scholarly journals Regional differences between rural areas of Serbia in population aging and agricultural activities: Case studies of the Indjija and Knjazevac municipalities

Spatium ◽  
2010 ◽  
pp. 29-37 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marijana Pantic ◽  
Jelena Zivanovic-Miljkovic
Keyword(s):  
Case Studies ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Regional Differences ◽  
Statistical Data ◽  
Population Aging ◽  
National Level ◽  
Agricultural Activities ◽  
Economic Activities ◽  
Qualitative Approaches ◽  
Source Of Information

As one of the signs of demographic change, population aging influences various spatial categories: economic activities, social features, land-use, perspectives for future development and more. Even though the process is indicative on a national level, there are significant differences among geographically and functionally distinctive regions. Based on considerable regional differences in the development of Serbia, this paper analyses the key problems of rural areas related to the interdependences of population aging and agricultural activities. Research on aging processes, changes in agricultural activities and their features is based here on the examples of two case studies. The Indjija and Knjazevac Municipalities have been chosen to represent geographically different regions - lowland and mountainous. This study uses both quantitative and qualitative approaches in order to achieve a better understanding of the situation. Statistical data were used to illustrate processes of aging and agriculture where data from two census years indicate a trend of changes. Interviews conducted with representatives of local government, entrepreneurs and local citizens from the villages are the source of information for quantitative analysis. Population aging and agriculture are examined separately, followed by an illustration of their interdependences.

scholarly journals Financial Supporting Tools of Rural Tourism Development in Nitra Self-Governing Region

2016 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 123-134 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jana Jarábková ◽  
Ľubica Majstríková ◽  
Tomáš Kozolka
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Tourism Development ◽  
Rural Tourism ◽  
Development Projects ◽  
Agricultural Activities ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Economic Activities ◽  
Programming Period ◽  
Action Groups

Abstract Rural tourism is one of the opportunities, which can positively influence productivity and incomes in rural areas. European Union set the rural development as part of its priorities. This development has been conducted through several measures aimed at education, cooperation, municipality development, ecological agriculture, diversification of economic activities, etc. Rural tourism is a result of diversification of economic activities towards non-agricultural activities. The paper focuses on analysing financial tools of support used for rural tourism development. Development projects realized in the Nitra Self-governing Region (NSR) during programming period 2007 - 2013 (plus 2 years) are evaluated. These projects have been financed through different grant schemes created by the European Union (realised by Ministries, Local Action Groups, Agricultural Paying Agency) and also by the Nitra Self-governing Region. The paper also illustrates the localisation of approved projects and their purpose.

scholarly journals Rural development and regional disparities of the new EU Member States

2011 ◽  
Vol 57 (No. 6) ◽  
pp. 288-296 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Abrhám
Keyword(s):  
Rural Areas ◽  
World Economy ◽  
Statistical Data ◽  
National Level ◽  
High Growth ◽  
Regional Differentiation ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Rural Regions ◽  
Eu Member States ◽  
Rural And Urban

The integration of Central and Eastern Europe into both the European and the world economy was in the last decade associated with a relatively high growth of gross domestic product and with a gradual increase in the economic level. The processes of convergence at the national level, however, were accompanied by an unbalanced spatial development. The paper analyzes, on the basis of the empirical statistical data, the impacts of the first years of the membership in the European Union on the development of regional differentiation and on development disparities between rural and urban regions. The evaluation of regional development is performed in regional units at the levels NUTS 2 and NUTS 3. Rural regions are monitored at the level of regional units NUTS 3. The examination based on the NUTS 2 units would not allow identifying of such a large number of rural areas.

THE POTENTIAL OF RURAL AREAS IN LITHUANIA FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF RENEWABLE ENERGY

2018 ◽  
Vol XX (5) ◽  
pp. 160-166
Author(s):  
Stanisław Pilżys
Keyword(s):  
Renewable Energy ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Agricultural Production ◽  
Statistical Data ◽  
The State ◽  
Production Costs ◽  
Research Material ◽  
Energy Independence ◽  
The Republic ◽  
Source Of Information

The objective of the paper was to identify the potential of rural areas in Lithuania for the development of renewable energy. The research material and source of information were legal acts of Lithuania regarding the Programme of Rural Development for 2014-2020 of the Ministry of Agriculture of the Republic of Lithuania and National Energy Independence Strategy of 2018 Ministry of Energy, statistical data of the Department of Statistics of Lithuania and reports of institution related to renewable energy. The research covers the years 2007-2018 with a perspective up to 2050. The analysis shows that the share of renewable energy in the energy sector will continue to grow mainly due to the policy chosen by the state regarding energy security and environmental protection. Rural areas have a chance to take advantage of the state policy in order to improve their economic situation, including implementing innovations, reducing agricultural production costs, improving the local labor market and broadening and diversifying economic activity in general. The analysis shows that the largest share in RES will be played by wind and solar energy, and the share of biomass production will decrease.

scholarly journals Regional Differences in Benefits from the EU Common Agricultural Policy in Poland and Their Policy Implications

Agriculture ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
pp. 288
Author(s):  
Ewa Kiryluk-Dryjska ◽  
Agnieszka Baer-Nawrocka
Keyword(s):  
Agricultural Policy ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Common Agricultural Policy ◽  
Regional Differences ◽  
Agricultural Sector ◽  
Policy Implications ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Economic Activities ◽  
Agricultural Potential ◽  
Beneficial Impact

Although the beneficial impact of Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) on the stabilization on farming income is undisputable, the distribution of benefits derived from the CAP between operators and regions gives rise to some controversy. The objective of this paper was to estimate regional differences in the benefits derived from the Common Agricultural Policy in Poland based on the partial equilibrium model of the European Union (EU) agricultural sector with simulated interventions. The expectations of farmers from different regions of Poland were represented as a non-cooperative game to define vectors of change in the agricultural policy. The theory of moves was applied to set the game between different groups of farmers. Our results demonstrate that both the 1st and the 2nd pillars of the CAP were more profitable to farmers from regions with a more advantageous agrarian structure and a higher agricultural potential compared to their peers from the regions with a fragmented agriculture. However, considering long-term development objectives of the Polish agriculture, the theory of moves outcome argues against compensating for these differences by increasing redistributive payments to farmers in less favorable regions. To prevent widening of regional differences and ensure the social and economic development of rural areas in regions with less favorable agrarian structures where agriculture is currently unable to compete, it would be critical to enhance conditions for alternative types of economic activities.

scholarly journals Dichotomy between urban and rural areas: statistical data may not reveal the synergy between these two existing spaces

2017 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 176-189
Author(s):  
Washington Pereira Campos ◽  
Marina Aparecida Da Silveira ◽  
Márcio Caliari ◽  
Alcido Elenor Wander
Keyword(s):  
Rural Areas ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Statistical Data ◽  
Secondary Data ◽  
Cane Sugar ◽  
Local Market ◽  
Agricultural Activities ◽  
Rural Labor ◽  
Urban And Rural Areas ◽  
Rural Exodus

The gains in non-agricultural activities represents a new dynamic in rural Brazil and now has representation in Brazil from the 1990s. In this perspective, the Brazilian countryside is undergoing a reconfiguration, pointing to an intensification of the urbanization of rural areas, especially in peri-urban areas. The installation of industries in rural areas, the deployment of agribusinesses and food exporters and utilization of rural labor for those industries, are tying the stretches between urban and rural areas. Thus, rural households are increasing income through agricultural and non-agricultural activities. The rural environment is no longer exclusively agricultural. It went on to have a diversified productive base and integrated economy in the region. Since there is a growing rural human being mobility, as well as an improvement in communication and access to information and greater integration between markets reducing the dichotomy between urban and rural. On the other hand the expansion of the cultivation of sugar cane on a region can increase the (Gross National Product) GNP per capita of the region and enable an increase economical activity. Thus, the rural household pluri-activity can be an alternative to increase the income of these families as they, increasingly integrate with the local market. It is known that with rising incomes and improving the welfare of the rural population can reduce the rural exodus that became increasing in the country since the 1970s. However, in areas with predominantly or expansion of monoculture, as an example of cane sugar, may be an increased land concentration and a worsening of income distribution in a region, and to record an increasing in rural migration, Environmental degradation and reduced local production diversification. An analysis of several indicators, socio-economic and environmental, through the Dashboard of Sustainability is possible to tell which category has the highest rate of farmer sustainability, whether smallholders or monoculture. However, the secondary data available in Brazil today does not support a thorough analysis of the participation of each actor and to which the interconnection between the actors and their synergy in local economic activity. Since, given the narrowing between urban and rural, the statistical data available are not able to demonstrate the extent to which gives the rural-urban dichotomy. Thus, it is relevant to point out and discuss ways to provide consistent statistical data and be, in fact, able to demonstrate the local reality of a region within the welfare actors.

scholarly journals Non-agricultural activities as a measure of revitalisation of rural areas

2019 ◽  
Vol 21 (92) ◽  
pp. 120-124
Author(s):  
B. Batyuk ◽  
N. Kudla
Keyword(s):  
Rural Areas ◽  
Raw Material ◽  
Agricultural Activities ◽  
Transport Costs ◽  
Economic Activities ◽  
Rural Residents ◽  
Agricultural Industry ◽  
Provision Of Services ◽  
Business Entities

A latest vision of the development of rural areas should include an increase of productive capacities of the agrarian sector in conjunction with the development of non-agricultural activities through the revitalisation of local entrepreneurship. In the process of stabilisation of the situation in agricultural industry, the priority of raw material sectors will be reduced in relative terms to tip the balance in favour of processing operations and the provision of services, including tourism. This poses new challenges to rural residents, local authorities, non-governmental organisations, and education and science professionals to revitalise economic activities in rural areas. The observations made and surveys conducted by the author are an attempt to make a case for the importance of diversification of the operations of business entities in rural areas with reference to international experience. Research has made it possible to identify both objective and subjective factors that prevent the revitalisation of entrepreneurship in rural areas, specifically, the low purchasing power of rural residents and their quality of life, fully dilapidated technical infrastructure, significant transport costs, and poor implementation of public programmes.

scholarly journals The structure of the rural economy in Romania. Case study on macro-region 2

2014 ◽  
Vol 71 (1) ◽  
pp. 76-83
Author(s):  
Mihaela KRUSZLICIKA ◽  
Verginia CHIRITESCU ◽  
Camelia GAVRILESCU ◽  
Viorica GAVRILÄ‚ ◽  
Daniela Ruxandra ANDREI
Keyword(s):  
Rural Areas ◽  
Rural Population ◽  
Rural Economy ◽  
National Level ◽  
Self Healing ◽  
Agricultural Activities ◽  
Small Farms ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Sources Of Information ◽  
Mountain Areas

Romanian rural area includes most of the territory of Romania, according to statistics, accounting for 87.1% of the total. Romanian rural economy is still largely agrarian, because in Romania the agricultural economy itself has a weight of 60.5% in its structure, compared to only 14.1% in the EU Deep structural causes distorted Romanian rural economy and rural population has a similar structure by sector (primary sector 64.2%, of which 56.6% agriculture, 18.5% secondary sector, tertiary sector 17.3%). Romanian-scale rural non-farm economy, has a low weight and rural tourism in all its variants, except for some mountain areas (Bran - Moeciu, Apuseni, Maramures, Bucovina) and the Danube Delta is almost nonexistent (11,000 beds in about 1,600 rural locations). The main objectives of the research were: overall characterization of the Romanian rural economy, showing the evolution of the structure of the rural economy in Macro-region 2 of Romania and identify differences between the structures of the rural economy nationally and regionally. In this context, we took into account agricultural activities (in the vegetal and animal sector) and non-agricultural activities suitable for each area (region). This article was prepared by using various sources of information, both quantitative and qualitative, such as: official statistics on national and territorial profile; analysis, reports and local studies; the information included in the rural development plans and national strategies; regional and local qualitative information obtained through direct communication with local stakeholders. Romanian agrarian structures are strongly polarized, about 40% of the agricultural area (UAA) of Romania is 2.5 to 2,800,000 small and very small farms (less than 5 ha), 40% of the UAA of the country, that area from 3.8 to 4.0 million ha is owned by 800 large farms (with area of ​​over 1,000 ha each) and 20% of Romania's UAA holdings surface is comparable to the European Union (5 - 50 ha). The structure of the rural economy in the Macro-region 2 of Romania, like the national level, reveals the dominance of agriculture as the main activity, but also a significant degree of development of agriculture related activities. The importance and need for diversified rural economy and rural areas based on multifunctionality based start being more obvious in Romania of 2013, maintaining the social and ecological agriculture, especially for reasons of self-healing micro-regional level, but developing income-generating agricultural activities, efficient and competitive. Keeping the family farm is the subject of European rural policy term. This also applies to less direct interventions aimed at grouping small farms economically viable units, but rather to stimulate the diversification of activities in these areas. In a broader context, it tends to recognize equally diversification requirements, the economic base in rural areas, and to drive public service by providing the rural population.

Diversification of Economic Activities and Sustainable Development of Rural Areas

2020 ◽  
pp. 167-188
Author(s):  
Predrag Miroslav Vuković ◽  
Biljana Grujić
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Rural Economy ◽  
Economic Structure ◽  
Agricultural Activities ◽  
Economic Activities ◽  
Employment Opportunities ◽  
Local Residents ◽  
Basic Services

The current employment structure in rural areas of Serbia is the result of an insufficiently diversified economic structure, highly dependent on the primary sector and the exploitation of natural resources. The main problems of rural areas are: lack of employment opportunities, high dependence on agriculture, and declining quality and availability of basic services and infrastructure. These problems result in a decrease in the attractiveness and quality of rural areas as a place of work and life, demographic decline, and employment reduction in rural areas. Non-agricultural activities contribute to a higher degree of diversification of rural economy, and represent a chance for revitalization of rural areas. This chapter points out the prospects for the development of other profitable activities at Novi Sad's rural areas with a special emphasis on rural tourism in the context of the concept of sustainable development. Expectations are that such an approach would create conditions for rural areas to become attractive for the life of local residents and also for tourists.

scholarly journals THE MODERN ETHNIC GEOGRAPHY OF UZBEKISTAN

2020 ◽  
pp. 63-80
Author(s):  
Viktor N. Fedorko ◽  
◽  
Sergey L. Yanchuk ◽  
Shukhrat B. Kurbanov ◽  
◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Rural Areas ◽  
Statistical Data ◽  
Ethnic Composition ◽  
Desert Oasis ◽  
Spatial Grouping ◽  
Multi Level ◽  
The Republic ◽  
Territorial Division ◽  
Source Of Information ◽  
Ethnic Geography

Spatial analysis of the population ethnic structure is a poorly developed area of socio-geographical research in Uzbekistan. The authors of the article are the first to develop a multi-level scheme of ethno-geographical zoning of Uzbekistan based on the current statistical data on the ethnic composition of the population in the republic. These statistical materials are the only source of information on the ethnic structure of the population of the country and its regions, taking into account the fact that the census in Uzbekistan has not been conducted after 1989. In the course of research, the methodological foundations of ethno-geographical zoning of Uzbekistan were developed, in particular, its principles, criteria, and taxonomic units. Ethno-geographical zoning was carried out in accordance with the grid of administrative-territorial division based on spatial grouping of rural areas and cities of regional and republican subordination; 33 types of ethnic environments were distinguished. Zoning is three-level and includes three taxonomic stages: 4 ethnogeographic provinces, 6 ethnogeographic districts and 32 ethnogeographic areas. In addition, there were identified ‘through’ spatial units − ethnogeographic tiers: upper (mountain), middle (foothill-plain) and lower (desert-oasis). The main ethnogeographic boundaries within the territory of Uzbekistan, tied to the orographic and landscape boundaries, were determined. The features of the population ethnic structure in all the ethnogeographic provinces, districts and areas are characterized. An ethno-geographical zoning map of the republic has been compiled.

Regional differences in population aging in Europe viewed through prospective indicators

Erdkunde ◽  
2019 ◽  
pp. 225-240 ◽  
Author(s):  
Luděk Šídlo ◽  
Branislav Šprocha ◽  
Michaela Klapková
Keyword(s):  
Regional Differences ◽  
Population Aging
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