The social, economic and institutional factors affecting adoption of soil conservation practices: the Asian experience

1991 ◽  
Vol 20 (2-4) ◽  
pp. 365-382 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ted L. Napier ◽  
Anthony S. Napier ◽  
Mark A. Tucker
Keyword(s):  
Soil Conservation ◽  
Social Economic ◽  
Institutional Factors ◽  
Conservation Practices ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
The Social

Is independence really an opportunity? The experience of entrepreneur-mothers

2018 ◽  
Vol 25 (2) ◽  
pp. 313-329 ◽  
Author(s):  
Meraiah Foley ◽  
Marian Baird ◽  
Rae Cooper ◽  
Sue Williamson
Keyword(s):  
Conceptual Understanding ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Institutional Factors ◽  
Family Obligations ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Self Employment ◽  
The Social ◽  
Practical Implications

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore how entrepreneur-mothers experience independence in the transition to entrepreneurship, and whether they perceive independence as an agentic, opportunity-maximisation motive or a constrained, necessity-driven response. Design/methodology/approach Adopting a qualitative and interpretive approach, the authors analysed interviews with 60 entrepreneur-mothers to refine conceptual understanding of independence. Findings The authors find that entrepreneur-mothers experience independence not as an opportunity, but as a functional necessity in managing the temporal and perceived moral demands of motherhood. The authors assert that there is a fundamental difference between wanting independence to pursue a more autonomous lifestyle, and needing independence to attend to family obligations, a difference that is not adequately captured in the existing conceptualisation of independence. Consequently, the authors propose the classification of “family-driven entrepreneurship” to capture the social and institutional factors that may disproportionately push women with caregiving responsibilities towards self-employment. Practical implications This paper proposes that a new category of entrepreneurial motivation be recognised to better account for the social and institutional factors affecting women’s entrepreneurship, enabling policymakers to more accurately position and support entrepreneur-mothers. Social implications The authors challenge the existing framing of independence as an agentic opportunity-seeking motive, and seek to incorporate family dynamics into existing entrepreneurial models. Originality/value This paper delivers much-needed conceptual refinement of independence as a motivator to entrepreneurship by examining the experiences of entrepreneur-mothers, and proposes a new motivational classification, that of family-driven entrepreneurship to capture the elements of agency and constraint embedded in this transition.

scholarly journals THEORTICAL APPROACHES AND PECULIARITIES OF FORMING A SOCIAL-ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY OF A NATION THROUGH THE PRISM OF REGIONALIZATION AND GLOCALIZATION

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Olga Proboyiv ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Economic Policy ◽  
Economic Development ◽  
Development Strategy ◽  
Social Economic ◽  
Social Needs ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
The Social ◽  
National Economic ◽  
Global Ratings ◽  
Social Economic Development

The article substantiates the relevance of the chosen subject matter, which consists in the necessity of developing definite approaches to the forming of an efficient strategy of the national, regional or a separate area growth with a focus on the priority directions that regulate the social-economic development in the economic policy. Indeed, when the Euro-international course was chosen, the given vector of the national economic development goes sometimes at faster tempo of the social-economic reforms by the EU standards, sometimes slows down due to the political battles and economic hardships. With all chances of becoming a successful state, Ukraine is unable to timely mobilize and efficiently apply all necessary resources at the required moment. Acquiring skills of the correct management of the available recourses, including human resources, is a crucial task of any national government. That is why there is a need of developing the strategy of the national economic growth through the prism of regionalization considering the social needs. Proving its implementation, it is possible to bring the country to the high global ratings by the economic and social criteria. The article sets forth the objective of the research, which consists in determining the conceptual approaches and formation peculiarities, directions in regulating the social-economic development of the country and its regions. The research studies the economic category “strategy of the social-economic development” on the national and regional levels. It also reveals the relationship between its social and economic components. The article analyzed the objectives and stages of the regional development reforming so that to increase the competitive status of the area. It also defined the limits and negative factors affecting the realization of the region’s potential. After studying the problems of strategic planning of the nation’s and regional social-economic development, the priority directions of regulating the social-economic development in the Ukraine’s economic policy were determined.

scholarly journals Review: Forest management and conservation practices in Ethiopia: Opportunities and constraints

2017 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 77-82
Author(s):  
BEKELE TONA AMENU
Keyword(s):  
Forest Management ◽  
Natural Resources ◽  
Land Tenure ◽  
Social Economic ◽  
Forest Products ◽  
Future Generation ◽  
Management Plan ◽  
Conservation Practices ◽  
The Social ◽  
Management And Conservation

Amenu BT. 2018. Review: Forest management and conservation practices in Ethiopia: Opportunities and constraints. Asian J For 2: 77-82. Ethiopia has various and diversified natural resources. Forests are one of the most valuable resources of our physical environments. It is one of the natural resources that have several benefits for the society. It constitutes various social, economic, and other uses. This review identified that forests are an important part of our state's environment and economy. When it managed well, forests provide clean air and water, homes for wildlife, beautiful scenery, places for recreation and more than 5,000 products we all use every day. Forest resources and forest lands should be managed and used in sustainable basis to fulfill the social, economic, cultural and spiritual needs of the present and future generation. By its nature, forestry is concerned with maintaining the quality of various nonmarket benefits. In forest management, trees are harvested for a variety of reasons including improving the health of the forest; controlling the types of trees that grow on the site; attracting certain wildlife species; providing a source of income for the landowner; producing paper, lumber and numerous other forest products; and improving access to the area for hikers, hunters and other recreational users. There are varieties problems, constraints, and opportunities of forest conservation and management system Address poverty and forest governance by promoting forest ownership and access rights. Promote greater recognition of the rights of local and indigenous groups and give greater attention to land tenure, ownership, and rights-to-resource, the greatest biodiversity losses in the world have occurred through habitat losses. Conversely, the greatest opportunities for ecological restoration will occur through land abandonment, and access issues In addition to this, the social, economic constraints and socio-economic factors are the major problems. The major constraints or problems are adequate appreciation of the role and value of forest and in adequate investment in forestry sector under the state plan etc. (internet). Constraints and factors such as poor management plan, lack of good resource management plan and policy were the main factors and constraints of forest destruction.

scholarly journals A erosão dos solos no contexto social

1994 ◽  
Vol 17 ◽  
pp. 14-23
Author(s):  
Antonio José Teixeira Guerra
Keyword(s):  
Soil Erosion ◽  
Soil Conservation ◽  
Social Economic ◽  
Conservation Strategies ◽  
Political Issues ◽  
Conservation Policies ◽  
The Social ◽  
Alternative Approaches ◽  
Soil Erosion And Conservation ◽  
Traditional Approaches

This paper aims to outline the need to include the social, economic and political issues on soil erosion studies. Therefore, the adoption of soil conservation strategies should take into consideration these issues. The paper also outlines the soil erosion problem, the political components of soil erosion, soil conservation policies, and finally shows why most soil conservation policies have failed, in developing countries, due to the traditional approaches used in most soil erosion and conservation programmes. Some alternative approaches are proposed, to deal with the problem, in order to reach sucess.

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