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Cristiano, Simona; Proietti, Patrizia – Journal of Agricultural Education and Extension, 2019
Purpose: This study explores the potential of the Farm Accountancy Data Network (FADN) to assess the technical, economic and environmental effects of cooperative innovation projects at farm level. Design/Methodology/Approach: The analysis of the FADN potential relies on the classification of innovations and the co-identification, through the Most…
Descriptors: Innovation, Agricultural Occupations, Classification, Networks
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Tisenkopfs, Talis; Kunda, Ilona; šumane, Sandra; Brunori, Gianluca; Klerkx, Laurens; Moschitz, Heidrun – Journal of Agricultural Education and Extension, 2015
Purpose: The paper explores the role of boundary work and boundary objects in enhancing learning and innovation processes in hybrid multi-actor networks for sustainable agriculture (LINSA). Design/Methodology/Approach: Boundary work in LINSA is analysed on the basis of six case studies carried out in SOLINSA project under a common methodology. In…
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Rural Development, Sustainable Development, Learning Processes
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Karlykhanov, Orazkhan K.; Toktaganova, Gulzhaz B. – International Journal of Environmental and Science Education, 2016
Agriculture is one of the main industries of Kazakhstan, especially in the Kyzylorda Region. Before the reforms, agriculture in this region was better developed than the manufacturing industry; this is no longer the case. The main crop grown on the irrigated land of the region is rice. Inefficient distribution of cultivated areas, their excessive…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Agriculture, Water, Rural Development
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Hassink, Jan; Hulsink, Willem; Grin, John – Rural Sociology, 2012
For agricultural and rural development in Europe, multifunctionality is a leading concept that raises many questions. Care farming is a promising example of multifunctional agriculture that has so far received little attention. An issue that has not been examined thoroughly is the strategic mapping of different care farm organizations in this…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Agriculture, Therapy, Rural Development
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Rasker, Ray; Gude, Patricia H.; Gude, Justin A.; van den Noort, Jeff – Journal of Rural Studies, 2009
The western United States offers a case study on the importance of access to large population centers and their markets, via road and air travel, for economic development. The vast distances between towns and cities in the American West can be a detriment to business, yet they also serve to attract technology and knowledge-based workers seeking to…
Descriptors: Air Transportation, Travel, Economic Development, Rural Areas
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Ramniceanu, Irina; Ackrill, Robert – Journal of Rural Studies, 2007
European Union (EU) enlargement has seen 10 new member states (NMS) adopt the full range of EU policies. Within this, the rural development arm of the Common Agricultural Policy offers particular points of interest. Member states chose from an extensive list of policy measures developed within the EU15 and intended, in particular, to…
Descriptors: Rural Development, Public Policy, Classification, Agricultural Production