The Industrial-Therapeutic Impact of Ferula in Sustainable Development: A Case Study in Lezoor Village (Firuzkuh, Iran)

This paper aims to capture the importance of demographic dimension in thesustainable development process of the rural space. From a series ofstatistics data we realized an analysis of demographic indicators, which ithelped us to trace the development trends characteristic for our area ofstudy. To understand the evolution in time and the implications of humanresource in the process of development it was necessary referencing themwith national or local historical events. Demographic dimension analysishighlights the development stage of rural space and help the formulation ofthe future local policies that regard the sustainable development.

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Rural Tourism in Transitional Russia's Economics

Green Economic Structures in Modern Business and Society - Advances in Finance, Accounting, and Economics ◽

10.4018/978-1-4666-8219-1.ch012 ◽

2015 ◽

pp. 219-238

Author(s):

Anna Ivolga

Keyword(s):

Sustainable Development ◽

Rural Development ◽

Environmental Conditions ◽

System Approach ◽

Social Issues ◽

Rural Tourism ◽

Sustainable Rural Development ◽

Market Capacity ◽

Alternative Sources ◽

Alternative Activities

This chapter assesses the potential of rural tourism in Russia, addresses such threats to sustainable rural development as unemployment and depopulation, and substantiates the practicality of diversification of traditional rural sources of income by means of tourism and other alternative activities. The system approach is utilized, which envisages systematization and stocktaking of various aspects of sustainable development: available resources, economic conditions of agricultural production, market capacity and demand for agricultural commodities and food, employment and social issues, environmental conditions, and alternative sources of income for rural inhabitants.

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CONTRIBUIÇÕES DOS CENTROS FAMILIARES DE FORMAÇÃO POR ALTERNÂNCIA PARA O DESENVOLVIMENTO RURAL SUSTENTÁVELDOI: 10.5773/rgsa.v4i1.213

Revista de Gestão Social e Ambiental ◽

10.24857/rgsa.v4i1.213 ◽

2010 ◽

Vol 4 (1) ◽

pp. 52

Author(s):

José de Arimatéia Valadão ◽

Osmar Siena

Keyword(s):

Sustainable Development ◽

Rural Development ◽

School Curriculum ◽

Sustainable Rural Development ◽

The Sustainable Development ◽

Family Farmers ◽

Development Data ◽

Keywords Education ◽

The City

O artigo discute a atuação dos Centros Familiares de Formação por Alternância (CEFFAs). Por meio de um estudo de caso, foi analisado até que ponto a Escola Família Agrícola (EFA) Itapirema, localizada no município de Ji-Paraná (RO), tem contribuído para as práticas de desenvolvimento rural sustentável do Território Central no Estado de Rondônia. No quadro teórico são identificadas as principais visões ambientalistas, as vertentes de desenvolvimento sustentável e os conceitos de educação para o desenvolvimento sustentável. Os dados extraídos dos documentos da EFA Itapirema, tratados por meio de análise de conteúdo, permitiram identificar a concepção de desenvolvimento rural sustentável predominante no currículo da Escola. Por meio de entrevistas e observações de campo foram levantadas as áreas nas quais os seus egressos estão atuando e analisado até que ponto as ações desses egressos e suas famílias estão alinhadas com a proposta da Escola. Os resultados indicam que a abordagem ambientalista da Escola se insere numa vertente preservacionista; a proposta de desenvolvimento rural engloba de forma equilibrada as concepções sustentabilista e socioambientalista. Contudo, identificou-se que a prática este equilíbrio não se concretiza, pois a concepção sustentabilista não está sendo exercida satisfatoriamente pelos egressos e suas famílias. Assim, a proposta da Escola EFA Itapirema não tem consequência prática para o desenvolvimento rural sustentável da região onde atua, pois está muito mais alicerçada no seu “ser” do que no seu “fazer”. Palavras-chave: Educação; Desenvolvimento Sustentável; Agricultores Familiares; CEFFAs. Abstract The article discusses the performance of the Family Centers of Formation by Alternation (CEFFAs). Through a case study, it was analyzed how much the School Agricultural Family (EFA) called Itapirema, located in the city of Ji-Paraná, State of Rondônia/Brazil, has contributed for the practices of sustainable rural development of the Central Territory in the State of Rondônia. In the theoretical framework are identified the main environmentalist visions, approaches of sustainable development and the concepts of education for the sustainable development. Data extracted from EFA Itapirema’s documents, treated by means of analysis of the content, permitted to identify the predominant conception of sustainable rural development in the school curriculum. By interviews and field observations were investigated the areas in which their ex graduates are acting and was analyzed how much those ex graduates and their families are aligned with the proposal of the School. The result indicates that the environmentalist approach of the School is inserted in a conception preservationist: the proposal of rural development embodies conceptions of sustainabilism and socio-environmentalist in a balanced form. However, it was identified in practice this equilibrium has not been achieved, because the conception sustainabilist has not being satisfactorily performed by the ex graduates and their families. Thus, the EFA Itapirema School’s proposal does not have practical consequence for rural sustainable development in the region where it acts, because it is much more based in its "being" than on its "doing". Keywords: Education; Sustainable Development; Family Farmers; CEFFAs.

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Modelling Critical Innovation Factors in Rural Agrifood Industries: A Case Study in Cuenca, Spain

Sustainability ◽

10.3390/su13179514 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 13 (17) ◽

pp. 9514

Author(s):

Francisco José Gallego ◽

José María Díaz-Puente ◽

Daniel Francisco Quesada ◽

Maddalena Bettoni

Keyword(s):

Rural Development ◽

Rural Areas ◽

Social Issues ◽

Innovation Management ◽

Rural Regions ◽

Specific Knowledge ◽

Sustainable Rural Development ◽

Managerial Skills ◽

Management Of Innovation

The agrifood industry contributes to sustaining the population and the economic growth in rural areas of Spain. Innovation in the agrifood sector has therefore become a necessity as a means of improving the competitiveness of companies and the territory, thus promoting sustainable rural development in areas currently characterised by social issues such as depopulation. Meeting this need requires the generation of specific knowledge on innovation in the rural agrifood industry to strategically steer the business management of innovation. This study aims to contribute to further improving the competitiveness of the agrifood industry through the interrelation of critical innovation factors in small and medium-sized agrifood enterprises, thus shedding light on the innovation environment of differentiated local products in depopulated rural regions. The qualitative Interpretive Structural Modelling (ISM) methodology was used with the participation of entrepreneurs and experts from the sector. The ISM was applied to a case study in Alcarria Conquense, a Spanish region that embodies the current problems of many rural territories. The results show four factors (cooperation, managerial skills, absorptive capacity, and market orientation) are binding variables with a high power of influence and dependence, and a fifth factor, funding, is the most dependent on the others. The work contributes to the literature by revealing the needs and opportunities for a potential strategic planning of rural development that can positively influence the problems of the region through innovation management in this industry.

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Rural Tourism in Transitional Russia's Economics

Sustainable Development ◽

10.4018/978-1-5225-3817-2.ch059 ◽

2017 ◽

pp. 1330-1350

Author(s):

Anna Ivolga

Keyword(s):

Sustainable Development ◽

Rural Development ◽

Environmental Conditions ◽

System Approach ◽

Social Issues ◽

Rural Tourism ◽

Sustainable Rural Development ◽

Market Capacity ◽

Alternative Sources ◽

Alternative Activities

This chapter assesses the potential of rural tourism in Russia, addresses such threats to sustainable rural development as unemployment and depopulation, and substantiates the practicality of diversification of traditional rural sources of income by means of tourism and other alternative activities. The system approach is utilized, which envisages systematization and stocktaking of various aspects of sustainable development: available resources, economic conditions of agricultural production, market capacity and demand for agricultural commodities and food, employment and social issues, environmental conditions, and alternative sources of income for rural inhabitants.

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Environmentally and Socially Oriented Investments on Sustainable Development of Rural Areas

Journal of Environmental Management and Tourism ◽

10.14505//jemt.v12.2(50).02 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 12 (2) ◽

pp. 321

Author(s):

Valentyna ARANCHIY ◽

Oleksii ZORIA ◽

Ilona YASNOLOB ◽

Svitlana ZORYA ◽

Oleg GORB ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Sustainable Development ◽

Rural Development ◽

Rural Areas ◽

Investment Policy ◽

Sustainable Rural Development ◽

Economic Mechanism ◽

Investment Projects ◽

Ecological Aspects ◽

Block Scheme ◽

Investment Process

Theoretical, methodological, scientific, methodical and applied principles of managing environmentally and socially oriented investments in sustainable development of rural areas have been developed and substantiated in the article. The model of investment process of ecologically and socially oriented economy has been developed. The analysis of corresponding existing models of investment process enabled to specify the management model, which corresponds to the environmentally and socially oriented economics. The block scheme of the system of analyzing and evaluating the efficiency of investment processes of sustainable rural development has been made. The determined methodological provisions and specified concepts enabled to ground the system of complex analyzing and assessing the effectiveness of investment processes in sustainable development of rural areas, including the evaluation of economic, social and environmental efficiency of investment projects. The mechanism of sustainable rural development, comprising consolidated elements and connections, has been grounded. The ecological aspects of investment policy as a component of the economic mechanism of sustainable rural development have been systematized. It has been determined that attracting investments in environmentally and socially oriented investment projects and programs has to be based on strengthening the ecological aspects of investment policy as part of stimulating sub-system of the economic mechanism of sustainable rural development.

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Innovative and investment approaches to economic development of green tourism in rural areas in the context of decentralization

Problems of Innovation and Investment Development ◽

10.33813/2224-1213.25.2021.12 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 114-127

Author(s):

Nataliia Vdovenko ◽

Nataliia Korobova ◽

Anna Nevesenko

Keyword(s):

Sustainable Development ◽

Economic Development ◽

Rural Development ◽

Key Words ◽

National Economy ◽

Research Methodology ◽

Rural Areas ◽

Production Systems ◽

Sustainable Rural Development ◽

Green Tourism

The purpose of the article is to substantiate the innovation and investment principles of green tourism in rural areas in the context of decentralization with a combination of production systems in order to explore opportunities and provide proposals for further functioning of the national economy. Methodology research is to use a set of methods: economic-statistical, monographic, system, economic- mathematical, abstract-logical and others. The scientific novelty of the obtained results is the introduction of innovative, economically feasible and research meth- ods with regard to sustainable development of green tourism in rural areas in decentralization, which are associated with the adaptation of theories, principles and rules of great importance for sustainable rural development of green tourism in the context of global transformations. Conclusions. The modern principles of effective functioning of green tourism in rural areas in the conditions of decen- tralization at a combination of production systems are substantiated. The tools of the general research methodology with regard to sustainable development of green tourism in rural areas in the context of decentralization are proposed. Adaptation of a system of theories, principles and rules that are essential for the formation of sustainable rural development are related. Key words: rural areas, decentralization, green tourism, innovations, branch, sustainable development, aquaculture, tools, methods.

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DIAGNOSIS OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL COMPONENT OF SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT OF RURAL AREAS IN UKRAINE

International Journal of Legal Studies ( IJOLS ) ◽

10.5604/01.3001.0015.2283 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 9 (1) ◽

pp. 49-60

Author(s):

Nataliia Khomiuk

Keyword(s):

Sustainable Development ◽

Rural Development ◽

Rural Areas ◽

Capital Investment ◽

Organic Production ◽

Agricultural Activities ◽

Sustainable Rural Development ◽

Resource Potential ◽

Anal Ysis ◽

Environmental Component

The purpose of the article is to analyze the environmental situation in rural areas in Ukraine in order to develop proposals for the diversification of agricultural production and non-agricultural activities in these areas on the basis of sustainable development. Based on the anal-ysis of the scientific literature on sustainable rural development, protection, and reproduction of natural resource potential, the methodological basis for the study of the ecological component of sustainable rural development has been formed. In the course of the research monographic, economic-statistical methods and methods of scientific generalization and synthesis were used. Based on the study of the state of agricultural lands, a continuous decrease in fertility as a result of increasing the rate of their degradation is substantiated. It was found that agricultural pro-ducers have reduced capital investment in environmental protection. It is proposed to promote the development of organic production as one of the areas of diversification of agricultural activities in order to reduce degradation processes.

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Regulation of land relations: the regulatory aspect in terms of modern legislative changes

Ekonomika APK ◽

10.32317/2221-1055.202106089 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 320 (6) ◽

pp. 89-100

Author(s):

Ihor Sabii

Keyword(s):

Sustainable Development ◽

Rural Development ◽

Land Management ◽

Sustainable Development Goals ◽

Agricultural Land ◽

Sustainable Rural Development ◽

The Sustainable Development ◽

Land Relations ◽

Development Goals ◽

The Impact

The purpose of the article is to assess the impact of existing legislative initiatives in the field of agricultural land turnover on the possibility of achieving the Sustainable Development Goals in Ukraine and the implementation of land management based on an inclusive model of sustainable rural development. Research methods. The following methods were used: dialectical methods of cognition of processes and phenomena; empirical method (based on a comprehensive assessment of the current state of regulation of land relations in agriculture); comparative analysis method; abstract-logical (theoretical generalizations and formulation of conclusions). Research results. Established in the process of analysis of laws and bills on land reform and regulation of market circulation of agricultural land, adopted and registered in the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine during 2020 - the first half of 2021, their impact on the level of viability and competitiveness of individuals, farmers, family farms, small and medium-sized agricultural enterprises in the new legal and economic conditions. Scientific novelty. The influence of individual legislative initiatives in the field of agricultural land turnover on the possibility of achieving the Sustainable Development Goals in Ukraine and the introduction of land management based on an inclusive model of sustainable rural development has been determined. Practical significance. The calculation of the amount of the minimum tax liability (MTL) for each region of Ukraine, taking into account the normative monetary value of the arable land, was carried out and its impact on the economic situation of small and medium-sized agricultural producers was assessed. Figs.: 6. Refs.: 38.

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