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Evaluating the Effects of Interactive Innovations at Farm Level: The Potential of FADN
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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
The Assessment of Irrigated Land Salinization in the Aral Sea Region
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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
Care Farms in the Netherlands: An Underexplored Example of Multifunctional Agriculture--Toward an Empirically Grounded, Organization-Theory-Based Typology
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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
Social Activity of Rural Local Community as a Sociological Phenomenon.
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Urgacz, Barbara – 1976
In view of the 1973 changes brought about by the State's attempt to bring its authority closer to society and create new arrangements to satisfy rural needs, Poland's rural communities were analyzed in terms of a typology of social action. Defined as action and the desire to act resulting from membership in the local community, social action was…
Descriptors: Change Agents, Classification, Cultural Context, Expectation
Multidimensional Typology of Rural Communities as a Means of Studying Employment Structure.
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Zaslavskaia, Tatiana Ivanovna; And Others – 1976
The prediction, planning and management of the social development of a rural region presupposed typologization of its communities. This study aimed to: build an overall social typology of the rural communities in Siberia; elucidate the role of employment structure among other type-forming factors of social differentiation; build a special typology…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Classification, Community Change, Community Development
The Development of Relevant Indicators for Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation of Country Efforts for Promoting Youth's Role in Development. Report of the Expert Group Meeting (Manila, Philippines, December 13-20, 1980).
United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific, Bangkok (Thailand). – 1980
The report of a United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) Expert Group meeting, involving 13 experts from 10 countries, discusses planning national efforts to promote youth's role in development. Current systems and indicators used to assess the situation of rural and urban youth and their contribution to…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Classification, Community Development, Comparative Analysis