scholarly journals NABARD CONTRIBUTION IN AGRICULTURE AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO WATERSHED PROJECT UNDER RIDF SCHEME IN INDIA

2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Rakesh Kumar Kulshreshtha ◽  
Amod Sharma
Keyword(s):  
Rural Development ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Uttar Pradesh ◽  
Infrastructure Development ◽  
Economic Activities ◽  
Sustainable Rural Development ◽  
Development Fund ◽  
Basic Objective ◽  
The Government ◽  
District Offices

The Government of the India is giving emphasis on ‘Growth with Social Justice’ with the basic objective of planning for the development of India since its independence and made significant strides in developing rural India through Five Year Plan. A Rural Infrastructure Development Fund (RIDF) was introduced in the budget of 1995-96. The RBI governs this fund through NABARD with corpus from the nationalized banks. The NABARD was setup by the Government of India as a development bank in July 12, 1982 which operates through its head office at Mumbai, 28 regional offices situated in state capitals and 391 district offices at districts levels. The mandate also covers supporting all other allied economic activities in rural areas, promoting sustainable rural development. The various functions of NABARD are supervisory functions, institutional and capacity building, role in training etc. The paper analyses some of the issues that arise in the context of utilization of the fund under watershed for farm irrigation in Agra District of Uttar Pradesh, India

scholarly journals Rural Areas Development Fund as a Financial Instrument for Spatial Justice in Land Use and Sustainable Rural Development

2020 ◽  
pp. 122-130
Author(s):  
Olena Borodina ◽  
◽  
Ihor Prokopa ◽  
Serhiy Kyryziuk ◽  
Viktor Yarovyi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Land Use ◽  
Rural Development ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Access To Health Care ◽  
Agricultural Land ◽  
Agricultural Producers ◽  
Sustainable Rural Development ◽  
Development Fund ◽  
Spatial Justice ◽  
Spatial Resources

The Rural Areas Development Fund (RADF) is specified to be a part of special state and local budget funds in terms of “completing” land reform in Ukraine. The funds should be aimed at the development of local infrastructure, facilitation of local people’s access to health care and education services, support of small agricultural producers, etc. However, the sources for this Fund (RADF) is only slightly connected with land use results and other spatial resources in rural areas utilized by agricultural producers and do not include the necessity to provide their fair participation in the reproduction of these resources. The purpose of the article is to assess the formation sources of the Rural Areas Development Fund and justify their replenishment to financially ensure sustainable rural development based on spatial justice in land use. The concept of spatial justice in land use is revealed: it provides for adequate participation of agricultural producers, peasants, and society as a whole in the benefits of land use and other related spatial resources (water, air, landscapes, local infrastructure, etc.) and the equivalent contribution of these beneficiaries in resources reproduction. It is shown that corporate economic entities in agriculture rather extract spatial resources than contribute to their reproduction, however, the contribution of family and peasant farms in the financial base for rural development is significantly higher than agricultural enterprises. The necessity of per hectare payments to the Rural Areas Development Fund by agricultural producers leasing more than 100 hectares of agricultural land is substantiated; it is proposed that the rate of these payments in the amount of not less than 1 % of the normative monetary value of land should be set by local self-government bodies.

scholarly journals The Role of Rural Tourism in Strengthening the Sustainability of Rural Areas: The Case of Zlakusa Village

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (12) ◽  
pp. 6747
Author(s):  
Nevena Ćurčić ◽  
Andrijana Mirković Svitlica ◽  
Jovana Brankov ◽  
Željko Bjeljac ◽  
Sanja Pavlović ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Rural Development ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Formal Education ◽  
Rural Tourism ◽  
Organized Activities ◽  
Economic Activities ◽  
Sustainable Rural Development ◽  
The Village

The strategic planning of rural development is focused on both economic growth and sustainable development. Sustainable rural development is essential for conserving and improving resources, while economic growth contributes to a better standard of living. The aim of the research is to determine, using the participatory rural appraisal (PRA) methodology on the example of the village of Zlakusa, the economic activities developed in the village, the importance of rural tourism, and the scope of sustainable development taken into account in rural development. The results of the research show that the success of the rural community depends on: diversification of economic activities, which is accompanied by cohesion of the population through association and organization; organized activities aimed at local or republican authorities; activation of human and social capital; and initiating activities involving marginalized groups. Educating the population outside formal education improves the sustainable and economic development of the village and enables rural tourism to become an important part of economic activities and a channel for the commercialization of natural and cultural contents.

Resource potential of rural areas and the role of local governments in its realization

2020 ◽  
Vol 16 (5) ◽  
pp. 822-834
Author(s):  
Sh.I. Sharipov ◽  
N.A. Abusalamova ◽  
B.Sh. Ibragimova
Keyword(s):  
Rural Development ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Rural Population ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Local Governments ◽  
Government Support ◽  
Sustainable Rural Development ◽  
Migration Flow ◽  
Resource Potential ◽  
The Government

Subject. The article addresses issues of rural development and involvement of local governments in the implementation of rural development programs. Objectives. We focus on exploring the status of rural areas, identifying their potential, developing sound mechanisms to spur sustainable rural development and involve local governments in the implementation of relevant policy measures. Methods. The study draws on general scientific methods of analysis, including the techniques of statistical and logical analysis. Results. The study established that the rural areas of the Republic of Dagestan are deteriorating; the migration flow of rural population to urban areas continues. Private subsidiary farming is the most important source of income generation for rural population, the capacity of agricultural organizations is noticeably impaired. Conclusions. We underpin the need to develop a set of measures for encouraging the efficient use of resource potential of rural areas, including through increasing the activity and efficiency of local governments at the rural level. The paper puts forward reasonable proposals for enhancing the government support to sustainable rural development.

Government Policies and Rural Entrepreneurship- Case Study of an Horticulture Entrepreneur

2016 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Vinod N. Sambrani
Keyword(s):  
Rural Development ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Process Development ◽  
Full Time ◽  
Rural Entrepreneurship ◽  
Development Institutions ◽  
Startup Time ◽  
Nursery Management ◽  
The Government

India is a country which is in forefront of being called a developed nation. To be a developed nation, India has to first look at its rural development, because 70 percent of the population live in rural areas, which means more than 700 million people are spread across 6,27,000 villages. Rural development is more than ever before linked to entrepreneurship. Establishments and agencies promoting rural development now look at entrepreneurship as a strategic development medium that could speed up the rural development process. Development institutions believe that rural entrepreneurship offers a huge potential for employment. In this paper a case study of a young entrepreneur who has taken up horticulture (vegetable plants nursery) as his full time profession, with a mission to help the neighbouring farmers is studied, the purpose of this paper is to understand the government role (policies and schemes), the difficulties faced by the entrepreneur during the startup time and knowledge transfer from the horticulture department, nursery management. The methodology followed is in-depth interaction with the entrepreneur. The outcome of paper will be to understand how rural entrepreneurship is helping improve the quality of life for families, communities and individuals leading to sustainable economy and environment.

Environmentally and Socially Oriented Investments on Sustainable Development of Rural Areas

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.

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

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.

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

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.

Effective Planning for Rural Development in A Democratic South Africa: The Prospects of Rural Cooperatives

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
France Khutso Lavhelani Kgobe
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Rural Development ◽  
South African ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Social Capital Theory ◽  
Capital Theory ◽  
Rural Cooperatives ◽  
The Government ◽  
Almost All ◽  
Effective Planning

This paper explores the potency of rural cooperatives for the effective planning and implementation of rural strategies to address poverty. Rural cooperatives function as a participatory approach that provides the potential to equip and empower people in rural areas with various skills. Hence, rural cooperatives represent the means and strategies to unshackle rural people from the vicious circle of poverty. The contestation about a deadlock of rural development has become pertinent in the recent and ongoing political transformation in South Africa. This paper is grounded on the social capital theory and its ideals. As such, it depends on a literature review for its premise, argument, crux and purpose, as well as drawing up results and conclusions. The paper gathers information in respect of various scholars’ notions on rural cooperatives and rural development from related articles, journals and books. The paper reveals that where the South African government is confronted and characterised by some form of upheaval and service delivery challenges, so rural cooperatives are fit to capacitate citizens to avoid depending on the government for scarce resources. The paper further reveals that rural cooperatives are deemed to ameliorate the long-standing patterns of developmental backlogs in almost all South African municipalities. The conclusion that can be made from this paper is that the authentic promotion of rural development in the formulation of a well-informed legislative framework, that is clear and unambiguous, can deal effectively with the challenges of rural cooperatives.

Renewable Energy Development – Challenges for Bangladesh

2007 ◽  
Vol 18 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 421-430 ◽  
Author(s):  
Md. Tarik-ul-Islam ◽  
Sara Ferdousi
Keyword(s):  
Renewable Energy ◽  
Rural Development ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Energy Development ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Energy Resources ◽  
Great Promise ◽  
Renewable Energy Resources ◽  
Sustainable Rural Development ◽  
Renewable Energy Development

In Bangladesh, annual per capita energy consumption is approximately 200 KgOE3, which is among the lowest in the world. Presently, 70% of the population does not have access to electricity in Bangladesh (GoB, 2004). The average system loss is 20.97% (GoB, 2006). The demand for power is estimated to increase 300 MW annually (GoB, 1996a). In contrast, concerns have been raised about the conventional energy production from fossil fuels that significantly contributes to environmental degradation at the local, regional and global levels. This situation calls for adoption of sustainable energy strategies that permeate every level of the economy and can provide rural dwellers with the services that they want and need. With this backdrop, Bangladesh has been experiencing a gradual shift towards exploring renewable energy resources as a means to fuel rural development in the off-grid areas. The country is endowed with abundant renewable energy resources. The Local Government Engineering Department (LGED), with its mandate for sustainable rural development has embarked on a program for demonstration and transfer of renewable energy technologies in the off-grid rural areas. The project “Sustainable Rural Energy (SRE)‘ has been conceived within the overall framework of ‘Sustainable Environment Management Programme (SEMP)’ with financial support from United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). This project has already completed a number of renewable energy installations demonstrating diversified community applications of these technologies for livelihood and socio-economic improvement of the people living in the remote off-grid villages. The lessons learned from these demonstration plants reveal that, with careful forward planning, renewable energy can provide far-reaching economic and social benefits to people living in remote rural areas in Bangladesh. The private sectors and NGOs (Non-government organizations) have started to take part in the process of renewable energy development with great promise and enthusiasm. However, the process encounters policy, institutional and technological barriers, which are critical for continued development in this sector.

scholarly journals Indonesia’s Village Fund Program: Does It Contribute to Poverty Reduction?

2021 ◽  
pp. 65-80
Author(s):  
Novita Briliani Saragi
Keyword(s):  
Rural Development ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Poverty Alleviation ◽  
Poverty Reduction ◽  
Development Index ◽  
The Status ◽  
The Government ◽  
The Village ◽  
Descriptive Method

To stimulate rural development and reduce poverty in rural areas, The Government of Indonesia enacted the policy of Village Fund in 2014. However, a few studies have been conducted to examine this program. This study describes how poverty alleviation goes following Village Fund Program in Indonesia between 2015-2019. The poverty reduction was represented by holistic data, including insufficient and village status improvement through the Village Development Index (VDI). The analysis is conducted using a descriptive method by dividing the areas into six regions, Sumatera, Java & Bali, Kalimantan, Sulawesi, Maluku & NT, and Papua. The result showed that over five years, the village fund dramatically increases. Moreover, this growth is along with the slight decline the poverty. The researchers found that the decreasing number of poverty from 2015 to 2019 is about 15%. The VDI status for districts/municipalities shows that the status improved from underdeveloped villages in 2015 to developing villages in 2019. Java is the region that contributed to making the status improved either to be developing, developed, or independent. At the same time, it is the Papua region known as the region consisting of most of the least underdeveloped villages. Since the goal of this policy in poverty reduction still works slowly, it needs a lot of effort from many levels of government, from the village, regional, and national officials, to work together cooperatively.

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