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Who Is Rural? or, How To Be Rural: Towards a Sociology of The Rural Open
The hypothesis is put forward that a specific concept or category of 'the rural' has evolved. This occurred in the 1920s and 1930s in a manner specific to each country, although in all cases there was an attempt to reformulate both the rel…
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The COVID-19 Pandemic and Its Implications for Rural Economies Open
This paper presents a rapid assessment of current and likely future impacts of the COVID-19 outbreak on rural economies given their socio-economic characteristics. Drawing principally on current evidence for the UK, as well as lessons from…
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Shining a spotlight on small rural businesses: How does their performance compare with urban? Open
Rural enterprises play an important economic role, contributing to national prosperity and wellbeing but are often a blind spot within rural development and wider economic policies and evidence. This paper presents an urban-rural analysis …
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Rural social enterprises as embedded intermediaries: The innovative power of connecting rural communities with supra-regional networks Open
The question of how social enterprises foster social innovation in rural regions remains largely unexplored. In this paper, I develop the assumption that the embeddedness of social enterprises in rural communities and their ability to conn…
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Progress of research on urban-rural transformation and rural development in China in the past decade and future prospects Open
Urban-rural transformation and rural development are issues at the forefront of research on the topic of the urban-rural relationship in the field of geography, as well as important practical problems facing China's new urbanization and ov…
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Impacts of land consolidation on rural human–environment system in typical watershed of the Loess Plateau and implications for rural development policy Open
Exploring the impact of land consolidation on the evolution of rural human-environment system (HES) is of positive significance for optimizing land consolidation model and innovating rural development policy. Taken a typical small watershe…
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The Impact of Tourism on Sustainable Development of Rural Areas: Evidence from Romania Open
Rural tourism has been seen during the last decades as a means for economic development of sensitive localities, especially in rural areas. However, little research has been conducted on the sustainability of the development induced by tou…
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Romancing the rural: Reconceptualizing rural entrepreneurship as engagement with context(s) Open
This article considers how we conceive and research rural entrepreneurship. While we argue for the importance of context for understanding entrepreneuring, we also acknowledge that some perceptions of the rural context may be misleading. W…
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The benefits of tourism for rural community development Open
While the main benefits of rural tourism have been studied extensively, most of these studies have focused on the development of sustainable rural tourism. The role of tourism contributions to rural community development remains unexplored…
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The impact of producer organizations on farm performance: The case study of large farms from Slovakia☆ Open
This paper estimates the farm level impact of producer organizations’ (PO) membership in Slovakia and the effectiveness of support provided to POs under the EU Rural Development Programme (RDP). We employ the PSM-DID econometric approach o…
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The Role of Rural Tourism in Strengthening the Sustainability of Rural Areas: The Case of Zlakusa Village Open
The strategic planning of rural development is focused on both economic growth and sustainable development. Sustainable rural development is essential for conserving and improving resources, while economic growth contributes to a better st…
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Successful Leadership in Rural Schools: Cultivating Collaboration Open
This article is a literature review of the professional competencies and personal qualities commonly associated with successful leadership in rural schools. Multiple definitions of the term rural are provided. A delimitation of this resear…
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The roles of social entrepreneurs in rural destination development Open
This paper seeks to explore how social entrepreneurs are relevant to our consideration of rural destination development. While many peripheral rural areas face significant challenges in terms of sustaining communities and attracting touris…
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MaaS in rural areas - case Finland Open
This paper presents characteristics of rural areas for MaaS development, based on a project co-funded by the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry of Finland. The paper presents rural mobility SWOT analysis and challenges, as well as goals …
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Structural transformation to boost youth labour demand in sub-Saharan Africa: the role of agriculture, rural areas and territorial development Open
This paper explores the opportunities that economic diversification offers to foster structural transformation in sub-Saharan Africa while absorbing the growing youth labour force and providing them with the requisite skills.
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Agricultural Co‐Operatives in Ethiopia: Evolution, Functions and Impact Open
To what extent can co‐operatives strengthen rural development in sub‐Saharan Africa? This paper explores the development of agricultural co‐operatives in Ethiopia, particularly the changes in economic functions. Co‐operative development in…
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Rural Tourism in Georgia in Transition: Challenges for Regional Sustainability Open
Tourism in rural regions of Georgia has a long tradition; however, many structures had been developed during Soviet times under the framework of a centrally planned economy and forced collectivism. Today, Rural Tourism is widely discussed …
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What it takes: evidence from a nutrition- and gender-sensitive agriculture intervention in rural Zambia Open
The Realigning Agriculture for Improved Nutrition (RAIN) project was designed to address child undernutrition through a multisectoral approach which integrated agricultural diversification to improve access to nutritious foods, the promoti…
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Sustainable Development Levels and Influence Factors in Rural China Based on Rural Revitalization Strategy Open
Accurate and quantitative assessments of rural development can offer important information for the formulation of rural development strategies. The purpose of this study was to provide a new perspective on the evaluation of rural sustainab…
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A critical review of rural development policy of Ethiopia: access, utilization and coverage Open
Agriculture is the mainstay of Ethiopian economy involving major source of employment and gross national product. By African, standard rural development programme has long history in Ethiopia. It has also enjoyed a considerable attention b…
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A Synthesis of International Rural Education Issues and Responses Open
This article synthesizes problems impacting rural primary and secondary schools and describes how schools and relevant organizations have responded to the challenges. Given the context of a globally-compressed world, the focus of the liter…
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How has rural tourism influenced the sustainable development of traditional villages? A systematic literature review Open
Rural tourism has been widely recognized as a means of promoting the revival of traditional villages and has been supported by numerous researchers. It has the potential to provide significant social and economic advantages, making it a po…
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Smart Villages Policies: Past, Present and Future Open
Highlighting the important role of rural development, this paper represents a review of rural policies. Data were generated, including a broad literature research and online survey on existing and future, post-2020 rural development polici…
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Migration, Agriculture and Rural Development Open
This open access short reader looks into the dynamics which have reshaped rural development and human landscapes in European agriculture and the role of immigrant people. Within this framework it analyses contemporary rural migrations and …
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Social Capital, Collective Action, and the Development of Agritourism for Sustainable Agriculture in Rural Indonesia Open
This study investigates social capital, collective action, agritourism, and sustainable agriculture in rural areas of Indonesia. Social capital, consisting of trust, networks, and norms, would encourage collective action to increase the de…
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Sustaining Rural Areas, Rural Tourism Enterprises and EU Development Policies: A Multi-Layer Conceptualisation of the Obstacles in Greece Open
The main lever for the development and promotion of rural tourism in Greece has been, and continues to be, through specific EU programmes. Rural tourism in Greece began with a long delay compared to other European countries. The developmen…
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Family farming in sub-Saharan Africa: Its contribution to agriculture, food security and rural development Open
The persistent agrarian crisis facing sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) and the recent food price hikes have provoked greater urgency among governments, civil society actors and development agencies to identify public policies that can accelerate a…
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Navigating the early stages of a large sustainability-oriented rural tourism development project: Lessons from Træna, Norway Open
This paper draws on data collected through multiple approaches and presents an exploration of the early stages of a large sustainability-oriented rural tourism development project. Through a streamlined qualitative analysis, the study reve…
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Sustainability of Rural Tourism and Promotion of Local Development Open
Since the 1970s but with greater intensity in the 1980s, strong, social, economic, and cultural transformations have led to the post-Fordist or post-productivist countryside determining what researchers identify as “rural restructuring” [.…
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Determinants of poverty in rural households: Evidence from North-Western Ethiopia Open
Even though poverty has decreased in recent years, it is still a challenge in Ethiopia especially in rural areas the rate of decrease is slower than the counterpart. Most rural livelihoods in the study area depend on rain-fed agriculture a…