International Comparative Rural Policy Studies
by the editors, 01/12/2013 Curious about what we have read lately? Here is a few links that we hope can be of interest to you: A personal story about climate change and smallholder farmers “What My Great Grandfather Taught Me About Climate Change And Agriculture“ Economic growth is not everything, GDP does not capture the Read More …
by the editors, 21/11/2013 It’s been a few weeks but here are some of the resources we have Recently Read: Support to agriculture rising again, says Agricultural Policy Monitoring and Evaluation 2013: OECD Countries and Emerging Economies Local Strategies for Youth Employment from the OECD Seven strategies for small-town survival from a 5 part series on small town Read More …
by the editors 14/11/2013 Finally, after a month the servers are now back on and Exploring Rurality is online yet again! Our sudden disappearance was caused by a hacker attack on one of the servers of Brandon University in Canada. Brandon U is one of the partner institutions of ICRPS, and they have been so kind Read More …
by the editors, 6/10/2013 These are some of the articles we have come across lately. We hope you enjoy! The 9th OECD Rural Developement Policy Confererence will be held in Bologna, Italy 23-25th of October. The topic is Rural-Urban Partnerships: An Integrated Approach to Economic Developement Norway invests $23.7 million in crop diversity to ensure Read More …
by the editors 04/10/2013 The journal Modern Economy is planning an issue on Rural development, and a call for papers has now been released. Find the call for papers here. Potential topics include, but are not limited to: Rural development Economic viability Rural communities Regional development Rural-urban migration Urbanization PS. Thanks for the tip, John B.! Read More …
by the editors 29/09/2013 A PhD-opportunity on the topic of African urban agriculture is available at the University of Lund in southern Sweden, in cooperation with the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences and the University of Nairobi, Kenya. The title of the project is “African urban agriculture: environmental, social and economic challenges and prospects under Read More …
by the editors 9/9/2013 “Global Food Security: Challenges for the Food and Agricultural System” from the OECD How do you get young people to be excited about becoming a farmer? (The Guardian) In the US, the number of farms operated by women is increasing, according to Public News Service. It is estimated that more than Read More …
With these photos we wish you all a wonderful summer! The editors will take a summer vacation from the blog – but we are back with new updates in mid/end of August. Feel free to e-mail us contributions to the blog during the summer: exploringrurality@gmail.com Best, Katja, Eric and Kjersti Photos courtesy of Immaculate Nabisere, Read More …
by the editors, 8/7/2013 FAO Statistical Yearbook paints a big, and detailed, picture of food and agriculture. International Energy Agency (IEA) report shows how to stop growth in energy-related emissions by 2020 at no net economic cost. Rural Transit: A Matter of Life or Death, and in Danger Climate Change Adaptation and Canada’s Crops & Food Supply Read More …
ICRPS 2013 has now started in Bertinoro, Italy. We hope all the participants have a wonderful time, learn a lot about comparative rural policy and rural developement and make new friends! Enjoy! Best, Katja, Eric and Kjersti