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on Tourism Economics |
| By: | Zurc, Jana |
| Keywords: | protected areas, development, tourism, Slovenia, Community/Rural/Urban Development, Q01, Q56, Q57, |
| Date: | 2010–08 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:eaa118:95306&r=tur |
| By: | Privitera, D. |
| Abstract: | In recent times, the search for a new relationship with nature, of quality and safety of foodstuffs and in particular the need for âidentityâ, of characterizing places as bearers of values and traditions have led an increasing number of people to see rural areas as places of values, resources, culture and products to discover and enjoy. Agriculture has taken on a multifunctional role and link with tourism is required to protect and exploit its âhistoricalâ resources (heritage) as a tool of interconnection between local products, countryside, traditions, cultural values but also to place emphasis of the territory and communicate it. The aim of paper is the role assumed today by firms regarding both the primary activity and other services, in particular those that express and support rural tourism. The objective is to assess the relationship between the company image, the entrepreneurial behavior built according to values, âtypicalâ signs, historical resources of the rural world and the spin-offs on the territory. The research will be carried out by making specific reference to Calabria, a representative region of the Mediterranean area. Here, case-studies will be considered in sample areas where tourism and agriculture are integrated, with specific reference to vineyards and wine-making firms, is part of specific rural development strategies and initiatives. Therefore, we intend to highlight the important role of heritage and heritage marketing in order to privilege the competitive advantage that it can have for the company. The finding suggest the utility for rural tourism development: the heritage, which is often well preserved in rural areas is a valuable resource to integrate with management providing useful help as a vehicle for economic benefits also for a territory. |
| Keywords: | heritage marketing, wine tourism, case study, Agribusiness, Agricultural and Food Policy, Community/Rural/Urban Development, Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety, Labor and Human Capital, |
| Date: | 2010–10–27 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:eaa116:95216&r=tur |
| By: | Andric, Natasa Branimir; Tomic, Danilo Vlastimir; Tomic, Gordana Radovan |
| Abstract: | This paper presents the study of the status and problems in rural areas of Vojvodina. Vojvodina villages that are economically and demographically devastated have been singled out. Special emphasis is placed on the status and perspectives of development of rural tourism in this Province as one of the supplemental sources of revenues of rural households. Some of the present limitations of faster development of this branch of economy have also been pointed out. In the end, the development opportunities of this form of economic activity in rural areas are pointed out, with a special emphasis on salas farmsteads as specific forms of rural way of life and organising of agricultural production. |
| Keywords: | Rural tourism, limitations, perspectives, âsalasâ farmsteads, Community/Rural/Urban Development, |
| Date: | 2010–08 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:eaa118:95305&r=tur |
| By: | Sumner La Croix (Professor, Department of Economics, University of Hawai`i -Mānoa); Kimberly Burnett (Assistant Specialist, University of Hawai`i Economic Research Organization, University of Hawai`i - Mānoa) |
| Abstract: | On 29 April 2010, the Hawai`i State Legislature passed HB 444, a measure that allows same-sex and opposite-sex couples to enter into civil unions. This report provides quantitative and qualitative measures of the impact of civil unions on the Hawai`i economy, Hawai`i businesses, and the State of Hawai`i’s budget. More specifically, we examine the effect of civil unions on tourism arrivals to Hawai`i; state government revenues and expenditures; employer provision of health insurance to civil union partners and their dependents; and the family with civil union partners. We conclude that the Legalization of civil unions in Hawai`i will have only a very minimal impact on any aspect of Hawai`i’s economy and state government operations. |
| Keywords: | civil union, health insurance, visitor arrivals, Hawai`i |
| JEL: | J12 K36 I18 |
| Date: | 2010–05 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:hae:wpaper:2010-06&r=tur |
| By: | Ghib, Marie Luce; Berriet-Solliec, Marielle |
| Abstract: | Romanian rural areas contain the highest level of agricultural workers in the European Union, resulting in the challenge of stimulating non-agricultural employment. This paper uses the methodology of policy evaluation to analyse the influence of 3 measures the CAP. From an objectives tree to reveal the objectives of the programme to statistical analysis and field surveys, we analysed the pertinence, the coherence and the first results of those schemes. It was found that the targeted population was under estimated for one of the semi-subsistence schemes. Choosing activities (tourism and enterprise) which are open to all rural society leads to enhanced competition between beneficiaries. Due to the global context of economic crisis, co-financing can be met only by owners of strong capital, and the previous targeted population would then be only indirectly touched by the creation of jobs in rural areas. |
| Keywords: | rural policies, policy evaluation, small farms, Romania, Community/Rural/Urban Development, R58, O21, H72, C13, |
| Date: | 2010–08 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:eaa118:94915&r=tur |
| By: | Kopeva, Diana Ilieva; Peneva, Mariya Marinova; Madjarova, Svetla Ivanova |
| Abstract: | The sustainable development of rural areas faces nowadays the challenges of global changes. The need to adapt land and landscape use to the new social, economic and ecological demands (non-farm activities, employment in rural areas, forest and agro- related tourism, real estate pressure, etc.) requires an analysis of the land multifunctionality and of the multipurpose land management strategies. The paper aims to review the concept of land use and landscape multifunctionality and to review the role of multifunctional land use in Rural Development Policy in Bulgaria. |
| Keywords: | multifunctional land use, rural development, rural development policy, Bulgaria, Community/Rural/Urban Development, Q01, Q15, R58, |
| Date: | 2010–08 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:eaa118:94828&r=tur |
| By: | Dennis Reinhardt (Study Center Gerzensee) |
| Abstract: | This paper assesses whether the allocation puzzle - the tendency for capital to flow to countries with relatively low productivity growth - is observed for foreign direct investment (FDI) flows, which should be particularly sensitive to productivity prospects. We look both at aggregate FDI flows and, using a new data set, at FDI flows into the main economic sectors. We make three points. First, we do not find evidence of an allocation puzzle for aggregate FDI flows. Second, we refine the aggregate result and document substantial sectoral heterogeneity. An allocation puzzle is observed in the agriculture, construction, mining/petroleum/utilities and tourism sector. By contrast, we show that countries with faster productivity growth in manufacturing attract more investment in that sector. The link is even stronger for service sectors. Third, we document a role for financial openness: a country with fast productivity growth draws in more FDI into its service sectors only when it is financially open. We conclude with a discussion of some tentative explanations for the results. |
| Date: | 2010–10 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:szg:worpap:1002&r=tur |
| By: | Eboli, M.G.; Macri, M.C.; Micocci, A.; Verrecchia, F. |
| Abstract: | The TOP-MARD research project (Toward a Policy Model of Multifunctional Agriculture and Rural Development), that will be here described in its Italian version, links farmersâ behaviour with their economic, social and environmental effects, showing the difference between a behaviour guided by market profitability only and one guided by the interest of a broader social group. It was financed by EU in 11 European countries, and it took place in 2006-2008. The TOP-MARD research defined a 10-modules model (POMMARD), that links use of land and production techniques to several dimensions of a context (quantitative and qualitative, from economic to social and environmental) and to the quality of life of its population. STELLA, a Systems Thinking software, has been used in order to develop the POMMARD model. The POMMARD model is partially supply-driven with demand constraints: land use and its dynamics produce a mix of marketable and non-marketable goods, that impact other sectors and the territory through an I-O or a SAM, and through the consequences of their production on the quality of life. Labour requirements and demography can produce â therefore â immigration, and contribute to job creation and dynamics. Public intervention influences local resources and human behaviour. Farmers can choose their style of production and land use, that are the âkey driversâ of change: when land is converted from a land use to another or from a conventional to a non-conventional style of production, there occurs a change in the vector of inputs (means of production and workers) and in the vector of outputs, that also comprehends public goods. Provision of public goods increases the quality of life. Rural areas become therefore more attractive to younger generations, encouraging them to stay rather than migrate, and attracting new-comers. Tourism can also be influenced by the attractiveness of the area, which can contribute further income, within the limits of tourism capacity and seasonality. Starting from the actual systematic links, the model considers the main variables (population, income, â¦) under different policy scenarios: providing suggestions to policy makers about the possible effects of exogenous shocks, such as policy measures, on rural development and quality of life. |
| Keywords: | Multifunctional Agriculture, Quality of Life, Policy Decision., Agribusiness, Agricultural and Food Policy, Community/Rural/Urban Development, Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety, Labor and Human Capital, |
| Date: | 2010–10–27 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:eaa116:95015&r=tur |
| By: | Gabriele, Alberto |
| Abstract: | Since the inception of the special period and the loss of its traditional export markets for sugar and other goods, Cuba has turned towards services as new sources of foreign exchange. Tourism has been reactivated and its performance has been broadly satisfactory, yet its long term growth potential should not be overstated. Since the mid-2000s, a new sector - professional services - has become the island's largest foreign exchange earner. Cuba's comparative advantage in this sector is the product of decades of human capital investment in social services. Yet, the sustainability of Cuba's present trade structure cannot be taken for granted. In the future, export-oriented professional services, and the health cluster in particular, might not only contribute to release the balance of payments constrain, but also play a pivotal role in steering the evolution Cuba's economy towards a knowledge-based development path. To this purpose, however, major changes in the area of industrial and macroeconomic policies are required. |
| Keywords: | Socialism; Cuba. Public Services |
| JEL: | B14 N16 |
| Date: | 2010–11–01 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:pra:mprapa:26360&r=tur |
| By: | Rolfe, John; Windle, Jill |
| Abstract: | In this paper the results of a choice modelling experiment to value increased protection of the Great Barrier Reef in Australia is reported. There are very few previous studies that identify protection values for the Great Barrier Reef, making it difficult to evaluate whether the community benefits from future additional protection measures are larger than the costs involved. The valuation experiment that has been conducted is novel in two important ways. First, different management policies to increase protection have been included as labels in the choice experiment to test if the mechanisms to achieve improvements are important to respondents. Second, the level of certainty associated with predicted reef health has been included as an attribute in the choice profiles, helping to distinguish between outcomes of different management policies. The results show that protection values vary with the policy scope of the improvements being considered. Values are sensitive to whether protection will be generated by improving water quality entering the reef, increasing conservation zones or reducing greenhouse gas emissions, and the level of certainty of outcomes. The average household willingness to pay for five years for each additional 1% of protection is approximately $26.37 when the broad management options to generate improvements were included in the choice sets. These results can be extrapolated to a total value held by Queensland households of $132.8M to $171.5M per 1% improvement, depending on the assumptions used about the discount rate. |
| Keywords: | Resource /Energy Economics and Policy, |
| Date: | 2010 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:eerhrr:95070&r=tur |
| By: | Ohe, Y.; Ciani, A. |
| Abstract: | This paper focused on how and what diversified activities influence the price level of agritourism. A hypothesis that contrasts two directions was examined: facility-based and local culture-based activities. First, from the conceptual consideration, we defined that agritourism based on local cultural resources can internalize positive externalities, which are accompanied by local cultural resources, into income, unlike facility-based activity that has no connection with local cultural resources. Second, the results of estimations from the price determinant ordered logit model clarified that owning a swimming pool was the most common and influential factor in enhancing the price level while regional diversity was observed in terms of local cultural resource-based activities such as restaurants, world heritage sites and DOC wines. These findings indicate that hardware-based evolution is more effective in the short term than evolution based on software aspects. Nevertheless, this hardware-based evolution of agritourism is implicitly based on the assumption of continuously growing demand and sufficient financial capability for the fixed investment. When growth in demand becomes stagnant, facility installation can be a heavy burden on operators. Consequently, for the sustainable development of agritourism it will be necessary to harness locality to create a balance between facility-based services and local culture-based services. |
| Keywords: | agritourism, local cultural heritage, hedonic pricing, Agribusiness, Agricultural and Food Policy, Community/Rural/Urban Development, Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety, Labor and Human Capital, |
| Date: | 2010–10–27 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:eaa116:95210&r=tur |
| By: | Loizou, Efstratios; Chatzitheodoridis, Fotsis; Mattas, Konstadinos; Polymeros, Konstadinos |
| Abstract: | The current study aims to examine the effectiveness of fisheries policies and specifically of the Greek Operational Programme for Fisheries, 2007-13. In specific, aims to examine and assess possible impacts generated, in the regional economy of Voreio and Notio Aigaio from its four axis, with particularity to the forth one. For this a regional Input-Output model was built in order to capture direct and indirect impacts in terms of output, employment and income. Results indicate that the dynamics of the fisheries sector in the regional economy are very weak and along with the continuous shrinking of the sector, leads to the necessity of supporting alternative vocational activities for the development of coastal rural areas. Though, results indicate that the funds attributed to such policies are very small, resulting in very weak generated impacts in the regional economy. And thus it is not expected current policies to seriously affect the development of such regions through the promotion of alternative to fishing activities. |
| Keywords: | rural coastal areas, operational fisheries programme, impact analysis, regional analysis, Community/Rural/Urban Development, R11, R15, R58, Q22, |
| Date: | 2010–08 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:eaa118:94910&r=tur |
| By: | McCartney, Abbie; Cleland, Jonelle; Burton, Michael |
| Abstract: | This working paper utilises the choice modelling technique to investigate how information and understanding influences preferences of the general public for conservation of natural environments, specifically the tropical waterways and wetlands of the Kimberley region in Western Australia. The paper forms part of a larger study investigating preference divergence for environmental systems between experts and non-experts. By priming the public with more information about complex environmental problems, one might expect them to form preferences similar to that of experts. A preliminary analysis of public low and high information samples finds that, when birds and plants are the focus of species conservation with respect to the tropical waterways, increased information does not significantly impact preferences. However, when fish species conservation is considered significant differences are found. In this instance individuals appear to have reacted favourably to the additional information, recognising that rare species require more protection than widespread iconic species by placing higher values on their conservation. Generally speaking, respondents preferred high levels of conservation improvements over all attributes considered, rather than lower incremental improvements. Results should be interpreted with care as further analysis is required, including investigation of the alternative specific constant and inclusion of individual characteristics to explain sample heterogeneity. |
| Keywords: | Resource /Energy Economics and Policy, |
| Date: | 2010–05 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:eerhrr:95065&r=tur |
| By: | Requier-Desjardins, Denis |
| Abstract: | LAS (Localised Agri-food Systems) approach has been viewed until now as either an analysis of a variety of local production system or an anthropological vision of the links between food and places. Although theses approaches are relevant, they prove sometimes hard to differentiate themselves of close concepts such as Local production systems. This paper intends to assess in what measure LAS approach can be redefined as an approach of rural development processes, which could be the basis of a rural development policy. If LAS's are to be considered as the basis of a rural development path, LAS approach must be cast in the current debate on diversification of rural activities. Drawing on that, LAS can be the basis of a rural development policy, but only fit to some places, with a very specific âresidentialâ relationship with the overall economic environment. |
| Keywords: | LAS, rural development, new rurality, Sustainable rural livelihoods, residential economy., Agribusiness, Agricultural and Food Policy, Community/Rural/Urban Development, Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety, Labor and Human Capital, |
| Date: | 2010–10–27 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:eaa116:95222&r=tur |
| By: | Cagliero, Roberto; Filippa, Francesca; Pierangeli, Fabio |
| Abstract: | The research starts from the necessity to create specific tools for evaluating the impacts of rural development policies on fragile areas. The objective of this study is to exploit a synthetic measure of marginality, obtained through a specific tool set by IRES Piemonte (Institute of Socio Economic Research) as a proxy of quality of life indicators. The aim of this tool is to evaluate the potential effects of the measures programmed in axes 3 and 4 of Rural Development Programmes, in terms of changes in quality of life in rural areas. In the evaluation field, this methodology is applicated for the first time to Piedmontâs Rural Development Programme. |
| Keywords: | marginality, rural development, evaluation, territory, quality of life, Community/Rural/Urban Development, O180, |
| Date: | 2010–08 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:eaa118:94912&r=tur |
| By: | Renard Hubert, Marie Christine; Ortiz, Humberto Thomé |
| Abstract: | Ante el abandono del campo mexicano de parte de sus pobladores, resultado del proceso de apertura comercial que ha conocido el paÃs desde hace treinta años, y que se ha traducido en empobrecimiento y migración de los campesinos, resulta importante buscar alternativas. Volver a valorar productos tradicionales, enraizados en las culturas locales, con una fuerte carga de identidad y buscar la activación de un desarrollo local en torno a estos productos mediante actividades no solamente agrÃcolas sino también turÃsticas es una opción para algunas comunidades. El caso de una sal de origen prehispánico, cuyos usos han sido no solamente alimentarios sino curativos, ofrece estas posibilidades. La Ruta de la Sal, en Zapotitlán de las Salinas, Puebla, es un proyecto en ejecución que incorpora planteamientos de desarrollo local relativamente nuevos para el contexto rural mexicano. Su forma de operación es través del modelo de rutas alimentarias, basadas en la integración de un alimento con fuerte identidad local como elemento focal del producto turÃstico. En este lugar, destaca el desarraigo, relativamente alto, de la población masculina de su contexto rural originario. Mediante un diagnóstico participativo, se determinó a la sal como el producto más caracterÃstico y al turismo como una actividad factible para mujeres, niños y jóvenes que habitan en la comunidad. El presente trabajo establece la relación entre turismo rural, alimentos con identidad y desarrollo local para lo cual se plantearon los siguientes objetivos: identificar los factores determinantes para la implementación del proyecto de la Ruta de la Sal; identificar los agentes locales y externos, las instituciones públicas, privadas o no gubernamentales que pueden construir sinergias para la realización del proyecto; analizar las redes de cooperación o de conflicto que lo afectan, en un sentido u otro. Particularmente, evaluar la participación de los actores locales tanto en el proyecto como en sus beneficios. |
| Keywords: | Turismo rural, Sal prehispánica, Patrimonio alimentario., Agribusiness, Agricultural and Food Policy, Community/Rural/Urban Development, Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety, Labor and Human Capital, |
| Date: | 2010–10–27 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:eaa116:95221&r=tur |
| By: | Blanco, Marvin; MasÃs, German |
| Abstract: | Con el propósito de analizar las caracterÃsticas y el impacto de las ferias agroalimentarias sobre la comercialización de productos agropecuarios, la diversificación de la producción agroindustrial y el desarrollo de nuevas opciones de turismo en los territorios rurales, se realizó una investigación preliminar y de tipo cualitativo de cuatro de las ferias que se realizan en Costa Rica, éstas son las del aguacate, naranja, pejibaye y queso. Los resultados del estudio señalan que las ferias se iniciaron con el impulso de una comisión productiva local y tienen un nivel de organización simple pero ágil y comprometida en la atención de las distintas actividades. Convocan la participación de los productores locales y sus familias, quienes participan en diferentes labores relacionadas con la preparación de los productos y la organización de la feria. El evento se localiza en áreas abiertas de 800 m2 en promedio como plazas, campos feriales o calles comunales, donde el producto que le da nombre a la feria se vende en varios locales (stands), junto a productos agroindustriales derivados, artesanÃas, otros productos agrÃcolas, plantas y por supuesto comidas. Se pudo constatar que estos eventos tienen resultados positivos sobre la generación de empleo, ingresos y capacidades y generan encadenamientos, efectos distributivos y vÃnculos sociales entre los productores, las comunidades rurales y los visitantes, que las ubican como la fiesta comercial, turÃstica y cultural del año. De forma paralela, las ferias promueven el turismo rural, movilizando turistas nacionales y extranjeros hacia las comunidades y lugares aledaños, contribuyendo asà a diversificar la economÃa local. Pero también, se encontró que hay problemas de organización local, limitaciones en la infraestructura y falta de claridad sobre los objetivos y fines de las ferias. Se propone que las ferias sean promocionadas con mayor fuerza por organismos oficiales competentes, que se evalúen sus resultados, que se provea capacitación y asistencia técnica a las comunidades anfitrionas y que se fortalezcan las estructuras organizativas. También se requiere mayor integración de la población local y un mejor aprovechamiento de la feria como espacio de promoción del turismo rural. |
| Keywords: | Ferias Agroalimentarias, Agroturismo, Territorio., Agribusiness, Agricultural and Food Policy, Community/Rural/Urban Development, Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety, Labor and Human Capital, |
| Date: | 2010–10–27 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:eaa116:95335&r=tur |
| By: | Hoffmann, Christian; Stiefenhofer, Annika; Streifeneder, Thomas |
| Abstract: | The agro-structural change in the Alps has been gaining intensity steadily since 1980. Farms continuously feel the pressure to adapt to changed economic, political, and social conditions. Those diverge significantly between the different alpine countries but also within a country. Based on the developments so far, the current situation and expected future framework conditions, this paper intends to indicate possible developments for future agro-structural trends in the Alpine arc. Using multivariate regression analyses, significant indicators were derived from harmonised parameters on municipality level, which influence farm abandonment. They form the basis of the forecast of farm abandonment until 2020. Based on agro-economic scenarios from the project Scenar 2020 (EC, 2006), the expected annual abandonment rates were calculated for each municipality. The scenario results vary widely between the national alpine areas as well as between the regions. The comparison with the effective, dynamic development 2000-2007 demonstrates how ârealisticâ the scenarios are. |
| Keywords: | agro structural-change, farm abandonment, simulation models, Alps, Community/Rural/Urban Development, Q10, |
| Date: | 2010–08 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:eaa118:95316&r=tur |
| By: | Galluzzo, Nicola |
| Abstract: | Aim of this paper was to find some correlation, using a model of linear regression, between rural development and rural district in two different period of study. The analysis is divided in two parts to compare two different stages of application of II pillar of Common agriculture policy from 2000-2006 to 2007-2013. European funds, allocated to guarantee a generational turnover, are something of very important for rural development in Italy and the rural district is able to be a centre of propulsion for a well balanced growth of rural areas and it can be an element of attraction for farmers. |
| Keywords: | rural districts, rural areas, L.e.a.d.e.r., certified quality food, cooperative credit banks, Community/Rural/Urban Development, Q18, Q19, |
| Date: | 2010–08 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:eaa118:95301&r=tur |
| By: | Salazar Arzate, Maria del Carmen; Zizumbo Villareal, Lilia; Garduño, Martha |
| Abstract: | Tomando en cuenta que el turismo rural ofrece una importante oportunidad para los habitantes actuales de las zonas rurales [1], el presente estudio se llevó a cabo en 6 Localidades del Municipio de Amanalco de Becerra, Estado de México, México; con el objetivo de generar una serie de conocimientos teóricos y empÃricos que permitan llevar a cabo una planeación sustentada sobre un proyecto agroturÃstico a partir de una de sus principales actividades económicas âla truticulturaâ intentando beneficiar a los productores de la trucha arcoÃris y a otros sectores de la población, pretendiendo favorecer el desarrollo municipal como propuesta de solución a la gran problemática rural que vive el paÃs y en la cual se encuentra inmerso dicho Municipio, donde se desaprovechan los recursos locales evitando la generación de nuevas alternativas de desarrollo, y donde su empobrecida población no participa de oportunidades económicas de actividades como el turismo [1]. La metodologÃa empleada para llevar a cabo el estudio consistió primeramente en realizar una exhausta investigación bibliográfica y documental que fue fundamental para el conocimiento de los aspectos productivos, humanos y naturales desde una perspectiva histórico-social de las comunidades que durante el desarrollo de la actividad trutÃcola les ha permitido su subsistencia, revisando y acopiando información contenida en documentos diversos como libros, revistas cientÃficas, manuales, normatividades, datos estadÃsticos, documentos oficiales, etc., obteniendo información de distintas fuentes como el Instituto Nacional para el Federalismo y el Desarrollo Municipal, la SAGARPA, la SECTUR, las bibliotecas y revistas electrónicas de la UAEM, asà como documentos en la biblioteca pública y en los archivos municipales de Amanalco de Becerra, entre otros. Posteriormente se llevó a cabo observación participante y entrevistas abiertas a informantes clave, obteniendo información visual y oral que constituyeron los medios más importantes que permitieron conocer los aspectos de organización y producción trutÃcola en el Municipio. Los resultados obtenidos del presente estudio son de carácter preliminar, dirigidos a determinar si los recursos recursos locales productivos, humanos y naturales son susceptibles de aprovechamiento para desarrollar el agroturismo como actividad alternativa para favorecer el desarrollo local del Municipio de Amanalco de Becerra. |
| Keywords: | Recursos locales, desarrollo local, agroturismo., Agribusiness, Agricultural and Food Policy, Community/Rural/Urban Development, Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety, Labor and Human Capital, |
| Date: | 2010–10–27 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:eaa116:95340&r=tur |
| By: | Cernic Istenic, Majda |
| Abstract: | Successes and failures of EU food quality schemes: experience from the case of âScent of Prekmurjeâ, Slovenia |
| Keywords: | food quality scheme, multifunctional agriculture, actors, case study, Rural Development Programme 2007-2013, Community/Rural/Urban Development, |
| Date: | 2010–08 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:eaa118:94903&r=tur |
| By: | Michailidis, Anastasios Ch.; Loizou, Efstratios; Nastis, Stefanos; Mattas, Konstadinos |
| Abstract: | The aim of the paper is to reveal the most important causes of mobile telephony use by rural residents. In particular, the examination of the expected changes due to use of mobile phones and the assessment of the major causes that drive rural residents to desire mobile telephony access constitute the main objective of the paper. In addition, the study extends the employment of binomial econometric methodologies into rural development issues. Interesting results are revealed from the three discrete segments of rural populations regarding the drivers of mobile phone use. The majority of the users belong to the so-called âfarmersâ, where the dominant causes of mobile phone use are different from the rest ones. More specifically, causes such as region and number of young persons resisting in the households were among the main reasons that compel them to obtain mobile telephony subscription and use. |
| Keywords: | binomial logit model, change facilitation, mobile telephony, rural areas, survey, Community/Rural/Urban Development, C01, D83, R11, R58, |
| Date: | 2010–08 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:eaa118:95312&r=tur |
| By: | Nogar, Ada Graciela |
| Keywords: | Agribusiness, Agricultural and Food Policy, Community/Rural/Urban Development, Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety, Labor and Human Capital, |
| Date: | 2010–10–27 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:eaa116:95209&r=tur |
| By: | Mettepenningen, Evy; Mazodier, Marion; Vandermeulen, Valerie; Van Huylenbroeck, Guido |
| Abstract: | Regional development is receiving a lot of attention nowadays in European policy. A possible stepping stone to achieve regional development is regional identity. This paper investigates whether regional identity can contribute to the specific case of agricultural regional development. One possible way for agriculture to profit from regional identity is by diversifying farm activities. The paper shows that regional identity can stimulate farmers to take up diversification and can also stimulate inhabitants of the region to consume products directly from the farmer. |
| Keywords: | Regional identity, regional development, multifunctional agriculture, diversification, farm income, Community/Rural/Urban Development, |
| Date: | 2010–08 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:eaa118:94894&r=tur |
| By: | Bergevoet, Ron; Kuipers, Abele; Marija, Klopcic |
| Abstract: | Agriculture in Slovenia is characterized by less-favourable natural and structural conditions. The degree of competitiveness of the whole agro-food sector will eventually decide whether farmers and industry will be able to compete on the EU market. Slovenian agriculture at the moment still lacks competitiveness Farmers that want to stay into business will have to further develop their farm. For farm development, besides craftsmanship and management skills increasingly entrepreneurial competencies are needed. To get insight into the entrepreneurial characteristics of Slovenian dairy farmers by investigating the opportunities and threats as perceived by farmers (external factors) to establish a future in rural Slovenia in the relation to internal factors (farmersâ and farm characteristics) and future strategy of the farmer. |
| Keywords: | rural development, structural changes, farmers, strategies, Slovenia, Community/Rural/Urban Development, Q18, |
| Date: | 2010 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:eaa118:94614&r=tur |
| By: | Monasterolo, Irene; Coppola, Nicola |
| Abstract: | The analysis of the experiences of Central and Eastern European Countries (CEEs) in transition, which became EU members in the historical 2004 (and 2007) enlargement, evidences the importance of timing and targeting policy intervention for a balanced growth (Monasterolo et. al, 2008). In fact, even if the Countries, till the last financial and economic crisis, showed a clear path of convergence (EC, 2008; EC, 2009) with EU average levels of development thanks to a sustained growth in GDP, at the same time they had to face a notable increase in regional inequality (Brasili, 2005), mainly driven by the persisting backwardness of agricultural and rural areas. The European pre-accession funds had limited effect in preventing the spread in internal divergence because of the lack of ex ante and in itinere monitoring and evaluation (Monasterolo, 2008). Moreover, they failed in addressing specific problems and needs of so variegated areas due to the deficiencies in identifying and defining the characteristics of rural areas (Csáki, 2009). This paper will introduce a new map of Serbia, a current EU pre-accession Country, where a clear identification of rural areas is still lacking (Bogdanov, 2007). We identified the dynamic characteristics of urban and rural areas as well as their strengths and weaknesses, computing a principal components analysis on a group of 37 socio-economic, agricultural and structural variables, which are available periodically at a municipality level. Then, we delineated homogeneous regions through the cluster analysis. This disaggregated mapping at the local level represents the fundamental starting point for developing integrated and diversified rural policies, enriched by a bottom up approach, following a neo-endogenous vision (Hubbard, 2009). |
| Keywords: | mapping rural areas, policy targeting, RD policy evaluation, EU enlargement, Community/Rural/Urban Development, O18, P25, R58, |
| Date: | 2010–08 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:eaa118:94737&r=tur |
| By: | Mozzoni, I. |
| Abstract: | Promouvoir le développement économique et social d'un territoire commence par la reconnaissance de la vocation intime du territoire même. La vocation de la Province de Parme est sans doute orientée vers le secteur agroalimentaire. L'impact de l'agro-alimentaire, lié aux produits locaux, sur le domaine socio-économique en question, est essentiel, non seulement pour la valeur de la production industrielle et l'attraction de nouveaux investissements, mais aussi pour la relance du tourisme dans la région. Avec la redécouverte de la culture « locale » par les consommateurs, le rôle des produits typiques est devenu de plus en plus considérable par l'importance accordée à lâassociation « produit typique â terroir » et « produit typique - processus de production locale ». Le « cercle vertueux » qui peut être activé prévoit la mise en oeuvre dâactions pour souligner les relations entre les productions typiques et les autres composantes du terroir afin de fournir tous les biens et services demandés par les consommateurs, y compris le paysage, la culture, lâenvironnement, les traditions et lâimage globale du territoire. Les initiatives liées au tourisme enogastronomique sont en accord avec ce contexte. Les « Musei del Cibo» (Musées du Gout) font partie dâun réseau muséal déplacé sur le territoire, situé dans la province de Parme, dédié aux produits typiques et locaux où la collection en représente lâhistoire des produits et les traditions qui les ont accompagnées. Ils sont, en effet, une initiative qui développe les relations entre produit typique, ou local, et les autres composantes du territoire, rendant visible, au même temps, ces rapports à l'extérieur. |
| Keywords: | Produits typiques, Tourisme enogastronomique, Musées dâIdentités, Agribusiness, Agricultural and Food Policy, Community/Rural/Urban Development, Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety, Labor and Human Capital, |
| Date: | 2010–10–27 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:eaa116:95208&r=tur |