research papers rural development

Definition. Rural development involves efforts that are eco-. nomic and social in nature intended to encourage. concepts of retention, growth, and expansion in. areas outside cities, including ...

The Journal of Rural Studies publishes cutting-edge research that advances understanding and analysis of contemporary rural societies, economies, cultures and lifestyles; the definition and representation of rurality; the formulation, implementation …. View full aims & scope. $3850. Article publishing charge.

The sustainable development of local communities has as its major objectives protecting the environment, fighting poverty, improving the quality of life, and developing and maintaining a viable ...

The level of knowledge and the implementation of rural women of some of the recommendations of the national project for the cultivation of potatoes in the Lake, Ismailia. Research Bulletin No. 270. Research Institute of Agricultural Extension and Rural Development, Ministry of Agriculture.

This paper is now seen as the starting point of what came to be known later in the 1990s as the ‘sustainable livelihoods approach’. At the time its aims were less ambitious, and emerged out of on-going conversations between the two authors who saw important links between their respective concerns with ‘putting the last first’ in development practice and agro-ecosystem analysis and the ...

Here, we conduct a systematic literature review to investigate the impacts of rural transformation on gender and the influence of gender inclusiveness on rural transformation. We reviewed 82 studies from 1960–2021 that explore the relationships between rural transformation and gender. We then developed a framework that captures incidences and ...

1. Sustainable Development approaches for rural development and poverty alleviation. 1.1. History of Sustainable Development and its significance to Rural Development. Although the origins of Sustainable Development (SD) can be traced to the seventies, is in the World Commission on Environment and Development in 1987 (WCED or

Rural depopulation is a worldwide fact and has a domino effect on medium and small cities, which act as a nucleus of reference for small towns. Moreover, the United Nations (UN) stressed that disparities between rural and urban areas are pronounced and still growing over time. Globally, people in rural areas lack access to modern energy services, which affects productivity, educational and ...

Essays on Agriculture and Rural Development in Developing Countries Abstract In these three essays, I analyse the effects of institutions on rural development through the lens of natural resource management in chapter 1, agricultural productivity in chapter 2, and rural agglomeration economies in chapter 3. In chapter 1, we study whether the