Multifunctional Agriculture

Multifunctional Agriculture
Author: G. A. Wilson
Publisher: CABI
Total Pages: 386
Release: 2007
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1845932579

In a time of great agricultural and rural change, the notion of 'multifunctionality' has remained under-theorized and poorly linked to the debates in the social sciences. This book analyses the extent to which the proposed transition towards post-productivist agriculture holds up to scientific scrutiny, and proposes a new transition theory.

Agriculture and Public Goods

Agriculture and Public Goods
Author: Francesco Vanni
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 158
Release: 2013-10-01
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 9400774575

The debate on the future orientation of the EU Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) is increasingly shaped by the role of agriculture in providing public goods, and there is a broad consensus that this approach will be particularly relevant in legitimating the policy intervention in agriculture in the future. In the context of this debate, it is not clear to what extent collective action could be taken into consideration as a valuable alternative to market or state regulation in contributing to the provision of public goods, and to what extent it is possible to design and implement agricultural policies that incorporate a collective and collaborative approach between different stakeholders in rural areas. Through an in depth analysis two case studies in Italy, the book provides insights to both the policy and the theoretical debate on the role of collective action for the public goods associated to agriculture. ​

Multifunctionality in Agriculture

Multifunctionality in Agriculture
Author:
Publisher: OECD
Total Pages: 140
Release: 2005-12-15
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN:

Agricultural activity can produce environmental services, or have negative effects such as creating pollution.This report sheds light on the potential of non-government solutions such as the development of market mechanisms, and the promotion of private transactions and voluntary approaches to provide the best alternative in some situations. A typology has been developed and fourteen specific cases are examined, illustrating a wide diversity of situations in a range of OECD countries. The examples analysed range from the use of market price premiums to environmental trusts, easements, and tradable credits or quotas, and cover both positive and negative externalities. This report synthesises the findings of the case studies, focusing on the implications for government's role, and assessing the relative efficiency, equity and stability of the approaches described compared to direct government intervention.

Handbook on the Globalisation of Agriculture

Handbook on the Globalisation of Agriculture
Author: Guy M. Robinson
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
Total Pages: 525
Release: 2015-06-29
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0857939831

This Handbook provides insights to the ways in which globalisation is affecting the whole agri-food system from farms to the consumer. It covers themes including the physical basis of agriculture, the influence of trade policies, the nature of globalis

The Implementation Costs of Agricultural Policies

The Implementation Costs of Agricultural Policies
Author: OECD
Publisher: OECD Publishing
Total Pages: 201
Release: 2007-04-03
Genre:
ISBN: 9264024549

This report suggest ways to reduce the costs of implementing and monitoring agricultural policies without compromising the aims of the policies.

Community-based Rural Tourism and Entrepreneurship

Community-based Rural Tourism and Entrepreneurship
Author: Yasuo Ohe
Publisher: Springer Nature
Total Pages: 329
Release: 2019-11-18
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9811503834

To meet the rising demand for scientific evidence in the context of rural tourism research, this book explores tourism and tourism-related diversification activities performed by farming households and entrepreneurs in rural communities. To do so it adopts a consistent conceptual and empirical microeconomic approach and employs econometric methodology. Community-based rural tourism (CBRT) is attracting increasing interest in both developed and developing countries, since tourism is considered an effective way to promote rural development in all parts of the globe. Further, because information and communication technologies are developing rapidly, new types of communities are now formed more easily than ever. As such, this book covers not only traditional, closed agrarian communities, but also emerging communities formed by local nonprofit organizations (NPOs) and national networks of farmers who provide educational tourism for consumers. These emerging communities are beyond the range of traditional agrarian communities and complement each other, which helps overcome obstacles to rural tourism for farm operators and urban residents. Those communities also nurture the rural entrepreneurship that eventually will create a sustainable urban–rural relationship. This study—the first of its kind—contributes to the advancement of research on rural tourism from a microeconomic perspective. It presents a conceptual framework for understanding rural tourism from a microeconomic perspective; empirically clarifies the specific issues and constraints for the development of CBRT; and also investigates how to overcome these issues.

Rural Landscapes and Agricultural Policies in Europe

Rural Landscapes and Agricultural Policies in Europe
Author: Annette Piorr
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 322
Release: 2009-10-29
Genre: Law
ISBN: 3540794700

These are the final results and reflections of the project MEA-Scope. This project with the full title “Micro-economic instruments for impact assessment of multifunctional agriculture to implement the model of European Agriculture” was a pioneering project. It was among the first which were funded in the new activity Scientific Support to Policies of the th 6 Research Framework Programme. Policy decisions – especially at the European level – are never easy. What policy-makers decide will potentially affect the lives of millions of people for many years. This makes reaching informed decisions crucial, and scientific research can help illuminate their policy choices. MEA-Scope was one of two projects which addressed the research p- orities for European Rural areas which were identified in an EC workshop on Multifunctionality in Agriculture in 2001. Scientific Support to Policies in the Research Framework Programme is facing the challenge to identify in the discussions between policy makers and the research community those topics which can be addressed in a m- term strategic research programme. When the research topic was published Multifunctionality of Agriculture was among the concepts with many - search questions open. It was considered that positivistic approaches into technology aspects of agriculture, forestry and other rural activities based on natural resources and land use are needed, as well as more normative research with regard to trade, food quality and safety, animal welfare, en- ronment, rural development and cultural issues.