results show that although...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Adoption-diffusion; Extension; Irrigation; Water saving; Water policy; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Crop Production/Industries; Farm Management; Land Economics/Use.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/109388

MULTIFUNCTIONAL AGRICULTURE AS AN INNOVATION PATH FOR RURAL AREAS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Madureira,   Livia Maria Costa; Costa,   Susete.
The main purpose of this paper is to discuss the potential of MFA model to enhance innovation in rural areas build on the analysis of information from a database of best practices on innovation in EU rural areas collected by the RAPIDO project1. The analysis shows innovation to be strongly related to multiple-activity. This suggests the synergies between functions and land-uses to overlap the competition for resources between activities and that MFA shows a promising approach to enhance innovation in rural areas.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Innovation; Multifunctionality; Rural areas; Sustainability; Agribusiness; Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/57644

CAP IMPACTS ON LABOUR USE IN EAST GERMAN AGRICULTURE
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Petrick,   Martin; Zier,   Patrick.
D2_2
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agricultural employment; Dynamic panel data models; Common Agricultural Policy; East Germany; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods; Q18; J43; C23.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/93962

REGIONAL ECONOMIC FORECASTS FOR WATER AND LAND RESOURCE PLANNING: II. FORECAST SERIES: MINNESOTA
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Maki,   Wilbur R.
Forecasts of employment, earnings, income and population are presented for the 13 substate development regions of Minnesota. Estimated 1970 and 1975 levels of the selected economic indicators are compared with their projected levels from 1980 to 2000. The forecast series is with their projected levels from 1980 to 2000. The forecast series is related to the 1972 OBERS-E series.
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 1979
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/13620

Regional Councils in the Creation of Social Capital
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Murray,   Catherine.
Regional Councils are primarily responsible for environmental management, as specified in the Resource Management Act (RMA), 1991. The Local Government Act 2002 has an integrative component, requiring consideration of social, economic, environmental and cultural well-being of their communities. These two Acts are interesting, as their combination is shaping new governance structures within New Zealand. Different types of policy instruments are available to Regional Councils while carrying out their functions: regulatory, economic and voluntary. The 1990s are characterized by ‘first generation Plans’ of the RMA, which were highly rule focused. In the 2000s a marked shift occurred, mainstreaming ‘community’ and participative approaches to policy. This...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development; Institutional and Behavioral Economics.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/115412

STUDY ABOUT THE ROMANIAN HIGHER EDUCATION GRADUATE’S PERCEPTION OVER THE QUALITY OF THIS PROCESS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Negrusa,   Adina; Cosma,   Smaranda.
Based on the results from this study our conclusions refer to the following ideas: The economic degree still is the first choice for enrollment in the higher education. Students believe that a diploma achieved in a economic faculty could help them in finding a good job. The competition in labor force market increasing and give advantages to employers in attracting good capacities and knowledge. Students believe that a work experience along the period of higher education process could be a good start for being employed. The most important weaknesses identified by graduates are: tools and methods of teaching process and the content of textbooks or study materials. The students appreciate as important for higher education system the novelty of the knowledge...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Higher education; Globalization; Perception; Employment market; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Labor and Human Capital.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/58924

A economia política dos estudos sobre desenvolvimento rural no Brasil
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Schneider,   Sergio.
O trabalho analisa as principais tendências teóricas e temas que integram o debate brasileiro recente sobre o desenvolvimento rural. Sustenta-se que a agenda do desenvolvimento rural no Brasil, da qual comungam e participam ativamente estudiosos, organizações e instituições, tem sido formulada pelo Estado e pelas políticas públicas implementadas desde a década de 1990. Entre os fatores que influenciaram a emergência do debate sobre o desenvolvimento rural destaca-se a crescente legitimação social e política da agricultura familiar e da reforma agrária, a reorientação das políticas governamentais, o crescente acirramento político e ideológico em relação ao agronegócio e as discussões sobre a sustentabilidade. Também se argumenta que as referências...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Desenvolvimento rural; Estado; Políticas; Agricultura familiar; Teoria social; Rural development; State; Policies; Family farming; Social theory; Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/103106

AGRICULTURAL MECHANIZATION AND ECONOMIC EFFICIENCY OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION IN EGYPT
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Soliman,   Ibrahim.
BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL ENGINIREEING,BEIJING CHINA
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Crop response functions; Human-Machinery Labor Isoquants Map; Least cost combination of labor inputs; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Crop Production/Industries; Farm Management.
Ano: 1992
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/112669

ECONOMIC IMPACT OF OUT-SOURCING FROM STATE AGENCIES IN BISMARCK TO RURAL NORTH DAKOTA
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Sell,   Randall S.; Leistritz,   F. Larry.
This investigation of the potential savings to the State of North Dakota because of reduced office space and labor costs and alternatively, the potential benefits to rural communities of increasing employment by adding some state agency jobs was stimulated by Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 4006, which directed the Legislative Council to study state agency office space needs to determine the feasibility and desirability of transferring state agencies or state employees to rural areas.  The objective of this analysis was two-fold; (1) determine the cost difference of operating offices in Bismarck versus rural communities and (2) determine the local/regional economic impacts of the potential jobs. The results indicated that development of satellite data...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Out-sourcing; Economic impact; Data processing; Economic development; Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 1999
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/23082

The Effects of "Rural" on Agriculture - The Changing Paradigm Funding Rural Development Programs: Past, Present, and Future
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Fountain,   Galen.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/50603

General Equilibrium Analysis of the Spatial Impacts of Rural Policy
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Thomson,   Kenneth J.; Psaltopoulos,   Demetrios.
General equilibrium (GE) techniques have recently been used to simulate policy impacts for neighbouring or different rural areas, thus focussing on the important spatial aspect of such policies. A Social Accounting Matrix (SAM) represents production, households, government, etc. in matrix form, while computable GE models introduce greater behavioural flexibility at the cost of parameterisation. Several SAM and CGE models have recently been built for rural regions, while others have tried to represent rural-urban linkages. This paper presents two SAM applications, and one current CGE approach. The first SAM was developed for the analysis of the economic impact of Objective 1 policy on six remote rural areas, including two in Greece. Six specific regional...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/9402

A vidéki hálózatok tevékenysége az Európai Unióban, kételyek és esélyek
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Feher,   Istvan; Kujani,   Katalin Olga.
A tagállamok cselekvési tervét és a felállított struktúrákat áttekintve megállapítható, hogy főleg azok az államok tudtak eredményes intézményrendszert kialakítani 2008 óta, akiknek önkéntesen hálózatba szerveződő csoportjai már korábban is működtek.  Számos tagállamban a hálózati koordináló feladatok ellátását külön kompetenciának tekintik, és speciális képzést indítanak a szakemberek felkészítésére. A képzett animátorok kulcsszereplői a hálózatok működtetésének. Feladatuk, hogy szervezői tevékenységük révén aktivizálják a hálózatok szereplőit, aktualizálják, mozgósítsák a már kialakult partneri kapcsolatokat, szervezzék a hálózaton belüli és kívüli tapasztalatcseréket, rendszeresen informálják a nemzeti és uniós szintű projektekről,...
Tipo: Article
Palavras-chave: Európai Vidékfejlesztési Hálózat; Vidékfejlesztés; Magyar Nemzeti Vidéki Hálózat; Értékelés; European Network for Rural Development; Rural Development Program; Mid-term evaluation; Hungarian National Rural Network; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/119912

Quality Differentiation as a Strategy for the Viability of Traditional Olive Farming in Trás-os-Montes Region
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Baptista,   Alberto; Biswas,   Pradip.
Despite special quality of the olive oil of Trás-os-Montes (TM), producers fail to create niche market and raise price commensurate with the high cost. Some local manufacturers made some attempts to establish special brands for their oil and the association of the local producers (AOTAD) made the required efforts to bring the product of the region under PDO, designated as Azeite de Trás-os-Montes DOP. Only a small part of the marketed product is sold under PDO (4%) and a fraction of which is sold under some brand till date. The cost structure of olive oil depends on multiple factors - the type of production system (traditional or intensive), plant variety, inclination of plots and productivity, among others. The harvesting cost in general represents more...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Olive Oil in Trás-os-Montes; Quality Differentiation; Viability; Traditional Farming; Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Labor and Human Capital.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/95325

Population Change and Net Migration by counties in the Great Plains States, 1960-1970
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Voelker,   Stanley W.
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 1971
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/101928

A SWOT Analysis of the Fischler Reform, Looking Towards a New Rural Development Policy
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Sotte,   Franco; Chiodo,   Emilio.
The paper presents an analysis of the Fischler reform, while the new rural development policy for the seven year period 2007-2013 is still to be defined and other important deadlines are going to mark the near future: WTO negotiation, new Financial Perspectives, new European structural and cohesion policy, and the enlargement process is rolling on.  Furthermore, several actors on the scene are new: new Member States, new Commission, new Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Affairs, new European Parliament.  The main objective of this paper is to provide an overall evaluation of the ongoing reform process, pointing out the main strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats, for animating the scientific and political debate on the further steps on CAP...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Fischler reform of the CAP; SWOT analysis; Evolution of CAP; Rural development policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Q18.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/24475

AMERICA'S FORGOTTEN PEOPLE AND PLACES: ENDING THE LEGACY OF POVERTY IN THE RURAL SOUTH: DISCUSSION
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Baharanyi,   Ntam; Zabawa,   Robert; Boateng,   Evelyn.
These comments discuss the presentations by Christy, Wenner, and Dassie ("A Microenterprise-Centered Economic Development Strategy for the Rural South: Sustaining Growth with Economic Opportunity") and Freshwater ("What Can Social Scientists Contribute to the Challenge of Rural Economic Development?") in three sections. These are (1) a brief overview of the Southern Black Belt and its rural development needs, (2) an assessment of the microenterprise-centered economic development strategy for the rural South, and (3) a quick review of what social scientists can contribute to the challenges of rural economic development. This approach also emphasizes the authors' background at a historically black land-grant university, and the belief that as goes the Black...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2000
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/15494

Development of Agricultural Industrialization under the Background of Socialist New Countryside Construction
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Zheng,   Zewen; Zhang,   Chenghua.
Relationship between socialist new countryside construction and agricultural industrialization development in China is analyzed. On the one hand, socialist new countryside construction is the era background of agricultural industrialization development, offering a strong support for the development of agricultural industrialization. On the other hand, agricultural industrialization management is an important content of new countryside construction, offering basic economic guarantee for the construction of new countryside. It is proposed that under the new period of time, the overall development of socialist new countryside construction and the agricultural industrialization development should be promoted in accordance with the requirements of the...
Tipo: Thesis or Dissertation
Palavras-chave: New countryside construction; Scientific concept of development; Agricultural industrialization; China; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/55905

Auswirkungen des landwirtschaftlichen Erbrechts auf den agrarstrukturellen Wandel in Deutschland
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Doll,   Helmut; Fasterding,   Ferdinand; Klare,   Klaus.
The proclaimed aim of agricultural inheritance law in Germany and its preferential treatment of the farm successors is to maintain sustainable agricultural enterprises. To clarify this situation, this contribution exemplifies the financial assistance obtained through the legal situation and analyses a farm survey of about 1000 farms larger than 30 ha. As a result, it is noted that not only sustainable but also unsustainable farms are protected from division – an effect which causes delay in structural change. It is therefore suggested that the agricultural inheritance law be changed in such ways that only the so-called BGB land value law and the allocation rights included in the land trade laws are maintained. As a consequence, the incentive of the farm...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agricultural inheritance law; Share in the inheritance; Payments for retired farmers; Structural change in agriculture; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2001
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/98863

RURAL INDUSTRIALIZATION: A LOCAL INCOME ANALYSIS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Shaffer,   Ron E.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 1974
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/29803

AN ANALYSIS OF THE IMPORTANCE OF AGRICULTURE AND THE FOOD SECTOR TO THE MICHIGAN ECONOMY
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Ferris,   John N.
The number of workers on farms and in food processing represents about 16 percent of total employment in basic industries in Michigan. Converting farm labor to full time equivalents, however, reduces the proportion to about 11 percent. The industries dependent upon agriculture and food processing enhance the importance of this sector.  Adding backward linked industries increases the total employment from about 100 thousand to 200 thousand and output from $15 billion to $27 billion. If Michigan agriculture's share of the forward linked industries of wholesaling and retailing is added, total employment related directly or indirectly to farming and food processing is estimated to be 500 thousand and output to be $37 billion. In terms of employment, this...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2000
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/11793

Employment Growth and Income Inequality: Accounting for Spatial and Sectoral Differences
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Pede,   Valerien O.; Florax,   Raymond J.G.M.; Partridge,   Mark D.
This paper revisits the inequality-growth relationship accounting for sectoral differences and focusing on US counties. For 8 two-digit industries of the NAICS classification, we estimated a conditional growth model where employment growth depends on regional income inequality and a number of control variables. Spatial econometrics techniques are used to account for spatial dependence. Results indicate that there is no association between employment growth and family income inequality for the Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting sector and the Real Estate, Rental and Leasing sector. However, income inequality consistently shows a negative impact on employment growth in the construction sector, and results are mixed for other sectors such as:...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Employment growth; Inequality; Spatial dependence; Community/Rural/Urban Development; R0; R11; O15; D30.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/49460

Retail Trade Area Analysis Lisbon North Dakota
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Bangsund,   Dean A.; Leistritz,   F. Larry; Wanzek,   Janet K.; Zetocha,   Dale F.; Bastow-Shoop,   Holly E.
This report is intended to provide an indepth trade area analysis of Lisbon, North Dakota. Specific analyses included determining Lisbon's main and greater trade areas, identifying the demographic profile of Lisbon shoppers, examining important and less important services for patron shoppers of Lisbon, identifying neighboring cities that area shoppers patronize, determining distances area shoppers traveled to Lisbon, and listing popular newspapers and radio stations among area residents. Current trade area information for Lisbon was obtained from a statewide trade area survey conducted by the Department of Agricultural Economics at North Dakota State University in 1989. Recent trends (1980 to 1989) in Lisbon population, retail sales, per capita income,...
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development; Farm Management.
Ano: 1991
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/51313

Irrigation Kuznets  Curve, governance and dynamics of irrigation development: A global cross-country analysis from 1972 to 1991
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Bhattarai,   Madhusudan.
This report verifies the Environmental Kuznets Curve (EKC) hypothesis for irrigation. The EKC hypothesis suggests for an inverse U-shaped (or concave) relationship between the level of environmental degradation and income in a given society. The EKC hypothesis also implies that some form of environmental deterioration appears inevitable during the initial stage of development, but subsequent increases in the societal income would generate enough incentives to improve the environmental quality. In line with this reasoning, the EKC relationship for irrigation (referred to here as Irrigation Kuznets Curve, or IKC) hypothesizes that the demand for irrigation is greater at the initial stage of development and that irrigation demand declines as societal income...
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Models; Economic aspects; Irrigated farming; Income; Policy; Governance; Productivity; Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Environmental Economics and Policy; Farm Management; Institutional and Behavioral Economics.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/43246

Table of contents
Provedor de dados: 31
Tipo: Article
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Consumer/Household Economics; Crop Production/Industries; Demand and Price Analysis; Environmental Economics and Policy; Farm Management; International Development; Land Economics/Use; Marketing; Risk and Uncertainty.
Ano: 2012
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/123775

Livelihood Diversification and Rural-Urban Linkages in Vietnam’s Red River Delta
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Thanh,   Hoang Xuan; Anh,   Dang Nguyen; Tacoli,   Cecilia.
With high population density and limited land availability, Vietnam’s Red River Delta is undergoing a major transformation as its economic base moves away from subsistence farming towards intensive, high-value food production for export and local urban markets, and nonfarm employment. This paper describes the changing livelihoods of the residents of two villages that represent two different pathways to local economic development. One village relies primarily on agricultural intensification and diversification, although in combination with nonfarm activities. These nonfarm activities are either supplementary (such as handicraft production and seasonal migration) or related to farming, such as provision of agricultural services, transport and trade of...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Migration; Diversification; Poverty; Rural-urban linkages; Vietnam; Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/59595

RURAL CHILDREN AT A GLANCE
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Rogers,   Carolyn C.
The number of children in nonmetropolitan (nonmetro) areas increased by 3 percent between 1990 and 2000, compared with a 16-percent increase in metropolitan (metro) areas. A number of nonmetro counties lost population in the 1990s due to outmigration of young families, and the small increase in the number of nonmetro children may reflect that. Although rural child poverty rates declined in the 1990s, they remain higher (21 percent) than the rates for urban children (18 percent). In 2003, 2.7 million rural children under 18 were poor, representing 36 percent of the rural poor. The geographic distribution of child poverty—-heavily concentrated in the South—-is important for targeting poverty reduction policies and programs in nonmetro areas.
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development; Food Security and Poverty.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/33899

Precio de la tierra con presión urbana: un modelo para España
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Decimavilla,   Esther; San Juan,   Carlos; Sperlich,   Stefan.
RESUMEN: Estudiamos el precio de la tierra para uso agrario y las variables que determinan su evolución en España, tratando de identificar qué parte de la subida de precios observada se justifica por elementos «internos», relacionados con la renta agraria esperada, y cuál proviene de elementos externos o especulativos, vinculados a cambios en el uso del suelo. Además se relaciona el ciclo de precios con la aceleración de la especialización en el ámbito regional y la integración en la PAC. La novedad de este trabajo consiste en identificar, mediante técnicas de datos de panel, factores no fundamentales (presión urbanizadora, creación de regadíos, cambio demográfico) que, además de los fundamentales (ingresos esperados y localización geográfica) determinan...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Especialización regional; Especulación urbana; Datos de panel; Precios de la tierra; Productividad agraria; Urban pressure; Panel data; Land prices; Agricultural productivity; Regional specialization; Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Demand and Price Analysis; Environmental Economics and Policy; Land Economics/Use; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods; Q15; R14; Q24; R52.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/37186

BUILDING PROFESSIONAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CAPACITY IN THREE WESTERN UPPER PENINSULA COUNTIES: RESULTS OF A DIAGNOSTIC STUDY AND FOLLOW-UP ACTIVITIES
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Vlasin,   Raymond D.; Murphy,   Jerry; Wessen,   Paul D.
This paper is a part of a series of reports of the activities conducted under a grant from the Fund for Rural America, U.S. Department of Agriculture. Funds for the three year grant entitled "Enhancing Rural Economies Through Comprehensive Extension, Research &amp; Partnering Approaches Using Multi-County Clusters in Michigan With Application to National Rural Settings" were received by Michigan State University's Department of Agricultural Economics in March, 1998. The major goal of the grant is to increase economic development activity in four clusters of rural counties in Michigan through the utilization of the resources of the Michigan State University Extension Service, Michigan Agricultural Experiment Station, and other resources of Michigan State...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 1999
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/11604

EFFECTIVE MEANS OF IMPLEMENTING RURAL ZONING
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Alcorn,   George B.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 1956
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/17345

AGRICULTURAL LAND VALUES AND URBAN GROWTH; Proceedings of the Fifth Joint Conference on Agriculture, Food, and the Environment, June 17-18, 1996, Padova, Italy
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Tempesta,   Tiziano; Thiene,   Mara.
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development; Land Economics/Use.
Ano: 1996
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/14382

De la Producción Agroalimentaria al Afianzamiento de Redes de Cooperación Solidaria en una Comunidad de México
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Ramos Chavez,   Hector Alejandro.
El presente trabajo tiene como objetivo abordar la discusión de uno de los enfoques alternativos que ha cobrado interés y vigencia entre los círculos de investigación vinculados al desarrollo rural, el de los Sistemas Agroalimentarios Locales (SIAL), que conjunta diversos planteamientos teóricos previos, como el de las economías derivadas de la localización de la industria, los Distritos Industriales (DI) o clusters, los Sistemas Productivos Locales (SPL) y la Agroindustria Rural (AIR), y que con el transcurso de los años, se le han ido agregando otros factores y conceptos que enriquecen el análisis del enfoque, entre los que destacan: la importancia cultural, la visión del territorio como espacio de proximidades, la activación de recursos específicos, la...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Nopal; Accion Colectiva; Sistemas Agroalimentarios Locales.; Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Labor and Human Capital.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/95220

URBAN PLANNING AND THE LOCATION OF ENVIRONMENTAL AMENITIES
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Marshall,   Elizabeth P.; Homans,   Frances R.
In this paper, we use a simple urban economic model to study how choosing park locations within a city might contribute towards urban planning goals.  For multiple possible park placements, we solve for the associated equilibrium urban structure, including the equilibrium rent gradient, city boundary, total number of park visits, the overall utility level, and total vehicle miles traveled. We then examine how these change with alternative park placement sites. We find that, as a prescription for reducing urban sprawl, park provision has mixed results. When placed close to the central business district, the park can result in an increase in inner city housing density; such placement could help ameliorate problems of commuter traffic congestion related to...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development; Environmental Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2002
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/19610

A területhasználat néhány változása és következményei a Tisza-tónál
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Vasvari,   Agnes; David,   Lorant; Szabo,   Szilard.
A Tisza-tó jelentős változásokat idézett elő a térség életében, módosult a települések térbeli kiterjedése. Ez a fajta térmódosulás a tanulmányban bemutatott ábrákon kiválóan végigkövethető. Sarud, Abádszalók és Tiszafüred esetében egyértelműen megállapítható, hogy a települések térszerkezetének eltolódása a Tisza-tó partján kínálkozó turisztikai lehetőségek hatására következett be. A településkép beépítettségében, új településrészek kialakításában, a település arculatának módosulásában szintén közrejátszott a Tisza-tó léte. A strandok településformáló hatása is jelentős a feléjük vezető lineáris infrastruktúrák fejlődésében, az út mentén lévő telkek árainak felértékelésében és a parton végbemenő változásokban (például Abádszalók).  Az elárasztással...
Tipo: Article
Palavras-chave: Tisza-tó; Területváltozás; Területhasznosítás; Településkép; Turizmus; Tisza Lake; Area change; Land use; Settlement image; Tourism; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Environmental Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/119921

Evaluation of historic, current and future water demand in the Olifants River Catchment, South Africa.
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: McCartney,   Matthew P.; Arranz,   Roberto.
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: River basins; Catchment areas; Water resources development; Water demand; Water allocation; Simulation models; Calibrations; Water use; Irrigation water; Domestic water; Ecology; South Africa; Olifants River Catchment; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Crop Production/Industries; Environmental Economics and Policy; Farm Management; Land Economics/Use; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/57026

The Impacts of Change in Local Industrial Composition on Off-Farm Labor Supply
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Brown,   Jason P.
Most U.S. farm households have either the operator or spouse working off-farm for wages and salaries or proprietorships.  Additionally, off-farm income continues to grow as a share of total household income. Little is known about how changes in local industrial composition impact off-farm labor decisions.  Using a household utility maximization framework, this analysis employs a two-stage process to 1) predict joint off-farm labor participation of operators and spouses, and 2) measure the impact of farm and household characteristics, and changes in county-level industry on levels of off-farm labor supply. Results show that labor participation decisions are jointly determined.  Human capital is among the most significant individual characteristics impacting...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Farm household; Labor supply; Bivariate logit; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Labor and Human Capital; Q12; J22; R23.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/103555

Landscape Maintenance and Farming in the Alps: From Family Firms Up-Keeping to Inter-Institutional Arrangements
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: de Ros,   Giorgio; Fleury,   Philippe; Magnani,   Natalia; Roque,   Olivier.
This contribution discusses assets and limits of the local/territorial level as a core level to improve the sustainability of agriculture. The focus is on the issue of rural landscape maintenance through farming. Some possible institutional solutions to overcome the difficulties of family farms are examined.  New institutional settings such as the "local group", constituting an interface for the negotiation among different local stakeholders, seem to effectively facilitate the stipulation of local contracts for landscape management. The participation to these contracts requires a change in farmers' identity and a more general re-conceptualization of agricultural and environmental problems as community problems.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Land use; Participatory approach; Rural development; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Land Economics/Use.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/24439

The Changing Face of Rural America: Growing Ethnic Diversity (PowerPoint)
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Kandel,   William.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development; Labor and Human Capital.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/37423

TOWARD A MINNESOTA MODEL OF THE FISCAL IMPACTS OF RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Leishman,   David; Kalambokidis,   Laura.
Land use has become a critical issue for Minnesota communities, and for many of those on the suburban fringe, the central land-use policy question is whether or not to approve new residential development.  New residences may bring increased property tax revenues, but the new residents will demand additional services from the county, city, utilities, and school district.  On net, the impact on finances at all levels of government, especially into the future, is not always clear.  In this paper, we describe some of the possible roles for the Extension Service in helping Minnesota communities to predict the fiscal impacts of residential development.  We list some principles of fiscal impact modeling, describe an existing fiscal impact tool, and explain a...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development; Land Economics/Use.
Ano: 2003
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/14063

Production Contracts and Farm Business Growth and Survival
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Key,   Nigel D.
In recent decades there has been a substantial increase in the scale of production and the use of production contracts in the hog sector. This paper explores empirically whether these two phenomena are related by examining whether the use of production contracts has allowed finish hog operations to expand in scale. The study takes advantage of recently collected information from the Census of Agriculture that permits a comparisons of individual independent and contract hog producers over time.  The study first examines whether operations that used a contract grew at a faster rate or had lower exit rates over the subsequent five-year period than did operations that produced independently, controlling for observable factors. The study then examines how the...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Production contracts; Farm structure; Farm business exit rate; Instrumental variables; Hogs; Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Farm Management; Industrial Organization; Livestock Production/Industries; Marketing; Production Economics.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/61022

Policy Uses of Economic Multiplier and Impact Analysis
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Hughes,   David W.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2003
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/93725

SOCIAL NETWORKS, SOCIAL CAPITAL AND COMMUNITY ECONOMIC GROWTH
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Shideler,   David W.; Kraybill,   David S.
We assess empirically whether social capital affects economic growth in selected United States communities. Social network measures, computed from survey data, are used as proxies for social capital. These measures are used in a conditional convergence growth model to explain the variation of per capita income in the communities.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2003
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/22174

Variation in Staple Food Prices in Eastern and Southern Africa: A Synthesis
Provedor de dados: 31
The global food crisis of 2007-08 has focused attention on food prices, pushing the topic to the top of the agenda of international organizations. For policymakers in sub-Saharan Africa, however, food prices have been an issue of economic importance and political sensitivity for decades. Of particular importance are the prices of staple foods, defined as grains and starchy root crops that are inexpensive sources of calories. In eastern and southern Africa, maize is the most important staple food, followed by cassava, sorghum, teff, wheat, plantains, and sweet potatoes, with the importance of each varying by country. The importance of these staple foods cannot be underestimated, as they contribute 50-75% of the caloric intake of the population. Furthermore,...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Food security; Africa; Food policy; Food prices; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; International Development; Marketing; Q11; Q18.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/62163

Agricultural Recovery and Individual Land Tenure: Lessons from Central Asia
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Lerman,   Zvi.
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Food Security and Poverty; International Development; Land Economics/Use.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/54714

Spatial and Regional Dimensions of Food Security in Zambia
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Haggblade,   Steven; Longabaugh,   Steven; Tschirley,   David L.
Zambia’s population clusters tightly in cities along the north-south line of rail  and in the primarily rural areas of Eastern Province (Figure 1). Staple food consumption and purchases are similarly concentrated in these heavily  populated clusters (Figures 4 and 5). Across the border, several high-density population centers lie close to the Zambian border — in the copperbelt cities of southern DRC, in the highlands of southern Tanzania, in Malawi and in Zimbabwe (Figure 2). This results in sizeable potential food markets for Zambian farmers across the border in southern DRC and, intermittently, in Zimbabwe and Malawi. Zambia’s staple food production and sales likewise cluster spatially in three main areas: along the line of rail, in the large commercial...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Zambia; Food security; Africa; Staple food production; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Food Security and Poverty; International Relations/Trade; Q18; Q13; Q17.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/58544

APPROACHES TO RURAL DEVELOPMENT IN TAIWAN (A CASE STUDY)
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Nair,   K. Damodaran.
The purpose of this paper is not to inquire into the role of agricultural sector in the economic growth of Taiwan.  That has been done by many in the past.  Rather, the main purpose of this paper is to review and discuss a few institutional approaches to agricultural and rural development on Taiwan which are considered to have played more significant roles, viz. The Joint Commission on Rural Reconstruction, the Farmers' Associations, Land Reform Program, Research and Education and the Four Year Economic Plans.  An attempt also will be made to identify the effects of these institutions on the socio-economic life of the people in the rural Taiwan.  Agricultural and rural development has been a subject for study and discussion among those who have focused...
Tipo: Thesis or Dissertation
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 1969
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/10978

DETERMINANTS OF STATEWIDE LAND DEVELOPMENT IN THE UNITED STATES
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Templeton,   Scott R.; Sharma,   Ritu.
A reduced-form model of developed land area was estimated with data from 49 states for 1982-1997.  This area increases with a state's lagged population and its real economic growth rate.  The area of developed land is also higher in states with larger areas of water and regions with higher educational performance.  Developed areas are lower in states with higher real per capita agricultural production.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2003
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/35205

Constructing a Human Development Index for Georgia's Counties
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Jordan,   Jeffrey L.
The purpose of this paper is to construct a Human Development Index (HDI) for each of Georgia's 159 counties.  The index includes education, employment, and housing variables.  Data are from the 2000 Census collected by the State of Georgia Office of Planning and Budget.  Patterned after the work done at the United Nations Development Programme, the HDI focuses on variables important for community development activities.  The index can be used for a variety of purposes in examining levels of development throughout Georgia.
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development; Labor and Human Capital.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/16672

A 2008-09 Assessment of Texas Department of Agriculture Programs to Support Rural Economic Tourism Events.  How Strong Are These Economic Returns?
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Murova,   Olga I.; Hanagriff,   Roger D.; Lyford,   Conrad P.
This paper determines the main forces that contribute to the creation of positive economic returns  to the individual communities from TDA's supported rural tourism program and analyzes these economic returns.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Rural tourism; Rural development; Economic multiplier; Return on investment; Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/56429

Natural Resource Management, Food Security and Rural Development in Zambia: Moving From Research to Action
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Simasiku,   Phyllis; Chapoto,   Antony; Richardson,   Robert B.; Sichilongo,   Mwape; Tembo,   Gelson; Weber,   Michael T.; Zulu,   Alimakio.
More effective policies are needed to improve access and secure rights to land  and other natural resources for various stakeholders, particularly smallholder  farmers. Service delivery at all levels of governance needs to be restructured and strengthened in order to promote and improve economic development and management of natural resources in both open and protected areas. New strategies are needed for protecting and developing natural resource areas based on appropriate resource management systems that promote broad-based participation and sharing of benefits, and offer potential for more effective  community-based natural resource management. Improvements are needed in natural resource policy and law review processes in order to take better advantage...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Zambia; Food security; Rural development; Natural resource management; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Food Security and Poverty; International Development; Q16; Q18; Q27; Q30.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/58543

POSSIBILITIES FOR INCREMENT OF LIVE STOCK BREEDING COMPETITIVENESS ON THE TERRITORY OF BELGRADE CITY
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Ivanovic,   Lana; Jelocnik,   Marko; Bekić,   Bojana.
Belgrade, as administrative, economic and cultural centre of Republic of Serbia, covers total area of 3.224 km2. From this area, 69,1% is agricultural land, which represents fundamental base for establishment of agricultural production. Live stock breeding, on the territory of Belgrade city, as well as in entire Republic of Serbia, is the most important branch of agriculture. On observed territory animal products’ processing industry (dairies and slaughter houses) especially is developed. Because of that, increment of total live stock breeding production is of great importance for this territory. For growth of live stock breeding competitiveness, in this paper work concrete activities are suggested, such as specialization and increment of production...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Competitiveness; Live stock breeding; Belgrade city; Agriculture; Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Livestock Production/Industries.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/57351

ECONOMIC GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT POLICY AND THE ENVIRONMENT IN THE PHILIPPINES
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Coxhead,   Ian A.; Jayasuriya,   Sisira.
What is the state of the Philippine environment, and what are the links between environment and development in the Philippine setting? In this paper we first review the available data on environmental quality and natural resource degradation in the Philippines. We consider trends over time, and compare the Philippine case with those of its Asian regional neighbors. Second, we present a brief review of theoretical links between environmental quality, resource depletion, and development strategies and outcomes, and consider the Philippine data in light of this theory. Third, we discuss recent economic trends and policy initiatives having a bearing on environment and development, and present some simulation results indicating likely trends in economic and...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2001
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/12643

Prospective Structural Analysis: An application to Rural Development Strategies
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Albala,   Ambrosio  M.; Lozano,   Martin J.M.; Perez Hernandez,   Pedro Pablo.
The Council Regulation (EC) 1698/2005 approved on 20th September 2005 was the starting point of the fourth programme of Rural Development Aid for the period 2007- 2013. This communitarian programme affects Andalusia, an European region situated in the south of Spain. The authors of this paper have helped in the elaboration of the rural strategy for this region. We would like especially to point out the use of the Prospective Structural Analysis (PSA) methodology as a competent method to analyse the complexity of elements, variables and present interactions in rural zones as well as to understand variables in the present and future situation. Results obtained with the application of the PSA method to a region show the strength of this methodology in order...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Rural Development; Strategic Analyses; Prospective Structural Analyses; Community/Rural/Urban Development; O18.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/50929

New York Economic Handbook 2001
Provedor de dados: 31
Tipo: Working Paper
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2000
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/122306

Impediments to Competitiveness of Small and Medium-Scale Maize Milling Enterprises in South Africa
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Orefi,   Abu.
The maize milling industry is highly characterised by continuous growth in maize milling and retailing margins in real terms (Traub and Jayne, 2004) despite the benefits and opportunities brought about by the deregulation of the South African maize market in 1997. This may be indicative of the inability of small and medium-scale maize milling enterprises (SMSMMEs) to emerge and compete with large-scale maize millers. This paper examines the constraints faced by SMSMMEs in South Africa. Data were collected with the aid of a structured questionnaire. Millers were asked to identify the various challenges facing their enterprises. Some key constraints identified were; high transport costs, high maize prices, brand name establishment and government policies...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Enterprises; Maize; Milling; South Africa; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Demand and Price Analysis; Farm Management; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Food Security and Poverty; International Relations/Trade; Marketing; Productivity Analysis; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/52123

EXPERIENCE WITH ENDOGENOUS RURAL  DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVES AND THE PROSPECTS FOR LEADER+ IN THE REGION "DOLINA STRUGU", POLAND
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Gramzow,   Andreas.
This paper presents the results of a case study of local economic development in Dolina Strugu, Podkarpackie voivodship, Poland. Its aim is to analyse local development problems and chances, to investigate the potential of endogenous initiatives to support economic development, and to examine the prospects for an implementation of the EU's initiative Leader+. The case study primarily relies on interviews conducted with local government authorities, NGOs, business owners and farmers in summer 2005. The hitherto unsatisfactory income situation in agriculture has been particularly precarious for the region because two thirds of the people in working age are employed in agriculture and alternative job opportunities are mostly absent. To respond to these...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Rural development; Endogenous initiative; Leader+; Cooperation; Poland; Community/Rural/Urban Development; P32; Q13; R11.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/14907

SMALL AND MEDIUM SIZE ENTERPRISES AS SUPPORT TO DEVELOPMENT OF AGRIBUSINESS OF REPUBLIC OF SERBIA
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Ceranic,   Slobodan; Maletic,   Radojka; Jankovic Soja,   Svjetlana.
Development of strong and competitive sector of small and medium enterprises has very important role in process of total transition in Republic of Serbia. This sector should be one of the guidelines of economical development in the future, like in developed countries. Within the ²Strategy of development of SME and entrepreneurship in Republic of Serbia from 2003 to 2008² government of the Republic of Serbia, not accidentally, placed, among many other sectors (which are expected to contribute and boost economical development, increase the employment rate, and realize increased foreign export earnings), the sector of agricultural products processing. It can be concluded that significant contribution from agriculture to improvement of overall economic status...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: SME; Agribusiness development; Transition; Market; Agribusiness; Agricultural Finance; Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/57345

What Are the Economic Welfare Effects of Local Food Marketing? Exploring Impacts with the Case of Colorado Apples
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Hu,   Wenjing; Onozaka,   Yuko; Thilmany,   Dawn D.
This paper explores the welfare changes as a result of changes in prices and quantities of Colorado labeled apples relative to domestically produced apples, using equilibrium displacement model with two-regions: Colorado State and the rest of the United States. The results showed that in the short run producers would lose $300, while in the long run producers would increase supply to capture $263,000 in increased surplus.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Local food marketing; Marketing channel; Market segmentation; Equilibrium displacement model; Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Consumer/Household Economics; Demand and Price Analysis; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Food Security and Poverty; Industrial Organization; Institutional and Behavioral Economics; Marketing.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/103500

Chal­len­ges of edu­ca­ti­on and in­no­va­ti­on. Pro­cee­dings of the Fourth Green Week Sci­en­ti­fic Con­fe­rence.
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Kashtanova,   Elena G.; Leeds,   Elke M.; Rivera,   William M.; Mandler,   Andreas; Imami,   Drini; Leonetti,   Luciano; Stefanllari,   Andi; Zhllima,   Edvin; Dajnoki,   Krisztina; Peto,   Karoly; Grasselli,   Norbert; Drejerska,   Nina; Ziolkowska,   Jadwiga; Simon,   Leo K.; Appel,   Franziska; Ostermeyer,   Arlette; Milic,   Branislav B.; Leshem,   Asaf; Aenis,   Thomas; Grotz,   Patrick Artur; Tang,   Lixia; Nagel,   Uwe Jens; Hoffmann,   Volker; Ahrorov,   Farhod; Djanibekov,   Nodir; Lamers,   John P.A.; Bobojonov,   Ihtiyor.
This volume of proceedings, available as both a hard copy and a pdf file, is an edited compilation of selected contributions to the Conference on Modern Agriculture in Central and Eastern Europe (MACE) 2010, held in Berlin, Germany, at the ICC on the 13th and 14th of January 2010. We would like to thank all those persons and organizations who contributed to the realisation of the MACE Conference 2010 as well as to this edited volume. First of all, we thank all presenters, whose commitment made the conference possible. The conference would not have been successful without the active engagement of such a large number of colleagues from IAMO, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin and the Council for Tropical and Sub-Tropical Agricultural Research (ATSAF). Thanks to...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Industrial Organization; Institutional and Behavioral Economics; International Development; Labor and Human Capital; Political Economy; Public Economics.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/96199

CREDIT MARKET CONSTRAINTS AND PROFITABILITY IN TUNISIAN AGRICULTURE
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Foltz,   Jeremy D.
This work investigates the link between constraints in agricultural credit markets and farm profitability in a developing country setting.  Using data from rural Tunisia in a switching econometric model, this work directly estimates both the determinants of credit constraints and their effects on farm profits.  Policy implications are down from the significant differences in estimated profit functions of constrained and unconstrained farmers.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development; Financial Economics.
Ano: 1998
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/21017

Efficiency Cluster in Organic Grassland Farming in Germany – Methodological and Practical Implications
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Lakner,   Sebastian.
This paper investigates regional cluster of organic grassland farms with respect to technical efficiency. The data-base consists of organic grassland and mixed farms in Germany from 1994/95 to 2005/06. In a first step five inputs and one output are analyzed by means of a stochastic frontier production function, allowing for heteroscedasticity and technical effects. The selection of determinants of technical efficiency is based on location theory. Since organic farming has regional centers, technical efficiency (TE) of organic farms is found to be affected by regional variables (such as agglomeration effects). In a second step we identified regional clusters of organic farms and analyzed the technical efficiency of the regional clusters. The results show...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Efficiency; Agglomeration Effects; Organic Farming.; Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Labor and Human Capital.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/95053

MEDICINAL AND AROMATIC PLANTS (MAP) – A CHAIN OF COMPETITIVENESS IN ROMANIAN AGRICULTURE
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Manole,   Victor; Popescu George,   Cristian; Davitoiu,   Sorin.
On agro-food products’ market of the European Market a saturation of products has been reached, attaining the stage of limitation, by means of certain policies and specific levers, of the expansion of this market. Romania faced the situation of member state of EU, when, after year 2006, it entered a harsh competition, in which the predominant word is saturation. This is the reason for which the post-accession studies in agriculture must aim both at valorizing the natural potential of not-exploited or less exploited resources of Romania, and at finding out solutions to increase competitiveness of the field, in which Romania feels threatened, aiming first of all at the markets of traditional products. Competitiveness is based on criteria of economic...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Crop Production/Industries.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/57341

THE APPLICATION OF BALANCED SCORECARD IN TEAM SPORTS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Becsky,   Andras.
The present article discusses the application possibilities of the Balanced Scorecard strategic planning and controlling device for businesses managing team sports with the goal of professional efficiency and its long term sustainability.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Balanced Scorecard; Balanced indicator system; Team sports; Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/104661

Who Benefits from Business Assistance Programs? Results of the ERS Rural Manufacturing Survey
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Greenberg,   Elizabeth; Reeder,   Richard J.
Over 60 percent of rural manufacturing establishments benefited from government business assistance programs (State and local tax breaks, training and technical assistance, loans, and industrial parks/enterprise zones), and 28 percent found these programs to be very important to their operations over the last 3 years. Manufacturers using advanced technologies benefited more than other manufacturers. However, some regional differences in program benefits suggest these programs may add to interregional economic disparities. Large businesses were more likely to benefit than small businesses, though small businesses appeared to face more problems and benefited more when they received assistance. Programs also were only slightly more likely to benefit...
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 1998
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/33727

Principaux facteurs qui affectent l’état nutritionnel et de santé des enfants exposés à l’aflatoxine au Bénin: Application du model Probit
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Allomasso,   R.; Coulibaly,   Ousmane; Glitho,   I.; Hell,   Kerstin.
Une enquête diagnostique a été conduite en zones agro-écologiques côtière et guinéenne du Bénin pour évaluer le niveau d’exposition à l’aflatoxine d’origine alimentaire et l’état nutritionnel et de santé des enfants de moins de 5 ans. La régression multiple et une analyse économétrique (Probit) ont été effectuées pour identifie les principaux facteurs qui affectent l’état nutritionnel et de santé de ces enfants. Les résultats de l’analyse du sang montrent que presque tous les enfants (99%) sont testés positifs à l’aflatoxine avec un taux moyen de concentration de 0,56 pg/ml de sang. Les principaux facteurs socioéconomiques dont le revenu hebdomadaire du ménage, la superficie de culture emblavée et le niveau d’éducation formelle font diminuer la...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Facteurs; Aflatoxine; Santé; État nutritionnel; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Environmental Economics and Policy; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Food Security and Poverty; Health Economics and Policy; Land Economics/Use; Marketing; Production Economics; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/52212

Pfadabhängigkeiten und Effizienz der Betriebsstrukturen in der ukrainischen Landwirtschaft. Eine theoretische und empirische Analyse.
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Nedoborovskyy,   Andriy.
Ukrainian agriculture is currently in a growth phase, but it is yet not clear whether this growth is sustainable. The contrast between the potential of agricultural enterprises and their present desolate condition remains very striking. At the same time, the role of individual subsidiary holdings in agricultural production has increased substantially. The general economic crisis in agriculture encouraged growth in the number of individual subsidiary holdings (ISH) and made them the most important agricultural producers in Ukraine. The goals of this dissertation are (1) to analyse the development of organisational forms in Ukrainian agriculture, taking into account historical factors, (2) to determine differences between successful and unsuccessful...
Tipo: Thesis or Dissertation
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Industrial Organization; Land Economics/Use.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/93081

An assessment of small-scale users’ inclusion in large-scale water user associations of South Africa
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Faysse,   Nicolas.
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Farmers’ associations; Water users’ associations; Water resource management; Irrigation management; Catchment areas; Legislation; Legal aspects; Water allocation; Farmer participation; Decision making; Case studies; South Africa; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Crop Production/Industries; Farm Management; Financial Economics; Institutional and Behavioral Economics; Land Economics/Use; Productivity Analysis; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/52969

Distribution of Local Government Revenue Sources and Citizen Well-Being
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Amanor-Boadu,   Vincent; Zereyesus,   Yacob Abrehe; Ross,   Kara L.
The paper aims at examining how sources and distribution of revenue at the local government level influence the economic well-being of citizens. The results of this study help to illuminate the effect of revenue sources on local government efforts on economic development and their capacity to influence the well-being of their citizens. We hypothesized that the distribution of local government revenue influenced the wealth status of its citizens. Three empirical proxy measures for citizen well-being were used in the estimation of three different panel data models.  Results from the estimations suggest that local government revenue generated from its citizens (e.g., taxes, insurance and charges) have more influence on citizen well-being than non-citizen...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Local government; Revenues; Tax; Citizen well-being; Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/46828

Agriculture in the Face of Changing Markets, Institutions and Policies: Challenges and Strategies
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Balmann,   Alfons; Curtiss,   Jarmila; Dautzenberg,   Kirsti; Happe,   Kathrin; Huang,   Jikun; Swinnen,   Johan F.M.; Rozelle,   Scott; Sedik,   David J.; Ciaian,   Pavel; Vranken,   Liesbet; Doitchinova,   Julia M.; Kanchev,   Ivan; Miteva,   Albena; Bachev,   Hrabrin Ianouchev; Forgacs,   Csaba; Guo,   Hongdong; Ferto,   Imre; Jolly,   Robert W.; Zhu,   Jianhua; Falkowski,   Jan; Milczarek,   Dominika; Peyerl,   Hermann; Breuer,   Gunter; Danilowska,   Alina; Zawojska,   Aldona; Ramanovich,   Mikhail; Hemme,   Torsten; Mirzaei,   Farhad; Heidelbach,   Olaf; Balkhausen,   Oliver; Banse,   Martin; Perekhozhuk,   Oleksandr; Grings,   Michael; Luka,   Oksana; Epstein,   David B.; Naydenov,   Nikolay; Sauer,   Johannes; Balint,   Borbala; Il'ina,   Natalia; Svetlov,   Nikolai M.; Weitzel,   Enno-Burghard; Bayaner,   Ahmet; Bakucs,   Lajos Zoltan; Hockmann,   Heinrich; Cechura,   Lukas; Herzfeld,   Thomas; Glauben,   Thomas; Azzarri,   Carlo; Carletto,   Calogero; Davis,   Benjamin; Zezza,   Alberto; Nivievskyi,   Oleg; von Cramon-Taubadel,   Stephan; Newton,   Claire; Bednarikova,   Zuzana; Doucha,   Tomas; Travnicek,   Zdenek; Fock,   Theodor.
Since the late 1980s, agriculture in Central and Eastern European Countries (CEECs) has been under considerable adjustment pressure due to changing political, economic and institutional environments. These changes have been linked to the transition process, as well as the ongoing integration into the European Union and the world market. Reduced subsidies, increased environmental and food quality demands, as well as structural changes in the supply, processing and food retailing sector call for major structural adjustments and the improvement of farmers’ managerial abilities. Though such changes always carry significant threats to farms, they also offer new opportunities for the farms' entrepreneurial engagement. Upcoming changes in the agricultural...
Tipo: Book
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Farm Management; Industrial Organization; International Development; Labor and Human Capital; Land Economics/Use; Productivity Analysis.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/93012

RURAL DEVELOPMENT, PRIVATIZATION AND PUBLIC CHOICE: SUBSTANCE DEPENDS UPON PROCESS: DISCUSSION
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Park,   William M.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 1993
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/15189

Growing a Rural Economy with an Entrepreneurial Community College
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Ramsey,   B. Carlyle.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/33296

IDENTIFYING RESOURCE BARRIERS TO LOCAL ECONOMY GROWTH
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Roberts,   Kenneth J.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 1975
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/29677

BUILDING VIBRANT ECONOMIES AND COMMUNITIES IN RURAL AMERICA
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Beaulieu,   Lionel J.
Speech and PowerPoint Presentation
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2002
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/33489

TERÜLETFEJLESZTÉS NÉHÁNY IDŐSZERŰ DILEMMÁJA
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Csiszarik-Kocsir,   Agnes.
Magyarország csatlakozása az Európai Unióhoz, a globalizáció diktálta erőteljes versenykényszer miatt a világ országaiban egyre nagyobb fontosságú a területfejlesztés, amit az önkormányzatok oldaláról célszerű megközelíteni. Az adatok elemzése alapján megállapítható, hogy az állami támogatások mellett az önkormányzatok döntő többsége kénytelen a saját erejére támaszkodni azért, hogy kedvező, vonzó lehetőséget kínáljon a betelepülni szándékozó tőkének. Ennek eszközei a helyi adók, valamint az uniós források, melyek összege a jelen és a jövőbeli költségvetési időszakokban biztató képet mutat. A fejlesztés a régiók működésében ölthet igazán testet, melyek képesek egy nagyobb térség fejlesztését oly mértékben koordinálni, hogy az megfeleljen a beáramló tőke és...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Önkormányzati gazdálkodás; Gazdasági környezet; Területfejlesztési források; Címzett- és céltámogatások; Local authority administration; Economic environment; Regional development re-sources; Named and earmarked subsidies; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/57647

A NOVA RURALIDADE BRASILEIRA E OS DESAFIOS PARA O REAJUSTE DA P&amp;D PARA A AGROPECUÁRIA
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Laurenti,   Antonio Carlos; Grossi,   Mauro Eduardo Del.
A inusitada demografia da década precedente ensejou uma nova concepção do mundo rural brasileiro, notadamente pela interrupção do declínio da população rural, resultante da expansão da população com ocupação não-agrícola e da população não economicamente ativa, conforme o Projeto Rurbano. O objetivo neste artigo é apresentar os resultados da avaliação do prosseguimento dessas tendências no período 2001–2006. Entre as principais semelhanças aponta-se a continuidade do aumento da população rural ocupada em atividade comercial não-agrícola e da diminuição do pessoal ocupado na agricultura mercantil. As distinções mais proeminentes nesta década foram o crescimento da população rural e a suspensão da redução do pessoal ocupado na agricultura mercantil, com...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Atividade não-agrícola; Novo rural; PEA; P&amp;D; Stakeholder; “new rural”; Non-agricultural activity; PEA; P&amp;D; Stakeholder; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Labor and Human Capital.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/109775

A fenntarthatóság felé való átmenet lehetőségei Magyarországon
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Palvolgyi,   Tamas; Csete,   Maria.
A Kárpát-medence páratlan természeti kincseit számos veszély fenyegeti. E veszély elhárítására adhat megoldást a fenntartható fejlődés, melynek ugyan az elmúlt négy évtizedben széles körű szakirodalma jött létre, de világszerte gyengék a gyakorlati eredményei. A jelen tanulmány a gyakorlati megvalósítás, a fenntarthatóság felé való átmenet magyar útját vizsgálja a következő feltételek megvalósításával: 1. Illeszkedés egy hosszabb távú nemzetstratégiai tervhez az átmenet alap-feltételeként. 2. A társadalom fenntarthatóság iránti igényének felkeltése.  3. A magyar gazdaság szuverenitását több, egymással is összefüggő függőségi helyzet gyengíti. A fenntarthatóság gazdasági feltételrendszere érdekében, a helyi adottságokat figyelembe vevő lokális gazdaság...
Tipo: Article
Palavras-chave: Fenntartható fejlődés; Átmenet a fenntarthatóság felé; Társadalmi és gazdasági feltételrendszer; Térségi fenntarthatóság; Sustainable development; Transition to sustainability; Social and economic conditions; Regional sustainability; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Environmental Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/119926

REGIONAL ECONOMIC EFFECTS OF THE WATER FRAMEWORK DIRECTIVE IN THE EMSLAND, NORTH GERMANY
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Bergmann,   Holger; Thomson,   Kenneth J.
The European Union’s Water Framework Directive (WFD) has “the purpose to protect and preserve water resources across the European Union to ensure future sustainable use” but is likely to add to agricultural land losses, e.g. to infrastructure, industrial estates and housing. While the environmental as well as the micro-economic benefits of the Directive - e.g. for water producers and consumers - are well established, there is a lack of knowledge as to its regional economic effects. Based on a system dynamics approach incorporating an input-output table, a regional model (POEMS) has been developed for the Emsland region in Northern Germany. POEMS has been employed to capture the economic, ecological and social effects of three WFD scenarios which reduce...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Water Framework Directive; System Dynamics; Regional Economic Modelling; Emsland; Demographics; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Land Economics/Use.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/51637

Baby Boom Migration Tilts Toward Rural America
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Cromartie,   John; Nelson,   Peter.
Tipo: Article
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/124197

Regional Economic Implications of Water Allocation and Reliability
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Harris,   Simon; Doak,   Murray; Ford,   Stuart; Bywater,   Tony; Bright,   John; Thorrold,   Bruce S.
The understanding of how allocation decisions can maximise the economic returns to the community from water for irrigation has received little attention, but is a significant issue for regional councils, those interested in water allocation policy development, and for irrigated farmers. There is a tradeoff between the amount of irrigated area and the reliability with which it can be undertaken. Overseas studies have generated a curve with optimum levels of allocation which maximise the economic return to the community from the resource. The study on which this paper is based used a single case study to model the individual and regional economic outcomes for four scenarios of water allocation, using daily time step simulation models of the hydrological,...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Irrigation; Reliability; Regional economic impacts; Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; Agricultural Finance; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Environmental Economics and Policy; Farm Management; Financial Economics; Institutional and Behavioral Economics; Land Economics/Use; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/98516

HUMAN CAPITAL, MARKET IMPERFECTIONS, POVERTY, AND MIGRATION: EVIDENCE FROM ALBANIA
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Germenji,   Etleva; Swinnen,   Johan F.M.
The most dramatic recent immigration in Europe is the influx of more than 700,000 Albanians, about a quarter of the total Albanian workforce, in the 1990s.  The vast majority migrated illegally. This paper analyses the determinants of Albanian migration based on a unique representative survey of rural households. The study confirms that migrants are mostly young, male, and single. Regional variations in migration reflect a combination of cultural and economic factors, including migration costs. However, we find that migrants do not come from the poorest rural households.  Moreover, education has a positive, albeit non-linear, effect on the likelihood of migration. Migration is negatively related with household access to alternative income sources and...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development; Food Security and Poverty; Labor and Human Capital.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/31865

Application of a multi-criteria decision making process to facilitate the Improvement of the Vásárhelyi Plan
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Mozsgai,   Katalin; Tombacz,   Endre.
In recent years floods have caused enormous damage and to prevent this the Government has launched a comprehensive programme called the Improvement of the Vásárhelyi Plan (IVP). In step with the original plan, new objectives have emerged, contributing to a solution for the Tisza Region’s problems in water management and regional and rural development. In tandem with the planning stage, a strategic environmental assessment has also been conducted. The assessment’s objective was to develop a multi-criteria system to help choose from a variety of feasible development plans, the ultimate goal being sustainability associated with social, economic, and environmental objectives. In its related decree, the Government recognised the results of the applied...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Improvement of the Vásárhelyi Plan; Sustainability; Multi-criteria decision-making process; Strategic environmental assessment; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/46442

Agritourism in the West: Exploring the Behavior of Colorado Farm and Ranch Visitors
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Gascoigne,   William; Sullins,   Martha; Thilmany,   Dawn D.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/92849

Rural-urban food, nutrient and virtual water flows in selected West African cities
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Drechsel,   Pay; Graefe,   Sophie; Fink,   Michael.
Impacts of increasing population pressure on food demand and land and water resources have sparked interest in nutrient and water balances and flows at a range of scales. In IWMI Research Report 115, it was tried for the first time to quantify rural-urban food flows for selected cities in Ghana and Burkina Faso to analyse their dependency on food supplied from rural vs. peri-urban vs. urban farming. Both, the urban nutrient and water footprints are closely interlinked. Currently, 80-95 percent of the domestic water used and the nutrients consumed go to waste without treatment or resource recovery. The economic dimensions are significant. Options to reduce the environmental burden by closing the rural-urban water and nutrient cycles are discussed.
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Food consumption; Water quality; Nutrients; Urban agriculture; Food production; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Crop Production/Industries; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Food Security and Poverty; Land Economics/Use.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/44518

Concentration and Specialisation Trends in Germany since Reunification
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Suedekum,   Jens.
In this paper we describe the development of regional specialisation and geographical concentration in Germany between 1993 and 2001. Somewhat contrary to theoretical expectations derived from the recent literature in location theory, we neither find compelling evidence for a specialisation process of German regions, nor for a concentration process of industries. By and large and with some exceptions, this conclusion holds both for West Germany and Germany as a whole, as well as for all levels of territorial aggregation (NUTS1-NUTS3). Urban areas are stronger specialised than rural districts, but also subject to faster de-specialisation. Those regions, which have increased regional specialisation against the trend, have performed significantly better in...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Regional Specialisation; Geographical Concentration; Economic Integration; Location Theory; Employment Growth; Germany; Community/Rural/Urban Development; F14; F15; R12.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/26294

ELASTICITIES:  SUPPLEMENTARY STATISTICS FROM INTERINDUSTRY STUDIES
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Ayer,   Harry W.; Baskett,   James.
Elasticities are developed to incorporate both a sector’s multiplier impact and its initial relative size to give a better estimator of the sector’s importance to a region’s economy. A current, empirical example of the differences between multipliers and elasticities, and their use in policy is given. Elasticities, compared to multipliers, are also often easier to employ in analysis because they are used with more readily available and comprehended data.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 1978
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/32401

APPLICATION OF INPUT-OUTPUT METHODOLOGY FOR LOCAL COMMUNITY IMPACT ANALYSIS: SWINE PRODUCTION IN REDWOOD COUNTY, MINNESOTA
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Jahae,   Ilona A.M.A.; van Staalduinen,   Lanie C.
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development; Livestock Production/Industries.
Ano: 1992
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/13668

CONCEPTUAL UNDERPINNINGS OF POLICY ANALYSIS FOR RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Deaton,   Brady J.; Nelson,   Glenn L.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 1992
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/30354

Editorial - Problems of Rural Expansion
Provedor de dados: 31
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 1952
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/8850

Gender issues and women's participation in irrigated agriculture:  The case of two private irrigation canals in Carchi, Ecuador
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Bastidas,   Elena P.
Defines the degree of women's involvement in irrigated agriculture and water users associations in two private irrigation canals in Ecuador and identifies factors that limit their involvement. Analyzes the effects of intra-household dynamics and the women's urban/rural backgrounds on participation.
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Women in development; Gender; Labor; Privatization; Households; Irrigated farming; Irrigation canals; Water users' associations; Participatory management; Water allocation; Case studies; Agribusiness; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Consumer/Household Economics; Crop Production/Industries; Farm Management; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Food Security and Poverty.
Ano: 1999
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/44576

Gender differences in Uganda: the case for access to education and health services
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Seewanyana,   Sarah; Kasirye,   Ibrahim.
Using the nationally representative Gender Productivity Survey (GPS) of 2007/08 conducted by the Uganda Bureau of Statistics (UBoS), the paper examines gender biases in school attainment, returns to education, expenditure on health and education, access to health services. While Uganda has recorded progress on MDG 3: promote gender equality and empower women, the paper reveals that significant gender biases still exist with a regional dimension. These biases are more pronounced in Northern Uganda, which is the poorest region. In other words, interventions in this part of the country should be able to address these biases if the region is to catch up with the rest of the country. These findings further suggest that free education both at primary and...
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Gender; Health; Education; Services; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Consumer/Household Economics; Health Economics and Policy; Labor and Human Capital; Public Economics.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/113612

Do Natural Disasters Affect Trust/Trustworthiness? Evidence from the 2010 Chilean Earthquake
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Fleming,   David A.; Chong,   Alberto E.; Bejarano,   Hernan D.
A series of trust games were conducted in Chile to analyze whether the past 2010 earthquake affected trust and trustworthiness in rural communities. Results show that trust levels are invariant between villages affected by the earthquake and villages not affected by this shock (control group). However, we find statistical evidence that trustworthiness has diminished  in areas affected by the earthquake. Results are relevant for policy regarding aid and recovery of communities affected by these types of disasters.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Trust games; Natural disasters; Trustworthiness; Community/Rural/Urban Development; International Development; C93; O13.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/104522

Land Sovereignty and Tree-Planting in Uganda
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Betz,   Michael R.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Africa; Agriculture; Trees; Tree planting; Uganda; Land; Land rights; Sovereignty; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Crop Production/Industries; Farm Management; Food Security and Poverty; International Development; Land Economics/Use.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/103534

Enabling Rural America to Capture the Values of Renewable Energy Projects
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Thigpen,   Scott.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/45864

Staple Food Prices in Ethiopia
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Rashid,   Shahidur.
Prepared for the COMESA policy seminar on “Variation in staple food prices: Causes, consequence, and policy options”, Maputo, Mozambique, 25‐26 January 2010 under the African Agricultural Marketing Project (AAMP)
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Ethiopia; Food security; Food prices; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Demand and Price Analysis; Food Security and Poverty; International Relations/Trade; Q11; Q18; Q17.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/58552

Impacts of irrigation on inland fisheries: Appraisals in Laos and Sri Lanka
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Nguyen-Khoa,   Sophie; Smith,   Laurence; Lorenzen,   Kai.
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Fisheries; Irrigation effects; Assessment; Social aspects; Villages; Irrigation programs; Lagoons; Drainage; Households; Rice; Case studies; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Crop Production/Industries; Production Economics; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/92824

The Role Of Rural Women In Labor And Decision Making For Buffalo Enterprise In Egyptian Agriculture
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Soliman,   Ibrahim.
This article investigated the rural woman share in labor use her role and in decision-making. of the expenditure pattern of the income generated from the milk activity from Egyptian buffaloes on the conventional Egyptian farm. The analysis dealt with answering the following questions: Who receives this income? What are the channels through which this income is spent (Consumption versus investment and saving)? The study focused upon the share of the farmer’s wife, the farmer himself, both together, other adult women members and other adult men members of the household. The study relied upon cross section seasonal data generated from a purposive sample survey conducted in three villages of Governorates (Sharkia and Gharbia) in Egyptian Nile Delta, in the...
Tipo: Presentation
Palavras-chave: Density of family labor used; Opportunity Cost of Labor; Opportunity Cost of Rural Women's labor; Expenditure Pattern of Farm income; Role of Women Spending the Generated Income; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Consumer/Household Economics; Farm Management; Food Security and Poverty; Livestock Production/Industries.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/208994

Saberes, migraciones y nombres de los alimentos: Los genéricos y las denominaciones de origen.
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Schiavone,   Elena.
Los flujos migratorios de países europeos a América, y en particular a países de América Latina como Argentina y Brasil, y el posterior asentamiento de esos inmigrantes, dieron lugar a culturas híbridas que lograron un anclaje territorial. Entre los saberes que se trasladaron de Europa a América, estaban los usos y costumbres alimenticios y las formas de producir. Estas se adaptaron a las materias primas locales disponibles, y surgieron productos con identidad propia, pero que llevaban-y llevan- los nombres con que habitualmente los designaban en su países de origen. Cuando, a partir de 1940, los Estados comienzan a emitir normas de inocuidad y rotulado de alimentos, esos nombres comunes terminan siendo objeto de codificación legal como “tipos” o “clases”...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Alimentos; Nombres genéricos; Indicaciones geográficas.; Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Labor and Human Capital.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/95232

Sustainable and diversified vegetable-based farming systems in highland regions of West Java
Provedor de dados: 31
This study coincided with a research project "Identification of Pulling Factors for Enhancing the Sustainable Development of Diverse Agriculture in Selected Asian Countries (AGRIDIV), co-ordinated by CAPSA. While AGRIDIV project focused on poverty alleviation through secondary crop based agricultural diversification, the study concentrated on how small-scale vegetable farmers receive technology innovation to diversify agriculture and increase the possibility of engaging more in vertical diversification. The study was primarily conducted in two villages in Lembang sub-district, West Java province, Indonesia.
Tipo: Book
Palavras-chave: CONSUMPTION; DEMAND; VEGETABLE GROWING; FARMERS; ROTATIONAL CROPPING; CROPPING PATTERNS; PLANT PRODUCTION; MARKETING; DIVERSIFICATION; Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Consumer/Household Economics; Crop Production/Industries; Farm Management; Marketing.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/96623

Development Path for Small Towns in Underdeveloped Areas - A Case of Ganzhou City in Jiangxi Province
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Cheng,   Dongwang.
With the increase of per capita GDP, the urbanization level of Ganzhou city has increased significantly. However, urbanization in central region was obviously higher than western and eastern regions. In order to gradually narrow the gap of urbanization between them and to enhance the overall level of urbanization, I try to set up a development mechanism for small towns in Ganzhou City from seven different paths. They are ①establish a strict and normative land management system, ② constitute a Unified household registration system in urban and rural areas, ③ construct a unified and fair employment system, ④ build a multi-layered social security system, ⑤ establish a multilateral financial system and the investment and financing system in small towns for...
Tipo: Thesis or Dissertation
Palavras-chave: Small town; Development path; Ganzhou City of China; Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/53589

FINANCIAL RESTRAINT, BANKING AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Shane,   Mathew.
In this paper, arguments and evidence is presented which leads the author to conclude that the structure and imperfections of the financial markets does influence the course of economic growth. In particular, it is concluded that due to a monopoly structure in rural banking, an agricultural credit system which has helped induce a labor saving technology, and private and public flow of funds that impediments to rural development and incentives for rural out migration have been created. Although this is only one of a number of forces operating to cause the post war growth pattern, this financial structure is a key causative element and must be dealt with to initiate a successful rural development strategy.
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development; Financial Economics.
Ano: 1974
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/13701

Innovative Activity in Rural Areas: The Role of Local and Regional Characteristics
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Barkley,   David L.; Henry,   Mark S.; Lee,   DooHee.
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/113802

New institutional arrangements and standard adoption: Evidence from small-scale fruit and vegetable farmers in Thailand
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Sarah,   Kersting; Meike,   Wollni.
This paper presents an analysis of GlobalGAP adoption by small-scale fruit and vegetable farmers in Thailand focusing on GlobalGAP group certification, the costs and perceived benefits of GlobalGAP adoption, and the factors influencing standard adoption. GlobalGAP is the most important private standard for producers in the Thai horticultural sector concerning access to high-value markets, especially to Europe. We find that support by donors, exporters and public-private partnerships is vital to enable small-scale farmers to adopt the standard. GlobalGAP group certification encourages the formation of new institutional arrangements between farmers, exporters and donors. In our sample only participants from a development program were successful in adopting...
Tipo: Presentation
Palavras-chave: Private standards; Food safety; GlobalGAP adoption; New institutional arrangements; Small-scale farmers; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Farm Management; International Development; Marketing.
Ano: 2012
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/123537

AGRI-ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT: HUNGARY AFTER EU ACCESSION
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Kovacs,   Judit Katona.
In Hungary, similarly to developed countries, the share of agriculture in the GDP has declined. Even so, preparation of the sector’s long term strategy is crucial, as the role of agriculture exceeds the results represented in the GDP. Environmental and social functions of agriculture are revaluated in developed countries, and consumers at the end of the food chain actually govern the entire process. This is why information plays an increasingly important role, and gives signals (Verbeke, 2005) to the actors in the economy and society. This research area is diverse (including agricultural policy, environmental policy, rural development and sustainable development), and so I applied an interdisciplinary approach and conducted an integrated examination. The...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agri-environment; Leader; Rural development; Social capital; Sustainability; Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Environmental Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/43574

A vidék fejlesztésének stratégiája
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Marselek,   Sandor; Takacs-Gyorgy,   Katalin.
Magyarország csak a vidékgazdaság megfelelő működtetésével lehet eredményes. A vidék az átalakulás időszakában elvesztette népességmegtartó képességét. Ennek a folyamatnak a megállításához új irányok meghatározása aszükséges. A cikk az új fejlesztési irányok meghatározására tesz kísérletet. --------------------------------------------- Hungary can be sxuccesssfull only if the rural areas are viable. In the alst decades the rural areas have lost a grat part of their population. To stop this process new rural development strategy is needed. The paper focus on new potential development directions.
Tipo: Article
Palavras-chave: Vidéki élhetőség; Fejlesztés; Irányok; Természeti erőforrások; Rural viability; Development directions; Natural resources; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Environmental Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/119908

The Conservation Reserve Program: Economic Implications for Rural America
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Sullivan,   Patrick; Hellerstein,   Daniel; Hansen,   LeRoy T.; Johansson,   Robert C.; Koenig,   Steven R.; Lubowski,   Ruben N.; McBride,   William D.; McGranahan,   David A.; Roberts,   Michael J.; Vogel,   Stephen J.; Bucholtz,   Shawn.
This report estimates the impact that high levels of enrollment in the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) have had on economic trends in rural counties since the program's inception in 1985 until today. The results of a growth model and quasi-experimental control group analysis indicate no discernible impact by the CRP on aggregate county population trends. Aggregate employment growth may have slowed in some high-CRP counties, but only temporarily. High levels of CRP enrollment appear to have affected farm-related businesses over the long run, but growth in the number of other nonfarm businesses moderated CRP's impact on total employment. If CRP contracts had ended in 2001, simulation models suggest that roughly 51 percent of CRP land would have returned...
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development; Land Economics/Use.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/33987

ARER Guidelines for Manuscript Submission
Provedor de dados: 31
Inside back cover
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; Agricultural Finance; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Consumer/Household Economics; Crop Production/Industries; Demand and Price Analysis; Environmental Economics and Policy; Farm Management; Financial Economics; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Food Security and Poverty; Health Economics and Policy; Industrial Organization; Institutional and Behavioral Economics; International Development; International Relations/Trade; Labor and Human Capital; Land Economics/Use; Livestock Production/Industries; Marketing; Political Economy; Production Economics; Productivity Analysis; Public Economics; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy; Risk and Uncertainty; Teaching/Communication/Extension/Profession.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/55554

URBAN COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Scharlach,   Wes.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 1972
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/17322

NATURAL RESOURCES AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Carriker,   Roy R.; Abdalla,   Charles W.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 1988
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/17654

Trees and water: smallholder agroforestry on irrigated lands in Northern India
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Zomer,   Robert J.; Bossio,   Deborah A.; Trabucco,   Antonio; Yuanjie,   Li; Gupta,   Diwan C.; Singh,   Virendra P.
Trees are increasingly grown on-farm to supply wood and biomass needs within developing countries. Over the last several decades, within the irrigated rice-wheat growing lands of northern India, fast-growing poplar trees have been planted on tens of thousands of small farms. Recent debate regarding afforestation has raised the issue that water use is often increased when trees are planted. This ongoing debate focuses primarily on afforestation or reforestation of upland and rain-fed agricultural areas, and off-site impacts such as reduced streamflow. Adoption of poplar agroforestry in northern India, in contrast, is occurring in areas where land and water are already intensively used and managed for agricultural production. This study based on farmer...
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Trees; Populus deltoids; Agroforestry; Afforestation; Reforestation; Models; Water use; Water balance; Evapotranspiration; Precipitation; Remote sensing; Irrigation requirements; India; Agricultural and Food Policy; Agricultural Finance; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Crop Production/Industries; Environmental Economics and Policy; Productivity Analysis; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/53067

El SIAL y sus diferencias con el enfoque del desarrollo territorial en América Latina
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Larroa,   Rosa Maria.
Se muestran las diferencias entre el enfoque de Sistemas Agroalimentarios Locales (Sial) y el Desarrollo Territorial Rural (DTR) en América Latina, en el sentido de que el Sial no tiene objetivos economicistas, sino que aspira a incorporar otras visiones sociales, políticas y culturales. El enfoque del DTR acepta como factor dado la macroeconomía basada en el modelo de acumulación neoliberal y la especulación alimentaria del sistema, que acentúa las desigualdades territoriales y promueve la nueva ruralidad como alternativa no agrícola en sociedades que han perdido soberanía alimentaria. Para el Sial la multifuncionalidad es parte de la resistencia y una forma de complementar la actividad campesina. Para el DTR la multifuncionalidad es una forma de...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Sial; DTR; Desarrollo; Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Labor and Human Capital.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/95055

The North Dakota Input-Output Model: A Tool for Analyzing Economic Linkages
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Coon,   Randal C.; Leistritz,   F. Larry; Hertsgaard,   Thor A.; Leholm,   Arlen G.
North Dakota's input-output model has become an integral part of many economic research activities involving state issues. Since its development to analyze the economic impacts associated with irrigation development in the 1960s, the model has been updated and used to analyze the effects of a wide variety of projects in North Dakota, Because the model is used and referenced frequently by economic researchers, the nontechnical audience often requests additional information to explain the input-output model and the theory behind it. The purpose of this report is to explain the principles of input-output analysis, to describe the structure of the North Dakota model, and to explain how to interpret the results that might be found in a feasibility or economic...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods.
Ano: 1985
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/23304

FEDERAL-STATE RESEARCH PROGRAMS IN RURAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT - - NEEDS AND PROSPECTS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Bird,   Alan R.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 1969
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/29845

DER NORDWESTDEUTSCHE VIEHHANDEL IN ZEITEN ZUNEHMENDER INTERNA-TIONALISIERUNG – SITUATION UND WETTBEWERBSFÄHIGKEIT
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Recke,   Guido; Theuvsen,   Ludwig; Venhaus,   Nadine; Voss,   Anja.
Der grenzüberschreitende Handel mit Schlacht- und Nutzvieh ist in den vergangenen Jahren erheblich ausgebaut worden. Vor allem die Handelsströme zwischen der nordwestdeutschen Veredelungsregion sowie den Niederlanden und Dänemark sind stark angeschwollen. Auffäl-lig ist, dass der nordwestdeutsche Viehhandel, der national eine wichtige Rolle in der Fleisch-wirtschaft spielt, an dieser Entwicklung kaum partizipiert. Vor diesem Hintergrund ist es das Ziel dieses Beitrags, gestützt auf empirische Untersuchungen von Viehhandelsunternehmen strukturelle, personalwirtschaftliche sowie weitere Gründe für die offenbar geringe Wettbewerbsfähigkeit des deutschen Viehhandel im grenzüberschreitenden Handel mit Schlacht- und Nutzvieh aufzudecken. Auf der Grundlage der...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Viehhandel; Außenhandel; Schlüsselqualifikationen; Vermarktungsorganisation; Wettbewerbsfähigkeit; Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; Agricultural Finance; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Consumer/Household Economics; Environmental Economics and Policy; Farm Management; Financial Economics; Industrial Organization; Institutional and Behavioral Economics.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/114734

Agricultural Statistics For Rural Development
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Bollman,   Ray D.
Agricultural statistics programs typically focus on the production and sale of agricultural products. Thus, only units with farming activities are "in scope".  The farm population is declining relatively and absolutely in developed countries. Rural employment solutions will not come from agricultural development. Obtaining information for rural development via farm surveys will provide an increasingly narrow picture of rural society. Farm survey information will be most useful for rural analysis when it is presented in its rural context.  Some on-farm and within-farm-household diversification will increase rural employment. This should be measured early to allow policy analysts to understand the type of unit that "adopts" such diversification strategies....
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2001
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/28023

Using multi-agent modeling technique to regionalize key processes and patterns of sustainable agricultural cropping systems in the North China Plain
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Roth,   Andreas; Pan,   Ying; Yu,   Zhenrong; Doluschitz,   Reiner.
The North China Plain (NCP) covers an area of around 328,000 km2 and is one of the most important regions of cereal crop production in China. Wheat and maize rotations and one season cotton are the most common cropping systems. The region contributes at an amount of about 50% to the countries wheat production and about one third of maize yields. Crop production in the NCP was focused in the last decades on increasing yields to meet the growing food demand accompanied by the limitation of arable land as a result of urbanization rate i.e. of the Beijing District. Food production needs can nowadays only be achieved by the optimization of agricultural management, i.e. fertilizer input, irrigation, improved crop rotations. The focus on increasing yields raised...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Sustainable Agriculture; Regionalisation; Model Framework; Multi-Agent-Systems; North China Plain; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Farm Management; Land Economics/Use.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/51747

DISCUSSION: ECONOMIC GROWTH OF THE SOUTH VERSUS OTHER REGIONS: PAST TRENDS AND FUTURE PROSPECTS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Waldrop,   John E.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 1982
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/29591

The Structure and Economic Impact of R&amp;D Organisation in New Zealand
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Johnson,   Robin.
R&amp;D spending in New Zealand is a mixture of private and public investment undertaken to improve productive activity and efficiency. Investment is split fairly equally between private business, government organisations and the universities. It is a long term investment with some uncertainty about outcomes being achieved. It is predominantly a public good investment as most government organisations and universities are providers of R&amp;D but not users of it and hence there is a discontinuity in the connection between investment and results. Furthurmore, the supply of R&amp;D has properties of a free good which lead to users looking for new applications on a wider and wider front (spillovers). For these reasons R&amp;D is generally regarded as a `good...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Investment; R&amp;D Expenditure; Social Benefits; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Environmental Economics and Policy; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies; Risk and Uncertainty.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/98521

RURAL CREDIT DEVELOPMENTS IN AUSTRALIA
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Coombs,   H.C.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agricultural Finance; Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 1959
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/22310

STRATEGY FOR SOIL PROTECTION IN CROSS-BORDER REGION OF HUNGARY AND ROMANIA
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Lazanyi,   Janos; Demeter,   Gabor.
Within the Hungary-Romania Cross-Border Co-operation Programme for 2007-2013 the University of Debrecen and the University of Oradea is to elaborate a soil strategy for the Nyírség and Bihor Mts region. Project partners expect the strategy will support and strengthen national, regional and local soil policies and contribute to the competitiveness of the region by protecting and developing various soil functions. Project partners also expect to prevent cross-border problems with soil and reduce the competition caused by cost differences. The elaboration of the strategy includes the problems of erosion, deflation, compaction, water-deficiency, inland water-threat, problems induced by the usage of fertilizers, loss and substitution of soil organic matter,...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Hungary-Romania Cross-Border Co-operation; Soil Framework Directive; Soil Thematic Strategy; Nyírség; Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/104653

A SYSTEM DYNAMICS MODEL OF AGRICULTURE AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT: THE TOPMARD CORE MODEL
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Johnson,   Thomas G.; Bryden,   John Marshall; Refsgaard,   Karen; Alva Lizarraga,   Sara.
The goal of the TOPMARD project is to develop a model of agriculture and rural development to better understand the agronomic, ecological, economic and social dimensions of rural regions. The resulting model, (Policy Model of Multifunctional Agriculture and Rural Development) was built collaboratively and hierarchically by the research teams from the 11 countries. The model features eight subsectors (Land, Agriculture, Tourism, Region, Human Resources, Non-commodities, Capital, and Quality of Life). Imbedded in the model are a complete dynamic input-output model, and an agecohort education demographic model. The model has both supply-side and demand-side drivers. Land use is the key supply-side driver. Land use, coupled with production system choices,...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Multifunctionality; System dynamics; Policy; Model; Rural development; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/6497

Robbing Yadullah’s water to irrigate Saeid’s garden: hydrology and water rights in a village of Central Iran
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Molle,   Francois; Mamanpoush,   Alireza; Miranzadeh,   Mokhtar.
This report provides a case study from the province of Esfahan, in central Iran, describing the struggle of a village to secure the water resources without which local agriculture, and altogether life in the village, would be impossible. It illustrates the endless ingenuity of farmers in their quest for water, how land and water rights have developed, how various legal repertoires may conflict with one another, and how the intervention of the state transformed the wider hydrological cycle of the valley and affected the delicate equilibrium between population and resources that had prevailed until then. The report estimates the costs of accessing one cubic meter from each of these different sources and shows how political interventions or drought mitigation...
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Water allocation; Water rights; Irrigation management; Drought; Wells; Dams; Canals; Legal aspects; Villages; Iran; Zayandeh Rud Basin; Jalalabad; Najafabad; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Consumer/Household Economics; Crop Production/Industries; Environmental Economics and Policy; Farm Management; Land Economics/Use; Public Economics; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/53063

Politiques D’ajustement Et Securite Alimentaire En Afrique
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Mulubay,   Fidele Tshingombe.
Dans la majorité des pays africains, les stratégies mises en place ,ces dernières années, pour réaliser  l’objectif de sécurité alimentaire,  se sont inscrites dans la ligne de pensée des politiques d’ajustement sous monitoring  des Institutions Financières Internationales et qui, au fil des années , ont pris différentes formes en passant de la version PAS à la version DSCRP. La présente étude, qui se base sur l’expérience congolaise, vise dans un premier temps à analyser l’impact que peut avoir ce type des politiques sur la réalisation de la sécurité alimentaire nationale, et dans un second temps de prospecter une politique alternative qui permettrait au pays de tirer bénéfice de la prospérité mondiale pour mieux concourir à la réalisation de la sécurité...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Environmental Economics and Policy; Farm Management; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Food Security and Poverty; International Relations/Trade; Marketing; Production Economics; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/52214

AGRICULTURE'S STAKE IN RURAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Henry,   Mark S.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 1986
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/29053

INTEGRATED RURAL DEVELOPMENT IN AFRICA:  PLANNING AND EVALUATION
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Dejene,   Tekola.
In most LDC's, as high as 85 percent of the population is engaged in subsistence agriculture and as high as 90 percent of the population live in the rural sector which comprises the population engaged both in farm and nonfarm activities.  The level of income of the rural population is very low compared to the small urban sector of these countries and the income per capita growth rate is excruciatingly slow.  At the same time this sector contributes 50-60 percent of the GDP in most countries with an average growth rate of 2.5 to 3 percent.  Economists estimate that with population growing at 2 to 3 percent per annum and per capita income consumption rising at 1 percent, there will be an annual increase of 4 percent in demand for food.  This growth in food...
Tipo: Thesis or Dissertation
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 1973
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/11087

AGRICULTURAL ECONOMISTS IN RURAL DEVELOPMENT: RESPONSIBILITIES, OPPORTUNITIES, RISKS, AND PAYOFFS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Nelson,   James R.; Doeksen,   Gerald A.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 1984
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/29602

Paralyzed Municipalities: The "Chilling Effect" of Municipal ICT Investments: A Case Study of the Legan and Policy Environment for South Carolina Municipal Investment in Advanced ICT
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Lamie,   R. David; Dickes,   Lori A.
This paper provides a case study of existing policy barriers to local municipal information communications technology investments in one U.S. state, South Carolina. This analysis also describes local survey results to clarify the role of restrictive state policy on the incentives for local communities to make these investments. Initial interviews of state municipal leaders support the idea that the states legal interpretation of municipal responsibilities has likely constrained local telecommunications investments across the state. Survey results reveal that approximately one-third of local municipal leaders believe they are constrained by the state’s definition of the purview of municipal responsibilities. Even with these constraints, the overwhelming...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Telecommunications; Municipal Electric Utilities (MEU’s); Economic Development; Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/112892

Farmland Allocation along the Rural-Urban Gradient: The Impacts of Urbanization and Urban Sprawl
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Delbecq,   Benoit A.; Florax,   Raymond J.G.M.
In the vicinity of a city, farmers are confronted with increasing agricultural land prices and rents along the rural-urban gradient, but they concurrently enjoy the advantages associated with proximity to a larger and wealthier consumer base. We hypothesize that farmers transition from low-value, land-intensive \traditional" crops to high-value, labor-intensive \specialized" crops on parcels located closer to urban centers. Once returns to development of a parcel exceed the profits associated with farming, exurban farmers may sell their land for conversion to urban use. Urban pressure in the rural-urban fringe intensifies as cities expand. We differentiate between a gradual process of urban growth (or urbanization) and urban sprawl. Utilizing farmland...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Land use; Urban sprawl; Agriculture; Specialized crops; Spatial econometrics; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Land Economics/Use; C31; O13; Q15; R14.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/61723

LOCAL CONTROL AND IMPROVEMENT OF COMMUNITY SERVICE
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Smith,   Charles M.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 1967
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/17583

LOCAL PROGRAMS AND ACTIVITIES TO HELP FARM PEOPLE ADJUST
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Dorow,   Norbert A.; Edelman,   Mark A.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 1986
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/17552

Commonalities and Differences in Labour Market Developments and Constraints in Different EU Regions
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Tocco,   Barbara; Davidova,   Sophia; Bailey,   Alastair.
This paper provides a detailed overview of the differences across EU member states’ labour markets,through the extensive use of descriptive statistics. The objective is two-fold: firstly, it identifies the commonalities and differences in rural labour markets across EU regions and their developments, with special regard to agriculture, and secondly it emphasises the constraints that may hinder the efficient functioning of labour markets. Therefore, the paper starts with a description of the main indicators in the general labour market theory, such as the structure of the population in terms of age and gender distribution, unemployment and activity rates, employment levels, quality of human capital, migration patterns, and so forth. Secondly, we focus on...
Tipo: Working Paper
Palavras-chave: Commonalities and differences; Rural labour markets; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Labor and Human Capital.
Ano: 2012
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/122850

Fringe Benefits Taxation and the Rural Sector
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Collins,   David J.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 1988
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/9653

Transforming the functional structure of Poland’s rural areas
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Banski,   Jerzy.
This article is devoted to changes in the functional structure of Poland’s rural areas in the years 1988-1999, that is – in the period of transition from the socialist to market economy and the country’s preparations for the EU accession. As the result of functional classification of rural areas carried out in 1999, it proved possible to identify ten functional classes, which can be associated into five groups (i.e. areas with an agricultural function, with equal contribution from different functions, with prevalent forestry, with prevalent tourist/rest-and-recreation function, and with prevalent non-agricultural function). The functional classification obtained revealed that the ten-year period brought a strengthening of the agricultural function in...
Tipo: Article
Palavras-chave: Poland; Functional structure; Rural areas; Agriculture; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2003
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/122654

FOSTERING GLOBAL WELL-BEING: A NEW PARADIGM TO REVITALIZE AGRICULTURAL AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Bathrick,   David D.
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development; International Development.
Ano: 1998
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/16238

FARMERS’ SURVIVAL STRATEGIES IN THE NORTH OF SCOTLAND
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Bergmann,   Holger; Thomson,   Kenneth J.
Small and medium-sized farms all over Europe guarantee their survival by a broad range of strategies and different income sources. In remoter areas of highly developed countries such as the UK, such strategies may be expected to have their own characteristics, both legislative and socio-economic. This paper reports results from a socio-economic survey carried out among 40 Scottish agricultural households in the Caithness and Sutherland region of the North of Scotland, focussing specifically on the diversification strategies of (larger) farms and (smaller) crofts related to the multifunctionality of agriculture. After analysing the land, labour and capital use of farm/croft households in the region, the paper analyses why farms/crofts in this remote area...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Farm households; Scottish Highlands; Income sources; Diversification; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Consumer/Household Economics; Q12; Q15; R20; R10.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/52832

New York Economic Handbook, 2005
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Extension Staff.
Tipo: Working Paper
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/122092

The Potential Influence of Multiple Job Holding on Official Statistics Describing The Rural Workforce: Issues for Data Series and Workforce Policy
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Taylor,   Nick; Baines,   James; Newell,   James.
The research programme on multiple job holding identified substantial discrepancies between the Census and HLFS series regarding the increasing level of rural multiple job holding 1981 to 2001. Furthermore, evidence from the Time Use Survey suggests that the distribution of second job occupations does not match those for first jobs. This result and qualitative data indicate answers to census questions could lead to under-reporting of some rural occupations "hidden" as second jobs. Any under-reporting of the scale and form of the rural labour force in official statistics has implications for understanding rural occupations and industries, and formulation of rural policies.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Census data; Rural labour market; Multiple job holding; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Labor and Human Capital.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/31950

MINNESOTA AGRICULTURAL GROWTH, 1880-1970: APPENDIX
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Fitzharris,   Joseph C.
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 1976
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/13374

AJAE Appendix: Differentiation and Synergies in Rural Tourism: Estimation and Simulation of the Israeli Market
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Tchetchik,   Anat; Fleischer,   Aliza; Finkelshtain,   Israel.
The material contained herein is supplementary to the article named in the title and published in the American Journal of Agricultural Economics.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/7092

A Case Study of Regulation in Zambia’s Cotton Sector.
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Tschirley,   David L.; Kabwe,   Stephen.
Cotton is an unquestioned success of Zambia’s turn towards a market economy. After privatization in late 1994, seed cotton production rose from 32,000 metric tons (mt) to about 180,000 mt a decade later (three-year averages centered on 1994 and 2005). The number of farmers involved in the sector grew similarly, yields trended upwards (though slowly), and the country dramatically improved the quality of its lint, becoming the outstanding performer  in Sub-Saharan Africa in this regard by the mid-2000s. Yet the sector has experienced two serious crashes since reform, both involving rampant credit default by farmers supported with seasonal input credit by ginning companies.
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Zambia; Cotton; Africa; Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; Agricultural Finance; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Food Security and Poverty; International Development; Q10; Q11; Q12.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/62145

Business Establishment Growth in the Appalachian Region, 2000-2007:  An Application of Smooth Transition Spatial Process Models
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Xu,   Wan; Lambert,   Dayton M.
Business establishment growth in the Appalachian region (2000–2007) was regressed on industry sector composition controlling for demographic, physical, and economic determinants. We test the hypothesis that local response to growth determinants is geographically heterogeneous using Smooth Transition spatial process models. This class of models exhibiting endogenous regime switching behavior provides another tool for exploring the spatially heterogeneous effects of local determinants on economic growth.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Appalachia; Business establishment growth; Smooth transition models; Spatial processes; Community/Rural/Urban Development; C21; C51; O47; R11.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/113517

Transaction costs in agri-environmental schemes: the principal-agent-point of view
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Weber,   Anja Michaela; Nuppenau,   Ernst-August.
Agri-environmental schemes provide payments for farmers in return for environmental services. Their implementation induces transaction costs for administration and farmers. Although transaction costs became subject of research in recent years, little attention has been paid to activities which create them. This paper uses insights from Principal-Agent-Theory to show, how information gaps between contracting partners result in tradeoffs inducing activities conducted at implementation level. A Grassland Extensification Scheme, provided in Hesse, Germany, serves as a case-study. The paper shows that attempts and incentives to overcome informational gaps are different for administration and farmer. Further, attempts to reduce transaction costs of own...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agri-environmental schemes; Transaction costs; Principal-agent-theory; Hesse; Germany; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Q18; Q23.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/94919

An Updated Trade Area Analysis of Wisconsin Counties for 2005
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Deller,   Steven C.
The intent of this functional research project is to apply the tools of Trade Area Analysis (TAA) to retail and service sales data for Wisconsin Counties. For this analysis we use the sales tax data as reported by the Wisconsin Department of Revenue for 2005, the most current year the data are available. Only those counties that have elected to collect the optional county sales tax are included in the analysis. Through Pull Factors and measures of Surplus and Leakage the relative strengths, and weaknesses, of local retail and service markets are identified.
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/10281

Ethanol Plant Location Determinants and County Comparative Advantage
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Lambert,   Dayton M.; Wilcox,   Michael D.; English,   Alicia; Stewart,   Lance A.
The location of ethanol plants is determined by infrastructure, product and input markets, fiscal attributes of local communities, and state and federal incentives. This empirical analysis uses probit regression along with spatial clustering methods to analyze investment activity of ethanol plants at the county level for the lower U.S. 48 states from 2000 to 2007. The availability of feedstock dominates the site selection decision. Other factors, such as access to navigable rivers or railroads, product markets, producer credit and excise tax exemptions, and methyl tertiary-butyl ether bans provided some counties with a comparative advantage in attracting ethanol plants.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Cluster analysis; Comparative advantage; Ethanol production; Location model; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Environmental Economics and Policy; Political Economy; R1; R3.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/45511

GENETICALLY MODIFIED COTTON IN SOUTH AFRICA: THE SOLUTION FOR RURAL DEVELOPMENT?
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Hofs,   J.L.; Kirsten,   Johann F.
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development; Crop Production/Industries; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies.
Ano: 2001
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/18045

Evaluating the Role of Migration on Technical Efficiency
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Glazyrina,   Anna; Shaik,   Saleem.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Migration; Technical Efficiency measures; DEA; Hyperbolic distance function; World-wide countries; Community/Rural/Urban Development; International Relations/Trade; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/98911

UK parliamentary inquiry into global food crisis: call for evidence: How to better manage water so that 9 billion people can be fed equitably, healthily, safely and sustainably by 2050
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Chartres,   Colin J.
Invited submission from the International Water Management Institute (IWMI) to the United Kingdom Parliament on 2 June 2009.
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Research institutes; Agricultural research; Policy; Water resource management; Irrigated farming; Rainfed farming; Farming systems; Food security; Water productivity; Water scarcity; Population growth; Water reuse; Food production; Water use; Biofuels; Urbanization; Climate change; Agricultural and Food Policy; Agricultural Finance; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Consumer/Household Economics; Crop Production/Industries; Demand and Price Analysis; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Food Security and Poverty; Political Economy; Production Economics; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/91800

Endogenous Business Cycles and the Economic Response to Exogenous Shocks
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Hallegatte,   Stephane; Ghil,   Michael.
In this paper, we investigate the macroeconomic response to exogenous shocks, namely natural disasters and stochastic productivity shocks. To do so, we make use of an endogenous business cycle model in which cyclical behavior arises from the investment–profit instability; the amplitude of this instability is constrained by the increase in labor costs and the inertia of production capacity and thus results in a finite-amplitude business cycle. This model is found to exhibit a larger response to natural disasters during expansions than during recessions, because the exogenous shock amplifies pre-existing disequilibria when occurring during expansions, while the existence of unused resources during recessions allows for damping the shock. Our model also shows...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/10275

Farm to School: A Market Analysis
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Watson,   Marissa C.; Cesar,   Escalante; Ames,   Glenn C.W.; Wolfe,   Kent; Kane,   Sharon P.
This paper explores the potential for the National Farm to School Program to effectively engage with Georgia’s public schools in order to reduce local food insecurity and improve the quality of nutrition provided to students.  A survey was conducted with the specific goals of assessing:  first, the current and future impact Farm to School has and will potentially have on the Georgia economy through schools purchase of local foods; second, the potential market for farmers; third, school administrators willingness to buy local food by Georgia; forth, the level of infrastructure available within schools to prepare fresh, whole foods; and fifth, the perceived opportunities and challenges to buying and preparing local food.  University of Georgia collaborated...
Tipo: Presentation
Palavras-chave: Farm to School; Georgia; Local foods; Public schools; Survey data for local buying; Food security; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Food Security and Poverty.
Ano: 2012
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/119776

What Determines Productivity Growth of Agricultural Cooperatives?
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Ariyaratne,   Chatura B.; Featherstone,   Allen M.; Langemeier,   Michael R.
This paper examines productivity of a sample of grain marketing and farm supply cooperatives from 1990 to 1998.  The cooperative industry’s productivity or growth was mainly due to improvement in technology rather than improvement in pure efficiency or scale.  The cooperative industry’s productivity was primarily associated with the grain, fertilizer, and agrochemical product lines.  Policies that raise fertilizer prices would encourage a cooperative to be technically more productive.  In general, policies that raise prices of grain, fertilizer, and agrochemicals would encourage a cooperative to be more productive overall.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness; Cooperatives; Input bias; Output bias; Productivity; Agribusiness; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Production Economics; Productivity Analysis; D24; Q13.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/43748

SUSTENTABILIDADE AGRÍCOLA NA AMAZÔNIA: 23 anos de monitoramento da agricultura em Machadinho d’Oeste -  RO
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Mangabeira,   Joao Alfredo De Carvalho; Miranda,   Evaristo Eduardo De; Grego,   Celia R.; Oliveira,   Aryeverton F. De.
O projeto de assentamento de Machadinho d’Oeste, RO, na fronteira agrícola da Amazônia Ocidental, criado há 23 anos atrás como um projeto de colonização agrícola, vem sendo acompanhado por uma equipe de pesquisadores da Embrapa Monitoramento por Satélite. Os pesquisadores acompanharam um grupo de 438 famílias de produtores rurais oriundos, principalmente, das Regiões Sul e Sudeste do país, que ocuparam lotes e praticaram atividades de produção familiar. O monitoramento é realizado por intermédio de métodos baseados na utilização de imagens de satélite, sistemas de informações geográficas (SIG) e tratamentos numéricos. A extensa base de dados tem sido utilizada para análise da evolução e diferenciação da pequena agricultura familiar em termos da produção...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Sustentabilidade agrícola; Amazônia; Agricultura Familiar; Assentamento Rural; Desenvolvimento Rural; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Environmental Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/117266

THE FUTURE OF MINNESOTA'S ECONOMY IN THE CONTEXT OF U.S. AND WORLD ECONOMIC TRENDS...A STATE PERSPECTIVE
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Maki,   Wilbur R.
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 1985
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/13435

CIVIC COMMUNITY APPROACHES TO RURAL DEVELOPMENT IN THE SOUTH: ECONOMIC GROWTH WITH PROSPERITY
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Robinson,   Kenneth L.; Lyson,   Thomas A.; Christy,   Ralph D.
The free market-based policies of the corporate community model have skewed economic development across the South.  For many small, rural communities, the consequences of global capitalism have resulted in declining real wages, high underemployment, and increasing rates of income inequality.  Backed by recent scholarship and grassroots movements that suggest both civic engagement and the presence of smaller-scale, locally controlled enerprises can help determine whether communities prosper or decline, this paper explores the links between social structure and rural development in the South.  The goal is to expand our understanding of civic community theory as an alternative to the neoclassical economic model of development.  Using a local problem-solving...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Civic community; Economic growth; Rural development; Social capital; Southern United States; Community/Rural/Urban Development; R11; O21; R58.
Ano: 2002
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/15468

Education Research Gender, Education and Development - A Partially Annotated and Selective Bibliography
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Brock,   Colin; Cammish,   Nadine; Aedo-Richmond,   Ruth; Narayanan,   Aparna; Njoroge,   Rose.
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 1997
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/12870

Intellektuelle ejendomsrettigheder og okonomisk udvikling
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Bach,   Christian Friis.
The TRIP agreement is, economically speaking, a dog’s dinner. It ignores the diverging requirements countries have for the protection of intellectual property rights depending on their state of economic development. Furthermore, the agreement does not take into account the fact that incentives for research and development fluctuate between different firms and sectors. The agreement will, in the short run, lead to an increase in global inequality and may become a serious impediment to development in the world’s poorest countries.  TRIPs-aftalen er en gang okonomisk makvaerk, som ignorerer landenes forskellig behov for beskyttelse af intellektuelle ejendomsrettigheder afhaengigt af okonomisk udvikling, og som tilsvarende overser at incitamentet for forskning...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2001
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/24199

Input-Output Analysis, Linear Programming and Modified Multipliers
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Zhu,   Erqian Julia; Kim,   Man-Keun; Harris,   Thomas R.
The input-output (IO) analysis explores changes in final demand through the regional economy using multipliers. However, it isn’t flexible to investigate the regional impact from the capacity limitations which are directly imposed on production, not final demand. This is because the multipliers are changing with exogenous restrictions on production. Conventionally, the IO analysis is performed assuming exogenous production restrictions being the changes in final demands or assuming the sector being exogenous sector like the final demand.  If researchers or policy makers are interested in only economic impacts from production restrictions, there is no need to look into the modified multipliers.  The modified multipliers should be considered when researchers...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Input-Output Analysis; Multipliers; Regional Impact Analysis; Community/Rural/Urban Development; C67; R15; R5.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/46716

REGIONAL RESOURCE CONFLICTS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Libby,   Lawrence W.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 1983
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/17690

Can Forest Management Strategies Sustain The Development Needs Of The Little Red River Cree First Nation?
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Krcmar,   Emina; Nelson,   Harry; van Kooten,   G. Cornelis; Vertinsky,   Ilan; Webb,   Jim.
In this study, we explore whether projected socio-economic needs of the Little Red River Cree Nation (LRRCN) can be met using the natural resources to which they have access. To answer this question, we employ a dynamic optimization model to assess the capacity of the available forest base to provide for anticipated future needs of the LRRCN. Results for alternative management strategies indicate that decision-makers face significant tradeoffs in deciding an appropriate management strategy for the forestlands they control.
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Boreal forest; First Nations; Forest management; Sustainability; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy; C61; Q23.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/37012

BIO-ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OF FLOODPLAINS:  FARMING VERSUS FISHING IN BANGLADESH
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Islam,   Mursaleena; Braden,   John B.
This paper explores the linkages of environment and economic development in the floodplain of large rivers.  There is considerable evidence that even the most vital floodplains in the world are not being managed efficiently and both economic and ecological factors need to be considered for effective management.  Floodplain management policies in Bangladesh emphasize structural changes to enhance agricultural production.  However, these structural changes reduce fisheries production, where the fishery is an important natural resource sector and a source of subsistence for the rural poor.  We develop a model where net returns to agriculture and fisheries are jointly maximized taking into account the effect of flooding depth and timing on production.  Results...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2003
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/22084

Retail Trade Area Analysis Grafton North Dakota
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Bangsund,   Dean A.; Leistritz,   F. Larry; Wanzek,   Janet K.; Zetocha,   Dale F.; Bastow-Shoop,   Holly E.
This report is intended to provide an indepth trade area analysis of Grafton, North Dakota. Specific analyses included determining Grafton's main and greater trade areas, identifying the demographic profile of Grafton shoppers, examining important and less important services for patron shoppers of Grafton, identifying neighboring cities that area shoppers patronize, determining distances area shoppers traveled to Grafton, and listing popular newspapers and radio stations among area residents. Current trade area information for Grafton was obtained from a statewide trade area survey conducted by the Department of Agricultural Economics at North Dakota State University in 1989. Recent trends (1980 to 1989) in Grafton population, retail sales, per capita...
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development; Farm Management.
Ano: 1991
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/51310

THE ECONOMICS OF COMMUNITY GROWTH: AN IMPACT MODEL
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Clayton,   Kenneth C.; Whittington,   David.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 1977
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/29299

OHIO'S COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT SEMINARS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Bottum,   John S.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 1969
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/17011

DEVELOPMENT OF HUMAN CAPITAL AS A TOOL FOR IMPROVING PRODUCTIVITY OF AGRICULTURAL SECTOR – CASE OF SERBIA
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Zubovic,   Jovan; Domazet,   Ivana; Stosic,   Ivan.
New trends in global economy require greater capacity of the agricultural workforce. In order improve agricultural productivity it is needed to increase the level of human capital of the agrarian population. Human capital is accumulated knowledge, created in the long term process of human resources development, which begins in early stages and last all through the life, which is especially true for agricultural business. During transition Serbian economy went through major changes, with agriculture trailing to other sectors of the economy. Each farmer is producing only around 3,000 € gross added value per year, which is substantially lower than in other sectors. This paper will analyze what innovative activities are used worldwide in agriculture and give...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agricultural sector; Productivity; Human capital; Education; Reform; Agribusiness; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Labor and Human Capital; Productivity Analysis.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/57491

Bioproducts Development Survey: Analysis of the Summary Results
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Sparling,   David; Cranfield,   John A.L.; Henson,   Spencer J.; Laughland,   Pamela.
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Sparling; Bioproducts; Bioproduct Development Survey; Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; Agricultural Finance; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Consumer/Household Economics; Crop Production/Industries; Demand and Price Analysis; Environmental Economics and Policy; Farm Management; Financial Economics; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Food Security and Poverty; Land Economics/Use; Livestock Production/Industries; Marketing; Production Economics; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/52704

Multifunctional Agriculture, Quality of Life and Policy Decisions: an Empirical Case
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Eboli,   M.G.; Macri,   Maria Carmela; Micocci,   A.; Verrecchia,   F.
The TOP-MARD research project (Toward a Policy Model of Multifunctional Agriculture and Rural Development), that will be here described in its Italian version, links farmers’ behaviour with their economic, social and environmental effects, showing the difference between a behaviour guided by market profitability only and one guided by the interest of a broader social group. It was financed by EU in 11 European countries, and it took place in 2006-2008. The TOP-MARD research defined a 10-modules model (POMMARD), that links use of land and production techniques to several dimensions of a context (quantitative and qualitative, from economic to social and environmental) and to the quality of life of its population. STELLA, a Systems Thinking software, has been...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Multifunctional Agriculture; Quality of Life; Policy Decision.; Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Labor and Human Capital.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/95015

Hispanics Contribute to Increasing Diversity in Rural America
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Cromartie,   John.
Tipo: Article
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development; Labor and Human Capital.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/120826

Hydrological and environmental issues of interbasin water transfers in India: a case of the Krishna River Basin
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Smakhtin,   Vladimir U.; Gamage,   Nilantha; Bharati,   Luna.
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: River basins; Water transfer; Environmental effects; Dams; Reservoirs; Water resources development; Irrigation requirements; Case studies; India; Krishna River; Godavari River; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Crop Production/Industries; Environmental Economics and Policy; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/53065

Cluster Analysis on Per Capita Net Income of Rural Households in China
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Guan,   Linlin; Men,   Ke-pei.
We summarize the status of rural areas in China, and introduce the principle of Cluster Analysis. According to related statistical data, per capita net income of rural households in various regions of China is analyzed by adopting the method of Cluster Analysis. The results showed that 31 cities, autonomous regions and provinces in China can be divided into 4 types. The first type includes Beijing and Shanghai. Comprehensive economic strengths of these regions, as well as per capita net income of rural households, are in the forefront. The second type includes Tianjin, Jiangsu and Zhejiang Provinces of China, which have superior conditions of agricultural production with excellent foundation of agriculture and stable income sources. The third type includes...
Tipo: Thesis or Dissertation
Palavras-chave: Rural household; Per capita net income; Cluster analysis; China; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Financial Economics; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/53757

Multiple-use water services to advance the millennium development goals
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: van Koppen,   Barbara; Moriarty,   Patrick; Boelee,   Eline.
This research report presents the findings of the first phase of the action-research project "Models for implementing multiple-use water supply systems for enhanced land and water productivity, rural livelihoods and gender equity." Multipleuse water services, or "mus" in short, is a participatory, integrated and poverty-reduction focused approach in poor rural and peri-urban areas, which takes people's multiple water needs as a starting point for providing integrated services, moving beyond the conventional sectoral barriers of the domestic and productive sectors.
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Water supply; Poverty; Models; Irrigation water; Domestic water; Drinking water; Gender; Cost recovery; Water quality; Environmental sustainability; Participatory management; Social participation; Legislation; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Crop Production/Industries; Environmental Economics and Policy; Farm Management.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/44523

PRIVATE USES VERSUS PUBLIC INTERESTS IN THE MANAGEMENT OF VENETIAN VILLAS: A MULTICRITERIA APPROACH
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Zanatta,   Valentina; D'Alpaos,   Chiara.
Venetian villas, which make up one of the most typical systems of historical architectural goods in the Northern Italian countryside, are a clear example of the allocation problems of merit goods management. These problems derive from the differences between the limited financial resources available and both the actual distribution of the benefits received by the public at large and the preferences expressed by the majority. In fact, the Venetian villas are risking progressive degradation from abandonment or invasive transformations due to unsuitable management politics and scarce financial resources. For this reason, the management policies regarding these merit goods must be reexamined both theoretically and in practice. Furthermore, the legal...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2003
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/14415

BIO-ENERGY FROM WINERY BY-PRODUCTS: A NEW MULTIFUNCTIONAL TOOL FOR THE ITALIAN WINE DISTRICTS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Begalli,   Diego; Codurri,   Stefano; Gaeta,   Davide.
This paper aims to investigate if the legislation will allow the production of energy from winery by-products and how this can contribute to multifunctionality of the wine makers’ income. A medium size winery was selected and an anaerobic digestor process was simulated using the company’s data. The main methods of financial evaluation were studied to create information to see if the project concepts were valid. The results highlight the positive level of earnings that the project will generate due to the high level of methane included in the pressings that could be transformed in energy, the short period needed for obtaining methane and the recent substantial level of government support both in Green Certificates and financing of the initial cost of the...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Biomass; Winery by-products; Multifunctionality; Energy; Wine district; Agribusiness; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/57492

Can Group Based Credit Uphold Smallholder Farmers Productivity and Reduce Poverty in Africa? Empirical Evidence from Kenya
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Owuor,   George.
With access to formal credit proving almost impossible to smallholder farmers, group based lending is steadily becoming popular in Africa. However, little is documented on the role of such programmes. In this paper, we employ propensity score matching and endogenous switching regime methods on a sample of 600 smallholder farmers drawn from two agricultural regions in Kenya in 2007. The goal of the survey was to evaluate the economic impact of group based credit programmes on smallholder farmers’ productive performance and poverty reduction in Kenya. Our findings reveal gains with significant impacts of group based credit on incomes in the range of 300 and 480 euros as well as via purchased inputs, with participation in such credit programmes significantly...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Informal Micro-Finance; Smallholder Farmers; Performance in Kenya; Agricultural Finance; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Labor and Human Capital; Production Economics; Productivity Analysis.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/52806

The Organization of Country Markets for Grain in North Dakota
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Velde,   Paul D.; Taylor,   Fred R.
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development; Crop Production/Industries; Farm Management.
Ano: 1966
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/104186

Development of the Rural Cooperation Fund Based on Balancing the Urban and Rural Development - A Case of Chongqing Province
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Peng,   Shengshun; Dong,   Wei; Li,   Zhao.
This paper analyzes the causes, performance and developmental status of rural cooperation fund in the rural areas around Chongqing City. It also designs a suitable developmental pattern of rural cooperation fund for Chongqing. Finally, we put forward some related policy suggestions.
Tipo: Thesis or Dissertation
Palavras-chave: Cooperation fund; Performance; Developmental pattern; China; Agricultural Finance; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Financial Economics.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/53524

Nonconventional Technology for Agricultural Development in Developing Countries
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Soliman,   Ibrahim.
This paper concerns the economic assessment of a nonconventional technology to provide a cheap food and/or feed for many developing countries, using wasted resources, i.e. coastal arid areas irrigated directly with seawater to grow a halophyte crop(Salicornia-sos-7). It was cultivated for two successive years in Kuwait. The analysis showed that the harvested yield was 20 tons per hectare, which provided 12.42 MT of straw for sale and 1.7 MT of oil seeds for processing. Processed seeds of 1-hectare provide 425 kg of food oil and 1.1 MT of feed meal.Under Kuwait conditions, on per hectare basis, the total costs of production( fixed &amp;variable costs)were $3088. However,simulation of this technology under a conventional developing country like Egypt with...
Tipo: Article
Palavras-chave: Halophyte Crops; Seawater irrigation system; Salicornia as oil seeds crop; Scaling Up the experiments; Profit Margin; Production function; Least cost Ration; Sheep fattning; Agribusiness; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Crop Production/Industries; Land Economics/Use; Livestock Production/Industries; Production Economics; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 1991
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/119721

LIVING WITH HOGS IN IOWA: THE IMPACT OF LIVESTOCK FACILITIES ON RURAL RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY VALUES
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Secchi,   Silvia; Herriges,   Joseph A.; Babcock,   Bruce A.
To better understand the magnitude of the effects of livestock feeding operations on residential property values, we constructed a new dataset that merges data on home sales with data on the location and size of livestock feeding operations in five rural counties of Iowa. We estimated a hedonic model to explain variations in residential sales price with standard house attributes, such as number of bedrooms and square feet of living space, as well as the effects of distance and density of livestock feeding operation. We find that livestock operations have an overall statistically significant effect on property values. Predicted negative effects are largest for properties that are downwind and close to livestock operations. In addition, feeding operations...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Hedonic model; Livestock; Property values; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Livestock Production/Industries.
Ano: 2003
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/18493

Gender Issues in Rural Eastern India Revealed by Field Interviews: Tribal and Non-Tribal Responses
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Tisdell,   Clement A.; Roy,   Kartik C.
Reports responses to interviews conducted in three rural villages in Eastern India in January 2000 as well as replies to questions asked at a forest meeting in West Bengal of groups/persons interested in rural women and development. The questions were designed to provide information on gender-bias and possible reasons for it, especially any economic reasons. These interviews supplemented detailed questionnaires directed to wives in these villages. Interviews were conducted with Kondhs in a village (Badala) west of Dashapalla in Orissa, with Santals in an all Santal village, (Bandhgora) in the Midnapore region of West Bengal and with Santals and scheduled caste Hindus in a mixed village, (Sadanandapur) in the same region. The results highlight significant...
Tipo: Working Paper
Palavras-chave: Economic discrimination; Education; Female status; Gender; Health; Hinduism; India; Kondhs; Santals; Social discrimination; Theories of the family.; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Food Security and Poverty; Labor and Human Capital; Land Economics/Use; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods; D1; J12; J15; J16; Z13.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/123549

ECONOMIC GROWTH OF THE SOUTH VERSUS OTHER REGIONS: PAST TRENDS AND FUTURE PROSPECTS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Bluestone,   Herman.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 1982
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/29567

The Central Arizona Project
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Hanemann,   W. Michael.
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2002
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/25124

Impacts of Geographical Indications - Review of Methods and Empirical Evidences
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Barjolle,   Dominique; Paus,   Marguerite; Perret,   Anna O.
This paper focuses on methods for assessing the territorial impact (economic, social and environmental) of geographical indication systems. First, in a review of methods, methodological difficulties and choices are discussed and major studies are briefly presented. We highlight that it is necessary to identify a clear reference point and a relevant set of indicators and that this question has led to an active and rich research corpus. In a second part, we present some of the results of a recent European research program, SINER-GI. We analyze the impacts of 14 case studies in a common methodology. The results show significant differences of the priorities of the stakeholders between established geographical indications and geographical indications in...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Geographical Indications; Territorial impact; Food chains; Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods; O34; Q13; R58.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/51737

On the Growth Performance of Sub-Saharan African Countries
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Busse,   Matthias.
The article discusses some of the most important reasons for the poor growth performance of most countries in sub-Saharan Africa. While high protection levels in high-income countries in Europe and North America for agricultural trade have been cited as a major impediment for the development of African countries, they are unlikely to play a major role. Rather, a lack of integration into world markets and the relatively poor quality of African institutions are more likely to explain the low growth rates.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agriculture; Growth; Institutions; Sub-Saharan Africa; Trade; Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; Agricultural Finance; Community/Rural/Urban Development; International Development; International Relations/Trade; Political Economy; N17; O43.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/93797

Sustainable development level in rural China based on osculating value method
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Lu,   Bing-fu; Han,   Wei-ping.
This paper expounds the theoretical basis of rural sustainable development, sets up evaluation index system for rural sustainable development level in China, and uses the osculating value method to evaluate the rural sustainable development in cities, autonomous regions and provinces of China. They are divided into 3 grades of A, B and C according to the evaluation result. Finally, we analyze the causation of the differences of rural sustainable development among cities. autonomous regions and provinces in rural China.
Tipo: Thesis or Dissertation
Palavras-chave: Rural sustainable development; Osculating value; Evaluation; Empirical analysis; Agricultural Finance; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/53475

Macroeconomic Effects of the Stock Management for Irrigation and Drainage Facilities in Japan: Application of Recursive- Dynamic CGE model
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Kunimitsu,   Yoji.
The stock management of irrigation and drainage facilities was macro-economically evaluated. The recursive-dynamic CGE model was developed and used for policy simulation. Results demonstrated that effects of activity spread to other industries and total benefit calculated by the consumers’ surplus change was more than the total costs.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Computable General Equilibrium Model; Recursive dynamic model; Consumers’ surplus; Cost-benefit ratio; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Demand and Price Analysis; Production Economics; Public Economics; H30; Q12; Q14; Q18.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/98132

Can Good Projects Succeed in Bad Villages? Project Design, Village Governance and Infrastructure Quality in Rural China
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Liu,   Chengfang; Zhang,   Linxiu; Huang,   Jikun; Luo,   Renfu; Rozelle,   Scott.
This study seeks to explain the differences in infrastructure quality across China’s villages. Using primary data on three main types of infrastructure projects in rural China, we find that a.) between-project within-village quality differences are small and project design has little explanatory power; b.) between-village variations are larger; and c.) there are strong correlations between the ways villages govern themselves and project quality. We conclude that it is difficult to make good projects work in bad communities and that there is something at the village level that is making some projects succeed in some villages, but not in others.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Infrastructure Quality; Village; Rural China; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Public Economics; H41; H54; H71.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/49944

AREAWIDE PLANNING FOR OPTIMUM LOCATION OF HOSPITAL FACILITIES FOR RURAL PEOPLE
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Eddleman,   Bobby R.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 1972
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/30330

Unit-pricing: Minimising Christchurch Domestic Waste
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Tait,   Peter R.
One economic tool that can aid in the achievement of waste minimisation targets is unit-pricing. Unit-pricing in the waste management sector refers to a pricing system that charges households for their collection and disposal service relative to the amount of waste disposed by the household. This research investigates the potential impact of implementing a unit-pricing policy for domestic waste collection and disposal services in Christchurch. Data is collected using a Contingent Valuation survey. A Poisson Quasi-Maximum Likelihood count model is specified for econometric analysis of demand for Christchurch City Council domestic collection services.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Demand for domestic waste service; Unit-pricing; Contingent valuation methodology; PQML count model; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Consumer/Household Economics; Environmental Economics and Policy; Land Economics/Use; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/97795

IMPACTS OF EGYPTIAN SOCIO-ECONOMIC ENVIRONMENT ON DIETARY PATTERN AND ADEQUACY
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Soliman,   Ibrahim; Eid,   Nafissa.
Health and nutrition status including dietary adequacy are basic components of the human development and indicators for welfare in a certain community. The study focused upon how far a socio-economic environment would affect the dietary pattern and adequacy in Egypt. The current dietary pattern was compared with that before the economic reform adjustment, i.e. before 1986. Dietary adequacy of energy and protein was assessed to define the poverty line among urban and rural populations. The investigated changes in the socio-economic environment were income level, distribution, growth and price level by region; as well as demographic features of the household. Finally, the study discussed policy implications on both micro and macro level and provided...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Energy and protein intake; Energy and protein requirements; Dietary Adequacy; Dietary Pattern; Income and Dietary Pattern; Vulnerable groups; Income Distribution; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Consumer/Household Economics; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Food Security and Poverty.
Ano: 1995
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/107278

Agricultural and Food Security Policy Analysis in Central America: Assessing Local Institutional Capacity, Data Availability, and Outcomes
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Tschirley,   David L.; Flores,   Luis; Mather,   David.
Performance of the agricultural sector in developing countries is fundamental to ensuring robust and equitable economic growth and broad-based food security. Yet donor support to agricultural development in developing countries has declined continuously for 30 years. This same period saw dramatic deterioration in developing countries’ institutional capacity to provide services to their agricultural sectors. These trends may now be changing, due in part to the global food price crisis of 2007 and 2008 and concerns that it unleashed about the world’s ability to feed its poorest inhabitants. This paper reports on the results of a two week trip to Guatemala and Nicaragua made by Michigan State University’s Food Security Group. The purpose of the trip was to...
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Food Security; Guatemala; Nicaragua; Food policy; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Food Security and Poverty; International Development; Q12; Q17; Q18.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/90991

A Look at Telecommunications, Healthcare and Community Facilities to Make Rural Towns More Viable (PowerPoint)
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Harrison,   Margo.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/8092

Application of Prospective Structural Analysis to Rural Development Strategy
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Ambrosio Albala,   Mateo; Martin Lozano,   Jose Manuel; Perez Hernandez,   Pedro Pablo.
The Council Regulation (EC) 1698/2005 approved on 20th September 2005 was the starting point of the fourth programme of Rural Development Aid for the period 2007-2013. This communitarian programme affects Andalusia, an European region situated in the south of Spain. The authors of this paper have helped in the elaboration of the rural strategy for this region. We would specially like to point out the use of the Prospective Structural Analysis (PSA) methodology as a competent method to analyse the complexity of elements, variables and present interactions in rural zones as well as to understand variables in the present and future situation. Results obtained with the application of the PSA method to a region show the strength of this methodology in order to...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Rural Development; Strategic Analyses; Prospective Structural Analyses; Regional Foresight; Community/Rural/Urban Development; O18.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/51715

New marketing strategies in the development of regions, cities and settlements (villages)
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Vinarne Bellasz,   Zsuzsa.
Regional- and settlement marketing (in the following: RSM) is a relatively young but dynamically developing branch of the science and practice of marketing. On the basis of the experience of the international as well as national regions and cities producing successful and impressive development it is often referred to as "wonder weapon" in the field of rural development. The task of RSM - to cut it short - is nothing else but the exploring of the competitiveness, comparative advantages and attraction of the region, the settlement, as well as the supporting of their realization and communication in the interest of the multifold aims concerning development, economics and lifestyle. In Hungary, RSM has been established by the increase of the self-governing...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: RSM; Consolidation of the service (tertiary) sector; Endogenous development; New marketing strategies; Regional-; City- as well as settlement planning; Target groups; SWOT; Segmentation of market; Differentiated segmentation strategy; Concentrated segmentation strategy; Decentralization; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Marketing.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/10020

FARMER DISCUSSIONS STIMULATE NEW ADJUSTMENT RESEARCH CENTER
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Stephens,   Richard.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 1957
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/17805

REDIRECTING STATE ECONOMIC GROWTH
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Maki,   Wilbur R.
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 1985
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/13874

Incentives for Residential Water Conservation: Water Price, Revenue, and Consumer Equity in Florida
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Rawls,   Colin; Borisova,   Tatiana; Berg,   Sanford; Burkhardt,   Jeffrey.
Economic theory suggests that price incentives can be used to encourage water conservation in residential consumers.  Conservation water rates are designed to send price signals that encourage households to reduce discretionary water use in the long term. However, it is not always clear that conservation rates effectively provide meaningful incentives. Utilities themselves may also not have strong incentives to implement conservation rates. If conservation rates have a negative impact on revenue, or if they lead to increased revenue variability, utilities may have a disincentive to use them.  In addition, block pricing structures (where unit water rate increases with water usage) may be inequitable, in the sense that the “revenue burden” is borne...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Conservation; Water; Price; Revenue; Equity; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Consumer/Household Economics; Demand and Price Analysis; Environmental Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/56510

The role of structural changes in increasing competitiveness of Baltic dairy farms
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Veveris,   Armands.
The paper provides analysis of dairy farms in the Baltic States, their development since accessing EU. During this period the specialisation level has increased but the total number of farms has fast reduced. The total economic indicators increased until 2007, but they still significantly lag behind Western Europe. Big investment has been made, but in the result, the cost level has not reduced but even increased, which has several reasons. Thus many farms were not ready to survive the economic downturn. The results of the research allow concluding that when planning future support for dairy industry the main attention should be paid to introducing cost competitive technologies, supporting cooperation in the purchase and use of fixed assets; it is necessary...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Dairy sector (O13); Income (Q14); Investment (O16); Support (Q18).; Community/Rural/Urban Development; O13; Q14; O16; Q18.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/95309

MULTIFUNCTIONAL AGRICULTURE IN BULGARIA - OPPORTUNITIES AND PROSPECTS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Doitchinova,   Julia M.; Kanchev,   Ivan; Miteva,   Albena.
The purpose of the paper is to analyze and to assess the status of the multifunctional agriculture in Bulgaria and on the basis of the attitudes of the agricultural producers to develop such activity to suggest trends for strengthening their adaptation to CAP conditions. The paper presents the main results from a scientific research of a team from the University of National and World Economy, Department “Economy of Natural Resources”, Agribusiness Section - Sofia, Bulgaria (2006-2007).
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Multifunctional agriculture; Multifunctional agricultural holding; Agribusiness; Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/57509

Forest resources and rural livelihoods in the north-central regions of Namibia
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: MacGregor,   James; Palmer,   Charles; Barnes,   Johnathon.
Forestry
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Economics; Forestry; Markets; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Environmental Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/37919

THE POTENTIAL FOR CO-OP DEVELOPMENT TO ASSIST SENIORS IN RURAL AMERICA
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Bailey,   Elizabeth A.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/32813

Socioeconomic Effects of Large-Scale Resource Development Projects in Rural Areas: The Case of McLean County, North Dakota
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Leistritz,   F. Larry; Maki,   Karen C.
This study examines the socioeconomic effects of power plant construction and operation during the period 1975-1981 and also compares the actual changes in key economic and social indicators with those projected in impact studies conducted during the early stages of project development. The study thus serves as an analysis of the actual impacts of a major resource development project, as an evaluation of the reliability of anticipatory impact assessments, and as an initial evaluation of the need for and effectiveness of impact management measures.
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 1981
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/23281

Hobby Farms and British Columbia'a Agricultural Land Reserve
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Stobbe,   Tracy; Eagle,   Alison J.; van Kooten,   G. Cornelis.
Agricultural land protection near the urban-rural fringe is a goal of many jurisdictions, including British Columbia, Canada, which uses a provincial-wide zoning scheme to prevent subdivisions and non-agricultural uses of the land. Preferential taxes are also used to encourage agricultural use of the land. Small scale hobby farmers are present at the urban fringe near Victoria (the capital), both inside and outside of the Agricultural Land Reserve (ALR). The goal of this paper is to investigate whether hobby farms create problems for agricultural land preservation. We make use of a GIS (geographic information system) model to construct detailed spatial variables and analyse our parcel-level data set using an hedonic pricing model and a limited dependent...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Hobby farmers; Agricultural Land Reserve; Geographical Information System; Urban-rural fringe; Zoning systems; Farmland fragmentation; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Crop Production/Industries; Farm Management; R11; R15; C50; R14.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/42244

STUDYING THE LOCAL DIVERSITY OF RURAL LIVELIHOODS SYSTEMS: AN APPLICATION OF TYPOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES FOR INTEGRATED RURAL DEVELOPMENT SUPPORT IN THE EASTERN CAPE (SOUTH AFRICA)
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Perret,   Sylvain R.; Kirsten,   Johann F.
This paper presents briefly the principles and procedure of typology schemes, which aim at describing and representing the local diversity of rural households, through the analysis of their modes of operation, strategies and prospects, activities and livelihoods' systems.  This approach departs from both strict economic analysis and social participatory approaches, which often overlook the diversity that exists among rural households at local level.  It basically combines the respective principles and advantages of both approaches.  Through a case study, which was carried out in a rural community of the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa, the paper highlights this local diversity, its representation through a typology scheme, and the issues related to...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development; Labor and Human Capital.
Ano: 2000
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/18083

Ridge, Slope, and Hillside Protection Taskforce Projects in Knox County, Tennessee: Costs and Benefits of Reforestation of Target Areas
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Chadourne,   Matthew H.; Cho,   Seong-Hoon; Roberts,   Roland K.
Many communities in the United States face the decision about whether to protect or restore forests on environmentally sensitive sites. The objective of this research is to identify priority areas for forest landscape restoration in Knox County, Tennessee. A cost-benefit analysis is conducted to determine individuals’ willingness to accept reforestation as a substitute for other potential land uses, given the explicit costs and benefits of reforestation. A sequence of hedonic models is used to estimate differences in values attached to housing prices of multiple potential sites for restoration projects values. This approach allows the establishment of an overall price-distance relationship between the amenity values attributable to both deforested and...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Amenity Valuation of Forest Land; Cost-Benefit Analysis; Hedonic Price Model; Reforestation Decision.; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Environmental Economics and Policy; Land Economics/Use; Public Economics.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/103846

A RÉGIÓK EURÓPÁBAN
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Horvath,   Gyula.
Az Európai Unió kohéziós politikájának megvalósítását elősegítő intézmény – az 1–3 milliós népességű régió – Európa-szerte az érdeklődés középpontjában áll. A különböző államberendezkedésű országokban az ún. NUTS 2 régiók közjogi státusza eltérő. A régiók egy része fejlesztési és statisztikai célokat szolgál csupán, más részük ezek mellett kiterjedt közigazgatási jogosítványokkal is rendelkezik. Ez utóbbiak képesek komplex fejlesztési feladataik hatékony megoldására. A régiók intézményesülésének számtalan előfeltétele van. Az állami funkciók modernizálása, a regionális fejlődést befolyásoló tényezőkben bekövetkezett vál-tozások, a területi érdekérvényesítés, az etnikai-kulturális szempontok figyelembe vétele, illetve az európai integráció egységesítő...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Regionális politika; Európai Unió; Kohéziós politika; Területi közigazgatás; Regional policy; European Union; Cohesion policy; Regional administration; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/57671

EGYÜTTMŰKÖDÉS A GABONAÁGAZATBAN A DÉL-ALFÖLD RÉGIÓBAN
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Stren,   Bertalan.
Kérdőív segítségével meghatároztuk a gabonaágazat dél-alföldi szereplőinek egymáshoz fűződő viszonyainak jellegét, szorosságát. Megállapítható, hogy a ga-bonaágazatban létezik a földrajzi közelségen alapuló együttműködés a Dél-Alföldön. Ennek kialakulásában az ökológiai adottságok és a piac a meghatáro-zó.  A vállalatok közötti üzleti tranzakciók zöme formalizált kapcsolatot jelent, de már megjelent az igény – amely már bizonyos bizalmi szintet feltételez – az isme-retek és tudás megosztásán alapuló együttműködésre is.  Az azonos ágazatban tevékenykedő, egymással versengő cégek földrajzi kon-centrációja lehetővé teszi a teljesítmények összehasonlítását. Így egy-egy újabb, hatékonyabb eljárás gyorsan elterjed a szereplők között, főleg a vezető szakértők...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Együttműködés; Versenyképesség; Gabonaágazat; Régió; Piac; Cooperation; Competitiveness; Cereal sector; Region; Market; Agribusiness; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Public Economics.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/57646

Gender Inequality in India: Evidence from a Rural Survey in West Bengal
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Tisdell,   Clement A.
Notes the unfavourable female-male ratio in India and its declining trend. In addition, the convergence of this ratio for the scheduled castes towards that of the general casts is noted as well as the slight decline in this ratio for scheduled tribals. A reason for this trend is suggested. Gender inequality is explored by summarising the results of survey of wives in the Midnapore area of West Bengal. Wives in four villages were interviewed so as to include tribals (Santals) and non-tribals, all of whom were Hindus. The socio-economic characteristics of those interviewed are first summarised and general information provided about the survey. The results are then used to consider several aspects of inequality in relation to sons and daughters, to gauge the...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Gender inequality; Castes; Santal; West Bengal; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Labor and Human Capital.
Ano: 2000
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/100037

Riesgos y desafíos en la implementación de una indicación geográfica (IG) Las denominaciones de origen (DO) y las indicaciones geográficas (IG) como herramientas para el desarrollo territorial rural con identidad cultural (DTR-IC)
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Champredonde,   Marcelo; Benedetto,   A.
La presente comunicación es resultado de un Estudio Complementario que se está desarrollando en la ciudad de Colonia Caroya, provincia de Córdoba (Argentina) sobre Indicaciones Geográficas (IG) y Desarrollo Territorial Rural con Identidad Cultural (DTR-IC). El trabajo se inserta en el marco de dos proyectos, por un lado, el Proyecto Desarrollo Territorial Rural con Identidad Cultural (DTR-IC) liderado por Claudia Ranaboldo de RIMISP y por el otro, el Proyecto Diferenciación y Valorización de Alimentos con Identidad Territorial del INTA, coordinado por Marcelo Champredonde. El objetivo general de la propuesta es animar y sistematizar lecciones del proceso de construcción y obtención de una IG para un producto típico, el salame de Colonia Caroya. Se espera...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Denominaciones Geográficas (DO); Indicaciones Geográficas (IG); Desarrollo Territorial con Identidad Cultural (DTR-IC).; Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Labor and Human Capital.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/94996

The potential impact of the EU-ACP economic partnership Agreement: A case study of the Ugandan horticulture sector
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Economic Policy Research Centre.
Uganda has had formal trade ties with Europe since 1973 when, together with several other commonwealth countries, it signed the Lomé Convention. However, trade relations between Europe and Africa started much earlier, in 1957, at first covering 18 francophone countries and six European countries. The Lomé Conventions granted countries like Uganda non-reciprocal trade preferences with the European Community (EC) and later European Union (EU)...Uganda’s current and potential exports to the EU include traditionally sensitive agricultural products such as: maize, sugar, coffee, cotton, bananas, milk and dairy products, animal products, fruit and vegetable products, and oil seed products. The risks from the EPAs can be summarized into three categories. First,...
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: EPRC; Horticulture trade; Trade agreements; Agribusiness; Agricultural Finance; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Environmental Economics and Policy; Financial Economics; Institutional and Behavioral Economics; International Development; Marketing; Political Economy; Production Economics; Productivity Analysis; Public Economics.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/93811

ANALYZING A REGION'S ECONOMIC BASE
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Maki,   Wilbur R.
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 1991
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/13233

Uganda's poverty eradication agenda: Measuring up to the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs)
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Bahiigwa,   Godfrey.
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: MDGs; Poverty reduction; Bahiigwa; EPRC; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Consumer/Household Economics; Production Economics; Public Economics.
Ano: 2003
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/93854

The role of broadband developments financed from EU Structural Funds in the enhancement of regional cohesion in the NMS-10
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Feko,   Adrienn; Sass,   Magdolna; Nagy,   Gabor.
This paper examines if broadband Internet access (‘broadband’) developments enhance regional cohesion in ten New Member States (NMS-10) of the European Union. It focuses on broadband developments in these countries financed from Structural Funds (SF). The importance of their impacts is potential, but not automatic. The topic is well established theoretically, versus business. There is no conclusive evidence yet empirically. Broadband is perceived here as an essential part of ICT, enabling the spread and use of ICT. The paper analyses (1) the regional dimension of broadband access in the NMS-10, (2) the recognition of broadband-cohesion links by NMS-10 governments, and (3) the priority given to broadband in SF spending. The impact of broadband developments...
Tipo: Article
Palavras-chave: Cohesion Policy; Broadband Internet access; ICT; Structural Funds; EU Member States; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/119651

Population development in rural Switzerland: Do sectors matter?
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Mann,   Stefan.
The paper approaches the question of the role of the three different sectors in rural population development. A regression with data from 1606 rural Swiss municipalities shows that activity in the farming sector enhances population growth to a greater degree than activity in the industrial sector. Employment in the service sector was not found to sustain population growth in rural municipalities, whereas commuting possibilities had a strongly stabilising impact. Other important determinants were wealth, the number of holiday homes and demographic factors. A qualitative study of four rural municipalities largely confirmed the findings of the regression, but also showed the importance of non-economic factors influencing the relative attractiveness of a rural...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development; Industrial Organization.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/30710

Why Cities Care about the Future of Rural Governance
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Hunt,   Jim.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/33310

Combining non-modelling and modelling approaches for the evaluation of RD policy: study of the impact of modulation as a policy instrument
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Nowicki,   Peter.
Two separate, but interlinked methodological approaches – the modelling approach and non-modelling approach – have been used in a study commissioned by DG Agriculture and Rural Development to understand the impact of Modulation. In these two approaches a range of methodological and analytical tools are used, as follows:  Non-modelling Approach  • Literature Review;  • Case Studies carried out in eight Member States;  • Questionnaires carried out by telephone interviews in the 19 Member States, in which case studies were not conducted;  • CMEF Indicators – collation of information on output, result and impact indicators for the case study Member States.  Modelling Approach:  • Budget model, tailor made for the project, provides much of the financial detail...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Rural development policy evaluation; Modelling; Non-modelling; Modulation; Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/94893

Rural Development: Does Macedonia Need a New Approach
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Jakimovski,   Jorde.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2002
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/24964

REGIONAL INPUT-OUTPUT MODELS ADJUSTED BY IMPORT-EXPORT SURVEY DATA
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Miller,   Bill R.; Liu,   Peng Li.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 1975
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/29512

EXTENSION AND RESEARCH SUPPORT FOR RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Bottum,   J. Carroll.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development; Teaching/Communication/Extension/Profession.
Ano: 1972
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/17326

Local Officials as Land Developers: Urban Spatial Expansion in China
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Lichtenberg,   Erik; Ding,   Chengri.
We investigate conceptually and empirically the role of economic incentives in the primary land allocation in China in recent years. A theoretical analysis demonstrates how recent fiscal and governance reforms give rise to land conversion decisions and long run urban spatial sizes much like those generated by competitive land markets with private land ownership. An econometric investigation of Shanghai and the provinces surrounding it demonstrates the presence of rent gradients, often used as an indication of the presence of land markets. It thus appears that economic forces have continued to exercise dominant influence over primary land allocations in spite of recent administrative restrictions on land conversion. These rent gradients are strongest in the...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development; Land Economics/Use; R5; R14; H11; O18.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/6834

THE INFLUENCE OF THE THREAT OF FLOODING ON HOUSING VALUES IN FARGO, NORTH DAKOTA AND MOORHEAD, MINNESOTA
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Fridgen,   Patrick M.; Shultz,   Steven D.
The hedonic valuation method (HVM) was used to quantify the impact of the threat of flooding on housing values in Fargo, North Dakota and Moorhead, Minnesota  (Fargo-Moorhead).  Prices of  3,783 Fargo-Moorhead homes sold between 1995 and 1998 were regressed against structural housing characteristics, neighborhood and environmental indicators, and three flood risk variables.  Being located in the 100-year floodplain lowered the sale price of an average home by $8,990 and approximately 81 percent of the price depreciation was associated with required flood insurance premiums. After the extensive 1997 flood, homes in the 100-year floodplain were on average priced  $10,241 less than similar homes located outside the floodplain and before the 1997 flood event....
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Hedonic valuation method; Flooding; Floodplain; Fargo; Moorhead; Red River of the North; Housing values; Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 1999
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/23155

Payment for Ecosystem Services (PES) scheme design in rural Tanzania: Famers’ preferences for enforcement and payment options
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Kaczan,   David; Swallow,   Brent M.; Adamowicz,   Wiktor L.
Replaced with revised version of paper 09/27/11.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Choice experiments; Payment for ecosystem services; Conditionality; Willingness to accept; Tanzania; Biodiversity; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Environmental Economics and Policy; International Development; Land Economics/Use.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/103673

Viability of Organic Production in Rural Counties: County and State-Level Evidence from the United States
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Kostandini,   Genti; Mykerezi,   Elton; Tanellari,   Eftila.
We investigate the determinants of organic farming in the United States. State-level data show that the organic farming sector has grown over the last decade, but growth has been very heterogeneous with few states accounting for most of the growth. Further analyses of county data reveal that favorable natural amenities, water for irrigation, and government payments have a positive effect on most measures of organic farming used here. Results further point out that organic farming operations are more popular among young farmers. Adjacency to metro areas is also an important determinant for the number of organic operations. Organic farming is more important for the agricultural sector of the areas that are somewhat remote but that does not appear to be the...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: County; Organic farming; Rural; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Marketing; Q10; R58.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/113539

ANALYSIS OF RURAL QUALITY OF LIFE AND HEALTH: A SPATIAL APPROACH
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Bukenya,   James O.; Gebremedhin,   Tesfa G.; Schaeffer,   Peter V.
This paper examines the relationship between quality of life, health and several socioeconomic variables. The analysis utilizes empirical data obtained from a survey questionnaire administered on a random sample of over 2000 residents in twenty-one counties in West Virginia, and spatial data obtained by geocoding the survey respondents' addressees. Quality of life is measured by a three-point categorical measure of overall satisfaction and an ordered probit model is used to examine the relationships. The empirical results are consistent with the theoretical predictions and indicate, for instance, that quality of life satisfaction increases with income and education while it decreases with unemployment.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development; Consumer/Household Economics.
Ano: 2002
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/19878

Analysis of Elderly In-Migrants In Tennessee
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Zhou,   Xia (Vivian).
The idea of elderly in-migrants as an important factor or stimulus to local economic development (Serow, 2001) has been confirmed by quite a few studies such as Bennett (1993); Carlson, Junk, Fox, Rudzitis, &amp; Cann (1998); Day &amp; Barlett (2000); Hodge (1991); Serow &amp; Haas (1992); and Stallmann, Deller, &amp; Shields (1999).  Large-scale elderly in-migrants can bring several benefits to local economy.  First, they can increase property and sales taxes, counties' largest source of revenues, without directly increasing their greatest expense such as public education; also, in-migrant retirees as a large portion of elderly do not compete for jobs so that most of counties consider them as net economic assets (Day &amp; Barlett, 2000; Glasgow, 1991;...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Elderly In-Migrants; Fixed-Effect Model; And Tennessee; Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/103447

THE CHANGING SOCIETY OF SOUTHERN APPALACHIA
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Hite,   James C.
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 1993
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/14821

THE EFFECTS OF LOCAL TAXES AND SPENDING ON BUSINESS STARTUPS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Gabe,   Todd M.
This paper examines the effects of local taxes and government spending on new business startups in 8,576 Maine city-industries between 1993 and 1994. Empirical findings indicate that local property tax rates have a negative effect on the number of startups, whereas spending on education and total local government spending on public services have a positive effect on new business activity.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2001
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/20769

Designing Regional Systems of Biotechnology Regulation A Transaction Cost Approach to Regulatory Governance
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Birner,   Regina; Linacre,   Nicholas A.
Many developing countries are currently in the process of designing regulatory systems that should make it possible to use the potential of genetically modified organisms (GMOs) for agricultural development, while at the same time managing the risks for food safety and the environment that are potentially associated with these technologies. In view of the considerable costs associated with biotechnology regulation and the scarcity of biosafety specialists, there are processes in various regions of the developing world to establish regional systems of biotechnology regulation. So far, there are major knowledge gaps as to how regional systems of biotechnology regulation can be designed to be effective and efficient and to fulfill principles of good...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Regional biotechnology regulation; Regulatory federalism; Transaction cost economics; European Union; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Consumer/Household Economics; Environmental Economics and Policy; Farm Management; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Food Security and Poverty; International Relations/Trade; Marketing; Production Economics; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/52218

Comparative Costs and Conservation Policies for the Survival of the Oranutan and Other Species: Includes an Example
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Tisdell,   Clement A.; Swarna Nantha,   Hemanath.
The extent to which conservation is feasible is constrained by budgets and the financial sacrifice stakeholders are willing to bear. Therefore a possible objective for conserving a species is to minimise the cost of achieving that stated aim. For example, if a minimum viable population (MVP) of a species is to be conserved, the size and type of habitats reserved for this could be selected to minimise cost. This requires consideration of the comparative (relative) opportunity costs of reserving different land types for conservation. A general model is developed to demonstrate this and is applied to the case of the orangutan. In the ecological literature, recommendations for reserving different types of land for conservation have been based on comparisons of...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Comparative costs; Conservation in situ; Costs of conservation; Environmental policy; Minimum viable populations; Opportunity costs; Orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus); Community/Rural/Urban Development; Environmental Economics and Policy; Q01; Q13; Q57; Q58.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/90466

Gender, Marital Status, Farm Size and other Factors Influencing the Extent of Cash Cropping in Kenya: A Case Study
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Kiriti,   Tabitha; Tisdell,   Clement A.
This article examines the effects of commercialisation of agriculture on land use and work patterns by means of a case study in the Nyeri district in Kenya. The study uses cross sectional data collected from small-scale farmers in this district. We find that good quality land is allocated to non-food cash crops, which may lead to a reduction in non-cash food crops and expose some households to greater risks of possible famine. Also the proportion of land allocated to food crops declines as the farm size increases while the proportion of land allocated to non-food cash crops rises as the size of farm increases. Cash crops are also not bringing in as much revenue commensurate with the amount of land allocated to them. With growing commercialisation, women...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Agricultural commercialisation; Gender inequality; Non-food cash crops; Food cash crops; Non-cash food crops; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Farm Management; Labor and Human Capital; Land Economics/Use.
Ano: 2002
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/102261

ECONOMIC RESEARCH PROBLEMS AND LONG-RUN RESEARCH NEEDS IN RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Maki,   Wilbur R.
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 1972
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/13983

Does Workforce Participation Empower Women? Micro-Level Evidence from Urban Bangladesh
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Hossain,   Mohammad; Tisdell,   Clement A.
Empirical studies on the impact of women’s paid jobs on their empowerment and welfare in the Bangladesh context are rare. The few studies on the issue to date have all been confined to the garment workers only although studies indicate that women’s workforce participation in Bangladesh has increased across-the-board. Besides, none of these studies has made an attempt to control for the non-working women and/or applied any statistical technique to control for the effects of other pertinent determinants of women’s empowerment and welfare such as education, age, religion and place of living. This study overcomes these drawbacks and presents alternative assessments of the link between women’s workforce participation and empowerment on the basis of survey data...
Tipo: Working Paper
Palavras-chave: Women; Empowerment; Bangladesh; Welfare; Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/123451

Policy and Institutional effects on market participation by smallholder rice farmers: case studies in Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Toure,   Ali; Bamba,   Ibrahim; Diagne,   Aliou; Harouna,   Kore; Cisse,   Youssouf; Kabore,   Daniel.
Rice sector contributes significantly to secure households with regard to their food needs but also to the creation of employments and income generation. The sector development and its evolution over the years have been marked by various policies and approaches. These development stages of the sector constitute nothing but the impact of the number of factors such as the rice policies put in place. A collaborative multi-country pilot study on policy and institutional arrangements effects on irrigated rice production and commercialization was conducted by WARDA and its country partners of Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger. In-depth surveys were carried out at both village and household levels to collect qualitative and quantitative data on irrigated rice...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Environmental Economics and Policy; Farm Management; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Food Security and Poverty; Institutional and Behavioral Economics; International Relations/Trade; Labor and Human Capital; Marketing; Production Economics; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/52097

ESTIMATING THE RELATIVE RURALITY OF U.S. COUNTIES
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Smith,   Blair J.; Parvin,   David W., Jr.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 1975
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/29526

Rural Water Users Association in North Dakota: Why? How? Who?
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Nelson,   William C.; Hoffman,   Clayton O.
Rural water systems are multiplying rapidly in North Dakota, bringing water to rural residents who previously had to haul water in by truck or trailer. The authors hope that this report will help to clarify what rural water systems are, who joins rural water systems, and general procedures of organizing a rural water users association.
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 1975
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/23337

Economic Growth and Transition in Vietnam and China and its Consequences for their Agricultural Sectors: Policy and Agricultural Adjustment Issues
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Tisdell,   Clement A.
Secondary data are used to discuss and compare the consequences for agriculture of economic growth and transition in Vietnam and China. It is found that China and Vietnam have experienced similar adjustments in their agricultural sectors and face at this time, similar agricultural policy problems. China began its economic reforms in 1979 and Vietnam followed in 1986. Since then both countries have experienced rapid economic growth, falling poverty rates and significant rises in per capita income. At the same time, substantial restructuring of their economies has occurred, a feature of which has been a decline in the relative contribution of agriculture to total employment and output. These changes are outlined. Significant changes have also occurred within...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Agricultural development; Asia; China; Economic transition; Farm employment; Land reforms; Land rights; Livestock; Non-farm employment; Structural change.; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Environmental Economics and Policy; Livestock Production/Industries; O25; O5; P32; Q1.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/94305

Policies and Public Investments to Promote Smallholder Green Revolutions in Africa: Lessons from Asia
Provedor de dados: 31
Many parts of Asia have achieved impressive gains in agricultural productivity and poverty reduction over the past half-century. By contrast, sustained agricultural development remains elusive in most of Africa. Policy makers are struggling to find the answers but there is no consensus about what the right mix of policies and public investments are. Can African policy makers learn from Asia’s green revolution? Conditions differ in many respects between Africa and Asia, as well as across countries within Africa, and the impacts of various investments and policies in Asia may not necessarily produce the same impacts in Africa. However, it is instructive to understand the mix of public investments and policies that helped many Asian countries achieve their...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Food security; Africa; Food policy; Smallholder; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; International Development; Marketing; Q18; Q13.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/62157

The Competitiveness of Small Household Pig Producers in Vietnam: Significant Research and Policy Findings from an ACIAR-sponsored Study and their Limitations
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Tisdell,   Clement A.
The preamble to this paper highlights some of the major policy issues facing Vietnam as far as its supply of pork is concerned, in particular, the problem of its demand for pork rising at a faster rate than its supply. Some relevant background to this research project is provided by outlining selected features of Vietnam’s pig industry. Then the main findings (in the view of the author) from this ACIAR-funded research are presented. These results include (1) natural protection given to Vietnam’s pig producers from imports as a result of the nature of the preferences of Vietnamese consumers: (2) the importance of household labour, especially that provided by females, in the husbandry of pigs held by households; (3) the existence, or otherwise, of scale...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Economic efficiency in pig production; Economies of scale in pig production; Gender and rural employment; Household agricultural production; Livestock development policy; Natural trade protection; Specialization in agricultural products; Vietnam’s pig industry.; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Farm Management; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; International Relations/Trade; Livestock Production/Industries; Q1.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/97471

Local Ownership in Biofuels Production: A Strategy for Rural Development?
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Hueth,   Brent; Walker,   William D.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Biofuels; Local ownership; Rural development; Risk; Investment; Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/94690

Subsistence agriculture in Romania- a modus vivendi?
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Alboiu,   Cornelia.
The paper intends to make an analysis at regional level in the South-East region of the country in order to determine the present situation of agriculture in this region compared to the whole country. The paper investigates the crop structure, the irrigated area and the number of irrigation equipment in the region, the market orientation of farms, the type and development level of the non-agricultural activities, the labour force, and the specialization of farms. The objective of this paper is to analyze the regional agricultural characteristics and to determine the level of entrepreneurship in the area, so that farmers and regional policies might better interfere in order to help farmers adjust their production to the market and obtain a benefit. A...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Subsistence; Regional analysis; Irrigations; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Consumer/Household Economics.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/52848

Strategies for Survival in the Country Elevator Industry
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Gunn,   Steven P.; Cobia,   David W.
Tipo: Technical Report
Palavras-chave: Agricultural Finance; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Crop Production/Industries.
Ano: 1989
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/119546

CROSSING THE NEXT MERIDIAN: THE ECONOMICS OF RURAL-URBAN INTERDEPENDENCE, INSTITUTIONS, AND INCOME DISTRIBUTION IN THE AMERICAN WEST
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Weber,   Bruce A.
This article explores and develops three ideas: (a) that the aridity of western North America and its attendant characteristics have fundamentally shaped the work of western agricultural economists and encouraged some distinctive western contributions to the study of economics; (b) that in order to understand economic relationships that are critical to rural western economic development, economists need to move beyond the standard equilibrium economic models and explore some emerging models of spatial development and institutional change in which the concept of “"increasing returns”" plays a key role; and (c) that the West provides a fine laboratory for testing these frameworks.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 1998
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/31175

Entrepreneurial Activity by Women in Rural South Dakota
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Meeder,   Abbigail; Cumber,   Carol J.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development; Labor and Human Capital.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/92861

LIVING IN THE CITY: CHALLENGES AND OPTIONS FOR THE URBAN POOR
Provedor de dados: 31
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2002
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/15894

Country Towns and Fluctuating Rural Fortunes - Is There a Case For Assistance?
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Davenport,   Scott V.; Lynch,   J.; Douglas,   Robert A.
This paper provides a review of some commonly held arguments for extending government assistance to the non-farm rural business sector as a means of maintaining the infrastructure of agriculture through periods of rural downturn. Recent literature on the nature of linkages between the farm sector and small business is reviewed to identify the scale of exposure of the various types of small business. Assistance measures available to the farm sector are compared to those available to small business and differences between the two groups are discussed. It is concluded that the disparity in tax treatment between the farm and non-farm rural business sector is an important focus for policy reform and that assistance to the non -farm rural business sector should...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 1991
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/12389

Does Human Capital Affect Rural Economic Growth? Evidence from the South
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Barkley,   David L.; Henry,   Mark S.; Li,   Haizhen.
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development; Labor and Human Capital.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/113779

SOURCES AND UTILIZATION OF FOODSTUFFS IN BELARUSIAN HOUSEHOLDS: RESULTS OF THE GRODNO HOUSEHOLDS SURVEY
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Schmitz,   Susanne; Brosig,   Stephan; Degtiarevich,   Josif J.; Degtiarevich,   Irina J.; Grings,   Michael.
The paper is a documentation of a (non-representative) survey on the food situation of households in the Grodno region, Belarus. It covers the year between September 2000 and August 2001. The focus of the survey was on the sources of food in the households (purchase, own production, and receipt in non-monetary transactions between households) and on the utilization (consumption, feed use, sale, unpaid transfers to other households, and spoilage). The paper describes the survey design and the scope and quality of the compiled data set and it presents results of descriptive analyses. The survey households consume a well balanced diet based on potatoes and vegetables as the main staple food. 75 percent of the households use small land plots for food...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Belarus; Grodno; Foodstuffs; Food; Nutrition; Diet; Household survey; Weissrussland; Belarus; Grodno; Ernährung; Nahrungsmittel; Haushaltsbefragung; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Consumer/Household Economics; Farm Management; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Food Security and Poverty; Land Economics/Use; R20; I30.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/92018

Land and water productivity of wheat in the Western Indo-Gangetic Plains of India and Pakistan:  a comparative analysis
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Hussain,   Intizar; Sakthivadivel,   Ramasamy; Amarasinghe,   Upali A.; Mudasser,   Muhammad; Molden,   David J.
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Wheat; Crop yield; Productivity; Climate; Irrigation canals; Watercourses; Water distribution; Water allocation; Policy; India; Pakistan; Gangetic Plains; Kaithal Irrigation Circle; Bhakra Canal; Chaj Sub-Basin; Lower Jehlum Canal; Agribusiness; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Crop Production/Industries; Demand and Price Analysis; Environmental Economics and Policy; Farm Management; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Land Economics/Use; Marketing; Production Economics; Productivity Analysis.
Ano: 2003
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/52972

Modeling Suburban and Rural-Residential Development Beyond the Urban Fringe
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Newburn,   David A.; Berck,   Peter.
This article investigates how land-use regulations differentially influence suburban versus ruralresidential development. Particular emphasis is placed on how both the provision of municipal services (e.g., sewer and water) and zoned maximum density constrain higher-density residential development. We estimated a spatially explicit model with parcel data on recent housing development in Sonoma County, California. To account for heterogeneity in compliance with zoning regulations, we used a random-parameter logit model. The designation of sewer and water services was the most important determinant of suburban development. Meanwhile, it did not significantly affect the likelihood of rural-residential development, which actually leapfrogged into areas well...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development; Q24; R14; R52.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/7154

SPATIAL LABOUR MARKET PROCESSES
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Csehne Papp,   Imola.
After the change of the political system, at the beginning of the 90’s, the territorial differences in Hungary deepened obviously. Approximately 1.5 millions jobs were terminated, the production in the former industrial centres declined, and the reorganization of the economical system started. All these afflicted the areas with the highest working power, so the crises in the different sectors of economy widened out into regional crises. Losing the Eastern markets in agriculture also destabilized the former structural and productional system, which were even deepened by the political decisions concerning the reorganization of the proprietorships. During a few years the rate of employment decreased dramatically, unemployment skyrocketed, and by 1993 it...
Tipo: Book
Palavras-chave: Unemployment; Regional differences; Innovation; Education; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Labor and Human Capital.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/43185

Valuing the Otago Peninsula: The Economic Benefits of Conservation
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Tisdell,   Clement A.
It is suggested that valuing objects is a distinctive human trait. It is a prerequisite for rational behaviour. Factors that are likely to influence valuations, the difficulties of getting agreements about valuations and the limited perspective of economics as a basis for valuation are discussed generally. Attributes of Otago Peninsula that seem to be valuable and worth conserving are listed and discuss taking into account possible conflicts in getting maximum value from these attributes. Particular attention is given to the economic value of conserving wildlife species on the Otago Peninsula. It is estimated that as a result of the presence of these species and their use for tourism, expenditure of over $100 million annually is generated in the Dunedin...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: New Zealand; Yellow-Eyed Penguins; NGOs; Wildlife conservation; Tourism; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Environmental Economics and Policy; Land Economics/Use.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/55104

Returns from Income Strategies in Rural Poland
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Falkowski,   Jan; Jakubowski,   Maciej; Strawinski,   Pawel.
In order to stabilize and improve their income situation, rural households are strongly encouraged to diversify their activities both in and outside the agricultural sector. Most often, however, this phenomenon takes on only moderate proportions. This paper addresses issues of rural households’ income diversification in the case of Poland. It investigates returns from rural households’ income strategies using propensity score matching methods and extensive datasets spanning 1998-2008. Results suggest that returns from combining farm and off-farm activities were lower than returns from specialization, namely, concentrating on farming or on off-farm activities. Generally, farming seems to be the most attractive option for rural households and income...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Income diversification; Rural areas; Propensity score matching; Poland; Community/Rural/Urban Development; D31; O15; Q12.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/114364

An Account of Geographic Concentration Patterns in Europe
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Brulhart,   Marius; Traeger,   Rolf.
Using entropy indices and associated bootstrap tests, we describe the distribution of economic sectors across Western European regions over the 1975-2000 period. We decompose geographic concentration into its within-country and between-country components. In addition, we estimate centre-periphery gradients in sectoral location patterns and the impact of EU membership on countries' internal geography. It is found that manufacturing has become gradually more concentrated, although the locational bias towards central regions has become weaker. Conversely, market services have been relocating towards centrally located regions. EU integration appears to have strengthened countries' internal concentration trends.
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Geographic concentration; EU regions; Centre-periphery gradients; Entropy indices; Bootstrap inference; Community/Rural/Urban Development; R12; R14; F15.
Ano: 2003
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/26155

Front Materials
Provedor de dados: 31
Includes:  Editorial Information; Contents Pages; Guide to Contributors; Front Cover
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2003
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/60406

Erasing the Barriers of Distance: How Telemedicine is Changing Rural Health Care (PowerPoint)
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Gardner,   John.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/45614

Early-warning Mechanism of Food Security
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Xiao,   Shunwu.
Necessity of establishing the early-warning mechanism of food security is introduced, which is mainly shown in five aspects. First is the particularity of China's national and food condition: China has large population and immense consumption base. Once food insecurity occurs in an all-round way, China could not buy all the food needed from the international market. The second aspect is the importance of food as a commodity: food is the most basic means of subsistence for human being, playing a role of social "stabilizer". It is also the basis of the national economy. The third aspect is the fluctuation of food supply: inter-annual variation of grain production is significant in China; and early-warning information of food security is needed in order to...
Tipo: Thesis or Dissertation
Palavras-chave: Food security; Early-warning mechanism; Law; China; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Food Security and Poverty.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/55904

Internationalization development of tertiary education system in the Republic of Croatia
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Ferara,   Kristina.
This paper forms a part of Executive MBA Training in Agribusiness and Commerce which has been supported, developed and carried out in frame of the Tempus project AHEAD, CD JEP 19009–2004. Understanding of business and management with all components related (from economic principles, marketing, accounting to organisational behaviour, strategic development and thinking etc.) and especially international focus on all this areas initiated the idea of this paper.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Teaching/Communication/Extension/Profession.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/48342

A FCMs approach to promote new business formation in rural areas under uncertainty conditions
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Lopolito,   Antonio; Prosperi,   Maurizio; Sisto,   Roberta; De Meo,   Emilio.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/114778

Regional aspects of decision-making support for rural development in Poland
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Wegener,   Stefan; Kiryluk,   E.
Measures for rural development should be adapted to the specific regional conditions and national programs should allow for different regional priorities. However, decision-making for policy measures often takes place under special conditions with many concerned actors, unstructured decision problems and time pressure. These conditions, decision-makers in administrations and institutions are faced with, make the formation of policy-measures for rural development a complex matter. Thus, there is the question arising how decision-makers can be supported in setting priorities for allocating budgets for policy measures among regions. Recently, multi criteria decision-making approaches are discussed to tackle these kinds of decision problems. We show...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Regional Budgeting; Interactive Decision-making support; Multi-objective Programming (MOP); Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/43845

DEVELOPING THE NATURE-BASED TOURISM SECTOR IN SOUTHWESTERN NORTH DAKOTA
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Hodur,   Nancy M.; Leistritz,   F. Larry; Wolfe,   Kara L.
The purpose of this study was to: 1) identify opportunities for expanding the tourism sector in southwestern North Dakota, 2) identify challenges and obstacles facing the area's tourism businesses, and 3) frame key issues and outline potential options for area decision makers (the primary clientele for the study).  The findings reveal some basic characteristics of businesses in the region's tourism sector, identify some of the key constraints to expansion and development, and identify respondents' perceptions of opportunities for growth and expansion.
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Nature-based tourism; Agritourism; North Dakota; Economic development; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/23680

Dynamic Ecological Footprint in Jiangxi Province of China
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Guan,   Jinqiao.
This paper introduces the related research progress of ecological footprint theory. According to the data of Jiangxi Province from 1995 to 2004, this paper measures the per capita ecological footprint and supply in recent 10 years. Result shows that ecological deficit of Jiangxi Province of China is relatively low, but is increasing gradually.
Tipo: Thesis or Dissertation
Palavras-chave: Ecological footprint; Ecological carrying capacity; Ecological deficit; Jiangxi Province; China; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Land Economics/Use; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/53512

RURAL DEVELOPMENT POLICY AND BALANCED NATIONAL GROWTH
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Coffey,   Joseph D.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 1972
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/17335

AGRICULTURE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT - THE MINNESOTA CASE
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Sundquist,   W. Burt.
The comments which follow relating to the role of agriculture in Minnesota's economic development are organized into four sections. First a brief look is taken at historical changes in production agriculture in Minnesota. Second some crude comparisons are made of growth over time in agriculture and in other major economic sectors. Third a brief assessment is made of current employment and income in Minnesota's agriculture and related industries. Finally, a list is presented of several future issues which appear important for Minnesota's agriculture with particular reference to its natural resource base.
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 1977
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/14214

Az Észak-alföldi Régió agrárfoglalkoztatási helyzete az országos adatok tükrében
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Beresne,   Martha Bernadett.
A globális pénzügyi és a kibontakozó gazdasági válság időszakában a munkanélküliség jelenti a legsúlyosabb társadalmi és szociális problémát az Európai Unióban és hazánkban is. A tanulmány az országos adatok és folyamatok tükrében az Észak-alföldi Régió munkanélküliséggel kapcsolatos problémáit tárja fel, különös tekintettel az agrárfoglalkoztatás helyzetére. A kutatás egyik legfontosabb következtetése, hogy minél nagyobb a munkanélküliség az adott térségben, annál nagyobb a munkanélküliek között a mezőgazdasági tevékenységgel foglalkozók aránya, azaz a mezőgazdaság szociális ellátó funkciója ezen körzetekben különösen fontos szerepet játszik. A másik fontos megállapítás, hogy a mezőgazdasági munkanélküliség mérséklése érdekében az eddiginél jóval nagyobb...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Mezőgazdaság; Foglalkoztatás; Egyéni gazdaságok; Észak-Alföld; Agriculture; Employment; Private farms; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Labor and Human Capital.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/92415

REGIONALIZATION IN THE UPPER MIDWEST--THE ABC'S OF AN INCREMENTAL EVOLUTION
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Hoyt,   John S., Jr.
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 1969
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/14041

RURAL COMMUNITIES IN AN INDUSTRIALIZED AGRICULTURE
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Brown,   Adell, Jr.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 1985
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/17959

Qualitative evaluation of European Rural Development Policy: Evidence from Comparative Case Studies
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Midmore,   Peter; Langstaff,   Lesley; Lowman,   Stephen; Vaughan,   Alison.
Complexity and variable uptake of CAP (Pillar 2) measures and rural diversity of the EU provide significant challenges for evaluation. The rationale of indepth case study analysis as an essential complement to formal evaluation techniques is illustrated with comparative studies of employment impacts of Pillar Two policies in 6 rural areas in different EU member states. Recommendations arising include accelerated shifts from commodity support to measures strengthening non-farm sectors of the rural economy, whilst retaining support for farming adaptation; use of clear structural indicators and local expertise to determine priorities; and integration of Pillar Two policies with other measures in consistent, spatially nested Action Plans for Rural Development...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Rural policies; Evaluation; Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/44434

Foreword: Special Issue on Opportunities and Challenges Facing the Rural Creative Economy
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Gabe,   Todd M.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/10166

Making rural households’ livelihoods more resilient. The importance of social capital and the underlying social networks.
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Buchenrieder,   Gertrud; Dufhues,   Thomas; Beuchelt,   Tina; Fischer,   Isabel; Fritzsch,   Jana; Wolz,   Axel; Reinsberg,   Klaus; Kasarjyan,   Milada; Korff,   Rudiger.
Although interest in the structure and relational features of social capital and its underlying networks has grown since the early 1990s, the terms do not embody any ideas that are really new to sociologists, but are indeed rather new to economists. Until the 1950s, land, labour, and financial capital (i.e., levels of investment) were seen as being relevant for economic growth. Then technology (physical capital) was added to the list. In the early 1960s, convincing empirical evidence showed that labour without know-how and entrepreneurial skills (human capital) limit the potential of the other production factors. Today, labour and skills are usually simultaneously addressed when talking of human capital. In development economics, and more recently in...
Tipo: Book
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development; Consumer/Household Economics; Farm Management; Food Security and Poverty.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/93010

AGRICULTURE IN VENTURA COUNTY: ITS IMPACT ON THE COUNTY ECONOMY
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: McCluskey,   Jill J.; Goldman,   George E.
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 1995
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/25085

Public greenspace and life satisfaction in urban Australia
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Ambrey,   Christopher L.; Fleming,   Christopher M.
This paper examines the influence of public greenspace on the life satisfaction of residents of Australia’s capital cities. A positive relationship is found between the percentage of public greenspace in a resident’s local area and their self-reported life satisfaction. On average, it is found that a resident has an implicit willingness-to-pay of $1,168 in annual household income for a one per cent (143m2) increase in public greenspace. The relationship between public greenspace and life satisfaction however, is non-linear. Additional results suggest that the value of greenspace increases with population density and that lone parents, the less educated and those living in high rise dwellings benefit to a greater extent from the provision of public...
Tipo: Presentation
Palavras-chave: Happiness; Household; Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia (HILDA); Geographic Information Systems (GIS); Greenspace; Life Satisfaction; Non-market Valuation.; Community/Rural/Urban Development; C21; Q51; R20.
Ano: 2012
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/124302

Child Health and Well-Being Differ for Metro and Nonmetro Low-Income Households
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Farrigan,   Tracey L.
Tipo: Article
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development; Food Security and Poverty.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/122824

Discussion on Ways of Economic Development in Rural Areas of Anhui Province Based on Cooperatives
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Xiao,   Mei.
Taking Xuancheng City in northern Anhui and Fuyang City in southern Anhui as the examples, the economic development status in rural areas of Anhui Province was introduced. Four development modes of rural cooperative economic organizations were analyzed. The main form of “agents leading mode” was “professional cooperative + farmers” and the products were purchased by protective price. The main forms of “leading enterprises driving mode” were “corporation + farmers” or “corporation + association + farmers”. “Leading industry pushing mode” could help to increase the income of farmers by developing leading industry. “Folk forces pushing mode” could help to improve the systematization degree of farmers by folk forces. Two ways were put forward on the economic...
Tipo: Thesis or Dissertation
Palavras-chave: Anhui Province; Rural cooperatives; Regional economy; China; Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/53772

Determinants of adoption and intensity of use of balanced nutrient management systems technologies in the northern Guinea savanna of Nigeria
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Akinola,   Adebayo A.; Arega,   D.A.; Adeyemo,   Remi; Sanogo,   Diakalia; Olanrewaju,   Adetunji S.; Nwoke,   C.; Nzigaheba,   G.; Diels,   J.
As part of a major effort to address soil fertility decline in West Africa, a project on Balanced Nutrient Management Systems (BNMS) has since 2000 been implemented in the northern Guinea savanna (NGS) of Nigeria. The project has tested and promoted two major technology packages, including a combined application of inorganic fertilizer and manure (BNMS-manure) and a soybean/maize rotation practice referred to as BNMS-rotation.  This study employed Tobit model to examine factors that influence the adoption and intensity of utilization of BNMS technologies in the NGS of Nigeria. Results showed that less than 10% of the sample households adopted at least one of the two components of the technology package by the end of 2002.  However, by 2005 the adoption of...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Adoption; BNMS-manure; BNMS-rotation; Northern Guinea Savanna (NGS).; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Crop Production/Industries; Environmental Economics and Policy; Farm Management; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Food Security and Poverty; Health Economics and Policy; Institutional and Behavioral Economics; International Relations/Trade; Livestock Production/Industries; Productivity Analysis; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/52007

Farmer-based financing of operations in the Niger Valley irrigation schemes
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Abernethy,   Charles L.; Sally,   Hilmy; Lonsway,   Kurt; Maman,   Chegou.
Presents the results of case-studies of the functioning of four pump-based irrigation systems in the Niger River Valley. Prospects for sustainability are analyzed, especially in the light of the government's policy of promoting irrigator organizations to take over responsibilities for operation and maintenance.
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Irrigation management; Irrigation systems; River basin development; Sustainability; Water resources development; Low-lift irrigation; Low-lift pumps; Farmer managed irrigation systems; Farmers' associations; Institution building; Privatization; Performance evaluation; Constraints; Case studies; Financing; Costs; Climate; Food production; Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Crop Production/Industries; Environmental Economics and Policy; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Production Economics; Public Economics.
Ano: 2000
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/44573

Interactive programming of rural development funds – lessons from the field
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Schmid,   Julia Christiane; Hager,   Astrid; Kirschke,   Dieter.
Within this paper, we present an interactive modelling approach to support budgeting decisions at the program level and discuss its potential and limitations to contribute to more objective-oriented policy-making. The central feature of the approach is a linear optimisation model which is interactively defined and used together with the Ministry of Agriculture and the Environment in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. We show how the current EAFRD framework can be translated into a model, and how this provides positive learning effects and increases in-house communication and transparency. From a conceptual point of view, the case study underlines the necessity to provide a simple and applicable methodology causing certain compromises with regard to theoretical...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Rural development policy-making; Interactive programming; Budgeting; Decision aid; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Q18; H72; R51.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/94892

Importance of irrigated agriculture to the Ethiopian economy: Capturing the direct net benefits of irrigation
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Hagos,   Fitsum; Makombe,   Godswill; Namara,   Regassa E.; Awulachew,   Seleshi Bekele.
Irrigation development has been identified as a means to stimulate economic growth and rural development in Ethiopia. However, little attempt has been made to quantify the contribution of irrigation to national income. Using data from selected irrigation schemes, representing small, medium and large-scale schemes of modern or traditional typologies; the present coverage and planned growth of irrigation, actual and expected contributions of irrigation to the national economy were quantified following the approach of adjusted gross margin analysis. Our results show that irrigation yields 219.7% higher income compared to the rainfed system while its current and future contribution to agricultural GDP is estimated to be about 5.7 and 12% although irrigation...
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Irrigated farming; National income; Economic growth; Crops; Prices; Sensitivity analysis; Crop management; Irrigation schemes; Ethiopia; Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Crop Production/Industries; Demand and Price Analysis; Environmental Economics and Policy; Farm Management; Health Economics and Policy; Land Economics/Use; Production Economics; Risk and Uncertainty.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/61100

Smart Grid and Beyond: How Broadband Can Enable Energy Efficiency in Rural America (PowerPoint)
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Reyes,   Luis A., Jr.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/106153

Measuring the Economic Impact of Tourism and Special Events: Lessons from Mississippi
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Myles,   Albert E.; Carter,   Rachael.
With the use of this dynamic spreadsheet model, tourism managers can gain valuable insight into tourism and special events.  This insight can help them plan future events or evaluate whether the costs of producing these events are justified by the benefits.  Visitor spending from outside the county creates direct sales in the local economy.  Each dollar of direct sales adds indirect and induced spending in the county.  Besides these impacts, visitor spending produces labor income and jobs for residents in the county.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Economic impact; Activity; Event; Employment; Income; Sales; And tax revenues direct; Indirect; And total impact; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Consumer/Household Economics; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies; Teaching/Communication/Extension/Profession.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/46857

Is Income Inequality Endogenous in Regional Growth?
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Hailu,   Yohannes G.; Kahsai,   Mulugeta S.; Gebremedhin,   Tesfa G.; Jackson,   Randall W.
This study focuses on testing the relationship between income inequality and growth within U.S. counties, and the channels through which such effects are observed. The study tests three hypotheses: (1) income inequality has an inverse relationship with growth; (2) regional growth adjustments are the channels through which the inequality and growth are equilibrated; and (3) income inequality is endogenous to regional growth and its adjustment. Results, based on a system of equations estimation, confirm the hypotheses that income inequality has a growth dampening effect; income inequality is endogenous to regional growth and growth adjustment; and the channels through which income inequality determines growth are regional growth adjustments, such as...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Income inequality; Economic growth; Gini coefficient; Growth modeling; Population change; Per capita income; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Public Economics; I32; J15; O18; P25; R11; R23; R25; R51; R53; R58.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/46320

EVALUATION OF ECONOMIC BENEFITS AND IMPACTS OF THE PROPOSED REMOVAL OF THE MARION DAM IN OSCEOLA COUNTY MICHIGAN
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Makombe,   Tsitsi.
In recent years the removal of dams that pose environmental hazards has been seen as a river restoration and management tool. The ecological benefits of removing dams, such as the restoration of water temperatures and fish passage, have been well documented. However, fewer studies have evaluated the economic benefits and impacts of removing dams.   This study uses the proposed removal of the Marion Dam in Osceola County Michigan as a case study to evaluate recreational fishing benefits and economic impacts associated with removing the dam. The major objective of this research study was to estimate the recreational fishing benefits and economic impacts of removing the Marion Dam and restoring the Middle Branch River (MBR) and Marion Mill Pond (MMP). Both...
Tipo: Thesis or Dissertation
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2003
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/10969

Evaluating the Impact of Changing Mississippi’s Tobacco Tax
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Myles,   Albert E.; Allen,   Albert J.
A multiple regression was performed on 37 years of data to determine the impact of raising the tobacco tax on cigarettes by $.24 per pack on cigarette sales in Mississippi. The t-statistic for the slope was significant at the .05 critical alpha level, t(29) =1.69 and  p=.05. Thus, we conclude that there is a positive significant relationship between taxes and sales volume. Further, about 91 of the variability in sales volume could be explained by the demand model.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Demand; Tobacco tax; Regression model; Retail employment; Elasticity of demand; Price change; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies; Teaching/Communication/Extension/Profession.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/46855

Advanced Telecommunications Technologies in Rural Communities: Factors Affecting Use
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Leistritz,   F. Larry; Allen,   John C.; Johnson,   Bruce B.; Olsen,   Duane; Sell,   Randall S.; Wanzek,   Janet K.; Bazubwabo,   Jean-Pierre.
Tipo: Technical Report
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development; Consumer/Household Economics; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies.
Ano: 1996
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/120983

Entrepreneurial Communities in Rural Oklahoma
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Brooks,   Lara; Whitacre,   Brian E.; Muske,   Glenn; Woods,   Michael D.
This paper studies “entrepreneurial communities” using both quantitative and qualitative data from the state of Oklahoma. Household-level survey data and community-specific characteristics are used to determine what factors affect whether a rural community operates in an entrepreneurial manner. Case studies from successful rural communities provide a more qualitative viewpoint of the factors that lead to entrepreneurial activity.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Entrepreneurship; Communities; Rural development; Community/Rural/Urban Development; R11; O18; C1.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/6829

RURAL-URBAN INTERDEPENDENCY AND THE FUTURE OF AGRICULTURE
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Butler,   Lorna Michael.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2002
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/33500

NORTHEAST MINNESOTA TRENDS AND OPTIONS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Maki,   Wilbur R.
Existing statistical series on Northeast Minnesota economy are used in establishing a factual base for assessing regional economic trends and options. Population, labor force, and industry employment are presented in two contrasting options for Northeast Minnesota, namely, a baseline option and a differential option.
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 1983
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/14062

Successes and failures of EU food quality schemes: experience from the case of ‘Scent of Prekmurje’, Slovenia
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Cernic Istenic,   Majda.
Successes and failures of EU food quality schemes: experience from the case of ‘Scent of Prekmurje’, Slovenia
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Food quality scheme; Multifunctional agriculture; Actors; Case study; Rural Development Programme 2007-2013; Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/94903

DEFINING AND MEASURING RURALITY
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Smith,   Blair J.; Parvin,   David W., Jr.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 1973
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/30427

Del Lomo de Las mulas a la Clandestinidad: Dilemas entre las Exigencias Legales y el Sistema Tradicional de Producción del Queso Serrano de los Campos de Cima da Serra (Brasil)
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Krone,   E.E.; Thome da Cruz,   F.; Menasche,   R.
El trabajo explora las disyunciones existentes entre los parámetros higiénico-sanitarios constitutivos de la legislación y el sistema tradicional de producción de Queso Serrano, elaborado en el territorio de los Campos de Cima da Serra, región sur de Brasil. El trabajo muestra que, a pesar de la condición de clandestinidad de la producción de queso, los consumidores compran el producto atendiendo a criterios que van más allá de los requisitos formales establecidos legalmente, dando importancia a aspectos tales como confianza y reputación. El artículo pretende analizar cómo las familias productoras de Queso Serrano han manejado las dificultades y las amenazas relacionadas con la comercialización de queso, en un contexto en que la legislación sanitária ha...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Queso Serrano; Legislación sanitaria; Saber-hacer tradicional.; Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Labor and Human Capital.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/95047

Rural livelihoods in the EU new member states: subsistence production versus market integration
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Fredriksson,   Lena; Davidova,   Sophia; Bailey,   Alastair.
Commercialisation of small farmers, of which many are subsistence farmers producing mainly for own consumption needs, is an important policy objective for the restructuring process of the farm structure in the EU New Member States (NMS). Drawing on primary survey data from five EU NMS, this paper first assesses the importance of subsistence farming in the NMS through the valuation of subsistence production at market prices. Secondly, the paper analyses the differences between subsistence and commercial households. Where previous studies normally classify households as subsistence or commercial based on a pre-defined threshold, the use of latent class regression in this paper represents a way to systematically analyse heterogeneous groups of households in a...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agricultural households; Subsistence; Commercialisation; Market integration; Latent class regression; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Q12; Q18.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/94902

Food security and poverty in the era of decentralization in Indonesia
Provedor de dados: 31
Food security enhancement is one of the main objectives of agricultural development. In Indonesia, agricultural and rural development, such as food security and the reduction of poverty and the number of food-insecure households, is being determined by the changing dynamics of the international economy and the domestic strategic environment. The studies contained in this working paper provide an analysis of the current status and suggest future policy directions for poverty reduction strategies in the context of decentralization in Indonesia. The study was conducted in three parts, they examine the achievement made in rural and agricultural development and poverty alleviation. Part 1 and 2 directly address food security and poverty. Part 3 focuses on the...
Tipo: Book
Palavras-chave: FOOD SECURITY; POVERTY; DECENTRALIZATION; RURAL DEVELOPMENT; HOUSEHOLDS; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Consumer/Household Economics; Demand and Price Analysis; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Food Security and Poverty.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/96657

Survival and Growth of Family Farms in a Transition Country – The Hungarian Case
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Bakucs,   Lajos Zoltan; Ferto,   Imre.
The paper investigates the validity of Gibrat’s Law in Hungarian agriculture. We use FADN data between 2001 and 2007 and employ quantile regression techniques to test the validity of Gibrat’s Law across quantiles. The Law is strongly rejected for all quantiles, providing strong evidence that smaller farms tend to grow faster than larger ones. We provide a number of socio-economic factors that can explain farm growth. Of these we found that total subsidies received by farm and far operator’s age are the most significant factors.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Gibrat’s Law; Family farm; Quantile regression; Transition agriculture; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Consumer/Household Economics; P32; Q12; Q19.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/52846

CROPLAND DIVERSIONS AND RURAL NONFARM POPULATION CHANGE
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Van der Sluis,   Evert; Peterson,   Willis L.
Data from 100 farming-dependent counties in the U.S. are used to measure the impact of acreage reduction programs on the level of the rural nonfarm population.  Results of a simultaneous equation model suggest that the programs had a negative influence on the number of rural nonfarm people, reducing the rural nonfarm population in these counties by an estimated 15-16% over the 1960-90 period.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Cropland diversion program; Farming-dependent counties; Rural nonfarm population change; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Crop Production/Industries.
Ano: 1998
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/15555

Paying Dividends on Investments in Rural America: Socio-Economic Benefits Assessment System (SEBAS) (PowerPoint)
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Johnson,   Thomas G.; Hagy,   William F.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/52559

The Impact of SAPARD on the Behaviour of Farms and Food-Processing Enterprises in the Lodz Region
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Bryla,   Pawel.
The paper aims to improve our knowledge about the impact of a new instrument of the rural development policy on the behaviour of farms and food-processing enterprises in the Lodz region in Poland. It seeks to explore the characteristic features of the agricultural holdings and their owners as well as agricultural processing businesses applying for financial support in the framework of an EU pre-accession fund. The research concerns 42 SAPARD applications submitted by farmers and 34 SAPARD applications submitted by foodprocessing enterprises during the first year of the programme implementation.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Behaviour of farms; Behaviour of food-processing enterprises; Competitiveness; Investments; Market channel integration; Poland; SAPARD; Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/24419

Zur Bedeutung des Landwirtschaftlichen Clusters fur Landliche Raume
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Dannenberg,   Peter; Kulke,   Elmar.
In human geography the concepts of regional branch clusters have become increasingly important. In these concepts firms of the same or related supply chains work together and cooperate in networks of the same regional, cultural and social background. According to their regional proximity, firms can reduce their transaction costs. Also, having the same regional, cultural and social roots, it is easier for the actors of the co-operation networks to trustfully exchange competition relevant knowledge and to learn from each other. Therefore, the members of these regional clusters posses a higher ability to innovate and thus become competitive. While these concepts were generally based on industrial agglomerations, in 2004 we made a survey on 332 farmers in the...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Regional networks; Cluster; Commodity chains; Farms; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Institutional and Behavioral Economics.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/18815

RAPID ASSESSMENTS IN URBAN AREAS: LESSONS FROM BANGLADESH AND TANZANIA
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Garrett,   James L.; Downen,   Jeanne.
An understanding of urban issues is extremely important for programming, especially for organizations that have traditionally focused on assisting poor households and communities in rural areas. Development organizations and governments frequently use rapid assessment methods because they have limited resources and little time to devote to longer-term, more complex research projects. Generally these methods employ qualitative techniques to solicit information from relatively small numbers of people. The size and diversity of the urban environment complicate the ability of these methods to generate a reliable, representative picture of urban livelihoods and the needs and constraints facing the urban poor. CARE’s experiences in Bangladesh and Tanzania...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2001
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/16451

ANALYSIS OF SELECTED INSTITUTIONAL FEATURES OF REGIONAL PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATIONS IN NORTHERN MICHIGAN
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Mullan,   James David.
Individuals and groups have different preferences for the types of planning and development efforts that are undertaken by governmental agencies.  Some people prefer programs aimed at alleviating unemployment situations.  Others prefer programs designed to improve the natural environment, or to provide better recreation facilities, or to supply needed human resource services.  The question is how are these tastes and preferences expressed to the relevant institutions of society responsible for planning and development activity?  In Michigan, one of the more recent developments has been the authorization of regional planning and development organizations to prepare plans, conduct studies, and advise county and local units of government on a comprehensive...
Tipo: Thesis or Dissertation
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development; Institutional and Behavioral Economics.
Ano: 1974
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/10979

Strategies to Promote Market-Oriented Smallholder Agriculture in Developing Countries: A Case of Kenya
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Omiti,   John M.; Otieno,   David Jakinda; McCullough,   Ellen B.; Nyanamba,   Timothy O.
Smallholder Agriculture is key to livelihoods of many rural households in developing and transition economies. In Kenya, small farms account for over 75% of total agricultural production and nearly 50% of the marketed output. Despite favourable trends in global development drivers such as rising population, per capita incomes and emerging urban dietary preferences, most smallholder farmers remain poor. This study sought to characterize agricultural commercialization trends, identify and prioritize constraints to participation in markets, analyse determinants of percentage of output sold, and explore strategies to promote market-oriented production. A participatory Rapid Rural Appraisal approach, household survey and a Truncated Regression model were used....
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Smallholder Agriculture; Market Participation; Commercialization; Kenya; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Demand and Price Analysis; Farm Management; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Food Security and Poverty; International Relations/Trade; Land Economics/Use; Marketing; Productivity Analysis; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/52105

Toward a New Definition of Community Partnership: A Three-Dimensional Approach
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Shemer,   Orna; Schmid,   Hillel.
We propose a new definition of partnership, which emphasizes the role and meaning of power in creating partnership. Following a case study of change processes within a kibbutz community undergoing lifestyle changes, The proposed definition focuses on three dimensions of partnership: (a) the overt dimension, in which partnership is manifested through daily community life such as organizational structure, rules and norms; (b) the covert dimension, which focuses on symbolic rites of partnership and "non-events"; (c) the latent dimension, which expresses internalized partnership and influences participants' consciousness through socialization and world views.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Partnership; Community partnership; Power; Decision-making processes; Kibbutz; Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/58685

Las Federaciones de Usuarios de Riego de la Sierra Centro de la Republica del Ecuador Presentan: “El Proyecto de apoyo integral para las comunidades rurales con agrotecnologias avanzadas”
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Carrasco Vinueza,   Pedro Eduardo; Burgos Arce,   Martha Cecilia.
Los productos agrícolas son uno de los ejes más importantes de las economías globales y nacionales, por lo que la agricultura ecuatoriana enfrenta grandes desafíos y oportunidades, teniendo en cuenta que el pequeño y mediano productor se encuentra en absoluta desventaja e inferioridad de condiciones en relación a muchos países de la región y del mundo, y de los grandes productores nacionales. Esta realidad obliga al sector productor a innovar en la tecnología y en la reconversión de su estructura para poder lograr la seguridad agroalimentaria, y con los excedentes insertarse con éxito en los mercados internacionales.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Labor and Human Capital.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/95351

Income Distribution in Midwestern Agriculture-Dependent Counties: Policy Implications
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Goreham,   Gary A.; Rathge,   Richard W.; Pederson,   Glenn D.
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development; Financial Economics.
Ano: 1988
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/23258

Climate's Long-term Impact on New Zealand Infrastructure (CLINZI) - A Case Study of Hamilton City, New Zealand
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Jollands,   Nigel; Ruth,   Matthias; Bernier,   C.; Golubiewski,   N.
Infrastructure systems and services (ISS) are vulnerable to changes in climate.  This paper reports on a study of the impact of gradual climate changes on ISS in Hamilton City, New Zealand.  This study is unique in that it is the first of its kind to be applied to New Zealand ISS.  This study also considers a broader range of ISS than most other climate change studies recently conducted.   Using historical climate data and four climate change scenarios, we modelled the impact of climate change on water supply and quality, transport, energy demand, public health and air quality.  Our analysis reveals that many of Hamilton City's infrastructure sectors demonstrated greater responsiveness to population changes than changes in gradual climate change. Any...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Climate change; Infrastructure; Integrated assessment; Adaptation; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Crop Production/Industries; Environmental Economics and Policy; Farm Management; International Relations/Trade; Land Economics/Use; Livestock Production/Industries; Political Economy.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/98499

Pollution and the Efficiency of Urban Growth
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Quaas,   Martin F.; Smulders,   Sjak.
We analyze the efficiency of urbanization patterns in a dynamic model of endogenous urban growth with two sectors of production. Production exhibits increasing returns to scale on aggregate. Urban environmental pollution, as a force that discourages agglomeration, is caused by domestic production. We show that cities are too large and too few in number in equilibrium, compared to the efficient urbanization path, if economic growth implies increasing aggregate emissions. If, on the other hand, production becomes cleaner over time (`quality growth') the urbanization path approximates the efficient outcome after finite time.
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Cities; Urbanisation; Pollution; Growth; Migration; Sustainable Development; Environmental Economics and Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Q56; R12; O18.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/44225

2008 Federal Reference Manual for Regional Schools, Income Tax Management and Reporting for Small Businesses and Farms
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Bouchard,   Gregory J.; Bennett,   Joseph A.
Tipo: Working Paper
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/121810

Good News, Bad News: Results from a National Representative Panel Survey on China’s NCMS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Yi,   Hongmei; Zhang,   Linxiu; Singer,   Kim; Rozelle,   Scott; Atlas,   Scott.
The overall goal of the paper is to understand the progress of the implementation of China’s New Cooperative Medical System (NCMS) program. In the paper we seek to assess the strengths and weaknesses of the program and understand its effect on rural residents using a panel of national-representative, household survey data that were collected in 2005 and early 2008. According to our data, we found that there have been substantial improvements to the NCMS in coverage and participation. The service received by rural residents also improved in 2007. While the progress of the NCMS program is clear, there are still weaknesses. Most importantly, the program clearly does not meet its goal of providing insurance against catastrophic illnesses. On average,...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Rural health; Insurance; China; Community/Rural/Urban Development; I1.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/50104

REDUCING SYSTEM BIAS AND SPECIFICATION ERROR IN MICRO-IMPLAN
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Maki,   Wilbur R.; Lichty,   Richard W.; Loveridge,   Scott.
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 1994
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/13317

PEDAGOGIA DA ALTERNÂNCIA E DESENVOLVIMENTO LOCAL
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Caliari,   Rogerio Omar; Alencar,   Edgard; Amancio,   Robson.
This work aimed at studying the contributions from the alternative rural educational practices in the process of construction of local development. In this context the study sought to understanding the manifestations of local development expressed in Comunidade do Giral-ES (Giral Community) and its relationship with the incorporation of knowledge by means of rural education. So, the variables related with the pedagogical practices which adopt the Alternance Pedagogy, its role in the building of the local development, its practice in the rural multicultural revalorization and its performance in the transforming performance of the subject as an agent of his own history. For the obtainance of information qualitative research techniques were used, for we see...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Local development; Alternance pedagogy; Popular participation; Rural education.; Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2002
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/45269

THE EVOLVING REGIONAL COMMUNITY
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Maki,   Wilbur R.
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 1969
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/13916

Az agrárfoglalkoztatottság helyzetének vizsgálata Győr-Moson-Sopron megyében
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Karacsony,   Peter; Zrak,   Viktoria.
A vizsgált két szövetkezetnél és egy Zrt.-nél a földterületek nagyarányú csökkenését munkaerő-létszámcsökkenés kísérte. A pályát elhagyni kényszerültek jelentős, mintegy 30 százaléka tartósan munkanélkülivé vált, a többiek pedig más szektorokban (ipari, szolgáltatói) helyezkedtek el.  A vezetők, illetve a dolgozók körében végzett kérdőíves és mélyinterjús felméréseink szerint a korösszetétel kedvezőtlen képet mutat: a dolgozói kollektíva napjainkra túlságosan elöregedett. A jövedelemviszonyokat figyelembe véve a gazdaságok egyre kevésbé vonzóak a fiatal agrárértelmiségiek számára. A fiatalabb munkavállalók szinte kivétel nélkül kevesellték a bérüket. Az iskolázottságot vizsgálva elmondható, hogy a férfiak körében alacsonyabb, a nőknél több a magasabb...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agrárfoglalkoztatottság; Versenyképesség; Rendszerváltás; Győr-Moson-Sopron megye; Agricultural employment; Competitiveness; Change of political system; Győr-Moson-Sopron county; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Labor and Human Capital.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/99175

Risk Aversion and Urban Water Decisions
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Freebairn,   John W.
Application of the product characteristics model and the finance portfolio choice model are used to illustrate the important effects of risk aversion held by decision makers in making decisions in the urban water markets. Decision makers face uncertainty about water demand, water inflows and supply costs, and about government policy. Relative to risk neutrality assumed in many models, risk aversion changes decisions about the management of available water supply infrastructure, and about the form and timing of supply augmentation options. Recognition of heterogeneity of buyer preference with respect to risk suggest efficiency gains from offering a variety of cost-security of supply characteristic packages to water buyers.
Tipo: Presentation
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2012
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/124206

COMMUNITY ECONOMICS: A SIMULATION MODEL FOR RURAL DEVELOPMENT PLANNERS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Woods,   Michael D.; Doeksen,   Gerald A.; Nelson,   James R.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 1983
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/30152

QUALITY OF SCHOOLING IN RURAL AREAS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: West,   Jerry G.; Osburn,   Donald D.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 1972
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/30337

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT OF THE RURAL ECONOMY
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Magda,   Sandor; Magda,   Robert; Marselek,   Sandor.
This paper seeks to provide an overview of those economic social and environmental issues which could be relevant for sustainable development of the rural economy. Rural development is of great significance for the future of both the EU and Hungary. We must reduce migration, create new jobs and focus on sustainability and the principles and goals of environmental protection and nature conservation. Rural economy is a complex and dynamic system, and agriculture should be treated as a part of it. The development of rural settlements and their infrastructure, the manifold exploitation of the agroecological potential, the rationalization of farming remain, extremely important components of rural development.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Competitiveness; Sustainability; Cohesive force; Rural economy; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Teaching/Communication/Extension/Profession.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/53562

Modelling Waikato Farm Nitrogen Discharges for Policy Analysis
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Ramilan,   Thiagarajah; Scrimgeour,   Frank G.
This study describes the development of bio economic models examining the economic and water quality impact of various proposed policy options in the Upper Waikato catchment. In the first phase nitrogen emissions are determined for representative farming systems using the Overseer nutrient budget model. These model components are integrated into an economic model, which predicts producer responses to various policy options. The second phase determines catchment wide costs and water quality impacts of riparian buffers by combining geographic information system, bio economic modelling and experimental data. The results of the study signals directions for policy initiatives and further analysis exploring policy design and all costs associated with production...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Riparian margins; Non point pollution; Nitrogen; Linear programming; And Environmental policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Crop Production/Industries; Environmental Economics and Policy; Farm Management; Health Economics and Policy; Industrial Organization; Land Economics/Use; Livestock Production/Industries; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/98509

Economic and institutional efficiency of the National Agricultural Advisory Services’ Programme: The case of Iganga District,
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Okoboi,   Geofrey; Muwanika,   Fred Roland; Nyende,   Majidu; Mugisha,   Xavier.
This paper examines the technical and institutional efficiency of the National Agricultural Advisory Services (NAADS) programme implementation in Iganga district. The Cost Effective Analysis (CEA) and stochastic frontier analysis methods were used to examine technical efficiency while expenditure tracking and FGD methods were applied to assess institutional efficiency. The analysis demonstrates that NAADS interventions have not had a significant impact on the output, productivity and income of the farmers in Iganga district. Moreover, NAADS programme faces implementation weaknesses such as nepotism that affects the selection of beneficiaries as well as enterprises, to the extent that some farmers are apathetic about the success or failure of NAADS...
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: NAADS; Expenditure tracking; EPRC; Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; Agricultural Finance; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Crop Production/Industries; Farm Management; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Food Security and Poverty; Land Economics/Use; Livestock Production/Industries.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/113622

Technical Efficiency in Bangladesh Rice Production: Are There Threshold Effects in Farm Size?
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Adachi,   Kenji; del Ninno,   Carlo; Liu,   Donald J.
Replaced with revised version of poster 07/21/10.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Data Envelopment Analysis; Threshold Estimation; Technical efficiency; Total factor productivity; Rice; Farm size; Bangladesh; Community/Rural/Urban Development; International Development; Productivity Analysis.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/61357

Advantages and Disadvantages of Targeting Industry Clusters
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Barkley,   David L.; Henry,   Mark S.
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2001
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/113337

The 1964 Report on Test-Demonstration Farms in North Dakota
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Delvo,   Herman W.; Weiser,   Virgil L.
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development; Farm Management; Land Economics/Use.
Ano: 1965
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/104207

THE CAUSES AND CONSEQUENCES OF RURAL IMMIGRANT POPULATION GROWTH, 1950-1990
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Orazem,   Peter F.; Wohlgemuth,   Darin; Huang,   Tzu-Ling.
This study tests whether evidence supports the hypothesis that rural immigrant populations are more sensitive to relative returns to human capital and living costs will be more elastic than those of native-born citizens.  An empirically tractable model of incentive to migrate is developed following work of Huang et al (2001).  The model is tested using Census data from 1950-1990 for a sample of rural counties from 18 Midwest and South central states.  Preliminary results show that residential decisions of the rural foreign-born population are more sensitive to relative returns to human capital and relative costs of living than are native-born populations.  Consequently, rural areas can attract immigrants if they offer earnings opportunities relative to...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development; Labor and Human Capital.
Ano: 2002
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/19750

Regional Socioeconomic Impact of the Devils Lake Fishery
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Schwinden,   Cynthia J.; Leitch,   Jay A.
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 1984
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/23368

COMMODITY PROGRAMS AND RURAL REVITALIZATION
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Collins,   Keith J.; Vertrees,   James G.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 1987
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/17841

Effects of Environmental Regulation and Urban Encroachment on California’s Dairy Structure
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Sneeringer,   Stacy E.
Environmental regulatory compliance costs are often cited as a factor in dairy location decisions, but few studies estimate the impacts of regulation in this sector. This article uses California dairy regulations to examine the pollution haven hypothesis in agriculture. Dairy industry regulation has varied regionally within the state, with the more strictly regulated Southern California region losing production and the more environmentally lenient Central Valley gaining production. Results show that even after controlling for population density and property values, regulation had significant negative effects on dairying in Southern California.
Tipo: Article
Palavras-chave: Dairy; Differences-in-differences; Environment; Livestock; Regulation; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Environmental Economics and Policy; Farm Management; Land Economics/Use; Livestock Production/Industries.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/119182

Irrigation management transfer in Mexico:  A strategy to achieve irrigation district sustainability
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Johnson,   Sam H., III.
Describes the process of transfer of irrigation districts in Mexico from public ownership to joint management, where responsibility for irrigation O&amp;M is shared between the public irrigation agency and water user associations. It evaluates the sustainability of transferred systems and discusses needed changes.
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Irrigation management; Privatization; Participatory management; Agricultural production; Sustainability; Private sector; Public sector; Economic aspects; Water users' associations; Investment; Agricultural policy; Irrigated farming; Water law; User charges; Land ownership; Mexico; Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; Agricultural Finance; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Crop Production/Industries; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Institutional and Behavioral Economics; Land Economics/Use; Marketing; Production Economics.
Ano: 1997
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/52799

Estimating the Community-Level Impacts of Attracting New Businesses: The Implications of Local Labor Market Adjustments
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Barkley,   David L.; Henry,   Mark S.; Warner,   Mellie L.
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2002
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/113334

Editorial - Rural Society in Transition
Provedor de dados: 31
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 1951
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/8967

Firm Birth and Death in U.S. Manufacturing: A Regional Adjustment Model
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Brown,   Jason P.; Lambert,   Dayton M.; Florax,   Raymond J.G.M.
Attracting manufacturing investment is a frequently used rural development policy.  Previous research in the location literature has informed policymakers which factors are most important for attracting new firm investment.  Far less is known about the interaction of birth and death of establishments.  A conceptual model of county-level investment in the U.S. manufacturing sector is developed from location theory and subsequent literature.  Specifically, we test the relative importance of location factors influencing firm investment, and if these factors influence firm birth and death differently.  Local factors include agglomeration due to localization, urbanization, and internal economies, market structure, labor quality, availability, and cost, market...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Location determinants; Manufacturing; Count models; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods; L60; R11; R12.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/49467

Approche méthodologique. Analyse de la compétitivité et l'évolution des avantages comparatifs dans la sous-région.
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Diallo,   Boubacar Cisse; Crawford,   Eric W.; Dembele,   Niama Nango.
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Mali; Food security; Rice; Maize; West Africa; Competivity; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Demand and Price Analysis; Food Security and Poverty; International Development; International Relations/Trade; Q12; Q18; Q17; Q13.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/58550

Spatial variation in water supply and demand across river basins of India
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Amarasinghe,   Upali A.; Sharma,   Bharat R.; Aloysius,   Noel; Scott,   Christopher A.; Smakhtin,   Vladimir U.; de Fraiture,   Charlotte.
India is a large country with regional differences in per-capita water supply and demand. Attempts to describe the water situation in India at a national level are often misleading due to the tremendous diversity in the water situation across the country. This Report analyzes the spatial variation of water supply and demand across river basins in India. The study identifies basins that are water-scarce because of inadequate water availability to meet the effective demand. It also identifies issues that are important for estimating the future water demand and for the formation of policy for future water-resources development and management.
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Water supply; Water demand; River basins; Catchment areas; Water availability; Water scarcity; Estimation; Irrigation water; Domestic water; Population growth; Urbanization; Groundwater extraction; Crop production; Policy; Water transfer; India; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Consumer/Household Economics; Crop Production/Industries; Environmental Economics and Policy; Farm Management; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Production Economics.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/52966

Methods for Studying Collective Action in Rural Development
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Meinzen-Dick,   Ruth Suseela; di Gregorio,   Monica; McCarthy,   Nancy.
With renewed recognition of the importance of collective action in many aspects of agriculture, natural resource management, and rural development programs in developing countries, there is a need for research on the factors that affect its emergence, as well as its performance. Yet because of its dynamic nature, collective action is difficult to measure and study. This article discusses ways of conceptualizing collective action to provide researchers from various disciplines with a basic framework for understanding and studying collective action. It highlights specific features of collective action that are relevant to identify best practice methodological approaches and research techniques. The main part of the paper then describes how collective action...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Research methods; Collective action; Institutions; Social capital; Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/50062

A plot of one's own: gender relations and irrigated land allocation policies in Burkina Faso
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Zwarteveen,   Margreet Z.
Discusses the potential opportunities and pitfalls of introducing market forces into the process of water allocation. Proposes several preconditions for beneficial privatization of water allocation and argues for a more sophisticated form of analysis than that generally allowed by proponents of basic needs or of free market approaches.
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Women in development; Gender; Land use; Land management; Policy; Female labor; Households; Irrigated farming; Social impact; West Africa; Burkina Faso; Dakiri; Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Consumer/Household Economics; Crop Production/Industries; Farm Management; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Food Security and Poverty; Land Economics/Use; Political Economy; Productivity Analysis; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy; Risk and Uncertainty.
Ano: 1996
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/61114

CASINOS IN THE UPPER MIDWEST: A DISCUSSION OF THE IMPACTS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Bangsund,   Dean A.; Leistritz,   F. Larry.
The recent expansion and proliferation of legalized casino gaming has spurred debate at all levels of government.  As a result, a number of studies have attempted to quantify many of the economic, social, and fiscal impacts of legalized casino gaming.  This study reviewed existing literature on the effects of casino gaming in the Upper Midwest and discussed some of the issues associated with casino activities. The impacts of casino gaming have generally been evaluated at either the local and/or state or regional level.  Positive economic impacts have been quantified more often than negative economic impacts.  Few studies have attempted to quantify the social costs of casino gaming. The economic impacts of casino activities on local economies have generally...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Gambling; Tribal gaming; Casino gaming; Economic impacts; Social impacts; Fiscal impacts; Upper Midwest; Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 1997
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/23459

Understanding the Interaction Between Cotton Ginning and Rural Economics in the Mid-South Under A Changing Cotton Environment
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Fannin,   James Matthew; Paxton,   Kenneth W.; Valco,   Thomas.
This study estimates economic impact of ginning on Mid-South states applying input-output analysis to gin cost data. Results indicated that cotton ginning activity in the Mid-South generated over $258 million in direct output effects during 2007 and $438 million in total effects with a multiplier of 2.39.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Cotton; Cotton ginning; Economic impact; Multiplier; Mid-South; Input-output; Agribusiness; Community/Rural/Urban Development; R15.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/46823

Determinants of Rural Income, Poverty, and Perceived Well-Being in Mozambique in 2001-2002
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Walker,   Thomas S.; Tschirley,   David L.; Low,   Jan W.; Tanque,   M. Pequentino; Boughton,   Duncan; Payongayong,   Ellen M.; Weber,   Michael T.
Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, Directorate of Economics, Republic of Mozambique
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Food security; Food policy; Rural income; Mozambique; Poverty reduction; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Q18.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/56061

Development and Dissemination of Improved Cassava Varieties in Uganda: Analysis of Adoption Rates, Variety Attributes and Speed of Adoption
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Abele,   Steffen; Twine,   Edgar; Ntawuruhunga,   Pheneas; Baguma,   Yonah; Kanobe,   Charles; Bua,   Anthony.
The transition out of extreme poverty and hunger in agrarian economies requires an understanding of how new agricultural technologies are adopted by poor farmers. In Uganda, improved germplasm from the cassava breeding program has generated new varieties that are increasingly being grown by farmers. Although considerable success has been achieved in adoption of these varieties in general, there is increasing pressure on breeding and technology dissemination programs to improve the targeting of their efforts. This paper identifies the specific cassava varieties adopted thus far and their desirable and undesirable attributes. In addition, it determines the adoption rates of these varieties and the factors that have influenced the speed of adoption of the...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Uganda; Cassava; Breeding; Adoption; Variety Attributes; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Crop Production/Industries; Demand and Price Analysis; Farm Management; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Food Security and Poverty; Land Economics/Use; Marketing; Productivity Analysis; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/52198

Appellation of Origin Status and Economic Development: A Case Study of the Mezcal Industry
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Trejo-Pech,   Carlos Omar; Lopez-Reyna,   Carmen; House,   Lisa; Messina,   William A., Jr.
Mezcal is an alcoholic beverage produced only in selected regions of Mexico under appellation of origin status from the Word Intellectual Property Organization. While it has been produced in Mexico for many centuries, mezcal’s appellation of origin was only granted in 1995. Therefore efforts to produce and market it as a premium product have a relatively short history. This case study examines developments in the production and marketing of this unique product, and the activities of the marketing cooperative El Tecuán in Guerrero State in this process.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Mezcal; Mexico; Appellation; Marketing; Cooperative; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Marketing.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/93346

A Reexamination of Professional and Popular Thought on Assistance for Economic Development: 1949-1952
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Kennedy,   Joseph V.; Ruttan,   Vernon W.
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 1985
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/8430

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND AID
Provedor de dados: 31
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 1962
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/17983

STATE OF THE FARM ECONOMY: HOW GOOD OR HOW BAD?
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Womack,   Abner W.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 1999
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/32908

Rural Investments to Accelerate Growth and Poverty Reduction in Kenya
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Thurlow,   James; Kiringai,   Jane; Gautam,   Madhur.
Kenya’s economy is relatively diverse, with both agricultural and industrial potential. However, the economy has performed poorly over the last decade, and poverty and inequality have risen. This paper examines the impact of alternative growth paths and rural investments on poverty using an economy-wide model. It finds that if Kenya continues along its current growth path, its economy will have to grow by more than 10 percent per year over the coming decade to meet the Millennium Development Goal (MDG) of halving poverty by 2015. Therefore, Kenya must search for alternative sources of poverty-reducing growth. The results of the model indicate that poverty is unlikely to decline significantly without an acceleration of agricultural growth. Growth in...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Agriculture; Rural investment; Poverty; Inequality; Kenya; Africa; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Food Security and Poverty.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/42376

Making Rural Towns More Viable: A Look at Broadband, Healthcare and Community Facilities (PowerPoint)
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Dorr,   Thomas C.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/8084

Aspekte der Agrarpolitik 2005
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Grethe,   Harald; Hager,   Astrid; Kirschke,   Dieter.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; International Relations/Trade.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/97170

Moderating Urban Sprawl through Land Value Taxation
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Cho,   Seong-Hoon; Lambert,   Dayton M.; Roberts,   Roland K.; Kim,   Seung Gyu.
This research evaluates the effects of a hypothetical land value tax as a smart growth policy to curtail urban sprawl in the mid-sized metropolitan areas of the Southeastern United States. The effectiveness of a hypothetical land value tax on moderating urban sprawl is determined by changes in demand for neighborhood open space, and its relationships with lot size and proximity to the central business district (CBD). Achieving this goal will (1) provide applied researchers with an empirical foundation from which the spatial dynamics of urban sprawl in local housing markets can be measured, and (2) provide policy makers, especially in the large and mid-sized metro areas of the Southeast, with an ex ante instrument through which alternative incentives...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development; Land Economics/Use.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/6150

Water productivity in the Syr-Darya River Basin
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Murray-Rust,   Hammond; Abdullaev,   Iskandar; Ul Hassan,   Mehmood; Horinkova,   Vilma.
This report analyses water productivity and water-saving initiatives in the Syr-Darya river basin in Central Asia and presents institutional and political aspects of water management in the basin.
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Water resource management; Productivity; Irrigation effects; Institutional development; Water allocation; Irrigated farming; Irrigation canals; Water demand; Irrigation requirements; Water distribution; Water delivery; Crop yield; River basins; Water conservation; Central Asia; Aral Sea; Syr-Darya; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Crop Production/Industries; Environmental Economics and Policy; Farm Management; Land Economics/Use; Productivity Analysis; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2003
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/61097

Engendering Rural Livelihoods in Malawi through Agricultural Innovation Systems
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Mapila,   Mariam A.T.J.; Anesu,   Makina.
The study evaluates the gendered impacts of Agricultural Innovation Systems driven research on livelihood improvements in Africa.  Using a case study from Malawi, the study employs a quasi-experimental research design with propensity score matching to establish a counterfactual and single differencing to measure impact. Results demonstrate that innovation systems driven agricultural research programs impact positively and significantly upon the livelihood outcomes of rural women. However there are differences in benefits accruing to women in rural communities depending on headship of the household with female-headed households benefiting more as compared to women in male-headed households. Policy implications are that; although innovation systems thinking...
Tipo: Presentation
Palavras-chave: Gender equity; Quasi-experimentation; Enabling Rural Innovation; Africa; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies.
Ano: 2012
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/123359

Ecosystems for water and food security. [Background paper]
Provedor de dados: 31
Tipo: Book
Palavras-chave: Agroecosystems; Agriculture; Food security; Food production; Water scarcity; Water management; Water productivity; Wetlands; Water use; Decision making; Environmental flows; Developing countries; Hunger; Poverty; Fisheries; Climate change; Agroforestry; Biodiversity; Rangelands; Livestock; Rainfed farming; Policy; Landscape; Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; Agricultural Finance; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Consumer/Household Economics; Crop Production/Industries; Demand and Price Analysis; Environmental Economics and Policy; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Food Security and Poverty; Production Economics.
Ano: 2012
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/124386

An Analysis of Regional Economic Growth in the U.S. Midwest
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Monchuk,   Daniel C.; Miranowski,   John A.; Hayes,   Dermot J.; Babcock,   Bruce A.
In this paper we examine some of the economic forces that underlie economic growth at the county level. In an effort to describe a much more comprehensive regional economic growth model, we address a variety of different growth hypotheses by introducing a large number of growth related variables. When formulating our hypotheses and specifying our growth model we make liberal use of GIS (geographical information systems) mapping software to "paint" a picture of where growth spots exist. Our empirical estimation indicates that amenities, state and local tax burdens, population, amount of primary agriculture activity, and demographics have important impacts on economic growth.
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Amenities; Fiscal policy; Rural income growth; Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/18552

FARM SIZE AND RURAL COMMUNITIES: SOME ECONOMIC RELATIONSHIPS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Marousek,   Gerald.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 1979
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/30041

REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT OPTIONS ON A LOCAL SCALE BEYOND 2013 – THE CASE OF CAITHNESS AND SUTHERLAND (SCOTLAND, UK)
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Bergmann,   Holger; Thomson,   Kenneth J.
With the latest reform of EU Structural Policy, the Highlands and Islands have been excluded from further support by Structural Funds beyond 2013, but the new Scottish Rural Development Programme has increased CAP Pillar 2 expenditures in Scotland. A modified version of a system dynamics model constructed for an EU-wide case-study project (TOP-MARD) was used to simulate the effects of these and other policy changes in Caithness and Sutherland (C&amp;S), a remote rural area in Northern Scotland. Several alternative modelling scenarios were developed, mostly relating to reconfigurations of Pillar 2 spending within the area. The modelling results, i.e. projections from 2001 to 2021, are discussed in terms of agricultural employment, regional population, and...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Rural development; CAP reform; Scotland; Pillar 2; Regional modelling; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Q01; Q18; R23; R50.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/50935

Research Expenditures at South Carolina's Leading Research Universities: Contributions to State Economic Activity
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Henry,   Mark S.; Barkley,   David L.
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/113119

EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS TO ADDRESS THE ECONOMIC ADJUSTMENTS FACING TOBACCO FARMERS AND RURAL COMMUNITIES
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Woods,   Timothy A.; Isaacs,   Steven G.; Mundy,   S. Darrell; Givan,   William D.
This paper discusses the context within which educational programs tailored to tobacco producers and related rural communities have developed. Discussion is expanded by examining current program approaches employed by various organizations. Many of these organizations have a manual stake in helping producers in tobacco communities develop their management capacity. A range of initiatives aimed at facilitating economic adjustment is compared, including the major issues addressed and expected outcomes. Many of the initiatives have made useful contributions; however, gaps and limitations remain. These are considered as future educational efforts and issues are discussed.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Educational programs; Tobacco producers; Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 1999
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/15376

Distributional Impacts of Agritourism in the Arkansas Delta Byways region
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Das,   Biswa R.; Rainey,   Daniel V.
Replaced with revised version of paper 06/16/09.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: ARIMA; Agritourism Demand; Economic Impact Analysis; Rural Economic Development; Agribusiness; Community/Rural/Urban Development; R15; R58.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/6436

Cooperative Model for Innovative Open-Access Telecommunications Network in Rural Virginia (PowerPoint)
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Hudgins,   David.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/37400

Can Climate Change Save Lives? A comment on “Economy-wide estimates of the implications of climate change: Human health"
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Ackerman,   Frank; Stanton,   Elizabeth A.
In a recent article in this journal, Francesco Bosello, Roberto Roson, and Richard Tol make the surprising prediction that the first stages of global warming will, on balance, save a large number of lives. Bosello et al. fail to substantiate this remarkable estimate, and they make multiple mistaken or misleading assumptions. They rely on research that identifies a simple empirical relationship between temperature and mortality, but ignores the countervailing effect of human adaptation to gradual changes in average temperature. While focusing on small changes in average temperatures, they ignore the important health impacts of extreme weather events such as heat waves, droughts, floods, and hurricanes. They extrapolate this pattern far beyond the level that...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development; Environmental Economics and Policy; Health Economics and Policy; International Development; International Relations/Trade; Public Economics; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/37240

TRADE DEPENDENCY AND THE UPPER MIDWEST ECONOMY
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Runge,   C. Ford.
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development; International Relations/Trade.
Ano: 1989
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/13296

Network connections and innovation capacity in traditional agrifood chains
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Kuhne,   Bianka; Gellynck,   Xavier; Weaver,   Robert D.
In the New Economy, the network is considered as more important than the firm itself. In this paper the focus is on chain networks which include vertical networks among chain members, horizontal networks with peers, and networking with third parties. Networks have an important role in the diffusion and adoption of innovations, thus they are the locus of innovation. While previous research focused on the firm, we contribute to the understanding of innovations in chain networks, i.e. we investigate the innovation capacity in vertical networks and how networking with peers and third parties is influencing the innovation capacity of the vertical network. We propose that there is a positive relationship between the network connections the direct chain partners...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: SMEs; Chain networks; Traditional food products; Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Labor and Human Capital.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/95050

A Multivariate Statistical Approach to the Analysis of Rural Development
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Mazzocchi,   Mario; Montresor,   Elisa.
The aim of this work is to contribute to the definition of an analytical approach for evaluating the dynamics in progress in the agricultural and rural development at a territorial level. For this purpose principal components analysis and cluster analysis were applied and the different methodological approaches reviewed. A two-stage method is also proposed. This could provide the analytical tools to simplify and interpret the results of the territorial analyses, also in order to supply a flexible instrument to policy-makers. A case-study on the Emilia-Romagna region, in Italy, is presented.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2000
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/26455

IMPACT OF FARMLAND PRESERVATION PROGRAMS ON THE RATE OF URBAN DEVELOPMENT
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Miller,   Douglas J.; Nickerson,   Cynthia J.
This paper examines whether purchase of development right (PDR) programs slow the rate of farmland conversion or shift land and amenity losses to adjacent areas.  We use county-level data from several Northeastern states with existing PDR programs to estimate the probability that farmland is converted to urban use from 1982 to 1997.  We then use the fitted model to test for the significance of the PDR programs in reducing the rate of urban development.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2003
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/22170

Assets, Activities and Income Generation in Rural Mexico: Factoring in Social and Public Capital
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Winters,   Paul C.; Davis,   Benjamin; Corral,   Leonardo.
In recent years, there has been increasing emphasis in the rural development literature on the multiple income-generating activities undertaken by rural households and the importance of assets in determining the capacity to undertake these activities.  Controlling for endogeneity choice and applying Lee's generalization of Amemiya's two-step estimator to a simultaneous equation model, household returns to assets from multiple activities are explored for the Mexico ejido sector. To incorporate the multiple variables representing social and public capital into the analysis, factor analysis is used. The results indicate that the asset position of the household has a significant effect on household participation in income generating activities and returns to...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Livelihoods; Mexico; Social capital; Public capital; Agricultural households; Censored regression; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Consumer/Household Economics; Labor and Human Capital.
Ano: 2001
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/12898

THE USE OF CENTRAL PLACE THEORY AND GRAVITY-FLOW ANALYSIS TO DELINEATE ECONOMIC AREAS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Hall,   W.W., Jr.; Hite,   James C.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 1970
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/29867

UPPER GREAT LAKES TRANSPORTATION IMPACT FORECASTING SYSTEM
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Maki,   Wilbur R.; Elahi,   Jawaid U.; Braslau,   David.
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 1976
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/13821

The distributional effects of NAFTA in Mexico: evidence from a panel of municipalities
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Baylis,   Katherine R.; Garduno-Rivera,   Rafael; Piras,   Gianfranco.
This paper studies the regional distribution of the benefits from trade in Mexico after NAFTA. Specifically, we ask whether or not NAFTA has increased the concentration of economic activity in Mexico. Unlike previous work which uses state-level data, we identify the effect of NAFTA on economic activity at the municipal level allowing us to observe detailed growth patterns across space. Further, to explicitly identify the effect of the trade agreement, we compare results for growth in traded and non-traded sectors. Given the spatial nature of these data, we make explicit use of spatial econometrics methods. We find that NAFTA caused the wealthy regions nearest to the border to grow faster than others, increasing regional disparity. Second, we find that...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Regional Disparities; Trade Liberalization; Agglomeration Economies; Economic Growth; Mexico; Transport Cost; Spatial econometrics; Community/Rural/Urban Development; International Development; International Relations/Trade.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/49463

Cassava Commercialization in Malawi
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Kambewa,   Emma.
Malawi continues to rely on maize for household food security. Policies to enhance food security continue to target maize production. Traditionally production and use of cassava was localized in lakeshore areas until the past two decades when maize production was increasingly affected by rainfall variability. Cassava as an alternate food crop has rapidly gained popularity and commercialization of the cassava sector is steadily taking off. Policy and institutional support to diversify the food security basket and promote the diversified applications of cassava in non-food sector has propelled cassava production in nontraditional growing areas. Production has more than quadrupled over the last decade with production of sweet cassava rapidly expanding in...
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Consumer/Household Economics; Crop Production/Industries; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Food Security and Poverty.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/97033

Characteristics of New or Expanding, Export-Oriented Firms in the Upper Great Plains
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Leistritz,   F. Larry; Ekstrom,   Brenda L.
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development; International Development.
Ano: 1990
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/23247

Consommation de miel d’abeilles: analyse des comportements des mangeurs de l’État de Santa Catarina – Brésil
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Cheung-Lucchese,   T.; Gerber,   R.M.
Des analyses sur les comportements alimentaires des mangeurs rendent possible que d’importantes informations concernant les différentes manières dont ils interprètent leur alimentation soient révélées. Comme les individus ont d’intérêts divers à propos de leur alimentation, l’objectif principal de cette étude repose sur la réalisation d’une typologie de consommateurs de miel qui vise à connaître le profil des consommateurs et leurs façons d’interpréter cette consommation. La population intérrogée se compose de quatre cents individus de quatre villes de l’Etat de Santa Catarina qui ont répondu à un questionnaire sur les raisons de leur ingestion de miel d’abeilles. La typologie des consommateurs de miel a été obtenue à partir d’analyses statistiques...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Comportement de la consommation de miel; Typologie des consommateurs; Symbolisme alimentaire.; Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Labor and Human Capital.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/95332

Factors of population decline in rural areas and answers given in EU member states’ strategies
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Karcagi-Kovats,   Andrea; Katona-Kovacs,   Judit.
One of the most pressing phenomena in recent decades in Europe’s rural areas is population decline. This article summarises how the national sustainable development strategies (NSDS) and the national rural development programmes (NRDP) of the European Union (EU) Member States conceptualise processes of depopulation of rural areas. It gives a systematic overview of the main factors of population decline identified in the strategies and programmes and lists the objectives set and measures proposed by these documents. Although the majority of documents identify the depopulation process and all consider it to be a negative phenomenon, there are no commonly accepted objectives or principles regarding the desired extent of demographic changes in rural areas: the...
Tipo: Article
Palavras-chave: European Union; Rural population decline; Strategies; Sustainability; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Environmental Economics and Policy; Labor and Human Capital.
Ano: 2012
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/122451

RURAL FINANCE INSTITUTIONS, MARKETS AND POLICIES IN AFRICA
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Pederson,   Glenn D.
Since 1970, there has been a shift from emphasis on agricultural credit to one of rural finance.  There has been a broadening of emphasis on the range of functions performed by financial markets to include loans, deposits and insurance services for rural people.  There has also been a narrowing of expectations in recognition that financial markets are capable of achieving a smaller range of economic objectives than was envisioned in the 1970s.  I will cite three factors that have changed the way we look at rural finance today – compared to the view on the 1970s.  First, through this era structural change has occurred, and the rural clients of financial institutions have changed.  Although the population engaged in agriculture is still significant, its...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development; Financial Economics.
Ano: 2003
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/28070

THE ECONOMIC IMPACT OF THE MERCEDES BENZ INVESTMENT ON THE STATE OF ALABAMA
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Kebede,   Ellene; Ngandu,   Mudiayi Sylvain.
As part of its strategy to attract new businesses, in 1994 the State of Alabama won the Mercedes Benz bid to establish an automobile assembly plant in Vance, Tuscaloosa County, Alabama at the cost of $222 to $253 million worth of incentives. The study assessed the economic impact of the Mercedes Benz investment using IMPLAN. The IMPLAN industry code 49, industrial construction, and industry code 384, motor vehicle, were used to project the impact of the investment for the construction and production phases respectively. The results from four scenarios indicated that the investment would generate sizable direct and indirect employment, income, output, and tax revenue for the state economy. From the estimated revenue, the pay-out period for the cost of the...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Economic impact; IMPLAN; Mercedes Benz; Spin-off effects; Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 1999
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/15385

ANÁLISE DAS MEDIDAS DE RENDA, DISTRIBUIÇÃO E POBREZA DOS MUNICÍPIOS DA ÁREA DE INFLUÊNCIA DA BARRAGEM CASTANHÃO CEARÁ
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Campos,   Roberio Telmo; Campos,   Kilmer Coelho.
Objetiva-se realizar o macrodiagnóstico econômico-social dos municípios que compõem a área de influência do reservatório da barragem Castanhão no Estado do Ceará. Utilizam-se dados secundários e o método descritivo para análise e discussão dos resultados, após cálculos de freqüências, tabelas e outras informações estatísticas selecionadas. Os resultados mostram que, em termos gerais, os municípios apresentaram rendas per capita muito baixas; a desigualdade de renda piorou para todos os municípios da amostra; no período de 1991 a 2002 houve melhora do IDH para todos os municípios do estudo; a percentagem de indigentes, a percentagem de pobres e as percentagens de crianças indigentes e pobres reduziram-se durante o período de 1991 a 2000; e, há um elevado...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Renda; Distribuição de renda; Pobreza; Barragem Castanhão; Income; Income distribution; Poverty; Castanhão dam; Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/102219

Rural Innovation Through Regional Approaches (Power Point Presentation)
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Chase,   Matt.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/33297

FATORES DETERMINANTES DA OFERTA TURÍSTICA DO MUNICÍPIO DE ILHÉUS (BAHIA), NA ALTA ESTAÇÃO DO ANO DE 2006
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Cerqueira,   Cristiane Aparecida De; Freire,   Carla Regina Ferreira.
Este artigo tem por objetivo estimar os fatores determinantes da oferta turística do município de Ilhéus, na alta estação do ano de 2006. Fundamentado no conceito de que a oferta turística é subdividida em três categorias, atrativos, equipamentos e serviços e infra-estrutura, procurou-se avaliar estes componentes solicitando aos turistas, presentes nas principais praias, notas que representassem seu nível de satisfação. Os dados foram analisados através da estatística descritiva e por meio da análise fatorial. Os resultados indicam que os atrativos naturais e a hospitalidade agradaram, registrando as maiores notas médias. Por outro lado, as manifestações populares, os serviços de receptivo e as diversões noturnas destacam-se como os mais criticados. Oito...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Recursos naturais; Turistas; Análise fatorial; Natural resources; Tourist; Factorial analysis; Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/109560

The Impact of the Safeguard Anti-Ballistic Missile System Construction on Northeastern North Dakota
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Coon,   Randal C.; Dalsted,   Norman L.; Leholm,   Arlen G.; Leistritz,   F. Larry.
Federal defense projects have let to rapid population changes in many communities.  These communities often have experienced rapid growth during the construction and installation phase, followed by a population decrease when the project became operational and labor requirements declined.  Large industrial construction projects (e.g., construction of coal conversion plants) may confront other communities with similar adjustment problems.
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 1976
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/23464

Quand une Indication Géographique devient un outil de promotion du développement Local : le cas du Chivito Criollo del Norte Neuquino en Argentine
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Champredonde,   Marcelo; Perez Centeno,   Marcelo.
La mise en place d’un projet de développement local, par la construction d’une Indication Géographique, est analysée à partir des apports de l’Economie des Conventions. La conformation d’un comité de promotion d’une Denominación de Origen pour Chivito Criollo del Norte Neuquino est considérée comme l´émergence d’une convention de coopération servant à formaliser et légaliser les conventions d’effort et de qualification préexistantes dans le territoire.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Economie des Conventions; Appellation d’Origine; Développement Local; Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Labor and Human Capital.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/94997

THE ROLE OF RESORT PLANNING IN SUSTAINING TOURIST DESTINATION IMAGE
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Ozdemir,   Gocke.
The environmental quality is recognized to be an important factor while making decisions upon the destination to visit. The image of the resort will likely to be more realistic but also complex after the tourists’ visit. The complex image of the resort, where the tourist has about after visiting it, is crucial for creating loyalty and also word of mouth advertising. Therefore, if the tourists visiting the resort are to complain then the intermediaries will likely to reduce the tourism activities through that resort or the tourism activities will turn into a more hotel facility based activity. Resort planning is a continous process and defines the systemized and controlled development of the resort.  Resort planning can be implemented in an actual resort or...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Tourism; Planning; Destination; Resort; Image; Agribusiness; Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/58931

Rethinking agricultural reform in Ukraine
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Lerman,   Zvi; Sedik,   David J.; Pugachov,   Nikolai; Goncharuk,   Aleksandr.
Land reform and farm restructuring have always been a major component of the transition from plan to market in all formerly socialist countries, and especially in the 12 former Soviet republics forming the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS). Ukraine, the second most populous country in CIS (after Russia) and the third largest by area (after Russia and Kazakhstan), began the process of agrarian reform in March 1991, six months before the declaration of independence from the Soviet Union. However, all through the 1990s international organizations berated Ukraine for its slow and insufficient reforms. Derogatory phrases like "one step forward, two steps back", "changing the sign on the door", "disappointing performance", "lack of vigorous progress" were...
Tipo: Book
Palavras-chave: Agricultural Finance; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Consumer/Household Economics; Farm Management; Industrial Organization; Labor and Human Capital; Land Economics/Use.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/92325

Valoração Econômica do Engenho Central de Piracicaba (SP)
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Joao,   Livia Salla; Lima,   Roberto Arruda de Souza.
Este artigo apresenta a estimativa do valor econômico do Engenho Central de Piracicaba (SP). Trata-se de um conjunto fabril fundado em 1881, desativado em 1974 e reconhecido como patrimônio histórico, sendo posteriormente desapropriado pela Prefeitura e transformado em importante espaço cultural, artístico e recreativo. Para mensurar os valores de uso, de opção e de existência desta obra, foi escolhido o método da valoração contingente. Este método é uma das abordagens mais utilizadas para valoração de bens com características de não-exclusividade e não-rivalidade.  Obteve-se disposição a pagar (DAP) nula, isto é, o valor atribuído ao Engenho Central pela população de Piracicaba foi nulo.-----------------------------------------This article presents an...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Valoração Econômica; Disposição a Pagar; Método de Valoração Contingente; Economical Valuation; Willingness to Pay; Contingent Valuation Method; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/108517

The Impact of Location on Crop Choice and Rural Livelihood: Evidences from Villages in Northern Ethiopia
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Nuru,   Seid; Seebens,   Holger.
This paper attempts to demonstrate how location of an agricultural economic activity in relation to urban centers determines households' decision to allot their agricultural land to the production of either staple crop or a high value but risky cash crop. Analyzing household data from villages in North Eastern Ethiopia, we find that proximity to urban centers, access to road, and education along with other factors determine the crop choice in favor of the production of high value crops. Crop choices further significantly predict levels of per capita income across villages where the farthest with no access to road are the poorest.
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Consumer/Household Economics; Crop Production/Industries; International Development; Productivity Analysis.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/37863

EVALUATING TELEMEDICINE IN RURAL SETTINGS: ISSUES AND APPLICATIONS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Capalbo,   Susan Marie; Heggem,   Christine N.
Changes in health care policies, demographics, and technology have presented new opportunities for the delivery of medical care services and information to rural communities. Telemedicine—the use of electronic information and communications technologies to provide and support health care when distances separates the participants—is one technology that has impacted the efficiency of delivery of rural health care services. This paper presents an overview of the telemedicine technologies, government involvement in support of telemedicine, evaluation efforts to date for these technologies, and issues that need to be addressed in designing an economic-based framework to evaluate the net benefits of telemedicine technologies to rural communities and consumers....
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Rural health care; Telemedicine; Averted costs; Economic benefits; Telecommunications technology; R0; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Health Economics and Policy; I1.
Ano: 1998
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/29240

On the Endogeneity of an Exogenous OCA-Criterion: The Impact of Specialisation on the Synchronisation of Regional Business Cycles in Europe
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Belke,   Ansgar; Heine,   Jens M.
This paper empirically assesses the impact of specialisation on the synchronisation of regional business cycles in two core countries of EMU, namely France and Germany. Several specialisation indices are introduced and some first stylised facts about interregional business cycle correlations are derived. Second, region pair specific and pooled estimations are enacted and tested for robustness in order to calculate the impact of specialization on the degree of business cycle synchronisation. However, our regression results confirm the hypothesis of a positive impact only partly, but they underline the problem of a common monetary policy for uncommon regions which has already existed in the DM- and in the Franc-zone before. Der vorliegende empirische Beitrag...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Agglomeration; Specialisation; Regional Employment; European Monetary Union; Regional Business Cycles; Synchronisation; F15; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Labor and Human Capital; E32; R23.
Ano: 2001
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/26382

Forecast of rural gross social output value in Jiangsu Province based on optimized grey model
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Men,   Ke-pei; Zhang,   Na.
We establish the optimized grey model with logarithm new development coefficient by screening according to the latest statistical data during 2007 in Jiangsu Province. Empirical analysis and prediction research on rural gross social output value in Jiangsu Province from the year 2008 to 2012 are carried out. Result shows that the rural gross social output value in Jiangsu Province in 2008 reached 6 169.697 billion yuan, and will be 9 511.017 billion yuan at the end of 2010, which is about 6.690 times of that in the year 2000. Target of the “Eleventh Five-Year Plan” is expected to be realized smoothly.
Tipo: Thesis or Dissertation
Palavras-chave: Rural gross social output value in Jiangsu Province; Grey modeling; Optimized grey model with logarithm new development coefficient; Forecast; China; Agribusiness; Agricultural Finance; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Financial Economics; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/53469

ON WHY RATES OF ASSISTANCE DIFFER BETWEEN AUSTRALIA'S RURAL INDUSTRIES
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Anderson,   Kym.
An economic theory of politics is applied to the question of why there are large differences in effective rates of assistance to Australia's rural industries. It is suggested that a major part of the explanation is the different incentives faced by industry lobby groups to demand assistance and by the government to supply assistance. Various determinants of the incentives to demand and supply assistance are hypothesized, and these hypotheses are tested against the existing pattern of rural assistance. The evidence generally supports the hypotheses, and suggests some policy changes to reduce existing government distortions.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 1978
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/22723

Economic Development Impacts of Wind Turbine Development in U.S. Counties
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Brown,   Jason P.; Hoen,   Ben; Lantz,   Eric; Pender,   John L.; Wiser,   Ryan.
Replaced with revised version of poster 07/07/11.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Wind turbine; Propensity score matching; Spatial lag model; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy; O13; Q21; R11.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/103437

Beyond Economic Instruments - Social Capital, Governance and Rural Institutional Innovation
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Murray,   Catherine.
Economic instruments, or market based instruments try to bring market advantages to social dilemma situations, where private actions do not lead to socially optimal outcomes. Economic instruments try to redress such market failure. They try to create incentives for firms and individuals to act in the public interest. Such situations can be regarded as ‘social dilemma’. An alternative mechanism to solve social dilemma is to use cooperation amongst individuals, by facilitating and utilising social capital. The use of social capital is remains largely underexplored as a policy option, although this trend is changing, most notably in European rural development. Using evidence from research conducted on agricultural and rural institutions in central and Eastern...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Social capital; Institutions; Governance; Central and eastern Europe; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Environmental Economics and Policy; Political Economy.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/96662

The Guatemala Community Day Care Program: An Example of Effective Urban Programming
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Ruel,   Marie T.; Quisumbing,   Agnes R.; Hallman,   Kelly K.; de la Briere,   Benedicte; Coj de Salazar,   Nora.
The community daycare programs currently under way in several Latin American countries seek to promote human capital formation while relieving one of the most pressing constraints faced by working parents, especially mothers—access to reliable and affordable childcare. This research report presents the results of an evaluation of Guatemala’s Community Day Care program, which offers poor families a package of services to promote child nutrition, socialization, and development, under the condition that parents engage in income-generating activities outside the home. The program was created in the early 1990s as a response to the changing needs of the growing urban population. Given Guatemala’s rising rates of urbanization, the growing importance of formal...
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Day care centers; Guatemala; Evaluation; Child care services; Nutrition; Urban women; Employment; Work and family; Hogares Communitarios Program; Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/37886

2010 New York State Reference Manual for Regional Schools, Income Tax Management and Reporting for Small Businesses and Farms
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Bennett,   Joseph A.; Bennett,   Kathryn R.
Tipo: Working Paper
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/121646

WHAT CAN SOCIAL SCIENTISTS CONTRIBUTE TO THE CHALLENGES OF RURAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT?
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Freshwater,   David.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2000
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/15504

Features of Urban Food and Nutrition Security and Considerations for Successful Urban Programming
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Ruel,   Marie T.; Garrett,   James L.
In this paper we discuss the wide disparities that exist in childhood malnutrition, food insecurity and livelihoods within urban areas which, when combined with the mobility of urban residents, add to the complexity of designing, targeting and implementing urban programmes. Livelihood security in urban areas is dependent on cash income, especially for food expenditures, and hence employment.  For women, employment brings about the need for support with childcare; we analyse a programme that provides the double benefit of delivering affordable and reliable childcare for extended hours, and allowing women to secure a more formal employment and obtaining employment benefits. Other factors that need to be considered in shaping urban programmes include land and...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Urban food security; Food expenditures; Employment; Childcare; Urban programming; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Food Security and Poverty.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/12002

Comments on Sustainable Coastal Development Through Community Support: Myth or Reality
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Bergstrom,   John C.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Sustainable agriculture; Community development; Community support; Natural resources; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Environmental Economics and Policy; Q01; Q27; Q28; Q32.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/43767

Productores de flor de corte de la comunidad de Francisco Zarco, en el municipio de Tenancingo, Estado de México: ¿Un caso exitoso de acción colectiva?
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Gonzalez,   D.I.S.; Gonzalez,   D.J.G.; Garcia,   V.R.; Ramirez,   H.J.J.
The idea of territory comprises a complex relationships net, its dynamics is understood by the geographical proximity, the rural agroindustry organization (AIR) and the way in which all of them are related with territory external actors. Despite the fact that between territory actors exist differences, collective action theory focuses on the actor´s capacity to group in order to reach common goals, and from these goals, manage their resources, creating opportunities and/or benefits for the group; the success or failure of collective action strategies depends on internal or external factors and it also depends on the context in terms of territory. The presence of trust and cooperation favors the structural collective action and may promote an increase in...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Collective action; Floriculture; Rural agroindustry.; Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Labor and Human Capital.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/95028

Front Materials
Provedor de dados: 31
Includes: Front Cover, Contents Page
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness; Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/58693

Update on Ethanol Production and Its Impact on Rural Economic Development (Power Point Presentation)
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Schafer,   Larry.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/33377

Recreation, Tourism, and Rural Well-Being
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Reeder,   Richard J.; Brown,   Dennis M.
The promotion of recreation and tourism has been both praised and criticized as a rural development strategy. This study uses regression analysis to assess the effect of recreation and tourism development on socioeconomic conditions in rural recreation counties. The findings imply that recreation and tourism development contributes to rural well-being, increasing local employment, wage levels, and income, reducing poverty, and improving education and health. But recreation and tourism development is not without drawbacks, including higher housing costs. Local effects also vary significantly, depending on the type of recreation area.
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Recreation; Tourism; Recreation counties; Rural development; Economic indicators; Social indicators; Rural development policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/7220

Rural Employment At A Glance
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Kusmin,   Lorin D.; Parker,   Timothy S.
Rural Employment At A Glance is a six-page brochure that highlights the most recent indicators of employment and unemployment in rural areas. It documents changes and differences in metro and nonmetro employment growth, unemployment, earnings per job, and occupational mix, as well as differences across nonmetro areas by location and county type.
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Employment; Unemployment; Metro; Nonmetro; Rural; Urban; Earnings; Occupation; Employment growth; Unemployment rate; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Crop Production/Industries.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/59021

Transmission des fluctuations et calcul des prix de parité à l’importation du riz en et du maïs en Guinée
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Diakite,   Yacouba.
Calculation of maize and rice parity prices in Guinea.
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Food security; Guinea; Parity prices; Markets; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Food Security and Poverty; International Development; International Relations/Trade; Marketing; Q11; Q18.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/62167

“THE METAPONTUM AGRO-FOOD DISTRICT OF QUALITY”: A CASE STUDY OF KNOWLEDGE, INNOVATION AND IMPROVEMENT OF HUMAN CAPITAL IN TERRITORIAL RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Conto,   Francesco; La Sala,   Piermichele; Papapietro,   Paolo.
The aim of this research is to find a concrete construction methodology of the Metapontum Agro - food district by three main phases: awaking of the operators and the institutional stakeholders (got together in the district’s local web); economicterritorial analysis; experimentation. This last phase will be the final step of the project, i.e. creation of the Development Centre - Formative laboratory, where both new methodologies of services’ spreading on enterprises and new methodologies of formation-information for operators and new potential entrepreneurs will be tested. This new methodology, based on the Learning Organization, set in the usual “district approach” to the local development, will employ information technology, solutions regarding the...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: The Metapontum Agro-food district of quality; Concrete construction methodology of agro - food district; Creation of the shop of development; Formative laboratory; Information technology training of human resources solutions; Rural Development Program; Agribusiness; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Labor and Human Capital; Teaching/Communication/Extension/Profession.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/57477

ANALYZING A RURAL REGION'S FUTURE WITH A SOCIAL ACCOUNTING SYSTEM
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Maki,   Wilbur R.; Westeren,   Knut Ingar.
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 1992
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/13833

Compact or Spread-Out Cities: Urban Planning, Taxation, and the Vulnerability to Transportation Shocks
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Gusdorf,   Francois; Hallegatte,   Stephane.
This paper shows that cities made more compact by transportation taxation are more robust than spread-out cities to shocks in transportation costs. Such a shock, indeed, entails negative transition effects that are caused by housing infrastructure inertia and are magnified in low-density cities. Distortions due to a transportation tax, however, have in absence of shock detrimental consequences that need to be accounted for. The range of beneficial tax levels can, therefore, be identified as a function of the possible magnitude of future shocks in transportation costs. These taxation levels, which can reach significant values, reduce city vulnerability and prevent lock-ins in under-optimal situations.
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/10273

Access to Land, Income Diversification and Poverty Reduction in Rural Kenya
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Karugia,   Joseph Thuo; Oluoch-Kosura,   Willis; Nyikal,   Rose Adhiambo; Odumbe,   Michael; Marenya,   Paswel Phiri.
The increasing land scarcity and the worsening trend of poverty in Kenya in recent years have raised concerns about the focus on land-based agriculture as the basis of growth in the rural areas. This paper combines two complementary data sets obtained from two locations in Kenya, drawn against distinctively different land availability patterns, to examine the diverse rural asset base and key sources of livelihood in the rural areas. The analysis reveals that while access to productive land is still an important determinant of livelihoods in the rural areas, even where land holdings are very small, growth in farm productivity alone may not guarantee households sufficient incomes to escape poverty. We find evidence to suggest that growth of non-farm sector...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Diversification; Livelihoods; Land holding; Assets; Kenya.; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Q12; Q15; Q18; O18; O13.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/25488

Back to principles: Dezentralisierung und Neuausrichtung der ländlichen Regionalpolitik
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Bauer,   Siegfried.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/97181

Taking the Pulse of Rural Health Care
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Jones,   Carol Adaire; Parker,   Timothy S.; Ahearn,   Mary Clare.
Tipo: Article
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/124196

Le tourisme enogastronomique et le système agroalimentaire de la Province de Parme: le réseau des “ Musei del Cibo ” (Musées du Goût)
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Mozzoni,   I.
Promouvoir le développement économique et social d'un territoire commence par la reconnaissance de la vocation intime du territoire même. La vocation de la Province de Parme est sans doute orientée vers le secteur agroalimentaire. L'impact de l'agro-alimentaire, lié aux produits locaux, sur le domaine socio-économique en question, est essentiel, non seulement pour la valeur de la production industrielle et l'attraction de nouveaux investissements, mais aussi pour la relance du tourisme dans la région. Avec la redécouverte de la culture « locale » par les consommateurs, le rôle des produits typiques est devenu de plus en plus considérable par l'importance accordée à l’association « produit typique – terroir » et « produit typique - processus de production...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Produits typiques; Tourisme enogastronomique; Musées d’Identités; Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Labor and Human Capital.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/95205

BARRIERS TO EFFICIENCY AND THE PRIVATIZATION OF TOWNSHIP-VILLAGE ENTERPRISES
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Fang,   Xiangming; Smith,   Rodney B.W.
This paper uses Nerlovian type measures to compare the economic performance of private enterprises and Township-Village enterprises during the pre-1994 and post-1994 years, and introduces decomposition measures to help explain their relative performances.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2002
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/19744

A CRITICAL APPRAISAL OF AN EVALUATION OF PEASANT COLONISATION AND SETTLEMENT IN THE GAL OYA VALLEY OF CEYLON
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Nanayakkara,   Upali.
The main objective of this paper is to critically examine the GOPEC's evaluation of the peasant colonization segment of the GOV program, "the core of the problem that this committee was called upon to report".  This examination is intended to ascertain whether the benefit-cost assessment of the GOPEC was, in fact, correctly executed, and to see whether the main policy conclusion of the GOPEC with regard to peasant colonization - that "policy makers take a long, hard look at the advisability of diverting resources to what is essentially a social welfare function in an economy where the greatest need is to maximize production" - follows from the GOPEC's analysis.  The second objective is to determine whether benefit-cost analysis was adequate for providing...
Tipo: Thesis or Dissertation
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 1972
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/11259

Helyi termékek értékesítésének lehetőségei a Nyugat-Pannon EU Régióban
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Kalmarne Hollosi,   Erika; Vargova,   Zuzana.
A Nyugat-dunántúli Régióval szomszédos Burgenlandban nagy hagyománya és számos, eredményes módja található a helyben előállított élelmiszerek értékesítésének. A szomszédos Ausztria jó néhány, több szempontból is példaértékű kezdeményezéssel büszkélkedhet a helyi termékek értékesítésében, az eredmények kulcsa legtöbb esetben a termelői szerveződésben, szövetkezésben lelhető fel. A regionális értékek, helyi termékek ismertsége meglehetősen kedvezőtlen képet mutat a Nyugat-dunántúli Régióban, és néhány pozitív példától eltekintve az értékesítés is a kezdetleges közvetlen termelői értékesítés szintjén mozog. A Nyugat-Pannon EU Régió (Burgenland tartományt és a Nyugat-dunántúli Régiót foglalja magában) adta lehetőségek kiaknázása, a tapasztalatcsere,...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Helyi termék; Eurégió; Direkt értékesítés; Local products; EU region; Direct selling; Agribusiness; Community/Rural/Urban Development; International Development.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/99085

Regional input-output analysis: application on rural regions in Germany, the Czech Republic and Greece
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Semerak,   Vilem; Zigic,   Kresimir; Loizou,   Efstratios; Golemanova-Kuhar,   Antoaneta.
While agriculture definitely is a traditional and important sector of national economy, it is also a sector the importance of which is often underestimated. More correct and realistic description of its economic role should be based on input-output methods. Unfortunately regional level input-output tables are only rarely available. We therefore apply modified GRIT regionalization methodology on a remote rural NUTS 2 level region in three different countries (Germany, Greece, and the Czech Republic respectively) and demonstrate that this approach makes regional-level input-output analysis a viable tool in realistic evaluation of contribution of the agri-food production chain for local economies. We provide empirical results that enable us to describe the...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Input-output analysis; Regionalization; Intersectoral linkages; GRIT; Community/Rural/Urban Development; C67; Q11.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/94904

Closing the Gender Gap in Bangladesh: Inequality in Education, Employment and Earnings
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Mohammad,   Hossain; Tisdell,   Clement A.
Assesses the status of women in Bangladesh by analysing the dynamics of female participation in labour force and education as well as gender earnings differentials at the macro level. The study finds evidence of growing commercialisation of women’s work in Bangladesh.  Although the bulk of the female labour force is engaged in self-employment activities in the rural area or in low-skilled textile and readymade garment industries in the urban area, women’s participation in high-skill and entrepreneurial jobs as well as various decision-making bodies is also on the rise.  While the gender wage differentials have been considerably reduced in many industries, in general women tend to be paid less than men.  There have been remarkable improvements in women’s...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Bangladesh; Women’s empowerment; Female labour force participation; Female education; Gender wage differentials; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Labor and Human Capital; J16; J21; J82.
Ano: 2003
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/106948

ETHANOL: A NEBRASKA ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TARGET (PowerPoint Presentation)
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Sneller,   Todd.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/32827

DINÂMICA POPULACIONAL DOS PROJETOS DE ASSENTAMENTOS DA REGIONAL DO BAIXO ACRE
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Franco,   Carlos Alberto; Lima,   Demerson De Souza.
O propósito deste trabalho é tecer algumas considerações sobre a dinâmica populacional em quatros projetos de assentamento da microrregião do Baixo Acre e suas implicações no desenvolvimento regional, buscando a compreensão a respeito dos agentes econômicos e sua relação com o êxodo rural, movimento migratório e a influência dos aspectos de infraestrutura exercidos pela capital do Estado do Acre, Rio Branco. No primeiro momento o estudo apresenta o cenário que o desenvolvimento regional transcorre na formação do novo rural brasileiro. Na parte seguinte aborda as vertentes do processo migratório para formação da dinâmica populacional da Amazônia, assim como do Estado do Acre. Por fim, faz-se uma análise da dinâmica populacional de quatro os projetos de...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Desenvolvimento regional; Dinâmica populacional; Rio Branco; Regional development; Population Dynamics; Rio Branco; Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/103140

INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT IN A DEPRESSED AREA: MALE-FEMALE DIFFERENCES IN ATTITUDES
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Stout-Wiegand,   Nancy; Smith,   Dennis K.; Jallow,   Saba.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 1985
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/28950

Economic Impacts of Regional Approaches to Rural Development: Initial Evidence on the Delta Regional Authority
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Pender,   John L.; Reeder,   Richard J.
This study assesses the initial economic outcomes of the Delta Regional Authority (DRA), which began funding rural development projects in the Mississippi Delta region in 2002. The study focuses on non-metropolitan DRA counties and similar counties elsewhere in the Mississippi Delta region and the southeast, using a quasi-experimental approach that combines matching methods, double and triple difference and switching regression estimation. We find that per capita income and transfer payments grew more rapidly in DRA counties than similar non-DRA counties, and that these impacts are larger in counties in which DRA spending was larger. Each additional dollar of DRA spending per capita is associated with an increase of $15 in personal income per capita...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Rural economic development programs; Economic impacts; Mississippi Delta; Delta Regional Authority; Matching estimators; Double difference; Triple difference estimation; Switching regression; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods; R58; R11; O18; C21.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/60909

ECONOMIC TRADE-OFF ANALYSIS OF STATE INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT POLICIES
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Maki,   Wilbur R.; Meagher,   Patrick D.; Laulainen,   Leonard A., Jr.
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 1980
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/13769

PARTIAL PRODUCTIVITY OF AGRICULTURE IN THE WESTERN BALKAN COUNTRIES – IMPLICATION FOR COMPETITIVENESS OF THE RURAL ECONOMY
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Zekic,   Stanislav; Gajic,   Milivoj; Lovre,   Koviljko.
The process of transition and, within it, the agricultural transformation in the Western Balkan countries resulted, in the first phase, in the weakening of the developmental performances in agriculture. Such tendencies widened the gap between the countries of the Western Balkans and the EU countries, which continued their steady increase in agricultural productivity. Unfavorable tendencies in agricultural productivity adversely affected its competitiveness, and, consequently, the competitiveness of the rural economy as a whole. The effect of the low agricultural competitiveness on the competitiveness of the rural economy is determined by the importance of agriculture in the rural economy, which is substantial in the West Balkan countries.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Productivity; Agriculture; Competitiveness; Rural Development; The West Balkans; Transition; Agribusiness; Community/Rural/Urban Development; International Development; Productivity Analysis.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/57398

ECONOMIC EFFECTS OF WETLAND ACQUISITION ON RURAL ECONOMIES
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Leitch,   Jay A.
The wetlands issue, in a three country portion of the prairie pothole region, as it relates to land-use decisions involving cropland and wetland habitat is discussed. An input-output framework is employed to assess the economic impacts of U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service wetland acquisition on rural economies.
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development; Land Economics/Use.
Ano: 1980
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/13801

Cover and Contents Pages
Provedor de dados: 31
Includes:  Front Cover, Editorial Information, Contents Page, Editorial Board, Association Officers, Executive Committee
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; Agricultural Finance; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Consumer/Household Economics; Crop Production/Industries; Demand and Price Analysis; Environmental Economics and Policy; Farm Management; Financial Economics; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Food Security and Poverty; Health Economics and Policy; Industrial Organization; Institutional and Behavioral Economics; International Development; International Relations/Trade; Labor and Human Capital; Land Economics/Use; Livestock Production/Industries; Marketing; Political Economy; Production Economics; Productivity Analysis; Public Economics; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy; Risk and Uncertainty; Teaching/Communication/Extension/Profession.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/55552

NATURAL AMENITIES DRIVE RURAL POPULATION CHANGE
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: McGranahan,   David A.
Climate, topography, and water area are highly related to rural county population change over the past 25 years.  A natural amenities index, derived and discussed here, captures much of this relationship.  Average 1970-96 population change in nonmetropolitan counties was I percent among counties low on the natural amenities index and 120 percent among counties high on the index.  Most retirement counties and recreation counties score in the top quarter of the amenities index.  Employment change is also highly related to natural amenities, although more so over the past 25 years than in the current decade.  The importance of particular amentities varies by region.  In the Midwest, for example, people are drawn to lakes for recreation and retirement, while...
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Natural amenities; Population change; Retirement; Recreation; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 1999
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/33955

INDUSTRY AGGLOMERATION AND INVESTMENT IN RURAL BUSINESSES
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Gabe,   Todd M.
This paper examines the effects of local industry agglomeration on the investments in equipment and machinery made between 1995 and 1999 by rural Maine businesses.  Empirical results indicate that industry agglomeration, measured at the county-industry and municipality-industry levels, has a positive effect on an existing establishment'’s probability of investment and the amount invested per worker.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/19930

ANALYSIS OF SOCIOECONOMIC DATA FOR THE I-75 CLUSTER OF MICHIGAN COUNTIES
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Phillips,   Jon C.
This paper presents an analysis of socioeconomic data for a cluster of five counties in northern lower Michigan. These adjacent counties (Cheboygan, Crawford, Ogemaw, Otsego, and Roscommon) are part of a three-year rural development project. Data for individual counties as well as averages for the cluster are given. Topics covered include population growth, age of residents, educational attainment, unemployment, employment/jobs, sources of personal income, household income, poverty rates, and household composition. An executive summary is also provided.
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 1998
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/11485

Business opportunities in local food supply chains: an investigation in England and Australia
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Pearson,   David; Bailey,   Alison P.
There is widespread support from Government, media and consumers for local food networks. The profile of local food buyers and their expectations has been explored and we have some knowledge of its social, economic and environmental contribution. This research contributes by exploring the structure and scope of local food activities. This paper reports on a one year scoping study that examined local food within two contrasting countries, England and Australia. It used a literature review and interviews with key stakeholders to identify the business opportunities that exist in this sector. In conclusion there are many more local food activities in England than in Australia. Further, at a national level in both countries it remains fragmented and confused....
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Local food; Business; England; Australia; Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/51067

SOME GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM EFFECTS OF MINING GROWTH ON THE ECONOMY
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Stoeckel,   Andrew B.
The effects of mining sector growth are analysed with a five-sector general equilibrium model. The effect of the mineral discoveries is to cause the agricultural sector to contract, but to cause the import-competing sector to expand by a small amount--a result which differs from Gregory's (1976) analysis. However, a mining boom caused by increases in external demand, rather than by new discoveries, leads to a different set of results. Some likely effects of the boom on the growth rates of the different sectors in the economy are reported. Finally, the effects of an export tax on minerals are considered.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 1979
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/22599

URBANIZED SOCIETY NEEDS MET BY RURAL PEOPLE
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Taylor,   Lee.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 1970
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/29879

Reforms, Globalization, and Endogenous Agricultural Structures
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Swinnen,   Johan F.M.
In this paper I draw lessons from two quasi-natural experiments (the transition process in former Communist countries and the rapid globalization of food chains) on the optimality of farms and agricultural structures more generally. I argue that (a) the farm structures that have emerged from the transition process are much more diverse than expected ex ante; (b) this diversity is to an important extent determined by economic mechanisms which are influenced by initial conditions (eg technology) and reform policies; (c) non-traditional farm structures have played an important role during transition since they were optimal to address the specific institutional and structural constraints imposed by the transition process; (d) there is more diversity than often...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/52802

Correlation Analysis of the Rural Finance Development and Rural Economic Growth - A Case of Sichuan Province, China
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Lu,   Chenzhong.
Based on relevant research on rural finance development and rural economic growth by some Chinese scholars, taking Sichuan Province of China as an example, index of rural financial scale (deposit scale Y1 and credit scale Y2), index of rural financial support to agriculture (agricultural loan scale Y3, loan size of township enterprises Y4), index of rural economic development level (total output value of agriculture, forestry, animal husbandry and fishery X1, added value of township enterprises X2, growth rate of per capita net income X3) are established according to the 2000-2007 Sichuan Statistical Yearbook. Meanwhile, Gray Relational Analysis Method is used to analyze the correlation degree of rural financial development and rural economic growth....
Tipo: Thesis or Dissertation
Palavras-chave: Grey Relational Analysis; Rural finance; Rural economic growth; China; Agricultural Finance; Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/58409

MITIGATION ACTIVITIES TO REDUCE EMISSION OF AGRICULTURAL GREENHOUSE GASES IN HUNGARY
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Lazanyi,   Janos.
Pressure on natural resources and the global environment have been identified as the most important challenges to maintain prosperity and improve environmental care. Agriculture is responsible for only a small proportion of carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions, but the sector is more closely associated with emissions of other greenhouse gases such as methane (CH4) and nitrous oxide (N2O). The global warming potential of agricultural activities defined as greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in CO2 equivalents is relatively low in Hungary, when calculated per land area. However this difference decline, when a GHG emission is calculated per product unit, as yields are lower then in West European countries. Environmental load caused by agriculture is also low in Hungary,...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Climate change; Rural Development Programme; Mitigation; Hungary; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Crop Production/Industries; Environmental Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/53557

REGIONALISM A LA EUROPE
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Raup,   Philip M.
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 1973
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/14128

Non-Agricultural Rural Activities
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Haydar,   Firas.
Pilot exercise in the selected areas of Syria (two pilot study areas) Study Objective: Assess the relevance of Non-agricultural Activities in Rural Areas (NARA) for agricultural and rural development and their contribution to policy relevant issues (such as the rural households' income, the resilience of rural households to exogenous and endogenous shocks, and the reduction of migration flows). NARA Methodology (a territorial asset-based approach) Rural house-holds (HH) resource endowment within a given context determining the opportunity set of options for livelihood strategies (behaviors), which in turn determine HH well-being outcome. Major Findings of the Study NARA characteristics and relevance * NARAs are heterogeneous (various types, sectors,...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/9444

Geographical Analysis of US Green Sector Industry Concentration
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Register,   D. Lane; Lambert,   Dayton M.; English,   Burton C.; Jensen,   Kimberly L.; Menard,   R. Jamey; Wilcox,   Michael D.
This paper analyzes the geographic distribution of “green energy” sector clustering in the lower 48 United States using recent developments in industry concentration analysis. Evidence suggests that the ten green energy subsectors and the aggregate of the firms comprising the green energy sector are regionally concentrated. Positive changes in industry concentration from 2002 to 2006 tended to be greatest in non-metropolitan counties, suggesting comparative advantage with respect to site location for the composite of firms making up these sectors.
Tipo: Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agglomeration; Location Quotient; Renewable Energy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Industrial Organization; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies.
Ano: 2012
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/119742

Persistent Pockets of Extreme American Poverty and Job Growth: Is There a Place-Based Policy Role?
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Partridge,   Mark D.; Rickman,   Dan S.
Over the past four decades almost 400 U.S. counties have persistently experienced poverty rates in excess of 20%. This raises the question of whether poverty-reducing policies should be directed more at helping people or helping the places where they reside. Using a variety of approaches, including geographically weighted regression analysis, we find that local job growth especially reduces poverty in persistent-poverty counties. Findings also show that these counties do not respond more sluggishly to exogenous shocks. Finally, this analysis identifies some key geographic differences among persistent-poverty clusters. Taken together, place-based economic development has a potential role for reducing poverty in these counties.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Economic development; Geographically weighted regression; Persistent poverty; Place-based policies; Poverty; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Labor and Human Capital.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/8599

Collective Entrepreneurship and Regional Development: Case Study of a New Brunswick Cooperative
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Chouinard,   Omer; Desjardins,   Pierre-Marcel; Forgues,   Eric.
In this article, we address the question of regional development by arguing that a new approach motivates government policies at this level. We present the case study of a cooperative representing a strategy of a community trying to better control its socio-economic destiny. By taking charge of its destiny and influencing the rules that will preside over its socio-economic development, the community (including employees) is thus able to influence the orientation of its development according to the larger needs of the community. In other words, an opportunity is created to define socioeconomic development according not only to economic demands, but also to cultural and social ones within the community. Many situations present themselves on the continuum...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2002
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/59583

How Would Rural Areas Fare Under Block Grants?
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Reeder,   Richard J.
Current proposals would convert many domestic assistance programs into Federal block grants to be administered by State governments. Block grants give States broad discretion on how Federal funds are spent. In theory, this can lead to program improvements, reduced administration costs, and lower Federal deficits. Research on past block grants, however, indicates that block grants have had mixed success in achieving these goals. Block grants can also create inefficiencies and overlook national objectives, such as assisting poor communities. Whether or not block grants are adopted, rural communities will fare better if aid formulas and delivery systems account for rural-urban differences.
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development; Public Economics.
Ano: 1996
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/33609

Experiences in Leadership Development by the Kellogg Foundation
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: King,   Gary.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 1988
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/60017

EVALUATING LINKAGE BETWEEN OPERATORS’ SATISFACTION AND POTENTIAL OF LOCAL RESOURCES FOR RURAL TOURISM: EVIDENCE FROM MATSUURA IN JAPAN
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Ohe,   Yasuo; Kurihara,   Shinichi; Shimoura,   Shinpei.
As rural tourism evolves into diversification, the connection between the individual and local resource management is becoming an important issue for the sustainable evolution of rural tourism. To explore this point, we investigated conceptually and empirically whether rural tourism operators’ individual satisfaction enhances utilization of local resources and, if so, what mechanism works for it by focusing on rural tourism accompanied by an educational program, i.e. a farm-stay with farm and rural experience services implemented as a part of school trips in Matsuura, Japan. From statistical tests and an econometric estimation based on a questionnaire survey of rural tourism operators we found that operators’ individual satisfaction gained from interchange...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Rural tourism; Operators’ individual satisfaction; Utilization of local resources; Feedback effect from visitors; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Consumer/Household Economics.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/91109

THE IMPACT OF AN AGING RURAL POPULATION ON LOCAL TAX STRUCTURES
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Kelsey,   Timothy W.; Smith,   Stephen M.; Luloff,   A.E.
The growing American retired population increasingly is viewed for its economic development potential.  The relationship between the elderly and local taxes may have a critical effect on this potential, however.  This paper examines the local tax implications of an increasing elderly population in communities prohibiting tax referenda.  In such communities, citizens have no direct role in tax decisions.  The elderly's attitudes towards different local taxes are examined using telephone survey data, before using aggregate data to investigate the relationship between the elderly and the specific taxes used in communities.  The results suggest that a high proportion of elderly do not affect the mix of local taxes, but that an increasing proportion does have...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 1995
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/31595

Charging for irrigation water:  The issues and options, with a case study from Iran
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Perry,   Christopher J.
Inadequate funding for maintenance of irrigation works and emerging shortages of water are prevalent. The use of water charges to generate resources for maintenance and to reduce demand is widely advocated. Examples from other utilities, and from the domestic/industrial sectors of water supply suggest the approach could be effective. In developing countries, the facilities required for measured and controlled delivery of irrigation are rarely in place, and would require a massive investment in physical, legal and administrative infrastructure. To be effective in curtailing demand, the marginal price of water must be significant. The price levels required to cover operation and maintenance (O&amp;M) costs are too low to have a substantial impact on demand,...
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Irrigation management; Productivity; Water allocation; Water use efficiency; Operations; Maintenance; Cost recovery; User charges; Water rates; Pricing; River basins; Water shortage; Economic aspects; Salinity; Case studies; Agribusiness; Agricultural Finance; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Crop Production/Industries; Environmental Economics and Policy; Farm Management; Financial Economics; Land Economics/Use; Production Economics; Productivity Analysis; Public Economics.
Ano: 2001
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/44567

Motives for sharing in social networks
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Ligon,   Ethan; Schechter,   Laura.
What motivates people in rural villages to share? We first elicit a baseline level of sharing using a standard, anonymous dictator game. Then using variants of the dictator game that allow for either revealing the dictator's identity or allowing the dictator to choose the recipient, we attribute variation in sharing to three different   motives. The first of these, directed altruism, is related to preferences, while the remaining two are incentive-related (sanctions and reciprocity). We observe high average levels of sharing in our baseline treatment, while variation across individuals depends importantly on the incentive-related motives. Finally, variation in measured reciprocity within the experiment predicts observed `real-world' gift-giving, while...
Tipo: Working Paper
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development; Political Economy; Teaching/Communication/Extension/Profession; C92; C93; D03; D64; D85; O17.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/120376

Spatial price dynamics in the EU F&amp;V sector: the cases of tomato and cauliflower
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Santeramo,   Fabio G.; Cioffi,   Antonio.
The paper explores the characteristics of spatial price dynamics for fresh vegetables. The analysis is carried out on selected EU prices for tomatoes and cauliflowers collected on some of the main production and consumption markets. It is based on the estimation of an time-varying threshold autoregressive econometric specification that is shown capable to underline the asymmetries in inter-Countries price transmission. The model shows that that horizontal price transmissions among net producer and net consumer markets is asymmetric and how such characteristic differs for markets closer to production areas or to consumption locations. This paper allowed to assess the average elapsing time for shocks to be transmitted among spatially separated markets, and,...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Price transmission; TVECM; Vegetables; Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Labor and Human Capital.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/95228

Demand for Urban Forests and Economic Welfare:  Evidence from the Southeastern U.S. Cities
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Zhu,   Pengyu; Zhang,   Yaoqi.
This study examines the relationship between urban forests and household income and population density in the 149 cities with populations over 40,000 in nine southeastern states.  Our empirical results show that urban forest percentage across the cities has characteristics of the environmental Kuznets curve.  We find that household income around $39,000 is a threshold that changes the relationship between income and urban forest coverage from negative to positive, whereas the impact of population density on urban forests is just the opposite, from positive to negative when population density is around 180 persons per square kilometer.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Environmental Kuznets curve; Environmental quality; Income; Land use; Population density; Tree canopy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Environmental Economics and Policy; Land Economics/Use; C31; Q23; Q56; Q57; R14.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/43758

Geographic Space, Assets, Livelihoods and Well-Being in Rural Central America: Empirical Evidence from Guatemala, Honduras and Nicaragua
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Alwang,   Jeffrey Roger; Jansen,   Hans G.P.; Siegel,   Paul B.; Pichon,   Francisco.
This paper uses an asset-base framework to analyze the determinants of rural growth and sustainable poverty reduction for the three poorest countries in Central America: Guatemala, Honduras and Nicaragua…Using a combination of GIS mapping techniques, quantitative household analysis, and qualitative analyses of assets and livelihoods, the authors generate a description of rural territories that recognizes the differential effects of policies and asset bundles across space and households. They identify the combinations of human, natural and physical, social and location-specific assets that matter most to raise household well-being and take advantage of prospects for poverty-reducing growth.
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Poverty reduction; Rural livelihoods; Households; Economic aspects; Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/55408

A QUANTITATIVE ASSESSMENT OF FACTORS CONTRIBUTING TO THE ECONOMIC GROWTH OF MICHIGAN REGIONS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Nizalov,   Denys.
Many studies in regional development and economic geography are focused on factors that determine regional growth. In this paper a review of existing studies of regional growth is presented. The explanation power of the most recent studies is tested using the case of Michigan economy. In particular, the impact of high-tech industries, social attractiveness factors and regional economic development policies on the per capita income growth rate for Michigan counties is studied. Finally, the difference in effect of the policy and other factors in rural and metropolitan areas is assessed. The results of this work might be helpful in setting priorities using different development policy instruments.
Tipo: Thesis or Dissertation
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2003
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/10995

Fenntartható turizmusfejlesztés a Tisza-tónál
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Remenyik,   Bulcsu.
A Tisza-tó professzionális módon történő bemutatásának megszervezése elemi érdek, mert a látogatótömeg megjelenése és a szervezetlen módon történő látogatás a tó számára tragikus jövőt tartogat. A környezetterhelés, a vadkempingezés, az eti¬kátlan viselkedés miatt nem őrizhető meg hosszú távon a Tisza-tó vonzereje. A meglévő tervek a fenntartható fejlődés, a turizmusfejlesztés és az életminőség javításának céljai irányába mutatnak.   ----------------------------------   Creating professional ways to enable visitors to see the Tisza Lake is essential, as the appearance of masses of tourists and unorganised visits imply a tragic future for the lake. On the long term, damages to the environmental, unauthorised camping and unethical behavior will cause the...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Fenntartható turizmus; Területfejlesztés; Ökoturizmus; Tisza-tó; Sustainable tourism; Land development; Ecological tourism; Tisza Lake; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/92507

THE RISE AND FALL OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT:  1950-1965
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Holdcroft,   Lane E.
Over the past three years a re-emergence of interest in the community development movement in the developing world of the 1950's and early 1960's has occurred, due primarily to the current interest in rural development as an approach to improve the well-being of the world's rural poor.  It is unusual in current rural development conferences of scholars, researchers, or practitioners not to hear frequent reference to the failures or successes of the earlier community development programs.  In general, the  community development approach was directed at the promotion of better living for the whole community, with the active participation and, if possible, the initiative of the community.  However, if this initiative was not forthcoming spontaneously,...
Tipo: Thesis or Dissertation
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 1976
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/11123

TURISMO NO ESPAÇO RURAL: A IMPORTÂNCIA DO PLANEJAMENTO DAS INSTALAÇÕES PARA MINIMIZAR OS IMPACTOS CAUSADOS PELO EXCESSO DE CARGA NOS AMBIENTES RURAIS E NATURAIS.
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Andre,   Joao Vicente; Silvestre,   Ronie Peterson.
O artigo aborda a importância do planejamento dos equipamentos turísticos e outras instalações para propriedades que desenvolvem o turismo no espaço rural de forma a minimizar os impactos ambientais. O turismo apresenta potencialidades para o desenvolvimento rural sustentável e o planejamento turístico é uma das ferramentas fundamentais para garantir o desenvolvimento da atividade ao longo dos anos. Para tanto é necessário considerar a capacidade de carga dos ambientes naturais. Alguns indicadores de sustentabilidade são apresentados. O artigo enfatiza a necessidade de obter uma visão geral do que se possui através do inventário e que a propriedade seja subdividida (zoneada) de acordo com as particularidades de seu ecossistema. As instalações no meio rural...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Turismo no espaço rural; Planejamento de instalações; Capacidade de carga; Desenvolvimento sustentável; Tourism in the rural space; Planning of installation; Carrying capacity; Sustainable development; Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/108627

Measuring Economic Well-Being of Rural Canadians Using Income Indicators
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Rupnik,   Carlo; Thompson-James,   Margaret; Bollman,   Ray D.
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2001
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/28053

Regionális együttműködések fejlettséget kiegyenlítő hatásai
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Szabo,   Barna.
Az alkalmazott regressziószámítás korrigált-agregált variációs koefficiensek segítségével és az adatok pontossága mellett megállapítható, hogy a regionalizáció hatására a nemzetgazdaságok közötti gazdasági fejlettségkülönbségek kiegyenlítődnek, és a kiegyenlítődés annál jelentékenyebb, minél szorosabb a regionális együttműködés. Számításaim kapcsán kiderült, hogy a NAFTA tagállamai számára 1984–2000 között ismeretlen volt az az általánosan elfogadott nézet, miszerint a mágikus háromszög mutatói (GDP, inflációs ráta, munkanélküliségi ráta) egyszerre nem javíthatók.        -                On the basis of corrected-aggregated coefficients from regression calculations and the precision of collected data it can be stated that differences between national...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Regionális gazdasági integrációk; Hatások; Regressziószámítás; Mágikus háromszög mutatói; Regional economic integration; Effects; Regression calculation; Indices of the magic triangle; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/57727

Globalization, Urbanization and Nutritional Change in the Developing World
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Mendez,   Michelle A.; Popkin,   Barry M.
Urbanization and globalization may enhance access to non traditional foods as a result of changing prices and production practices, as well as trade and marketing practices. These forces have influenced dietary patterns throughout the developing world. Longitudinal case study data from China indicate that consumption patterns closely reflect changes in availability, and that potentially obesogenic dietary patterns are emerging, with especially large changes in rural areas with high levels of urban infrastructure and resources. Recent data on women from 36 developing countries illustrate that these dietary shifts may have implications for overweight/obesity in urban and rural settings. These data emphasize the importance of developing country policies that...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Dietary patterns; Developing countries; Overweight; Food policy; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Food Security and Poverty.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/12001

Taking Ownership of Grain Belt Agriculture and Rural Economic Development
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Tumbleson,   Gerald.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/33325

LEADER PROGRAM A DÉL-MÁTRÁBAN
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Wolcz,   Andrea; Bardosne-Kocsis,   Eva.
A Dél-Mátra 11 településeiből az önkormányzatoktól és civil szervezetektől érkezett a legtöbb pályázat. A vállalkozók és magánszemélyek visszafogott meg-jelenésének valószínű oka az önerő hiánya. A nagyszámú beadott pályázat arra enged következtetni, hogy nagy az érdeklődés, és a reális célokat az emberek meg is akarják valósítani, amihez a nyertes települések között az eddiginél nagyobb összefogás szükséges. Érzékelhető, hogy a településeken ráébredtek arra, hogy a program a térségben környezeti, turisztikai, munkahely-teremtési változásokat eredményezhet, amihez majd más települések csatlakozhatnak, ezzel teljesebbé téve a Mátra és térsége fejlődését. Az elmúlt évek tapasztalatai alapján azt min-den esetben célszerű hangsúlyozni, hogy nem a 90 millió Ft...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: EMVA; LEADER; Akciócsoportok; Partnerség; Életminőség; Dél-Mátra 11; EMVA; LEADER; Action groups; Partnership; Quality of life; South Mátra 11; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/57648

Opportunity of rural economic reform in China
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Bu,   Maoyong.
This paper introduces the current situation of rural economy in China, and analyzes the new opportunity of rural economic development in China under the background of global financial crisis. Finally, thoughts on how to promote Chinese rural economic reform are put forward.
Tipo: Thesis or Dissertation
Palavras-chave: Economic crisis; Rural economy; County economy; Opportunity; China; Agricultural Finance; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Marketing; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/53509

Validation of Participatory Farming Situation Identification: Case of Rainfed Rice Cultivation in Selected Area of West Bengal, India
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Goswami,   Rupak; Biswas,   Malay Sankar; Basu,   Debabrata.
Paper Presented at the 4th World Congress on Conservation Agriculture, 2009 at New Delhi, India
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Micro-farming situation; Farmers’ classification; Validation of indigenous classification; Rainfed rice; Appropriate technology; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Farm Management; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods; Teaching/Communication/Extension/Profession.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/97599

AGRICULTURAL ADAPTATION TO URBANIZATION IN SOUTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Larson,   Janelle M.; Findeis,   Jill L.; Smith,   Stephen M.
Most agricultural output in the northeastern United States comes from counties that have experienced significant development.  A mail survey, with 300 responses, was conducted in southeastern Pennsylvania to determine farmer adaptation to urbanization in this region.  Despite development, traditional agriculture still predominates.  Changes in land use were examined using multinomial logit models. Results show that change in population density and farm preservation policies have an influence, as increased population density reduced total land operated and having land in an agricultural security area increased it.  Both differential assessment and agricultural security areas increased the cultivation of traditional, land extensive crops.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2001
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/31609

Landcare and ecological modernization in Australia: promoting ecological awareness or economic development?
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Elder,   Jan.
In this paper the nature and origins of Australian Landcare are described in the context of the weak form of ecological modernization adhered to by the current neoconservative Australian Government. After outlining Foucault’s concept of discourse, the way in which landcare discourse and practice reflect the dominant neo-liberal rationale is examined, highlighting contradictions between its environmental rhetoric and economic imperative. The paper concludes with a discussion of potential discursive sources for an alternate and more truly transformative rural environmentalism than that currently apparent within Landcare discourse.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development; International Development.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/44105

Table of contents
Provedor de dados: 31
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; Agricultural Finance; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Consumer/Household Economics; Crop Production/Industries; Demand and Price Analysis; Environmental Economics and Policy; Farm Management; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Health Economics and Policy; Land Economics/Use; Production Economics.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/117950

The Relationship between Alternative Unemployment Indicators and Agriculture in the Northern Great Plain
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Beresne,   Martha Bernadett; Kerekes,   Geza.
By adapting the alternative unemployment indicators series (U1-U6), which has long been in use in the United States and in many European countries, the authors endeavour to create their own indicators series using the Hungarian national statistical database as a basis to evaluate the results. This is performed both on the national and regional levels, meaning the socially and economically disadvantaged Northern Great Plain Region which is compared with the developed Western Transdanubian Region. The authors also attempt to establish a relationship between problems caused by unemployment in the Eastern part of the country and agriculture.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Measurement of unemployment; Alternative unemployment indicators; Hungary; Northern Great Plain; Western Transdanubia; Agriculture.; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Labor and Human Capital; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/49194

Integration, social distress, and policy formation
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Stark,   Oded.
I study the integration of regions in the form of a merger of populations, which I interpret as a revision of people’s social space and their comparison set; I illustrate the way in which a merger can aggravate social distress; and I consider policy responses. Specifically, I view the merger of populations as a merger of income vectors; I measure social distress by aggregate relative deprivation; I demonstrate that a merger increases aggregate relative deprivation; and I show that a social planner is able to reverse this increase by means of least-cost, post-merger increases in individual incomes, but is unable to counter it by relying exclusively on a self-contained income redistribution that retains individual levels of wellbeing at their pre-merger...
Tipo: Working Paper
Palavras-chave: Integration of regions; Merger of populations; Revision of social space; Aggregate relative deprivation; Social distress; Policy responses; Community/Rural/Urban Development; International Relations/Trade; D04; D63; F55; H53; P51.
Ano: 2012
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/120179

Strategic Plan of the African Union Commission on Rural Economy and Agriculture
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Tambi,   Emmanuel N.
African agriculture and the rural economy suffer from low productivity, limited diversification and continuous degradation. Sustainable development of agriculture and the rural economy is critical for ensuring food security and poverty reduction in Africa. The African Union Commission considers the development of agriculture and the rural economy as a necessary condition for promoting accelerated economic, social and political development, and for attaining its shared vision of building an integrated, prosperous and peaceful Africa, an Africa driven and managed by its own citizens and representing a dynamic force in the international arena. The Directorate of Rural Economy and Agriculture (REA) is one of eight portfolio Directorates of the Commission given...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/9536

Multidisciplinary Innovation Teams: The New Product Development Center (NPDC) at Oklahoma State University (OSU) (PowerPoint)
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Tilley,   Daniel S.; Vaidyanathan,   Ranji.
Presented to USDA Economists Group, Washington, DC
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Product Development; Process Development; Business Analysis; Innovation; Agribusiness; Community/Rural/Urban Development; O.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/54162

Retail Trade Area Analysis Linton North Dakota
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Bangsund,   Dean A.; Leistritz,   F. Larry; Wanzek,   Janet K.; Zetocha,   Dale F.; Bastow-Shoop,   Holly E.
This report is intended to provide an indepth trade area analysis of Linton, North Dakota. Specific analyses included determining Linton's main and greater trade areas, identifying the demographic profile of Linton shoppers, examining important and less important services for patron shoppers of Linton, identifying neighboring cities that area shoppers patronize, determining distances area shoppers traveled to Linton, and listing popular newspapers and radio stations among area residents. Current trade area information for Linton was obtained from a statewide trade area survey conducted by the Department of Agricultural Economics at North Dakota State University in 1989. Recent trends (1980 to 1989) in Linton population, retail sales, per capita income,...
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development; Financial Economics.
Ano: 1991
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/51308

ECONOMIC IMPORTANCE OF FARM PRODUCTION AND AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH IN THE NORTH CENTRAL REGION
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Sundquist,   W. Burt; Hendrickson,   Shelley.
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 1982
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/13846

THE EVOLUTION OF THE AVACONGRESS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Nabradi,   Andras.
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Teaching/Communication/Extension/Profession.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/53556

Determinants of Household  Participation in Rural Development Projects
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Ngugi,   Daniel; Mukundu,   Denford; Epperson,   James E.; Acheampong,   Yvonne J.
This paper provides evidence for determinants of households participation in rural development projects. Study findings are based on qualitative analysis and logistic estimation of a random utility model. Households with higher incomes appear less likely to participate; those with more labor are more likely. Availability of activities of interest to community members could enhance participation.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2003
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/35251

LOCAL ECONOMIC IMPACTS OF CONSERVATION RESERVE PROGRAM ENROLLMENTS: A SUB-COUNTY ANALYSIS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Hamilton,   Lynn L.; Levins,   Richard A.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 1998
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/14486

VI Coloquio Iberico de estudios rurales "El papel de las economias rurales"
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Atance Muniz,   Ignacio; Baviera-Puig,   Amparo; Martinez,   Encarnacion.
Los pasados días 23 y 24 de febrero se ha celebrado el VI Coloquio Ibérico de Estudios Rurales en la Universidad Internacional de Andalucía de Santa María de la Rábida (Huelva), organizado conjuntamente por la Asociación Española de Economía Agraria (AEEA) y la Sociedad Portuguesa de Estudios Rurales (SPER). La presente nota tiene por objeto realizar un somero resumen de los principales contenidos debatidos en el Coloquio.  Abstract  The 6th Iberian Seminar on Rural Studies was hosted during February 23rd-24th  in the International University of Andalusia at Santa Maria de la Rábida (Huelva). The Seminar was organised by the Spanish Association of Agricultural Economics (AEEA) and the Portuguese Society of Rural Studies (SPER). The present note presents a...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/28789

An Overview of International Development Perspectives in History: Focus on Agricultural and Rural Development
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Voth,   Donald E.
This essay has developed gradually over the approximately 20 years, until 2000, that I taught what was then listed as AGEC 5163 and RSOC 5163, International Agricultural and Rural Development.  The first draft was written during the "New Directions" mandate period, while the Green Revolution and its Agricultural Fundamentalism dominated and the Washington Consensus strategy was just emerging.  Project funding was still common in international agricultural development, at least in USDA.  A dramatic shift from the biological science research of the Green Revolution to Farming Systems Research was underway.  The UoA Division of Agriculture had just obtained $5.0 million "Strengthening" grant from USAID, and had successfully competed for several large...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development; International Development.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/15776

Promotion of renewable sources of energy from rural areas
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Bojnec,   Stefan; Papler,   Drago.
This paper investigates the question of promotion of more efficient use of energy and for an increase in supply and use of energy from the renewable sources of energy in rural areas. The empirical research is based on the analysis of the survey evidence that is obtained by the written questionnaire. The 516 in-depth surveys were conducted among the scholars, students, and employees from social sciences, natural sciences, electrical energy supply, and energy management in the six different towns in Slovenia. The surveys data are analysed by using descriptive statistics, comparisons of average values, correlation, and multivariate factor analysis. The needs for more efficient energy use between different users and the significance of production of renewable...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Renewable sources of energy; Rural development; Promotion; Slovenia; Community/Rural/Urban Development; L94; O13; Q42; M39.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/95307

Action Research Report on Reflect: Regenerated Freirean Literacy Through Empowering Community Techniques; The Experiences of Three Reflect Pilot Projects in Uganda, Bangladesh, El Salvador
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Archer,   David W.; Cottingham,   Sara.
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 1996
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/12861

Fallstudie zur Wirkung der Ausgleichszulage  im Landkreis Oberallgäu (Bayern)
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Rudow,   Katja; Pitsch,   Marion.
Zusammenfassung: Ziel dieser Fallstudie im Landkreis Oberallgäu ist es, die Wirkung der Ausgleichszulage auf verschiedene Bereiche der Landwirtschaft und des ländlichen Raumes in einem „typischen“ benachteiligten Gebiet vertieft zu untersuchen. Dazu wurden vorhandene Statistiken, relevante Literatur und die Daten des Testbetriebsnetzes ausgewertet sowie Befragungen mit Landwirten und Experten durchgeführt. Anhand einer schriftlichen Befragung von Beratern aus strukturell ähnlichen Landkreisen wurde die Übertragbarkeit der Fallstudie geprüft und alle Ergebnisse anschließend auf einem Workshop mit den für die Ausgleichszulage zuständigen Fachreferenten der Länder und des Bundes diskutiert.  Ergebnis der Fallstudie war, dass zum Zeitpunkt der Untersuchung die...
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Benachteiligte Gebiete; Ausgleichszulage; Berggebiet; Fallstudie; Less Favoured Areas; Compensatory allowance; Mountainous areas; Case study; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Environmental Economics and Policy; Land Economics/Use; P25; Q15; Q18.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/103252

Federal Funding in Rural America Goes Far Beyond Agriculture
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Reeder,   Richard J.; Bagi,   Faqir Singh.
Tipo: Article
Palavras-chave: Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/124082

Perspectives on 21st Century Agriculture: A Tribute to Walter J. Armbruster
Provedor de dados: 31
Contents:  The enduring legacy of Farm Foundation, by David P. Ernstes; Passing the torch: The generational transition for nonadvocacy public education and outreach, by Otto C. Doering III; Collaboration and institutional innovation, by Mark A. Edelman; The alternatives-consequences approach, by Harold M. Harris; Role of Farm Foundation in policy education, by Charles W. Stenholm; Enhancing small and minority farm profitability and rural community viability through new partnerships, by Walter A. Hill; Will Extension be relevant in the 21st Century? by Edward G. Smith and Roland D. Smith; U.S. agricultural research and technology policy for the 21st Century, by Julian M. Alston and Philip G. Pardey; Agricultural research and extension policy in retrospect:...
Tipo: Book
Palavras-chave: Agricultural policy; Research policy; Extension policy; Policy; Rural conditions; Rural policy; Globalization; Agricultural structure; Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; International Relations/Trade.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/36830

Public spending composition and public sector efficiency: Implications for growth and poverty reduction in Uganda
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Sennoga,   Edward B.; Matovu,   John Mary.
The paper examines the interrelationships between public spending composition and Uganda's development goals including economic growth and poverty reduction. We utilize a dynamic CGE model to study these interrelationships. This paper demonstrates that public spending composition does indeed influence economic growth and poverty reduction. In particular, this study shows that improved public sector efficiency coupled with re-allocation of public expenditure away from the unproductive sectors such as public administration and security to the productive sectors including agriculture, energy, water and health leads to higher GDP growth rates and accelerates poverty reduction. Moreover, the rate of poverty is faster in rural households relative to the urban...
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Sennoga; Matovu; EPRC; Public expenditure; Economic growth - Uganda; Poverty reduction; Computable General Equilibrium; Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Consumer/Household Economics; Crop Production/Industries; Demand and Price Analysis; Financial Economics; Institutional and Behavioral Economics; Production Economics; Public Economics; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy; C68; D58; E62; F15; H62; 132.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/93808

Who are Controlling Community Forestry User Groups in Nepal? Scrutiny of Elite Theory
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Yadav,   Bhagwan Dutta; Bigsby,   Hugh R.; MacDonald,   Ian.
Nepal has established community forestry institutions to manage natural resources at the local community level under the assumption that there will be better management than under Government agencies. However, community forestry has not been entirely successful as it has not addressed the needs of poor and marginalised groups. The main goal of this study is to examine how Nepalese social structure guides the structure of the Executive Committee (EC) of Community Forestry User Groups and in particular, whether the EC is dominated by elite groups that could in turn hinder the needs of poor and marginalised groups. This paper uses data from the middle hill district of Baglung, Nepal. Statistical analysis indicates that decision-making is dominated by the...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Social structure; Leadership; Caste; Community forestry; Decision making; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Environmental Economics and Policy; Political Economy.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/96666

Is Wal-Mart a Monopsony? Evidence from Local Labor Markets
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Bonanno,   Alessandro; Lopez,   Rigoberto A.
This paper measures the degree of monopsony power exerted by Wal-Mart over retail workers using a dominant-firm model and data in the 48 contiguous U.S. states for counties where the company operates, presenting for the first time a measure of the company’s anticompetitive behavior. Empirical results show that Wal-Mart’s monopsony power over workers varies significantly across the country, being higher in non-metro and rural counties, particularly in the south. For instance, Wal-Mart’s buying power index in labor markets in rural southern and central states is estimated to be 5% or higher while the impact on northeastern states’ retail wages is negligible.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Wal-Mart; Monopsony power; Wages; Labor; Retailing; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Industrial Organization; Labor and Human Capital; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods; J42; L13; L81.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/51289

Organic Apple Production in Washington State: An Input-Output Analysis
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Mon,   Pon Nya; Holland,   David W.
This paper provides an Input-Output (I/O) based economic impact analysis for organic apple production in Washington State. The intent is to compare the economic “ripple” effect of organic production with conventional production. The analysis is presented in two scenarios: first we compare the economic impact of organic versus conventional apple production for a l demand increase of one million US$ as measured in sales. The second analysis looks at the economic impact of organic and conventional apple production in terms of given unit of land (405 hectares of production). Both state-wide output (sales) and employment (jobs) impacts are estimated under each scenario. Results are presented in terms of direct, indirect, and induced economic impact. Organic...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Conventional and organic apple production; Multiplier effects; Output and employment effects; IMPLAN; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Industrial Organization; Production Economics; D58; Q01; R11.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/12961

Urban agriculture and urban poverty alleviation: South African debates
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Rogerson,   Christian M.
Growing international attention has focussed on the potential role of urban agriculture in poverty alleviation. The aim in this paper is to analyse the existing challenge of urban poverty in South Africa and examine the potential role of urban agriculture as a component of a pro-poor urban development strategy.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development; Food Security and Poverty.
Ano: 1998
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/54788

PATHWAYS OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT IN MADAGASCAR: AN EMPIRICAL INVESTIGATION OF THE CRITICAL TRIANGLE OF ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY, ECONOMIC GROWTH, AND POVERTY ALLEVIATION
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Zeller,   Manfred; Lapenu,   Cecile; Minten,   Bart; Ralison,   Eliane; Randrianaivo,   Desire; Randrianarisoa,   Jean Claude.
This paper is based on community-level data from 188 villages in rural Madagascar. The survey that was conducted in 1997 made extensive use of long-term recall questions ascertaining changes during the past 10 years in rice yields, wages, population, soil fertility, and other pertinent variables of rural development. We find that—on average for all villages—the yields of irrigated rice, the major food crop, and real agricultural wages declined, while the communities expanded their upland area by nearly a quarter and experienced deteriorating fertility of their upland soils. These patterns are consistent with the wide-held belief that rural areas in Madagascar have witnessed increased poverty, economic stagnation, and a continued degradation of the natural...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2000
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/16456

Asset-Poor Women in India and the Relevance of Amartya Sen's Analysis
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Tisdell,   Clement A.
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Amartya Sen; Gender inequality; India; Poverty; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Financial Economics; Food Security and Poverty.
Ano: 2000
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/91377

Transport Costs and Rural Development
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Kilkenny,   Maureen.
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 1995
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/18558

Minería y economía de los hogares en la sierra peruana: impactos y espacios de conflicto
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Zegarra Mendez,   Eduardo; Orihuela,   Jose Carlos; Paredes,   Maritza.
Este estudio es una exploración cuantitativa del impacto de la actividad minero-metálica en los hogares de la sierra peruana, en el que hemos empleado métodos estándares de evaluación de impactos. Sobre la base de datos de la ENAHO 2003/04, realizamos un análisis separado por hogares rurales y urbanos. Encontramos una asociación positiva entre la minería y los ingresos y gastos de las familias urbanas, pero no de las familias rurales. En este último caso, sin embargo, sí encontramos evidencia de una menor tasa de pobreza relacionada con la presencia minera. Además, hallamos correlaciones negativas entre minería y acceso a servicios de agua y desagüe y una mayor incidencia potencial de enfermedades crónicas y agudas, especialmente en los hogares urbanos....
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Minería; Ingresos de hogares; Conflictos sociales; Sierra; Perú; Mining; Household income; Social conflicts; Highland; Peru; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Industrial Organization; L71; R1; R2.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/37703

Poverty - Dynamic and Sustainability Perspectives Implications for Welfare and Policy with Reference to India
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Tisdell,   Clement A.
After outlining some comparative features of poverty in India, this article reviews critically recent literature on the dynamics of poverty.  On economic efficiency grounds, it rejects the view that the chronically poor are more deserving than the non-chronic poor of poverty assistance.  Mechanisms of households and communities for coping with poverty are discussed.  The possibility is raised that where poverty has been persistent that rational methods for coping with it are likely to be well established, and less suffering may occur than for households and communities thrown temporarily into poverty.  However, situations can also be envisaged where such rational behaviours deepen the poverty trap and create unfavourable externalities for poverty...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: India; Markets and poverty; Poverty alleviation policy; Markets and poverty; Poverty dynamics; Sustainable communities; Community/Rural/Urban Development; International Development.
Ano: 1993
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/106951

Cow-Calf Producer Perceptions Regarding Individual Animal Traceability
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Schulz,   Lee L.; Tonsor,   Glynn T.
This study provides valuable insights into cow-calf producer voluntary participation in the National Animal Identification System and producers’ perceptions of several issues critically impacting the success of voluntary traceability systems. Cow-calf producers believe that the most important issues to the U.S. beef industry in designing a national, individual animal traceability system are monitoring/managing disease, maintaining current foreign markets, accessing foreign markets, and increasing consumer confidence. Furthermore, producers are concerned with cost, liability, reliability of technology, failure of system to meet stated goals, and confidentiality of information associated with these systems.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Animal traceability; Cow-calf; National Animal Identification System; Voluntary adoption; Agribusiness; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Crop Production/Industries; Farm Management; Labor and Human Capital; Land Economics/Use; Livestock Production/Industries; Production Economics; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies; Q12; Q18; R38.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/100517

SOCIOLOGICAL NEEDS OF FARMERS FACING SEVERE ECONOMIC PROBLEMS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Heffernan,   William D.; Heffernan,   Judith B.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 1986
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/17565

Values of Ecosystem Services on Arable Land and the Role of Organic Farming
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Takatsuka,   Yuki; Cullen,   Ross; Wilson,   Matthew; Wratten,   Steve D.
Nationwide mail surveys implemented in November 2004 report New Zealand residents‟ willingness to pay for improvement in ecosystem services and support for organic farming on arable land. The surveys were split into two subsets: Canterbury, which is the region with most arable farming in the nation, and the other New Zealand regions. Analysis of the data reveals that Canterbury residents‟ willingness to pay for reduction in greenhouse gas emissions from arable farming is greater than their willingness to pay for improvement in water quality, while it is the opposite for residents in other regions. In addition, residents‟ willingness to fund an organic farming project that enhances certain ecosystem services is analyzed. The results provide insights for...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Ecosystem Management; Organic Farming; Arable Farming; Choice Modeling.; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Consumer/Household Economics; Environmental Economics and Policy; Farm Management; Institutional and Behavioral Economics; Land Economics/Use; Livestock Production/Industries; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/98523

The value of quality
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Nabradi,   Andras.
The significance of quality production and quality improvement is widely acknowledged by many but few specify what should be improved and what quality should be produced. The reason may be that there are different quality categories in the process of the value chain. Moreover, the issue of quality costs, i.e. economically optimal quality has not yet been explored yet. The present study raises problems in the pigmeat verticum, but similar studies are needed in other animal husbandry sectors as well. It is reasonable to treat the quality categories of animal products in a complex way, as this allows the full satisfaction of consumer expectations at the certain stages of the value chain and solvent demand as well.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Quality; Quality costs; Quality categories; Economically optimal quality; Value chain; Animal husbandry; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Environmental Economics and Policy; Productivity Analysis.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/48330

VIDÉKI VERSENYKÉPESSÉG – VERSENYKÉPES VIDÉKFEJLESZTÉS (AVOP INTÉZKEDÉSEK ÉS AZOK KOMMUNIKÁCIÓJÁNAK VIZSGÁLATA)
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Szeles,   Ivett.
In the period of 2004-2006 of the OPARD, Hungary had an amount of HUF 107.8 billion, which was divided through three priorities, and inside these priorities there were ten actions. Through the use of the comparative advantages, the OPARD considers that the improvement of the agricultural production effectiveness, as well as the competitiveness and income security are important. In the areas which are less suitable for competitive economic improvement, it provides sustainable, multifunction agriculture, and the foundation of the conditions of the associated activities. The objective of my thesis is to analyse the measurements by examining their intensity and examining the accepted and refused applications, together with the communication monitoring of these...
Tipo: Book
Palavras-chave: Támogatás; Komparatív előnyök; Modellezés; Szaktanácsadás; Subsidies; Comparative advanteges; Model; Extension service; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Productivity Analysis.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/43319

APLICAÇÃO DO DIAGRAMA DE CAUSA E EFEITO E DA ANÁLISE SWOT NA DEFINIÇÃO DE PRIORIDADES EM UMA PROPRIEDADE RURAL ESPECIALIZADA EM CRIA DE BOVINOS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Neto,   Odilon Jose De Oliveira; Lima,   Jose Jeronimo de; Cesar,   Vagner Antonio Maximo; Rezende,   Simone Oliveira; Figueiredo,   Reginaldo Santana.
Este artigo é resultante da utilização de duas ferramentas de gestão aplicadas a definição de problemas prioritários em uma propriedade rural especializada em cria de bovinos de corte. Contudo, este estudo foi composto de levantamento de dados e informações coletados a partir de entrevistas estruturadas aplicadas aos profissionais responsáveis pela produção, mercadologia, sistema de informações, finanças, gestão de pessoas e administração geral da organização. Trata-se de um estudo de caso da Fazenda Alvorada localizada no Estado do Tocantins – Brasil, onde os dados e informações coletadas permitiram a elaboração de uma radiografia do ambiente interno da organização mediante aplicação de um roteiro de levantamento (check-list) com base na utilização do...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Diagrama de Causa e Efeito; Propriedade Rural; Cria de Bovinos; Diagram of Cause and Effect; Rural property; Bovine of Create; Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/108972

POPULATION EFFECTS OF COPPER-NICKEL DEVELOPMENT IN NORTHEAST MINNESOTA
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Meagher,   Patrick D.; Maki,   Wilbur R.
Computer simulations of population changes associated with alternative copper-nickel mining development scenarios are presented in this report. Projected population changes for seven alternative development scenarios are examined in detail for a primary mining impact Study Area in St. Louis County, Minnesota.
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 1979
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/13263

RURAL CO-OPERATIVES AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Gertler,   Michael E.
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness; Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2001
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/31775

Effect of Decoupled Payments on U.S. Agricultural Production
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Kim,   Tae-Hun.
In the current WTO negotiations, the developing and the developed countries take opposite view regarding the criteria for green box subsidies supposed to be decoupled from current production levels and prices. This study investigates whether U.S. PFC and direct payment subsidies are truly decoupled from production or not by modeling the farmers' risk attitudes in a non-structural approach and estimating the effect of decoupled payments on production by the change in risk attitudes. The effect of decoupled payments is not only statistically insignificant on corn and soybean acreage but also very small in magnitude.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Decoupled payments; PFC payments; Risk attitude; Nonstructural approach; Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; Agricultural Finance; Community/Rural/Urban Development; International Relations/Trade.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/45684

Espace agricole et production de viandes bovine et ovine dans la région semi-aride algérienne
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Sadoud,   M.
En Algérie du point de vue gestion des bovins et ovins, l’alimentation constitue une contrainte de la conduite du cheptel [1]. Dans la région de Chlef, la base des productions de viandes bovine et ovine, est constituée en plus des parcours, de la céréaliculture et des fourrages. L’objectif de cette étude est d’examiner la relation entre espace agricole et les productions de viandes bovine et ovine. Les animaux changent plusieurs fois de mains au cours de leur vie avant d'être abattus ; mais la dernière vente pour l'abattage, a lieu très généralement sur le marché [2]. Les 2/3 des terres de la SAU est destinés à l’alimentation animale Les rapports de prix viandes céréales, sont restés presque les mêmes, se situant autours de 20. Ainsi, les prix garantis à...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Viande ovine; Viande bovine; Marché; Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Labor and Human Capital.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/95339

DOES NON-FARM INCOME DIVERSIFICATION IN NORTHERN ALBANIA OFFER AN ESCAPE FROM RURAL POVERTY?
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Meyer,   Wiebke; Mollers,   Judith; Buchenrieder,   Gertrud.
The paper uses up-to-date household data from two Northern-Albanian regions. It summarises socio-economic facts on taking up remunerative non-farm employment and identifies the determinants of non-farm income diversification at the farm household level based on a binary logistic regression. Furthermore, the paper provides insight in the northern-Albanian farming structure, migration patterns, attitudes towards and reasons for income diversification into the non-farm sector. Income diversification indeed has a positive impact on the welfare of the households: A statistically significant increasing trend in incomes with rising diversification level was observed.
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Non-farm income diversification; Farm households; Migration; Albania; Ausserlandwirtschaftliche Einkommensdiversifizierung; Landwirtschaftliche Haushalte; Migration; Albanien; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Environmental Economics and Policy; Farm Management; Land Economics/Use; Q12; R23; F22; P36.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/91912

Keeping young farmers in rural areas
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Hantos,   Krisztina.
Agricultural subsidies alone cannot solve the aging problem of rural areas. In some cases enthusiasm is not enough, because a lack of financial resources prevents young farmers from launching enterprises. Isolation, lack of information and subsistence insecurity are all problems faced by young farmers, which need to be managed. It would be reasonable to extend the support scheme provided for new enterprises to also include those farms which have already been launched, but have not yet reached the size considered viable. Considering that the subsidies involve retrospective financing and that the majority of young farmers are lacking capital, increasing the amount of the advance payment would also be recommended. Young farmers could be further supported by...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Ageing; Young farmers; Agricultural education; Subsidies; Agricultural information system; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Farm Management; Teaching/Communication/Extension/Profession.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/48099

New York Economic Handbook, 2010
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Extension Faculty &amp; Staff.
Tipo: Working Paper
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/121774

THE DETERMINANTS OF TIME SPENT ON SOCIAL, COMMUNITY AND LEISURE ACTIVITIES BY FARM HOUSEHOLDS IN THE WEST OF IRELAND
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Keogh,   Sinead; Cullinan,   John.
Understanding the determinants of farm households’ social engagement patterns in rural communities is important for public policy programs that seek to improve the well-being of the rural population and promote rural sustainability. Within this context, this paper examines the factors that influence both the participation in, and the number of hours dedicated to, social, community and leisure activities among farm operators and their spouse/partner in a region in the West of Ireland. The theoretical underpinnings of this research are an extension of Becker’s (1965, 1974) and Gronau’s (1977) agricultural household models, whereby households maximise utility subject to a set of constraints, household income and time endowment. The study employs a time-use...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Rural sustainability; Agricultural household model; Time use survey; Craggs two-step model.; Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/108798

Poverty dimensions of irrigation management transfer in large-scale canal irrigation in Andhra Pradesh and Gujarat, India
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: van Koppen,   Barbara; Parthasarathy,   R.; Safiliou,   Constantina.
A growing body of evidence on the impacts of irrigation management transfer (IMT) shows that IMT risks aggravating rural poverty. For governments that aim to continue irrigation management while ensuring that it contributes to poverty alleviation, a "pro-poor" mode of IMT needs to be designed and implemented. That is, a mode of IMT that benefits poor farmers while benefiting non-poor farmers equally, or perhaps to a lesser degree. The present research explores the scope for pro-poor modes of IMT in canal irrigation, focusing on large-scale canal irrigation schemes in India.
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Irrigation management; Privatization; Poverty; Farm size; Landlessness; Tenancy; Water users’ associations; Irrigation canals; Large-scale systems; Water distribution; Cost recovery; Agribusiness; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Crop Production/Industries; Farm Management; Land Economics/Use.
Ano: 2002
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/44564

Effects of Ill Health and Weather Variability on Savings
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Ndirangu,   Lydia K.
This paper examines the effects of households’ shocks on saving behaviour. It investigates the possibility that households save ex ante to buffer against adverse weather and health shocks. The relatively high prevalence rate of HIV/AIDS in Kenya combined with rain fed agriculture implies great uncertainty for rural livelihoods. Adopting a methodology previously used on cross-sectional data (Paxson, 1992), the paper examines the level of households precautionary behaviour. This is done by estimating the marginal propensity to save out of transitory income over a period of 18 months. The results show that while households may exhibit some level of prudence, the marginal propensity to save out of transitory income is about a third of what the permanent income...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Household; Shocks; Savings; HIV/AIDS; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Demand and Price Analysis; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Food Security and Poverty; International Relations/Trade; Marketing; Productivity Analysis; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/52151

Estimating society's willingness to pay to maintain viable rural communities
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Bennett,   Jeffrey W.; van Bueren,   Martin; Whitten,   Stuart M.
Declining populations in rural and regional areas have become a high political priority in Australia. Calls for measures to support rural communities have been prompted by substantial population declines in some country areas. In Europe and the USA, similar political pressures to halt population losses in rural and regional areas are also apparent; often as a component of the multifunctionality of agriculture. The question addressed in the present paper is whether or not the Australian tax‐paying public would be willing to pay to avoid losses of people from rural and regional areas that may result from environmental protection measures. As an integral component of two recent non‐market, environmental valuation exercises using Choice Modelling, the value of...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/117978

REGIONALISM: OLD AND NEW, THEORY AND PRACTICE
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Burfisher,   Mary E.; Robinson,   Sherman; Thierfelder,   Karen.
In this paper, we review the debate on "new regionalism," focusing on the tools used to evaluate regional trade agreements (RTAs). We find that much analysis uses tools from old trade theory in the Viner-Meade tradition, focusing on trade creation, trade diversion, and terms-of-trade effects. These tools are adequate for the analysis of the effects of removing commodity trade barriers ("shallow" integration), but the comfortable Viner-Meade framework misses many of the impacts associated with new regionalism, which typically involves "deep integration," often between developing and developed countries. A framework for analyzing new regionalism should include dynamic changes such as trade-productivity links and endogenous growth theory, international factor...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/16137

TIPOLOGIA MUNICIPAL DE CLASSES SÓCIO-OCUPACIONAIS: UMA NOVA DIMENSÃO PARA ANÁLISE DAS DESIGUALDADES TERRITORIAIS NO BRASIL
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Maia,   Alexandre Gori; Quadros,   Waldir Jose de.
O objetivo principal deste trabalho é propor uma nova configuração para o território brasileiro, fornecendo uma relevante dimensão para análise das desigualdades sociais brasileiras. A hipótese central é que a estrutura social, uma conjugação entre inserção no mercado de trabalho (classe ocupacional) e faixa de renda per capita (estrato social) das famílias brasileiras, é capaz de identificar padrões sociais que cumprem papel essencial nas análises sobre as condições de vida da população. Para cumprir tal objetivo, este trabalho foi estruturado em três partes principais: i) descrição da metodologia de estratificação social; ii) identificação dos grupos de municípios relativamente homogêneos de desenvolvimento da estrutura social (perfis sociais) e análise...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Estratificação social; Renda - distribuição; Disparidades regionais; Social stratification; Income distribution; Regional disparities; Community/Rural/Urban Development; J82; R12; R23.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/109729

What Explains the Incidence of the Use of a Common Sediment Control on Lots with Houses Under Construction?
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Templeton,   Scott R.; Sessions,   William T.; Haselbach,   Liv M.; Campbell,   Wallace A.; Hayes,   John C.
To analyze compliance with one aspect of the regulation of stormwater discharge, we estimate a random-utility model of the probability that a builder uses a silt fence to control sediments on a lot with a house under construction in an urbanizing county of South Carolina. The probability increases if the builder is responsible to the subdivision’s developer or if a homeowners association exists. The probability also increases as the cost to install a silt fence decreases or the number of houses under construction per built house in a subdivision increases. The results can help county officials target inspection to improve compliance.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Compliance with regulation; Erosion and sediment control; Filter fabric; Management of stormwater runoff; Random-utility model; Silt fence; Storm water pollution prevention plan; Agribusiness; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Demand and Price Analysis; Environmental Economics and Policy; Industrial Organization; Land Economics/Use; Q01; Q24; Q53; Q58.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/57146

THE EMPTYING OF THE COUNTRYSIDE AND ITS COST
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Maki,   Wilbur R.; Venegas,   Ernesto C.
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 1972
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/13526

An analysis of Marketing Channels of Local Food in Scotland
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Revoredo-Giha,   Cesar; Watts,   D.; Leat,   Philip M.K.
Local food and its possibilities for addressing sustainable regional growth, food availability, accessibility and affordability has received considerable attention in the discussion on and development of the National Food Policy in Scotland. In terms of methodology, the paper continues the analysis of the local food database for Scotland constructed in Watts et al (2010) by exploring the marketing outlets used by the local food enterprises. This subject is important because it may provide information about the degree of entrepreneurship of the involved firms.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Local food; Scotland; Marketing outlets.; Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Labor and Human Capital.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/95223

Ukraine's Agriculture Policy Review
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Kwiecinski,   Andrzej.
Recently, the OECD prepared a detailed review of Ukraine's agricultural policies and potential that included Producer Support Estimates (PSE) calculations. Canada provided a peer-review of this paper. It provides a preview of the caliber and range of information that can be expected from the proposed consortium reviews.  The Ukraine review included discussions of how Ukrainian agricultural policies have evolved and the nature of agricultural support. It also highlighted macroeconomic conditions in the agroprocessing sector and rural infrastructure. In this way, the review drew out Ukraine's path as they grew from a struggling economy to a potential agricultural competitor.
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: OECD; Agricultural policies; Producer support estimates; PSE; Agricultural support; Macroeconomic conditions; Agro-processing sector; Rural infrastructure; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Crop Production/Industries; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Institutional and Behavioral Economics; International Relations/Trade; Land Economics/Use; Livestock Production/Industries; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/52067

SOCIAL CAPITAL AMONG AGRICULTURAL PRODUCERS IN THE CZECH REPUBLIC: ITS IMPACT ON ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Wolz,   Axel; Fritzsch,   Jana; Pencakova,   Jitka.
The change of the political regime from the socialist central planning system to a market economy and pluralistic society required the reorganisation not only of agricultural production, but also of the organisations in their support. In the Czech Republic, agricultural production is characterised by a dualistic structure in these days, i.e. private farmers on the one side and corporate farms on the other. However, among both groups some had been economically more successful than others. In general, a varying adoption of production factors, i.e. land, labour and capital is identified as being of influence. Whether their ability to collaborate with other farms is an additional factor, which has been discussed under the concept of social capital since quite...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Corporate farms; Private farms; Social capital; Cross sectional models; Czech Republic; Landwirtschaftliche Großbetriebe; Familienbetriebe; Sozialkapital; Tschechische Republik; Agribusiness; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Farm Management; Industrial Organization; Institutional and Behavioral Economics; International Development; Political Economy; C31; P32; Q12; Z13.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/91965

Supplement to...An Analysis of The Feasibility of Establishing Malt Plants in North Dakota
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Fraase,   Ronald G.; Anderson,   Donald E.
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development; Demand and Price Analysis.
Ano: 1973
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/51992

Visibility &amp; Invisibility of Communities in Urban Systems
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: de Sousa,   Joao Borges; Santos,   Paula Mota.
Information on the presence of Chinese and Ukrainian communities in Portugal, and namely in Greater Porto (northern Portugal) will be presented to then investigate how recent work on evolving networks might be a helpful tool in analysing the integration of migrant communities in urban systems, namely in helping to understand if the differential relationships between ‘nodes’ and ‘vertices’ might help to account for the higher and lesser visibility of these two communities within Greater Porto.
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development; Labor and Human Capital.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/12093

The Role of Underemployment in Employee’s Overall Job Satisfaction: The Alabama Case.
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Addy,   Samuel N.; Nzaku,   Kilungu; Ijaz,   Ahmad.
Job satisfaction is an important measure of utility that employees derive from their jobs and is related to various features of the job such as pay, security, intrinsic values of work, working conditions, career growth opportunities, working hours, and the like. This paper analyzes the relationship between underemployment and overall job satisfaction among other personal and job characteristics of the workforce in Alabama using survey data from Alabama workforce development regions. A logistic model is used to analyze the determinants of job satisfaction in Alabama including underemployment. Estimation results show a negative relationship between underemployment and job satisfaction. Personal and work-related attributes such as education, age, work hours,...
Tipo: Presentation
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development; Industrial Organization; Labor and Human Capital.
Ano: 2012
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/119809

Valuation of environmental impacts of the Rural Development Program  - A hedonic model with application of GIS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Liljenstolpe,   Carolina.
The payments within the Rural Development Programme 2007- 2013 seek to improve the environment and contribute to rural development and economic growth. These policy measures may therefore have visual effects on the rural landscape. To achieve a measure of willingness to pay for these effects, a hedonic pricing approach is applied. The prices for staying at holdings in the “Staying on farms” registry are used to quantify the valuation of these visual effects. The results of this study indicate that there is a relationship between the price of rental objects and spatial variables constructed in GIS. Riparian strips and animals at the farm are positively valued. Cultivated land, grazing and meadow lands close to the settings are negatively valued. Hence, this...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Hedonic Valuation; Rural landscape; Rural Development Program; GIS; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Q150; Q180; Q510.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/98881

EMERGING RURAL FARM-NONFARM CONFLICTS: WHOSE PREFERENCES COUNT?
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Lohr,   Luanne; Harvey,   Lynn R.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 1992
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/17187

DEVELOPMENT OF SMES IN AGRIBUSINESS OF VOJVODINA COMMUNES - STATE AND PERSPECTIVES
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Popovic,   Blazenka S.; Paunovic,   Tamara Z.; Maletic,   Zoran M.
Agriculture as the economic sector is an important factor of economic development of Serbia and an important part of economic structure. Serbia has agrarian resources (land, climate and water) that are not used enough, and therefore, represent a significant economic potential for further development. Vojvodina is the best-developed economic region of the Republic of Serbia, with dominant role of agricultural production. The main economic potential of Vojvodina development is, among other things, the strengthening and improvement of agriculture in the private sector. Economic potential of agriculture impose the need to analyze this situation in the field of small and medium sized entrepreneurship as the bearer of the future development of agriculture in...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agricultural production; Small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs); Clusters analysis; Clustering of communes in Vojvodina; Agribusiness; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Public Economics.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/57643

Productivity and performance of irrigated wheat farms across canal commands in the Lower Indus Basin
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Hussain,   Intizar; Marikar,   Fuard; Jehangir,   Waqar Ahmed.
A study of the enormous differences in agricultural productivity that exist across farms and regions in Pakistan, where, for example, recent farm-level data from Sindh, indicates that irrigated wheat output per hectare varies from 0.5 to 5.4 tons across farms. Looks at the central goal of agricultural policy in the country, viz. improving and sustaining productivity, narrowing the existing productivity gaps, and enhancing resource use efficiencies to meet food requirements of a rapidly growing population.
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Irrigated farming; Wheat; Productivity; Performance evaluation; Water management; Cropping systems; Water supply; Soil properties; Models; Pakistan; Lower Indus Basin; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Crop Production/Industries; Demand and Price Analysis; Environmental Economics and Policy; Farm Management; Production Economics; Productivity Analysis.
Ano: 2000
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/53024

Conservation land acquisition lists and nearby property values: evidence from the Florida Forever programme
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Beal-Hodges,   Mary.
Agencies throughout the world are implementing plans to preserve open spaces. The demand to preserve open space is often justified based on the value of the amenities associated with the land. However, many times open space is valued most for what it is not: the absence of negative externalities associated with development of the open space. Florida has the most ambitious programme for acquiring conservation land of any state or nation in the world. Using evidence from Florida, this study determines whether being added to a conservation land acquisition list affects nearby property values. The Florida Department of Environmental Protection claims that being on the list should not trigger any changes in property values. The results of the hedonic regression...
Tipo: Article
Palavras-chave: Open space; Environmental economics; Property values; Hedonic; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Environmental Economics and Policy; Land Economics/Use.
Ano: 2012
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/122442

Economic and Fiscal Impacts of the Cliffs Communities on the Upstate Region of the Carolinas
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Henry,   Mark S.; Barkley,   David L.; Eades,   Daniel C.
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/112801

Black Farmers in America, 1865-2000: The Pursuit of Independent Farming and the Role of Cooperatives
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Reynolds,   Bruce J.
A history of U.S. black farmers pursuit of independent farming and the role of cooperatives from 1865-2000.
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Cooperatives; Independent farming; Black farmers; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Political Economy; Public Economics.
Ano: 2003
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/117049

A Evoluçao da Economía Rural no Periodo Pos-Guerra: Liçoes duma Missao de Sondeio no Distrito de Monapo na Provincia de Nampula
Provedor de dados: 31
Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, Directorate of Economics, Republic of Mozambique
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Food security; Food policy; Mozambique; Rapid appraisal; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Food Security and Poverty; Q18.
Ano: 1994
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/56016

With ‘Regional Territorial Agendas’ towards territorial cohesion?: The emergence of supra-regional coalitions in Europe and their future role in Cohesion Policy
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Knippschild,   Robert.
This paper focuses on current trends of regionalisation with supra-regional coalitions emerging in Europe. In the context of further European integration and institutionalisation of cross-border cooperation, functional integration in cross-border areas is developing. By exploiting cross-border territorial capital these coalitions might contribute to the concept of territorial cohesion stated and upgraded in the European Union’s Treaty of Lisbon. The paper considers the right scale for these emerging supra-regional coalitions and their implications for the European Spatial Development Policy. When elaborating on the right delineation of supra- or transnational regional coalitions and about policy options, ‘territorial knowledge’ on territorial...
Tipo: Article
Palavras-chave: Territorial cohesion; Border regions; Urban-rural partnerships; Cross-border regionalisation; Regional territorial agendas; Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/119648

Gendered impact of NERICA Adoption on Farmers’ Production and Income in Central Benin
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Agboh-Noameshie,   Afiavi R.; Kinkingninhoun-Medagbe,   Florent M.; Diagne,   Aliou.
Today, development and dissemination of new technologies constitute an important strategy for agricultural intensification, poverty reduction and food security in developing countries. Rice is an important source of farmers’ income and foreign currencies in developing countries. Although women play a vital role in rice production, they have not been adequately involved in technology generation activities until recently. The New Rices for Africa (NERICA) were developed by Africa Rice Center (WARDA) in 1994 and disseminated starting in 1997 in some Sub-Saharan African countries including Benin in collaboration with National Agricultural Partners. This paper use econometric method based on Local Average Treatment effect (LATE) to estimate the gendered impact...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agricultural and Food Policy; Agricultural Finance; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Consumer/Household Economics; Farm Management; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Food Security and Poverty; Institutional and Behavioral Economics; International Relations/Trade; Marketing; Productivity Analysis; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/52082

Analysis of Vocational and Residential Preferences of Rural Population: Application of an Experimental Technique to Rural Slovenia
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Zanni,   Alberto M.; Davidova,   Sophia; Bailey,   Alastair.
This study represents the first application of Choice Experiments to the analysis of the monetary and non-pecuniary determinants of vocational choice and spatial labor supply. It identifies the determinants of individual’s choice of jobs and place of residence, and provides a better understanding of the process of rural labor adjustments in a country in transition, Slovenia. The results indicate that the effect of wages, as the main factor influencing employment choice, is counterbalanced by other determinants affecting working conditions and residence. A considerable degree of immobility in terms of migration and commuting has been revealed. As a result, a rapid urbanisation process is unlikely to happen in the near future, according to individuals’...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Choice experiments; Labor supply; Migration; Rural; Slovenia; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Labor and Human Capital; J0; P0; C0.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/25534

The Economic and Social Value of Floodplain Agroforestry to Rural Development
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Valdivia,   Corinne; Raedeke,   Andrew; Hodge,   Sandra; Green,   John J.; Godesy,   Larry.
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2002
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/92908

Dynamic intrahousehold bargaining, matrimonial property law and suicide in Canada
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Adam,   Christopher; Hoddinott,   John; Ligon,   Ethan.
This paper develops a dynamic model of household bargaining and uses it to motivate an empirical analysis of the impact changes in Canadian laws regarding the allocation of family assets upon divorce on female suicide. Using time series data, we show that in Ontario, the passage of Canadian legislation that improved women's rights to assets upon divorce was associated with reductions in the rate of female suicide amongst older (married) women while not affecting younger (unmarried) women. As suggested by our model, its impact was asymmetric in that male suicide rates were unaffected by this change. We also exploited a quasi-natural experiment in these data, namely that no comparable legislative  change occurred in Quebec. Here, we do not observe a...
Tipo: Working Paper
Palavras-chave: Intrahousehold; Bargaining; Divorce; Suicide; Canada; Community/Rural/Urban Development; D10; J12.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/120422

Poverty estimates from Uganda National Household Survey  III, 2005/2006
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Ssewanyana,   Sarah N.; Okidi,   John A.
Using 2002/03 and 2005/2006 nationally representative household surveys, poverty headcount index declined from 38.8% respectively. The corresponding poverty gap ratio declined from 11.9% to 8.7%. While all Ugandans enjoyed an increase in consumption between the sample periods, the rate of growth in consumption was slightly higher for the lower percentiles. The led to a significant improvement in the distribution of income as demonstrated by the decline in the Gini coefficient from 0.428 to 0.408. The urban areas continue to have higher rates of inequality, nonetheless, they witnessed a significant improvement. the Gini coefficient declined from 0.483 in 2002/03 to 0.432 in 2005/06. Overall, the improvement in the distribution of income had a positive...
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Poverty; Income poverty; Uganda National Household Survey; Consumption poverty; Uganda; Ssewanyana; Okidi; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Consumer/Household Economics; Political Economy; Production Economics; Productivity Analysis; Public Economics.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/54710

RDP capacities, changing governance styles and the new challenges
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Dwyer,   Janet; Pereira,   Sandrina; Mikk,   Merit; Peepson,   Argo; Thomson,   Kenneth J.
CAP Pillar 2 policies and Rural Development Programmes (RDPs) reflect a broad range of governance styles and policy priorities, as well as significant devolution to regions and/or provinces within Member States. The processes supporting this new style of policymaking have become increasingly differentiated. The Europe 2020 document identifies significant “new challenges” facing the EU’s rural areas, notably climate change, sustainable water management and renewable energy generation. All of these “new challenges” impinge on EU rural development policies, and imply a need for significant shifts in priorities and actions. This paper draws from recent research carried out within the RuDI project, to analyse the capacity of the current Pillar 2 approach to...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Rural development policy; Governance; New challenges; Targeting; Adaptation; Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/94913

Evaluation of rural development programs after Poland’s accession to the EU: regional CGE approach
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Zawalinska,   Katarzyna.
rural policy, pillar 2, Poland
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Rural development policy; Regional computable general equilibrium model; Poland; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods; Q18; R13; H43; O1.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/51342

Evaluating the Diversifying Market for and Viability of Rural Tourism Activity in Japan
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Ohe,   Yasuo.
This paper evaluated diversified rural tourism activities from the perspectives of economic viability and endogenous utilization of rural resources and investigated labour productivity. First, we presented a conceptual framework on how to evaluate economic viability and the endogenous mobilization of rural resources. Second, we empirically evaluated economic viability, the supply shift effect of endogenous utilization of rural resources and labour productivity with regard to rural tourism. The main findings are as follows. First, examination of the three main activities, i.e. accommodation, restaurant operation and direct selling of farm products, showed that both full-time and part-time labour input contribute more effectively to better sales than such...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Rural tourism; Rural resources; Farm diversification; Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/43647

THE “STOCK AND FLOW” APPROACH TO THE GOVERNANCE OF SELF-SUSTAINABLE RURAL SYSTEMS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Pancino,   Barbara; Bonaiuti,   M.; Franco,   Silvio.
The aim of this study is to present the “stock and flow” model - based on the Georgescu-Roegen bio economic paradigm and on the ecological economics principles - in a regional key and to discuss the implications of such an approach on the local system governance in order to guarantee a long term economic, social and environmental self-sustainability. These theories give a dynamic characteristic to this approach, by interconnecting the production process (supply) with the responsibilities of the welfare generation (demand). Starting from this theoretical model, it is possible to look at the integrating modes of production and consumption processes at a local scale that consent to guide a rural system towards conditions of sustainability. This perspective of...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Ecological economics; Stock and flow; Ecological footprint; Agribusiness; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Environmental Economics and Policy; Public Economics.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/57638

Perceptions of Rural Air Quality:  What Will the Neighbors Think?
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Lohr,   Luanne.
Individuals exposed to odors from livestock facilities do not report annoyance uniformly. The reaction to a detectable odor depends on perceptions of the odor and its source which are mediated by odor attributes and personal factors. Correlations among these factors were tested in a rural context using date from a pilot study of seventeen households neighboring two swine operations in Michigan. Annoyance was measured as the impact of the neighboring facility on enjoyment of property. Characterization of odor as a problem was positively correlated with offensiveness, frequency and duration of exposure. Annoyance was negatively correlated with term of residence, current employment on a farm, and acquaintance with the facility owner. Annoyance was positively...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Correlation analysis; Environmental annoyance; Manure management; Odor nuisance; Agribusiness; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Environmental Economics and Policy.
Ano: 1996
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/90381

HOW DO PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS SELECT COMPETITIVE AGRICULTURAL R&amp;D PROJECTS? - THE CASE OF AN ITALIAN REGION
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Materia,   Valentina Cristiana; Esposti,   Roberto.
This paper analyses, through a Random Utility Model (RUM), how a public institution selects among competitive agricultural R&amp;D projects on the basis of observable distinctive features. In particular, we aim at verifying if, which and how other criteria, beyond the pure scientific value, are decisive for selection. From such information, like cost, duration, etc., the institution must infer about the unobservable actual ability, effort and reliability of the scientists themselves. Such analytical framework is empirically applied to a real case, the agricultural R&amp;D activity funded by the Emilia-Romagna Region (Italy) between 2001 and 2006.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Public Agricultural R&amp;D Funding; Random Utility Model; Logit Model; Agribusiness; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Public Economics.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/57642

Is It a Jungle Out There? Meat Packing, Immigrants, and Rural Communities
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Artz,   Georgeanne M.; Jackson,   Rebecca; Orazem,   Peter F.
The shift of the U.S. meat packing industry from urban to rural areas has generated controversy regarding potential social and economic costs of meat packing plants on their host communities. This study uses media comments to identify the most prominent controversies regarding meat packing, its largely immigrant workforce, and rural communities. We find that the industry has impacted the demographic composition of rural communities and their schools, but find no evidence that the industry increases per capita government expenditures. Our results suggest rural communities trade off the economic benefits of hosting these large employers against the costs of accommodating needs of new residents.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Immigration; Meat packing; Rural communities; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Livestock Production/Industries.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/93220

Civil Economy and Civilized Economics: Essentials for Sustainable Development
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Goodwin,   Neva R.
This essay will consider the relevance of the social sciences - especially economics - to the foundations of sustainable development. Looming environmental crises have served as a prime motivating force for reevaluating fundamental principles. In particular, the concept of sustainability, carrying with it clear requirements for values, goals and ethics, has begun to reshape economics. The broadest conception of sustainability is found if we understand sustainable development to mean Socially And Environmentally Just And Sustainable development - "SAEJAS development". Throughout the paper we will see examples of rules, or norms, that serve to organize human behavior without requiring that everything be rethought all the time. Among these may be found some...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development; Environmental Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2001
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/15591

INTELLECTUAL CAPITAL OF THE COMMUNITY OF LUBELSZCZYZNA REGION – HUMAN INTELLECTUAL CAPITAL ACCORDING TO THE PILOT SURVEY
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Weziak,   Dorota.
The new approach to measurement of IC of community was presented. In the conceptualization of the problem it was proposed to treat the IC as a latent construct that is measured via directly observable proxies. The results presented are the final obtained after having discarded some variables due to their lack of fit to the estimated models. It is worth mentioning that such a situation concerned only two constructs – the most complex one – activity, and orientation on self-education. The reason in the former case was its complexity and in the latter – the variable the expenses on education despite highly correlated with willingness to update knowledge, professional skills, take part in workshops (P3) was not significant and therefore discarded. Nonetheless...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Intellectual capital of region; Human intellectual capital; People’s intellectual potential; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Labor and Human Capital.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/58926

Mobilität in ländlichen Räumen unter besonderer Berücksichtigung bedarfsgesteuerter Bedienformen des ÖPNV
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Kupper,   Patrick; Steinruck,   Barbara.
Zusammenfassung: In der verkehrspolitischen Diskussion werden bedarfsgesteuerte Angebotsformen des öffentlichen Personennahverkehrs (ÖPNV) vielfach als geeignete Ergänzung des sich in nachfrageschwachen Räumen ausdünnenden traditionellen ÖPNV betrachtet, um auf den Qualitätsnachteil gegenüber dem motorisierten Individualverkehr (MIV), den demographischen Wandel und die Flexibilisierung der Mobilitätsnachfrage zu reagieren. Die vorliegende Studie wertet Literatur dazu aus, welchen Beitrag bedarfsgesteuerte Bedienformen des ÖPNV leisten können, um ein Grundangebot von Mobilität in ländlichen Räumen aufrechtzuerhalten. Als das größte Hemmnis für die Einführung bedarfsgesteuerter Bedienformen stellt sich der niedrige Kostendeckungsgrad heraus. Die Kosten pro...
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Mobilität im ländlichen Raum; Öffentlicher Personennahverkehr; Bedarfsgesteuerte Bedienformen; Alternativen zum ÖPNV; Mobility in rural areas; Public transport; Demand responsive transport; Alternatives beyond public transport; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Environmental Economics and Policy; R40; R41; R48.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/102728

Cointegration Analysis of Regional House Prices in U.S.
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Zohrabyan,   Tatevik; Leatham,   David J.; Bessler,   David A.
Using quarterly U.S. census division data for time period 1975-2006, this paper investigates the dynamic relationships among the house prices of nine divisions (regions): Pacific, Mountain, South Atlantic, Middle Atlantic, New England, East South Central, West South Central, West North Central, and East North Central. Johansen’s ML procedure is applied to shed light on the short-run and long-run components on the error correction model. Furthermore, a symmetric error-correction model is estimated followed by the contemporaneous causality structure that is provided by the directed acyclic graphs. The latter is used as an “input” for estimating the impulse response functions along with the forecast error variance decompositions. The results provide evidence...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development; Financial Economics.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/48138

Business Development in Rural Areas: A Selected Annotated Bibliography
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Bastow-Shoop,   Holly E.; Ekstrom,   Brenda L.; Leistritz,   F. Larry.
Tipo: Technical Report
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 1990
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/119444

Peer Effect, Risk-Pooling and Status Seeking: Which Matters to Gift Spending Escalation in Rural China?
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Chen,   Xi; Zhang,   Xiaobo.
This paper is based on our ongoing joint work with Ravi Kanbur. Xi Chen is grateful to Ravi Kanbur for invaluable comments, guidance and encouragement. For comments and suggestions, please direct correspondence to Xi Chen at xc49@cornell.edu.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Social Network; Peer Effect; Risk-pooling; Status Seeking; Gift-giving; Ceremony; Agricultural and Food Policy; Agricultural Finance; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Consumer/Household Economics; Demand and Price Analysis; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Food Security and Poverty; Institutional and Behavioral Economics; International Development; Public Economics; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods; Risk and Uncertainty; I32; J22; D13; D63.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/103643

China’s Agricultural and Rural Development in the Early 21st Century
Provedor de dados: 31
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development; International Development.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/114092

Effect of contract farming on productivity and income of small holders: The case of tea production in north-western Vietnam
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Saigenji,   Yoshiko; Zeller,   Manfred.
This paper examines potential of contract farming as a rural development tool by revealing its effect on productivity and income of small holders in tea production in north-western Vietnam. In the present research, three economic analyses are applied. First, the technical efficiency of tea production is estimated by using stochastic frontier model. The results show that contract farming achieved significantly higher technical efficiency compared to non-contract farming. Second, logit model is investigated to determine the influential socio-economic characteristics of households for contract participation. The model indicates that social relationship of households, such as the membership in the communist party, play an important role in contract...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Contract farming; Tea; Vietnam; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Crop Production/Industries; Food Security and Poverty; Productivity Analysis; C21; D24; O12; Q12.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/51681

Evaluating Marketing Channel Options for Small-Scale Fruit and Vegetable Producers
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: LeRoux,   Matthew N.; Schmit,   Todd M.; Roth,   Monika; Streeter,   Deborah H.
An investigation of the relative costs and benefits of marketing channels used by typical smallscale diversified vegetable crop producers is conducted. Using case study evidence from four small farms in Central New York, this study compares the performance of wholesale and direct marketing channels, including how the factors of risk, owner and paid labor, price, lifestyle preferences, and sales volume interact to impact optimal market channel selection. Given the highly perishable nature of the crops grown, along with the risks and potential sales volume of particular channels, a combination of different marketing channels is needed to maximize overall firm performance. Accordingly, a ranking system is developed to summarize the major firm-specific factors...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Local food; Marketing; Wholesale; Direct; Marketing channels; Economic evaluation; Agribusiness; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Crop Production/Industries; Demand and Price Analysis; Production Economics.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/49006

MODELING THE RURAL-URBAN EFFECTS OF CHANGES IN AGRICULTURAL POLICIES: A BI-REGIONAL CGE ANALYSIS OF TWO CASE STUDY REGIONS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Balamou,   Eudokia; Pouliaikas,   Kostas; Roberts,   Deborah; Psaltopoulos,   Demetrios.
The paper uses bi-regional CGE models to analyse the effects of a change in agricultural support on two (very different) case study regions, one within Scotland, the other in Greece. Both regions are predominantly rural in nature but contain an urban centre as well as a rural hinterland. The results show qualitative and quantitative differences in the total effects in both regions as well as differences in the distribution of effects between their rural and urban parts. In particular, the negative effects of a reduction in price support are contained within rural primary sectors in the Scottish region: nonfarm rural sectors and urban sectors all benefit from the policy shock. In contrast, the negative impacts of a reduction in price support are more widely...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agricultural and Food Policy; Agricultural Finance; Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/6651

THE NONFARM SECTOR AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT: REVIEW OF ISSUES AND EVIDENCE
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Islam,   Nurul.
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 1997
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/16361

Medição do Impacto dos Bens Públicos e Privados sobre os Rendimentos Familiares Provenientes de Culturas em Moçambique Rural, 2002-2005
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Mather,   David; Donovan,   Cynthia; Boughton,   Duncan.
This brief summarizes detailed analysis of the determinants of household crop income in rural Mozambique from 2002 to 2005. Increased crop income is associated with increases in household land area, use of animal traction, crop diversification into tobacco or cotton, access to market price information, and access to extension agents (for tobacco/cotton growers). Decreases in crop income are associated with drought. Results demonstrate that there are both public and private investments that can enhance farmers’ ability to increase crop income and avoid losses. Priority investments include: development and dissemination of drought-resistant varieties for maize and cassava, conservation farming, animal traction, market information, access to high-value crops...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Agriculture; Africa; Mozambique; Food security; Assets; Household; Rural; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Consumer/Household Economics; Food Security and Poverty; International Development; Q12.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/56804

EFFECTIVE EXTENSION PROGRAMMING FOR RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Woods,   Michael D.; Doeksen,   Gerald A.
This paper addresses the possible components of a rural/community development Extension program.  Issues such as subject matter selection, research base, and linkages with outside organizations are discussed.  The role of rural/community development in an agricultural economics academic setting is analyzed.  Recommendations for successful efforts are presented.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2003
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/35119

Determinants of smallholders’ decisions to leave land fallow: the case of Kosovo
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Sauer,   Johannes; Davidova,   Sophia; Latruffe,   Laure.
The objective of this article is to investigate why farmers in Kosovo leave land fallow when the total land of their farms is small and households, almost fully dependent on farming for their livelihoods, are large. In order to elicit some of the barriers to land utilization, the article uses a comprehensive survey carried out during the agricultural year 2005/2006 to explore agricultural households’ perceptions of production, market conditions, and general security six years after the end of the military conflict in the former Yugoslavia. Several agro-environmental, household and farm characteristics are employed to empirically approximate the significance of different factors for leaving land fallow. Three different econometric models are used to address...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Fallow land decision; Kosovo; Endogeneity; Community/Rural/Urban Development; C24; Q12; Q15.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/94917

RETAIL RURAL FINANCE IN SOUTH AFRICA: FROM POLICIES TO PRACTICE
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Coetzee,   Gerhard K.
In South Africa a recent government study laid the foundations for improving access to financial services for rural people. More is however needed than simply stating the policies. It is argued that policies do not differentiate target groups adequately. This can result in inefficient implementation of policies. The concept of a broad range of institutional possibilities to improve access to financial services, none of which specifically provides a conclusive model, is considered to be realistic. The idea is to muster this range of possible forms into a co-ordinated effort to increase access to financial services for rural people in all rural areas. This paper emphasises the reality of the situation when choosing policy directions. NGOs, commercial banks...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agricultural Finance; Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 1998
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/54894

IMPACT OF CAP’S PILLARS ON ROMANIAN RURAL EMPLOYMENT
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Vincze,   Maria-Magdolna; Kerekes,   Kinga.
This paper aims to clarify the direction of change in rural employment on short- and medium term in Romania, while CAP regulations are being introduced and the global economic crisis emerges. First we put into evidence the decrease of the role of agriculture as buffer for unemployment and the poor contribution of non-agricultural activities to provide employment for rural residents. Then we analyse the main characteristics of the rural labour force. Finally we synthesize the opinions expressed by 33 consultants (working at the Offices for Agricultural Consultancy from different counties in Transylvania) about the estimated short term evolution of rural employment and the impact of CAP on Romanian rural areas.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Change of agricultural structure; Rural employment; Impact of the Common Agricultural Policy on Romanian rural employment; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Environmental Economics and Policy; Labor and Human Capital.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/53572

AS POLÍTICAS DE DESENVOLVIMENTO RURAL SUSTENTÁVEL NO ACRE EM MEIO AO PROCESSO DE GLOBALIZAÇÃO
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Souza,   Elyson Ferreira De; Souza,   Gisele Elaine De Araujo Batista; Faria,   Valeria Correia De.
Este trabalho trata sobre as políticas de desenvolvimento rural realizadas no Acre e a correlação destas políticas com a sustentabilidade em meio ao processo de globalização. O objetivo deste trabalho é analisar se a política de desenvolvimento rural denominada Pólos Agroflorestais efetivamente se enquadra nos pressupostos do desenvolvimento sustentável. Para esse trabalho, buscaremos compor o contexto em que essas políticas foram implementadas no estado do Acre. A guisa de uma conclusão, acreditamos que os Pólos Agroflorestais só podem representar alternativas de desenvolvimento sustentável nesta sociedade globalizada se o desenvolvimento por ele proposto contemplar em plenitude os aspetos econômicos, sociais, ambientais e político-institucionais,...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agricultura Familiar; Pólos Agroflorestais; Sustentabilidade; Family Agriculture; Poles Agroflorestais; Sustainability; Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/107923

Gender and taxation: analysis of personal income tax (PIT)
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Bategeka,   Lawrence; Guloba,   Madina; Kiiza,   Julius.
the paper examines the gender dimensions of personal income tax (PIT) in Uganda with an eye on the possible gender biases that may be embedded in the tax system. It further addresses the issues of Uganda achievement of substantive gender equality rather than formal equality as regards the impact of taxes from a gender perspective. This is in line with Convention on the elimination of all forms of discrimination against all people as if they are the same and synonymous with equality of opportunity... we find that PIT paid by different household earning types increases gender inequality. We also find that some tax systems only worsens gender gaps and hardly is a useful tool that could be used to close the gender gaps. This paper proposes how PIT could be...
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Gender equality; CEDAW; Taxation; Income tax; Kiiza; Bategeka; Guloba; Economic policy research center; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Consumer/Household Economics; Demand and Price Analysis; Financial Economics; Institutional and Behavioral Economics.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/54938

Gender and irrigation in India: the Women's Irrigation Group of Jambar, South Gujarat.
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: van Koppen,   Barbara; Nagar,   Rashmi K.; Vasavada,   Shilpa.
Documents a "best practice" - a successful gender-balanced irrigation intervention in which women were given control over an irrigation technology. The study evaluates the approach taken by the implementing NGO, the Aga Khan Rural Support Programme, in terms of its replicability in other areas where women share in farm activities and decision making.
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Irrigation management; Women in development; Gender; Female labor; Agricultural credit; Decision making; Irrigation programs; Rain-fed farming; Institution building; Pumping; India; South Gujarat; Bharuck; Jambar; Agribusiness; Agricultural Finance; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Farm Management; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Production Economics; Public Economics; Risk and Uncertainty.
Ano: 2001
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/51045

A gender performance indicator for irrigation:  Concepts, tools and applications
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: van Koppen,   Barbara.
Although gender issues are today a priority on the agendas of irrigation policy makers, interventionists, farm leaders and researchers, there is still a considerable gap between positive intentions and concrete action. An important but hitherto ignored reason for this is the lack of adequate generic concepts and tools that are policy-relevant and can accommodate the vast variation in irrigation contexts worldwide. The Gender Performance Indicator for Irrigation (GPII) aims to fill this gap. In any particular scheme, this tool diagnoses the gendered organization of farming and gender-based inclusion or exclusion in irrigation institutions. It informs irrigation agencies what they themselves can do for effective change-if necessary. The tool also identifies...
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Gender; Women; Irrigation management; Water management; Policy; Decision making; Performance evaluation; Indicators; Irrigated farming; Farming systems; Case studies; Water users' associations; Leadership; Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; Agricultural Finance; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Consumer/Household Economics; Crop Production/Industries; Farm Management; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Food Security and Poverty; Productivity Analysis.
Ano: 2002
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/44562

Location Determinants of Food Manufacturing Investment: Are Non-metropolitan Counties Competitive?
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Lambert,   Dayton M.; McNamara,   Kevin T.; Beeler,   Megan I.
Food manufacturing site selection is determined by infrastructure, agglomeration, product and input markets, labor markets, and fiscal attributes of local communities.  This article examines how these factors influence location decisions across the rural-urban continuum in the lower forty-eight states of the U.S. Negative binomial regression and spatial clustering methods are used to forecast new food processor location patterns at the county level, 2000-2004. Remote rural areas are at a comparative disadvantage with respect to attracting food processors, but non-metropolitan counties with economic links to urban core areas may be attractive investment sites for footloose, supply, and demand-oriented food manufacturers.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Firm location; Food manufacturing; Negative binomial regression; Spatial clustering; Community/Rural/Urban Development; R1; R3.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/9706

Rural Development in Botswana: A Case Study
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Sigwele,   H.K.; Norman,   David W.
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 1993
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/118156

Factors affecting the Distribution of Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) Loans across Household Income Groups
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Carter,   Rachael; Shaik,   Saleem; Barefield,   Alan.
The purpose of the paper is to understand the soci-economic factors affecting the distribution of community reinvestment act loans across four income groups using county level information from 1996-2004 for the delta region. The specific objectives of the paper 1) Estimate an seemingly unrelated regression (SUR) to examine the factors affecting the distribution of loan across income groups 2) Prior to the estimation of SUR, test for autocorrelation, heteroskedasticity and time series properties of the variables.  Background  To promote depository financial institutions to serve the credit needs of moderate and lower income neighborhoods, the U.S. Congress passed the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) in 1977. The CRA was introduced to prevent "redlining" or...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development; Financial Economics; Institutional and Behavioral Economics; Public Economics.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/6708

The Relevance of the Policies of Development in the Agri-Food Sector of Emilia-Romagna Region
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Brasili,   Cristina; Bonetti,   Mirko.
The aim of this paper is to analysis the impact of the policies of development and investments in the food industry at geographical and enterprises levels. We will analysis how the different geographical areas inside the Italian region Emilia-Romagna are sensitive to the development policies. A Principal Component Analysis and a Cluster Analysis will be applied to determine the most homogeneous geographical areas with respect to the considered variables. Then for evaluating the sensibility of these areas with respect to changes in investments and policies for food industry enterprise will be applied a Multicriterial Analysis and a Sensitivity Analysis.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agri-food sector; Development Policies; Food industry; Multicriterial Analysis; Region Emilia-Romagna; Sensitivity Analysis; Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/24438

RURAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FOR COMMUNITY SELF-RELIANCE
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Edwards,   James C.; Williams,   Ronald L.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 1990
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/17113

Effects of Credit Constraints on Productivity and Rural Household Income in China
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Dong,   Fengxia; Lu,   Jing; Featherstone,   Allen M.
Agricultural production is strongly conditioned by the fact that inputs are transformed into outputs with considerable time lags, causing the rural household to balance its budget during the season when there are high expenditures for input purchases and consumption and few revenues. With limited access to credit, the budget balance within the year can become a constraint to agricultural production. As is the case in many developing countries, Chinese rural households have been suffering from a lack of access to capital. While China is one of the biggest countries in terms of rural areas and agricultural production, few studies have focused on the impact of credit on agriculture in China. Using survey data, this study aims to examine how credit constraints...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Credit constraint; Household income; Productivity; Rural China.; Agricultural Finance; Community/Rural/Urban Development; International Development; Productivity Analysis; Risk and Uncertainty.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/95764

Reestructuración vitivinícola y activación del SIAL vinos caseros de Mendoza, Argentina. Su impacto en el desarrollo rural.
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Bocco,   Adriana; Bres,   Emilce.
La década de los ‘90 marcó el inicio de un periodo de profunda transformación de la vitivinicultura en Argentina, especialmente en la provincia de Mendoza, principal productora de uvas y vinos de este país. La reestructuración tecnológica y organizacional en el sector vitivinícola implicó el paso de un sistema basado en la producción de grandes volúmenes de vino de una calidad estándar para el consumo interno, a un sistema productivo para la producción de vinos de calidad, basados en la identificación varietal, con creciente participación en el mercado mundial de vinos. El dinamismo de la vitivinicultura a nivel provincial traccionó otros tipos de vinos tradicionales –denominados localmente vinos caseros- que encontraron una oportunidad comercial en...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: SIAL; Vinos caseros; Desarrollo rural territorial; Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Labor and Human Capital.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/94929

Lessons Learned from 25 Years of Food Security Research, Capacity-Building, and Outreach.
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Food Security Group at Michigan State University.
Decades of research have led to substantially improved understanding of the nature of food insecurity. Until the food crisis of 2007/08, a combination of economic growth and targeted programs resulted in a steady fall in the percentage of the world’s population suffering from under-nutrition (from 20% in 1990/92 to 16% in 2006). Yet over a billion people still face both chronic and/or transitory food insecurity due to long-standing problems of inadequate income, low-productivity in agricultural production and marketing, and related problems of poor health and absence of clean water. Among regions of the world, the greatest number of the food insecure lives in South Asia, while Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) has the highest proportion of population that is food...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Africa; Food Security; Research; Capacity building; Outreach; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Food Security and Poverty; International Development; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods; Q10; Q18; Q12; Q13.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/55047

HOW MUCH TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE DOES RURAL AMERICA NEED?
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Fruin,   Jerry E.; Baumel,   C. Phillip.
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development; Public Economics.
Ano: 1992
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/13247

The Socioeconomic Impact of HIV/AIDS on Education Outcomes in Uganda: School Enrolment and the Schooling Gap in 2002/03
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Kasirye,   Ibrahim; Hisali,   Eria.
Due to high prime-age mortality in Uganda, a result of the HIV/AIDS scourge, the number of children who have lost at least one parent continues to rise in the country. The increase in numbers of orphans has challenged the overall socio-protection mechanisms and in particular threatens the country’s ability to achieve education development targets. Using the 2002/03 Uganda National Household Survey, this study investigates the impact of parental death—from HIV/AIDS as well as causes on the school enrollment and grade for age school progression. We find that HIV/AIDS orphans are not significantly less likely to continue schooling but are by far more likely to fall below their appropriate grade. On the other hand, we find that all orphans—regardless of cause...
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: HIV/AIDS; Education; Schooling; EPRC; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Health Economics and Policy; Institutional and Behavioral Economics; Labor and Human Capital.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/113624

Markets for Purchased Farm Inputs in Transitional Agriculture: Russia's Example
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Serova,   Eugenia; Shick,   Olga.
The common a priori persuasion is that agriculture suffers from decapitalization due to financial constraints faced by producers. This view is the basis for the national agricultural policy, which emphasizes reimbursement of input costs and substitutes government and quasi-government organizations for the missing market institutions. The article evaluates the availability of purchased farm inputs, the efficiency of their use, the main problems in the emergence of market institutions, and the impact of government policies. The analysis focuses on five groups of purchased inputs: farm machinery, fertilizers, fuel, seeds, and animal feed. The information sources include official statistics and data from two original surveys.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Russian agriculture; Transition economies; Farm supply channels; Government support programs; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; P230; Q180.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/24583

TOURISM AS A WAY OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Walter,   Virag.
Tourism is one of the most complex industries of world and national economy. The income of tourism has a substantial direct or indirect influence on the other sectors while its performance depends on the condition of the environment. Tourism can bring positive and negative influences as well for a region.  This branch has big impression on financial balance and as an invisible export it creases the incomes of the country. This sector requires live labour that is why it is an important factor in occupation policy and it can help the economy of underdeveloped regions to catch up. In the case of Hungary tourism is the most economic activity of the production of foreign exchange as well.                       XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX                       A...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Developing tercier sector; Pozitiv effect on financial ballance; High live labour; Fejlődő harmadik szektor; Pozitív hatás a pénzügyi mérlegre; Magas élőmunkaigény; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/54414

Comprehensive Evaluation of Circular Economic Development in North Anhui Province
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Hu,   Shuheng; Zhang,   Simei; Chen,   Guangzhou; Xu,   Min.
In view of the characteristics of north Anhui Province, an index system was constructed for evaluating the development level of circular economy according to relevant principles, Principal Component Analysis and Analytic Hierarchy Process were adopted to evaluate the circular economic development in north Anhui Province, and corresponding measures were put forward to promote the circular economy in north Anhui Province.
Tipo: Thesis or Dissertation
Palavras-chave: Circular economy; Evaluation system; Principal Component Analysis (PCA); Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP); North Anhui Province; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/54034

Gender Inequality, Development and UNDP's Social Valuation Indices: HDI, GDI and GEM with Particular Reference to India
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Tisdell,   Clement A.; Roy,   Kartik C.
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: India; Gender Inequality; Rural and urban poverty.; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Food Security and Poverty.
Ano: 1999
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/91376

BRANDING REGIONAL IDENTITY AS A DRIVER FOR RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Messely,   Lies; Dessein,   Joost; Lauwers,   Ludwig H.
Within the globalizing world, regions and their identities are subjected to great pressure. At present, places are engaged in a process of “territorial competition” in an integrated world economy. The identity of the region can be used as a starting point to brand a region and differentiate it from others. In the regional branding process, the region as a whole becomes a product or brand and offers a “basket” of regional products and services. This paper discusses the possibility of regional identity as a mobilizing force for rural development, by studying best practice examples of regional branding. Using the grounded theory approach, we conducted interviews in three case regions: West Cork (Ireland), Groene Woud (the Netherlands) and Pajottenland...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Identity; Region formation; Regional branding; Rural development; Agribusiness; Community/Rural/Urban Development; International Development.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/57406

The Mexican common property forestry sector
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Antinori,   Camille; Rausser,   Gordon C.
This report summarizes preliminary findings of the Mexican National Database and Community Survey Project which examines linkages between institutional characteristics in Mexico’s common property forestry sector and economic and environmental outcomes. Framing the Mexican agrarian community as a unit of analysis characterized by its history, individual members, resources, civic structure and property rights, we use institutional economic analysis to motivate project design and research on three aspects of Mexican community forestry governance: first, how communities have engaged forest resources to participate in forestry markets; second, how internal models of forestry management are reflect historical circumstances and practices, policy trends and...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Forest management; Forest policy; Forest products; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Land Economics/Use.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/90936

Economic Benefits and Drawbacks of Cities and their Growth Implications
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Tisdell,   Clement A.
Recent trends in the growth of cities particularly in developing countries (and especially in India and China) are identified. Beneficial and negative sharing mechanisms influencing the growth of cities are examined. Economic benefits of agglomeration arise not so much from the type of economic goods available in a city location (such as common property or local public goods) but from the enhanced operation of processes of economic exchange. Two theoretical implications of the growth of cities are considered, namely: (1) city growth results in growing inequality of income and wealth within the city and (2) a city will expand beyond its optimal size. Nevertheless, the growth of cities is linked with increased levels of per capita income nationally....
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Agglomeration economies; China; City-sizes; Common property; Economic growth; Globalization; Income distribution; India; Open-access resources; Quasi-public goods; Spillovers; Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/90626

ECONOMIC EFFECTS OF MINERAL RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT IN NORTHEAST MINNESOTA
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Maki,   Wilbur R.
The economic effects of mineral resource development addressed in this paper are the changes in employment, population and income in the State of Minnesota and in Northeast Minnesota. These include the present mining, processing and shipping of natural ores and taconite pellets and the potential copper-nickel development.
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 1980
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/14092

A COMPARISON ON FARMERS’ PARTICIPATION IN FARMERS’ ORGANIZATIONS AND IMPLICATIONS FOR RURAL EXTENSION IN MINAS GERAIS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Boas,   Ana Alice Vilas; Goldey,   Patricia.
This paper describes a comparison on farmers’ participation in farmers’ organisations and attempts to explain why they prefer to carry out production and marketing activities by themselves. It also examines the implications of the findings for rural extension and related services. A total of 122 interviews were conducted with different categories of farmers and with the extension workers. The comparative analysis of two case studies (Cruz Alta and Pantano) showed that socio-economic characteristics were not very significant in determining the level of farmers’ participation in farmers’ organizations in Minas Gerais. The ability of managers emerged as one of the most important factors in the success or failure of farmers’ organizations. The presence of...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Rural extension; Associations; Management; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Teaching/Communication/Extension/Profession.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/43922

Impacts of Rural Economic Restructuring: Characteristics and Experiences of Displaced Families in North Dakota
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Leistritz,   F. Larry.
Tipo: Technical Report
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 1991
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/121382

Farm Family Household Production and Rural Development
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Nyankori,   James Cyprian Okuk; Lyson,   Thomas A.; Wynn,   E.D.
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development; Farm Management.
Ano: 1984
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/116872

Tourism as a contributor to development in Sri Lanka: An overview and a case study
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Tisdell,   Clement A.; Bandara,   Ranjith.
General background is provided on the potential of tourism growth to contribute to economic development, paying particular attention to the experience of Sri Lanka.  An overview of trends in inbound tourism to Sri Lanka is presented with particular consideration being given to its number of inbound tourist arrivals.  Sri Lanka’s comparative position in international tourism markets, the composition of its tourist arrivals by area of origin, the extent of foreign earnings by the Sri Lankan tourism industry and variations in the amount of these earnings, and the extent of employment generation by this industry are examined.  Regional aspects of the tourism industry in Sri Lanka are given special consideration, and this is followed by a report on the regional...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Tourism; Tourism development of Sri Lanka; Economic development; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Environmental Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/48975

Supply Chains and Rural Development in the Asia Pacific Region
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Armbruster,   Walter J.; Coyle,   William T.
Rapid income growth and urbanization are having profound impacts on the food system, food producers and rural areas in the developing Asia Pacific economies. Meeting the challenge of rural development will depend on better integrating rural areas with fast-growing urban areas where the composition of food demand is changing and the logistics of supply are growing more complex. Possible government options include investment in transportation infrastructure—roads, railroads and waterway—and providing rural communities and small-scale producers the tools they need to better adapt to the rapid spread of modern supermarkets and their supply chains.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/6775

Telecommunications-Based Businesses: Potential Source of Rural Economic Development?
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Leistritz,   F. Larry.
Tipo: Technical Report
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies.
Ano: 1991
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/121418

WHO WINS AND LOSES, AND HOW WILL E-MARKETS AFFECT RURAL AMERICA? &lt;PowerPoint Presentation&gt;
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Moss,   Leeann E.
POWERPOINT PRESENTATION
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development; Marketing.
Ano: 2001
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/33088

North Carolina High School Dropout Rates: An Econometric Analysis
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Yeboah,   Osei-Agyeman; Faulkner,   Paula E.; Appiah-Danquah,   Gloria.
Americans have been warned that U.S. dominance in the world’s economy is fading because of the country’s poor educational performance. North Carolina falls in the bottom 10 states for the percentage of students graduating. During the 2006-07 school year, over 22,000 students in grades 9-12 dropped out of school in North Carolina. Dropouts cost North Carolina millions of dollars each year. The cost includes at least $169 million annually in taxes and public spending. High levels of poverty and low income housing have long been viewed as a stimulus to the increase in the number of high school dropouts. To address this issue, educators, policy makers, community and business leaders are examining ways to reduce the number of dropouts in every county.  This...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Dropouts; Economy; North Carolina.; Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/56463

Interactions between National and Regional Development
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Davies,   Sara; Hallet,   Martin.
Williamson (1965) argued that catching up countries experiencing strong national growth tend also to see a widening in regional disparities, whereas in more developed economies strong national growth and falling regional disparities could go hand in hand. We find some evidence of a trade-off between national growth and regional dispersion in the EU's Cohesion countries, notably in Spain and Ireland. We also find some evidence of spread effects in some richer EU Member States, although no inevitable link between lower regional disparities and stronger national growth. The potential policy implications of this analysis are also examined.
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Cohesion; Catching up; Growth; EU regions; Regional policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; O18; R11; R58.
Ano: 2002
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/26187

Aspects of production in fish farming in Ilha Solteira, Sao Paulo state: viability of developing of public policies
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Sabbag,   Omar Jorge; Lima Costa,   Silvia Maria Almeida; Silveira,   Alexandre Ninhaus.
Just follow the poster to be presented at IAAE 2012.
Tipo: Presentation
Palavras-chave: Fish farming; Diagnostic analysis; Regional development.; Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2012
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/123218

Monitoring regional economies in Australia: why and how
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Chapman,   Paul; Coelho,   Bruno.
Economic activity is inherently variable and monitoring it is a major challenge, especially in regional economies where resources are fewer and activity is more variable. Using a recent study of the Riverland region, the authors set out the information available, its limitations and means by which it may be extended. It is argued that monitoring must respond to specific needs and extend to information beyond the scope of the merely economic. It is not simply a matter of tracking commonly used economic variables but of understanding specific economic challenges and using that understanding to target economic and social information.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Monitoring; Regions; Socio-economic; Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/10439

Fundamentals of smallholder irrigation: the structured system concept
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Albinson,   B.; Perry,   Christopher J.
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Farmer managed irrigation systems; Irrigation canals; Watercourses; Small scale systems; Irrigation design; Irrigation operation; Irrigation scheduling; Water delivery; Water distribution; Productivity; Equity; Water scarcity; Farm size; Rice; Water conveyance; Hydraulics; Agribusiness; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Crop Production/Industries; Farm Management; Land Economics/Use; Production Economics.
Ano: 2002
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/52964

New York Economic Handbook, 2007
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Extension Faculty &amp; Staff.
Tipo: Working Paper
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/121927

How Specialized is “too” Specialized? Outmigration and Industry Diversification in Nonmetropolitan Counties across America
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Jackson,   Ashley; Whitacre,   Brian E.
Outmigration and industrial composition have separately been the focal points of a significant amount of research related to nonmetropolitan counties; however, few (if any) studies have explicitly looked at the relationship between the two topics.  The primary objective of this research is to identify what industry specialization level is “too” specialized with regards to outmigration – that is, to determine the level where specialization begins to have a damaging effect on population change.  County-level data from a variety of sources is used to explore the impact of both earnings-based and employment-based definitions of specialization on net migration in nonmetropolitan counties from 2000 – 2009.  Two distinct techniques (ordinary least squares and...
Palavras-chave: Outmigration; Nonmetropolitan; Industrial Specialization; Industrial Diversification; Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2012
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/119739

Regional Income Inequality and Economic Growth: A Spatial Econometrics Analysis for Provinces in the Philippines
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Pede,   Valerien O.; Sparks,   Adam H.; McKinley,   Justin D.
This paper revisits the inequality-growth relationship using data at the sub-national (provincial) level in the Philippines over the period 1991- 2000. A conditional convergence growth model is considered where the growth of per capita income depends on inequality and other growth factors. The contribution of each province to the overall inequality obtained from the Theil index is considered. Results indicate that inequality has a positive and significant effect on per capita income growth. However, the magnitude of the inequality effect is not stable across regions. Geographically Weighted Regression estimates show that the magnitude of the inequality growth relationship varies over a range of 0.72 to 3.36. Other results are also noteworthy in this study....
Tipo: Presentation
Palavras-chave: Clusters; Growth; Inequality; Spatial econometrics; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods; R11; R12; O15; C21.
Ano: 2012
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/124402

Theory and Identification of Marginal Land and Factors Determining Land Use Change
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: James,   Laura.
Biomass is being researched as a possible alternative to fossil sources of energy, in order to avoid externalities from fossil fuel use that affect the environment and the economy.  Some biomass-based energy production systems may produce unwanted externalities in their own right, such as increasing the production pressure on the agricultural land base, resulting in a rise in prices of food commodities.  Using marginal land for biomass production has been suggested as a solution.  However, the definition of what constitutes marginal land is poorly understood.  This paper provides a theoretical foundation for identification of marginal lands, and analyzes recent literature to assess how current usage of the term marginal correspond to the theoretical...
Tipo: Thesis or Dissertation
Palavras-chave: Biomass; Biofuel; Marginal lands; Extensive margin; Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Crop Production/Industries; Environmental Economics and Policy; Production Economics; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy; Q15 Land Ownership and Tenure; Land Reform; Land Use; Irrigation; Agriculture and Environment; Q28 Government Policy; Q42 Alternative Energy Sources; Q48 Government Policy; R14 Land Use Patterns; R52 Land Use and Other Regulations.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/98203

A DUNA-KÖRÖS-MAROS-TISZA EURORÉGIÓ GAZDASÁGI FEJLETTSÉGÉNEK ELEMZÉSE A RÉGIÓK EURÓPÁJÁBAN
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Borzan,   Anita; Szigeti,   Cecilia.
A new dimension of the study of the social economic processes is getting more and more into the highlight, namely their regional effect. All the eras of the development history are generally featured by the unequal regional development. In Hungary and in Romania as well the regional differences in the development have deep roots in the economic history. The signs of the economic crises emerged after the transition of the economy has led to a deepening gap featuring the development of the country. It became clear that the measures and the policy of the regional development applied so far are not satisfactory. The growing access to the funds intended to serve the regional development can be a tool to narrow the gap and to line up after our joining to the EU....
Tipo: Book
Palavras-chave: Regional development; Interregional cooperation; Rural development; Egyenlőtlen területi fejlődés; Interregionális együttműködés; Területfejlesztés; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/43184

Connecting the Sources and Consequences of Social Capital for Rural Development
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Jordan,   Jeffrey L.
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/16639

Property Rights in Women's Empowerment in Rural India: A Review
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Roy,   Kartik C.; Tisdell,   Clement A.
This paper examines the importance of property rights in women’s empowerment in rural India.  Arguments justifying the need for granting property rights to women are presented and the distinction is made between legal (formal) and customary (informal) rights.  The ineffectiveness of legal right in absence of customary rights has been discussed.  Customary rights also become ineffective due to other institutional impediments.  These impediments have been discussed.  The results of extensive field work in rural West Bengal and Orissa have been presented to illustrate the pattern of development process that poor rural women want and in which the property right is only one component, not the only component.
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Gender Inequality; Women's Empowerment; India; Property Rights; Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2000
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/100038

Classification and influence of agricultural information on striga and stemborer control in Suba and Vihiga Districts, Kenya
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Njuguna,   Esther M.; Amudavi,   David Mulama; Khan,   Zeyaur R.; Mbogoh,   Stephen G.; Nyikal,   Rose Adhiambo; Karugia,   Joseph Thuo.
This paper reports on findings of a study to examine the sources used by farmers in search of agricultural information on striga and/or stemborers control technologies and factors that influence acquisition of such information in Western Kenya region. A random sample of 476 households in Suba and Vihiga districts were interviewed and 15 information pathways were identified.  Using principle component analysis (PCA) to derive few latent variables that encapsulate maximum variance in the pathways, two components (latent variables) proxying for ‘agricultural knowledge’ were extracted.  Type I-knowledge (first component) loaded heavily with sources that had ‘group’ information searching. Type II-knowledge (second component) loaded heavily with sources...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agricultural information; Improved technology; Striga; Stemborers; Control technologies; Kenya; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Demand and Price Analysis; Farm Management; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Food Security and Poverty; Institutional and Behavioral Economics; International Relations/Trade; Marketing; Productivity Analysis; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/52081

Building Domestic and Foreign Markets for Rural Prosperity
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Dooley,   Cal.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/33378

REINVESTING THE SOCIAL INFRASTRUCTURE OF COMMUNITIES
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Harvey,   Lynn R.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 1992
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/17198

Mapping the Evolution of "Clusters": A Meta-analysis
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Maggioni,   Mario A.; Gambarotto,   Francesca; Uberti,   Teodora Erika.
This paper presents a meta-analysis of the “cluster literature” contained in scientific journals from 1969 to 2007. Thanks to an original database we study the evolution of a stream of literature which focuses on a research object which is both a theoretical puzzle and an empirical widespread evidence. We identify different growth stages, from take-off to development and maturity. We test the existence of a life-cycle within the authorships and we discover the existence of a substitutability relation between different collaborative behaviours.  We study the relationships between a “spatial” and an “industrial” approach within the textual corpus of cluster literature and we show the existence of a “predatory” interaction. We detect the relevance of...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Cluster; Life-Cycle; Cluster Literature; Textual Analysis; Agglomeration; Co-Authorship; Community/Rural/Urban Development; O18; R12; Z13; B41.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/54293

Education's Role in Economic Development and in Assisting the Poor
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Tisdell,   Clement A.
Much faith has been put in the increased supply of education as a means to promote national economic development and as a way to assist the poor and the disadvantaged. However, the benefits that nations can obtain by increasing the level of education of their workforce depends on the availability of other forms of capital to complement the use of its educated workforce in production. Generally, less developed nations are lacking in complementary capital compared to more developed ones and it is appropriate for less developed countries to spend relatively less on education. The contribution of education to economic growth depends on a nation’s stage of economic development. It is only when a nation becomes relatively developed that education becomes a major...
Tipo: Working Paper
Palavras-chave: Education; Less developed nations; Economic growth; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Labor and Human Capital; Teaching/Communication/Extension/Profession.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/123452

The Contribution of the Coast to the South Carolina Economy
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Henry,   Mark S.; Barkley,   David L.; Evatt,   Michalann G.
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2002
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/113332

South Carolina's Textile and Apparel Industries: An Analysis of Trends in Traditional and Emerging Sectors
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Eades,   Daniel C.; Barkley,   David L.; Henry,   Mark S.
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/112808

Institutional change and shared management of water resources in large canal systems:  Results of an action research program in Pakistan
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Bandaragoda,   Don Jayatissa.
Demonstrates the viability of farmers organizations for managing parts of the water resource system to achieve efficient and equitable use of water in a hierarchical society such as Pakistan. Suggests a successful conceptual and methodological framework for taking a bottom-up approach to the formation of water users associations and identifies possible constraints on its wider application.
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Crop Production/Industries; Farm Management; Land Economics/Use.
Ano: 1999
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/44579

IMPLICATIONS OF STRUCTURAL CHANGE FOR FARMS AND RURAL ECONOMICS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Johnson,   Stanley R.
Speech and PowerPoint Presentation
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development; Farm Management; Industrial Organization.
Ano: 2001
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/33095

Access to Land and Poverty Reduction in Rural Zambia: Connecting the Policy Issues
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Jayne,   Thomas S.; Zulu,   Ballard; Kajoba,   Gear; Weber,   Michael T.
Key Policy Message: - Despite having relatively low population densities, inadequate access to land is one of the major causes of rural poverty in Zambia. - The apparent paradox of inadequate access to land for many rural households in a country of low population density is partially reconciled when taking into account that economically viable arable land requires at least some degree of access to basic services, water, road infrastructure, and markets. The basic public investments to make settlement economically viable have yet been made in many areas of Zambia. - Depending of future land allocation policy, access to good quality land with a market potential may become increasingly beyond the reach of many small-scale farm households, making it more...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Zambia; Food security; Land; Policy; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Consumer/Household Economics; Food Security and Poverty; Land Economics/Use; Q18; Q15.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/55054

An Introduction to Nutrition-Agriculture Linkages
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Chung,   Kimberly.
Agricultural development is now expected to proceed in a way that maximizes opportunities to improve health and nutrition. Accordingly, the term “nutrition-agriculture linkages” describes the set of relationships that shows the mutual  dependence of nutrition, health and agriculture. Changes in nutrition or health status are expected to affect agricultural production; conversely changes in the agricultural sector can have significant effects on individual health and nutritional status. Most development professionals, however, are sectoral specialists. Some are trained in nutrition or agriculture, but very few will be trained in both. It is therefore difficult to begin discussions on nutrition-focused agricultural programs and policies. How do we begin to...
Tipo: Working Paper
Palavras-chave: Nutrition; Agriculture; Mozambique; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Consumer/Household Economics; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Food Security and Poverty.
Ano: 2012
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/121859

Poverty Impacts of India's National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme: Evidence from Andhra Pradesh
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Liu,   Yanyan; Deininger,   Klaus W.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Labor and Human Capital.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/62185

ASSESSING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OPTIONS IN NORTHEAST MINNESOTA
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Maki,   Wilbur R.
This report presents a framework for assessing regional development options in which alternative futures for northeast Minnesota are first delineated. Regional development goals, objectives, and options emerge from an economic strategy process in which the regional implications of individual development options are derived with the help of a new computer-based capability for simulating alternative regional futures. A tourism/recreation development option is selected, finally, for evaluation of its regional economic impact.
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 1982
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/13766

The Role of Counties in Building a Rural Regional Innovation System
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Landkamer,   Colleen.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/33368

Rural-to-Urban Migration, Human Capital, and Agglomeration
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Stark,   Oded; Fan,   C. Simon.
A new general-equilibrium model that links together rural-to-urban migration, the externality effect of the average level of human capital, and agglomeration economies shows that in developing countries, unrestricted rural-to-urban migration reduces the average income of both rural and urban dwellers in equilibrium. Various measures aimed at curtailing rural-to-urban migration by unskilled workers can lead to a Pareto improvement for both the urban and rural dwellers. In addition, the government can raise social welfare by reducing the migration of skilled workers to the city. Moreover, without a restriction on rural-to-urban migration, a government’s efforts to increase educational expenditure and thereby the number of skilled workers may not increase...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development; Labor and Human Capital.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/7116

Multifunctional land use: is it a key factor for rural development?
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Kopeva,   Diana Ilieva; Peneva,   Mariya Marinova; Madjarova,   Svetla Ivanova.
The sustainable development of rural areas faces nowadays the challenges of global changes. The need to adapt land and landscape use to the new social, economic and ecological demands (non-farm activities, employment in rural areas, forest and agro- related tourism, real estate pressure, etc.) requires an analysis of the land multifunctionality and of the multipurpose land management strategies. The paper aims to review the concept of land use and landscape multifunctionality and to review the role of multifunctional land use in Rural Development Policy in Bulgaria.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Multifunctional land use; Rural development; Rural development policy; Bulgaria; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Q01; Q15; R58.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/94828

MINNESOTA ECONOMIC INDICATORS: PART I PURPOSE AND PRECEDENT
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Maki,   Wilbur R.; Stenberg,   Peter L.
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 1988
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/14014

Determinants of Crop Income in Rural Mozambique, 2002-2005.
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Mather,   David.
Crop income is the predominant source of income for most rural Mozambican households, accounting for 73% of rural household income on average in 2002, and greater than 80% of the total income of the poorest 40% of rural households. While the Government of Mozambique recognizes the need to improve agricultural productivity, there is little empirical evidence to date suggesting what mix of public and private assets would best foster improved agricultural productivity in rural Mozambique. This paper aims to better understand the determinants of household crop income in rural Mozambique, by using the TIA panel household survey of 2002-2005 to measure the impact of various private and public assets on crop income. We build upon Walker et al.’s (2004) analysis...
Tipo: Working Paper
Palavras-chave: Mozambique; Crop income; Food security; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Consumer/Household Economics; Food Security and Poverty; International Development; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods.
Ano: 2012
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/121861

Are small Sub-Sahara African farmers willing to pay for vegetative propagated orange fleshed sweetpotato planting material? Evidence from Central Mozambique
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Labarta,   Ricardo A.
This paper evaluates farmers’ willingness to pay (WTP) for the vegetative propagated orange fleshed sweetpotato (OFSP) planting material that is many times considered as a public good. Famers’ WTP for OFSP vines was elicited by conducting a real choice experiment (RCE) among 121 small sweetpotato growers in central Mozambique with prior experience growing OFSP but with no participation in OFSP vine distributions in the previous 3 years of the experiment. Results reveals a higher farmers’ willingness to pay for OFSP varieties (US$0.07-0.12) compared to the non-orange planting material (US$ 0.03) and compared to the traditional subsidized price of clean sweetpotato vines (US$ 0.06) used in Mozambique. These results may encourage formation of a network of...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Consumer/Household Economics; Farm Management; Food Security and Poverty; Health Economics and Policy; International Development; Production Economics; Q16.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/49447

A MAGYARORSZÁGI IMMIGRÁCIÓ TRENDJEI AZ ELMÚLT KÉT ÉVTIZEDBEN
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Takacs,   Emese; Huzdik,   Katalin.
A nemzetközi migráció hosszú időre visszatekintő folyamat, az emberek határokon átnyúló vándorlása azonban a globalizálódó világunkban egyre nagyobb méreteket ölt. Vizsgálatunk tárgya e tekintetben az európai kontinensre, azon belül is elsősorban Magyarországra szűkült. Elemzésünkben a központi szerepet a bevándorlás, az immigráció kapta, különös tekintettel az állampolgárság szerinti összetételre. Ennek tükrében kirajzolódott a történelmi és a földrajzi tényezők meghatározó ereje, valamint, hogy az Európai Unió nyugati tagországaiba irányuló áramlás nagy részét elsősorban az EU-n kívülről, míg a keleti országokban – így Magyarországon is – elsősorban a környező, Európán belülről érkező migránsok teszik ki. A Központi Statisztikai Hivatal, az EUROSTAT,...
Tipo: Book
Palavras-chave: International migration; Directions; Social and economic relationships; Nemzetközi migráció; Áramlási irány; Gazdasági-társadalmi összefüggések; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Labor and Human Capital.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/43189

Mama Lus Frut scheme: an assessment of poverty reduction
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Warner,   Robert; Bauer,   Marcia.
The Mama Lus Frut scheme was established to increase the productivity of smallholder palm-oil plantations in Papua New Guinea. ACIAR project ASEM/1999/084, ‘Improving Productivity of the Smallholder Oil Palm Sector in Papua New Guinea: a Study of Biophysical and Socioeconomic Interactions’, included an assessment of the impact of the Mama Lus Frut scheme. The ACIAR project was also involved in refining and extending the scheme both geographically and demographically, including extending it from women family members to the community at large. This report describes the effect of the scheme (and therefore indirectly the effect of the ACIAR project) on reducing poverty for smallholder oil-palm producers. It draws upon information from a socioeconomic study of...
Tipo: Book
Palavras-chave: Papua New Guinea; PNG; Australia; Oilpalm; Palm-oil; Smallholder; Productivity; Impact; Returns; Agribusiness; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Crop Production/Industries; Farm Management; International Development; Labor and Human Capital; Marketing; Productivity Analysis.
Ano: 2002
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/47698

Innovations in Rural and Agriculture Finance
Provedor de dados: 31
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Agricultural Finance; Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/93847

Economic Impact of Collegiate Bass Tournaments:  Experiences from Auburn University
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Myles,   Albert E.; Swaim,   Jenny.
Recreation and tourism associated with collegiate bass tournaments can play a major role in local economic development as the dollars anglers and tournament organizers spend work their way through the economy. Spending associated with these events show the interest by participants and economic importance to the community which hosted these events.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Economic Impact; Anglers; Bass tournaments; Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/56441

THE INFLUENCE OF AMENITIES AND QUALITY OF LIFE ON REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT IN ALABAMA
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Nzaku,   Kilungu; Bukenya,   James O.
Replaced with revised version of paper 02/13/04.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2003
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/34604

Demand and Supply Analysis of Farm, Farmer and Farm Family Data
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Poon,   Kenneth; Weersink,   Alfons; Deaton,   Brady J., Jr.
Canadian governments collect data on the agricultural sector through a variety of surveys, income tax filings, and support program applications. The definition of a census farm provides the benchmark to estimate aggregate commodity supply which is most critical to analyze and forecast commodity prices. Prices are also collected and made available, but there is growing concern about the lack of price data for contracted commodities. The farm and rural population characteristics are also adequately portrayed through the linkage of the Census of Agriculture with the long-form Census of Population (up to 2006) and the voluntary National Household Survey in 2011. Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada’s typology captures different size and motivation for units of...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Data demand; Data supply; Farm heterogeneity; Policy; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/114094

CREDIT UNIONS AND COMMUNITY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Fairbairn,   Brett; Ketilson,   Lou Hammond; Krebs,   Peter.
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 1997
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/31760

Institutional design principles for accountability in large irrigation systems.
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Merrey,   Douglas J.
Argues that single irrigation systems managed by autonomous system-specific organizations accountable to their customers, perform better and are more sustainable than those managed by agencies dependent on the government, or by agencies responsible for multiple systems. Selected cases are reviewed and the plausibility of this hypothesis established. General recommendations are made for policy makers designing irrigation reform programs.
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Irrigation management; Government-managed irrigation systems; Large-scale systems; Organizational design; Water users' associations; Water users; Farmers' associations; Farmer participation; Sustainability; Water rights; Performance evaluation; Performance indexes; Participatory management; Privatization; Policy; Research methods; Case studies Nepal; Sri Lanka; Indonesia; Agribusiness; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Consumer/Household Economics; Crop Production/Industries; Environmental Economics and Policy; Farm Management; Financial Economics; Food Security and Poverty; Labor and Human Capital; Land Economics/Use; Marketing; Production Economics; Productivity Analysis; Public Economics.
Ano: 1996
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/52732

Native American Entrepreneurs in North Dakota
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Goreham,   Gary A.; Rathge,   Richard W.
This report is an analysis of themes that emerged from interviews with 21 Native American entrepreneurs who live on North Dakota Indian reservations. The purpose of the study was to determine factors associated with entrepreneurial success on these reservations. A review of the data led to the following highlights: Most of the entrepreneurs credited their parents with having the greatest amount of influence on them, their values, and their entrepreneurship. Entrepreneurial qualities they learned from their parents included (1) how to work and the value of work, (2) the value of money, (3 self-esteem, and (4) parental involvement in training. The enterprises started by the entrepreneurs were, for the most part, "family businesses," which supported their...
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 1991
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/51201

The role of the Common Agricultural Policy in the spatial location of agricultural activities
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Viaggi,   Davide; Bartolini,   Fabio; Raggi,   Meri; Sardonini,   Laura.
The objective of this paper is to analyse and quantify the spatial dimension of the CAP effects in an area of Northern Italy. The analysis is based on survey information about stated intentions of farm-household in two CAP scenarios, treated through statistical analysis intended to identify the potential determinants of different farm reactions, focusing on explicit spatial variables (altitude, LFA, agrarian regions) among explanatory variables. Altogether, the study shows the relevance of explicitly addressing the spatial effects of policies and also the differentiated spatial effect of policy on different dimensions of agricultural activities. However, the work also highlights the limitation of the location-based representation of the spatial dimension...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Common Agricultural Policy; Spatial effects; Emilia-Romagna.; Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Labor and Human Capital.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/95242

Can Growth Compensate Inequality and Risk?---a welfare analysis for Chinese households
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Cao,   Heping; Ligon,   Ethan; Meng,   Xiangyi.
It has been widely observed that China’'s break-neck growth has not been equally shared between rural and urban areas, with urban households' enjoying a much larger proportion. To further test whether regional inequality exists within urban areas, we measure urban households’ vulnerability in a risky environment and decompose this measure to quantify China aggregate risks, province-level risks and idiosyncratic risks faced by households situated in 31 provinces. Besides, under this framework of analysis, we are able to make welfare comparisons between growth, inequality and different risks. We find that inequality has very big negative effect on households'’ welfare, while growth is able to compensate nearly half of it; households seem to be able to smooth...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development; Risk and Uncertainty.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/21458

IDENTIFYING SUSTAINABLE BUSINESSES FOR COMMUNITY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Halbrendt,   Catherine K.; Zheng,   Yi; Lucas,   Marilyn T.
CBM was used to set economic development priorities and identify sustainable businesses for Enosburg Falls, Vermont.  A modified CBM corrected limitations found in the first study.  Results show that business in Depository and Non-depository financial institutions, dairy processing, and industrial machinery &amp; equipment sectors are desirable and compatible for Enosburg Falls to target.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2000
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/21731

Rural Aging in the United States: Challenges and Opportunities (Power Point)
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Glasgow,   Nina.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development; Labor and Human Capital.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/37388

CROSS-SUBSIDISATION OF RURAL AREAS VIA UTILITY PRICING POLICIES
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Thomson,   Norm J.; Walsh,   Cliff.
Public utilities which apply roughly uniform prices to all consumers often engage in cross-subsidisation - charging prices which are below cost for consumers in low population density areas but above cost for consumers in high density areas. The distributional and allocative implications of this practice are examined and it is concluded that some cross-subsidisation may be justifiable on welfare grounds even where no externalities exist. There is, however, little empirical evidence released by utilities to enable assessment of the efficiency of their practices. If nothing else, we highlight the need for greater public disclosure of pricing practices by public utilities.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development; Public Economics.
Ano: 1981
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/22316

PLANEJAMENTO ESTRATÉGICO EM ORGANIZAÇÕES AGRÍCOLAS NO SUDOESTE GOIANO
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Bernardes,   Alexandre Camara; Santos,   Cristiane Cabral; Bastos,   Kamyro Zaccaria.
OBJETIVA-SE NESTE ARTIGO A INSERÇÃO NO DEBATE TEÓRICO SOBRE O PLANEJAMENTO ESTRATÉGICO EM ORGANIZAÇÕES AGRÍCOLAS, COM ÊNFASE EM SEUS MECANISMOS DE GESTÃO. ESTRUTURA-SE ESTE ARTIGO EM UM ESTUDO DE CASO, REALIZADO EM UMA ORGANIZAÇÃO AGRÍCOLA, LOCALIZADA NO SUDOESTE GOIANO, MAIS ESPECIFICAMENTE, UMA TENTATIVA DE SE ESTABELECER UM PLANO ESTRATÉGICO PARA A ORGANIZAÇÃO. CONSTITUINDO-SE DE SUA CARACTERIZAÇÃO E ESTABELECIMENTO DE SEU NEGÓCIO, SUA VISÃO, MISSÃO, PRINCÍPIOS E VALORES. PROCURA-SE ABORDAR O AMBIENTE NO QUAL A ORGANIZAÇÃO SE INSERE, IDENTIFICANDO PONTOS FORTES, FRACOS, PONTOS A MELHORAR, SUAS OPORTUNIDADES E AMEAÇAS; NUMA TENTATIVA DE DETERMINAR POSSÍVEIS CENÁRIOS. PARA TAL PESQUISA SE TORNOU NECESSÁRIO O ESTABELECIMENTO DE SUAS ESTRATÉGIAS E A...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Planejamento Estratégico; Sudoeste Goiano; Organizações Agrícolas; Strategy planning; Southwest of Goiás; Rural Organization; Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/108925

SOLID WASTE DISPOSAL IN RURAL AREAS: ECONOMIC IMPLICATIONS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Ayer,   Harry W.; Hogan,   David W.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 1977
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/30527

Schnellwachsende Baumarten - Chance fur zusatzliches Einkommen im landlichen Raum?
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Pallast,   Gregor; Breuer,   Thomas; Holm-Muller,   Karin.
Based on previous experiences with the cultivation of short Rotation Coppice in Germany, the present article deals with the profitability of tree-plantations for bio-energy generation. The production process is divided into several steps in order to compare the resulting production costs with the associated revenues of potential users. As the cultivation of short rotating coppice in Germany is still in its experimental stage, the focus of this article is on the comparison of different production processes as well as on a critical evaluation of the available data base. The results show that – with no government aid taken into account – large scale cultivation can reach profitability only under very optimistic assumptions. Considering the necessary long term...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Short rotation Coppice; Farmer’s income; Renewable energy; Profitability; Rural areas; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Farm Management; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy; Q23; R32.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/18785

A System Dynamics approach for the investigation of peripheral and agrarian communities
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Kopainsky,   Birgit; Rieder,   Peter; Buchli,   Simon.
In this paper an alternative approach for the analysis of rural development in peripheral and agrarian communities in the Swiss Alps is developed. It is based on System Dynamics, a qualitative and quantitative methodology on the structure and behaviour of complex systems. In the qualitative part, system elements and their interconnections are identified and a descriptive networktype model of the strategically relevant issues faced by peripheral and agrarian communities is developed. In the quantitative part, a dynamic simulation model is built as a decision support tool for the evaluation of different policy measures. Preliminary results from the application of the methodology to the Muenstertal confirm the need for this holistic view of the processes...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods.
Ano: 2003
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/32001

DEFORESTATION AND ASSET ACCUMULATION AMONG SMALL SCALE FARMERS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Takasaki,   Yoshito.
This paper explores deforestation and asset accumulation among small scale farmers in tropical forests.  In a two-state variable control model, forest clearing is an investment in land holdings and the productivity of forest clearing is a function of non-land assets like chainsaws.  Comparative static analyses demonstrate that: (1) the addition of non-land asset accumulation options may or may not change the impacts of policy measures on deforestation, depending on labor market conditions; and (2) discount rate decreases (through for example credit subsidies) offer the prospect of a win-win scenario-- forest protection and asset accumulation-- only when an active labor market exits.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Deforestation; Accumulation; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Land Economics/Use; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy; Q12; O13.
Ano: 2000
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/21786

Stated Preference Evaluation of Government Budgets
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Kerr,   Geoffrey N.; Cullen,   Ross; Hughey,   Kenneth F.D.
Stated preference approaches are widely used in non-market valuation. However, their potential uses extend far beyond valuation. In particular they can be used to assess efficiency of resource allocations and to design optimal resource allocations. Changes to the government budget were evaluated using a choice experiment. Results indicate potential efficiency gains from reallocation of the budget to items with higher marginal utility. In particular, New Zealand residents want more spending on health, education and the environment, with health spending consistently having the highest marginal benefits. People want less government money spent on income support. The choice experiment was able to identify the impacts of demographic factors. Young people rated...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Choice experiment; Public preferences; Government budget; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Consumer/Household Economics; Environmental Economics and Policy; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Health Economics and Policy; Political Economy; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/98520

Aggregate eco-efficiency indices for New Zealand – a Principal Components Analysis
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Jollands,   Nigel; Lermit,   Jonathan; Patterson,   Murray.
Eco-efficiency has emerged as a management response to waste issues associated with current production processes. Despite the popularity of the term in both business and government circles, limited attention has been paid to measuring and reporting eco-efficiency to government policy makers. Aggregate measures of eco-efficiency are needed, to complement existing measures and to help highlight important patterns in eco-efficiency data. This paper aims to develop aggregate measures of eco-efficiency for use by policy makers. Specifically, this paper provides a unique analysis by applying principal components analysis (PCA) to eco-efficiency indicators in New Zealand. This study reveals that New Zealand's overall eco-efficiency improved for two out of the...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Policy development; Policy evaluation; Aggregate indices; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Crop Production/Industries; Environmental Economics and Policy; Farm Management; Land Economics/Use.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/97773

Study on the scope for reconstruction of the grazing livestock sector of Xinjiang based on organic farming methods
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Chai,   Jun; Slee,   William; Canavari,   Maurizio; Chen,   Tong; Huliyeti,   Hasimu.
The authors acknowledge the support of the BEAN-QUORUM project (Building a Euro-Asian Network for Quality, Organic, and Unique food Marketing, TH/Asia-link/006), co-ordinated by Maurizio Canavari. We would like to express our deepest thanks to Grant Davidson (of the Macaulay Institute) for offering so many valuable suggestions. And a massive thanks to the library staff in the Macaulay Institute. Owing to their high professional ability we were able to get very useful material from so many different libraries.
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Grazing Livestock; Organic Farming; Xinjiang; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Livestock Production/Industries; Q56.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/36690

Serrano Cheese and Coalho Cheese: tradition enhancement as an alternative to territorial development in Campos de Cima da Serra and Sertão Sergipano do São Francisco, Brazil
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Cruz,   Fabiana Thome da; Menezes,   Sonia Souza Mendonca.
In this article, we used empirical data from research related to the production of two traditional cheeses in Brazil: the Serrano Cheese and Coalho Cheese, produced, respectively, in Campos de Cima da Serra, Rio Grande do Sul, and Sertão Sergipano, in Sergipe. The production characteristics and similarities found between the modes of production of these products, the cultural and historical aspects that approximate these cheeses produced in two geographically distant regions in Brazil, provide elements to discuss the role of traditional foods as promoters of rural development strategies. In this article, our aim is to emphasize the debate around the potential of connection between consumers and producers towards organization and consolidation of short...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Serrano and Coalho Cheeses; Rural development; Small farmers.; Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Labor and Human Capital.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/95345

Spatial Structure of the Food Industry in Germany
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Gouzhary,   Izhar; Margarian,   Anne.
Food production and food processing, nowadays, are economic activities in which local and global strategies are interconnected. Moreover the importance of the food industry in total manufacturing is growing; local production systems are competing on the global market by producing specific quality goods or products. Many local regions have attempted to improve their economic situation by encouraging the growth of manufacturing activities. The basic objective of this study to determine and analyze the patterns of food manufacturing and the spatial changes between 2007 and 2001 in the 439 regions in Germany.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Spatial analysis; Food; Germany.; Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Labor and Human Capital.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/95330

GOVERNING STRUCTURAL CHANGE AND EXTERNALITIES IN AGRICULTURE: TOWARD A NORMATIVE INSTITUTIONAL ECONOMICS OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Petrick,   Martin.
The paper aims at a conceptual contribution to the normative economic analysis of rural de-velopment (RD) policies. RD is regarded as a problem of interaction between individuals; (lacking) structural change or the (missing) integration of externalities are therefore recon-structed as coordination rather than allocation problems. A social dilemma is taken as the paradigmatic core of normative institutional economics: how can potential gains from coop-eration be realised by way of institutional policy? Starting from a critique of the hitherto dominating welfare economics conception, three principles for institutional policy are de-rived: (1) the realisation of gains from cooperation as the normative, regulative idea, (2) in-centive-compatible...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Rural development; Institutional economics; Welfare economics; Social dilemma; Institutionenökonomik; Wohlfahrtsökonomik; Soziales Dilemma; Ländliche Entwicklung; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Institutional and Behavioral Economics; D 63; D 74; Q 18; Q58.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/14878

New York Economic Handbook, 2009
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Extension Faculty &amp; Staff.
Tipo: Working Paper
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/121831

How to make money by feeding the tourists: the case of Fiji
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Salvioni,   Cristina.
This paper reports a study of the horticultural chain in Fiji. The objectives of the research  was to understand how the domestic horticultural supply could meet the demand currently generated by the tourism sector, i.e.  how new income opportunities for the rural people could be generated by feeding the tourists.  If policy interventions are to be directed at strengthening  backward economic linkages between tourism and local food supplier, a better understanding of factors driving farmers marketing choice is required. This paper aims to contribute in this regard by analyzing the decisions of farmers to engage in direct selling to hotels. Hotels pay premium prices for quality fresh produce and direct marketing can allow farmers to retain the highest...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Horticultural markets; Direct marketing; Discrete choice models; Fiji.; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Marketing.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/7864

Small dams and social capital in Yemen: How assistance strategies affect local investment and institutions
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Vermillion,   Douglas Lynn; Al-Shaybani,   Said.
This report examines the development of eight small dam projects in the mountainous province of Al-Mahweet in north-central Yemen. The report also investigates how external assistance affects incentives for local people to invest in dam development and water delivery systems and also to create rules, property rights and institutional arrangements to manage the dam and water.
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Dams; Investment; Development aid; Irrigated farming; Villages; Water delivery; Agribusiness; Agricultural Finance; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Environmental Economics and Policy; Farm Management; Land Economics/Use.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/44555

Low Skill Employment and the Changing Economy of  Rural America
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Gibbs,   Robert; Kusmin,   Lorin D.
This study reports trends in rural low-skill employment in the 1990s and their impact on the rural workforce. The share of rural jobs classified as low-skill fell by 2.2 percentage points between 1990 and 2000, twice the decline of the urban low-skill employment share, but much less than the decline of the 1980s. Employment shifts from low-skill to skilled occupations within industries, rather than changes in industry mix, explain virtually all of the decline in the rural low-skill employment share. The share decline was particularly large for rural Black women, many of whom moved out of low-skill blue-collar work into service occupations, while the share of rural Hispanics who held low-skill jobs increased.
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Rural labor markets; Low-skill employment; Job skills; Human capital; Industry; Occupation; Economic development; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Labor and Human Capital.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/33595

COMMERCIAL AGRICULTURE IN METROPOLITAN AREAS: ECONOMICS AND REGULATORY ISSUES
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Gardner,   Bruce L.
Metropolitan agriculture is economically important, especially in the Northeast.  While faced with substantial economic and regulatory obstacles, commercial farming in urban areas is surviving and even prospering.  In terms of standard models of agriculture in economic development, this is a puzzle.  But more detailed, spatial economic models indicate how labor-intensive production of perishable commodities in urbanized areas can make economic sense, especially when coupled with environmental amenities that farming generates for nonfarm people.  At the same time, environmental disamenities of agriculture are larger in densely populated areas.  The political economy outcomes have tended to be favorable to continued farming, albeit with increased regulation....
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 1994
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/31321

Does Broadband Access Impact Population Growth in Rural America?
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Mahasuweerachai,   Phumsith; Whitacre,   Brian E.; Shideler,   David W.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Population growth; Broadband; Spatial econometric; Average treatment effects; Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/49303

Sustainable rural development: What is the role of the agri-food sector?
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Just,   Flemming; Emmanuel,   Adinyira; Oteng-Seifah,   Samuel; Theophilus,   Adjei-Kumi; Theophilus,   Ernst-August; Cimpoies,   Dragos; Zhemoyda,   Oleksandr V.; Portyanko,   Mariya; Danilowska,   Alina; Danilowska,   Anna; Kosodiy,   Roman; Mishenin,   Eugeniy; Bokusheva,   Raushan; Sannikova,   Marina; Heidelbach,   Olaf; Jia,   Xiangping; Heidhues,   Franz; Zeller,   Manfred; Baker,   Derek; Abildtrup,   Jens; Hedetoft,   Anders; Milczarek,   Dominika; Malak-Rawlikowska,   Agata; Falkowski,   Jan; Barussaud,   Emilien; Raymond,   Richard; Poletto,   Ana; Margarian,   Anne; Fock,   Achim; Fock,   Karin; Pufahl,   Andrea; Grajewski,   Regina; Sholpan,   Sholpan; Sannikova,   Marina; Fahrmann,   Barbara; Maciejczak,   Mariusz; Was,   Adam.
This volume of proceedings, available both as hard copy and pdf, is an edited compilation of selected contributions to the IAMO Forum 2007, which will be held in Halle (Saale), Germany, at the Leibniz Institute of Agricultural Development in Central and Eastern Europe from 27 to 29 June 2007. We would like to thank all those persons and organisations who contributed to the realisation of the IAMO Forum 2007 and the volume in hand. First of all, we thank all lecturers, whose commitment and papers made both the conference and the publication possible. Furthermore, we appreciate the financial support provided by the Federal Ministry of, Food, Agriculture, and Consumer Protection and the Federal State of Saxony-Anhalt. The conference would not be successful...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agricultural and Food Policy; Agricultural Finance; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Industrial Organization; Labor and Human Capital.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/92324

STATE/REGIONAL ECONOMIC MODELS FOR LONG-RANGE ENERGY PLANNING
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Maki,   Wilbur R.; Venegas,   Ernesto C.
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 1974
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/14216

Retail Trade Area Analysis Crosby North Dakota
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Bangsund,   Dean A.; Leistritz,   F. Larry; Wanzek,   Janet K.; Zetocha,   Dale F.; Bastow-Shoop,   Holly E.
This report is intended to provide an indepth trade area analysis of Crosby, North Dakota. Specific analyses included determining Crosby's main and greater trade areas, identifying the demographic profile of Crosby shoppers, examining important and less important services for patron shoppers of Crosby, identifying neighboring cities that area shoppers patronize, determining distances area shoppers traveled to Crosby, and listing popular newspapers and radio stations among area residents. Current trade area information for Crosby was obtained from a statewide trade area survey conducted by the Department of Agricultural Economics at North Dakota State University in 1989. Recent trends (1980 to 1989) in Crosby population, retail sales, per capita income,...
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development; Financial Economics.
Ano: 1991
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/51309

Employment Growth in the Rural South: Do Sectors Matter?
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Bukenya,   James O.
The paper contributes to the understanding of the role of economic sectors in employment growth by examining the extent to which sectoral employment influence employment development in the rural southeast United States over the period 1970 through 2007. The analysis employs two specifications of OLS regression to understand the role of economic sectors in employment growth processes. The first specification (number of jobs) explained approximately 36 percent of the variability in employment growth while the second specification (number of enterprises) explained roughly 43 percent of the variability over the studied period. Overall, the results suggest that although the share and the social role of agriculture are shrinking in almost all rural areas,...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development; Labor and Human Capital.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/45903

Economic Impact of the 32nd Annual Peter Anderson Arts and Crafts Festival, Ocean Springs, Mississippi
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Myles,   Albert E.; Carter,   Rachael.
Evaluating the Economic Impact of Festivals and Special Events: Lessons From the 32st Annual Peter Anderson Arts and Crafts Festival in  Ocean Springs, Mississippi  Background:  Festivals are an integral part of the economies of most communities in Mississippi.  The economic benefits of festivals can be assigned a dollar value, but no amount of money will accurately reflect the personal and social benefits of these events.  Festivals can increase tourism in the area. These events not only bring outside revenue to the community, but they allow even the smallest towns to celebrate and capitalize on the unique aspects of their area.  As budgets tighten in small communities economic and community development entities are constantly working to improve their...
Tipo: Presentation
Palavras-chave: Economic Impact; Tourism; Community Development; Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/119050

Scale and scope effects on communities’ values for environmental improvements in the Namoi catchment: A choice modelling approach
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Mazur,   Kasia; Bennett,   Jeffrey W.
This report presents results of research designed to investigate variations in willingness to pay (WTP) estimates across different scales and scopes of environmental investments. The goal is to help catchment management authorities better prioritise their natural resource management actions at both catchment and farm levels.   Five split samples were used to test for scale and scope effects.  A choice-modelling (CM) analysis was used to elicit household WTP for improvements in environmental quality attributes in the Namoi catchment. The approach was developed so that value estimates could be more accurately transferred between different action scopes.
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Choice modelling; Scale effect; Scope effect; Embedding; Non-market valuation; Catchment planning; Environment.; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Environmental Economics and Policy; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/94891

Migração e desigualdade regional de renda: uma análise do estado de Minas Gerais comparado com o Brasil
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Vieira Filho,   Jose Eustaquio Ribeiro.
The present work investigates whether Brazilian migrants (individuals that live outside their home state) income is, on average, at the level or superior to non-migrant workers. We also present a comparative analysis of income distribution between migrant and non-migrant workers for Brazil and Minas Gerais County specifically in the years of 2002 and 2004. In order to do this we employed a methodology based on two main aspects; earning equations and data measuring inequality and poverty rates obtained from the Pesquisa Nacional por Amostra de Domicilios institute (PNAD). The results obtained here indicate that migrants form a group positively selected displaying an average income higher than those of the non-migrant group. Nevertheless we found no evidence...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Migrants; Earning equations; Inequality; Income distribution; Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/55179

APPROACHES TO RURAL DEVELOPMENT IN THE THIRD WORLD: LESSONS FOR SOUTH AFRICA
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Machethe,   Charles Lepepeule.
The eradication of rural poverty has been a major concern of Third World governments and donor agencies for many decades. Various approaches have been used to eradicate rural poverty. Community Development (CD) emerged as the dominant approach in the early 1950s in many Third World countries, especially in Asia and Latin America. However, the CD movement declined in the 1960s when it was realized that it was not effective in reaching the poor. The French counterpart of CD, animation rurale(AR), was adopted in Francophone countries, especially in Africa in the late 1960s (Geller et al., 1980). Disappointment with the results of CD and AR gave rise to Integrated Rural Development (IRD) and the Basic Needs (BN) approaches in the early 1970s. However, by 1980...
Tipo: Thesis or Dissertation
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 1995
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/11213

MATCHING POLICIES ON RURAL DEVELOPMENT AND LOCAL GOVERNANCE IN SOUTH AFRICA: RECENT HISTORY, PRINCIPLES, AND CURRENT CHALLENGES
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Perret,   Sylvain R.
The paper discusses the link between local governance and rural development in democratic South Africa.  It underlines several issues and challenges facing the government's willingness to position local municipalities as the key providers and promoters of development in rural areas. The paper first presents two parallel policy streams that took place since 1994.  On the one hand, local government has been gradually established and strengthened, as the third constitutional sphere of governance, in line with an overall decentralization process.  On the other hand, rural development has taken a growing place into political discourses from 1994 onwards, and has been promoted or implemented through various policies, legislations and programmes, which has often...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development; Political Economy.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/18055

Factors Contributing to Zambia's 2010 Maize Bumper Harvest
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Burke,   William J.; Jayne,   Thomas S.; Chapoto,   Antony.
Zambia’s maize crop grew by roughly 48% between the 2009 and 2010 harvests, leading to the largest crop recorded in recent history. The 2009 maize harvest was also very good, making the 48% rise in 2010 even more remarkable. The forces driving that increase, however, remain widely debated. Many in government and media have attributed the recent production increase to the government’s fertilizer subsidy program as well as to the state’s recent efforts to raise maize prices through the operations of the Food Reserve Agency. Others have argued that the bumper harvest is partially due to the adoption of conservation farming techniques by farmers. Still others attribute the maize production growth mainly to favorable weather. Unfortunately, none of these claims...
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development; Consumer/Household Economics; Crop Production/Industries; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Food Security and Poverty; Productivity Analysis.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/97036

A HAZARD ANALYSIS OF CONSUMERS’ SWITCHING BEHAVIOUR IN GERMAN FOOD RETAILING FOR DAIRY PRODUCTS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Olearius,   Gotz; Roosen,   Jutta; Drescher,   Larissa S.
German food retailing is characterized by fierce competition among retail chains for consumer shopping. This paper considers the switching behaviour using data of white dairy product purchases. The empirical investigation uses a survival analysis approach, in particular hazard analysis. The results extend the knowledge of shopping behaviour by providing a new set of explaining variables and the importance of the first store, defined as store with the major share of household budget, becomes apparent. On average, households buy dairy products 42 times per year. Thereof 58 % are retail chain switches and in 41 % of all cases the households remain at the previously visited retail chain. Generally a low customer loyalty is visible in this investigation. It is...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Switching behaviour; Store choice; Store loyalty; Hazard analysis; Food retailing; Geschäftsstättenwahl; Geschäftsstättenwechsel; Einkaufsverhalten; Hazard Analyse; Lebensmitteleinzelhandel; Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; Agricultural Finance; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Industrial Organization.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/114516

Current Information: Dissertation Abstracts
Provedor de dados: 31
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2002
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/60407

Abstracts of Selected Papers, NAREA Annual Meetings, Burlington, Vermont, June 7-10, 2009
Provedor de dados: 31
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; Agricultural Finance; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Consumer/Household Economics; Crop Production/Industries; Demand and Price Analysis; Environmental Economics and Policy; Farm Management; Financial Economics; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Food Security and Poverty; Health Economics and Policy; Industrial Organization; Institutional and Behavioral Economics; International Development; International Relations/Trade; Labor and Human Capital; Land Economics/Use; Livestock Production/Industries; Marketing; Political Economy; Production Economics; Productivity Analysis; Public Economics; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy; Risk and Uncertainty; Teaching/Communication/Extension/Profession.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/55550

U.S. Soybean Producer Perceptions and Management of Soybean Rust in the United States under the USDA Pest Information Platform for Extension and Education
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Livingston,   Michael J.
Recent survey data are examined to improve current understanding of the factors that help to determine the value of information reported on a website that serves as the centerpiece of the USDA’s “Soybean Rust Integrated Pest Management—Pest Information Platform for Extension and Education.” Respondents’ initial beliefs about their chances of experiencing a rust outbreak are shown to affect the likelihood that soybean producers will visit the website and change their management of fungicide use as a result.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Asian soybean rust; Probability beliefs; PIPE website; ARMS data; USDA Rural Development Broadband Program; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Crop Production/Industries; Risk and Uncertainty.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/95647

Rural America At A Glance, 2007 Edition
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Kusmin,   Lorin D.
Rural America At A Glance, 2007 highlights the most recent indicators of social and economic conditions in rural areas for use in developing policies and programs to assist rural areas. The brochure provides information on key rural conditions and trends for use by public and private decisionmakers and others involved in efforts to enhance the economic opportunities and quality of life for rural people and their communities.
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Rural indicators; Population growth; Employment; Rural unemployment; Rural economy; Nonmetro; Metro; Creative occupations; Rural America; Natural amenities; Census data; Educational attainment; College education; Poverty; Domestic migration; ERS; USDA; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/59020

NEW RURAL ECONOMY: CHALLENGES AND DIVERSITY IN EASTERN CROATIA
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Sudaric,   Tihana; Zmaic,   Krunoslav; Loncaric,   Ruzica.
Eastern part of Croatia is agricultural region according to natural resources (fertile soil, first of all), as well as human potential (long experience in traditional agriculture). Besides agriculture as traditional activity, a characteristic of rurality is also added to this region. Rural area is dominant in Eastern Croatia and it effects on relatively small urban areas. This paper represents new possibilities of rural economic activities on family farms in Eastern Croatia. Role and significant of rural economic activities is analyzed through indicators overview (land structure, GDP, population, population density, TEA index, unemployment ect.). Challenges through diversification of rural economic activities in this paper includes added economic...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Diversification; Agriculture; New rural economy; Eastern Croatia; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/53567

THE IMPACT OF RETIREES AND WORKING-AGE FAMILIES ON A SMALL RURAL REGION: AN APPLICATION OF THE WISCONSIN ECONOMIC IMPACT MODELING SYSTEM
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Shields,   Martin; Deller,   Steven C.; Stallmann,   Judith I.
The Wisconsin Economic Impact Modeling System, a conjoined input-output/econometric model of Wisconsin counties, is used to simulate the economic and fiscal impact of two alternative residential development patterns.  Under the first scenario, the impact of migrating retirees on a small tri-county region in northern Wisconsin is examined.  Under the second scenario, the impact of the migration of younger families with children is examined.  A comparison-contrast between the two scenarios demonstrates that the characteristics of the migrating household can have a significant impact on the nature of the impacts.
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 1998
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/23970

IWRM and Rural Livelihood Project in Dzimphutsi: Process documentation
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: van Koppen,   Barbara; Shaba,   Stalin.
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Water resource management; Multiple use; Project planning; Project management; Participatory management; Community involvement; Dams; Irrigation schemes; Irrigated farming; Fish ponds; Livestock; Domestic water; Villages; Water scarcity; Institution building; Water users; Impact assessment; Malawi; Dzimphutsi Village; Mtendere Irrigation Scheme; Nkudzi River; Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Crop Production/Industries; Demand and Price Analysis; Farm Management; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Food Security and Poverty; Land Economics/Use; Livestock Production/Industries; Production Economics; Productivity Analysis; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/91814

Mobilising rural communities to achieve environmental sustainability using the arts
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Curtis,   David.
Australia’s environment continues to worsen in several key areas. This paper suggests that the visual and performing arts may be valuable in influencing environmental behaviour positively, at the individual and community level. The arts can aid engagement and participation by a broad cross section of the community, and can provide powerful vehicles for community mobilisation, empowerment, and information transfer.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Rural sociology; Visual and performing arts; Environmental behaviour; Environmental sustainability; Art and the environment; Capacity building; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Environmental Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/44103

How Will Measures to Control Medicare Spending Affect Rural Communities?
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Frenzen,   Paul D.
The Federal Medicare program provides subsidized health insurance for one in every seven Americans. Medicare covers a higher proportion of rural than urban residents because rural residents are more likely to be elderly or disabled persons entitled to benefits. The rapid growth of Medicare expenditures has prompted legislative proposals to control the increase in spending. This report finds that the proposals may have a greater effect on rural than urban communities due to the higher proportion of Medicare beneficiaries in rural areas.
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development; Health Economics and Policy; Public Economics.
Ano: 1997
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/33613

RELATOS ORAIS, MEMÓRIA COLETIVA E IDENTIDADE NA AGRICULTURA FAMILIAR
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Camargo,   Regina Aparecida Leite De; Oliveira,   Julieta Teresa Aier de.
O presente trabalho tece algumas considerações sobre a utilidade e importância dos relatos orais como forma de captar a diversidade de representações que moradores de bairros rurais guardam sobre seu local de morada, seu trabalho na agricultura e as transformações do mundo rural. Esses relatos podem tanto retratar as reminiscências de antigos moradores como exprimir o que as gerações que estão entrando agora no processo produtivo pensam de sua prática. Um estudo cuidadoso desses relatos pode fornecer pistas importantes para o desenho de propostas de desenvolvimento endógeno, participativo ou local. O trabalho apresenta alguns dos depoimentos colhidos no bairro rural denominado Peitudo, no município de Ouro Fino – Minas Gerais.--------------------The...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Relatos orais; Memória coletiva; Desenvolvimento endógeno; Agricultura familiar; Oral testimonies; Collective memory; Endogenous development; Family farming; Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/107931

Ecosystem Services on New Zealand Arable Farms
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Cullen,   Ross; Takatsuka,   Yuki; Wilson,   Matthew; Wratten,   Steve D.
Researchers have estimated the total economic value of global ecosystem goods and services showing that a significant portion of humanity's economic well being is unaccounted for in conventional GNP accounting (Constanza et al., 1997). To demonstrate this point, authors have conventionally used highly aggregated landscape units for analysis (e.g., biomes), and average, not marginal values, of each ecosystem good or service are estimated for each unit using value transfer methodologies (Wilson et al., 2004). For example, Patterson and Cole (1999a, b) replicated the Constanza et al., (1997) approach by estimating economic values for Waikato and New Zealand ecosystem goods and services associated with standard land cover classes including horticulture,...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Ecosystem management; Arable farming; Engineered ecosystem; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Crop Production/Industries; Environmental Economics and Policy; Farm Management; Land Economics/Use.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/97777

Projected Needs in Outdoor Recreation in North Dakota: 1990-2000
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Baltezore,   James F.; Leitch,   Jay A.
Tipo: Technical Report
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development; Public Economics.
Ano: 1990
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/119445

Gender, Agricultural Commercialization, and Collective Action in Kenya
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Fischer,   Elisabeth; Qaim,   Matin.
With the commercialization of agriculture, women are increasingly disadvantaged because of persistent gender-disparities in access to productive resources. Farmer collective action that intends to improve smallholder access to markets and technology could potentially accelerate this trend. Here, we use survey data of small-scale banana producers in Kenya to investigate the gender implications of recently established farmer groups. Traditionally, banana has been a women’s crop in Kenya. Our results confirm that the groups contribute to increasing male control over banana. While male control over banana revenues does not affect household food security, it has a negative marginal effect on dietary quality. We demonstrate that the negative gender implications...
Tipo: Working Paper
Palavras-chave: Gender; Collective action; Market access; Agricultural technology; Household food security and nutrition; Kenya; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Food Security and Poverty; Institutional and Behavioral Economics; International Development; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies; D71; J16; O12; O13; O31; Q13.
Ano: 2012
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/121229

Structural changes and labour adjustments in rural Bulgaria
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Mishev,   Plamen Dimitrov; Ivanova,   Nedka Momtscheva; Harizanova,   Christina Stefanova.
The rural areas in Bulgaria cover more then 80% of the country territory and account for about 29% of the population. Their development depends strongly on agricultural sector. The paper examines structural changes in agriculture, labour market situation in rural areas and presents the main results of the survey performed in three region of Bulgaria.  The study shows a substantial decline in the number of farm with economic size between 0,5 and 3 ESU and a stable increase in the number of large farms. Major factors having impact on farm restructuring are: improvements in economic situation, in particular the increase in real income, positive developments of land market, deterioration of age structure of rural population and the habits of rural population...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Rural development; Farm restructuring; Labour markets; Community/Rural/Urban Development; J21; R23.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/95317

THE ECONOMIC IMPACT OF UINTAH COUNTY'S WESTERN PARK
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Snyder,   Donald L.
Uintah County is home to a multiactivity conference complex located in Vernal, Utah. The complex is almost in constant use and includes locally sponsored activities, as well as regional and national activities. An estimate of local and nonlocal users were identified from Mr. Derk Hatch, manager of Western Park. I assumed that “nonlocal” use originated outside the county. Taking into account the “local” and “nonlocal” mix, it is estimated that the center annually generates over $4.8 million dollars in economic activity, with approximately 60% a result of direct expenditures. The complex also results in additional employment opportunities for approximately 136 individuals, summarizing direct, indirect, and induced effects. The county’s population change as a...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 1996
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/28357

WIRTSCHAFTLICHE ANALYSE UND RISIKOBEWERTUNG DER DIVERSIFIZIERUNG DER LANDWIRTSCHAFT IN KASACHSTAN
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Tonkoshkur,   Tetyana; Zeddies,   Jurgen.
Mangelhafte Reformen in der Landwirtschaft Kasachstans am Anfang der Transformationsperiode sowie die Finanzkrise 1998 hatten stark negative Auswirkungen auf den Umfang und die Struktur der landwirtschaftlichen Produktion. Wegen der schwierigen finanziellen Lage Anfang bis Ende der 90-ger Jahre haben viele Landwirtschaftsunternehmen und Farmwirtschaften die Tierbestände fast vollständig abgeschafft und sich auf die Getreideproduktion spezialisiert. Die Tierhaltung befindet sich überwiegen in privaten Hauswirtschaften1. In vielen Betrieben wird Weizen als Monokultur angebaut. Solche enge Spezialisierung birgt erhebliche Produktions- und Preisrisiken, bedroht die Liquidität der Betriebe und führt zur Erschöpfung der Böden. Dabei bestehen gute Voraussetzungen...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Kasachstan; Landwirtschaft; Diversifizierung; Risiko; MOTAD; Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Demand and Price Analysis; Environmental Economics and Policy; Farm Management; Financial Economics; Industrial Organization; Institutional and Behavioral Economics.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/114739

Rural Income Generating Activities: A Cross Country Comparison
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Davis,   Benjamin; Covarrubias,   Katia; Stamoulis,   Kostas G.; Winters,   Paul C.; Carletto,   Calogero; Quinones,   Esteban; Zezza,   Alberto; Di Giuseppe,   Stefania.
This paper uses a newly constructed cross country database composed of comparable variables and aggregates from household surveys to examine the full range of income generating activities carried out by rural households in order to determine: 1) the relative importance of the gamut of income generating activities in general and across wealth categories; 2), the relative importance of diversification versus specialization at the household level; and 3) the influence of rural income generating activities on poverty and inequality. Analysis of the RIGA cross country dataset paints a clear picture of multiple activities across rural space and diversification across rural households. This is true across countries in all four continents, though less so in the...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development; Consumer/Household Economics.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/7913

RETENTION AND EXPANSION ISSUES AND CONCERNS OF RURAL BUSINESSES: SOME FINDINGS FROM SURVEYS IN THE WESTERN UPPER PENINSULA OF MICHIGAN
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Abate-Kassa,   Getachew; Moser,   Colletta H.
This paper is part of a series of reports of the activities conducted under a grant from the Fund for Rural America, U.S. Department of Agriculture.  Funds for the grant entitled "Enhancing Rural Economies Through Comprehensive Extension, Research &amp; Partnering Approaches Using Multi-County Clusters in Michigan With Application to National Rural Settings" were received by Michigan State University's Department of Agricultural Economics in March, 1998.  The major goal of the grant is to increase economic development activity in four clusters of rural counties in Michigan through the utilization of the resources of the Michigan State University Extension Service, Michigan Agricultural Experiment Station, and other resources of Michigan State University....
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2002
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/11638

The possibilities of rural development and the potential role of hunting tourism in rural development
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Marselek,   Sandor; Fabian,   Gyula.
Rural development is of great significance for the future of both the EU and Hungary. We must reduce migration, create new jobs and focus on sustainability and the principles and goals of environmental protection and nature conservation. For this reason, it is necessary to apply for EU project funding. EU priorities regarding rural development serve the creation of a ‘liveable countryside’. Rural development is connected to tourism that can help compensate for decreasing income from agriculture. Services related to hunting could achieve a significant role in the development of tourism as they can be harmonised with rural development and with rural and ecotourism. Hunting tourism and game management can be connected to several rural development goals, so it...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Rural development; Tourism; Game management; Hunting tourism; Marketing; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Land Economics/Use.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/48094

Performance Analysis of Production and Trade of Indian Silk under WTO Regime
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Umesh,   Kotrakerebasegowda; Akshara,   Mutuguppe; Shripad,   Bhat; Harishkumar,   K.; Srinivasan,   S.M.
India is the second largest producer of silk and also the largest consumer of silk in the world having a strong tradition bound domestic market. In this paper, growth functions were estimated for India’s aggregate production and trade parameters using annual data from 1984/85 to 2006/07. To know the temporal price efficiency between the World (China) and Domestic market (India) the co-integration test was done for the period from 1991/92 to 2004/05. The performance analysis was done considering both mulberry and non-mulberry silk sectors at all India level for two sub-periods (Pre-WTO; 1984-85 to 1994-95 and Post-WTO; 1995-96 to 2006-07). The overall growth in production of cocoon and raw silk in India exhibited a decreasing trend with moderate...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Mulberry; Co-integration; Instability index; Nominal protection coefficient; WTO; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; International Development; International Relations/Trade; Political Economy.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/50788

“MAS QUAL REFORMA AGRÁRIA?” – REVISITANDO UM INCONCLUSO DEBATE
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Valente,   Ana Lucia Eduardo Farah.
O tema da reforma agrária é examinado por três ângulos: a ação do Estado, a demanda existente e o debate acadêmico. A partir da análise de diferentes perspectivas em jogo, indica-se como possível resposta ao título do texto, que sejam concentrados recursos humanos, financeiros e logísticos numa região que cubra a metade norte de Minas Gerais e se estenda até o Maranhão. Os mecanismos de desapropriação e aquisição ali ainda são possíveis por serem mais baratas as terras do Nordeste, levando em conta a escassez de recursos e a necessidade de maximizar a eficácia governamental. Devido à expressiva presença negra, também essa escolha estabelece a transversalidade com a questão étnica.  A reforma agrária poderia, assim, torna-se uma política expressiva no...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Reforma agrária; Foco regional e étnico; Land reform; Regional and ethnic focus; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Land Economics/Use.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/108929

O TURISMO RURAL E AS ORGANIZAÇÕES SOCIAIS LOCAIS NO DISTRITO DE SÃO PEDRO, BENTO GONÇALVES – RS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Silva,   Maurem Fronza da; Almeida,   Joaquim Anecio; Souza,   Marcelino de.
Conceived as an income generation alternative for rural inhabitants, tourism has an admitted economic genesis. However, the motivation of each family gradually neighbors the community as the activity outflows the boundaries of the property. The associative forms are an attempt to equalize diverging interests and to attempt to work for the collective welfare. In the district of São Pedro, Bento Gonçalves – RS, previous experiences of union among families work as a basis for the “Caminhos de Pedra” (Stone Paths) association, which is meant to be an entity that prepares the farmers for their new role as tourism entrepreneurs.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Rural tourism; Social organizations; Family.; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/43931

VENTURE CAPITAL AND THE INCUBATION OF SMALL ENTERPRISES
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Bajmoczy,   Zoltan; Kosztopulosz,   Andreasz; Imreh,   Szabolcs.
The present paper has reviewed the potential interpretations of the incubation process and examined in detail the basic types of corporate incubators having an increasing role in everyday practice together with the main objectives of the different types. We have also mapped how the different types of enterprises can join the incubation process and highlighted that for-profit organisations can also play a significant role within financing solutions. We made an attempt to prove that – under adequate conditions – the cooperation of private capital and incubators is suitable for creating a bridge over the equity and knowledge gap, which means that such co-operations can also have significant economic development effects. Incubators operating on such bases can...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Business incubation; Corporate business incubation; Knowledge and capital gap; V2C (venture to capital); Community/Rural/Urban Development; Financial Economics.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/58909

Retail Trade Area Analysis Langdon North Dakota
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Bangsund,   Dean A.; Leistritz,   F. Larry; Wanzek,   Janet K.; Zetocha,   Dale F.; Bastow-Shoop,   Holly E.
This report is intended to provide an indepth trade area analysis of Langdon, North Dakota. Specific analyses included determining Langdon's main and greater trade areas, identifying the demographic profile of Langdon shoppers, examining important and less important services for patron shoppers of Langdon, identifying neighboring cities that area shoppers patronize, determining distances area shoppers traveled to Langdon, and listing popular newspapers and radio stations among area residents. Current trade area information for Langdon was obtained from a statewide trade area survey conducted by the Department of Agricultural Economics at North Dakota State University in 1989. Recent trends (1980 to 1989) in Langdon population, retail sales, per capita...
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development; Financial Economics.
Ano: 1991
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/51314

NUTRITION SECURITY IN URBAN AREAS OF LATIN AMERICA
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Sanchez-Grinan,   Maria Ines.
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Food Security and Poverty.
Ano: 1998
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/16328

Broadband Internet Service Helping Create a Rural Digital Economy
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Stenberg,   Peter L.; Morehart,   Mitchell J.; Cromartie,   John.
Tipo: Article
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/124198

Staple Food Trade in the COMESA Region: The Need for a Regional Approach to Stimulate Agricultural Growth and Enhance Food Security
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Nijhoff,   Jan J.
COMMON MARKET FOR EASTERN AND SOUTHERN AFRICA Twenty Fourth Meeting of the Trade and Customs Committee Nairobi, Kenya 2-4 November, 2009
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Food security; Africa; Grain; Trade; Food policy; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Food Security and Poverty; International Development; International Relations/Trade; Q11; Q18; Q13.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/62227

Heterogeneous Impacts Of Cooperatives On Smallholders’ Commercialization Behavior: Evidence From Ethiopia.
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Bernard,   Tanguy; Gabre-Madhin,   Eleni Z.; Taffesse,   Alemayehu Seyoum.
This paper examines the impact of marketing cooperatives on smallholder commercialization of cereals using detailed household data in rural Ethiopia. We use the strong government role in promoting the establishment of cooperatives to justify the use of propensity score matching in order to compare households that are cooperative members to similar households in comparable areas without cooperatives. The analysis reveals that while cooperatives obtain higher prices for their members, they are not associated with a significant increase in the overall share of cereal production sold commercially by their members. However, these average results hide considerable heterogeneity in the impact across households. In particular, we find smaller farmers tend reduce...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Demand and Price Analysis; Farm Management; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Food Security and Poverty; Institutional and Behavioral Economics; Labor and Human Capital; Marketing; Productivity Analysis; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/52161

AN ECONOMETRIC ANALYSIS OF STRUCTURAL DIFFERENCE AMONG RURAL COMMUNITIES AND THEIR AFFECT ON THE LOCATION OF MANUFACTURING PLANTS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Dorf,   Ronald J.
The purpose of this study is (1) to determine if quantitative structural difference among rural communities can be discerned and (2) to test statistically any structural differences discerned as to their association with the location of manufacturing plants, and their association with growth in manufacturing employment.
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 1976
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/13567

AZ INFRASTRUKTÚRA ÉS A MEZŐGAZDASÁG
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Abonyi-Palotas,   Jolan.
A rendszerváltozás óta alapjaiban változtak meg a külső és a belső körülmé-nyek, a termelés, a feldolgozás és az értékesítés közgazdasági környezete. Az élelmiszergazdaság elemei közti régi, akkor sem teljes összhang összeomlott, az újak pedig még nem jöttek létre, nem váltak általánossá. Elmaradott, szűk ke-resztmetszetű a mezőgazdaság infrastruktúrája és sajnos ez jellemzi az agrártér-ség, a vidék infrastruktúráját is. A mezőgazdasági térségekben lassabb a növe-kedés és a fejlődés üteme, visszafogottabb a beruházás, erősebb a tőkehiány. Ezen sokat lendíthet a speciális infrastruktúra átgondolt, dinamikus fejlesztése.               -         The internal and external circumstances, production, processing and the economic sales environment have all...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Infrastruktúra; Speciális agrár infrastruktúra; Fejlettség; Fejlesztés; Infrastructure; Special agricultural infrastructure; Maturity; Development; Agribusiness; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/57678

Farm-Based Recreation:  A Statistical Profile
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Brown,   Dennis M.; Reeder,   Richard J.
Farm-based recreation provides an important niche market for farmers, but limited empirical information is available on the topic. Access to two USDA databases, the 2004 Agricultural Resource Management Survey (ARMS) and the 2000 National Survey on Recreation and the Environment, provided researchers with a deeper understanding of who operates farm-based recreation enterprises, such as hunting and fishing operations, horseback riding businesses, on-farm rodeos, and petting zoos. Regression analysis identified the importance of various farmer and farm characteristics, as well as local and regional factors associated with farmer operation of, and income derived from, farm-based recreation.
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Agritourism; Recreation; ARMS; NSRE; Rural development; Tourism; Farms; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Farm Management; Institutional and Behavioral Economics.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/56445

The Relation Between Urban and Rural Populations: Empirics and Implications
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Phillips,   John.
Policies aimed at increasing farm efficiency through amalgamation and those directed at decentralization of population require a clear understanding of the relationship, both functionally and empirically, between rural populations and the towns which they surround. In this article we show that rural towns have evolved as service centres for the surrounding population and that there is a definite numerical relationship between the population in the rural sector and that in the related urban service centres. Policy implications of these findings are then deduced.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 1974
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/9636

COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT IN A LOW-INCOME COUNTY
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: McMurtry,   Gene.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 1968
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/17869

Efficiency = Equity and Other Musings on Economics and Sustainable Development
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Sinner,   Jim.
Conventional wisdom says that equity concerns are beyond the scope of economic analysis and that achieving equity objectives will often come at a cost in terms of efficiency. Examination of the underlying meaning of efficiency and how it is defined, however, reveals that this tension between efficiency and equity is more apparent than real. The paper also explores the application of other economic concepts to the field of sustainable development, including the use of discounting for present value, Gross Domestic Product as a measure of well-being, and rational utility maximisation vs. bounded rationality as models of human behaviour.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Environmental Economics and Policy; Land Economics/Use; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/97778

Fallstudie zur Wirkung der Ausgleichszulage  im Altmarkkreis Salzwedel (Sachsen­Anhalt)
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Pohl,   Christian.
Zusammenfassung: Ziel dieser Fallstudie ist, die Wirkung der Ausgleichszulage auf verschiedene Bereiche der Landwirtschaft und des ländlichen Raumes in einem „typischen“ benachteiligten Gebiet vertieft zu untersuchen. Die Region steht dabei stellvertretend für eine Ackerbauregion mit Roggenanbau auf leichten Böden in den neuen Bundesländern. Dazu wurden vorhandene Statistiken, relevante Literatur und die Daten des BMELV­Testbetriebsnetzes ausgewertet sowie Befragungen mit Landwirten und Experten durchgeführt. Anhand einer schriftlichen Befragung von Beratern aus strukturell ähnlichen Landkreisen wurde die Übertragbarkeit der Fallstudie geprüft und alle Ergebnisse anschließend auf einem Workshop mit den zuständigen Fachreferenten der Länder und des Bundes...
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Benachteiligte Gebiete; Ausgleichszulage; Fallstudie; Less Favoured Areas; Compensatory allowance; Case study; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Environmental Economics and Policy; Land Economics/Use; Q15; Q18; Q19.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/103254

Kihívás: a fenntarthatóság megvalósítása vidéken
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Csete,   Laszlo.
A folyamatosságra, vagy másképpen a fenntarthatóságra irányuló emberi magatartás kívánalma bibliai múltra tekint vissza, s az is jól ismert, hogy a természeti erőforrásokat hasznosító mező-erdőgazdasági tevékenységekben, a józan gazdálkodó mindennapjaiban ezek „újratermelése” a gazdálkodás szerves részét képezi, de a folyamatosság, az előrelátás, a beosztás jellemzi a családi élet mindennapjait is. Ennek ellenére – néhány évtizeddel ezelőtt – az emberiség jövőjéért aggódó szakemberek szűk csoportja a fenntartható fejlődést megoldandó tennivalóként tárta a világ elé a természeti környezet, az élővilág gyorsuló pusztulása, a természeti erőforrások mértéktelen kizsarolása miatt. A globalizáció, a klímaváltozás és a közelmúltban kibontakozott...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Fenntarthatóság; Paradigmaváltás; Termelés; Fogyasztás; Élhetőség; Sustainability; Change of paradigm; Production; Consumption; Suitability for living; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Labor and Human Capital.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/99080

Responding to Economic Shocks in Ghana: The Agricultural Sector as a Social Safety Net
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Sarpong,   Daniel Bruce; Asuming-Brempong,   Samuel.
The objective of this paper is to document, assess and characterize the role Ghana's agriculture has played as a safety net when the urban labor market suffered economic shocks. The study explores how agriculture influences non-agricultural dependent households. Specific attention is given to the implicit value of the informal insurance role that rural households play in supporting family members who lose jobs acquired after migrating to urban areas. The paper analyses Ghanaian agriculture's social security role in the late 1980s and 1990s. This well documented period in Ghanaian economic literature, coincides with both natural and macro policy shocks and the policy measures taken to cope with the shocks.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Ghana; Labor; Migration; Rural development; Safety nets; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Food Security and Poverty; Labor and Human Capital.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/12009

DOES CASH CROP ADOPTION DETRACT FROM CHILDCARE PROVISION? EVIDENCE FROM RURAL NEPAL
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Paolisso,   Michael J.; Hallman,   Kelly K.; Haddad,   Lawrence James; Regmi,   Shibesh.
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development; Labor and Human Capital; Production Economics.
Ano: 2001
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/15961

The Impact of Organic Farming on the Rural Economy in England
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Lobley,   Matt; Reed,   Matthew J.; Butler,   Allan J.
This research report seeks to explore the hypothesis that organic farming provides an additional benefit to the rural economy over and above that of conventional agriculture, defined for the purposes of this project as "non-organic". The approach adopted involved tracing the socio-economic footprint of a range of farm business types. The concept of the socio-economic footprint represents a development of earlier research (Errington and Courtney 2000) tracing the economic footprints of small towns. In contrast to conventional economic analysis, the research focused on examining the socio-economic linkages associated with different types of farming such as sales and purchasing patterns but also evidence of social connectivity and embeddedness.
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development; Farm Management.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/31747

AS OPCOES ESTRATEGICAS DAS EMPRESAS LOCAIS EM FACE DA GLOBALIZACAO DA ATIVIDADE PRODUTIVA: UM ESTUDO EXPLORATORIO NA CADEIA DO LEITE.
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Fensterseifer,   Jaime Evaldo; Vieira,   Luciana Marques.
The settling down of trans-national companies in the country affects brazillian companies’ competitiveness, especially that of those which operate only in the local market. The difficulties in growth or even their survival in the face of the productive activity’s globalization process is the focus of this piece of work, which seeks to deepen the understanding on how companies which act only locally are restructuring themselves strategically, mainly in an agro-industrial chain like that of milk, whose characteristics include concentration of foreign-capital companies. Since this is a theme in its inicial stage of study the authors have opted for the performing of a study of exploratory cases. The analised cases illustrate feasible survival and growth...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Local companies; Strategical options; Milk chain; Empresas locais; Opções estratégicas; Cadeia.; Agribusiness; Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2002
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/101915

Striga Management through Herbicide Resistance: A Public-Private Partnership in Action
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Woomer,   Paul L.; Savala,   Canon N.
Striga is an indigenous parasitic weed that attacks cereals and other crops in Africa.  In maize croplands alone, Striga infests over 2.3 million ha resulting in 1.6 million tons of grain loss worth US $383 million annually.  An innovative approach to controlling the parasite was to induce herbicide resistance in maize and to coat the seed with herbicide to provide chemical protection from infection.  This breakthrough that was realized after 12 years of collaborative research and development by the International Maize and Wheat Centre (CIMMYT), the Kenya Agricultural Research Center (KARI) and the Weizmann Institute of Science in Israel, is now ready for deployment in Sub-Saharan Africa.  This effort is most advanced in Kenya, where one variety of the...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Africa; Herbicides; Maize; Striga; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Environmental Economics and Policy; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Food Security and Poverty; Health Economics and Policy; Land Economics/Use; Marketing; Productivity Analysis; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/52184

The convergence process of the European regions: the role of Regional Policy and the Common Agricultural Policy
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Montresor,   Elisa; Pecci,   Francesco; Pontarollo,   Nicola.
The study investigates the convergence of labour productivity in 204 NUTS2 regions of the EU-15 between 1995 and 2006. The main objective of our work was to assess whether and to what extent European Union (EU) policies (Regional Policy and Common Agricultural Policy) have been effective in promoting economic growth and fostering the process of convergence of EU regions. These policies can have an asymmetric spatial impact, even if some concrete steps have been taken to avoid an excessive concentration of costs or benefits. To verify the effects of EU policies we compare different scenarios: with/without EU policies. Under a methodological profile, we adopt the Solovian model proposed by Mankiw et al. (1992). For the estimates we used an econometric...
Tipo: Article
Palavras-chave: Regional growth; Structural Funds; CAP subsidies; Productivity convergence; Spatial filters; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/119653

The Determinants of Rural Household Food Security in the Punjab, Pakistan: An Econometric Analysis
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Bashir,   Muhammad Khalid; Schilizzi,   Steven; Pandit,   Ram.
Pakistan is one of the leading producers of important agricultural commodities in the world with a relatively high proportion of undernourished population (26 %). This study aims to examine the food security trends in Pakistan in general, and to find out the household level food security and its key determinants in the rural areas of the Punjab Province in particular. Both secondary and primary data were used. Secondary data were obtained from Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), World Bank and Government of Pakistan’s data sources. Primary data were collected from 1152 households in 12 districts of the Punjab province using questionnaire survey. The analysis was done in two phases i.e. (Phase-A) identification of food security trends, at national...
Tipo: Working Paper
Palavras-chave: Food security; Rural households; Logistic regression; Punjab; Pakistan; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Consumer/Household Economics; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Food Security and Poverty; I30; Q18 and R20.
Ano: 2012
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/122526

ECONOMIC IMPORTANCE OF EXPORT-PRODUCING INDUSTRY IN MINNESOTA
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Maki,   Wilbur R.; Stenberg,   Peter L.; Chen,   Mason.
In this report, the role and importance of export-producing industries in Minnesota are discussed.  Major emphasis is on agricultural-related industries and their economic importance to the State in value of gross output and contribution to gross state product.
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development; International Relations/Trade.
Ano: 1980
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/14010

Urban Areas Prove Profitable for Farmers Selling Directly to Consumers
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Vogel,   Stephen J.; Low,   Sarah A.
Tipo: Article
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development; Consumer/Household Economics; Farm Management.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/121903

ECONOMIC CONTRIBUTION NORTH DAKOTA COOPERATIVES MAKE TO THE STATE ECONOMY
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Coon,   Randal C.; Leistritz,   F. Larry.
Cooperatives are an important form of business organization in North Dakota; 405 cooperatives were operating in the state in 2004, with most (224) related to agriculture (farm supply, agricultural processing, and grain handling). In addition, 33 utility, 66 financial, and 82 cooperatives classified as "other" were operating in the state in 2004.  Cooperatives exist to enhance sale price, reduce costs, or provide a service or product for their member-owners, but they also contribute significantly to the state's economy.  This report will provide estimates of the contribution North Dakota cooperatives make to the state economy measured in terms of such key economic indicators as retail trade, personal income, total business activity, employment, and tax...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Cooperatives; North Dakota; Economic impact; Agribusiness; Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/23663

Rural Growth and the Rural Capital Account
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Kilkenny,   Maureen; Partridge,   Mark D.
This technical report contributes to NC 1014's efforts to understand and improve the contribution of rural financial markets for rural growth. We investigate the ‗export-led growth' hypothesis about rural development, with particular emphasis on the implications of regional current account surpluses/capital account deficits, and deposits in commercial banks. We find that in just one case, subsequent rural deposits depend positively on prior rural export sector activity. But these deposits do not appear to support local investment: both subsequent rural employment and rural income growth are significantly negatively correlated with initial export intensity.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/48145

TOBACCO AND THE ECONOMY:  FARMS, JOBS, AND COMMUNITIES
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Gale,   H. Frederick, Jr.; Foreman,   Linda F.; Capehart,   Thomas C., Jr.
Public health policies intended to reduce the incidence of smoking-related disease adversely affect thousands of tobacco farmers, manufacturers, and other businesses that produce, distribute, and sell tobacco products. This report assesses the likely impacts of declining tobacco demand, and identifies the types of workers, farms, businesses, and communities that are most vulnerable to loss of tobacco income and jobs. The dollar impact on the farm sector of a reduction in cigarette demand will be smaller than that experienced by manufacturing, wholesale, retail, and transportation businesses, but tobacco farms and their communities may have the most difficulty adjusting. Many tobacco farmers lack good alternatives to tobacco, and they have tobacco-specific...
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development; Crop Production/Industries.
Ano: 2000
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/34007

STATE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT: THE SATURN PROJECT REVISITED
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Lindall,   Scott A.
This paper focuses on state economic development efforts with an emphasis on formulating a state economic development strategy.  An analytical framework for regional policy analysis is discussed.  A second framework is presented that outlines criteria for efficient use of state funds.  Economic Base theory is discussed in the appendix, along with Shift-Share Analysis.  States, although generally lacking a comprehensive development strategy, are active in economic development programs.  The "bottom line" in all regional development efforts is enhancement of the productivity of regional resources, particularly human.  To ensure the productive use of state financing, eligible candidates for state assistance are being targeted for export-producing businesses...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 1986
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/13966

Allocation of Orbit and Spectrum Resources for Regional Communications: What's at Stake?
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: MacAuley,   Molly K.
Contentious debate surrounds allocation of the geostationary orbit and electromagnetic spectrum, two resources used by communications satellites. An extensive economics literature alleges that the nonmarket administrative allocative procedures now in place are highly inefficient, but no research has empirically estimated the welfare loss. This paper develops a conceptual framework and a computerized model to estimate the economic value of the resources, the size and distribution of welfare costs associated with the present regulatory regime, and the potential gains from more market-like allocation.
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Outer space; Communications satellites; Pricing natural resources; Community/Rural/Urban Development; H4; Q2.
Ano: 1997
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/10746

Agricultural Growth, Rural Poverty and Hunger In Africa
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Otieno,   Zipora Awuor.
The long-term reduction of hunger and poverty in Sub-Saharan Africa remains one of the great challenges for the International development community. Poverty in Africa is predominately rural, majority of the poor people live in rural areas and are dependent on food production through farming or livestock keeping for most of their livelihood. It is estimated that over two hundred million people in Sub-Saharan Africa live in extreme poverty and among these are the rural poor in Eastern and Southern Africa where the worlds highest concentration of poor people are found. Given Agriculture’s central role in the region’s economies, can agriculture play a major role in poverty alleviation? How can Africa’s role in poverty reduction be enhanced? What could be done...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Demand and Price Analysis; Environmental Economics and Policy; Farm Management; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Food Security and Poverty; Labor and Human Capital; Marketing; Production Economics; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/52179

Sociological Consideration on the Development of Ecological Agriculture in Western China
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Zhao,   Guiting.
Development of ecological agriculture is the mainstream of the world's agricultural development, as well as the only way to change from traditional agriculture to modern agriculture. This paper expatiates the connotation of ecological agriculture and its significance to the development of western China. There are problems in the development of ecological agriculture in western China, manifested mainly in insufficient subsequent supply, overextension of resources, lack of capital and technology input in the development of ecological agriculture, and imperfect supporting policies. From the new perspective of sociology, countermeasures for developing western ecological agriculture are put forward, including improving the scientific and cultural quality of...
Tipo: Thesis or Dissertation
Palavras-chave: Western China; Ecological agriculture; Problem of development; Sociological consideration; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/54073

Impact of Competition Policy Reforms on Rural and Regional Australia
Provedor de dados: 31
On 28 August 1998 the Treasurer referred the impact of competition policy reforms on rural and regional Australia for inquiry and report within 12 months of receiving the reference. The Commission was to assess the impact (both transitional and ongoing) of the competition policy and related reforms introduced by the Commonwealth, State, Territory and local governments under the three intergovernmental agreements signed in April 1995 - the Competition Principles Agreement, the Conduct Code Agreement and the Agreement to Implement the National Competition Policy and Related Reforms.
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 1999
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/31892

SUPPLY AND DEMAND FOR MARRIED FEMALE LABOR: RURAL AND URBAN DIFFERENCES IN THE SOUTHERN UNITED STATES
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Alwang,   Jeffrey Roger; Stallmann,   Judith I.
This study examined the supply of and demand for married female labor in the southern United States.  Special attention was given to differences in labor force participation, labor supply, and quantities of labor supplied and demanded across rural and urban areas.  Once state effects were accounted for, decisions to change participation were found not to vary by urban-rural designation.  Differences in demand were fully captured by an intercept shifter and the variations in hours supplied by married females between urban and rural areas.  Labor supply varied greatly with the effects of key determinants (number of children, work force experience, family income) being strongly different in rural areas.  Different policies are needed to promote female labor...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development; Labor and Human Capital.
Ano: 1992
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/29645

Bringing Venture Capital to Rural South Dakota
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Hamilton,   Christine.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/33283

Retail Trade Area Analysis Hillsboro North Dakota
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Bangsund,   Dean A.; Leistritz,   F. Larry; Wanzek,   Janet K.; Zetocha,   Dale F.; Bastow-Shoop,   Holly E.
This report is intended to provide an indepth trade area analysis of Hillsboro, North Dakota. Specific analyses included determining Hillsboro's main and greater trade areas, identifying the demographic profile of Hillsboro shoppers, examining important and less important services for patron shoppers of Hillsboro, identifying neighboring cities that area shoppers patronize, determining distances area shoppers traveled to Hillsboro, and listing popular newspapers and radio stations among area residents. Current trade area information for Hillsboro was obtained from a statewide trade area survey conducted by the Department of Agricultural Economics at North Dakota State University in 1989. Recent trends (1980 to 1989) in Hillsboro population, retail sales,...
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development; Financial Economics.
Ano: 1991
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/51277

Basic Principles of Sustainable Development
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Harris,   Jonathan M.
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2000
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/15600

AN ANALYSIS OF THE IMPACT OF MICHIGAN ECONOMIC INCENTIVE LEGISLATION
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Cook,   Roberta L.
In the appendix to this paper an overview of Michigan economic incentive legislation is presented (MSU Ag Econ Staff paper No. 79-79).  This described Michigan's economic incentive program without conducting an analysis of the consequences of the program.  The purpose of the following discussion is to analyze the impact of economic incentives, providing some insights into the incidence of benefits and costs resulting from Michigan's economic development program.  This discussion is comprised of four parts:  1)  The relationship between tax levels, industrial revenue bond financing, and economic growth; 2)  A description of industrial revenue bond use on a national level, Michigan's program placed into perspective; 3)  Summary and discussion of the results...
Tipo: Thesis or Dissertation
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development; Public Economics.
Ano: 1984
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/11167

Conceptualising ‘macro-regions’: Viewpoints and tools beyond NUTS classification
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Ladias,   Christos; Hasanagas,   Nikolaos; Papadopoulou,   Eleni.
Definitions are imposed but properties not. The basic question addressed by this paper is how to ‘detect’ objective socio-economic spatial structures instead of ‘defining’ them arbitrarily. The NUTS classification model is rather arbitrary. Not only have the administrative units been structured through ‘accidental’ historical conditions but the reliability of the measurement of the population in an area is disputable as long as the mobility is strengthened and the ‘usual residence’ becomes more and more vague. Concerning the auxiliary criteria, they are also heterogeneous and are rather perceptions imposed by decision makers than physical entities. The quantitative network analysis (QNA) approach is suggested as a tool to detect macro-structures regarded...
Tipo: Article
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development; Labor and Human Capital; Macro-region; NUTS; Flows; Quantitative network analysis; Migration; Rural-urban relationship; Place.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/119649

Social Impact Assessment of the Proposed Dodds-Roundhill Coal Gasification Project
Provedor de dados: 31
This project report was completed by 14 graduate and undergraduate students in a social impact assessment course (AREC 450-550) during the Winter Term, January to April, 2009. The overall goal of this project was to learn specific concepts and methods for social impact assessment by undertaking such an assessment for the proposed Dodds-Roundhill Coal Gasification project (Southeast of Edmonton, Alberta). The social impact assessment is composed of four major components: (1) scoping of relevant social indicators, (2) social impacts within municipalities, (3) social impacts within the farming region, and (4) a comparative case study of social impacts. Together, the four project reports provide insights into the potential social impacts from the proposed coal...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Environmental impact assessment; Social indicators; Comparative case study; Social research methods; Energy policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Land Economics/Use; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods; Teaching/Communication/Extension/Profession; R52; R11; Q34.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/91421

A Property Rights Approach to Preserving Subsidized Multifamily Rural Housing with Cooperatives
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Reynolds,   Bruce J.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development; Agribusiness.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/31821

COOPERATIVE MOVEMENTS SETTING EXAMPLE FOR CLASSIC TEAMWORKS OF COUNTRYSIDES IN TRANSYLVANIA
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Szabo,   Zoltan; Kovács,   István Béla; Zsarnoczai,   J. Sandor.
Cooperative movements assured economic welfare of villages, led them to the way of becoming real citizens in the first half of the XXth century. By that period we can say that for improving competitivity advancing coops, and their social role is necessary. In an active coop continuous modernization is needed. This is due to global challenges and multinational companies, and also smaller dominant ones. This is why Hangya cooperative organisations are to be remembered for being the first in the Carpatian basin from the late 19th century. Manufacturers can realize their interests by building their own organizations. This is the cooperation of separate farmers, today dealing with very complicated transnational  organizations. Realizing these may be the way to...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Cooperatives of Transylvania; Judiciary bases; Improving competitiveness; Integrated product channel; Security of income; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Industrial Organization.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/47557

The Emergent Vinifera Wine Industry in North Carolina: A Descriptive Overview
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Ofori-Boadu,   Victor; Yeboah,   Osei-Agyeman; Bhadury,   Joy; Dobie,   Kathryn; Troy,   Samuel P.; Williamson,   Nicholas C.
The North Carolina (NC) wine industry has grown rapidly over the past decade and is expected to grow even more as the worldwide wine consumption and export of wines rises. In the United States, the wine market has grown by 13.7 percent since 2002 in volume and by more than 15 percent in dollars as wine has progressed from being a beverage of an elite segment of the market to becoming a mainline beverage, taking its place alongside beer and liquor (MKF Research LLC, 2007; Oches, 2009). The Piedmont Triad Region is uniquely positioned to increase its presence in this industry. Of the 80 wineries in NC that are currently open to the public, nearly half are located in the Piedmont Triad Region. However, growing grapes and making wine is a long term commitment...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Profitability Constraints; Financial Management; Marketing; Distribution; Agribusiness; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Farm Management.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/56384

Front Materials
Provedor de dados: 31
Includes:  Front Cover; Editorial Information; Contents Pages; Guide to Contributors
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2003
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/60408

AGRICULTURAL MARKETING COOPERATIVES, RURAL DEVELOPMENT AND FOOD SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT IN TWO SOUTHEAST ASIAN COUNTRIES
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Vergroesen,   Antoon Gerard.
An evaluation was made of the performance of agricultural marketing cooperatives within the context of rural development strategies in the Philippines and Indonesia.  It was also recognized that cooperatives in LDC's could act as an important institutional mechanism for improving the coordination of the food systems in the two accounts.  The study identified major shortcomings in operational efficiency, the equitable distribution of benefits to members and in the progressiveness of cooperatives in both countries.  The policy conclusions and recommendations emphasize that (1) the role of the government in rural development programs should be redefined to emphasize a public service role while encouraging a "de-officialization" approach in cooperative...
Tipo: Thesis or Dissertation
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness; Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 1989
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/11225

Determinants of participation in child’s education and alternative activities in Pakistan
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Lodhi,   Abdul Salam; Tsegai,   Daniel W.; Gerber,   Nicolas.
Using data from Pakistan, this study analyzed the effect of various individual, household, and community level characteristics on the probability that children engage in different activities. According to the existing trend of their prevalence, we considered five child’s activities, namely: secular schooling; religious education; child labor; a combination of child labor and secular schooling; and inactivity (including leisure). Data was collected through field surveys conducted in over 40 villages in four Pakistani provinces: Balochistan, Khyber Paktunkhwa, Punjab, and Sind. A total of 963 households were interviewed on the activities of 2,496 children. Multinomial Probit model was used for the analyses. Results indicated that parental perception had...
Tipo: Working Paper
Palavras-chave: Child productivity; Child’s activities; Parental perception; Gender; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Labor and Human Capital; Teaching/Communication/Extension/Profession.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/119110

IMPACT ON FOOD SECURITY AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT OF REALLOCATING WATER FROM AGRICULTURE
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Rosegrant,   Mark W.; Ringler,   Claudia.
"August 1999". Includes bibliographical references (p.42-48).
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Water transfers; Water scarcity; Agricultural production; Projections of food supply and demand; Demand management; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Food Security and Poverty; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 1999
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/97500

Are High Wage Jobs Hazardous to Your Health? The Myth That Attracting Higher Paying Extractive Industry Jobs Is a Desirable Community Economic Development Strategy
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Loomis,   John B.; Kerkvliet,   Joe; Weiler,   Stephan.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/92859

Irrigation and water policies in the Mekong region: Current discourses and practices
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Molle,   Francois.
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Water resource management; Water policy; Water law; Participatory management; Irrigation management; River basins; Governance; South East Asia; Thailand; Cambodia; Laos; Vietnam; Myanmar; China; Mekong Region; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Environmental Economics and Policy; Farm Management; Institutional and Behavioral Economics; Land Economics/Use; Political Economy; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/53062

2009 New York State Reference Manual for Regional Schools, Income Tax Management and Reporting for Small Businesses and Farm
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Bennett,   Joseph A.; Bennett,   Kathryn R.
Tipo: Working Paper
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/121772

Aspekte der Agrarpolitik 2004
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Grethe,   Harald; Hager,   Astrid; Kirschke,   Dieter.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; International Relations/Trade.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/97197

KNOWLEDGE PRODUCTION, MULTIFUNCTIONALITY OF AGRICULTURE AND PUBLIC DECISIONS: CRITICAL ISSUES OF CONTEMPORARY CONTROVERSIES
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Laurent,   Catherine E.; Labarthe,   Pierre; Berriet-Solliec,   Marielle; Trouve,   Aurelie; Kirsch,   Marc.
Various theoretical models of public policy analysis are used to treat situations of decision-making in which public deciders have to take into account the multifunctionality of agriculture. For some, science-society relations are not really problematical. Others acknowledge the current attempts of these policy-makers to find adequate scientific knowledge, and the difficulties they encounter. These difficulties stem partly from the very content of knowledge produced by research. Could other modes of production be more efficient? The status of the knowledge produced by these approaches is a subject of debate. Bridging the divide between science and policy more effectively is not only a question of knowledge brokerage. Accessibility and reliability of the...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Multifunctionality; Agriculture; Knowledge; Policy; Agribusiness; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Labor and Human Capital.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/57479

A spatial analysis of participation in RDP measures: a case study in Emilia Romagna Region
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Bartolini,   Fabio; Raggi,   Meri; Viaggi,   Davide.
A large body of literature has highlighted and analysed the issues which affect the quality and the reliability of evaluation results of the RDPs measure. In addition to weaknesses in the specification of objectives, measurement of the additionality, several authors have pointed-out a lack in evaluation of the cross-effects across space of the measure. The objective of this contribution is to develop a spatial analysis of the participation rate in the measure 121, highlighting, as a determinant, the effect of the set of priorities established by the local administration. The analysis is realised by two steps: the first is the realisation of an Exploratory Spatial Description Analysis (ESDA) of the participation rate in the Emilia Romagna Municipalities and...
Tipo: Presentation
Palavras-chave: Rural development measure; Farm modernisation; Spatial econometrics; Participation; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Q18 - Agricultural Policy; Food Policy; Q10 - General.
Ano: 2012
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/124103

Land grabbing in Eastern Europe: global food security and land governance in post - Soviet Eurasia
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Visser,   Oane; Spoor,   Max.
While ‘land grabbing’ in Africa by China, and other populous, high-income Asian countries such as South Korea got quite some attention, land grabbing in post-Soviet Eurasia has gone largely unnoticed. However, as this paper shows, recently also in the latter region foreign state and private companies are accumulating vast expanses of farm land. The paper discusses the factors which make post-Soviet Eurasia such an attractive area for international investment, with arguably much more potential than most areas in Africa or Asia. Second, the process of land accumulation and acquisition of farms is described. Both domestic as well as international accumulation of land is dealt with, placing this in the domestic context of agricultural development and...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Land grabbing; Post-Soviet countries; Agroholdings; Economic inequality; Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/95314

Effects of Participation in Organic Markets and Farmer-based Organizations on the Adoption of Soil Conservation Practices among Small-scale Farmers in Honduras
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Wollni,   Meike; Lee,   David R.; Thies,   Janice E.
Conservation agriculture is often perceived to provide “win-win” outcomes for farmers leading to reduced erosion and off-site sedimentation, as well as improved soil fertility and productivity. However, adoption rates for conservation agriculture in many regions of the world remain below expected levels. This paper looks at the effect of organic markets in providing incentives for farmers to adopt soil conservation practices. Farmer-based organizations may link farmers to these markets by helping them overcome information deficiencies with respect to production standards and consumer preferences. Based on original survey data from 241 small-scale farm households in Honduras, we find that both participation in organic markets and farmer-based groups have...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Soil conservation; Technology adoption; Organic markets; Farmer organizations; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Environmental Economics and Policy; International Development; Q01; Q12; Q13; Q16.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/51669

Análise envoltória de dados no estudo da eficiência em assentamentos rurais no Estado de  Mato Grosso
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Lamera,   Janice Alves; Figueiredo,   Adriano Marcos Rodrigues; Zavala,   Arturo Zavala.
Houve um importante crescimento do número de assentamentos rurais após 1994 e diversos estudos já comprovaram que a quantidade e a qualidade dos projetos não estariam associadas. Há muita pobreza entre os assentados rurais, mas muitos assentamentos se destacam neste cenário de pobreza, conseguindo melhores rendas comparativamente à média geral. Este estudo analisa quais são os fatores mais importantes para esta diferenciação entre os assentamentos rurais mato-grossenses. Utilizaram-se dados do Censo da Reforma Agrária de 2002 com técnicas de análise envoltória de dados (DEA) para se obter a fronteira eficiente, e assim detectar o que causa maior eficiência ou menor ineficiência entre os projetos estudados. Entre as variáveis analisadas estavam...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Assentamentos; DEA; Eficiência; Mato Grosso; Settlements; DEA; Efficiency; Mato Grosso; Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/108137

Subsistence Agriculture in Central and Eastern Europe: How to Break the Vicious Circle?
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Abele,   Steffen; Frohberg,   Klaus.
Subsistence agriculture is probably the least understood and the most neglected type of agriculture. In a globalised, market-driven world, it remains at the same time a myth and a marginal phenomenon. Empirically, subsistence agriculture for a long time seemed to be restricted to developing countries, with only a few cases reported in Western Europe (CAILLAVET and NICHELE 1999; THIEDE 1994). Governmental support offered to subsistence agriculture was mainly done through agricultural development policies, the main objective being to have subsistence farmers participate in markets. The strategy was to make farmers produce more by introducing new technologies and consequently bring their output to the market. Failures of such attempts were numerous, yet...
Tipo: Book
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Consumer/Household Economics; Farm Management; Financial Economics; Institutional and Behavioral Economics.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/93082

The Form of Rural Development Assistance Matters to Distressed Counties
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Reeder,   Richard J.; Bagi,   Faqir Singh.
Tipo: Article
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/121971

New York Economic Handbook, 2008
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Extension Faculty &amp; Staff.
Tipo: Working Paper
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/121887

THE SUPERMARKET - FRIEND OR FOE OF THE COMMUNITY
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Tanaka,   Joseph K.
Creates awareness of the "total supermarket" and its effect on the environment.  Also suggests future changes to make the supermarket a better neighbor.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development; Marketing.
Ano: 1970
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/27002

INDUSTRY LOCATION MODELING: EXTENSIONS OF THE PLAINS ECONOMIC TARGETING SYSTEM
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Leatherman,   John C.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development; Industrial Organization.
Ano: 2002
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/27986

COMMUNITY SERVICE MANAGEMENT AND PLANNING PROGRAMS IN OKLAHOMA: WHY, WHAT AND HOW DELIVERED
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Doeksen,   Gerald A.; Nelson,   James R.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 1983
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/17669

RURAL DEVELOPMENT NETWORK AND TERRITORIAL COMPETITIVENESS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Popovic,   Vesna; Katic,   Branko; Zivanovic Miljkovic,   Jelena.
In this paper, as a case-study, the authors examine development potentials and capacity building of local actors in one of the future NUTS III regions of Serbia, functional region Kolubara–Mačva-Podrinje, that encompass 14 municipalities of Kolubara and Mačva districts. The results of the situation analysis, including SWOT matrix, indicate local actors’ animation and its regional networking as one of the basic factors of territorial development.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Territorial competitiveness; Rural networking; Capacity of local actors; Rural development support; Kolubara–Mačva-Podrinje region; Agribusiness; Community/Rural/Urban Development; International Development.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/57641

Short- &amp; Long-Run Effects of Seafood Imports on Domestic Price
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Lee,   Young-Jae; Kennedy,   P. Lynn; Brian,   Hilbun.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Demand and Price Analysis; International Relations/Trade.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/103336

REGULATORY ISSUES AND IMPACTS OF GAMING IN INDIAN COUNTRY
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Johnson,   Tadd.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 1998
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/17932

PARTICIPAÇÃO E DESENVOLVIMENTO: UMA ANÁLISE DO PERFIL DOS REPRESENTANTES DO CONSELHO MUNICIPAL DE DESENVOLVIMENTO RURAL SUSTENTÁVEL DE DIAMANTINA, MINAS GERAIS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Oliveira,   Cyntia Meireles de; Silva,   Daniel Ferreira da; Almeida,   Diego Correa Pacheco Aleixo de; Oliveira,   Carlos Henrique de.
A região do Vale do Jequitinhonha apresenta uma grande riqueza cultural, embora seja uma das regiões mais pobres do Estado de Minas, o que pode ser corroborado conforme seu índice de Desenvolvimento Humano - IDH, oscilando em torno de 0,465. Este espaço é caracterizado pela marcante presença de agricultores familiares, representando cerca de 50% do total da população economicamente ativa da região. O presente artigo propõe discutir a formação e atuação dos Conselhos Municipais de Desenvolvimento Rural Sustentável - CMDRS enquanto espaços propulsores de ações interventoras mais efetivas quanto às necessidades das comunidades rurais; para tanto se toma como unidade desta análise o CMDRS de Diamantina - MG. Para composição deste trabalho foram efetuadas...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agricultura familiar; Planejamento Rural; Política Local; Vale do Jequitinhonha; Family agriculture; Rural planning; Local politics; Valley of Jequitinhonha; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Farm Management.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/109445

From Statistical to Geolinguistic Data: Mapping and Measuring Linguistic Diversity
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Barni,   Monica.
The aim of this paper is describing a new methodology for mapping and measuring linguistic  diversity in a territory.  The three methods that have been created by the Centro di eccellenza della ricerca Osservatorio linguistico permanente dell’italiano diffuso fra stranieri e delle lingue immigrate in Italia at the Università per Stranieri di Siena are the following: - the Toscane favelle model, a procedural application which passes from quantitative statistical data to a demolinguistic paradigm;  - the Monterotondo-Mentana model. The surveys of quantitative and qualitative data are carried out using traditional tools (questionnaires, audio and video recordings) as well as advanced technologies; - the Esquilino model. Digital maps are created which present...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/12082

Analyzing of Special Hungarian Micro-Regions from the Point of View of a New Rural Category
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Ritter,   Krisztian.
There is no universally accepted definition of the category of "rural area" in Hungary and this issue is the subject of controversy. The EU or OECD standards cannot be fully applied due to unique national characteristics. As a) the role of agriculture in the national economy has drastically decreased in the last 15 years in Hungary - due to the political transition and globalisation, and as b) this decreasing importance causes heavy and pressing problems, especially in agricultural and ex-agricultural areas and regions, job loss is a characteristic sign of the underprivileged areas, and that affects mainly the villages and rural people who have lost their jobs in the agricultural sector.  Main goal of the author's Ph.D. research is an analysis of the...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agricultural employment; EU; Job loss; Rural area; Rural development; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Q19.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/24448

Road to Specialization in Agricultural Production: Tales of 18 Natural Villages in China
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Qin,   Yu; Zhang,   Xiaobo.
Replaced with revised version of paper 07/14/11.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Road; Agricultural specialization; Intermediate input; Agricultural income; China; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Consumer/Household Economics; Crop Production/Industries; International Development; O18; O43.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/103882

Diagnóstico del Potencial de las Truchas de Campos do Jordão para la Indicación Geográfica
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Sato,   Geni Satiko; Tabata,   Y.A.; Takahashi,   N.S.
El objetivo de este estudio es identificar y recopilar información y datos sobre la trucha en Campos do Jordão que indica el potencial del producto para obtener una indicación geográfica. La metodología de la investigación se caracteriza por ser exploratoria mixto, tiene como objetivo analizar las variables cuantitativas y cualitativas. En Brasil, la Ley 9279 de 1996, define las reglas de IG para su designación de una propiedad intelectual y hacer, como un activo intangible, la naturaleza colectiva y el derecho. Así que un IG puede ser una Indicación de procedencia o una Denominación de Origine. La descripción del territorio de la trucha en todo alrededor de Campos do Jordão comprende de 12 truticultores y todos pueden ser considerados productores...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Trucha; Denominación de Origine; Campos do Jordão-Brasil; Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Labor and Human Capital.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/95231

Overview of Economic Trends in South Carolina's Council of Governments Regions, 2000-2005
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Eades,   Daniel C.
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/113317

Income Growth and Mobility of Rural Households in Kenya: Role of Education and Historical Patterns in Poverty Reduction
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Mathenge,   Mary K.; Tschirley,   David L.
Replaced with revised version of paper 07/26/07.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Income growth; Income persistence; Convergence; Education; Kenya; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Labor and Human Capital.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/9924

INCOME TRENDS AND PROJECTIONS FOR MINNESOTA AND ITS SUBSTATE DEVELOPMENT REGIONS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Maki,   Wilbur R.
Total earnings of the employed work force in Minnesota and its substate development regions is presented for an 11-industry breakdown of the economy. Total personal income is derived, in large part, from total earnings. Both total earnings and personal income levels are presented for the 30-year period from 1970-2000. The shift-and-share method is used in the preparation of the substate total earnings and personal income projections.
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 1979
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/14044

Success Factors in the Development of Farm Vacation Tourism
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Sidali,   Katia Laura; Schulze,   Holger; Spiller,   Achim.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/7887

Agricultural Trade Liberalisation and Economic Growth in Developing Countries: Analysis of Distributional Consequences
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Ali,   Ershad; Talukder,   Dayal.
The article analyses the impact of agricultural trade liberalisation on economic growth as well as on the welfare of rural livelihoods in developing countries through technological transformation in the agricultural sector. The article, based on existing literature, considers the background and reasons for the policy shift in developing economies away from agricultural protection and toward trade liberalisation. It attempts to shed light on the debate over the distributional consequences resulting from trade liberalisation. It also analyses how agricultural trade policy reforms affect poverty and inequality, since the majority of the population of developing countries is involved with agriculture, and these households are predominantly rural poor and...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agriculture; Developing countries; Growth; Inequality; Trade liberalisation; Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; Agricultural Finance; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Crop Production/Industries; Farm Management; Institutional and Behavioral Economics; International Development; Labor and Human Capital; Land Economics/Use; Political Economy; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/93447

HUMAN CAPITAL AND FARM HOUSEHOLDS: A MAP OF MANAGEMENT MODELS IN ITALY
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Idda,   Lorenzo; Furesi,   Roberto; Pulina,   Pietro.
This paper is designed to verify empirically the choices that Italian farm households make when investing in human capital. Census data from the National Institute of Statistics (Istat) were used to describe the main structural and organisational characteristics of the farms. Multivariate statistical tools were used to process the information in the database, so that the different types of Italian farm households could be defined and geographically located. The results allowed us to analyse the competence endowment inside the family farm by determining the existence, the types and the strength of the relationships between the characteristics of family farms and certain variables which described the specific local environment and the human capital available...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Human capital; Household farms; Agricultural labour; Spatial analysis; Agribusiness; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Labor and Human Capital.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/57415

THE CHANGING RURAL POLICY CONTEXT
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Smith,   Stephen M.
A characteristic of our rural policies is that we seem to treat farm policy and other rural policy as if agriculture and the rest of the rural economy and society are separate.  Literature from each perspective tends to ignore the existence and context of the other.  There has been enough change in the rural context, however, to require a different approach to rural policy analysis and formulation.  We must start from a comprehensive view of the rural economy, including both the agricultural and nonagricultural rural economies.  The paper discusses issues that have changed the rural policy context: the changed rural economic structure, macro forces, farm-nonfarm interdependence, and the political arena.  These changing contexts create new opportunities for...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 1995
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/31580

Sustainable financing of protected areas in Cambodia: Phnom Aural and Phnom Samkos wildlife sanctuaries
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Grieg-Gran,   Maryanne; de la Harpe,   Derek; McGinley,   John; MacGregor,   James; Bond,   Ivan.
In order to increase protected area revenue, and as part of a drive for national economic development, the Cambodian government is starting to issue economic concessions in 'sustainable development zones' of of protected areas. The Phnom Aural and Phnom Samkos wildlife sanctuaries cover nearly 600,000 ha and are important for biodiversity conservation and environmental services. They are home to about 30,000 people who rely on subsistence agriculture, cattle raising, and collection of non-timber forest products for their livelihoods. Under the Cardamom Mountains Wildlife Sanctuaries Project, a joint project of the Cambodian Ministry of Environment and Fauna and Flora International, zoning plans have been developed for both sanctuaries through participatory...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Markets; Economics; Natural Resources; Cambodia; Wildlife; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Environmental Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/37920

Rural Income Generating Activities in Developing Countries: Re-assessing the Evidence
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Carletto,   Gero; Covarrubias,   Katia; Davis,   Benjamin; Krausova,   Marika; Stamoulis,   Kostas G.; Winters,   Paul C.; Zezza,   Alberto.
This paper contributes to the understanding of the dynamics of developing country rural labour markets by re-evaluating the available evidence on the levels and composition of income sources adopted by rural households in order to understand the relationship between the various economic activities taking place in rural areas and their implications for economic growth and poverty reduction. This is achieved in two parts: First, the paper introduces the Rural Income Generating Activities (RIGA) database, a newly constructed FAO repository of household survey data, income measures and cross-country comparable indicators. Second, using the RIGA database, the paper undertakes a descriptive analysis of the agricultural and non-agricultural sectors of the rural...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Rural economy; Non-farm activities; Income inequality; Income diversification; Community/Rural/Urban Development; International Development; O12; O18; R23.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/112596

Rural Innovation Systems and Networks: Findings from a Study of Ethiopian Smallholders
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Spielman,   David J.; Davis,   Kristin E.; Negash,   Martha; Ayele,   Gezahegn.
Agriculture in Ethiopia is changing. New players, relationships, and policies are influencing how smallholders access and use information and knowledge. Although this growing complexity suggests opportunities for Ethiopian smallholders, too little is known about how these opportunities can be effectively leveraged to promote pro-poor processes of rural innovation. This paper examines Ethiopia’s smallholder agricultural sector to provide qualitative insights into the interactions between smallholders and other actors in the agricultural sector and the contribution those interactions make to the smallholders’ innovation processes. Case studies of smallholder innovation networks in 10 communities suggest that public sector extension and administration exert a...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Ethiopia; Agricultural Development; Innovation; Technology; Social Networks; Social Learning; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/42332

URBAN REGIONAL COOPERATION
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Maki,   Wilbur R.
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 1969
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/14253

A Case Study of Rural Industrialization in Jamestown, North Dakota
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Helgeson,   Delmer L.; Zink,   Maurice J.
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development; Industrial Organization.
Ano: 1973
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/51937

Glocalisation, Foreign Direct Investment and Regional Development Perspectives: Empirical Results for West German Regions
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Knodler,   Hermann; Albertshauser,   Ulrich.
The present paper examines the economic development perspectives of the manufacturing sector of 31 major West German regions in the process of globalisation. Public statistics do not provide FDI data on a regional basis. Therefore our study was based on indicators based on the data from the INDAT-file which gives information about some 6,500 West German manufacturing firms in 1986, 1990 and 1996. The paper draws a stylised picture of the regional structure of West German FDI involvement in the manufacturing sector. The present participation in glocalisation benefits and the mid term development perspectives showed that Hamburg, Darmstadt and Oberbayern belong to the winners of glocalisation. In order to evaluate the long term development perspectives of...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Regional Development; Agglomeration; Glocalisation; Manufacturing; Foreign Direct Investment; F23; O18; R11; Community/Rural/Urban Development; International Relations/Trade.
Ano: 2001
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/26402

KNOWLEDGE ECONOMY AND INNOVATIONS AS FACTORS OF AGRARIAN COMPETITIVENESS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Mihailovic,   Branko; Hamovic,   Vladana; Parausic,   Vesna.
Today, more than ever, development of agriculture leans on science research results and their practical application. Research in the field of agriculture is conducted by large network of public institutions, institutes and universities are mostly directed toward improvement of production. Economical research, at the level of husbandry, market analysis, or analysis and estimations of economic policy is poorly developed. Profitability of agriculture and food industry should be improved and supported by adequate research and application of gained results. Experience acquired in research and education systems of post-communist countries can help these countries change their economy towards knowledge, innovations and new technologies. But, in spite of great...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agro-economy; Cooperation; Performances; Competitiveness; Agribusiness; Community/Rural/Urban Development; International Development; Labor and Human Capital.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/57487

Has the "Farm Problem" Disappeared? A Comparison of Household and Self-Employment Income Levels of the Farm and Nonfarm Self-Employed
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Peake,   Whitney O.; Marshall,   Maria I.
This study tests the impact of household and demographic factors on the economic well-being of the farm and nonfarm self-employed using data from the Integrated Public Use Microdata Series. Parametric and nonparametric techniques are used to test for statistical differences in self-employment and household income levels. Further, household and demographic factors are tested for their effect on self-employment income using a censored tobit regression model. The farm self-employed report significantly higher levels of self-employment income. Results reveal that several household and demographic factors significantly impact self-employment income levels for the farm and nonfarm self-employed, with key differences in impacts.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Self-employment; Farm households; Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/46304

IMPACTS OF COMMUNITY-DRIVEN DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS ON INCOME AND ASSET ACQUISITION IN AFRICA: THE CASE OF NIGERIA
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Nkonya,   Ephraim M.; Phillip,   Dayo; Mogues,   Tewodaj; Pender,   John L.; Kato,   Edward.
This study evaluates the impacts of a community-driven development (CDD) project on household income and acquisition of productive assets in Nigeria. Using panel data and difference-in-differences and propensity score matching approaches, the study finds that the project succeeded in targeting the poor and women farmers in its productive asset acquisition component. Participation in the project also increased the income of beneficiaries by about 60%, which is well above the targeted increase of only 20% in the 6-year period of the project.  However, sustainability of this dramatic achievement is uncertain since the project did not involve rural credit services. The large cash transfer through its productive asset acquisition component is also unsustainable.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Nigeria; Africa; Community-driven development; Impact evaluation; Poverty; Targeting; Income; Assets; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; International Development; H43; H42; Q13; Q15.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/50537

IMPACT OF LOCALIZED CUTBACKS IN AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION ON A STATE ECONOMY
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Penson,   John B., Jr.; Fulton,   Murray E.
This study examines the effects that a cutback in production by Texas agricultural producers would have on the economic well-being of all producers and consumers in the state’s economy. To do this, a quadratic input-output model incorporating econometric estimates of final demand was developed for the Texas economy. The output of the agricultural production sectors was constrained to reflect the cutback in production. The results show that agricultural producers would be economically worse off than before only if the producers of raw agricultural products in Texas imported their input needs from other geographical areas.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development; Production Economics.
Ano: 1980
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/32392

Exploring Farm Business and Household Expenditure Patterns and Community Linkages
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Lambert,   Dayton M.; Sullivan,   Patrick; Wojan,   Timothy R.
Farm operators are an integral part of some rural economies. The businesses they operate often hire seasonal and full-time employees and purchase goods and services from local farm implement dealers, input suppliers, and financial institutions. Farm household spending on food, furniture and appliances, trucks and automobiles, and a range of consumer goods also support local jobs and retail businesses in some communities. Based on the 2002 agricultural census and the 2004 Agricultural Resource Management Survey, this paper explores the linkages between farm household/ business expenditures and local communities.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Farm business expenditures; Farm household spending; Employment; Community linkage; Consumer/Household Economics; Farm Management; Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/6367

Investigation and Thoughts on the Farmers’ Specialized Cooperative Economic Organizations in Tropical Areas
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Wang,   Fang; Guo,   Jianchun.
Positive functions of farmers’ specialized cooperative economic organizations were emphasized, i.e. increasing farmers’ incomes, promoting the industrialization of agriculture, optimizing agricultural structure, enhancing the standardization of agricultural production and improving service means provided by government for agriculture. On the basis of investigating the current situation of farmers’ specialized cooperative economic organizations in tropical areas, the problems in the development process of these organizations were analyzed, which mainly included following aspects: ① Narrow coverage; ② Irregular and imperfect operation mechanism; ③ Insufficient effective policy support. Therefore, in view of these existing problems, the thoughts and...
Tipo: Thesis or Dissertation
Palavras-chave: Tropical areas; Farmers’ specialized cooperative economic organizations; Thoughts and countermeasures; China; Agricultural Finance; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Financial Economics; Industrial Organization; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/54027

Verbiage Matters: Do Respondents Answer Willingness to Pay Dichotomous Choice Questions on a Per Person or Per Group Basis?
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Lohman,   Greta; Keske,   Catherine M.; Loomis,   John B.
Dichotomous choice willingness to pay questions are often used to determine the value visitors place on nature-based recreation.  Ambiguity in wording can result in the use of information that does not necessarily reflect visitors’ true WTP.  For example, depending on the specificity of the verbiage used, respondents may answer questions on a group basis, rather than an individual basis.  To address this issue, experimental surveys were distributed with questions that specifically asked WTP on a per person basis, as compared to control surveys in which the WTP question was more generally worded.  Analyses show WTP responses for either survey type are statistically different, with non-overlapping confidence intervals.  Furthermore, approaches were conducted...
Tipo: Thesis or Dissertation
Palavras-chave: Dichotomous choice; Willingness to pay; Verbiage; Language; Wording; Group; Individual; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Demand and Price Analysis; Environmental Economics and Policy; Land Economics/Use; Public Economics; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/60679

ISSUES IN STATE ECONOMIC ANALYSIS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Maki,   Wilbur R.
This paper focuses on state and local governments and the policy choices affecting the state's long-term economic outlook. It addresses the preparation, organization and use of decision information in the management of state and local governments as these governments are affected by, and, in turn, affect the economy of the state. Its particular focus is on data, but timely and accurate information on the state of the state's economy and its prospects for growth and development in a rapidly changing national and world economy.
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 1984
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/13375

Cost Efficiency of Critical Access Hospitals
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Nedelea,   I. Cristian; Fannin,   James Matthew; Barnes,   James N.
This study used a stochastic frontier cost model to analyze whether the policy changes that created Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs) caused an increase in the cost inefficiency of these hospitals or their cost inefficiency was brought about by other factors that were similar to all rural hospitals. The estimated mean cost inefficiency of CAH was 25 percent while that of non-CAH rural hospitals was 17.6 percent. However, the estimated results did not provide sufficient evidence to conclude that Medicare cost-based reimbursement was the main cause of higher cost inefficiency of CAHs. There might be other causes that can explain the higher cost inefficiency of CAHs such as the larger number of Medicaid and uninsured patients and the higher levels of...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Critical access hospital; Rural hospital; Cost efficiency; Stochastic frontier model; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Health Economics and Policy; I18.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/56228

RURAL FINANCIAL MARKETS: AN OVERVIEW
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Spio,   Kojo; Groenewald,   Jan A.
The paper seeks to present an in depth overview of rural financial markets in developing countries. Attention is given to the role of financial markets in the development process, approaches to rural finance in developing countries, and formal and informal financial markets. The pro and cons of the various financial markets were also considered.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development; Financial Economics.
Ano: 1997
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/54911

Backyard Fish Farmers Information needs in Osun State, Nigeria
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Ogunlade,   I.
The need for increase in fish production in order to improve protein intake by Nigerians led to this study. The study analyzed information needs of backyard fish farmers in Osun State, Nigeria. Specifically, the study investigated the socio-economic characteristics of backyard fish farmers, frequency of performance, importance and difficulties of management practices as well as the constraints facing backyard fish farming. Questionnaire was used to elicit information from 70 backyard fish farmers. The findings indicated that backyard fish farmers in Osun State were mostly males, middle aged, married and most of them rear catfish, Feeding and cleaning are frequently performed by the fish farmers, feeding and maintenance of water quality were of extreme...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Backyard; Fish farmers; Information need; Nigeria.; Agricultural and Food Policy; Agricultural Finance; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Farm Management; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Food Security and Poverty; Health Economics and Policy; International Relations/Trade; Marketing; Productivity Analysis; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/52078

NORTH DAKOTA LIGNITE ENERGY INDUSTRY'S CONTRIBUTION TO THE STATE ECONOMY FOR 2004 AND PROJECTED FOR 2005
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Coon,   Randal C.; Leistritz,   F. Larry.
This report provides estimates of the lignite industry's contribution to the North Dakota economy, using key economic indicators such as retail trade activity, personal income, total business activity, employment, and tax revenues. The estimates are based on actual industry expenditures for 2004 and projected expenditures for 2005. This analysis contains two measures of the relative importance of the lignite energy industry in North Dakota. First, the industry's share of the state's total sales to final demand (or exports) is evaluated. Second, the business volume generated by the industry is compared to the total gross business volume for the state. Expenditures were obtained from a survey of firms involved in lignite-related activities (mining or...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Economic impacts; Lignite (coal) mining; Lignite conversion; Input-output analysis; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/23667

DO MANUFACTURING PLANTS CLUSTER ACROSS RURAL AREAS?  EVIDENCE FROM A PROBABILISTIC MODELING APPROACH
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Barkley,   David L.; Kim,   Yunsoo; Henry,   Mark S.
A statistical procedure for detecting "contagious" location patterns for manufacturing establishments is presented.  Manufacturing industries' establishment clustering tendencies are ranked based on the "dispersion parameter" of the negative binomial distribution.  Establishment data are for three-digit SIC manufacturing industries, nonmetro counties of BEA Component Economic Areas, 1981 and 1992.  Findings indicate that virtually all manufacturing industries cluster establishments in nonmetro areas.  Approximately two-thirds of the industries had dispersion parameters indicating a high or moderate level of spatial concentration.  The propensity to cluster plants in nonmetro CEAs was evident for both 1981 and 1992, though weaker in 1992.  Much of the...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2001
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/18796

The bang for the Birr: Public expenditures and rural welfare in Ethiopia
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Mogues,   Tewodaj; Ayele,   Gezahegn; Paulos,   Zelekawork.
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Government Spending Policy; Ethiopia; Rural Poor; Rural Social Service; Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/47223

Limited Access to Conservation: Limited- Resource Farmer Participation in the Conservation Security Program in the Southeast
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Bergtold,   Jason S.; Molnar,   Joseph J.
The paper examines the joint adoption of conservation tillage, crop rotations, and soil testing by small and limited-resource farmers in the Southeast. The objectives are to determine the potential eligibility of small farmers for the Conservation Security Program, examine socioeconomic factors affecting adoption, and assess the interdependence between adopting different conservation practices. Results indicate that conservation management, ethnicity, and farm characteristics affect practice adoption. Of the producers surveyed in the study, 7% meet Conservation Security Program eligibility requirements, while the other 93% have less than a 20% likelihood of adopting the needed practices to qualify.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Adoption; Conservation; Conservation Security Program; Conservation tillage; Limited-resource farmers; Logistic regression; Small farms; Soil testing; Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Crop Production/Industries; Farm Management; Land Economics/Use; Productivity Analysis; C35; Q12; Q58.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/90670

Valuing Socioeconomic Factors of Farmers´ Households and Economic Effects of Agroforestry System
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Kalabisova,   Jana; Kristkova,   Zuzana.
The paper contains results of research realized in the rural area of Ucayali region in Peru, situated in the tropical zone in the Central East of the country. With the use of data acquired from agroforestry research on the demonstration plots and questionnaire survey on farmers´ households, the objective is to assess the economic effects of designed agroforestry multi-strata system by means of ex-ante approach. It was found out, that unfavorable financial results in first two years of the system, long production cycle of timber trees and low price of timber represent the principal challenges for adoption of agroforestry systems. The results drawn from the LP modeling described in this paper provided useful insight into the household’s economy which is...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agroforestry System; Linear Programming Model; Ucayali; Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; Agricultural Finance; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Farm Management; Production Economics; Productivity Analysis; GA; IN.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/99219

VALUING IDAHO WINERIES WITH A TRAVEL COST MODEL
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Woodall,   Stacie; Wandschneider,   Philip R.; Foltz,   John C.; Taylor,   R. Garth.
Many commercial wineries produce a dual product; commercial wine and wine tourism. Growth of wine tourism throughout the US has been phenomenal.  In contrast to the price of wine, which is reflected in the market, the demand for wine tourism can be only ascertained with a shadow price for winery visitation. The demand for wine tourism visits for Canyon County in southern Idaho was estimated using the Travel Cost Method. The value of wine tourism in Canyon County was estimated to be $5.40 per person per trip and trip demand was highly inelastic at 0.5. Elasticities of other trip demand function variables were estimated and analyzed, with a view to informing the marketing of Idaho's emerging wine tourism industry.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development; Crop Production/Industries.
Ano: 2002
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/36613

Effect of Urbanization on the Adoption of Environmental Management Systems in Canadian Agriculture
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Jayasinghe-Mudalige,   Udith K.; Weersink,   Alfons; Deaton,   Brady J., Jr.; Beaulieu,   Martin S.; Trant,   Michael.
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development; Environmental Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/28040

REGIONAL ECONOMIC GROWTH AND INCOME DISTRIBUTION: COUNTY-LEVEL EVIDENCE FROM THE U.S. SOUTH
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Ngarambe,   Octavian; Goetz,   Stephan J.; Debertin,   David L.
Changes in income distribution are estimated for the U.S. South over the 1970 and 1980 decades using Gini coefficients for county-level, real family income.  To explicitly investigate causal relationships between economic growth and inequality, a two-stage least squares model was estimated.  In the 1970s, more rapid increases in inequality were associated with a reduced income growth rate, ceteris paribus, while in the 1980s, the opposite was true.  Faster rates of income growth were associated with more rapid increases in inequality during the 1980s, but rates of income growth had no effect on changes in inequality during the 1970s.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Causality; Economic growth; Inequality; U.S. South; Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 1998
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/15558

Algumas Reflexões sobre a Pobreza e as Perspectivas para o Crescimento do Sector Rural de Moçambique
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: de Marrule,   Higino Francisco; Benfica,   Rui M.S.; Strasberg,   Paul J.; Tschirley,   David L.; Weber,   Michael T.
Resultados das investigações do Projecto de Segurança Alimentar em Moçambique MAP-Direcção de Economía
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Food security; Food policy; Mozambique; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Food Security and Poverty; Q18.
Ano: 1998
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/55208

MBA EDUCATION AT DEBRECEN UNIVERSITY FACULTY OF AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Nabradi,   Andras; Karpati,   Laszlo; Lazanyi,   Janos.
The Faculty of Agricultural Economics and Rural Development has excelled in research, education and service in all parts of the food system from farm to fork. The core focus areas include economic education and knowledge transfer, effective food chain management, food safety and quality, contribution of technology to supply chains, economic and social development. Students come from all corners of Hungary, bringing a set of skills that helps their learning experience and creates a highly talented network whose alumni can rely on it as their careers progress.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: MBA Education; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies; Teaching/Communication/Extension/Profession.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/43582

From small farming to rural, non-agricultural work in Romania: an evaluation on 3 measures of the rural development programme
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Ghib,   Marie-Luce; Berriet-Solliec,   Marielle.
Romanian rural areas contain the highest level of agricultural workers in the European Union, resulting in the challenge of stimulating non-agricultural employment.  This paper uses the methodology of policy evaluation to analyse the influence of 3 measures the CAP. From an objectives tree to reveal the objectives of the programme to statistical analysis and field surveys, we analysed the pertinence, the coherence and the first results of those schemes. It was found that the targeted population was under estimated for one of the semi-subsistence schemes. Choosing activities (tourism and enterprise) which are open to all rural society leads to enhanced competition between beneficiaries. Due to the global context of economic crisis, co-financing can be met...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Rural policies; Policy evaluation; Small farms; Romania; Community/Rural/Urban Development; R58; O21; H72; C13.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/94915

SOUTHERN FARMS AND RURAL COMMUNITIES: DEVELOPING DIRECTIONS FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT RESEARCH AND POLICY
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Henry,   Mark S.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 1988
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/29693

LONG-RUN STRIGA CONTROL BY SUBSISTENCE FARMERS IN MALI
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Mullen,   Jeffrey D.; Kebe,   Demba; Taylor,   Daniel B.; Fofana,   Makan.
A dynamic programming model is developed to identify barriers to the adoption of long-run control programs for the parasitic weed Striga.  The model is applied to Sirakorola in northwestern Mali.  The ability of national and village-level institutions to overcome the barriers to adoption is explored.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies.
Ano: 1998
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/20818

How Beneficial is Tourism? An Analysis of the Economic Impact of Tourism in Il N'gwesi, Kenya
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: DeVeau,   Vanessa; Marshall,   Maria I.
This paper is a study of the economic effects of tourism in Il N'gwesi, Kenya.  This group ranch has been greatly influenced by tourism and conservation efforts in recent years. It neighbors several conservation and tourism centers and in 1996 members set aside 80% of their communal land for a conservation area and initiated a community run Eco Lodge.  This paper studies the potential negative effects of tourism on Il N'gwesi as well as which variables impact conservation friendly expenditure decisions.  A statistical analysis reveals that group ranch members perceive that there had been inflation in the prices of land, food, and goods and services.  However, close to 100 percent of households do not believe that the inflation is due to the Eco Lodge.  A...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/6350

Current challenges of Albanian extension services in the context of EU integration and global markets
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Viaggi,   Davide; Imami,   Drini; Zhllima,   Edvin; Leonetti,   Luciano.
Albania is a transition country aspiring to become a member of EU, while it is expected that it will become Candidate member within 2012, enabling access to IPARD funding. EU integration implies more opportunities, in form of subsidies for rural and agriculture development, but also imposes standards related to quality and safety on one hand, and enhancement of efficiency on the other hand. More specifically, in order to be eligible for the coming IPARD funding, Albanian agriculture holdings and agro-processors, need to meet national and EU safety standards (see [1], [2] and [3]). In this upgrading process, the role that extension services can and should play is crucial. The Albanian agriculture extension services have undergone a drastic change from the...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Extension service; Albania.; Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Labor and Human Capital.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/95241

Estimating Labor and Fiscal Impacts using Louisiana Community Impact Model: Comparing Panel Model and Three Stage Least Squares (3SLS)
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Adhikari,   Arun; Fannin,   James Matthew.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Labor market; COMPAS model; Forecasting performance; 3sls; Panel; Community/Rural/Urban Development; R1.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/103831

DEVELOPING COLLABORATION IN RURAL POLICY: LESSONS FROM A STATE RURAL DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Gardner,   Richard L.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 1994
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/17500

AN ANALYSIS OF NONMETROPOLITAN GROWTH IN MINNESOTA
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Dorf,   Ronald J.; Hoppe,   Robert A.
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 1976
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/13492

Halting the rural race to the bottom: an evolutionary model of rural development to analyse neo-endogenous policies in the EU
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Petrick,   Martin.
The article contributes to the understanding of neo-endogenous rural development policies from the perspective of evolutionary game theory. Rural development is modelled as the increasing realisation over time of gains from interaction by rural stakeholders. The model exhibits two dynamically stable equilibria, which depict declining and prospering regions. Neo-endogenous policies are interpreted as stimuli emerging from an external government authority which help decentralised actors to coordinate on the superior of the two equilibria. External intervention may thus be possible and desirable without giving up the autonomy of local decision makers. However, because initial conditions matter, outcomes cannot be planned or engineered from the outside.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Rural governance; Neo-endogenous policies; Evolutionary game theory; Collective action; Community/Rural/Urban Development; C73; R23; R58.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/94897

O mercado de trabalho rural: evolução recente, composição da renda e dimensão regional
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Campolina,   Bernardo; Silveira,   Fernanado Gaiger.
O objetivo deste trabalho é investigar as mudanças no mercado de trabalho rural brasileiro nos últimos dez anos. Este trabalho está dividido em três partes além de uma breve introdução. A primeira parte mostra o desempenho do mercado de trabalho e da renda rural brasileira com base nas informações das PNAD e das RAIS. São analisados o comportamento da população rural brasileira e a evolução da PEA rural, destacando-se a importância das ocupações não-agrícolas, a taxa de desocupação e a composição da mão-de-obra segundo a posição na ocupação. Em seguida, discuti-se a evolução dos rendimentos da população rural, decompondo-os segundo sua origem – trabalho, aposentadorias e pensões, transferências e outras fontes –, bem como da desigualdade da renda pessoal...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agricultura; Mercado de trabalho; Renda; Perfil; PNAD; Agriculture; Labor market; Income; Profile; Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/108158

THE LOCATION DECISION OF HARDWOOD MANUFACTURING IN THE NORTHERN AND CENTRAL APPALACHIAN STATES
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Smith,   Stephen M.; Bodenman,   John E.; Jones,   Stephen B.
This study's objective is to identify and understand the factors important to hardwood processors' location decisions in the northern and central Appalachian region.  Concepts from neoclassical and behavioral location theories were integrated to develop a general framework for analyzing these decisions.  Logit regression analysis was used to determine those establishment characteristics related to the likelihood of location search.  To a great extent, establishments locate based on personal ties and do not conduct searches.  Most variables found to influence the likelihood of search are not controllable by state or local governments.  The implications are that existing establishments should be targeted for retention and expansion, rather than focusing on...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development; Industrial Organization.
Ano: 1992
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/28855

INTEGRATED ENVIRONMENTAL-ECONOMIC ACCOUNTING OF GDP
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Qi,   Shunrong; Xu,   Lan; Coggins,   Jay S.
Conventional measures of gross domestic product (GDP) fail to account for the effect of economic activity on the environment. Integrated environmental-economic (or 'green') GDP is calculated using a data-envelopment-analysis (DEA) framework. For this purpose a dynamic cross-country technology is specified and estimated. Deriving Green GDP involves subtracting the inner product of the vectors of shadow prices and environmental degradation variables from conventional GDP.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development; Environmental Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2001
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/20582

PRESERVING AND ENHANCING SOLIDARITY AND THRUST CAPITAL IN THE COUNTRYSIDE. A SHORT ANALYSIS IN THE GENERAL CONTEXT OF AGRICULTURE BASED ECONOMY
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Done,   Ioan; Andrei,   Jean Vasile; Cicea,   Claudiu.
It has become a well known fact that a sustainable development of humankind resides not only in preserving the environment but mainly in preserving solidarity between generations or within a generation. This sustainable development defined as a productive cooperation between generations implies a man nature relationship where the man is an element of nature not its master. The place where the interests of several generations come together as a hole is the countryside, for here the connection between nature, work and capital has a permanent and direct character. Therefore it is not by chance that man and land are primary components of a nation wealth. For the Romanian people eternity was born in the countryside, and the sacred aspects of life are better...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Rural solidarity; Thrust capital; Rural family; Social dialog; Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Labor and Human Capital.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/57400

Los insectos comestibles: un recurso para el desarrollo local en el centro de México
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Ambrosio-Arzate,   G.A.; Nieto-Hernandez,   C.R.; Aguilar-Medel,   S.; Espinoza-Ortega,   A.
Los insectos comestibles forman parte de los hábitos tradicionales de alimentación de México y el mundo, su preparación y consumo ha permanecido prácticamente igual durante siglos, pero en la actualidad, se observan cambios radicales debido, entre otras cosas a que se piensa que lo que cuenta es la cosmética de los alimentos de una manera predominante por lo cual se ha dejado de lado, además, con estos recursos naturales silvestres se tiene la posibilidad de iniciar grandes negocios al ser clasificados según el punto de vista occidental como “Alimentos exóticos”. La modificación de la apariencia y a la vez la conservación del valor cultural y el reconocimiento de la territorialidad de un producto, son factores de peso que permitirán la subsistencia y...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Insectos comestibles; Teotihuacán; México; Desarrollo local; Tradiciones; Escamoles.; Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Labor and Human Capital.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/95324

Measuring the Poverty Reduction Potential of Land in Rural Mexico
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Finan,   Frederico; Sadoulet,   Elisabeth; de Janvry,   Alain.
While access to land is back high on the policy agenda as an instrument to attack poverty, strong reservations have been expressed as to whether this strategy can indeed be effective. To help shed light on this important debate, this paper establishes the conditions under which access to land can help reduce poverty in rural communities where poverty is extensive. We use for this purpose household data gathered in 1997 by the Mexican Program for Education, Health, and Nutrition. Results show that access to even a small plot of land can raise household welfare significantly: Using non-parametric regression methods to estimate the relationship between land and welfare, we find that, for small landholders, an additional hectare of land increases welfare on...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development; Food Security and Poverty.
Ano: 2002
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/25056

Establishment of a protected area in Vanuatu
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Centre for International Economics.
The Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR) project ANREI/90/20 assisted in the establishment of a number of protected areas in Vanuatu by improving information flows and by establishing appropriate institutional structures. The total research benefit from this project is estimated to be: - A$1.89 million divided up as follows.$0.14 million is the present value to landowners, based on estimates of the surplus—return on land above logging returns foregone. For most areas, the benefits to the landowners exceeded the returns from logging and the landowners were willing to establish the area without compensation arrangements. - $1.07 million is the project’s contribution to improving the net returns on logging activities—assuming that...
Tipo: Book
Palavras-chave: Venuatu; Forestry; Protected area; Land value; Logging; Timber harvest; Harvesting; Tourism; Tourist; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Environmental Economics and Policy; International Development; Land Economics/Use; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies.
Ano: 1998
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/47192

DISCUSSANT'S COMMENTS FOR AMERICAN AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS ASSOCIATION ANNUAL MEETING, SELECTED PAPERS SESSION SP-3U: "THE RURAL-URBAN INTERFACE"
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Renkow,   Mitch.
Rural areas compete with urban areas for jobs, residents, and land. This session evaluates the competition with several quantitative studies.  Efficiency Analysis of Hospitals in the Great Plains: An Urban-Rural Comparison Bhaskar Toodi, State of Louisiana; Allen Featherstone, Kansas State University; Ronald Young, Roseridge Home Care.   The Effects of Housing Prices, Wages, and Communting Time on Joint Residential and Job Location Choice, Kim So, Peter Orazem, and Daniel Otto, Iowa State University.    Connecting Taxes and Willingness to Pay for Farmland Protection: A Comparison of Local and State Funded Alternatives in New York, David Harvey, Gregory Poe, and Nelson Bills.    Support for Rural Land Use Controls: Preferencees in Sublette County, Wyoming,...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 1998
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/20999

Community attitudes towards water management in the Moore Catchment, WA.
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Burton,   Michael P.; Marsh,   Sally P.; Patterson,   Josie.
The Moore Catchment, which lies to the north of Perth, WA, suffers from a number of problems related to water management. Farmers want to manage salinity and waterlogging problems through the use of drains, but this has negative off-farm impacts on both the environment and flood risk. Views on responsibilities for managing water within the catchment differ between farmers, local communities and government agencies. This paper reports the results from surveys of attitudes towards catchment management, for two community groups: residents of Perth and residents of rural towns in the catchment. A parallel study of farmers has been undertaken but is not reported here. These surveys elicited general attitudes towards the environment and agriculture, and views on...
Tipo: Presentation
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2000
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/123616

ECONOMIC IMPORTANCE OF MILITARY SPENDING IN MINNESOTA
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Maki,   Wilbur R.; Bogenschultz,   David; Lindall,   Scott A.; Evans,   Christine.
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 1989
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/13604

CAUSES OF RURAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Gardner,   Bruce L.
This paper investigates the sources of growth in agricultural value-added (GDP) and rural household incomes using a sample of developing countries.  The main factors are: (i) providing macroeconomic and political stability; (ii) institutions establishing property rights and incentives; (iii) access to competitive input markets and remunerative output markets; and (iv) adoption of productivity-enhancing technology, and (v) real income growth in the non-agricultural economy.  The evidence indicates a surprisingly large role of the fifth of these.
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2003
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/28559

COMMUNITY CULTURAL DEVELOPMENT: A PUBLIC AFFAIRS EDUCATION PROGRAM IN FLORIDA
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Bolton,   E.B.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 1981
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/17605

Labor's Final Rural "Crisis"?: Australian Rural Policy in 1990 and 1991
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Gerritsen,   Rolf.
Rural policy-making came under increasing pressure during 1990 and 1991 as a rural downturn rivalling the 1982-83 drought eroded farm incomes. International trade reform was stalled, the government procrastinated during the wool crisis and continued to be tardy in delivering the benefits of microeconomic reform to the agricultural sector. Also the liberal/National Coalition parties finally rallied to provide a coherent and credible alternative government All these developments, plus a series of policy reverses, portended that this was probably Labor's final "rural crisis".
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development; Labor and Human Capital.
Ano: 1992
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/10310

Water poverty in the northeastern hill region (India): Potential alleviation through multiple-use water systems: Cross-learnings from Nepal Hills
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Sharma,   Bharat R.; Riaz,   M.V.; Pant,   Dhruba; Adhikary,   D.L.; Bhatt,   B.P.; Rahman,   H.
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Water poverty index; Construction; Multiple use; Water storage; Farming systems; Villages; Social aspects; Drip irrigation; Nepal; Nagaland; Mon district; Lampong Sheanghah; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Crop Production/Industries; Environmental Economics and Policy; Farm Management; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Health Economics and Policy; Industrial Organization; Institutional and Behavioral Economics; Land Economics/Use; Production Economics; Productivity Analysis; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies; Risk and Uncertainty.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/91466

SPATIAL DEVELOPMENTS OF HUNGARIAN AGRICULTURE IN THE TRANSITION: THE CASE OF CROP PRODUCTION
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Ferto,   Imre.
The paper investigates spatial changes in cultivation and land use of wheat, maize and oilseed in Hungarian agriculture using different methods to measure these changes. The results suggest that spatial structure of crop productions has remained fairly stable during analysed period. The spatial concentration increased significantly for wheat and maize production and maize land use, whilst the changes were not significant for other cases. Estimates confirm the presence of spatial autocorrelation for all cases. The degree of spatial autocorrelation has no unambiguous pattern over time, except for maize production. Finally, we have not found significant relationship measured by PSE index between agricultural support and spatial concentration, but estimates...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Agricultural production; Land use; Spatial analysis; Hungary; Agribusiness; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Crop Production/Industries; International Development; Land Economics/Use; Q13; Q18.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/90871

Threshold Population Levels For Rural Retail Businesses in North Dakota
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Schuler,   Alan V.; Leistritz,   F. Larry.
Tipo: Technical Report
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 1990
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/119436

RURAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS IN THE NEXT FARM BILL
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Giessel,   Thomas G.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/32886

Overcoming Inefficient Land-Holding of Part-Time and Absent Small Farmers - A Challenge to Nobel Economics Laureate Theodore W. Schultz
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Zhou,   Jian-Ming.
Paper presented at the International Symposium Sustaining Food Security and Managing Natural Resources in Southeast Asia - Challenges for the 21st Century Organized by University of Hohenheim, Germany Chiang Mai University and Kasetsart University, Thailand International Center for Research in Agroforestry, and International Board for Soil Research and Management 8-11 January 2002 at Chiang Mai University, Thailand
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Part-time and absent small farmers; Inefficient land-holding; Low and high income economy; Economies of scale; Obliged lease of unused land to full-time farmers.; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Farm Management; Food Security and Poverty; Institutional and Behavioral Economics; International Development; Labor and Human Capital; Land Economics/Use; Political Economy; Production Economics; Productivity Analysis; B; O; Q; R.
Ano: 2002
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/95864

Using Isolates Endophytic Trichoderma spp., for the Panamá disease biocontrol (Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. cubense) race 1 in Gros Michel (AAA) cropper of banana vitro-plants with greenhouse conditions
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Caballero Hernández,   Alvaro José; Enamorado, Luis Ernesto Pocasangre; Casanoves, Fernando; Avelino, Jacques; Fernandez, Ana Cecilia Tapia; Ortiz, Juan Luis.
This paper was submitted on the first national congress of Sustainable Agriculture: Today and future life towards climate change, 25-26 August 2011,UNA Nicaragua.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. cubense; Panama disease; Banana; Gros Michel (AAA); Endophytic fungus; Biological control; Trichoderma spp; Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Crop Production/Industries; Food Security and Poverty; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/116033

Micro-Savings &amp; Informal Insurance in Villages: A Field Experiment on Indirect Effects of Financial Deepening on Safety Nets of the Poor
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Flory,   Jeffrey A.
Replaced with revised version of paper 07/28/11.    Former title: Indirect Effects of Microfinance: A Field Experiment on Formal Savings Expansion and Informal Safety Nets of the Ultra-Poor
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Microfinance; Formal savings; Indirect effects; Safety nets; Poverty; Food security; Agricultural Finance; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Financial Economics; Food Security and Poverty; Health Economics and Policy; Institutional and Behavioral Economics; International Development; O17; O16; O12; I30; I38; I10.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/103905

CAP versus Rural Policy Challenges, Paradigm change
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Halmai,   Peter; Vasary,   Viktoria.
Rural development in the European Union has to face several challenges. Negative effects of old and new challenges (if these challenges are not faced effectively) might enhance and accelerate those processes that are taking place slowly for the present but that are definitely irreversible. On the basis of sector-specific approach problems related to agriculture should be focused on. It has to be, however, highlighted that there is an ongoing paradigm change: there is a shift from the agricultural policy aiming at food self sufficiency and income parity towards a sustainable rural policy with spatial focus. The shift itself is considered a continuous challenge, too. The following questions as objectives of the paper arise: - Are there policy instruments...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Common agricultural policy; New rural paradigm; European added value; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Q01; Q18; Q28; Q57.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/115547

The Position Losing of Animal Husbandry in Agriculture
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Zsolt,   Nemessalyi.
The author in the presentation deals with the fact that what caused the decline of animal husbandry in contrast with plant production; how this unfavourable ratio of 60:40 could evolve when comparing plant production and animal husbandry What the reason is for the decreasing animal stock; and how the effect of changes in the elements of the economic efficiency such as yields, prices, subsidies, production value, inputs, costs, profits can be evaluated in case of more important animal husbandry enterprises highlighting several significant animal products.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Hungary; Animal husbandry; Economic efficiency; Prices; Subsidies; Profit; Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Farm Management.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/49228

RURAL AMERICA'S COMPETITIVE CHALLENGE: STRATEGIES FOR THE FUTURE
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Welch,   Kelly; Drabenstott,   Mark.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 1991
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/17471

Does Family Composition Affect Social Networking?
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Heizler,   Odelia; Kimhi,   Ayal.
This paper analyzes the effect of family composition, and in particular the number of children, the age gap between the oldest and youngest child and the age of the youngest child, on parents’ involvement in social networks. The predictions of a simple theoretical model are confirmed by an empirical analysis of Israeli Social Survey data for 2002- 2006. The number of children has a U -shaped effect on parents' involvement in social networks, with substantial differences between fathers and mothers. The negative effect is dominant on the mothers’ involvement in social networks, while the positive effect is dominant on the father's involvement in social networks. The age gap between children has a positive effect on both parents’ involvement in social...
Tipo: Article
Palavras-chave: Social Networks; Family Composition; Children.; Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/121698

Sustainable development of rural economy based on resource endowment - A Case of Rural Areas of Pengzhou City in China
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Wang,   Mou.
This paper introduces the causation of the slow development of the villages and towns in China, and puts forward the development path for agricultural economy. Taking Pengzhou City of Sichuan Province as an example, multi-angle analysis of the characteristic resources in villages and towns is carried out. Planning of the Township Industry Development Zone and the Characteristic Industrial Economic Zone are carried out. Finally, I discuss the sustainable development of township economy and the industrial distribution optimization of county economy.
Tipo: Thesis or Dissertation
Palavras-chave: Resources endowment; Township economy of China; Sustainable development; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/53487

Clubes de convergência nos municipios mineiros: uma análise via modelo threshold
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Santos,   Ricardo Bruno Nascimento dos; Amorim,   Airton Lopes; Coronel,   Daniel Arruda; Braga,   Marcelo Jose.
This paper is makes an analysis of the process of convergence of income between the municipalities of the Minas Gerais (Brazil) in the period of 1980 to 2005, trying to identify the existence of clubs of convergence using a model threshold. Results indicated for the formation of four clubs of convergence, among them shows a process of convergence between the all clubs. Human capital proved to be significant in explaining the process of growth of the intermediate groups of municipalities richer. The results also indicated that the physical capital was significantly negative for explaining the process of economic growth of most rich clubs of convergence, demonstrating in this way, a negative role for public investment undertaken in the districts of the region.
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Income Convergence; Threshold Effect; Minas Gerais (Brazil); Community/Rural/Urban Development; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods; R11.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/114400

REVITALIZING RURAL AMERICA: ISSUES AND CHALLENGES
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Somersan,   Ayse C.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 1987
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/17846

Social Viability Roles of the Agricultural Sector in China
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Weiming,   Tian; Xiumei,   Liu; Xia,   Kang.
This study assesses how the transfer of rural labor to non-farm sectors affects China's national economy and the role the agricultural sector plays with respect to rural-urban migration. Econometric models using official Chinese statistics are used to: evaluate the marginal productivities of rural labor in agriculture versus non-agriculture; identify determinants of rural labor transfer; and assess the socioeconomic impacts of these transfers. It is concluded that though agricultural growth stems problems relating to over-urbanization, there are significant economic costs and undesirable social consequences associated with under-urbanization. Gains brought about by flexibility in the transfer of rural labor to non rural labor include higher GDP and reduced...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agricultural development; China; Migration; Rural labor; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Labor and Human Capital.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/12006

ROLE OF SOCIAL CAPITAL IN ECONOMIC AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Otto,   Daniel M.; Tirmizi,   Syed Noor; Ryan,   Vern.
This research examines the relationship of social capital, measured at the community level, to community and economic development outcomes.  We empirically examine the independent influence of social capital on development outcomes as well as social capital's interactive effect with other community characteristics including human capital, economic, and locational factors.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2001
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/20465

Patterns of access to rural service infrastructure: the case of farming households in Limpopo Province
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Makhura,   Moraka Nakedi; Wasike,   W.S.K.
Inadequate infrastructure is a major development challenges in developing countries. This paper applies factor analysis to determine the pattern of access to rural service infrastructure on 158 farming households in the Limpopo Province. The nine components of access to service infrastructure (distance to Polokwane, nearest town, local government, hospital, magistrate office, post office, traditional authority, district agricultural offices and extension service) were subjected to factor analysis. The results support the concept of centre-periphery pattern of service infrastructure development. Polokwane is a major centre in the Province, and provide a composite of services. Its peripheries are regions, which have towns as centres. Health, local government...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2003
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/9508

Obesity in Urban Food Markets: Evidence from Geo-referenced Micro Data
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Chen,   Susan E.; Florax,   Raymond J.G.M.; Snyder,   Samantha D.
This paper provides quantitative estimates of the effect of proximity to fast food restaurants and grocery stores on obesity in urban food markets. Our empirical model combined georeferenced micro data on access to fast food restaurants and grocery stores with data about salient personal characteristics, individual behaviors, and neighborhood characteristics. We defined a "local food environment" for every individual utilizing 0.5-mile buffers around a person's home address. Local food landscapes are potentially endogenous due to spatial sorting of the population and food outlets, and the body mass index (BMI) values for individuals living close to each other are likely to be spatially correlated because of observed and unobserved individual and...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Obesity; Fast food; Grocery store; Spatial econometrics; Micro data; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Consumer/Household Economics; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Health Economics and Policy; Public Economics; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods; C31; D12; I12; I18.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/49512

THE ROLE OF CONSULTANCY IN THE PROCESS OF APPLYING FOR EUROPEAN FUNDS FOR RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Istudor,   Nicolae; Petrescu,   Irina Elena.
In the context of the present world economical crisis, the pre-accession and structural funds assigned by the European Union (which have been and still are high for Romania) can represent an important financial support for ensuring the sources of sustaining the investments meant to contribute to increase the living standard in rural areas, in the case of acceding countries and for member states that joined in 2004 and 2007. Still, for countries it is important to have a high level of acceding these funds, because history proved that few countries absorbed the whole amount of money from the pre-accession funds (Czech Republic is a positive example in this context) and the structural funds (Spain and Portugal are positive examples in this context). An...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Accessing; Beneficiaries; Consultancy; Economical crisis; Rural development; European funds; Projects of investments; Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Labor and Human Capital.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/57348

ECONOMIC IMPACT OF RAILROAD ABANDONMENT: CARRINGTON-TO-TURTLE LAKE RAIL LINE; SUMMARY
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Honeyman,   Joel S.; Bangsund,   Dean A.; Leistritz,   F. Larry.
The Carrington-to-Turtle Lake rail line serves five agricultural shippers in a four county area in central North Dakota. Service on the line has been affected by recent embargoes, floods, and poor, deteriorating track conditions.  The line is a strong candidate for abandonment as efforts to rehabilitate the line have lacked financial support.  Prior to this study, a benefit/cost study, which compares benefits and costs of a rail line reconstruction, was performed for the rail line in an attempt to secure financial assistance for rehabilitation. Railroad abandonment impacts rural communities and local economies in a variety of ways.  Businesses that use rail for transportation usually experience a change in their shipping options.  Instead of sending and/or...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Rail abandonment; Economic impact; Rural communities; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Public Economics.
Ano: 1996
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/23108

Economic Social and Cultural Influences on the Status and Wellbeing of Indian Rural Wives
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Tisdell,   Clement A.; Regmi,   Gopal.
Examines the status and well being of wives in rural India using results from interviews.  Surveys were conducted in three villages in the southwest of West Bengal and in three villages in the west of Orissa.  The survey in West Bengal contained a large proportion of Santal tribals and the Oriyan survey was dominated by Kondh tribals.  The relationships between variables representing economic, social and cultural factors are compared with ‘dependent’ variables representing the status of wives within their family and their wellbeing.  Wellbeing is indicated by whether the basic needs of wives for food and medical care are met.  Status of wives is indicated by their ‘control’ over family resources, whether or not they are restricted in joining social groups...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Santal; Kondh; Wives; India; Gender inequality; Community/Rural/Urban Development; International Development.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/106952

IMMEDIATE EMPLOYMENT EFFECTS OF BUSINESS RETENTION AND EXPANSION PROGRAMS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Loveridge,   Scott; Smith,   Thomas R.; Morse,   George W.
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development; Labor and Human Capital.
Ano: 1992
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/14008

Discussion: Economic Sustainability of Rural Areas
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Constance,   Douglas H.
The three articles in this invited paper session examine value-added strategies related to agriculture and food at the state and federal level designed to enhance rural development.  Two of the papers dealt with the GO TEXAN program and the other with organic agriculture. All three papers were well written and interesting, but all three also shed light on the problem of using classical economic theory to interpret differentiated agriculture and food products as opposed to undifferentiated commodities.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Food; Organic; Rural development; Value added; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Marketing; Q18; Q56.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/113540

COMMUNITY-BUSINESS MATCHING: A NEW MODEL FOR RURAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Buescher,   Michael; Halbrendt,   Catherine K.; Sullivan,   Pauline; Zheng,   Yi.
Identifying target industry sectors for community economic development is a complex problem.  The Community-Business Matching (CBM) Model is a tool that assists in identifying desirable industry sectors for sustainable economic development. The framework of the model is based on two measures, "Desirability" and "Compatibility", between a community and industry sectors. A case study of two Vermont communities will be presented.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Community Assets and Goals; Business Benefits and Needs; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods.
Ano: 1999
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/21696

The Economic Base of North Dakota Counties
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Leistritz,   F. Larry; Coon,   Randal C.; Thompson,   JoAnn M.
The basic sectors are central to the growth and vitality of any economic system, and current and accurate information regarding changes in an area's economic base is vital to local economic development planning efforts. This report provides estimates of the economic base by economic sector for North Dakota counties for the period 1960-1991. The data indicate that agriculture remains North Dakota's most important basic sector, accounting for 50 percent or more of the economic base in 31 of the state's 53 counties in 1991. The energy sectors play a significant role in the economic base of a number of western North Dakota counties. Energy extraction and conversion accounted for 50 percent or more of the economic base in seven counties in 1991. Manufacturing...
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development; Financial Economics.
Ano: 1993
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/51169

Drought Risk and Drought Response in Morocco: Vulnerability, Risk Perceptions and Drought Coping Among Rainfed Cereal Farmers
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Lybbert,   Travis J.; Kusunose,   Yoko; Magnan,   Nicholas; Fadlaoui,   Abdelaziz.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Drought; Coping; Vulnerability; Risk; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Food Security and Poverty; Risk and Uncertainty.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/49367

THE ROLE OF THE DEVELOPMENT BANK IN RURAL CREDIT
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: McDonald,   Warren D.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agricultural Finance; Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 1960
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/22774

Valuing indigenous biodiversity in the freshwater environment
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Bell,   Brian A.; Yap,   Michael; Cudby,   Charlotte.
Biosecurity incursion response decisions require timely, high quality information involving science and economics. The value of the impact on indigenous biodiversity is a key aspect of the economics typically involving cost-benefit analysis. The hypothetical incursion of Biosecurity New Zealand’s top priority weed hydrilla (Hydrilla verticillata) in a typical New Zealand lake (Lake Rotoroa otherwise known as Hamilton Lake) elicits dollar values of impacts on indigenous biodiversity in a freshwater environment. Using the stated preference tool, Choice Modelling, the experimental design was maximised for efficiency of Willingness to Pay (WTP) estimation. The survey method of community meetings of four population samples at varying distances to the incursion...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Non-market valuation; Biosecurity; Biodiversity; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Crop Production/Industries; Environmental Economics and Policy; Land Economics/Use.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/97128

Problems in Rural Public Service and its Countermeasures: Investigation on Rural Areas of Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region China
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Luo,   Qiangqiang; Wang,   Junli.
Under the condition of market economy, market competition has shown unprecedented pressure on agricultural producers with family as a production unit. Agricultural producers are at a relatively weak position. Agricultural production having the characteristics of small scale can hardly adapt to market competition effectively and agricultural production is facing a huge market risk. Therefore, farmers urgently need a wide range of public services. In March, 2007, the Ministry of Finance and Huazhong Normal University investigated a total of 1000 residents in 35 sample villages, belonging to 33 towns of Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, China. Status of the supply of public services in rural areas is introduced from three aspects, which are backward service of...
Tipo: Thesis or Dissertation
Palavras-chave: Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region of China; Rural residents; Rural public service; Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/56251

Government Policy Effects on Urban and Rural Income Inequality
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Wu,   Ximing; Perloff,   Jeffrey M.; Golan,   Amos.
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/25125

VALUE-ADDED ACTIVITIES AS A RURAL DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY: DISCUSSION
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Tilley,   Daniel S.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 1989
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/30191

Rural development drivers and public policy formulation: the use of prospective structural analysis
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Delgado-Serrano,   Maria del Mar; Amador-Hidalgo,   Francisco; Ambrosio Albala,   Mateo.
Traditional economic development theories have struggled to identify, in a comprehensive manner, the drivers and constraints that explain singular development paths and lead to spatial inequalities.  Assuming that development patterns are territory-specific, the research hypothesis is that public policies should have a better understanding of territorial dynamics in order to propose strategies efficient to trigger changes.  This paper applies the use of Prospective Structural Analysis (PSA), a foresight analysis technique, to explore the territorial dynamics.  The results show that, within a territory, the variables play different roles, and suggest that rural policies might have focused on factors that have few influence in fostering changes rather than...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Rural development policies; Territorial rural development; Prospective structural analysis; Community/Rural/Urban Development; O18.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/94895

Geographical Heterogeneity in Homeownership Rates: Does the Differential between Rent and Ownership Cost Explain Local Variation in Homeownership Rates?
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Tsukamoto,   Satoshi.
This paper focuses on differentials between rental and owner costs as a primary determinant of local homeownership. In simultaneous equations to estimate the separate effects of owner cost and rent on homeownership rates, the control variables are various household and geographical factors (Census 2000 tract level dataset), in the samples of 48 contiguous states within the United States. The results show negative effects of rental and owner costs on homeownership rates. Ethnicity, income, age, property tax rate and loan usage rates, contribute to increased owner costs. Several factors had significant association with the rise in housing prices before 2006.
Tipo: Thesis or Dissertation
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development; Consumer/Household Economics; Public Economics; D12; H0; R2.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/91269

A Retail Sales / Sales Tax Paradox
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Lansford,   Notie H., Jr.; Brorsen,   B. Wade; Woods,   Michael D.
Small communities experiencing slow to negative growth sometimes increase their local sales tax rate in order to maintain or expand public services.  A cross-sectional, time series model is used to investigate possible unintended consequences.  Negative elasticities are found for tax rates above the norm, resulting in reduced retail trade.
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Community development; Sales tax; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Public Economics; Q00; R51.
Ano: 2001
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/92071

European Rural Development Policy Preferences
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Hartell,   Jason G.; Kilkenny,   Maureen; Swinnen,   Johan F.M.
This paper presents the results of a survey about policy preferences collected from agricultural economists at an EAAE Seminar on rural development policy experiences. It documents the diversity in rural development problems and favored tactics across Europe.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Rural development; Policy; Preferences; Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2002
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/24938

Impact assessment of irrigation management transfer in the Alto Rio Lerma Irrigation District, Mexico
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Kloezen,   Wim H.; Garces-Restrepo,   Carlos; Johnson,   Sam H., III.
Tests the hypothesis that, in general, irrigation management transfer has positive impacts on operation performance, managerial accountability, O&amp;M budgeting and expenditures, costs of water to farmers, and agricultural and economic productivity in the Alto Rio Lerma Irrigation District in Mexico. Evaluates the potential of the Mexican IMT process as a model for other countries.
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Irrigation management; Privatization; Assessment; Economic aspects; Legal aspects; Data collection; Water rights; Water allocation; Water distribution; Groundwater; Financing; Maintenance; Operations; Agricultural production; Water users' associations; Farmer participation; Mexico; Alto Rio Lerma Irrigation District; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Crop Production/Industries; Farm Management; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 1997
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/61110

Migrant Labor Markets and the Welfare of Rural Households in the Developing World: Evidence from China
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: de Brauw,   Alan; Giles,   John.
In this paper, we examine the impact of reductions in barriers to migration on the consumption of rural households in China. We find that increased migration from rural villages leads to significant increases in consumption per capita, and that this effect is stronger for poorer households within villages. Household income per capita and non-durable consumption per capita both increase with out-migration, and increase more for poorer households. We also establish a causal relationship between increased out-migration and investment in housing and durable goods assets, and these effects are also stronger for poorer households. We do not find robust evidence, however, to support a connection between increased migration and investment in productive activity....
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Migration; Migrant Networks; Consumption; Poverty; Wealth; Rural China; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Consumer/Household Economics; Labor and Human Capital; O12; O15; J22; J24.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/6085

INDUSTRIAL DIVERSIFICATION IN NONMETROPOLITAN COUNTIES AND ITS EFFECT ON ECONOMIC STABILITY
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Smith,   Stephen M.; Gibson,   Cosette M.
Applying indexes of economic instability and industrial diversification to Idaho's forty-three nonmetropolitan counties, this paper tests the hypothesis that unemployment is more stable in a more diverse economy. While results support the hypothesis, other aspects of a county's economic structure are just as influential. Indiscriminate diversification will not necessarily bring economic stability.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 1988
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/32109

SERVICEKOOPERATIVEN – EIN MODELL FÜR DIE GEORGISCHE LANDWIRTSCHAFT?
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Paviliashvili,   Johanna.
Georgia is a country with high agricultural potential, which is not fully utilized due to the deterioration of conditions for agriculture after the breakdown of the Soviet Union. Because of insufficient access to input supply, credits and markets, the productivity of the Georgian agriculture is very low. The small agricultural land surfaces lead, moreover, to high transaction costs with regard to the marketing of agricultural products that each farmer sells individually on local markets. Service cooperatives have been identified as a suitable institution for sustainable agricultural development. Despite their advantages they are not widespread in Georgia. This article analyses on the basis of an empirical study (n=406) attitudes of Georgian farmers towards...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Servicekooperativen; Georgien; Subsistenzlandwirtschaft; Service cooperatives; Georgia; Subsistence farming.; Agribusiness; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Farm Management; Marketing; Production Economics; Productivity Analysis; Q13; Q14.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/91767

State and Not-For-Profit delivery of species conservation. Cost utility analysis of multiple-species projects.
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Vesey,   S.E.; Cullen,   Ross; Hughey,   Kenneth F.D.
Conservation of species is challenging, and there is continuing interest in finding more effective means to achieve conservation goals. State provision of conservation occurs in many countries, alongside a growing range of alternative providers including Not For Profit organisations and the private sector. Few studies have compared the effectiveness and efficiency of State provision against Not For Profit or private sector provision. This research assesses the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of multiple-species projects in regard to the conservation of threatened and endangered species using a cost-utility analysis. Three State managed projects, three Not For Profit managed projects and one project managed by the State yet funded privately, were...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: State provision; Not For Profit; Multiple-species; Cost-utility analysis; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Environmental Economics and Policy; Land Economics/Use; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/97987

STRATEGIES FOR SMALLHOLDERS IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES: COMMERCIALISATION, DIVERSIFICATION AND EXIT
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Brooks,   Jonathan; Cervantes-Godoy,   Dalila; Jonasson,   Erik.
This paper proposes a strategic framework for policies to assist smallholders in developing countries. It describes the inevitable features of structural change in the agricultural and rural economy, the associated pressures that these changes place on smallholders, and the consequent need for policies to facilitate rather than impede adjustment. A key premise of the framework is that, for the majority of smallholders, the long term (i.e. inter-generational)future lies outside the sector. Hence, long-term policies need to make a distinction between those who potentially have a competitive future in the sector and those who do not. In either case, many of the necessary policies will not be agriculture-specific, so it is important that agricultural policies...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Smallholders; Rural development; Agricultural policy; Structural change; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; International Development; O20; Q18; R23.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/52867

Wildland Fire Hazard and Urban Development Pattern: Why California Civil Code 1103 Fails to Protect Households from Wildfires
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Xu,   Wenchao; Wu,   JunJie.
Recent years have seen mass casualties and severe property damage caused by wildland fires. With increasing housing development in natural-amenity-rich fire-prone areas, human activities not only exert intense pressures on local ecosystems, but also increase difficulties for wildland fire suppression. To cope with wildland fire threats and protect life and property from wildfire, a new California Natural Hazard Disclosure Law (California Civil Code Sec. 1103) went into effect in 1998. Information disclosure required by Sec. 1103 and its related laws is expected to enhance the efficiency of market allocation of land and developments in hazardous areas, making land price and development pattern better reflect the benefit and risk of living in the natural...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Wildfire; Land use; Urban development pattern; Income mix; Natural amenity; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Land Economics/Use; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy; Risk and Uncertainty.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/49428

Declining Poverty in Latin America? A Critical Analysis of New Estimates by International Institutions
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Helwege,   Ann; Birch,   Melissa B.L.
Indicators of progress in overcoming poverty in Latin America have been heralded recently by international institutions. Yet a closer look at data from the World Bank and the United Nations reveals contradictions that are not easily resolved by reference to the underlying methodologies. This paper provides an introduction to how poverty is measured, what the data indicate about trends in poverty, and reasons to tread cautiously in interpreting it as evidence of progress or stagnation. While significant progress has been achieved in a few large countries, the poorest countries are still very poor, and some countries have even seen increases in their poverty rates despite economic growth.
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development; Food Security and Poverty; Health Economics and Policy; International Development; International Relations/Trade; Political Economy; Public Economics; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/37279

AGRICULTURE IN NORTHWEST MINNESOTA: ITS ROLE IN THE FUTURE OF THE REGION
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Stam,   Jerome M.
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 1969
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/14182

Wall Street vs. Main Street: What are the Benefits and Costs of Wal-Mart to Local Communities?
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Irwin,   Elena G.; Clark,   Jill.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development; L81; R52; R58.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/94420

FÖRDERUNG DER ENTWICKLUNG DES LÄNDLICHEN RAUMES IN POLEN UND BAYERN
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Sroka,   Wojciech; Happe,   Kathrin.
This paper compares the polish Programme for Rural Development (PROW) and the Bavarian counterpart (BayZAL). The focus is on comparing objectives and Instruments. The different development axes are at the centre of the analysis. The two programmes differ with regard to funding. The programmes are based on differing philosophies concerning the funding of different measures. These are due to differences in economic development and the quality of the human capital in rural areas. Both programmes emphasise measures related to agriculture despite of the claim to target at the whole rural area.
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Entwicklung ländlicher Räume; Vergleichende Analyse; Polen; Bayern; Rural development; Comparative analysis; Poland; Bavaria; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Institutional and Behavioral Economics; International Development; Q12; Q18.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/91904

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK FOR ANALYSING STRUCTURAL CHANGE IN AGRICULTURE AND RURAL LIVELIHOODS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Buchenrieder,   Gertrud; Mollers,   Judith; Happe,   Kathrin; Davidova,   Sophia; Fredriksson,   Lena; Bailey,   Alastair; Kancs,   d'Artis; Swinnen,   Johan F.M.; Vranken,   Liesbet; Hubbard,   Carmen; Ward,   Neil; Juvancic,   Luka; Milczarek,   Dominika; Plamen,   Mishev.
The Deliverable 2.1 (D2.1) of the SCARLED project provides the conceptual framework for analysing structural change in agriculture and rural livelihoods in the NMS and established Member States of the EU. It concisely summarizes the underlying theories and concepts of the pertinent research issues in SCARLED. SCARLED addresses a topic of wide interest with regard to the identification of past and future key social and agricultural restructuring processes for a living countryside in the NMS. Methodologically, the topic is approached by comparative, structured multi-country farm surveys complemented by an analysis of structural changes in the farm sectors of two selected regions with the agent-based simulation model AgriPoliS, taking special account of...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/91737

MUNKANÉLKÜLISÉG GYÖNGYÖSÖN ÉS A KISTÉRSÉGBEN
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Wolcz,   Andrea.
A vizsgálatokból megállapítható, hogy a Gyöngyösi Kistérségben a legtöbb munkanélküli a 20-29 év közötti korosztályból, illetve az általános iskolai, vagy szakmunkás bizonyítvánnyal rendelkezők köréből kerül ki. A nyilvántartott munkanélküliek között a fizikai munkásoknál a férfiak, a szellemi foglalkozású-aknál pedig a nők túlsúlya állapítható meg. A legtöbb munkanélküli a feldolgo-zóiparból kerül ki, de az időszakos igény is itt jelentkezik. A munkanélküliségi ráta emelkedő jellegű és az országost meghaladó 2002-2004 között. Ezért különö-sen fontos a különféle képzési formák és az álláskeresés támogatása, valamint az agrár területen a régóta halogatott szaktanácsadás bevezetése. A megoldásban az eLearning, a Humánerőforrás-fejlesztési Operatív Program,...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Munkanélküliség; Foglalkoztatás; Munkahelyteremtés; Szaktanácsadás - unemployment; Employment; Creation of employment; Counselling; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Labor and Human Capital.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/54332

ASSESSING THE ECONOMIC IMPACTS OF NEW OR RECENTLY EXPANDED MANUFACTURING AND EXPORTABLE SERVICE FIRMS IN NORTH DAKOTA
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Coon,   Randal C.; Leistritz,   F. Larry.
This study examines the economic impacts that have resulted from new or recently expanded North Dakota firms in three sectors (agricultural processing, other manufacturing, and exportable services), addressing such dimensions as number of jobs created, compensation paid to employees, and the expenditures made to entities within the local area and elsewhere in the state.   Information was obtained from a questionnaire completed by 42 new or recently expanded firms.  The responding firms had added an average of 29 jobs from 1990 to 1996.  General labor was the job category accounting for the largest number of workers overall (52 percent), followed by skilled labor (16 percent) and management (12 percent).  About 65 percent of the firms' new jobs have been...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Economic development; Economic impact; Job creation; Local hiring; Expenditures; Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 1997
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/23248

RESHAPING THE CITY-REGION IN GLOBAL COMPETITION
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Maki,   Wilbur R.
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 1992
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/13904

Rural Economic Development in Manitoba
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: MacMillan,   James A.
Tipo: Working Paper
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 1987
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/124340

MONITORING MINNESOTA'S ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE IN THE 1990S
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Maki,   Wilbur R.
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 1991
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/13551

Countermeasures on Development of Rural Talent Resource in North Bay Economic Zone of Guangxi Province
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Jiang,   Aixian.
The necessity for developing rural talent resource in North Bay Economic Zone of Guangxi Province was analyzed. And the problems in the development were introduced. Related countermeasures on promoting the development of rural talent resource were put forward.
Tipo: Thesis or Dissertation
Palavras-chave: North Bay Economic Zone of Guangxi Province; Rural areas; Talent resource development; Countermeasures; China; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Labor and Human Capital; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/53586

The impact of large-lot zoning and open space acquisition on home building in rural communities
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Gottlieb,   Paul D.; O'Donnell,   Anthony; Rudel,   Thomas; O'Neill,   Karen; McDermott,   Melanie.
Local governments in the United States use a wide range of tools to preserve rural landscapes. Some of these tools, like the purchase or transfer of development rights, are generally welcomed by farmers and other large landowners. Other tools, like increasing the minimum lot size in a town’s agricultural zone, are more controversial because they are believed to have negative effects on landowner wealth.  In this contentious policy environment, it would be useful to know which land use tools actually work to control residential growth, thus achieving the consensual objective of rural preservation.  It is reasonable to suppose that large-lot zoning and open space preservation will both reduce the number of homes in a community when it is fully developed....
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Land use; Farmland preservation; Zoning; Housing; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Land Economics/Use; R52; R14; R31.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/49310

Smallholdings in New Zealand
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Lillis,   David; Fairweather,   John; Sanson,   Robert.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Consumer/Household Economics; Crop Production/Industries; Environmental Economics and Policy; Farm Management; Labor and Human Capital; Land Economics/Use; Livestock Production/Industries.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/98519

QUANTIFICATION OF VILLAGES' AND RURAL COMMUNITIES' CONDITIONS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Nemessalyi,   Zsolt; Szabo,   Bernadett; Nabradi,   Andras.
The presentation deals with the quantification of villages'’ and rural communities’' conditions. Distributing financial sources of rural development among the regions is not an easy task. The authors confirm the fact that the results of different methods used for quantifying conditions may be dissimilar. The methods seem to be effective in Hungary which quantify the economic, ecological and social conditions of communities separately in harmony with the functions of rural development. The authors propose an international research, which use the same method to compare communities in the USA, in Europe and even in the candidate countries of the European Union.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Rural development; Rural communities; Quantification; Realistic distribution of financial resources.; Community/Rural/Urban Development; R230; R500; R520; R580.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/20094

Composition of North Dakota's Economic Base: A Regional Analysis
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Coon,   Randal C.; Leistritz,   F. Larry; Hertsgaard,   Thor A.
The economic base of North Dakota and its eight substate regions has changed over the past couple of decades. This report takes an in-depth look at the economic base for each of these areas over the 1958-1984 period. Each of the regions has a unique composition of basic activities that have been responsible for its growth. Natural resource related activities, either in the form of agricultural or energy production, have been the largest source of real economic growth within the state. The purpose of this report is to identify the components of the economic base at substate levels and to show the changes in relative composition for these activities. Price and production data are presented to support and explain the changes that have occurred.
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development; Production Economics.
Ano: 1986
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/23316

The multifunctionality of agriculture and risk management as seen by Hungarian farmers involved in diversified farming
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Petrics,   Hajnalka; Feher,   Alajos.
Studying the multifunctional nature of agriculture requires a multi-level, multi-dimensional and multi-actor approach. In any given country analysis starts at the national economy level then descends to the farm and farm household level. In our study we analysed the life histories of nineteen non-representatively selected Hungarian family farms. In doing so, we determined that, to understand new initiatives undertaken by farmers, it was better to examine their motivation than merely examining the initiatives themselves. At the farm household level, multifunctionality is strongly related to achieving livelihood strategies and constitutes a possible risk management solution. The analysis has revealed farmers’ motivations for undertaking multifunctional...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Multifunctional agriculture; Rural economy; Risk management; Farmers’ motivation; Life history; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Institutional and Behavioral Economics; Risk and Uncertainty.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/49196

Construction of Evaluation System of Provincial Ecological Civilization - A Case of Shangong Province, China
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Liu,   Yanjun; Zhang,   Baohua; Cao,   Jianrong; Chen,   Wei.
According to the connotation of ecological civilization, construction principle of ecological civilization index system is expatiated, including integrity principle, applicability and feasibility principle, quantification principle and purposefulness principle. Based on this, a total of 23 single factors are selected from four aspects of ecological environmental protection, economic development, social progress and environmental protection consciousness. Ecological civilization index system is constructed. Weight of single factor is determined by using Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) and comprehensive evaluation model is established. Taking Shandong Province as an example, optimized index system and comprehensive evaluation model are used to analyze the...
Tipo: Thesis or Dissertation
Palavras-chave: Ecological civilization; Index system; Ecological environmental consciousness; Shandong Province; China; Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/58408

REFLEXIONES ANTROPOLÓGICAS EN TORNO A LOS SISTEMAS AGROALIMENTARIOS LOCALES: LA PROBLEMÁTICA DEL DESARROLLO ENDÓGENO EN LAS COSTAS AUSTRALES CHILENAS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Saavedra Gallo,   Gonzalo; Macias Vazquez,   Alfredo.
Our purpose in the present work is to make a methodological contribution to enrich the SYAL concept from two points of view. Firstly, as a critical reconsideration of the theory of territorial development, and more specifically SYAL development, taking into account the fact that the local institutional framework is the result of the complex - even conflictive - interaction of economic rationales based on diverse cultural logics. Secondly, as an analysis of the strategies promoted by this type of development, identifying the endogenous components which strengthen and reinforce in local actors the ability to reflectively structure and re-structure system relationships at the territorial level. The empirical-ethnographic support for these reflections is drawn...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Endogenous development; Localised agro food system; Small-scale fishing; Reflection; Hybridisation; Subjectivity; Chile.; Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Labor and Human Capital.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/95227

Forestry to Support Increased Agricultural Production: Focus on Employment Generation and Rural Development
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Dhyani,   S.K.; Samra,   J.S.; Ajit; Handa,   A.K.; Uma.
India possesses several advantages due to its varied ecological range and agro-climates to cultivate several important and diverse commercial food commodities ranging from cereals, fruits and spices to medicinal plants. The country has abundance of human resource comprising skilled, educated, technical and scientific manpower on one hand and unskilled manpower on the other. Forests- and agriculture-based industries are a major source of employment in the primary, secondary and tertiary sectors all over the country. This article has presented a brief overview of the potential of forest and agriculture in generating employment, providing livelihood and environmental services, sequestration of green house gases, carbon trading, rehabilitation of degraded...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/47328

Non-Timber Forest Products and Rural Poverty Alleviation in Zambia
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Mulenga,   Brian P.; Richardson,   Robert B.; Tembo,   Gelson.
Forests support rural livelihoods and food security in many developing countries by providing critical sources of food, medicine, shelter, building materials, fuels, and cash income. The increasing demand for forest products has enhanced rural livelihoods and enabled the expansion of domestic markets, particularly in urban areas where woodfuel and other forest resources are scarce. Therefore, non-timber forest products may offer sources of income and opportunities for poverty alleviation in both rural and urban areas. In Zambia, most rural households residing near forests extract a range of forest products for both direct consumption and trade (including food products and wood for cooking fuel and charcoal production), and forest products are among the top...
Tipo: Working Paper
Palavras-chave: Food security; Resource economics; Non-timber forest products; Poverty; Zambia; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Environmental Economics and Policy; Food Security and Poverty; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2012
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/123220

Income Sources, Poverty, and Forest Encroachment: Implications for Rural Development Policies in Central Sulawesi, Indonesia
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Schwarze,   Stefan; Zeller,   Manfred; Nuryartono,   Nunung.
This paper analyses the determinants of income generating activities of rural households in the vicinity of the Lore-Lindu National Park in Central Sulawesi, Indonesia. The focus is on activities which threaten the integrity of the national park (perennial crop production and sale of forest products) and on non-agricultural activities (wage labour and self-employment) which are able to reduce poverty without threatening the national park. The analysis allows to identify factors which are essentially for the design of policies and programmes aiming to promote rural development and to protect the national park. Perennial crop production and activities outside the agricultural sector are particularly important for the less-poor households, whereas the selling...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/25764

A Continuous Multi-dimensional Measure of Rurality: Moving Beyond Threshold Measures
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Waldorf,   Brigitte S.
This paper introduces the Index of Relative Rurality, a continuous measure of rurality.  The index is based on four dimensions: population size, density, percentage of urban residents, and distance to the closest metropolitan area. The index varies from 0 (most urban) to 1 (most rural). Compared to existing means of measuring rurality, the index is continuous and thus does not suffer from problems that arise when using arbitrary thresholds to separate discrete categories.  This shift away from often ill-defined categories of rural and urban, to measuring the degree of rurality will shed new light on a wide array of rural issues ranging from rural poverty to economic growth. This paper shows that the Index of Relative Rurality makes an invaluable...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/21383

How are Vegetables Marketed into Lusaka? The Structure of Lusaka’s Fresh Produce Marketing System and Implications for Investment Priorities.
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Hichaambwa,   Munguzwe; Tschirley,   David L.
Key findings regarding the structure of trade for tomato, rape, and onion into Lusaka are (a) regional trade is an important part of Zambia’s fresh produce  system, (b) supply chains for tomato, rape, and onion are short, (c) the role of the modern market system is very small, and (d) the role of urban agriculture in supplying Lusaka markets for these vegetables is also small, though it is meaningful in the case of rape. Main policy implications from this and related work are that (a) investments and policies to promote regional trade are relevant for the horticultural sector, not just food staples, (b) the traditional market system needs improved hard infrastructure linked to more collaborative  public/private management models and improved coordination...
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Africa; Vegetables; Zambia; Produce; Marketing; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Food Security and Poverty; Marketing.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/93008

Unscrambling Africa: Regional Requirements for Achieving Food Security
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Haggblade,   Steven.
Africa has inherited highly arbitrary political borders that vastly complicate current efforts to accelerate agricultural growth and reduce hunger. Because Africa’s inherited political borders arbitrarily partition agro-ecological zones and natural market sheds, current country borders serve as barriers, hampering agricultural technology transfer, hindering agricultural trade and dampening incentives for farmers and agribusinesses to invest in Africa’s many regional breadbasket zones. Feasible solutions revolve around neutralizing these deleterious effects through regional scientific networks and regional corridor development programs.
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Africa; Food Security; Markets; Technology transfer; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Crop Production/Industries; Demand and Price Analysis; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Food Security and Poverty; International Development; Marketing; R12; Q18.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/97030

Targeting Growth Opportunities for Lancaster County, 2002
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Barkley,   David L.; Henry,   Mark S.; Warner,   Mellie L.
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2002
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/113333

Survey of Job Satisfaction and Organizational Climate at the University Computing Centre (Srce), Zagreb
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Zagar,   Damir Danijel.
Organizational environment determines behavior of the organization’s members. Therefore, in order to efficiently manage human resources in an organization, it is crucial to know and understand this environment. Being used to describe organizational environment, organizational climate and culture are one of the most important psychosocial constructs influencing successful organization functioning and development. During recent thirty years these constructs are attracting the interest for both – organizational behavior researchers as well as practitioners working in the field of the organizational effectiveness improvement and optimal human resources use. All of them are trying to find answers to questions related to the climate and culture nature, their...
Tipo: Thesis or Dissertation
Palavras-chave: Job Satisfaction; Organizational Climate; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Labor and Human Capital.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/49234

THE RURAL SOUTH: STILL A SHADOW IN THE SUNBELT?
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Beaulieu,   Lionel J.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2000
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/33425

Sustainability of Local Agri-food Products in the Border Area of Northern Portugal and Castilla-Léon
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Baptista,   Alberto; Tiberio,   Luis; Cristovao,   Artur.
Even in relatively peripheral areas, such as the Portuguese-Spanish border regions, agriculture and food systems have changed greatly in the last decades. Traditional agricultural systems have been declining and some products are no longer appreciated, or even tend to become quantitatively insignificant. Not only are producers ageing but their knowledge and know-how along with the local genetic heritage and biodiversity associated with farming are at risk of disappearing. Local products and markets have been progressively integrated into the larger framework of the global food market. Distributors, restaurant owners and consumers in general rely more and more on exogenous food products, despite the undeniable quality of the existing products and the...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Local agri-food products; Peripheral areas; Portugal; Spain.; Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Labor and Human Capital.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/94925

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL INDICATORS OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT FROM AN ECONOMIC VIEWPOINT
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Edwards,   Clark; Coltrane,   Robert.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 1972
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/30320

Rural Diversification 1981 - 1996
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Page,   Marjorie L.
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2002
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/28046

Durabilité des systèmes de production des petits ruminants: Une approche de santé  animale–marketing
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Lokman,   Zaibet.
L’objectif de ce papier est d’identifier les contraintes de commercialisation des petits ruminants sur le marché aux bestiaux.  Ces contraintes sont particulièrement prononcées chez les petits éleveurs. Notre recherche met en évidence la relation entre les caractéristiques de cette catégorie d’éleveurs et le choix du lieu de commercialisation (marché, sur la route ou à la ferme).  Ce choix est lié aussi aux coûts de transaction qui se manifestent sur le marché mais aussi à l’état de santé du cheptel.  La décision de ne pas se rendre sur le marché est supposée influencer négativement la continuité de cette activité et par conséquent la durabilité de d’élevage chez les petits éleveurs. Parmi les facteurs trouvés favoriser la chance de se rendre sur le marché...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Environmental Economics and Policy; Farm Management; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Food Security and Poverty; Health Economics and Policy; Livestock Production/Industries; Productivity Analysis; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/52099

Community values for historic heritage preservation in Australia - — A choice modeling application (PowerPoint Presentation)
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: van Bueren,   Martin.
Over the past 220 years since European settlement, Australia has amassed a diverse array of historic heritage places. Currently there are approximately 200,000 places listed on statutory heritage lists across the nation. Owing to the public-good nature of heritage, community values for the preservation of historic places (both quality and quantity dimensions) is not readily observable from market transactions. Yet this information is critical for efficient management of heritage. This study uses a survey technique (Choice Modelling) to estimate value estimates. To the author’'s knowledge, it is the first study to use this approach to understand community preferences for alternative protection outcomes at a national level — as opposed to site specific...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: General equilibrium modelling; Infrastructure; Poverty; Southeast Asia; Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/10420

Rural Nonfarm Employment and Agricultural Modernization and Diversification in Guatemala
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Hernandez,   Ricardo; Reardon,   Thomas; Guan,   Zhengfei.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development; International Development; Labor and Human Capital.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/61686

Identifying Priority Target Areas for Knoxville-Knox County Hillside and Ridgetop Protection Plan: Using Value of Visual Amenity during the Real Estate Boom of 2002-2006 and the Recession of 2008
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Chadourne,   Matthew H.; Cho,   Seong-Hoon; Roberts,   Roland K.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development; Environmental Economics and Policy; Land Economics/Use.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/103842

CREDITS FOR SERBIAN AGRICULTURE IN THE TRANSITION PERIOD
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Božić,   Dragica; Muncan,   Petar; Bogdanov,   Natalija.
The possibility for self-financing in agriculture is very small, primarily due to lower labour productivity leading to lower rate of surplus value. Therefore, in the development of Serbian agriculture, special importance is attached to other sources of financing such as: the Agrarian budget, i.e. credits of the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Water Management; credits of business banks; development funds; leasing companies. With the reconstruction of the Serbian banking system in 1994, the primary issue, as an important source for financing agriculture used primarily for current reproduction, was abandoned. Due to transition to a market economy system and cancellation of financing from the primary issue, economic entities in agriculture have found...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Credit lending; Agriculture; Agricultural budget; Transition; Agribusiness; Agricultural Finance; Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/57339

Valuing Great Lakes Beaches
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Song,   Feng; Lupi,   Frank; Kaplowitz,   Michael D.
This study aims to estimate the recreational use values of Great Lakes beaches using a two-level nested logit Random Utility Model. The choice set contains all 594 public Great Lakes beaches in Michigan. Beach sites located in the same Great Lakes water body are arranged into a nest. The trip data were obtained from a 2006 online survey using a web-panel of Michigan adults accessed through Survey Sampling International (SSI). The variables that affect the amount of utility derived from a particular site are the travel cost and site quality variables, which include beach length, days of beach advisory, and days of beach closure in 2006. We report the economic loss of permanently losing an individual beach site or a group of beach sites as well as benefits...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Great Lakes; Freshwater beaches; Non-market valuation; Travel costs model; Nested logit; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Q26; Q57.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/61791

Desigualdade e determinantes da renda das Famílias Rurais em Minas Gerais de 1981 a 2006
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Bastos,   Patricia de Melo Abrita; Santos,   Gilnei Costa; Rocha,   Luiz Eduardo de Vasconcelos.
In this article it is discussed the evolution of the inequality of income and the principal determinant of the revenue of the mining rural families, from 1981 to 2006. For such purpose, it is used the microdados of the National Research by Sample of Home. The results demonstrate that the transformations in the field affected the income of those families and they altered your occupational profile, tends negative impacts in the inequality and modifying the determinant of the income. Likewise, it is demonstrated that the inequality of income in the rural miner doesn't follow the same fall tendency in Brazil in the last years, indicating the need of politics that you/they assist the needs of this new one rural.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Revenue equations; Inequality of income; New rural; Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/96285

Determinantes e Hierarquização do Índice de Desenvolvimento Rural dos Municípios Mato-grossenses (2006)
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Pereira,   Benedito Dias; Oyamada,   Graciela Cristine; Silva,   Gerson Rodrigues; Faria,   Alexandre Magno; Seba,   Maristela Almeida.
Mato Grosso ao longo de sua história passou de uma economia baseada na pecuária para uma economia essencialmente agrícola, destacando-se no cenário agrícola nacional e mundial pelas suas produções e exportações de soja e algodão, dentre outros bens de origem agropastoril. Este trabalho tem como propósito compreender a heterogeneidade espacial do desenvolvimento rural mato-grossense a partir do grau de desenvolvimento de cada município. Com base em dados secundários, com recorrência à análise fatorial, adaptada de Melo &amp; Parré (2007), ajustada para Mato Grosso, constatou-se que mais da metade dos municípios (60,99%) do Estado se posicionam abaixo da média do grau de desenvolvimento encontrada (52,99), enquanto que apenas 30,99% situam-se acima...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Desenvolvimento rural; Análise fatorial; Mato Grosso; Agricultural development; Factorial analysis; Mato Grosso; Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/107925

Institutional Explanations of Economic Development: the Role of Precious Metals
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Papyrakis,   Elissaios; Gerlagh,   Reyer.
Recent research has emphasized the influence of colonization on the institutional development and economic performance in former European colonies. Where European colonizers settled, they replicated the investment-conducive institutions found at home. It has been argued that a harsh disease environment and a highly urbanized native population worked against colonization. We show evidence for another significant element explaining the endogenous character of colonization strategies and the formation of institutions. We find the presence of precious metals, gold and silver, to imply an increase in settlements, and an improvement in institutional quality, even when correcting for settlements. Highly valued gold and silver reserves attracted Europeans in large...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/12211

SARA LEE FOODS TAKES FLIGHT: AN ECONOMIC IMPACT ANALYSIS OF A TURKEY PLANT CLOSURE
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Cheney,   Laura Martin; Rahn,   Allan P.
In 1998, the Sara Lee Corporation implemented a corporate strategy of deverticalization. Bil Mar Foods, Inc., a subsidiary of Sara Lee responsible for the processing of packaged meat products, followed the strategy by shutting down its turkey slaughter facility in Zeeland, Michigan.  As a consequence, turkey growers in Michigan were left with no viable outlet for live bird slaughter and the potential end of live bird production in the region.  The current study analyzes the economic impact associated with the cessation of live bird slaughter at the Bil Mar Food plant. The economic consequences may be as high as an $81 million loss in total industry output, a $29 million loss in income, and a total employment loss of nearly 800 jobs.  Faced with these...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness; Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2002
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/11550

Factores de éxito en el cumplimiento de obligaciones crediticias de pequeños agricultores de la Región de O’Higgins, Chile
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Reyes,   Alvaro; Ibarra,   Patricio.
Published by Asociación de Economistas Agrarios de Chile
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Credit; Small-scale farmers; Chile.; Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/97373

JAAE Back page
Provedor de dados: 31
Tipo: Article
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; Agricultural Finance; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Environmental Economics and Policy; Farm Management; Food Security and Poverty; Health Economics and Policy; International Development; Production Economics; Risk and Uncertainty.
Ano: 2012
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/120441

Geographic Distribution of Renewable Energy Sector Industries: An Analysis Using Recent Developments in Industry Concentration Measurement
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Register,   D. Lane; Lambert,   Dayton M.; English,   Burton C.; Jensen,   Kimberly L.; Menard,   R. Jamey; Wilcox,   Michael D.
Recent developments in firm location analysis are applied to explore the concentration patterns of firms making up the green energy sectors in 2002 and 2006. A two-step procedure is applied in this analysis. First, Guimarães, Figueiredo, and Woodward’s spatial adaption of Ellison and Glaeser’s industry concentration index are applied to estimate the degree to which firms making up the so-called green energy sectors tend to exhibit concentration. In the second stage, the spatial distribution of concentration is analyzed using a statistical framework, also suggested by Guimarães, Figueiredo, and Woodward. Preliminary results suggest that green energy subsectors exhibit significant global concentration, but localized concentration appears to be random.
Tipo: Presentation
Palavras-chave: Global; Local; Industry concentration measures; Green energy sectors; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods; C21; L20.
Ano: 2012
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/124038

CONCENTRATION, VULNERABILITY AND ADJUSTMENT: RURAL TEXTILE AND APPAREL EMPLOYMENT AND THE EXPIRATION OF IMPORT QUOTAS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Wojan,   Timothy R.
The paper documents the degree of concentration of textile and apparel employment in rural countries, assesses the vulnerability to job loss by detailed industry in light of the expiration of import quotas, and assesses the potential for adjustment of displaced workers.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development; Labor and Human Capital.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/19922

Closing the Eyes on a Gloomy Future: Psychological Causes and Economic Consequences
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Laajaj,   Rachid.
This paper analyzes the impact of economic prospects on one’s time preference. Research in psychol- ogy has shown how individuals modify their preferences in order to reduce their cognitive dissonance, which is the uncomfortable tension felt when simultaneously holding conflicting thoughts. It occurs among the poor when simultaneously caring about their future welfare while having gloomy economic prospects. Hence closing their eyes on the future can reduce their psychological distress at the cost of worsening their future economic wellbeing. This paper offers a new theoretical approach that decom- poses time discounting and analyzes the endogenous determination of one’s time horizon. The model predicts that, below a certain wealth, the time horizon of an...
Tipo: Presentation
Palavras-chave: Endogenous time preference; Cognitive dissonance; Time horizon; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Consumer/Household Economics; Institutional and Behavioral Economics; D91; O12; Q12.
Ano: 2012
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/123933

RDP and quality of life in rural areas: evaluation of the possible effects in Piedmont
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Cagliero,   Roberto; Filippa,   Francesca; Pierangeli,   Fabio.
The research starts from the necessity to create specific tools for evaluating the impacts of rural development policies on fragile areas. The objective of this study is to exploit a synthetic measure of marginality, obtained through a specific tool set by IRES Piemonte (Institute of Socio Economic Research) as a proxy of quality of life indicators. The aim of this tool is to evaluate the potential effects of the measures programmed in axes 3 and 4 of Rural Development Programmes, in terms of changes in quality of life in rural areas. In the evaluation field, this methodology is applicated for the first time to Piedmont’s Rural Development Programme.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Marginality; Rural development; Evaluation; Territory; Quality of life; Community/Rural/Urban Development; O180.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/94912

How Stressed are Wisconsin Cities and Villages?
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Maher,   Craig; Deller,   Steven C.; Kovari,   John.
For the fourth time since 1997, a web-based survey of fiscal health was administered to administrative officials of Wisconsin cities and villages during the summer of 2010. A total of 195 municipalities responded to the survey. Of those administrative officials responding, 53 percent reported that their current revenue base was inadequate and more than 62 percent responded that their fiscal condition in five years will be inadequate. Some of the strategies most actively pursued in response to fiscal stress include the adoption or increase in user fees and charges, improved productivity through better management and pursuit of grants from federal/state governments. Strategies least likely to be pursued include laying off workers, increasing short-term debt...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/116708

SUSTAINABLE RURAL DEVELOPMENTAND TOURISM ECOLOGY
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: David,   Lorant; Szucs,   Csaba.
Many efforts have already been made and several ideas have been raised to solve the problems in the development of socially and economically underprivileged, peripheral areas. Most of the proposals suggest supporting rural tourism and its management based on local natural, cultural, agrarian etc. traditions and help them this way to catch up with the more developed regions of the country. Based on our findings it is obvious that sustainable and responsible development of rural tourism is only possible on the basis of ecological thinking. Tourism ecology is therefore a theory and a practice which makes it possible to develop tourism in rural areas effectively, based on local natural, social and cultural resources. Sustainable tourism involves a double task:...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Responsible sustainable tourism; Tourism ecology; Rural tourism; Felelősségteljesen fenntartható turizmus; Turizmus-ökológia; Vidéki turizmus.; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/99212

Assessing local action groups and auctions as institutional alternatives for designing and implementing agri-environmental measures in the EU – results from an expert survey
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Eggers,   Jorg; Mettepenningen,   Evy; Beckmann,   Volker.
The new European Council Regulation on support for rural development (EC) No. 1698/2005 has opened up the opportunity for two important innovations for the design and implementation of agrienvironmental measures: local action groups (LAG) according to the LEADER approach and calls for tender. The article firstly reviews the political and scientific debate on the possible performance of these innovations and, secondly, analyses how agents in public administrations, private associations and research institutes assess them. This ex-ante evaluation is based on 279 interviews in nine EU member states, carried out in the context of an EU-research project in the Sixth Framework Programme in 2006. The results show that (1) the performance of LAG is generally rated...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: European agri-environmental policy; Decentralisation; Local action groups; Auctions; European Rural Development Policy; European Agricultural Policy; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Environmental Economics and Policy; Institutional and Behavioral Economics.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/97702

Profile of the Coal Creek Project Construction Work Force
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Wieland,   James S.; Leistritz,   F. Larry.
Tipo: Technical Report
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development; Public Economics.
Ano: 1978
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/120838

Relationship of Agri-Environmental Management and Rural Development in Accordance with the Accession to the European Union
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Katona-Kovacs,   Judit.
The structural, institutional, technical and technological regulation of Hungarian agricultural − as preparation for the new tasks − has not overtaken the participation in the competition of the single market. It is very important to become the organiser of the process. Regarding Hungary's natural and social facilities it is common weal to create a long term strategy for agricultural which has been missing for years. The main objective of the research is to examine rural development and agri-environmental elements inside the agricultural system. Confirm the hypothesis that the application of multifunctional agriculture determined by the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) − with supportive political background − could be a promotional factor of the Hungarian...
Tipo: Thesis or Dissertation
Palavras-chave: Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Environmental Economics and Policy; International Relations/Trade.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/11998

THE ECONOMIC IMPORTANCE OF MINNESOTA'S FOOD AND AGRICULTURE INDUSTRY
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Senf,   David R.; Maki,   Wilbur R.; Houck,   James P.
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 1992
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/14114

Comparative Performance Analysis of Commercial Banks in Rural North Dakota
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Mittleider,   John F.; Helgeson,   Delmer L.
Tipo: Technical Report
Palavras-chave: Agricultural Finance; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Financial Economics; Public Economics.
Ano: 1978
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/120825

RESULTS OF THE RURAL CASS COUNTY BUSINESS AND SERVICES PREFERENCE SURVEY
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Hodur,   Nancy M.; Coon,   Randal C.; Leistritz,   F. Larry.
Changing demographics in rural and urban North Dakota have provided both opportunities and challenges for rural communities.  Cass County boasts the state's largest and fastest growing urban center, but the impact of the county's growth extends beyond the Fargo-West Fargo city limits.  Towns like Casselton, Horace, and Kindred have experienced substantial changes not only in the number of residents, but also in the composition of households and their business and service needs and preferences.  To address these questions, the Rural Cass County Business and Services Preference Survey was designed to identify and quantify residents' perceptions on a variety of issues.  This report details respondents' perceptions on quality of life issues, business and...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Rural development; Rural Cass County; Population growth; Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2003
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/23595

Beyond Agriculture? The Promise of the Rural Economy for Growth and Poverty Reduction
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Anriquez,   Gustavo.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development; Food Security and Poverty; International Development.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/112590

Adoption of Environmental Best Practice Amongst Dairy Farmers
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Bewsell,   Denise; Kaine,   Geoff.
The adoption of environmental management practices is addressed in this paper. The use of consumer behaviour theory and a market research approach is discussed by describing how it was used in the study. Qualitative methods were used to gather data from dairy farmers in four New Zealand catchments. The environmental practices explored were; excluding stock from waterways, reducing phosphorus use, improving soil macroporosity, managing effluent and improving the efficiency of border-dyke irrigation. The findings are discussed, highlighting that farm contextual factors influenced farmers’ decision making in terms of adopting environmental management practices. The results suggest that environmental practices need to be linked to farm context. This should...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Environment; Adoption; Dairy farms; Context; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Consumer/Household Economics; Crop Production/Industries; Environmental Economics and Policy; Farm Management.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/98494

Estudio de los recursos productivos, humanos y ambientales de la cadena productiva de la “trucha arcoíris”, elementos susceptibles de aprovechamiento para el agroturismo, como alternativa para favorecer el desarrollo local del Municipio de Amanalco de Becerra, Estado de México, México
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Salazar Arzate,   Maria del Carmen; Zizumbo Villareal,   Lilia; Garduno,   Martha.
Tomando en cuenta que el turismo rural ofrece una importante oportunidad para los habitantes actuales de las zonas rurales [1], el presente estudio se llevó a cabo en 6 Localidades del Municipio de Amanalco de Becerra, Estado de México, México; con el objetivo de generar una serie de conocimientos teóricos y empíricos que permitan llevar a cabo una planeación sustentada sobre un proyecto agroturístico a partir de una de sus principales actividades económicas “la truticultura” intentando beneficiar a los productores de la trucha arcoíris y a otros sectores de la población, pretendiendo favorecer el desarrollo municipal como propuesta de solución a la gran problemática rural que vive el país y en la cual se encuentra inmerso dicho Municipio, donde se...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Recursos locales; Desarrollo local; Agroturismo.; Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Labor and Human Capital.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/95340

Small Enterprises in Egypt: A Study of Two Governorates
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Davies,   Stephen P.; Seale,   James L., Jr.; Mead,   Donald C.; Badr,   Mahmoud; Sheikh,   Nadia El; Saidi,   Abdel Rahman.
This paper discusses small enterprises in Egypt to determine the number of firms, levels of employment, and basic enterprise characteristics by industry group; to examine a sample of firms in selected industries to determine production and distribution patterns, economic viability, constraints, and potential for future growth; and to suggest to the Egyptian government and USAID the type of policies, programs, and projects that might support development of small enterprises.
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Food security; Food policy; Egypt; Small enterprise; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Downloads December 2008-June 2009: 7; Q18.
Ano: 1984
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/54755

Globalization and Urban-Rural Migration in Taiwan
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Huang,   Fung-Mey.
In this study, we examine the association of urban-to-rural migration with the deterioration of labor market in urban sector due to the globalization of markets and production. Two measures of the relative impacts of globalization on urban and rural labor markets: changes in rural-urban real earning differential and changes in the rural-urban probabilities of being employed. We, thus, address the following questions. What would be the changes in both rural-urban real earning differential and the rural-urban differential in the probabilities of being employed over the last decade? Can real earning differentials or employment differentials, or both significantly influence the urban-to-rural migration decisions? Which one plays a pivotal role in the analysis?...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Globalization; Labor migration; Agricultural sector; Community/Rural/Urban Development; J31; I20.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/9953

Politicas estratégicas de innovación en los sistemas vitivinícolas locales: la denominación de origen “Rias Baixas”
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Macias Vazquez,   Alfredo; Vence Deza,   Xavier.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Labor and Human Capital.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/95063

Diagnóstico de un sistema territorial agroalimentario. Metodología de trabajo y resultados obtenidos en un área piloto
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Van den Bosch,   M.E.
Abstract—Ugarteche y El Carrizal constituyen territorios con fisonomía netamente agraria, están dotados de un conjunto de atributos que son valorados como positivos para el crecimiento agrícola y con una serie de limitaciones que es necesario tener en cuenta para garantizar su sustentabilidad. Planificar el futuro requiere reconocer las principales variables que determinan el comportamiento del sistema territorial, conocer y analizar la forma en que se vinculan hasta alcanzar valor explicativo. Los interrogantes planteados en la etapa de diagnóstico son los siguientes: a- Cómo se comporta el territorio y por qué b- para qué sirve c- dónde se localizan las variables determinantes y en qué magnitud. d_Quiénes determinan el comportamiento del sistema. Para...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Mendoza; Diagnóstico; Agroecosistema.; Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/95350

TOWARD A POSSIBLY PRACTICAL FRAMEWORK FOR RURAL DEVELOPMENT POLICIES AND PROGRAMS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Daft,   Lynn M.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 1972
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/30316

LODGING INDUSTRY DATA FOR MINNESOTA COUNTIES
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Blank,   Uel; Wagenhals,   Susan.
Reported here are detailed 1970 lodging industry data for each Minnesota county.
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 1976
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/13275

Value Chains and Chains of Values: Tracing Tanzanian Tea
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Loconto,   A.
The objective of this paper is to examine value chain governance through case studies of four different certified value chains for Tanzanian tea. This paper takes a look at a traditional export commodity, tea, and discusses the implications of involvement in value-based certification schemes (Ethical Trading Initiative, Fairtrade, Organic and Rainforest Alliance) on certified producers in Tanzania. Each of these certification schemes makes claims on specific values that it is instilling in a particular ‘value chain’. This paper specifically analyses the network construction of each certified value chain and answers the questions: 1) which actors are involved in each value chain, 2) which values are claimed as organizing principles of these value chains,...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Certification; Governance; Global Value Chains; Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Labor and Human Capital.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/95057

Deep development of rural tourism under integrated agriculture
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Yuan,   Li.
This paper introduces the disadvantages and developmental approaches of rural tourism in China on the basis of apprehending the connotation of integrated agriculture. Then, it analyzes the current situation of new agricultural tourism park in Chengdu City of Sichuan Province. Research result shows that the implementation of integrated agriculture will promote the scientific and efficient development of rural tourism, which has a positive effect on the reconstruction of agricultural economy after disaster in Sichuan Province.
Tipo: Thesis or Dissertation
Palavras-chave: Integrated agriculture; Rural tourism of China; Deep development; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Environmental Economics and Policy; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/53510

Characteristics and organization of the Fairtrade market in Brazil
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Valentini,   Elena.
Fair Trade is defined as a set of socio-economic activities which are alternative to traditional and international trade. It began from the belief that the principal market's laws tend to cause serious damage to the South, and especially to the many workers devoted to 'agriculture'. The concept of Fair Trade is very important and powerful because it states that all trades should follow right principles; this statement highlights the importance of the movement as a regulatory model for all the incorporation models of trade regulations[1]. In this paper, with both historical and analytical approaches, we will try to analyze the economic paradigms which are taking place in the South and to highlight the importance, sometimes forgotten by stakeholders in the...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Fair trade; Solidarity economy; Local development; Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Labor and Human Capital.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/95348

ESTIMATING EDUCATION PRODUCTION FUNCTIONS IN RURAL AND URBAN AREAS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Debertin,   David L.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 1976
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/29750

Why Do Rural Firms Live Longer?
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Yu,   Li; Orazem,   Peter F.; Jolly,   Robert W.
Rural firms have a higher survival rate than urban firms. Over the first 13 years after firm entry, the hazard rate for firm exits is persistently higher for urban firms. While differences in firm attributes explain some of the rural-urban gap in firm survival, rural firms retain a survival advantage 18.5% greater than observationally equivalent urban firms. We argue that in competitive markets, the remaining survival advantage for rural firms must be attributable to unobserved factors that must be known at the time of entry. A plausible candidate for such a factor is thinner markets for the capital of failed rural firms. The implied lower salvage value of rural firms suggests that firms sorting into rural markets must have a higher probability of success...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Rural; Urban; Entry; Exit; Survival; Sorting; Salvage value; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Demand and Price Analysis; Financial Economics; Industrial Organization; Labor and Human Capital; Marketing; Production Economics; Productivity Analysis; Risk and Uncertainty; O18; L21; D92.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/54081

Economic Development in South Carolina: An Overview of Recent Trends and Future Prospects
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Barkley,   David L.
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2001
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/113338

Improved  inputs use and productivity in Uganda’s maize sub-sector
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Godfrey,   Okoboi.
This paper used the Uganda National Household Survey (UNHS) data set of 2005/06 to examine the productivity of improved inputs used by smallholder maize farmers in Uganda. Yield and gross profit functions were estimated with the stochastic frontier model. Results revealed a significant effect improved inputs use on yield but not gross profit. Moreover, farmers who planted recycled seed (of improved variety) without fertilizer obtained lower yield but the highest gross profit. Furthermore, if the opportunity cost of own land and labour inputs in maize production were imputed, overall, farmers made economic losses. Based on the prevailing farmers’ production technology and market conditions, maize cultivation in the range of 2‐3 ha was found to give optimum...
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Maize farming; Fertilizers; Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; Agricultural Finance; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Crop Production/Industries; Farm Management; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Land Economics/Use; Production Economics.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/101714

The Economic Contribution of the Minnesota Valley Regional Rail Authority Rail Line
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Tuck,   Brigid; Linscheid,   Neil; Dolan,   Tim; Nelson,   David M.
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/56404

Indicators for the assessment of the potential for employment creation in rural areas
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Fieldsend,   Andrew F.
The EU Framework 7 project “RuralJobs” has used the DPSIR model to show the link between ‘driving forces’ of employment and economic prosperity, and policy responses. These driving forces can be ‘endogenous’ or (neo-) ‘exogenous’ to the territory. They act on the labour market or employment (‘state’) through the ‘pressures’ of jobs (economic activities) and people (the labour force). In turn, the employment rate (jobs per person) influences the ‘impact’ (sustainable economic prosperity). ‘Responses’ can be policy responses or socio-economic responses. A set of 40 indicators was compiled from strategies and programmes relevant to employment in rural areas in the EU.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Rural employment; Indicators; Strategies; Programmes; DPSIR; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/59045

Community, Inequality, and Local Public Goods: Evidence From School Financing in South Africa
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Yamauchi,   Futoshi; Mishiyama,   Shinichi.
To examine how local income distribution affects both a community’s ability to pay for schooling and the quality of that schooling, this research merges household and school census data from South Africa. Empirical results are twofold. First, while the median income and the average household income increase school fees, inequality in household income (standard deviation) decreases school fees, which indicates that the lower tail of income distribution pulls down school fees. Second, an increase in school fees significantly improves school quality, decreasing the learner-educator ratio and increasing the number of nonsubsidized educators. The result is consistent with (1) strategic behavior of the low-income group and (2) optimal school fee determination...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Local public goods; School finance; Willingness to pay; Human capital; South Africa; Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/59286

AS MÚLTIPLAS FUNÇÕES DO RURAL: CENÁRIOS NATURAIS E ATIVIDADES AGROPECUÁRIAS COMO TERAPIAS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Soares,   Nadia Bolzan; Gediel,   Ana Luisa Borba; Froehlich,   Jose Marcos.
A presente pesquisa aborda a perspectiva das múltiplas funções do espaço rural e da agricultura, investigando a amplitude da noção de multifuncionalidade com foco empírico no estudo das práticas terapêuticas que se utilizam dos espaços rurais e de atividades agropecuárias na região central do Estado do Rio Grande do Sul. Os objetivos da pesquisa foram identificar, descrever, classificar e caracterizar estas diferentes modalidades de terapias, buscando averiguar os sentidos que os profissionais, bem como, o público envolvido atribuem às suas práticas terapêuticas baseadas em atividades agropecuárias e/ou junto aos espaços rurais. Os principais métodos e técnicas de investigação utilizados foram o questionário, a observação participante, as entrevistas...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Multifuncionalidade da agricultura; Espaço rural; Práticas terapêuticas; Terapias alternativas; Rural multifuncionality; Rural space; Therapeutical practices; Alternative therapies; Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/110002

RETURNS FROM INVESTMENTS IN IMPROVING VILLAGE IRRIGATION SYSTEMS: AN EXAMPLE FROM INDIA
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Easter,   K. William.
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 1974
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/13229

The Effect of Human and Financial Capital on the Entrepreneurial Process: An Urban-Rural Comparison of Entrepreneurs in Indiana
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Marshall,   Maria I.; Samal,   Ananya.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/21155

Fallstudie zur Wirkung der Ausgleichszulage im Landkreis St. Wendel (Saarland)
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Gasmi,   Samy.
Zusammenfassung: Ziel dieser Fallstudie im Landkreis St. Wendel ist es, die Wirkung der Ausgleichszulage auf verschiedene Bereiche der Landwirtschaft und des ländlichen Raumes in einem „typischen“ benachteiligten Gebiet vertieft zu untersuchen. Dazu wurden vorhandene Statistiken, relevante Literatur und die Daten des Testbetriebsnetzes ausgewertet sowie Befragungen mit Landwirten und Experten durchgeführt. Anhand einer schriftlichen Befragung von Beratern aus strukturell ähnlichen Landkreisen wurde die Übertragbarkeit der Fallstudie geprüft und alle Ergebnisse anschließend auf einem Workshop mit den für die Ausgleichszulage zuständigen Fachreferenten der Länder und des Bundes diskutiert. Die Benachteiligung im Landkreis St. Wendel ist in erster Linie der...
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Benachteiligte Gebiete; Ausgleichszulage; Kleine Gebiete; Fallstudie; Less Favoured Areas; Compensatory allowance; Case study; Areas with specific handicaps; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Environmental Economics and Policy; Land Economics/Use; Q15; Q18; Q19.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/103253

Economic Impact of Rural Development Plan 2007 2013 in Tuscany
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Felici,   F.; Paniccia,   R.; Rocchi,   Benedetto.
In 2007 in every European Union region, involved in the planning of Rural Development Plan (RDP), an independent evaluator should asses the impact of the plan in term of value added and productivity. Each region has adopted different methodologies but few of them have followed the indications of Common and Monitoring Evaluation Framework (CMEF) to evaluate the net value deriving by direct and indirect effect. IRPET, the Independent evaluator of Tuscany, utilising REMI-IRPET model has assed the impact of RDP on the main economic variables until 2020. Among 30 different measures it has been chosen only 5 of them that cover more than 54% of total amount of public and private investments. The economic impacts are also evaluated at provincial level.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Evaluation; Regional model; Rural development; Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/44256

Do Rural Community Colleges Supply Unique Educational Benefits?
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Mykerezi,   Elton; Kostandini,   Genti; Mills,   Bradford F.
Community colleges likely draw to college individuals who would otherwise not attend due to their low costs and open admission requirements. This is labeled as the democratization effect. They may also divert individuals away from 4-year to terminal 2-year college degrees (the diversion effect). This study estimates democratization and diversion effects separately for nonmetropolitan and metropolitan youth using nationally representative data and models that account for endogenous institution selection. We find the democratization effect to exceed the diversion effect of community colleges for both metro and nonmetro youth. The democratization-diversion ratio is slightly higher for urban youth.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Rural; Colleges; Education; Diversion; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Teaching/Communication/Extension/Profession; I21; R0.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/53086

Informal irrigation in urban West Africa: An overview
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Drechsel,   Pay; Graefe,   Sophie; Sonou,   Moise; Cofie,   Olufunke O.
This report tries to provide a state-of-the-art overview on irrigated urban agriculture in the West African sub region based on a comprehensive literature review supported by the results of three IWMI FAO projects.
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Irrigated farming; Urban agriculture; Suburban agriculture; Farm size; Farming systems; Health hazards; Water pollution; Farm income; Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Crop Production/Industries; Farm Management.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/44572

Profile of Hired Farmworkers, A 2008 Update
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Kandel,   William.
Hired farmworkers make up a third of the total agricultural labor force and are critical to U.S. agricultural production, particularly in labor-intensive sectors such as fruits and vegetables. The hired farmworker labor market is unique because it includes a large population of relatively disadvantaged and often unauthorized workers, a portion of whom migrate to, and within, the United States. Recent economic and demographic trends, such as changing agricultural production methods that permit year-round employment, expanding immigrant populations in nonmetropolitan counties, and growing concerns over U.S. immigration policies, have elicited increased interest in hired farmworkers. This 2008 profile serves as an update to the 2000 Economic Research Service...
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Hired farmworkers; Farm labor; Agriculture; Migrant; Immigrant; Farm structure; Demography; Legal status; Employment; Poverty; Housing; Social services; Health; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Crop Production/Industries; Farm Management; Financial Economics; Labor and Human Capital; Production Economics.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/56461

INVESTIGATING USER PREFERENCES FOR SERVICES IN RURAL AREAS OF SCOTLAND: A TERRITORIAL APPROACH
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Hall,   Clare; Moran,   Dominic; McVittie,   Alistair.
Territorialisation of rural policies requires moving from a sectoral approach to service provision, and policies that focus exclusively on health and education, for example, to an understanding of overall service provision and quality, differentiated by rural area definition, not primarily by sector. An investigation of the expectations of stakeholders in rural Scotland, relating to availability, quality and accessibility of services, revealed that preferences were often different within different areas. The results input to the debate about the need to territorialise rural policy, and provide information for allocation decisions relating to resources aimed at creating sustainable rural communities in Scotland.
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Services; Participatory methods; Scotland; User preferences; Territorial rural policies; Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/61120

Water Leasing: Opportunities and Challenges for Colorado's South Platte Basin
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Pritchett,   James G.; Thorvaldson,   Jennifer; Hansen,   Neil; Jha,   Ajay.
Agricultural water is a preferred source for meeting growing demands, but permanent transfers often require formerly irrigated land to be fallowed, removing a key industry from the regional economy.    One alternative allows farmers to lease water to cities by fallowing their land on a rotational basis or limiting irrigation to reduce the consumptive use of their cropping operations.    A survey of irrigators in Colorado’s South Platte Basin examines the remuneration needed for a farmer to enter into a lease agreement; the amount of water the farmer will release; the provisions desired in a lease agreement; and the characteristics shared by farmers who are willing to lease.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Water leases; Alternatives to permanent water transfers; Economic health of rural communities; Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/37725

Modernization using the structured system design of the Bhadra Reservoir Project, India: An intervention analysis
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Sakthivadivel,   Ramasamy; Thiruvengadachari,   S.; Amarasinghe,   Upali A.
Evaluates the performance of the Bhadra Reservoir Project-before, during, and after the introduction of modernization with structured system design. Analysis focuses on water management, agricultural productivity, and farmer participation and perception. Identifies the absence of a continuing support mechanism and lack of farmer participation as the major causes for the project's decline.
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Performance evaluation; Irrigation programs; Modernization; Participatory management; Farmer participation; Farmer-agency interactions; Farmers' attitudes; Remote sensing; Rice; Irrigated farming; Water distribution; Water supply; Productivity; India; Bhadra Project; Agribusiness; Agricultural Finance; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Crop Production/Industries; Environmental Economics and Policy; Farm Management; Land Economics/Use; Production Economics; Productivity Analysis; Teaching/Communication/Extension/Profession.
Ano: 1999
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/61104

The Economics of Institutional Change In Agriculture
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Barlow,   Colin; Quizon,   Jaime.
The key role of institutions in mediating rural markets, and thus in influencing economic change in agriculture, is explored. Pertinent theories of institutional change are reviewed and the place of external intervention, whereby outside agencies attempt to assist market mediation, is examined. The institutional cases of plantations and smallholdings in tree crop agriculture are scrutinised, and their respective performances are compared with a focus on market failures. The case of traditional land rights is investigated in similar vein. The analyses indicate that government interventions to remedy market failures may be helpful in improving information, capital, land, and output markets, but should be carefully designed to match economic and social...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 1993
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/9584

Who Replaces Agriculture's Contribution to Settlement in Lagging Rural Areas? An Integrated Input-Output and Dynamic Simulation Analysis
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Kopainsky,   Birgit; Buser,   Benjamin; Rieder,   Peter.
This paper develops an integrated model for analysing regional economic development and structural change in agriculture. The input-output method allows the detailed description of a regional economy. Based on this description, regional growth pole sectors can be identified that are potential leverage points for growth oriented development strategies. Dynamic simulation tests the long term effects of such a development strategy. Model results show that external demand is the main driving force behind regional economic growth. However, development strategies for lagging rural areas have to be coupled to development strategies for regional centres. Only if the rural areas surrounding regional centres become an important asset for the development of these...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Rural regions; Economic development; Input-output; Dynamic simulation; Community/Rural/Urban Development; C6; R11; R15; R23; R58.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/24586

Crystallisation of Collective Action in the Emergence of a Geographical Indication System
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Paus,   Marguerite; Reviron,   Sophie.
Replaced with revised version of paper 09/20/11.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Collective action; Geographical indications; Clusters; Translation cycles; Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Labor and Human Capital.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/95212

Farmer Participation in Supermarket Channels, Production Technology and Technical Efficiency: The Case of Vegetables in Kenya
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Rao,   Elizaphan J.O.; Brümmer,   Bernhard; Qaim,   Matin.
Supermarkets are currently gaining ground in the agri-food systems of many developing countries. While recent research has analyzed income effects in the small farm sector, impacts on farming efficiency have hardly been studied. Productivity effects in previous studies are also estimated with respect to different frontiers. Using a survey of Kenyan vegetable growers and a meta-frontier approach, we control for self-selection using propensity score matching and show that participation in supermarket channels increases farm productivity by 35-38%. Effects on technical efficiency are, however, insignificant. Supermarket expansion therefore presents opportunities for realizing agricultural growth, thus enhancing poverty alleviation and rural development.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Supermarkets; Meta-frontier; Productivity; Meta-technology ratio; Sample selection; Kenya; Agribusiness; Community/Rural/Urban Development; International Development; Production Economics; Productivity Analysis.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/61190

ECONOMIC GROWTH IN MINNESOTA COMPARED TO NEIGHBORING STATES AND THE NATION AS A WHOLE
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Helmberger,   John D.
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 1982
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/14191

IMPLICATIONS OF DEMOGRAPHIC CHANGE FOR RURAL COMMUNITIES
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Schmidt,   Frederick E.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 1985
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/17964

Human Capital and Rural Development: What Are the Linkages?
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Bollman,   Ray D.
Rural Canada is experiencing considerable "demographic pressure" as 1.76 rural persons are now looking for a job for each rural person retiring from the workforce. Rural Canada appears disadvantaged. Among OECD countries, Canada has the biggest urban-rural gap in the share of the workforce (aged 25 to 44) with university or college graduation. New jobs in the globalising economy require a high capacity to deal with disequilibria. Improving the human capital of the local workforce is essential to provide opportunities for the individuals in the workforce, regardless of where they will work. However, local economic development strategies should focus on more than human capital development to stimulate local job growth. We offer 4 measures of local community...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development; Labor and Human Capital.
Ano: 1999
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/28025

The main bottlenecks of the rural technology transfer in Romania
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Vincze,   Maria-Magdolna; Kolcsey,   Andrea.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/7811

Agriculture and rural livelihood in Northwest Peddie district
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Monde-Gweleta,   N.N.; van Averbeke,   W.; Ainslie,   A.; Ntshona,   Z.M.; Fraser,   Gavin C.G.; Belete,   Abenet.
The present contribution of small scale agriculture to rural livelihood in north-west Peddie district and the four factors identified by Lipton (1996) as being essential for small scale farming to flourish, were analysed by making use of data obtained in two recent studies conducted in the area. The two studies, which both used a questionnaire survey for data collection, enabled a comparison between dryland and irrigated agriculture. The analysis showed that agriculture adds to rural livelihood in a modest way only, and hardly ever constituted the main source of household income. For the majority of households in both the dryland and irrigated production environments the main source of income consisted of State transfers of which pensions were the most...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 1997
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/54721

Harnessing local underused crops to improve household nutrition and income opportunities in Vietnam: case of Hoa vang sticky rice in Red river delta
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Jaenicke,   Hannah; Anh,   Dao The; Cong Nghiep,   Pham.
The project ‘Coalition to Diversify Income through Underused Crops’ (CoDI) operates in Vietnam and India since 2008. The project supports local communities in the production, processing and marketing of neglected crops – local grains, fruits and vegetables. Those varieties have close relation with local territory. An evaluation of the situation of previous activities in India and Vietnam showed that the key weaknesses were: • Demonstrations were not enough and too far away and too far apart. • Post-harvest handling and processing methods suggested were too complicated. • No financial support was provided. • Not enough training courses were offered and access to information was limited. The main question was how to help farmers to produce indigenous species...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Farmer association; Traditional products; Market access 2; Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Labor and Human Capital.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/95038

Linking Food Industry and Agriculture: The Case of Fruit-Juice Industry and Korean Food Franchise
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Kim,   Sounghun; Choi,   Ji-Hyeon.
In Korea, the portion of food industry has increased, while the portion of agriculture keeps decreasing. The alliance between agriculture and food industry results in the synergy between both industries as well as higher farmers' income. The goal of this study is to analyze the current status of the linkages between two food industries (fruit-juice industry and Korean-style meal franchise industry) and agriculture, and then to present the ways to strengthen the linkages. The discussion in this paper will be a policy baseline aiming for synergy between both industries, which is of a special concern to the next regime.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Food industry; Fruit-juice industry; Korean food franchise industry; Agriculture; Linkages; Korea; Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/45679

Patterns of restructuring food markets in South Africa: The case of fresh produce supply chains
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Chikazunga,   Davison; Joordan,   D.; Bienabe,   Estelle; Louw,   Andre.
The restructuring process of the food markets in South Africa is at an advanced stages of consolidation and the emergence dominance of few supermarket chains expanding into non-traditional areas, through franchise format stores and forecourt stores overtaking informal wet markets and green grocers. The growth has been followed by consolidation of the procurement system from a decentralised to a centralised procurement and distribution mechanism replacing the wholesaling function of the National Fresh Produce Markets.  The growth in disposable income, , population growth and urbanization have fuelled the demand food outlets like supermarkets which in turn fuels innovations and dynamic changes surrounding supermarkets Keywords: Fresh produce, Procurement,...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Crop Production/Industries; Environmental Economics and Policy; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Food Security and Poverty; International Relations/Trade; Land Economics/Use; Marketing; Productivity Analysis; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/51995

A Cross-Country Analysis of Household Response to Adult Mortality in Rural Sub-Saharan Africa: Implications for HIV/AIDS Mitigation and Rural Development Policies
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Mather,   David; Donovan,   Cynthia; Jayne,   Thomas S.; Weber,   Michael T.; Chapoto,   Antony; Mazhangara,   Edward; Mghenyi,   Elliot W.; Bailey,   Linda; Yoo,   Kyeongwon; Yamano,   Takashi.
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development; Consumer/Household Economics; Downloads November 2008 - July 2007: 6.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/11322

Economic and Market Developments in the Franc Zone
Provedor de dados: 31
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development; Marketing.
Ano: 1997
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/18701

JOB CREATING TRENDS IN MINNESOTA'S ECONOMIC REGIONS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Maki,   Wilbur R.
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development; Labor and Human Capital.
Ano: 1988
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/13974

Rapid Urbanization and Food Security: Using Food Density Maps to Identify Future Food Security Hotspots
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Matuschke,   Ira.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Urbanization; Food security; Food density maps; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/51643

TRENDS IN THE NORTH DAKOTA ECONOMY
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Coon,   Randal C.; Leistritz,   F. Larry.
As North Dakota has shifted from its traditional dependence on natural resource-based activities to a more diversified economy, changes in employment, population, income, and retail sales have occurred.  This report summarizes changes in these and other economic indicators at the county and community level from 1980 to 2004.  Employment increased 12 percent from 1990 to 2004, with 19 of the state's 53 counties registering job growth.  The largest percentage (and absolute) gains were in Cass (Fargo) and Burleigh (Bismarck) counties.  Population statewide decreased by less than 1 percent from 1990 to 2004, as substantial growth in the Fargo and Bismarck-Mandan metropolitan areas was offset by population decreases in most of the state's rural counties.  Per...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Employment; Population; Per capita income; Retail sales; Pull factors; Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/23094

Rural Areas in Lithuania: Significance, Development and Aid
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Kedaitiene,   Angele; Martinaviciene,   Rasa.
Paper aims analysing the situation of rural areas of Lithuania as well as support got from the budget of European Union facilitating the development of rural areas. Paper comprises three chapters. The rural areas are of substantial importance in terms of both surface area and population. At the beginning of 2002, the rural areas covered 63.6 thousand sq. km. This equalled 97.4 % of the total Lithuanian surface area. In 2003, the rural population was estimated at 1,145 million inhabitants. At the end of 2001 the total rural working population made up to 30 per cent of total Lithuanian employment, while agriculture, forestry and fishery employment rate was estimated at 17,8 per cent. Since Lithuania has joined the European Union in May 2004, population of...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Rural areas; Rural development; EU financial aid; Lithuania; Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/24552

RURAL DEVELOPMENT IN NOVA SCOTIA
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Parks,   D.L.; Grant,   Walter V.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 1972
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/17313

THE ECONOMIC IMPACT OF AGRICULTURE AND AG-RELATED INDUSTRIES ON THE COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Lamie,   R. David.
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness; Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 1998
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/14848

Will Increased Highway Funding Help Rural Areas?
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Brown,   Dennis M.
Rural areas in the United States stand to benefit from new highway funding legislation, especially the South. The Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century (TEA-21) authorizes sharply increased funding for major roads and is the single largest public works bill in U.S. history. Over a 6-year period, it will provide $171 billion to build new roads, widen lanes, put in new interchanges, and construct bridges. Under TEA-21, some spending discrepancies will be addressed and resolved for States that contribute more money into the Federal Highway Trust Fund than they receive in benefits.
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Federal-aid highways; Federal highway investments; Highway Trust Fund; Federal transportation  policies; Rural transportation; Rural development; Highway funding formula; TEA-21; ISTEA; Donor States; Recipient States; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Public Economics.
Ano: 1999
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/33729

Rural and Urban Manufacturing Workers: Similar Problems, Similar Challenges: Results of the ERS Rural Manufacturing Survey
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Teixeira,   Ruy.
Low skill levels among rural workers put rural manufacturing at a competitive disadvantage, according to the "skills shortage" theory. Data from the ERS Rural Manufacturing Survey, conducted in 1996, suggest that is not happening. Skill requirements are rising, but manufacturers who reported major problems finding workers with specific skills were relatively rare, among both rural and urban firms. Moreover, the most common problem was in finding reliable workers with an acceptable work attitude, traits not usually considered skills and difficult to address through typical skill development programs. But the survey data also suggest a critical skills challenge for rural areas. Among high adopters of new technologies and management practices, the demand for...
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development; Labor and Human Capital.
Ano: 1998
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/33621

LOCAL PARTNERSHIP AS AN INCUBATOR FOR RURAL DEVELOPMENT: THE CASE OF DEBRZNO, NORTH-WESTERN POLAND
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Gramzow,   Andreas.
Since the beginning of the 1990s, the gap in economic development between rural and urban regions in Poland has continuously grown. Increasing income disparities and the lack of job opportunities have already led to an outflow of young people out of and an increasing obsolescence in rural areas. As successful examples in different Polish regions show, endogenous initiatives may have a lasting impact on the economic development of rural areas and are able to counter the mentioned effects. This paper presents the results of a case study which analyses endogenous initiatives in the commune Dêbrzno, Pomorskie voivodship, Poland. The case study results primarily rely on open interviews conducted with inhabitants, representatives of the local government, and...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Rural development; Endogenous initiative; Cooperation; Leader+; Poland; Community/Rural/Urban Development; J43; P32; R11.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/14924

Impact of Agri-food Systems on Landscape Appearance
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Kapfer,   Martin; Ziesel,   Sigrid; Kantelhardt,   Jochen.
Our study examines the potential developments of cultural landscapes, taking into consideration various economic and social conditions (scenarios). The study takes place in three project regions which represent typical landscapes in Southern Germany and Austria. In each project area, the influence of a changing agri-food environment is analysed. The following scenarios are defined: (1) status quo (current economic and agri-political framework); (2) high-producer prices and constant (or even increasing) direct payments; and (3) low-producer prices and no (or very low) direct payments. In all three regions, potential production responses are estimated for all farms and aggregated on a regional level. The estimation takes into account social and economic...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Scenario analyses; Structural change; Landscape visualisation; Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Labor and Human Capital.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/95042

Do Brokers Help or Hinder the Marketing of Fresh Produce in Lusaka?  Preliminary Insights from Research
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Tschirley,   David L.; Hichaambwa,   Munguzwe.
Brokers are agents who arrange sales without taking ownership of the commodity, earning their money on a commission. Brokers are a common but often controversial presence in wholesale markets of East and Southern Africa. Efficient brokering can be beneficial by matching buyers and sellers more effectively than if each had to search independently for someone to transact with. Yet buyers and sellers can be harmed if brokers are able to behave in uncompetitive, collusive, or unethical ways. In Soweto market of Lusaka, common complaints lodged by sellers are that brokers force sellers to use them by threatening the security of the sellers’ produce, and that the brokers add  “hidden” commissions when selling a farmer or trader’s produce. This policy brief...
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Zambia; Brokers; Marketing; Produce; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Food Security and Poverty; Marketing.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/93007

The benefits of rural roads: enhancing income opportunities for the rural poor
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Escobal D'Angelo,   Javier; Ponce,   Carmen.
Most studies have measured the benefits of rehabilitated rural roads by focusing on reductions in monetary or time costs needed to access product and factor markets or key public social services. This paper complements these studies by evaluating their impact on key welfare indicators such as income or consumption. Looking at rural households living in some of the poorest districts of Peru, this study compares (using propensity score matching techniques) households located near rehabilitated roads to suitable controls. Results show that rehabilitated road accessibility can be related to changes in income sources, as the rehabilitated road enhances non-agricultural income opportunities, especially from wage-employment sources. The study also finds that...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Carreteras; Ingresos de hogares; Empleo; Zonas rurales; Perú; Roads; Household income; Employment Rural areas; Peru; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Consumer/Household Economics; H54; P25; J17; R2; J2.
Ano: 2002
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/37751

STRATEGIC ANALYSIS AND KNOWLEDGE SUPPORT  SYSTEMS FOR RURAL DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIES IN   SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Johnson,   Michael; Resnick,   Danielle; Bolwig,   Simon; Chamberlin,   Jordan; You,   Liangzhi; Wood,   Stanley; Hazell,   Peter B.R.
While greater growth in agriculture and the broader rural sector is crucial for ameliorating Africa's high levels of poverty and malnutrition, developing strategies to achieve these objectives is hindered by a number of factors, including the broad array of interventions needed, the lack of accurate data, and dearth of trained local policy analysts. As such, this paper proposes a Strategic Analysis Knowledge Support System (SAKSS) in which data, tools, and knowledge are compiled, analyzed, and disseminated for the purposes of identifying a set of priority investment and policy options to promote agricultural growth and rural development. These analyses can in turn help inform the broader process of designing, implementing, and monitoring and evaluating a...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Agricultural growth; Strategic analysis; Sub-Saharan Africa; Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/60184

Lessons from Community Entrepreneurship: The Concept of Spawning
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Burress,   Molly J.; Cook,   Michael L.
Capital-constrained cooperatives are being challenged by producer-members to provide vertical integration opportunities. We find evidence producer groups are utilizing an investment strategy described as spawning. Producer-investors familiar with a particular organizational form and who have developed joint investment networks were more apt to invest in newly spawned ventures.
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Spawning; Collective Entrepreneurship; Cooperative Development; Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/92629

HUMAN CAPITAL AND SUSTAINABILITY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Milanovic,   Milan; Dorovic,   Milutin; Stevanovic,   Simo.
The strategies and policies of agricultural and rural development, within the overall long-term area development, traditionally lean on natural-resource capital and certain differential-rent advantages. New dimensions of the agricultural and rural multifunctionality of areas in the zones of large industrial and urban agglomerations and the inevitable processes of degradation of natural capital, stress the role of science in the process of sustaining the level of overall production potential. This presumes a certain degree of substitution of natural capital with human, primarily intellectual capital. This is the basis for considering the creating possibilities and transfer methods for new scientific knowledge, in the function of reaching a strategic...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Resources; Capital substitution; Role of science; Sustainability of development; Agribusiness; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Labor and Human Capital.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/57639

Employment and Transfer Status of Female Labor Force in Rural China
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Wang,   Dongping; Peng,   Jianqiang; Yan,   Zhen.
Official statistics are used to expatiate the general state of female labor force employment and transfer in rural China. According to the “structure” problem of female labor force transfer, it is pointed out that the overall cultural quality of rural women is relatively low, a large number of rural middle-aged women stay at home, social security system is lacked and the social service system is not perfect, which are the major factors restricting the transfer of rural female labor force. Therefore, according to the problems in employment and transfer of female labor force in rural China, countermeasures are put forward, which are ① improving cultural quality, skill and competitiveness of rural female labor force, ② perfecting labor market and social...
Tipo: Thesis or Dissertation
Palavras-chave: Rural female labor force; Employment; Transfer; China; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Labor and Human Capital; Marketing.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/53756

SCALING UP COMMUNITY-DRIVEN DEVELOPMENT: A SYNTHESIS OF EXPERIENCE
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Gillespie,   Stuart.
While many community-driven development (CDD) initiatives may be successful, their impact is often limited by their small scale. Building on past and ongoing work on CDD, this study addresses the fundamental question: how can CDD initiatives motivate and empower the greatest number of communities to take control of their own development? What are the key contextual factors, institutional arrangements, capacity elements, and processes related to successful scaling-up of CDD, and, conversely, what are the main constraints or limiting factors, in different contexts? Drawing upon recent literature and the findings from five case studies, key lessons on how best to stimulate, facilitate, and support the scaling-up of CDD in different situations, along with some...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Community-driven development (CDD); Capacity strengthening; Case studies; Scaling up; Access to information; Poverty alleviation; Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/60312

Community Control in a Global Economy: Lessons from Mexico's Economic Integration Process
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Waters,   Eliza; Wise,   Timothy A.
The North American Free Trade Agreement appeared to promise economic growth for Mexico and improved living conditions for its people. While the Mexican economy has recovered significantly from its post-NAFTA collapse, there is mounting evidence that many of the pre-NAFTA warnings of worsening poverty and deteriorating environmental conditions were true, if exaggerated. However one interprets the statistics, there is little doubt that the economic integration process, which began a full decade before NAFTA took effect, has created a significant restructuring of the Mexican economy, with some of the country's most vulnerable residents facing the harshest conditions. How have those most affected by the economic integration process responded to the challenges...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2001
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/15584

Subsistence and Semi-subsistence Farming in Selected EU New Member States
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Davidova,   Sophia; Fredriksson,   Lena; Bailey,   Alastair.
Factor and cluster analysis are used to analyse the attitudes and perceptions of agricultural households in five EU New Member States towards farming, commercialisation, and barriers to and drivers for an increased integration in agricultural markets. The contribution of unsold output to the total household income is valued. A stepwise linear regression is employed to detect important variables explaining the degree of agricultural market integration of farm households. The analysis indicates that subsistence farming is of utmost importance for the rural poor, and particularly in Bulgaria and Romania. The proportion of consumption from own production, manual cultivation techniques and distance to an urban centre negatively affect output sales. Rural...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agricultural households; Subsistence; Commercialisation; Incomes; Cluster analysis; Stepwise regression; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Consumer/Household Economics; Crop Production/Industries; Q12.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/52801

Whither California Agriculture: Up, Down or Out? Some Thoughts about the Future
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Johnston,   Warren E.; McCalla,   Alex F.
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/11922

A MULTIFUNCIONALIDADE DA AGRICULTURA E SUAS EXTERNALIDADES POSITIVAS PARA O DESENVOLVIMENTO LOCAL
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Watanabe,   Kassia; Schmidt,   Carla Maria.
A idéia do conceito da Multifuncionalidade da Agricultura é: agricultura é multifuncional porque além da função central de fornecimento de alimento e fibra, também fornece outras funções ou serviços para toda sociedade, produzindo externalidades positivas. Este conceito pode ser relevante para construir políticas públicas de desenvolvimento para o Brasil, internalizando as externalidades positivas. A questão é: “Como as externalidades positivas podem ser internalizadas?” Um modo para internalizar as externalidades positivas da agricultura seria adicionar valor aos produtos locais através das certificações, considerando que atividades agrícolas têm um papel essencial para o desenvolvimento da área rural e preservação das tradições culturais. Será...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Instituições; Multifuncionalidade; Externalidades positivas; Institutions; Multifunctionality; Positive Externalities; Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/113380

Looking at the LEADER Programme from the Angle of Political Accountability: Evidence from Poland
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Falkowski,   Jan.
The ‘LEADER community initiatives’ and the ‘LEADER approach’ have been commonly accepted as an innovative way for development of rural areas in the EU. It is widely assumed that promoting growth in rural areas can be achieved through partnerships between representatives of three classes of local actors: civil society, public administration and private/economic sector. While these partnerships certainly have the potential to improve coordination mechanisms that manage local resources, their existence is likely to have an impact on the distribution of political advantages and future economic rents of current incumbents. What follows, it is reasonable to assume that local political elites may either block or impede the adoption of this institutional...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Political accountability; Local government; Rural development; Leader; Community/Rural/Urban Development; D72; D78; H77; O18.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/114365

The Commencement of Settlement
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: King,   C.J.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 1957
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/8961

Reexamining Rural Decline: How Changing Rural Classifications and Short Time Frames Affect Perceived Growth
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Artz,   Georgeanne M.; Orazem,   Peter F.
Beale codes are an important tool for examining rural urban differences in socioeconomic trends. However, as population changes, counties' designations also change over time. This feature of Beale codes is commonly overlooked by researchers, yet it has important implications for understanding rural growth. Since the fastest growing counties grow out of their rural status, use of the most recent codes excludes the most successful rural counties. Average economic performance of the counties remaining rural significantly understates the true performance of rural counties. This paper illustrates that choice of Beale code can alter conclusions regarding the relative speed of rural and urban growth across a variety of commonly used social and economic...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/18222

SOME ASPECTS OF ACCOUNTING AND MANAGEMENT ACCOUNTING DURING ECOCONOMIC DOWNTURNS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Dekan,   Tamas.
Economic slowdown and downturn creates new situation for every organisation, no one can avoid facing to new situation created by the global financial-, and economic crisis. All of the organisational function should reconsider its own role within the company due to the new circumstances, Accounting and Mangement Accounting can not be exception, but they have more complex and emphasized role in these difficult times. In the following paper I can not avoid to mention some general statement about importance of accounting and accounting principles, while there are a number of critical accounting and financial reporting issues that accountants and auditors should consider. In the framework of the paper I can not face with all relevant issues of the topic, but...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Economic downturn; Management accounting; Working capital; Forecasting; Tools; Agribusiness; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Teaching/Communication/Extension/Profession.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/53537

Increasing world food prices: blessing or curse?
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Matovu,   John Mary; Twimukye,   Evarist P.
This study evaluates the potential impact of the recent world food prices on the Ugandan economy and possible policy options to respond to it. Uganda is largely a net exporter of some cereals whose prices increasing considerably especially maize. Using a recursive dynamic CGE model, we attempt to answer questions on who are the beneficiaries and losers after the surge in food prices. The rural producers of maize tend to benefit considerably with their poverty levels reducing. On the other hand, the urban purchasers of cereals are affected owing to the higher prices of food. this therefore suggests that the Ugandan government should take advantage of the increasing food prices by stimulating and undertaking policies that would enhance productivity...
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Urban poor; Food prices; CGE model; Food security; Matovu; Twimukye; Economic Policy Research centre; Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; Agricultural Finance; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Consumer/Household Economics; Crop Production/Industries; Farm Management; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Food Security and Poverty; Livestock Production/Industries; Production Economics.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/54804

POLITICA AGRARIA Y DESARROLLO RURAL EN COSTA RICA: ELEMENTOS PARA SU DEFINICION EN EL NUEVO ENTORNO INTERNACIONAL
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Alfaro,   Jorge Mora.
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/11847

Diversification of rural incomes and non-farm rural employment: evidence from Russia
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Zvyagintsev,   Dmitry; Shick,   Olga; Serova,   Eugenia; Lerman,   Zvi.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/7846

Rural Transportation At A Glance
Provedor de dados: 31
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/45657

REGIONAL POVERTY IN MICHIGAN: RURAL AND URBAN DIFFERENCE
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Nizalov,   Denys; Schmid,   A. Allan.
This paper examines the relationship between the quality of local labor force and variation in regional poverty outcomes among Michigan areas. A regional poverty model is derived from the household production model for that purpose. The US Census 2000 data on small geographical areas of Michigan (Census Block Groups) is used for the analysis. It is found that the difference in regional poverty is explained primarily by differences in quality and quantity of labor available to a household. Second, heterogeneity of the model is detected with respect to a degree of urbanization. Also, the relation between average income and regional poverty is found to be nonlinear and distribution of income playing a major role in explanation poverty. Higher poverty rates in...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/11782

Measuring and Accounting for Community Capabilities in Kordofan, Sudan
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: El-Harizi,   Khalid; Klemick,   Heather.
Parallel to the growing attention being devoted to the relationship between empowerment and development, an increasing number of tools are being developed to measure empowerment and determine the link between these two phenomena. This paper details the methodological processes used to construct, test and possibly refine one such instrument, the Community Capability Index, an innovative tool to measure community capabilities in the domain of natural resource governance. Empirical reference is made to research conducted in 85 villages in North and South Kordofan, Sudan. Following this, the paper presents findings from analyses of the determinants of community capabilities, including geographic, economic, and institutional variables. The results suggest that...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Capabilities; Sudan; IFAD; Community Capabilities Index; Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/42369

Rural Development and the Declining Coherence of Rural Policy: An American and Canadian Perspective
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Freshwater,   David.
Rural development policy in North America has moved from a position of national importance to one of marginality as Canada and the United States grew. While rural policy and agricultural policy are no longer synonymous there is no firm consensus on what national governments should play. While national governments can operate effective commodity based policy they are less capable of managing people based policies and quite weak in operating place based policy. However as rural communities evolve in a variety of ways, it is the latter two types of policy that are most useful. Moreover social change has resulted in broad public policy being more concerned with the “ecological function” of rural areas and less concerned with the  economic and social well-being...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Rural policy; North America; Local development; Policy coherence; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/42314

Forestry policy and poverty: the case of community forestry in Nepal
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Dhakal,   Bhubaneswor; Bigsby,   Hugh R.; Cullen,   Ross.
Common forests in developing countries are valuable sources of raw material supplies, employment and income generation, particularly for low income households. This paper looks at the effect on income and employment when common forest resources have external policies that constrain their use. Using a mixed-integer linear programming model, this study examines the impacts of conservation-oriented community forest policies in Nepal on three household income groups. The results show that current community forest policies, which focus on environmental outcomes through forest use restriction for environment conservation and timber production, result in a large reduction in employment and income of the poorest households and largely explain the recent increase...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Forestry policy; Poverty; Nepal; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Crop Production/Industries; Environmental Economics and Policy; Farm Management; Land Economics/Use; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/98500

Do Manufacturing Plants Cluster Across Rural Areas? Evidence from a Probabilistic Modeling Approach
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Barkley,   David L.; Kim,   Yunsoo; Henry,   Mark S.
A statistical procedure for detecting “contagious” location patterns for manufacturing establishments is presented. Manufacturing industries’ establishment clustering tendencies are ranked based on the “dispersion parameter” of the negative binomial distribution. Establishment data are for three-digit SIC manufacturing industries, nonmetro counties of BEA Component Economic Areas, 1981 and 1992. Findings indicate that virtually all manufacturing industries cluster establishments in nonmetro areas. Approximately two-thirds of the industries had dispersion parameters indicating a high or moderate level of spatial concentration. The propensity to cluster plants in nonmetro CEAs was evident for both 1981 and 1992, though weaker in 1992. Much of the industry...
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2001
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/113335

Effectiveness of Two Water Conservation Policies: An Integrated Modeling Approach
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Das,   Biswa R.; Willis,   David B.; Johnson,   Jeffrey W.
Agriculture in the Texas High Plains depends entirely on the Ogallala Aquifer. Texas enacted water conservation legislation to address declining reserves in the aquifer. We developed an integrated regional water policy model that links a hydrology model with an economic optimization model to estimate policy impacts with respect to economic cost and water conservation. Testing the effectiveness of two policies, a groundwater extraction tax and extraction quotas, we observe that neither significantly inhibits groundwater use. Although both policies conserve similar amounts of groundwater, the regional cost of the tax policy to agriculture is more than the quota policy.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Integrated regional water policy model; Texas High Plains; Water conservation policy; Hydrology model; Economic optimization model; Ogallala Aquifer; Tax policy; Quota policy; Agribusiness; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Food Security and Poverty; Land Economics/Use; Political Economy; Q30; Q31; Q38.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/100523

Community Response to Forestry Transition in Rural Canada: Analysis of Media and Census Data for Six Case Study Communities in New Brunswick and British Columbia
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Smith,   Mark; Parkins,   John R.
The forest economy is in transition across Canada. Faced with high dollar values, increasing competition within the global market, high input costs for energy, labour and fibre, and growing expectations for environmental performance, the forest sector is undergoing significant economic transitions as companies across the country cut costs, close mills and shed jobs. This report contributes to our understanding of community response to mill closure with a detailed description of six case study communities during a period of forest industry mill closures. Three communities are in British Columbia (Mackenzie, Quesnel and Fort St. James) and three communities are in New Brunswick (Dalhousie, Nackawic and Mirimachi). Empirical information is derived from...
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Media analysis; Rural sociology; Community development; Rural development; Social change; Community/Rural/Urban Development; R52; R58; Q33.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/98645

Difference Analysis on the Sustainable Development of Eco-city - A Case of 14 Cities in Gansu Province, China
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Chen,   Hui.
Taking 14 cities of Gansu Province as examples, this paper adopts the Principal Component Analysis and Cluster Analysis methods based on the theory of sustainable development and ecological city. A total of 36 index factors of the sustainable development of eco-city are selected. Through establishing the evaluation index system of sustainable eco-city, the sustainable development level of eco-cities in Gansu Province is analyzed. Research result is as follows: (1) according to the Principal Component Analysis, there are significant regional differences among the sustainable development of eco-city in Gansu Province; and its influencing factors can be summarized as comprehensive economic development factor, industrial development factor, land-use factor,...
Tipo: Thesis or Dissertation
Palavras-chave: Sustainable development; Eco-city; Principal Component Analysis; Cluster Analysis; Gansu Province; China; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/53819

The Contribution of the Textile and Apparel Cluster to the South Carolina Economy
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Henry,   Mark S.; Barkley,   David L.; Eades,   Daniel C.
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/112809

EVALUATING THE SHORT- AND LONG-RUN ECONOMIC IMPACTS OF THE VIRGINIA-MARYLAND REGIONAL COLLEGE OF VETERINARY MEDICINE
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Liu,   Binzhang; Kshirsagar,   Shukla; Johnson,   Thomas G.; Thatcher,   Craig D.; Norton,   George W.
Colleges of veterinary medicine are often asked to provide evidence of the economic impacts of their activities.  This paper presents methods for evaluating a veterinary college and applies them to the Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine.  It assesses short-run impacts on income and employment using input-output analysis.  Long-run benefits are estimated using a combination of economic surplus analysis, travel cost analysis and demand estimation, animal-owner willingness-to-pay based on a survey of practicing veterinarians, and earnings differentials.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Economic impact assessment; Economic surplus; Input-output; Returns to veterinary education; Travel cost method; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Teaching/Communication/Extension/Profession.
Ano: 2001
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/15297

Urban Street Food Vendors in the Food Provisioning System of Hyderabad
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Wipper,   Marlis; Dittrich,   Christoph.
This preparatory case study provides an overview of the issue of the street food vending system in the South Indian emerging megacity of Hyderabad. It analyses the organisational structure and changing institutional arrangements of the urban roadside food vending system, looks at important livelihood aspects of the street vendors and examines the role street food plays in the urban food provisioning system. Primary research was carried out to collect empirical data on these issues. Embedded in a literature review, major problems and challenges of the street food vending system of Hyderabad are discussed. The findings point to the necessity for further action-research.
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Urban food system; Street food vending; Hyderabad; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Environmental Economics and Policy; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/36909

Impact of Rural Development Policy and Less Favored Areas Scheme: A Difference in Difference Matching Approach
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Salvioni,   Cristina; Sciulli,   Dario.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/115988

The Relationship Between Wildfire and Welfare
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Kaval,   Pamela; Loomis,   John B.
We used the well-being evaluation method, a technique for measuring individual utility, to study how people in the wildland urban interface of Colorado (USA) felt about their lives before and after two wildfire scenarios. Variables such as age, family size, fire frequency, and house value were found to affect initial well-being levels. However, after a significant life event, such as a wildfire, many variables that initially affected well-being were no longer significant. We found that after wildfire, the frequency of wildfire occurrence became the most important influence on well-being.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Well-being evaluation method; Colorado; Happiness; Wildland urban interface; Wildfire intensity; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Environmental Economics and Policy; Farm Management; Health Economics and Policy; Institutional and Behavioral Economics; Land Economics/Use; Livestock Production/Industries; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy; Risk and Uncertainty.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/98517

Semi-subsistence Farm Households in Central and South-eastern Europe: Current State and Future Perspectives
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Fritzsch,   Jana; Wegener,   Stefan; Buchenrieder,   Gertrud; Curtiss,   Jarmila; Gomez y Paloma,   Sergio.
The European Union (EU) introduced a special transitional semi-subsistence measure to promote the smallest agricultural producers, so-called semi-subsistence farm households (SFHs) in the enlargement process. An outlook on the future of SFHs requires comprehensive and reliable information on the phenomenon and the impact of policy measures on their development. Therefore, a survey using a standardised questionnaire was conducted in Poland (175 households), Romania (185 households), and Bulgaria (184 households) from July to September 2007. In a first step, four major types of SFHs could be identified by means of cluster analysis: (i) rural diversifiers, (ii) rural pensioners, (iii) farmers, and (iv) rural newcomers. In a second step, a multiobjective...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Semi-subsistence; Policy analysis; Transition countries; Multiobjective linear programming; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Consumer/Household Economics; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods; C61; P27; Q12.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/51444

Zöldenergia Program a szociális feszültségek enyhítéséért
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Gergely,   Sandor.
Magyarországon az 1990-es évektől kezdve az egyes régiók, kistérségek közötti fejlettségbeli különbségek növekedtek, a kormányzati intézkedések nem voltak képesek ezt ellensúlyozni. A 174 magyarországi kistérségből a 33 leghátrányosabb helyzetűben él a lakosság egytizede. Ezek elhelyezkedését belső és külső perifériális állapot jellemzi. Helyzetük javítását az általunk megalkotott szociális zöldenergia program szolgálhatná, melynek gazdasági és társadalmi hatásai főként a legkedvezőtlenebb helyzetű társadalmi csoportokat segíthetnék.  Az általunk kidolgozott magyar zöldenergia program forgatókönyve három változatban tartalmazza a gazdasági, társadalmi jellemzőket, valamint ezek költségvetési hatását. Ezek lokális fejlesztő hatására az energiapiaci...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Zöldenergia; Kistérség; Szociális helyzet; Zöldenergia program forgatókönyvek; Green energy; Micro-region; Social situation; Green energy programme scenarios; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Crop Production/Industries; Environmental Economics and Policy; Land Economics/Use.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/92485

Biomedical Devices Clusters in South Carolina and the United States
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Dudensing,   Rebekka M.
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/112807

Innovative Metropolitan Areas in the South: How Competitive are South Carolina's Cities?
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Barkley,   David L.; Henry,   Mark S.
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/113800

THE ECONOMICS OF RURAL PLACES AND AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Castle,   Emery N.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development; Teaching/Communication/Extension/Profession.
Ano: 2000
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/36361

Control of Environmental Pollution in Jiangsu Province
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Yan,   Xu.
This paper introduces the problems in rural environment of Juangsu Province, and analyzes the causation of these problems. Finally, this paper discusses the related measures for controlling the rural environment of Juangsu Province.
Tipo: Thesis or Dissertation
Palavras-chave: Rural area; Ecology; Environmental pollution; Control; China; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Environmental Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/53523