The key to success and competitive agriculture are the ability of adaptation, dissemination and application of new technologies for faster modernization which requires general education. The application of knowledge must be accompanied by improvement of the educational structure of the...

It has long been clear that rural economy involves not only agriculture, but all human, social, natural and material resources in rural areas. Human resources are of particular importance since limitations in human capital may limit the use of other resources and could be (and often they are) a...

The main objective of this paper is to discuss the basic features of a strategy aiming to make one post conflict rural area more open, ready to cooperate and innovate and ready to take responsibility for its development. Therefore, we explore the possibilities for implementation of Area Based...

This study employs mathematical programming to examine the trade-off between improving biophysical attributes and preserving ecosystem services, using Southern Tanzania as a case study. This study used data primarily collected via household surveys. This study tries to provide insights into...

The US economy was hit hard by a recession during 2008–2009, which is considered the longest and most severe economic crisis since the end of Great Depression. The recession affected individual economic well-being through unemployment, stock market crashes, and falling real estate prices, all...

Landless agricultural laborers and marginal farmers constitute much of India’s poor. As population growth increases and more people enter an expanding rural labor force, either they must eke out a living in the rural sector or add to the growing pressure on the country’s urban areas....

The agro-food sector is strategic for the regions of the Great West of France. Based on interviews of 27 companies in the two industrial sectors of poultry and processed food, we show that the internal resources of the firm and its territorial embeddedness may be important factors determining...

This work was financed by the International Development Research Center (IDRC), and leaded by the Center of Studies for Economic Development (CEDE) from Universidad de los Andes and the Latin-American and the Caribbean Environmental Economics Program (LACEEP), through the project “The...

In 2003, China launched a new health insurance system - the New Cooperative Medicine Scheme (NCMS) in its rural areas, where more than 87 percent of China’ rural residents were not covered by any health insurance programs. By the end of 2009, the NCMS had expanded to cover 95 percent of...