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Spanish rural society in transition [PDF]

open access: yesSociologia Ruralis, 1995
The rural area in Spain is tremendously divers, due to regional differences in climate, soil types and relief. this has led to very different forms of agriculture with contrasting types of production, a corresponding variety in terms of organization of work; use of technology, farming incomes, and the social organization that follows from this.
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Tourism and Amenity-Based Development in Rural Communities [PDF]

open access: yes, 2006
The natural amenities that often characterize the rural landscape, whether lakes and mountains or ruggedness and small-town charm, can offer struggling communities an option for economic development and can inject population and money into an area ...
Peggy Petrzelk, Richard Krannich
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Rural Perspective towards Financial Inclusion [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
Financial Inclusion or inclusive financing is the delivery of financial services at affordable costs to sections of disadvantaged and low-income segments of society, in contrast to financial exclusion where those services are not available or affordable.
MARIMUTHU, Selvakumar   +2 more
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The Challenges of Rural Poverty [PDF]

open access: yes, 2006
In rural America today, more than one in seven residents lives in poverty. Poverty's causes are a complex interplay of individual characteristics and decisions, on the one hand, and the nature of the communities and economies in which people work and ...
Diane McLaughlin, Leif Jensen, Tim Slack
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Knowledge, attitude and practice of urban and ruarl households towards principles of nutrition in Iran: results of NUTRIKAP Survey. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
Background: The aim of this study was to assess knowledge, attitude and practice of urban and rural households toward principles of nutrition in Iran.
Abdollahi, Zahra   +9 more
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Rural-urban co-development - challenges to post-industrial society [PDF]

open access: yes, 2002
The World Commission (1987) pointed out that sustainable development in general is a prerequisite to alleviate fatal threats to human future. In this note1 it is stated that it is necessary to return to basic concepts and reflections to ensure that the ...
Ingemann, Jan Holm
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Unravelling the bidirectional impact of Chinese agricultural subsidy policy on agricultural efficiency and farmers' income through panel data analysis

open access: yesAgricultural Economics (AGRICECON)
This study examined the bidirectional impact of Chinese agricultural subsidy policies on agricultural efficiency and farmers' income. It employed panel data from 2004 to 2020 across 31 Chinese provinces, and the three-stage least squares method was used ...
Yungang Tang   +3 more
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New roles for farming in a differentiated countryside: the Portuguese example [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
Throughout Europe, the role of farming as the private provider of public goods and services increasingly valuated by society is today generally acknowledged.
Breman, B.C., Pinto-Correia, T.
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Civic organizations and citizens-an alternative approach to understanding civic engagement

open access: yesApstract: Applied Studies in Agribusiness and Commerce, 2013
The importance of nonprofit, and inside classic civic sector is usually approached on the basis of figures of the Statistical Office. Based on these, we may assume these to have a slight or intermediate role in the greater economy regarding economic ...
György Szabados
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Regional trade and food security challenges: The case of SAARC countries

open access: yesAgricultural Economics (AGRICECON), 2020
Higher consumption and increased import requirements for the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) region can be catered through neighboring trade partners if resources are optimally utilized. The purpose of this research is to analyze
Muhammad Waqas Khalid   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

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