An integrated eco-model of agriculture and small-scale industry in craft villages toward cleaner production and sustainable development in rural areas – A case study from Mekong delta of Viet Nam

2016 ◽  
Vol 137 ◽  
pp. 274-282 ◽  
Author(s):  
Le Thanh Hai ◽  
Hans Schnitzer ◽  
Tran van Thanh ◽  
Nguyen T.P. Thao ◽  
Gerhart Braunegg
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Mekong Delta ◽  
Cleaner Production ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
Viet Nam ◽  
Small Scale Industry

scholarly journals The Role of Small-Scale Industries in Achieving the Sustainable Development: the Experience of India

2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (3) ◽  
pp. 151-169
Author(s):  
N. V. Galistcheva
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Small Business ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Poverty Reduction ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
Employment Level ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Small Scale Industry ◽  
Small Scale Industries

The article deals with the role of small scale industry in India in achieving the sustainable development. The author draws attention to the fact that the small scale industry promotion policy impacts significantly not only on decreasing the unemployment rate as well as long-term and youth unemployment but also on solving such acute social problems as poverty, famine, undernourishment and food insecurity, lack of quality education, gender inequality and the empowerment of women. The author pays attention to the evolution of small business in India in 1950-2010s. It argues convincingly that due to significant number of population as well as low-skilled labor on the one hand and limited financial resources on the other one small business has been considered to be a buffer between modern big business and the bulk of the population remaining outside it. The author considers the effectiveness of the industrial policy through the prism of stimulating small-scale industry and changing its place in the Indian economy. The author examines the activity of the The National Bank for Agricultural and Rural Development (NABARD) which is considered to be the most important institution which looks after the development of the small scale industries. The aim of NABARD was poverty reduction and development assistance (it’s one of the premier agencies providing developmental credit in rural areas). The article presents the definition of small scale industry in India both in terms of employment level and the investment limits as well as statistical data on number of units, its share in industrial production and exports and expansion of small scale sector in 2000-2010s. The author identified main problems facing cottage and small scale industries in India at the present time. The research is based on the systematic approach to the study of national economy using basic methods of scientific knowledge such as induction and deduction, analysis and synthesis.

scholarly journals PENGENTASAN KEMISKINAN MELALUI PEMBANGUNAN JARINGAN EKONOMI PEDESAAN (Sebagai Suatu Strategi)*

Populasi ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Prijono Tjiptoherijanto
Keyword(s):  
Family Planning ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Rural Families ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
Family Development ◽  
Small Scale Industry ◽  
Poor Families ◽  
National Family ◽  
National Family Planning ◽  
Poverty Elimination

Various policies have been implemented by Indonesian government in its efforts to eliminate poverty. This paper proposes BKKBN's (National Family Planning Coordinating Agency) attempts which stress on poverty elimination in non-backward area by way of prosperous family development through expanding rural economic network. The program is started with improving movement of "pride of village" through programs of Plaju (that of Harvesting, Processingand Selling), Pemaju (that of Packaging and Selling), and Penguja (that of Services entrepreneurs) followed by Takesra ( that of Savings for People's Prosperity) and Kukesra (that of Entrepreneurial Credit for Prosperous Family). Through the programs, rural families are expected to play roles in agribusiness and agrobusiness sectors, as well as in small-scale industry. With the benefit gotfrom the programs, it is then expexted that levels of families' income increase consequently, and number of poor families in rural areas can be eliminated.

A Research of Ecological Farmhouse Design Based on the Sustainable Development Needs

2019 ◽  
pp. 48-68
Author(s):  
Jiangyan Lu ◽  
Yushuai Lang
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Design Concept ◽  
Rural Life ◽  
Ecological Design ◽  
Design Practice ◽  
Local Conditions ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Design Requirements

To summarize the problems and needs of the current rural life, identify the pathway that suits the sustainable development of rural areas, and propose the design concept and method that meet the current rural ecological design requirements. Use the organized research approaches. This chapter makes a case study of Nanma Village, provides the theoretical and design practice reference for the rural sustainable development in China, and establishes the knowledge and methodology system that meets the requirements of rural sustainable development. This chapter proposes the design concept and method in line with the current requirements of rural ecological design, suggests that the current village design should be adapted to “local conditions,” and indicates that the harmonious development between human and environment will be a new possible direction for the rural sustainable development and design in future.

scholarly journals The potential of coffee stems  gasification to provide bioenergy for coffee farms: a case study in the Colombian coffee sector

2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. 1137-1152 ◽  
Author(s):  
Samira Garcia-Freites ◽  
Andrew Welfle ◽  
Amanda Lea-Langton ◽  
Paul Gilbert ◽  
Patricia Thornley
Keyword(s):  
Rural Areas ◽  
Internal Combustion Engines ◽  
Smallholder Farmers ◽  
Thermochemical Conversion ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
Low Grade ◽  
Coffee Production ◽  
Coffee Sector ◽  
Low Grade Heat

AbstractThe coffee industry constitutes an important part of the global economy. Developing countries produce over 90% of world coffee production, generating incomes for around 25 million smallholder farmers. The scale of this industry poses a challenge with the generation of residues along with the coffee cultivation and processing chain. Coffee stems, obtained after pruning of coffee trees, are one of those abundant and untapped resources in the coffee supply chain. Their high lignocellulosic content, the low calorific value ranging between 17.5 and 18 MJ kg−1 and the low ash content make them a suitable solid fuel for thermochemical conversion, such as gasification. This research evaluates the feasibility of using these residues in small-scale downdraft gasifiers coupled to internal combustion engines for power and low-grade heat generation, using process modelling and the Colombian coffee sector as a case study. The producer gas properties (5.6 MJ Nm−3) and the gasifier’s performance characteristics suggest that this gas could be utilized for power generation. A cogeneration system efficiency of 45.6% could be attainable when the system’s low-grade heat is recovered for external applications, like in the coffee drying stage. An analysis of the energy demand and coffee stems availability within the Colombian coffee sector shows that the biomass production level in medium- to large-scale coffee farms is well matched to their energy demands, offering particularly attractive opportunities to deploy this bioenergy system. This work assesses the feasibility of providing coffee stem–sourced low-carbon energy for global coffee production at relevant operating scales in rural areas.

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