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| Frederiksen, Pia; Langer, Vibeke. |
| With changing societal goals for the rural areas, the question what role organic farming may play in rural development arises. Based on interviews with 10% of Danish organic farms, we explore which types of organic farms exist in terms of resources used for agricultural activity, what role do other types of income activities play and how are the different strategies co-existing or complementing eachother. Based on resource use on organic farms by farmer and spouse, less than half of the farms can be characterzed as full-time farms, with part-time farms making up one third and hobby farms 17%. More than half of the organic farms are managed by a farmer with the main income from off-farm work, and half of the farms engage in Other Farm-based Activities... |
| Tipo: Journal paper |
Palavras-chave: "Organics" in general; Community development. |
| Ano: 2008 |
URL: http://orgprints.org/7890/1/7890.pdf |
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| Lewis, Olivia; Home, Robert; Kizos, Thanasis. |
| Urban green spaces make a significant contribution to the social and ecological environment in cities, and the decisions of green space managers have direct impacts at both local and city scales. However most studies have focussed on public green spaces, despite privately managed gardens collectively forming a large proportion of urban green. The aim of this qualitative paper is to understand why people become involved in gardening and why they choose environmentally friendly gardening practices. We conducted semi-structured interviews with 23 gardeners in Lausanne, Switzerland and analysed them according to their content. Three major themes emerged as motivations for gardening: wellbeing, social aspects, and outputs (both tangible, such as food, and... |
| Tipo: Journal paper |
Palavras-chave: Community development; Biodiversity and ecosystem services; Policy environments and social economy; Landscape and recreation. |
| Ano: 2018 |
URL: http://orgprints.org/34733/1/lewis-eta-2018-UrbanForestry_UrbanGreening-Vol34-p105-113.pdf |
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| Friis Pedersen, Susanne. |
| Norway covers an abundant wilderness, only three % of the land are cultivated. The last ten years the eagerness to form and join Community supported Agriculture, CSA, has boomed. The initiative is supported by NGOs and authorities. A literature survey shows what makes the Norwegian experience special and what is common with other urban efforts. The survey focuses on sustainability in household and lifestyle. Hypothesis was that organic agriculture is a way for sustainability and furthermore a goal set by authorities and peoples organizations. Most important conclusions where that CSA indeed makes a step forward to sustainability even though some questions and conflicts of interests may appear. |
| Tipo: Conference paper, poster, etc. |
Palavras-chave: Community development; Markets and trade. |
| Ano: 2016 |
URL: http://orgprints.org/30345/1/Friis%20Susanne%20CSAposter.s%C3%A5nn.8.6%202016.pdf |
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| Thomas, Frieder. |
| Fairness gehört zu den Grundprinzipien des ökologischen Landbaus. Zudem bietet ein offensiver Umgang mit „Fairness“ die Möglichkeit, sich auf dem sich ausdifferenzierenden Biomarkt zu profilieren. Das Dilemma ist jedoch: Beides – Grundprinzip für alle und Instrument zur Ausdifferenzierung innerhalb des ökologischen Landbaus – passt nicht zusammen. „Treiber“ der Debatte sind vor allem Pioniere des ökologischen Landbaus, weil viele von ihnen durch den Erfolg, der oft außerhalb der traditionellen Vermarktungswege zu verzeichnen ist, plötzlich zu „Getriebenen“ auf dem Biomarkt geworden sind. Alte Strukturen sind nicht mehr tragfähig und viele der Grundwerte drohen durch die aktuelle Entwicklung verloren zu gehen. So ist die Fair-Debatte in ihrem Kern auch... |
| Tipo: Report |
Palavras-chave: Markets and trade; Community development; Produce chain management. |
| Ano: 2007 |
URL: http://orgprints.org/16632/1/16632%2D06OE253%2DKI%2Dthomas%2D2007%2Dfairness.pdf |
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| Blanc, Julien. |
| The expansion of the organic sector in Brazil is seen as a leverage for the social emancipation of the small family farmers. Next to the traditional alternatives circuits of organic food and farming, new powerful capitalistic actors, such as supermarket chains, are rapidly entering the Brazilian organic arena. Can family farming benefit from the development of these “conventional” commercialisation circuits in the organic sector? Research undertaken in 2007, in a green belt rural community of São Paulo, shows how family farmers benefited from the implication of large retail chains in the organic sector and how an economically and ecologically outstanding agriculture may arise from these circumstances. However, we highlight the crucial role played by social... |
| Tipo: Journal paper |
Palavras-chave: Markets and trade; Community development; Social aspects. |
| Ano: 2009 |
URL: http://orgprints.org/15481/1/Blanc_JRS_2009.pdf |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| Zeuli, Kimberly A.; Deller, Steven C.. |
| The ability to measure the economic importance of cooperatives to communities is not purely an academic question. Policy makers, cooperative organizations, and community development practitioners are increasingly asking for such information. The most commonly used methodology is input-output analysis. The limitations of input-output analysis when applied to cooperatives have not yet been comprehensively explained in the literature, although they significantly affect the application of the model as well as the interpretation of results. We discuss five issues that need to be addressed when using input-output models and suggest additional analysis that should be completed to gain an accurate assessment of the local economic impact of cooperatives. |
| Tipo: Journal Article |
Palavras-chave: Cooperatives; Economic impact; Community development; Input-output models; Agribusiness. |
| Ano: 2007 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/58682 |
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