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Participation in individual and collective agri-environmental schemes: A synthesis using the Theory of Planned Behaviour Journal of Rural Studies (IF 5.1) Pub Date : 2024-03-12 Adelaide Sander, Jaboury Ghazoul, Robert Finger, Sergei Schaub
Understanding the behavioural factors that influence farmers' intentions to participate in agri-environmental schemes is crucial for delivering sustainability in agricultural landscapes. Drawing on a qualitative synthesis approach, we seek to understand the underlying motivations behind farmers' decisions to engage with individual as well as collective agri-environmental schemes. We systematically
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How close are they? Using proximity theory to understand the relationship between landlords and tenants of agricultural land Journal of Rural Studies (IF 5.1) Pub Date : 2024-03-11 Heidi Leonhardt
An increasing amount of research identifies the relationship between landlords and tenants of agricultural land as an essential aspect in land management, conservation, and farm decision making. Relevant aspects of the relationship include landowners' physical distance to the land, their agricultural knowledge, contractual provisions, and kinship or friendship ties between owners and tenants. This
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Return to the countryside: An ethnographic study of young urbanites in Japan's shrinking regions Journal of Rural Studies (IF 5.1) Pub Date : 2024-03-05 Nancy Yao Ji
This article studies urban–rural mobilities in contemporary Japan using several island communities in the Setouchi region of the Seto Inland Sea as a case study. It seeks to examine the phenomenon of (rural return) with a focus on young Japanese urbanites moving to depopulated regions outside large cities. Based on a 15-month ethnographic study, the paper draws on original in-depth qualitative interviews
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“Making sense of rural identities in future horizons of Dutch and German students living in rural areas” Journal of Rural Studies (IF 5.1) Pub Date : 2024-03-02 Henk Hofstede
This paper presents insight into how rural young adults in the rural areas of Oost-Groningen, The Netherlands, and Südharz, Germany, deal with their rural identity with regard to different future horizons. This paper applies future horizons instead of intended future plans to emphasize the open and uncertain nature of young adults’ aspired future. Based on 15 biographical interviews and a survey to
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Grappling with governance: Emerging approaches to build community economies Journal of Rural Studies (IF 5.1) Pub Date : 2024-03-01 Audrey C. Jamal, Rebecca Gordon
Economic development is evolving, where building the economy was once the largely purview of businesses and governments, increasingly, communities are taking action to build local economies that are more sustainable, equitable and inclusive. As community participation in local economic development increases, new, more collaborative governance models are beginning to emerge. This research leverages
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Triple-A approach and global value chain governance (GVC): The case of Brazilian beef Journal of Rural Studies (IF 5.1) Pub Date : 2024-02-27 Regina da Silva de Camargo Barros, Luciana Florêncio de Almeida
Characterized by strong coordination between farmers, food processors or traders, and between processors and retailers, agri-food global value chains (GVCs) need to govern their inter-organizational ties with the aim of strengthening their competitiveness and global presence. In this sense, this paper presents an integrative conceptual framework based on global value chain governance (GVC) models and
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A holistic framework for evaluating and planning sustainable rural drinking water projects in sub-Saharan Africa Journal of Rural Studies (IF 5.1) Pub Date : 2024-02-19 Ornit Avidar
Clean water facilities and services are failing the population of sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), hindering the goal of “Water for All” owing to unsustainable drinking water projects and infrastructure. A vast body of literature has examined the lack of sustainability in drinking water projects, identifying: economic, technological, planning, social and political factors. However, much of the existing literature
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Cultural tourism and rural community resilience: A framework and its application Journal of Rural Studies (IF 5.1) Pub Date : 2024-02-17 Ozgur Gocer, Didem Boyacioglu, Ebru Ergoz Karahan, Pranita Shrestha
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Territorial capital and place attachment: A psychological approach of rural out-migration Journal of Rural Studies (IF 5.1) Pub Date : 2024-02-16 Ivan Dufeu, Jean-Louis Pernin, Raoul Djamen, Danielle Lecointre-Erickson
The current study contributes to the rich literature on territorial attractiveness and territorial capital by adopting a psychological approach, developing, and then validating a territorial capital scale that measures people's beliefs and behavioural intentions (i.e. to leave or stay in a rural area). Following a qualitative phase (n = 40), a quantitative survey was conducted in two rural regions
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Racializing rural places through USDA home economics agricultural extension, 1965–1982 Journal of Rural Studies (IF 5.1) Pub Date : 2024-02-15 Jessica M. Smith
Agricultural extension in the United States is a massive, federally-sponsored apparatus that shapes rural life as it aims to improve both farming practices and rural people. While the majority of existing research focuses on programs aimed at farm production, extension also includes home economics programs specifically designed for rural women. Drawing on archival research on home extension in Minnesota
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Activating rural infrastructures in regional communities: Cultural funding, silo art works and the challenge of local benefit Journal of Rural Studies (IF 5.1) Pub Date : 2024-02-15 Emily Potter, Katya Johanson, D'Arcy Molan
This article examines the issues involved in publicly funded regional arts initiatives, through two contrasting examples of art works that creatively repurpose grain silos in rural Australia: the Silo Art Trail in north-west Victoria, and the silo art practices of the small town of Natimuk in the same region. Via desktop analysis supported by observation and interviews, we consider these initiatives
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Coffee and the agrarian questions in Laos and Rwanda: Taking a bottom-up perspective Journal of Rural Studies (IF 5.1) Pub Date : 2024-02-06 Patrick Illien
This study systematically explores the agrarian questions of capital, labor and gender in the fast-growing post-conflict economies of Laos and Rwanda. In both countries, export-led agricultural intensification is reshaping rural livelihoods. The article uses mixed methods fieldwork to re-think the agrarian questions from the ground up. It discusses the methodological implications of taking such a bottom-up
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Factors influencing the decision of young adults to remain in their rural environment: Social origin, education and gender Journal of Rural Studies (IF 5.1) Pub Date : 2024-02-06 José Javier Callejo-González, Jesús Antonio Ruiz-Herrero
This article analyses the circumstances and attitudes that explain why young adults from a specific area of inland Spain opt to remain in their rural place of origin.
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What affects institutional and organizational transitions of sales cooperatives in the Dutch horticultural sector? Journal of Rural Studies (IF 5.1) Pub Date : 2024-02-05 Yuki Sano, Jos A.A.M. Verstegen, Hiroe Ishihara
Diverse individual producers are crucial to resilient agricultural and food systems worldwide, yet they face global competition. Sales cooperatives have been established to strengthen the producers’ competitive position, often utilizing an auction system to distribute perishable products. In the Netherlands, such auctions facilitated by sales cooperatives have been pivotal in setting the prices for
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Are capital assets under pressure? The state of and challenges to indigenous rice farming in the cultural ricescapes of Indonesia and the Philippines Journal of Rural Studies (IF 5.1) Pub Date : 2024-02-04 Laurence L. Delina, Ivee Fuerzas, Wiwik Dharmiasih, Michele Jaymalin Dulay, Albert Salamanca
Resilient rice farming in indigenous ricescapes is dependent on access to various forms of capital assets; however, the acquisition of these assets is hindered by environmental, industry, demographic, and cultural vulnerabilities. This paper examines the implications of these challenges on natural, physical, financial, human, social, and cultural capital assets for rice farming in the indigenously
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Hungarian farmers' perceptions of environmental problems and their attitudes to collect relevant data Journal of Rural Studies (IF 5.1) Pub Date : 2024-02-03 Márta Gaál, Enikő Becsákné Tornay
To promote more environmentally friendly farming, agricultural policy has an increasing need for data on the environmental aspects and sustainability performance of farms. Some of these can be covered by existing databases or by new data collected through remote sensing, but farmers also need to provide data. Our survey aimed to investigate Hungarian farmers' perceptions of environmental issues and
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Everyday technology's interplay in the lives of people with dementia: A multiple case study in the rural North of England Journal of Rural Studies (IF 5.1) Pub Date : 2024-02-03 Sarah Wallcook, Camilla Malinowsky, Georgina Charlesworth, Charlotta Ryd, Louise Nygård
Everyday life in rural places can be hampered by many different infrastructural challenges for which technology is often considered a panacea. However, little is known about technological interactions among people living rurally with dementia, who more often live alone and make up a larger proportion of the rural population in England compared to urban. Assemblage theory in a multiple case study approach
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Drawing boundaries: Negotiating a collective ‘we’ in community-supported agriculture networks Journal of Rural Studies (IF 5.1) Pub Date : 2024-02-01 Leonie Guerrero Lara, Giuseppe Feola, Peter Driessen
Research on community-supported agriculture (CSA) has highlighted the coexistence of different models and types of CSA initiatives. However, no study has explored how diverse models and definitions of CSA are collectively established, maintained, and enforced vis-à-vis changing political, economic, social, and cultural contexts. This article addresses this gap by drawing on the concept of boundary
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The role of female-only business networks in rural development: Evidence from NSW, Australia Journal of Rural Studies (IF 5.1) Pub Date : 2024-02-01 Angelo Saavedra
This qualitative paper explores rural women entrepreneurs' motives for joining a female-founded, female-only business network. Using a theoretical framework based on the collective identity, territorial capital and gendered networks, we found that rural women's underlying motives to join the network is to harmonise the perceived dichotomy between their roles as women and as entrepreneurs and pave the
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Are rural households poorer than non-rural households in Europe? Journal of Rural Studies (IF 5.1) Pub Date : 2024-01-31 Cesare Meloni, Chiara Grazini, Maria Marino, Benedetto Rocchi, Simone Severini
A significant amount of political support is directed towards promoting the development of rural areas in Europe. One reason is that rural households are perceived as having a lower income than non-rural ones. However, empirical evidence on the income differential between rural and non-rural areas in Europe is hard to find and incomplete. The present study aims to fill this gap by answering the following
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A state within reach? An ethnographic case study on the relocation of a government workplace from Copenhagen to a small town in rural Denmark Journal of Rural Studies (IF 5.1) Pub Date : 2024-01-31 Birgitte Romme Larsen
Exploring the redistribution of state jobs from Copenhagen to provincial Denmark, this article draws upon an ethnographic case study involving the relocation of a government workplace, Nota, to the small town of Nakskov (12,500 inhabitants) on the rural island of Lolland. Taking up residence in the town's central square, the article examines the everyday social and economic expectations and norms Nota
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Bridge-building practices for holistic vision of agrarian-rural societies in India and Spain Journal of Rural Studies (IF 5.1) Pub Date : 2024-01-30 Poonam Pandey, Sebastian Iturriaga Gazol, Mario Pansera
Small-holder agriculture and rural societies are often presented as declining and deteriorating contexts in media as well as national and international policies. The solutions aimed at addressing this decline often is framed in terms of external (market and policy) interventions while simultaneously presenting agrarian-rural societies as static and impoverished. This essentialist view of agrarian-rural
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Examining the need for organisational learning and entrepreneurialism to meet the changing roles and expectations of rural and agricultural shows in the UK Journal of Rural Studies (IF 5.1) Pub Date : 2024-01-29 Gary Bosworth, Liz Price, Barry Ardley, Caroline Westwood
Rural and Agricultural Shows are rich in tradition but their role in the rural economy is evolving. The effective closure of the sector in the UK in 2020 as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic led us to examine how rural Shows would re-emerge, as well as how subsequent economic challenges are influencing the future of Shows. The research draws on interviews with Show organisers and conversations with
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Rurality and discontent: Unraveling the context effects of living in rural districts in local elections on support for Sweden democrats Journal of Rural Studies (IF 5.1) Pub Date : 2024-01-29 Susanne Wallman Lundåsen
In Sweden, the anti-establishment party, the Sweden Democrats, has seen growing support in the past four parliamentary elections. This rise is thought to be part of a broader trend where disenchanted voters in remote areas increasingly back anti-establishment parties. The present study investigates whether residing in a rural or peripheral district within a municipality increases the individual likelihood
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Global forces and local responses – A “hot-spots” model of rural revival in a peripheral region in the Central-Eastern European context Journal of Rural Studies (IF 5.1) Pub Date : 2024-01-27 Agnieszka Latocha-Wites, Katarzyna Kajdanek, Dominik Sikorski, Przemysław Tomczak, Robert Szmytkie, Paulina Miodońska
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Peripheriality and superhybridity as a precondition for migrant settlement: Vietnamese in the Czech-German-speaking borderlands Journal of Rural Studies (IF 5.1) Pub Date : 2024-01-28 Tereza Freidingerová, Barbora Nováková, Alexandra Heis
The paper focuses on international economic migration for business-building purposes and the subsequent settlement of migrants in rural and peripheral locations, known as new immigrant destinations, as it regards Vietnamese immigration to the Czech-Austrian and Czech-German (German-speaking countries) borderlands. Based on longitudinal qualitative comparative research conducted in four Czech-German-speaking
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Historical changes in Mediterranean rural settlements (southern Spain, 1787–2019) Journal of Rural Studies (IF 5.1) Pub Date : 2024-01-28 Juan Luis Martínez de la Fuente, Juan Infante-Amate, Emiliano Travieso
In modern societies, changes in population patterns are often studied based on a rural vs urban duality. This dichotomous simplification overlooks the existence of a broad range of human settlements, especially in the rural world. In this work, we quantified and analysed southern Spain’s population and rural settlements from the late eighteenth century to the present, distinguishing three types of
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Do city region policies neglect rural areas? Journal of Rural Studies (IF 5.1) Pub Date : 2024-01-26 Robert Bowen, Don J. Webber
A city region established around a smaller city typically has a higher percentage of its region being rural relative to city regions based around larger cities. Appreciation of this observation leads to the realisation that much of the existing literature focuses on city regions based around larger cities with small rural hinterlands. This paper develops a conceptual model outlining linkages within
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“You sleep with your eyes open”: Understanding rural crime and its implications for community well-being Journal of Rural Studies (IF 5.1) Pub Date : 2024-01-25 Frank Neubacher, Luitfred D. Kissoly, Anja Faße, Ulrike Grote
In sub-Saharan Africa, people face significant crime problems. This also applies to rural areas, where mainly livestock and crops are stolen. Using the routine activity approach, this article analyzes the experiences of rural people with property crime, the consequences of victimization and how they react to it. It is based on focus group discussions that were held in Tanzania in spring 2022 with male
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Promoting rural sustainability transformations: Insights from U.S. bicycle route and trail studies Journal of Rural Studies (IF 5.1) Pub Date : 2024-01-25 Robin Leichenko, Crystal Taylor
The COVID-19 pandemic and climate change are both catalysts for societal transformations that are altering the way people live, work, and play. In response to these two crises, cycling is experiencing a new wave of popularity as it provides opportunities for safe, low-carbon transportation, exercise, and leisure. While the recent cycling boom is often associated with urban areas, rural communities
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Changes in park visits and the shift towards rural recreation: Evidence from the COVID-19 pandemic in the UK Journal of Rural Studies (IF 5.1) Pub Date : 2024-01-22 Xiaohuan Xie, Ruobing Wang, Zhonghua Gou
The spread of COVID-19 and corresponding government interventions have changed residents’ travel and mobility, and recent academic literatures suggests that this have had a positive impact on rural recreation. This study analyzed the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on rural recreation from the perspective of population mobility, aiming to explore the changes in park visits during the pandemic, identify
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How do municipal strategies work in rural development: A critical realist case study Journal of Rural Studies (IF 5.1) Pub Date : 2024-01-23 Ella Mustakangas, Hilkka Vihinen
Municipal strategies are important for rural localities, as from a governance perspective they pool resources and bring actors together in cooperation. For Finnish municipalities, the strategy is statutory, making it a potential tool in rural governance. Based on a political ethnographic case study in Finland, we ask: How do municipal strategies act as a means of rural development and what are the
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Improving the understanding of farmers’ non-compliance with agricultural policy regulations Journal of Rural Studies (IF 5.1) Pub Date : 2024-01-24 Gabriele Mack, Christian Ritzel, Jeanine Ammann, Nadja El Benni
To reduce the negative impacts of agricultural production, Switzerland and the EU introduced environmental and animal welfare regulations in their direct payment policy schemes. Compliance with these regulations is monitored, and fines are imposed if deficiencies in implementation are identified. Non-compliance with these regulations reduces the effectiveness of direct payment measures and creates
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Social drivers and differentiated effects of deagrarianisation: A longitudinal study of smallholder farming in South Africa's Eastern Cape province Journal of Rural Studies (IF 5.1) Pub Date : 2024-01-20 Klara Fischer, Elin Johnson, Vernon Visser, Sheona Shackleton
South Africa's smallholders have progressively become disengaged from farming despite their lack of alternative livelihood options, resulting in the deepening of rural poverty. Farming's reduced role in rural livelihoods represents a wider trend of deagrarianisation seen across contexts and geographies. While most literature on deagrarianisation focuses on its economic dimensions, this paper places
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“Evolution of multi-actor co-innovation partnerships: Key factors in 4 case studies in rural Iberia” Journal of Rural Studies (IF 5.1) Pub Date : 2024-01-20 Susana B. Guerrero-Ocampo, José Luis Yagüe Blanco, José Muñoz-Rojas, José M. Díaz-Puente, María Rivera-Méndez, Susana Martín Fernández
Innovations in rural areas are increasingly informed by exemplary cases that contribute to sustainable rural development and tackle global challenges. The study of rural innovations requires approaches that reach beyond technology and include social and organisational aspects. One such approach is the relational perspective of organisational innovation systems. This paper examines four innovation initiatives
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The green transformation and gender equality in agricultural entrepreneurship: Insights from the European Union Journal of Rural Studies (IF 5.1) Pub Date : 2024-01-18 Aleksandra Gawel, Irena Benesova, Pavel Kotyza
Green transformation, including the latest European Green Plan, is a part of the European Union (EU) environmental policy, with agriculture occupying a special position in this transformation, being both part of the problem and its solution. Within EU countries, a gender gap in agricultural entrepreneurship is prominent. Since women are widely believed to be more inclined towards environmental and
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The role of land inequality in the poverty-forest loss nexus patterns: A case study from Chile Journal of Rural Studies (IF 5.1) Pub Date : 2024-01-13 Laura Nahuelhual, Cristobal Jullian, Jonathan Von Below, Pedro Laterra
The predominant school of thought argues that poverty is a major cause of deforestation, but several studies have begun to contest this assumption by putting forward that a complex web of factors influences this connection and that multi-patterned nexuses can exist. We explore these nexuses taking southern Chile as a case study and using a Path Analysis for modelling. We relied on secondary data at
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Good food or industrial food: Discourses of the rural idyll and alternative food networks Journal of Rural Studies (IF 5.1) Pub Date : 2024-01-13 Kirstie O'Neill
Notions of the rural as idyllic and redolent of a simpler and more rooted past have long been challenged in the rural studies literature. Recent research has renewed interest in social representations of the rural idyll, yet there remains little discussion of the linkages between this cultural representation and alternative food networks, and specifically the role of policymakers and businesses in
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Towards more biodiverse agricultural landscapes: How to make species-rich grassland a desirable and feasible option for dairy farmers Journal of Rural Studies (IF 5.1) Pub Date : 2024-01-05 Judith Westerink, Jan Hassink, Marleen Plomp, Jaap van Os
Species-rich grasslands are promoted by public and private actors for reasons of biodiversity, landscape amenity and animal health. There is little understanding of the considerations of farmers when they opt for or against species-rich grasslands. We held a workshop with 20 farmers and conducted in-depth interviews with 15 livestock farmers in Alblasserwaard - Vijfheerenlanden, a peat meadow landscape
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The importance of cross-scale social relationships for dealing with social-ecological change in agricultural supply chains Journal of Rural Studies (IF 5.1) Pub Date : 2023-12-27 Blanca González-Mon, María Mancilla-García, Örjan Bodin, Willem Malherbe, Nadia Sitas, Catherine B. Pringle, Reinette (Oonsie) Biggs, Maja Schlüter
Agricultural systems are important for the livelihoods and food security of millions of people. These systems are increasingly interconnected across scales and face challenges in responding to multiple, and coalescing types of environmental, social, and economic change. Most studies on how actors respond to change have focused on farmers and farming communities. In this study, we investigate the connectivity
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Between on-site and the clouds: Socio-cyber-physical assemblages in on-farm diversification Journal of Rural Studies (IF 5.1) Pub Date : 2023-12-28 Matteo Metta, Joost Dessein, Gianluca Brunori
This paper sheds light on the integration of digitalisation in multifunctional and diversified agriculture. In this empirical work based on socio-cyber-physical assemblage thinking, first we found that on-site material and immaterial conditions like living on the farm, farm settings, and creative human work still matter and deserve more attention in responsible digital agriculture. Second, in our small
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Networks and knowledge: Women's empowerment, networks, and health information-seeking behavior in rural Guatemala Journal of Rural Studies (IF 5.1) Pub Date : 2023-12-20 Brooke L. Krause
Women in rural communities, with low access to healthcare and education, often rely on community-based networks, which can be an important source of knowledge, support, and resources. These networks can help women overcome barriers such as illiteracy in learning about child health. This paper uses primary data from Highland Guatemala to describe women's participation in health information networks
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Artisanal and small-scale mining through a “labour regime” lens: Consolidating a research agenda on labour exploitation Journal of Rural Studies (IF 5.1) Pub Date : 2023-12-20 Maxime Ndanyuzwe Rushemuka, Muriel Côte
This article examines the way the notion of labour regime in artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) research can contribute to new ways of conceptualising this sector's challenges. It starts by reviewing how the phenomenal expansion of ASM over the last decades has been problematised, and highlights the need to better understand what drives artisanal miners to operate under extremely precarious work
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Rural forested community shocks as perceived by in-migrants versus long-term residents Journal of Rural Studies (IF 5.1) Pub Date : 2023-12-21 Margaret C. Walrath, Anita T. Morzillo, Kathleen P. Bell, Chris R. Colocousis, Mindy S. Crandall, Michaela I. Poppick, Darla K. Munroe
Rural communities face challenges and opportunities through changing relationships to natural resources that they depend on socially and culturally. Structural shifts in community-natural resource interactions may be expressed as “shocks”, or disruptions that create community change across multiple scales. These shocks may be isolated or connected events, and frequently have associated ripple effects
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Are remote rural areas in Europe remarkable? Challenges and opportunities Journal of Rural Studies (IF 5.1) Pub Date : 2023-12-22 Carolina Perpiña Castillo, Ricardo Ribeiro Barranco, Riccardo Curtale, Mert Kompil, Chris Jacobs-Crisioni, Sara Vallecillo Rodriguez, Jean-Philippe Aurambout, Filipe Batista e Silva, Patrizia Sulis, Davide Auteri
Remote rural areas are facing strong demographic and socioeconomic challenges as being far from a city can limit social and economic interaction opportunities. This study analyses the EU remote rural areas based on a set of selected indicators related to demographic, economic, accessibility, connectivity, biodiversity, land use and geographical context. Spatial cluster techniques revealed that half
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Dry stone walling. Rural artisan enterprise in the urban economy Journal of Rural Studies (IF 5.1) Pub Date : 2023-12-19 Gerard McElwee, Peter Gittins
Usually, dry stone walls are a feature of rural locations but this paper presents a case story of how two experienced dry stone Wallers were commissioned to build a dry stone wall in an urban location. Through narrative story telling using photographs, this work charts the progress of the construction of the Wall from the commissioning process in December 2021 from visiting stone quarries to search
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Promotional campaigns in the agri-food sector aimed at reducing meat consumption: A promising leverage for action Journal of Rural Studies (IF 5.1) Pub Date : 2023-12-20 Coline Scalabre, Olivier Boiral, Alexander Yuriev, Laurence Guillaumie, Zineb Selihi, Coralie Gaudreau
Promotional campaigns, usually characterized by inter-organizational partnerships focused on food distribution or restaurant services, aim to increase awareness about various benefits of responsible consumption. This is particularly important for the rural population which is frequently involved in the sectors of economy linked to farming and food distribution. In this context, the objective of this
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Assessing the digital transformation in agri-food cooperatives and its determinants Journal of Rural Studies (IF 5.1) Pub Date : 2023-12-12 Francisco J. Santos, Carmen Guzmán, Pedro Ahumada
The digital transformation (DT) of companies implies the emergence of new business models based on the widespread use of digital technologies. Digital transformation is necessary to improve efficiency, productivity, and market access in a context of increasing competition. In the case of the agri-food sector, DT is also required to address the challenges of food safety, food waste, and sustainability
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Norwegian wood, isn't it good? Narratives of the lumber industry and development paths in the Nordic periphery Journal of Rural Studies (IF 5.1) Pub Date : 2023-12-14 Trond Nilsen, Giuseppe Calignano, Stine Lien, Anne Jørgensen Nordli
This paper discusses how and in what way different regional industrial development paths emerge through narratives about a natural resource-based industry in a peripheral region. The way in which industries are portrayed can shape how individuals or groups interpret the role of the industry, and thereby foster positive or negative attitudes towards it. We explore the dynamics in the traditional and
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How do agricultural advisory services meet the needs of farmers? Applying Q-methodology to assessing multi-stakeholders’ perspectives on the pluralistic advisory system in Ontario, Canada Journal of Rural Studies (IF 5.1) Pub Date : 2023-12-12 Ataharul Chowdhury, Khondokar H. Kabir
Agricultural extension and advisory services (AEAS) have undergone significant changes globally, including reduced public funding and the introduction of new approaches, aimed at improving agricultural productivity, net farm income, and food security. In Ontario, similar changes have been implemented, but the system's performance from the perspective of relevant stakeholders has yet to be studied systematically
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Coworking and local development outside metropolitan areas in Sweden Journal of Rural Studies (IF 5.1) Pub Date : 2023-12-09 Anna Rex, Hans Westlund
Through a mixed methods approach, this paper explores how coworking as a phenomenon manifests itself in Sweden, and, using the foundations of agglomeration economy theory as a lens, discusses what impact the occurrence of coworking spaces might have on local and regional development in Sweden's rural regions. Our findings show that the occurrence of coworking providers in Sweden is much more widespread
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Beyond the preservation of agricultural land – Identifying Austrian farmers’ farming-related interests in local spatial planning Journal of Rural Studies (IF 5.1) Pub Date : 2023-12-11 Magdalena Wachter-Karpfinger, Hans Karl Wytrzens
With the EU aiming to secure agricultural land for food production, the relationship between spatial planning and agriculture has gained attention. However, little is known about farmers' interests regarding spatial planning. This study addresses this research gap by adopting an exploratory mixed-methods approach to examine farming-related interests regarding local spatial planning among Austrian farmers
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To adapt or not to adapt, that is the question. Examining farmers’ perceived adaptive capacity and willingness to adapt to sustainability transitions Journal of Rural Studies (IF 5.1) Pub Date : 2023-12-08 Auvikki de Boon, Camilla Sandström, David Christian Rose
The agricultural sector is one of the areas that has been highlighted as requiring a sustainability transition. For these kinds of transitions to succeed over the long-term, farmers need to be able to adapt to the required changes. Identifying which individual and institutional aspects are important for farmers' adaptive capacity and willingness to adapt is therefore an essential step in gaining insight
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Uses and abuses of farmers’ emotional well-being: Policy story-lines and the politics of the rural Journal of Rural Studies (IF 5.1) Pub Date : 2023-12-06 Gareth Enticott
Using the concept of policy story-lines, this paper analyses the use of accounts of farmers’ emotional well-being in policy disputes about the management of animal disease. Recent research on the emotional well-being of farmers in the face of climate change, market uncertainty and animal disease has sought to objectively assess its scale and extent. Studies of the policy process, however, suggest that
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“When I think about Shortfield, I think about mosquitos, and neo-Nazis”: Students’ narratives of racism, sexism, and intolerance in rural Swedish schools Journal of Rural Studies (IF 5.1) Pub Date : 2023-12-06 Thomas Johansson, Jesper Andreasson, Richard Millings
The aim of this study was to analyse how young people living in geographical areas with a tradition of high neo-Nazi activism talk about racism and sexism, in particular, and the “school climate”, in general. Two schools situated in traditional rural mill towns were selected, and students (of ages 14–16) were interviewed. Influenced by Essed's theory on everyday racism, the study addresses how micro
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Drought-tolerant indigenous crop decline in the face of climate change: A political agroecology account from south-eastern Senegal Journal of Rural Studies (IF 5.1) Pub Date : 2023-12-03 Anna Porcuna-Ferrer, Laura Calvet-Mir, Ndèye Fatou Faye, Benjamin Klappoth, Victoria Reyes-García, Vanesse Labeyrie
In south-eastern Senegal, Bassari farmers have historically cultivated and consumed a wide diversity of varieties of sorghum, fonio, and Bambara groundnut, most of which thrive in poor soils, are nutritious, and withstand drought. These crops are now on the verge of disappearance from the fields of the Bassari despite their potential fit in the predicted drier climate in the area. To understand why
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The places we'll go: How have rural residents changed over time? Journal of Rural Studies (IF 5.1) Pub Date : 2023-12-05 Lindsay Finlay, Michael Haan
An increasingly key consideration in Canadian immigration policy is rural settlement patterns. As Canada’s largest census metropolitan areas (CMAs) continue to see increases in overall population, smaller and mid-sized communities face greater challenges in attracting and retaining newcomers as a means of economic and population improvements. As such, it is becoming increasingly important to look at
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Sustainable food policies without sustainable farming? Challenges for agroecology-oriented farmers in relation to urban (sustainable) food policies Journal of Rural Studies (IF 5.1) Pub Date : 2023-12-02 Daniel López-García, María Carrascosa-García
Research on urban food policies has focused upon downstream processes, thus neglecting an integral perspective of food systems, being local and sustainable food production one challenge often mentioned. In turn, in the debates on governance, the focus has been placed upon urban settings and actors, with few studies integrating production into research on urban food policies. These biases limit the
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Re-imagining the complexities faced by rural entrepreneurs in South Africa: Implications for local economic development in the post COVID-19 pandemic period Journal of Rural Studies (IF 5.1) Pub Date : 2023-11-23 Reward Utete, Sheunesu Zhou
Rural entrepreneurs play a critical role in generating economic activities and general development of rural economy. However, the recent COVID-19 pandemic has left extensive upheaval in rural entrepreneurship which cannot be emphasised. As a result, there is growing interest in the potential of rural entrepreneurs to recover from and adapt to the challenges stemming from COVID-19 pandemic. The significant