International Comparative Rural Policy Studies
by the editors, 06/02/2013 OECD 8th Rural Development Policy Conference: The presentations of the OECD 8th Rural Development Policy Conference are now available online. Rural Land in Australia: A framework for the measurement and analysis of nationwide patterns of ownership change, aggregation and fragmentation. The Greening of Canadian Agriculture – How to make farmers better stewards of the Read More …
by the editors 15/01/2013 Articles on food waste has been recurring in our Recently Read column. Latest news on this front is a new report that states that 2 billion tons of all food – 50 % of all food produced – ends up as waste. What challenges is agriculture facing? Five scenarios for 2050. Read More …
by the editors 18/12/2012 Rural Areas in Transition: Services of General Interest, Entrepreneurship and Quality of Life – IAMO Forum 2013 to be held in Halle (Saale), Germany 19-21 June 2013 U.S. Intelligence Agencies See a Different World in 2030 including increased urbanization, shifting economic power, and resource shortages (including food and water). FAO calls for Read More …
by the editors 9/12/12 John Devlin posted a link too the ICRPS Linked in page, under the headline “Mobilized rural communities can beat multinationals”: Critics celebrate surprise end of mega quarry north of Toronto An MP3 recording from a forum hosted by the Farm Foundation in the US entitled “Perspectives on Global Agricultural Policies”. “Good Read More …
by the editors 20/11/2012 The Problem Is Clear: The Water Is Filthy. Rural communities in California struggles to find solutions to their problems with dirty drinking water according to The New York Times (Thanks for the tip, John Devlin!) Canada’s Corn Belt Attracts the Hot Money Fostering Community Economic Development with Ethical Consumption: An Read More …
by the editors 13/11/2012 Rural Futures Lab: (Local) Food for Thought: A Value Chain in Action. A rural blog takes a closer look at the locivore movement in Ohio. Impacts of Bio Energy on Food Security, according to FAO. An attempt to quantify the economic contribution of rural communities in Alberta, Canada. FAO also says Involving Read More …
by the editors 24/10/2012 OECD report on renewable energy policies and their economic impact on the rural areas (including contribution from our own John Bryden) World wide decline in hunger? The UN´s Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) says “Hunger: Not a billion after all“ Co-operatives key to feeding a growing population Recently Read is a weekly Read More …
by the editors 16/10/2012 A geography professor at the University of Guelph says to the BBC that we are currently eating more food than we are producing. In Africa, the well known migration pattern from the rural to the urban seems to be slowing down, according to researchers. Superweeds, superpests: The Legacy of Pesticides Recently Read is a Read More …
by the editors, 2/10/2012 The articles this week have one thing in common – they contemplate the future of farming, in one way or the other. Could water shortage force us all into vegetarianism sometime in the future? A FAO publication says targeted policies and capacity building is crucial for livestock sector developement and poverty Read More …
by the editors 19/09/2012 Recently Read is a weekly column where we share some of the links we have come across that are related to rural development in one way or the other, and that we think Summer Institute alumni will find interesting. Farming Goes High-Tech In The Amazon For research to move from the Read More …