One of the U.S. Department of Agriculture Rural Development’s most popular programs is the funding for public water and sewer infrastructure projects in rural communities. This article reviews the water and sewer infrastructure projects funded in the state of Oklahoma between 1990 and...

A survey of 1599 randomly selected Florida households was conducted in 2012 to evaluate the consumer characteristics and economic impacts of local food purchases through retail stores, restaurants, and direct-to-consumer market channels. The total annual value of local food purchases averaged...

Este trabajo pretende identificar, en el contexto actual de crisis económica, los factores asociados a la resiliencia territorial en el medio rural andaluz. Para ello se ha diseñado una metodología que, aplicada en dos períodos de tiempo (2000-2008 y 2008-2012), permite, por una parte, y...

In the article one presented changes in the resource allocation of the land and the agricultural labour in 30 countries. One paid attention on the differentiation in these processes in countries. We presented dominant processes and curiosities. One evidenced the meaning of the financial support...

The article presents changes in the structure of total agricultural holdings and in individual agricultural holdings with the area exceeding 1 ha in years 2002 and 2010. Those changes resulted from the increased concentration of land in agricultural holdings with over 20 ha of arable land. The...

The paper discusses the question of social meaning of small agriculture holdings. The main purpose of the paper was to present basic social roles of small agriculture holdings. Particular attention has been focused on the fact that the society requires the functioning of these entities by...

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Many developing countries are experiencing a food system transformation with a rapid growth of supermarkets. Research has shown that smallholder farmers can benefit from supplying supermarkets in terms of higher productivity and income. Here, we analyze impacts on farm household nutrition....

Food systems in developing countries are transforming, involving a rapid expansion of supermarkets. This supermarket revolution may affect dietary patterns and nutrition, but empirical evidence is scarce. The few existing studies have analyzed implications for food consumers and producers...

To study the persistence of cultural norms that mandate respect towards the elder, we conducted an artefactual field experiment in two cities in Ghana. Using a public good game with third-party punishment, we find that punisher's age is an important determinant of cooperation. Our results...