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| Ribeiro, Eliene Cristina Barros; Queda, Oriowaldo. |
| This paper aims to evaluate milk mini-plants as policy proposals, targeting the generation of income and employment in local/regional bounds. Thus, it will be possible to improve the production efficiency of the home producers and the quality of the product to the consumer. Theoretical concept discussions among several related authors found in the literature in order to incorporate some key elements which might configure a proper analysis of the proposal. The data were obtained through standard interviews applied to producers from nine establishments found in the Rural Development Office (RDO) of Araraquara/SP, which is branch of milk basin of Ribeirão Preto, localized in the countryside of the state of São Paulo, and to producers from a milk mini-plant... |
| Tipo: Journal Article |
Palavras-chave: Dairy products; Home production; Informality. |
| Ano: 2007 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/43714 |
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| Ohe, Yasuo. |
| Understanding the demand profile of rural tourism is a necessary condition for the successful diversification of any rural economy. Although descriptive analyses have been conducted on this issue, a more generalised framework is required that allows us to explore economic analyses. This paper evaluates the leisure behaviour of households that have a preference for rural tourism in Japan. First, we give conceptual consideration to the notion that leisure behaviour should be regarded as a form of a home production and explain that households that undertake rural tourism have undergone an upward shift in the home production function to realise a higher utility level. We propose that a preference for rural recreation causes this shift by improving the... |
| Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation |
Palavras-chave: Rural tourism; Home production; Service goods; Rural infrastructure; Leisure behaviour; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy. |
| Ano: 2002 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/24932 |
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