International Comparative Rural Policy Studies
by Stuty Maskey 04/07/2012 My work, in broad sense, requires me to connect rural economy to the market system. Recently I was out in a field trip assessing the capacity to up-scale smallholder businesses dependent on forest resources. My trip got extended by a day due to lack of transportation to return home and I decided Read More …
By the editors, 19/06/2012 We have gathered links to some of the stuff we have come across online this week that we think could be of interest to (former) ICRPS participants and faculty: Participants in the Summer Insitute in Norway heard Nobel Laureate Elinor Ostrom speak a year ago. She recently passed away. How local Read More …
by Stuty Maskey, 25/04/2012 As rural economies, especially in the developing parts of the world, are getting haphazardly exposed to the latest market calls for organic products, natural fibers, exotic herbs etc., several such resource rich areas are undergoing changes in their social/cultural values with deep and long term ramifications. On the one hand, in Read More …