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1. AIDS-affected young people’s access to livelihood assets: Exploring ‘new variant famine’ in rural southern Africa

Author:
Ansell, Nicola; Hajdu, Flora; van Blerk, Lorraine; Robson, Elsbeth
Source:
Journal of rural studies 2016 v.46 pp. 23-34
ISSN:
0743-0167
Subject:
assets; children; famine; food security; livelihood; qualitative analysis; rural youth; Lesotho; Malawi
Abstract:
... The ‘new variant famine’ hypothesis suggests AIDS is contributing to food insecurity in southern Africa. Proposed causal mechanisms include a loss of livelihood assets and skills, brought about through AIDS′ impacts on children’s access to inherited property and intergenerationally-transferred knowledge. This paper employs a sustainable livelihoods framework to examine how AIDS is impacting on you ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.jrurstud.2016.05.008

2. Attitudes toward shale oil development in western North Dakota: The role of place based community values in attitude formation

Author:
Fernando, Felix N.; Cooley, Dennis R.
Source:
Journal of rural studies 2016 v.46 pp. 132-146
ISSN:
0743-0167
Subject:
attitudes and opinions; business enterprises; decision making; issues and policy; oil shale; planning; public services and goods; social support; stakeholders; North Dakota
Abstract:
... Shale oil development can bring great reward to a community with greater opportunity, but also poses challenges to longtime community members, policy makers, businesses, and newcomers. Key to solving these challenges in a way that maximizes stakeholder interest is identifying the various place based community values and the attitudes of the stakeholders towards development. This article explicates ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.jrurstud.2016.06.008

3. Cooperation and resistance: Negotiating rubber in upland Philippines

Author:
Montefrio, Marvin Joseph F.
Source:
Journal of rural studies 2016 v.46 pp. 111-120
ISSN:
0743-0167
Subject:
crops; ecology; field experimentation; forests; highlands; land use; politics; rubber; shifting cultivation; Philippines
Abstract:
... The production of rubber has encountered varied reactions among upland smallholder populations in Asia—some have cooperated while others resisted. While the general scholarship on smallholder behavior vis-à-vis rubber production has extensively examined perspectives in political economy/ecology, few have studied the role of environmental constructions, discourses and practices in elucidating spati ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.jrurstud.2016.06.013

4. Distributional justice in solar energy implementation in India: The case of Charanka solar park

Author:
Yenneti, Komali; Day, Rosie
Source:
Journal of rural studies 2016 v.46 pp. 35-46
ISSN:
0743-0167
Subject:
case studies; economic development; energy; farmers; livelihood; poverty; rural areas; social justice; solar energy; India
Abstract:
... Large scale renewable energy developments, although seen as environmentally good, also have the potential to damage a community’s well-being if the distribution of outcomes of the development, both good and bad, is unfair. Inequality in the distribution of benefits and costs, especially when some sections of a community benefit at the expense of others, can divide communities, damage relationships ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.jrurstud.2016.05.009

5. Exploring the concept of farm household innovation capacity in relation to farm diversification in policy context

Author:
Mc Fadden, Terence; Gorman, Monica
Source:
Journal of rural studies 2016 v.46 pp. 60-70
ISSN:
0743-0167
Subject:
case studies; expert opinion; extension education; farm numbers; farming systems; farms; governance; households; issues and policy; motivation; socioeconomics; Ireland
Abstract:
... Innovation is critical for the development of European farming. It has consequences in terms of changing roles for farm households and their capacity to develop new skills to be competitive, and also for the structures of governance required to support innovation and diversification. The innovative and diversification process is complex for farm households. It requires synergistic combinations of ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.jrurstud.2016.05.006

6. Factors associated with small-scale agricultural machinery adoption in Bangladesh: Census findings

Author:
Mottaleb, Khondoker Abdul; Krupnik, Timothy J.; Erenstein, Olaf
Source:
Journal of rural studies 2016 v.46 pp. 155-168
ISSN:
0743-0167
Subject:
advocacy; agricultural machinery and equipment; assets; census data; credit; economic investment; farmers; farms; households; infrastructure; irrigation; issues and policy; labor; markets; ownership; pumps; purchasing; tillage; tractors; Bangladesh
Abstract:
... There is strong advocacy for agricultural machinery appropriate for smallholder farmers in South Asia. Such ‘scale-appropriate’ machinery can increase returns to land and labour, although the still substantial capital investment required can preclude smallholder ownership. Increasing machinery demand has resulted in relatively well-developed markets for rental services for tillage, irrigation, and ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.jrurstud.2016.06.012
PubMed:
27524857
PubMed Central:
PMC4973803

7. Government within governance? Polish rural development partnerships through the lens of functional representation

Author:
Furmankiewicz, Marek; Macken-Walsh, Áine
Source:
Journal of rural studies 2016 v.46 pp. 12-22
ISSN:
0743-0167
Subject:
European Union; committees; decision making; governance; interviews; issues and policy; rural development; Poland
Abstract:
... Functional interest representation, which relates to the representation of discrete sectoral or professional interests, is a fundamental concept underpinning the organisational methodology of EU governance and programmes such as LEADER. The policy rationalisation of LEADER is premised on creating alliances between diverse functional interests so that development can be approached in an integrated ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.jrurstud.2016.05.004

8. High nature value mountain farming systems in Europe: Case studies from the Atlantic Pyrenees, France and the Kerry Uplands, Ireland

Author:
O’Rourke, Eileen; Charbonneau, Marion; Poinsot, Yves
Source:
Journal of rural studies 2016 v.46 pp. 47-59
ISSN:
0743-0167
Subject:
European Union; agricultural land; animals; biodiversity; breeds; case studies; ecosystem services; extensive farming; farms; grazing; grazing management; habitats; highlands; issues and policy; landscapes; markets; models; natural resources conservation; rural economics; social capital; France; Ireland
Abstract:
... The term high nature value (HNV) farming, acknowledges that the conservation of a large proportion of European biodiversity and important semi-natural habitats are dependent on low-input, mainly extensive farming practices. HNV has become a focus for nature conservation and countryside management in Europe. This paper critically analyses the drivers of change and the challenges facing two European ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.jrurstud.2016.05.010

9. Pro-poor? Inclusion and exclusion in native potato value chains in the central highlands of Peru

Author:
Tobin, Daniel; Glenna, Leland; Devaux, Andre
Source:
Journal of rural studies 2016 v.46 pp. 71-80
ISSN:
0743-0167
Subject:
Solanum tuberosum; case studies; growers; highlands; household surveys; households; interviews; issues and policy; livelihood; markets; potato chips; potatoes; risk; social benefit; socioeconomic status; supply chain; Peru
Abstract:
... Including smallholding farmers in high value markets has emerged as a pro-poor development strategy. Through a case study of a project that intended to incorporate native potato growers in the central Peruvian highlands into corporate potato chip value chains, this study investigates social differentiation among participants and nonparticipants, as well as reasons for households’ inclusion or excl ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.jrurstud.2016.06.002

10. Resource use conflict in agrarian communities, management and challenges: A case of farmer-herdsmen conflict in Kogi State, Nigeria

Author:
Dimelu, Mabel Ukamaka; Salifu, Edward Danjuma; Igbokwe, Edwin M.
Source:
Journal of rural studies 2016 v.46 pp. 147-154
ISSN:
0743-0167
Subject:
agricultural land; animals; commercialization; committees; conflict management; crop residues; crops; data collection; farmers; funding; grazing; issues and policy; livelihood; politics; pollution; statistical analysis; villages; Nigeria
Abstract:
... The study examined causes of conflict and effectiveness of management strategies in agrarian communities of Kogi State, Nigeria. A total 135 crop famers and 72 herdsmen were randomly selected and used for the study. Data were collected by use of structured interview schedule, focus group discussion and personal observation. The analysis was conducted using descriptive statistics and standard devia ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.jrurstud.2016.06.011

11. Tensions in Ontario rural churches among long-term members, newcomers, and local residents

Author:
McLellan, Janet; Barrett, Joel R.
Source:
Journal of rural studies 2016 v.46 pp. 121-131
ISSN:
0743-0167
Subject:
attitudes and opinions; buildings; cities; leadership; models; rural areas; social capital; traditions; volunteerism; Ontario
Abstract:
... Religious decline in small-town rural Ontario churches has created a vulnerability in their systems of belonging, including reduced levels of volunteerism that have traditionally provided significant sources of social capital within churches themselves and for the larger community. Attempts to counter this decline have also created the potential for conflict and tensions amongst church members. Ne ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.jrurstud.2016.06.010

12. The basic motivational drivers of northern and central European farmers

Author:
Baur, Ivo; Dobricki, Martin; Lips, Markus
Source:
Journal of rural studies 2016 v.46 pp. 93-101
ISSN:
0743-0167
Subject:
farmers; humans; income; issues and policy; land management; motivation; public services and goods; society; surveys; Austria; Denmark; Finland; Germany; Netherlands; Sweden; Switzerland
Abstract:
... Farmers are key actors in land management confronted with society’s increasing demand for public goods. Understanding farmers’ values and motivations is essential to policy makers to foster more sustainable production practices. So far, no definite value profile for European farmers exists. Based on Schwartz’s theory of basic human values, we statistically analyzed six rounds of the European Socia ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.jrurstud.2016.06.001

13. The role of social learning in fostering farmers’ pro-environmental values and intentions

Author:
Noguera-Méndez, Pedro; Molera, Lourdes; Semitiel-García, María
Source:
Journal of rural studies 2016 v.46 pp. 81-92
ISSN:
0743-0167
Subject:
farmers; issues and policy; learning; natural resource management; Cuba
Abstract:
... In interventions to achieve sustainability, social learning plays a prominent and growing role as a framework strategy in changing behaviors and intentions. Many interventions have been designed to achieve better performances in natural resource management, but the literature studying the effects on values and intentions is scarce. This paper studies the effects of the Local Agrarian Innovative Pr ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.jrurstud.2016.06.003

14. Transnationalising entrepreneurship in a peripheral region – The translocal embeddedness paradigm

Author:
Dubois, Alexandre
Source:
Journal of rural studies 2016 v.46 pp. 1-11
ISSN:
0743-0167
Subject:
entrepreneurship; globalization; markets; Sweden
Abstract:
... In a time when regional innovation strategies have to increasingly be place-based, the ability of small firms to engage in globalized networks appears as a necessary condition for the competitiveness of peripheral regions. To date, there is only scarce scientific evidence about what conditions enable peripheral small firms to be innovative and successfully positioned in global markets. Using trans ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.jrurstud.2016.05.003

15. “Watching the bank balance build up then blow away and the rain clouds do the same”: A thematic analysis of South Australian farmers’ sources of stress during drought

Author:
Fennell, Kate M.; Jarrett, Claire E.; Kettler, Lisa J.; Dollman, James; Turnbull, Deborah A.
Source:
Journal of rural studies 2016 v.46 pp. 102-110
ISSN:
0743-0167
Subject:
business enterprises; cattle; crop yield; death; drought; farmers; farming systems; females; input costs; mental health; questionnaires; rain; sheep; spouses; uncertainty; South Australia
Abstract:
... To investigate causes of farmers’ stress during drought, 309 drought-affected South Australian farmers and their spouses, mainly from sheep, cattle and/or gain properties, ranging in age from 23 to 85 years (34.6% female) completed a questionnaire. Demographic and work-related details were collected and participants were asked to list their most stressful experiences in the past month and past 12 ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.jrurstud.2016.05.005