scholarly journals Spatial and economic assessment of butterfly-based handicrafts as a tourism service provided by rural populations

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jazmin Jacinto-Padilla ◽  
Jose Lopez-Collado ◽  
Carlos Gilberto Garcia-Garcia ◽  
Catalino Jorge Lopez-Collado
Keyword(s):  
Rural Communities ◽  
Rural Population ◽  
Economic Value ◽  
Multicriteria Analysis ◽  
Economic Assessment ◽  
Rural Populations ◽  
Transport Costs ◽  
Multiple Factors ◽  
Tourism Service ◽  
Natural Reserves

Butterfly-based handicraft activities are usually performed around or within natural reserves. Using these insects in a sustainable way by rural communities should address multiple factors, goals and conservation constraints. This study ranks tourist zones in Veracruz, México, to create and market butterfly-based handicrafts by applying a multicriteria analysis. We differentiated top zones where a segment of the rural population could benefit from this activity. Roads, butterfly diversity, and tourists emerge as key elements while protected areas and transport costs were considered as constraints. The economic value of the butterfly-based handicraft market was estimated as well.

scholarly journals Legislação sobre posse de terras e Educação do Campo no Brasil

2019 ◽  
Vol 4 ◽  
pp. e6406
Author(s):  
Elizabeth Moreira Gomes ◽  
Alexandre Fraga de Araújo ◽  
Maria Isabel Antunes-Rocha
Keyword(s):  
Rural Communities ◽  
Traditional Knowledge ◽  
Land Tenure ◽  
Rural Population ◽  
Rural Populations ◽  
Federal Constitution ◽  
Palabras Clave ◽  
Official View ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Education In Brazil

Este artigo objetiva refletir acerca de duas grandes questões que envolvem os campesinos e que se constituem como “bandeiras” fundamentais: a primeira é a questão da terra, a segunda é a educação do campo. Toma-se, inicialmente, como objeto de análise as Constituições Federais Brasileiras por entender que tais compõem as visões historicamente construídas acerca do campesino brasileiro, para em seguida iniciar reflexões acerca das propostas da Educação do Campo. Tais reflexões evidenciam as relações entre a construção do que, neste artigo, se denomina como “invisibilidade” das populações campesinas e a constituição de um movimento em prol de uma educação que considere suas especificidades. Tais lutas em relação à constituição de uma educação de qualidade para os sujeitos campesinos vêm garantindo algumas conquistas de modo a torná-los visíveis, em detrimento de uma visão hegemônica que tende a torná-los uma massa amorfa, desconsiderando suas especificidades e saberes. Palavras-chave: Constituições Federais, Movimentos Sociais, Luta, Educação do Campo.   Land tenure legislation and countryside education in Brazil ABSTRACT. This paper aims at reflecting about two great questions concerning rural population; such questions constitute themselves as fundamental fighting pillars: land, and countryside education. Firstly, Brazil’s Federal Constitution is taken under analyses, since it represents the official view towards rural population, secondly, reflections are drawn regarding what is suggested concerning Countryside Education. These reflections highlight the relationship between, what is here denominated as “invisibility” regarding rural population, and a movement towards an education that takes under consideration its specificities. The battles for better education for rural communities has guaranteed some achievements, thus making them visible, in detriment of a hegemonic view, which tends to take rural populations as part of a whole, disregarding their specificities and traditional knowledge. Keywords: Federal Constitutions, Social Movements, Fighting, Countryside Education.   Legislación sobre tenencia de tierras y Educación del Campo en Brasil RESUMEN. Este trabajo tiene el objetivo de reflexionar acerca de dos grandes cuestiones que involucran a los campesinos y que se constituyen como banderas fundamentales: la primera es la cuestión de la tierra, la segunda es la educación del campo. Se toma inicialmente como objeto de análisis las Constituciones Federales Brasileñas por entender que tales componen las visiones históricamente construidas acerca del campesino brasileño, para luego iniciar reflexiones acerca de las propuestas de la Educación del Campo. Tales reflexiones evidencian las relaciones entre la construcción de lo que en este artículo se denomina invisibilidad de las poblaciones campesinas y la constitución de un movimiento en favor de una educación que considere sus especificidades. Tales luchas con relación a la constitución de una educación de calidad para los sujetos campesinos vienen garantizando algunas conquistas para hacerlos visibles, en detrimento de una visión hegemónica que tiende a hacerlos como parte del todo, desconsiderando sus especificidades y saberes. Palabras clave: Constituciones Federales, Movimientos Sociales, Lucha, Educación del Campo.

scholarly journals Moving beyond the cost–loss ratio: economic assessment of streamflow forecasts for a risk-averse decision maker

2017 ◽  
Vol 21 (6) ◽  
pp. 2967-2986 ◽  
Author(s):  
Simon Matte ◽  
Marie-Amélie Boucher ◽  
Vincent Boucher ◽  
Thomas-Charles Fortier Filion
Keyword(s):  
Risk Aversion ◽  
Utility Function ◽  
Decision Maker ◽  
Economic Value ◽  
Economic Assessment ◽  
Risk Averse ◽  
Loss Ratio ◽  
Ensemble Forecasts ◽  
Streamflow Forecasts ◽  
Cara Utility

Abstract. A large effort has been made over the past 10 years to promote the operational use of probabilistic or ensemble streamflow forecasts. Numerous studies have shown that ensemble forecasts are of higher quality than deterministic ones. Many studies also conclude that decisions based on ensemble rather than deterministic forecasts lead to better decisions in the context of flood mitigation. Hence, it is believed that ensemble forecasts possess a greater economic and social value for both decision makers and the general population. However, the vast majority of, if not all, existing hydro-economic studies rely on a cost–loss ratio framework that assumes a risk-neutral decision maker. To overcome this important flaw, this study borrows from economics and evaluates the economic value of early warning flood systems using the well-known Constant Absolute Risk Aversion (CARA) utility function, which explicitly accounts for the level of risk aversion of the decision maker. This new framework allows for the full exploitation of the information related to a forecasts' uncertainty, making it especially suited for the economic assessment of ensemble or probabilistic forecasts. Rather than comparing deterministic and ensemble forecasts, this study focuses on comparing different types of ensemble forecasts. There are multiple ways of assessing and representing forecast uncertainty. Consequently, there exist many different means of building an ensemble forecasting system for future streamflow. One such possibility is to dress deterministic forecasts using the statistics of past error forecasts. Such dressing methods are popular among operational agencies because of their simplicity and intuitiveness. Another approach is the use of ensemble meteorological forecasts for precipitation and temperature, which are then provided as inputs to one or many hydrological model(s). In this study, three concurrent ensemble streamflow forecasting systems are compared: simple statistically dressed deterministic forecasts, forecasts based on meteorological ensembles, and a variant of the latter that also includes an estimation of state variable uncertainty. This comparison takes place for the Montmorency River, a small flood-prone watershed in southern central Quebec, Canada. The assessment of forecasts is performed for lead times of 1 to 5 days, both in terms of forecasts' quality (relative to the corresponding record of observations) and in terms of economic value, using the new proposed framework based on the CARA utility function. It is found that the economic value of a forecast for a risk-averse decision maker is closely linked to the forecast reliability in predicting the upper tail of the streamflow distribution. Hence, post-processing forecasts to avoid over-forecasting could help improve both the quality and the value of forecasts.

scholarly journals Comunicação rural e internet: protagonismo da população do campo

2020 ◽  
Vol 18 (41) ◽  
pp. 186
Author(s):  
Luiz Custódio Da Silva ◽  
José Primitivo Leal Neto ◽  
Iara Alves dos Santos
Keyword(s):  
Rural Communities ◽  
Rural Population ◽  
Rio Grande ◽  
Communication Tools ◽  
Digital Platforms ◽  
Media Activism ◽  
The City ◽  
Share Information

Apresentamos uma reflexão sobre a utilização de ferramentas contemporâneas de comunicação pela população rural. Para tanto, fizemos uma revisão bibliográfica sobre as concepções de comunicação rural, trazendo algumas problematizações para sua atualização. Em seguida, tendo como parâmetro o YouTube, falamos também sobre a liberação do polo emissor e sobre a democratização da fala. Para isso, nosso objeto empírico foi o canal “Humorista da Serraria Ofc”, protagonizado por agricultores do sítio Serraria, da cidade de João Dias, Rio Grande do Norte. Compreendemos que está havendo um movimento que propende atualizar a concepção de comunicação rural, tendo em vista que o protagonismo desse campo passa a ser das comunidades rurais. Eles estão utilizando cada vez mais as plataformas digitais para compartilhar informações e causos que permeiam a vida no campo. Comunicação rural; YouTube; Humorista da Serraria Ofc; Ativista midiático; Produção de conteúdo. We present a reflection on the use of contemporary communication tools by the rural population. To this end, we did a bibliographic review about the conceptions of rural communication, bringing some problematizations for its updating. Then, taking YouTube as a parameter, we talk too about the release of the emitting pole and the democratization of speech. For this, our empirical object was the channel “Humorista da Serraria Ofc”, starring farmers from the Serraria sítio, from the city of João Dias, Rio Grande do Norte. We understand that there is a movement that promotes the updating of the concept of rural communication, bearing in mind that the protagonism of this field comes from rural communities. They are increasingly using digital platforms to share information and stories that permeate life in the countryside. Rural communication; YouTube; Serraria Ofc humorist; Media activism; Content production. Presentamos una reflexión sobre el uso de herramientas de comunicación contemporáneas por parte de la población rural. Para ello, nosotros hicimos una revisión bibliográfica sobre los conceptos de comunicación rural, trayendo algunas problematizaciones para su actualización. En seguida, tomando YouTube como parámetro, también hablamos sobre la liberación del polo emisor y sobre la democratización del discurso. Para esto, nuestro objeto empírico fue el canal "Humorista da Serraria Ofc", que presenta a los agricultores del sitio Serraria, en la ciudad de João Dias, Rio Grande do Norte. Entendemos que existe un movimiento que promueve la actualización del concepto de comunicación rural, teniendo en cuenta que el protagonismo de este campo pasa a ser de las comunidades rurales. Cada vez más ellas utilizan plataformas digitales para compartir información e historias que impregnan la vida en el campo. Comunicación rural; YouTube; Humorista de la Serraria Ofc; Activismo mediático; Producción de contenidos.

scholarly journals Traditions transformed within the scope of rural tourism: A sample for tourism villageKırsal turizm kapsamında dönüşen gelenekler: Turizm Köyü örneği

2016 ◽  
Vol 13 (3) ◽  
pp. 4370
Author(s):  
Meryem Bulut
Keyword(s):  
Rural Development ◽  
Economic Value ◽  
Rural Tourism ◽  
Research Problems ◽  
Tourism Service ◽  
The Village

The fact that rural tourism comes into prominence in struggling with poverty and in development as an instrument of solution, and the fact that it protects and develops local occupations of economic value differentiates people’s behaviors are the research  problems of this study.This study makes an effort to understand the process of building rural tourism in the Village of Tourism which has been opened to rural tourism for rural development, and to analyze the reflections in the community within the framework of the concepts of ecotourism, neoliberalism and tradition.      The study aims to focus on the explicit and implicit meanings of offering rural tourism service for the villagers and to inquire traditions. Villages transformed by supposedly preserving their traditionalism for the purposes of rural tourism and the villagers who are to serve to rural tourism are being commodified, re-created and consumed. The reflections of neoliberalism into the villagers  behaviors can easily be observed, just as the changes neoliberalism has caused in every field of life. Traditions are being re-created so that they serve to popular consumption.  ÖzetSürdürülebilirlik kapsamında kırsal turizmin, az gelişmiş bölgelerdeki yoksullukla mücadele ve kalkınmada bir çözüm aracı olarak öne çıkması ve yöresel ekonomik uğraşları (tarım, el sanatları vb.) koruması ve geliştirmesinin insanların davranışlarını farklılaştırması bu araştırmanın sorunsalını oluşturmaktadır.Araştırma kırsal kalkınma kapsamında kırsal turizme açılmış olan Turizm Köyü’nde, kırsal turizmin köyde yaşayan insanlara arasında inşa ediliş sürecini anlamaya çalışmak, topluluk arasındaki yansımalarını, ekoturizm, neoliberalizm ve gelenek kavramları çerçevesinde çözümlemektir. Köylüler için kırsal turizm hizmeti sunuyor olmanın açık ve örtük anlamları üzerinde yoğunlaşarak, geleneklerin sorgulanması hedeflenmiştir.Kırsal turizm kapsamında sözde gelenekselliği korunarak dönüştürülen köyler ve kırsal turizme hizmet verecek olan köylüler ve geleneksel değerler; metalaştırılarak yeniden üretilerek tüketiliyor.  Noeliberalizmin yaşamın tüm alanlarında yarattığı değişimler gibi köyde yaşayan insanların davranışlarına yansımaları da kolaylıkla görülüyor.  Gelenekler, popüler tüketime hizmet etmesi amacıyla yeniden üretiliyor.

A Rural Perspective on COVID-19 Responses: Access, Interdependence and Community

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Margaret Sloan ◽  
Laura Trull ◽  
Maureen Malomba ◽  
Emily Akerson ◽  
Kelly Atwood ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Rural Communities ◽  
A Priori ◽  
Urban Environments ◽  
Rural Populations ◽  
Nonprofit Leadership ◽  
The Press ◽  
Economic Infrastructure ◽  
Nonprofit Education ◽  
Health Complications

Much of the press on the pandemic has been focused on urban environments where the virus was quick to spread and the numbers of cases are high. Beyond the greater risk for COVID-19-related health complications, rural populations are particularly susceptible to disruptions in the economic infrastructure of their communities. This study explores the impacts of COVID-19 on rural communities and the responses of nonprofit and other community infrastructures. Using a strengths-based approach and mixedmethods design, this qualitative research asked rural residents and nonprofit leaders about their needs, challenges, and assets as a result of COVID-19. Themes relative to access, interdependence, and community emerged from a priori categories. The research offers implications for both nonprofit education and rural nonprofit leadership.

Perceived Economic Impact of Religious Tourism: The Case of Zimbabwe

2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 1-13
Author(s):  
Felicity N Ncube ◽  
Oliver Chikuta
Keyword(s):  
Economic Impact ◽  
Foreign Currency ◽  
Service Providers ◽  
Economic Value ◽  
Success Factor ◽  
Religious Leaders ◽  
Religious Tourism ◽  
Research Findings ◽  
Study Population ◽  
Tourism Service

Purpose: The purpose of the study was to assess the perceived economic impact of religious tourism in Zimbabwe. The research objectives were (1) to determine the nature of religious tourism in Zimbabwe, (2) to determine the key success factor for economically viable religious tourism in Zimbabwe, (3) to ascertain the perceived economic contribution of religious tourism, and finally (4) to propose strategies for economically sustainable religious tourism in Zimbabwe. Methods: The research adopted a qualitative approach and was descriptive in nature. The study focused on Harare and the study population was made up of a cross-section of tourism service providers in Harare, religious leaders, and the Zimbabwe Tourism Authority. Purposive sampling was used for service providers and as well as religious leaders. Results: The research findings revealed that there are a lot of religious tourism activities that take place in Zimbabwe, particularly Harare, and normally take the form of pilgrimages, religious conferencing, healing and deliverance nights, and worship. The perceived economic value derived includes employment creation for the locals, an increase in foreign currency generation, and an increase in sales revenue. The research findings also show that for religious tourism to be economically sustainable there is a need for government involvement, re-packaging of the product, and investment in local infrastructure. Implications: Zimbabwe Tourism Authority and the private sector need to take the religious tourism market seriously and make deliberate efforts to harness this growing market.

scholarly journals The Curated Food System: A Limiting Aspirational Vision of What Constitutes “Good” Food

2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (17) ◽  
pp. 6157
Author(s):  
Lauri Andress ◽  
Carmen Byker Shanks ◽  
Annie Hardison-Moody ◽  
T. Elaine Prewitt ◽  
Paul Kinder ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Rural Communities ◽  
Food Insecurity ◽  
Food System ◽  
Grey Literature ◽  
Rural Populations ◽  
System A ◽  
Production Distribution ◽  
Policies And Programs ◽  
Good Food ◽  
Distribution Of Income

In an effort to elucidate an aspirational vision for the food system and explore whether the characteristics of such a system inadvertently set unattainable standards for low-wealth rural communities, we applied discourse analysis to the following qualitative datasets: (1) interviews with food experts and advocates, (2) scholarly and grey literature, (3) industry websites, and (4) email exchanges between food advocates. The analysis revealed eight aspirational food system discourses: production, distribution, and infrastructure; healthy, organic, local food; behavioral health and education; sustainability; finance and investment; hunger relief; demand-side preferences; romanticized, community led transformations. Study findings reveal that of eight discourses, only three encompass the experiences of low-wealth rural residents. This aspirational food system may aggravate the lack of autonomy and powerlessness already experienced by low-wealth rural groups, perpetuate a sense of failure by groups who will be unable to reach the aspirational food vision, silence discourses that might question those that play a role in the inequitable distribution of income while sanctioning discourses that focus on personal or community solutions, and leave out other policy-based solutions that address issues located within the food system. Further research might explore how to draw attention to silenced discourses on the needs and preferences of low-wealth rural populations to ensure that the policies and programs promoted by food system experts mitigate poor diets caused by food insecurity. Further research is needed to inform policies and programs to mitigate food insecurity in low-wealth rural populations.

scholarly journals Economic Assessment of Pig Meat Processing and Cutting Production by Simulation

2019 ◽  
Vol 0 (0) ◽  
Author(s):  
Lluís M. Plà-Aragonés ◽  
Adela Pagès-Bernaus ◽  
Esteve Nadal-Roig ◽  
Jordi Mateo-Fornés ◽  
Pedro Tarrafeta ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Simulation Model ◽  
Discrete Event ◽  
Economic Value ◽  
Economic Assessment ◽  
Meat Processing ◽  
Large White ◽  
Event Simulation ◽  
White Breed ◽  
Pig Meat ◽  
Cutting Production

AbstractThis paper presents the development and adoption of a discrete event simulation model of a pig meat-packing plant located in Navarre (Spain). The simulation model was developed to represent all the tasks and pig meat cuts production performed in the plant and implemented in ExtendSim™ 9.2. The development was incremental as the whole model was made of different sub-models focused in different products as for example ham, ribbon or sirloin. The main utility of the proposed model was the economic assessment of pig meat processing and cutting production. Pietrain breed presented more homogeneity and a better performance than Large White breed at equal price of the same products. In addition, even the ham is the most important cut, the loin and the bacon showed the best relative economic value with 52–53 % and 44–45 %, respectively, depending on the breed.

scholarly journals Factors affecting prehospital delay in rural and urban patients with stroke: a prospective survey-based study in Southwest Germany

BMC Neurology ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Matthias N. Ungerer ◽  
Loraine Busetto ◽  
Nima H. Begli ◽  
Katharina Riehle ◽  
Jens Regula ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Rural Communities ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Emergency Services ◽  
Time Window ◽  
Patient Characteristics ◽  
Stroke Care ◽  
Rural Populations ◽  
Prospective Survey ◽  
Prehospital Delay ◽  
Educational Campaigns

Abstract Background Reducing prehospital delay plays an important role in increasing the thrombolysis rate in patients with stroke. Several studies have identified predictors for presentation ≤4.5 h, but few compared these predictors in urban and rural communities. We aimed to identify predictors of timely presentation to the hospital and identify possible differences between the urban and rural populations. Methods From January to June 2017, we conducted a prospective survey of patients with stroke admitted to an urban comprehensive stroke centre (CSC) and a rural primary care centre (PCC). Predictors were identified using binary logistical regression. Predictors and patient characteristics were then compared between the CSC and PCC. Results Overall, 459 patients were included in our study. We identified hesitation before seeking help, awareness of the existence of a time-window, type of admission and having talked about stroke symptoms with friends/relatives who had previously had a stroke as the strongest predictors for presentation to the emergency room ≤4.5 h. Patients admitted to the rural PCC were more hesitant to seek help and less likely to contact emergency services, even though patients had comparable knowledge pertaining to stroke care concepts. Conclusions Patients from rural areas were more likely to be hesitant to seek help and contacted the EMS less frequently, despite similar self-awareness of having a stroke. Educational campaigns should focus on addressing these disparities in rural populations. Affected patients should also be encouraged to talk about their symptoms and take part in educational campaigns.

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