International Comparative Rural Policy Studies
by Kjersti, 22/07/2014 Dear ICRPS 2014 alumni, first of all, thank you very much Bill, Fabio, Subi, Kate, Tristeen, Haniel, Mikaël, Md, Venus, Regional Developement group 1, Brett, Pierre, Raymond, Anthony, Salman, Erin, Charles, Aaron, Dan, Marco, Mary, Ryan, Myriam and Ernest for your day to day contributions from the 11th ICRPS Summer Institute in Read More …
by the editors 17/07/2014 Here´s the last Recently Read for the season. Enjoy! According to a new article in the Pew Reserch Center website, Americans have the cheapest food in history, and this unprecedented abundance is largely responsible for our current obesity epidemic. Water and Climate Risks Facing U.S. Corn Production: How Companies and Investors Can Cultivate Read More …
by the editors 25/05/2014 Your food is a super model. Watch Berlin based Anja Fiedler from “Harvest the City” (German: Stadt macht satt) speak about great soulutions to food waste on TEDx Hamburg: The U.S. Global Change Research Program recently released their latest climate assessment report (released every four years). The agricultural sector is addressed in Chapter Read More …
by the editors 28/03/2014 Exploring Rurality was founded two years ago by ICRPS alumnae Kjersti Nordskog and Katja Cappelen as a place for professional discussion, exchange of ideas and community building within the ICRPS network. In November 2012 Exploring Rurality was lucky to have ICRPS alumni Eric Marr from Canada join the editor team. Now Read More …
by the editors 13/03/2014 The Journal of Rural and Community Development has released a new, special edition on Rural Geography – Rural Development. USDA Regional Climate Hubs: USDA’s regional hubs will deliver information to farmers, ranchers and forest landowners to help them adapt to climate change and weather variability. Slow food youth gardens in South Africa promote Read More …
By the editors 04/03/2014 As announced in early January, Exploring Rurality will be expanding the team of editors this year. We want to bring a new editor on board and are looking for any volunteers. As part of the editing team you will have a great opportunity to develop the blog further and to keep Read More …
by the editors 31/01/2014 Here is a sampling of what we have Recently Read. Enjoy! UN Report on Small-Scale Organic Farming LiDAR laser scanning reveals that New England once was quite a farming Eldorado (via sciencemag.org) ICRPS Faculty member Doug Ramsey wins award for research paper on how rural communities better can promote themselves as tourist Read More …
by the editors 16/01/2014 What makes a PhD become a fruit picker? (via NPR news) ‘Meat Atlas’ charts a changing world of meat eaters article from BBC News and the full report from the Heinrich Boell Foundation– an interesting report about the meat industry, purchasing and dietary habits worldwide, and the implications on the economy and Read More …
by the editors 10/01/2014 Dear Readers, welcome to a new year of Exploring Rurality. We hope you have had a happy holiday and a good start to the New Year. The editing team of this blog have had a few weeks off from blogging, but are now back. Exploring Rurality in 2014 A new year Read More …
by the editors, 4/12/2013 The Norwegian Agricultural Research Institute (NILF), ICRPS´ Norwegian Partner has a PhD-scholarship available. The scholarship is part of the project “Agronomy for increased food production in Norway, challenges and solutions” – a partnership between the Norwegian Institute for Agricultural and Environmental Research (Bioforsk), Norwegian University of Life Sciences, NILF and other national Read More …