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“It all depends on what you value”: Value hierarchies as barriers to native biodiversity on dairy farms Journal of Rural Studies (IF 5.1) Pub Date : 2024-09-14 Elizabeth Elliot Noe, Ottilie Stolte, Franca Buelow, Anita Wreford
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Investigating the Slow Food - Place relation: An empirical study of dairy communities in Abruzzo Journal of Rural Studies (IF 5.1) Pub Date : 2024-09-13 Emanuele Amo
The paper examines the relational processes characterizing the life of Slow Food communities (or presidia) of dairy producers in the Southern Italian region of Abruzzo. The study uses the notion of assemblage to theoretically approach and empirically analyse these processes. The paper investigates the links between Slow Food and the different actors involved in the development of the presidia, thus
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Pluralities of agritourism: Exploring political values and social judgements Journal of Rural Studies (IF 5.1) Pub Date : 2024-09-12 Chantell LaPan, Shuangyu Xu
Despite increasing research on agritourism, little is known about how farmers' political values may influence their agritourism operation. Given the growing rural-urban divide in the U.S. and increasing political tensions, more research is warranted that explores the perceptions of rural agritourism farmers when hosting tourists, many of which travel from non-rural areas. Subsequently, we used social
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Assessing rural wellbeing through design of a farmer-focused survey methodology: The importance of cultural health, ease of use and farming specific questions Journal of Rural Studies (IF 5.1) Pub Date : 2024-09-10 Jorie Knook, Dana Carver, Kate Gear, Callum Eastwood
There is limited data to baseline and track changes in farmer wellbeing. The aims of this study are to 1) review existing wellbeing assessment approaches, 2) identify key features of a farmer-focused wellbeing assessment, and 3) propose a farmer-focussed wellbeing assessment tool. We conducted a literature review of wellbeing assessment approaches within peer-reviewed literature and interviews with
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Designing precision livestock farming system innovations: A farmer perspective Journal of Rural Studies (IF 5.1) Pub Date : 2024-09-10 Caspar Krampe, Paul T.M. Ingenbleek, Jarkko K. Niemi, Jordi Serratosa
Precision livestock farming (PLF) is increasingly being suggested as a promising tool for contributing to the sustainable transition of livestock farming as a market system innovation for farm-animal value chains. The innovations of PLF systems are over and above applications aimed at achieving on-farm goals ( improving efficiency and monitoring farm animals), which are well recognised in the existing
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The importance of the informal food economy to food access and security: An examination of the Western Isles of Scotland Journal of Rural Studies (IF 5.1) Pub Date : 2024-09-10 Paul Freathy, David Marshall, Keri Davies, Eric Calderwood
In many countries the informal food economy (IFE) plays an essential role in ensuring food access and security. In addition, IFEs can improve choice, have a positive impact upon diet as well as generate household income and employment. While studies have primarily focused upon the role of IFEs in developing economies, their importance within more developed rural markets warrants further attention.
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Water in the West: Analyzing the disconnect between farmers' and policymakers’ perceptions of Colorado River Basin shortages in Arizona Journal of Rural Studies (IF 5.1) Pub Date : 2024-09-09 Anya Wahal, Emily Mendenhall, Mark Giordano
The Colorado River Basin is facing a record-breaking megadrought that is depleting water resources and threatening farmers' livelihoods. This article investigates Arizona's water crisis to convey how farmers' worries, perceptions, and experiences about water align and depart from policymakers'. We conducted an ethnography among farmers and policymakers, involving participant observation and interviews
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Towards a good employership? Phased strategies of Polish farmers employing seasonal migrant workers Journal of Rural Studies (IF 5.1) Pub Date : 2024-09-06 Kamil Matuszczyk
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Industrial versus artisanal mining: The effects on local employment in Liberia Journal of Rural Studies (IF 5.1) Pub Date : 2024-09-04 Melanie Gräser
Using novel quantitative and qualitative data on industrial, semi-industrial, and artisanal mining, this paper analyzes the impact of different mining types on local structural change, measured by shifts in employment from agriculture to more productive sectors. The econometric strategy exploits the temporal variation in mine openings and closings and the spatial variation in mine locations in a d
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Farmer perspectives on crop residue burning and sociotechnical transition in Punjab, India Journal of Rural Studies (IF 5.1) Pub Date : 2024-09-02 James Erbaugh, Gurpreet Singh, Zhixian Luo, Gurulingappa Koppa, Jeffrey Evans, Priya Shyamsundar
Burning rice stubble is a common practice for millions of farmers across the Indo-Gangetic Plains. Though burning represents a low input, cost-effective strategy of crop residue management (CRM), it produces harmful air pollution, and it releases greenhouse gasses. Large-scale transition to no-burn CRM in northwest India will require social and technological change. We analyze data from 60 focus group
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Bridging systems thinking mindsets and farm management: The role of agricultural conservation planning in farmers’ adoption of conservation practices Journal of Rural Studies (IF 5.1) Pub Date : 2024-09-01 Junyu Lu, Sarah P. Church, Pranay Ranjan, Emily M. Usher, Linda S. Prokopy
Increasing the level of conservation efforts is crucial to achieving the goals of improving water quality and climate change adaptation. This study aims to investigate the influence of systems thinking and conservation planning on the adoption of agricultural conservation practices using farmers' survey data (N = 1008) in three watersheds in Indiana, U.S. We found that farmers who were systems thinkers
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Farm adaptive business strategies in crisis management: COVID-19 Journal of Rural Studies (IF 5.1) Pub Date : 2024-08-31 Peter Gittins, Gerard McElwee
The global COVID-19 pandemic significantly impacted businesses worldwide, with rural businesses being no exception. This study examines the effects of the global crisis on upland farmers in England. It builds on the under-researched area of constrained rural entrepreneurship. Institutional theory is applied as a theoretical lens to understand how crisis events shape the constrained institutional contexts
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The coupling characteristics and influencing factors of the "homestead-cultivated land system" in the Three Gorges Reservoir Region of China: A farmer perspective Journal of Rural Studies (IF 5.1) Pub Date : 2024-08-31 Lulu Zhou, Kangchuan Su, Qingyuan Yang, Guohua Bi, Hongji Chen
Homesteads and cultivated land are crucial elements of the rural territorial system. Their coupling characteristics and changing patterns are essential for understanding the evolution of rural human-land systems and for developing coordinated rural development strategies. This study takes Huilong Village and Pingba Village in the TGRR, employing methods such as GIS spatial analysis, comprehensive index
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Farmers and their data: Evaluating the swiss conception of data sharing through the lens of digital farming Journal of Rural Studies (IF 5.1) Pub Date : 2024-08-31 Linda Reissig, Leanne Wiseman, Marianne Cockburn
Digitalisation has changed agricultural production and will continue to do so. Although digital technology promises to increase the efficiency, productivity and environmental friendliness of agriculture while improving the work-life balance of farmers, new digital farming technologies come with potential negatives, such as privacy and security concerns. In recognition of that fact data is a fundamental
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Adapting rural communities to climate change: The undervalued potential of agricultural land Journal of Rural Studies (IF 5.1) Pub Date : 2024-08-30 Ondřej Konečný, Ondřej Šerý, Tomáš Zavadil, Barbora Duží, Alice Kozumplíková, Jakub Trojan, Stanislav Martinát, Radek Novák, Ondřej Kotek, Jiří Lehejček
Rural municipalities in the Czech Republic (central Europe) are important owners of agricultural land, which, if managed appropriately, can be a means of reducing the local impacts of climate change. Previous research has not paid enough attention to rural municipal approaches to farmland management and their role in addressing local climate impacts. The aim of this paper is thus to capture the possible
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Creating a digital platform for the agricultural cooperative system through interorganizational collaboration Journal of Rural Studies (IF 5.1) Pub Date : 2024-08-29 Guillermo Enrico Dawson Jr, José Antônio Valle Antunes Jr, Douglas Wegner, Vivian Sebben Adami
In the era of Agriculture 4.0, agricultural cooperatives are struggling to understand the challenges and threats the digital platforms of large agribusiness corporations represent for the competitiveness of cooperative systems. An opportunity in this context is for agricultural cooperatives to enter the platform economy and collaboratively develop their digital platform. This study aims to analyze
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Contemporary interventions tackling complex issues: Exploring pathways from online mental health forums to personal resilience Journal of Rural Studies (IF 5.1) Pub Date : 2024-08-29 Artur Steiner, Jane Farmer
This paper identifies and examines pathways in which online mental health forums assist in building personal resilience and address the mental ill-health of rural residents. We use a resilience theory to develop a Theoretical Resilience Framework and apply it to empirical qualitative data deriving from three of Australia's online mental health forums as well as interviews with forum users. Using thematic
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Counterurbanisation in post-covid-19 times. Signifier of resurgent interest in rural space across the global North? Journal of Rural Studies (IF 5.1) Pub Date : 2024-08-22 Keith Halfacree
This review paper draws upon a wide range of diverse international sources to give a still relatively early assessment of the extent to which the COVID-19 pandemic stimulated a resurgence of counterurbanisation across much of the global North. Whilst it finds and argues that a ‘resurgence’ was apparent, it may not have been as strong or lasting as was suggested by media reports in particular. Indeed
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Diverging Stories on food system transitions. A qualitative analysis of policy narratives in the public consultation on the European Commission’s Farm to Fork Strategy Journal of Rural Studies (IF 5.1) Pub Date : 2024-08-21 Valentin Fiala, Klaus Jacob, Christiane Barnickel, Peter H. Feindt
The transition towards more just and sustainable food systems is a major challenge which requires persuasive policy narratives for motivation and coordination. However, research about how relevant European actor groups view crucial elements of food system transitions is scarce. The consultation on the European Commission's Farm-to-Fork Strategy provided an opportunity to analyze how elements of food
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Planning for socially sustainable rural housing in Sweden Journal of Rural Studies (IF 5.1) Pub Date : 2024-08-20 Susanne Stenbacka, Susanna Heldt Cassel
The aim of this article is to analyse and discuss policies and planning for rural housing, with a special focus on social sustainability. In this endeavour, we review research with such a focus and put this in dialogue with an analysis of the contemporary situation regarding rural housing challenges and policies in Sweden. Countrysides in Europe, including Sweden, are diverse and face different housing-related
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Opportunities for achieving landscape scale conservation in England Journal of Rural Studies (IF 5.1) Pub Date : 2024-08-16 Hermann Kam
The English countryside is set to undergo significant changes in the way it will be managed in the coming year. The incoming Environmental Land Management schemes represents a shift in scale and focus of public goods provisioning, with the Landscape Recovery scheme in particular now geared more in favour of a coordinated landscape scale delivery of these public goods. This also comes at a time when
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Simulation of smallholder farmers’ adaptation to irrigation-induced landslides: An ABM application in human-land-policy interaction Journal of Rural Studies (IF 5.1) Pub Date : 2024-08-14 Juelin Feng, Jue Wang
Understanding the dynamic interaction between smallholder farmers' adaptation decision-making behavior and the policy environment in the context of human-induced disasters is vital for developing effective policies to enhance farmers' participation in disaster risk reduction (DRR). From the perspective of bounded rationality theory, this study constructs the farmer-land-policy interaction (FLPI) model
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Conceptualising rural environmental justice in Europe in an age of climate-influenced landscape transformations Journal of Rural Studies (IF 5.1) Pub Date : 2024-08-14 David Brown, Benjamin Bégou, Floriane Clement, Brendan Coolsaet, Lisa Darmet, Mathilde Gingembre, Zuzana V. Harmáčková, Adrian Martin, Barbora Nohlová, Cécile Barnaud
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Depopulation determinants of small rural municipalities in the Valencia Region (Spain) Journal of Rural Studies (IF 5.1) Pub Date : 2024-08-14 Enrique San-Martín González, Federico Soler-Vaya
The depopulation of rural areas is a global problem that is particularly serious in Europe and in large areas of Spain, such as the interior of the Valencia Region. Despite the consensus in the diagnosis of the problem, there is still a debate about the policies and measures to solve it. For this reason, in order to help policymakers, this work carries out an analysis of the determinants that have
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Europe's orchard: The role of irrigation on the Spanish agricultural production Journal of Rural Studies (IF 5.1) Pub Date : 2024-08-13 Ana Serrano, Ignacio Cazcarro, Miguel Martín-Retortillo, Guillermo Rodríguez-López
In the latter half of the twentieth century, Spanish agriculture witnessed sustained production growth, aligning with Western European levels after a period of lag in both production and productivity. This growth predominantly occurred in the warm, sunny provinces of southern and eastern Spain, which specialized in high-value crops such as fruits, vegetables, and olive oil. Various factors have been
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Smallholder farmers’ diverse values in maize landrace conservation: A case study from Chiapas, Mexico Journal of Rural Studies (IF 5.1) Pub Date : 2024-08-12 Ana Sofía Monroy-Sais, Daniel Tobin, Mauricio R. Bellon, Marta Astier, Angélica Cibrián-Jaramillo, Nancy Gálvez-Reyes, Alicia Mastretta-Yanes, Jorge Ruiz-Arocho, Ana Wegier, Yolanda H. Chen
Conservation of maize landraces in the Mexico center of origin is critical for sustainable agriculture. However, farmers in many regions of Mexico are reducing landraces for more modern maize varieties, particularly hybrid maize. The reasons why farmers choose to maintain maize landraces have been recently recognized to be strongly linked to their specific values (i.e., intrinsic, instrumental, and
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Wine grape grower perceptions and attitudes about soil health Journal of Rural Studies (IF 5.1) Pub Date : 2024-08-10 Noelymar Gonzalez-Maldonado, Mallika A. Nocco, Kerri Steenwerth, Amanda Crump, Cristina Lazcano
Developing and adopting strategies that preserve soil health from degradation due to drastic changes in climate is critical for securing sustainable viticulture. For example, healthy soils promote water infiltration, nutrient cycling, and retention functions that support grape production. However, little research has evaluated drivers of growers' decision-making processes and actions towards soil management
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A serious games methodology to test solutions for regional food systems inequities Journal of Rural Studies (IF 5.1) Pub Date : 2024-08-07 Caitlin B. Morgan, Scott C. Merrill, Eric M. Clark, Julia A. Wolfson, Amy B. Trubek
How do we test solutions for greater social sustainability in food systems when those alternatives do not yet exist? How do we create solutions that account for the entire food system? This paper presents an innovative research method, the serious game, and its application for researching propositions that are systems-wide, integrating consumer equity and viable small farming in the Northeastern United
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Analysing micrologistics initiatives in rural areas – Approaches to typologise and assess complex logistics solutions in regional supply networks Journal of Rural Studies (IF 5.1) Pub Date : 2024-08-07 Susanne Hofmann-Souki, Annemarie Wojtech, Martina Schäfer, Alexander Conrad
While demand for regional products increases and societal expectations towards a regionalisation of production are on the rise in Germany, little attention is given to the logistical challenges of local producers. At the same time, rural areas are confronted with declining supply options for goods of daily needs. Logistical challenges in rural areas are primarily caused by a scarcity of actors, low
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Increase of fear of crime in rural Brazil and police legitimacy Journal of Rural Studies (IF 5.1) Pub Date : 2024-08-06 Gustavo Moreira gustavocmoreira@usp.br, Vania Ceccato
In this article, we assess individuals' fear of crime in Brazil with a focus on rural areas using ordered probit models and data from six waves of the Latino barometer survey conducted between 2008 and 2018 (N = 10.153). Results show that there has been a marked decrease in respondents' perceived safety after 2012, with those living in rural areas experiencing a more significant increase in fear of
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Lively commodities and endemic diseases: Shifting commodity situations and nonhuman disability in cattle and sheep on UK farms Journal of Rural Studies (IF 5.1) Pub Date : 2024-08-06 Lewis Holloway, Niamh Mahon, Beth Clark, Amy Proctor
The concept of ‘lively commodities’ captures how aspects of the life of certain entities affect their commodification and exchange within capitalist economic systems. Their status as being, or comprised of, living things matters to their commodification in different ways in particular places and spaces and at particular times. This paper uses the empirical example of diseased farmed animals in the
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Piloting a co-created local and alternative food network involving professional buyers in Norway: Forces and tensions influencing viability Journal of Rural Studies (IF 5.1) Pub Date : 2024-08-06 Christine Hvitsand, Anna Marie Nicolaysen, Sigrid Gjøtterud, Ruth Kjærsti Raanaas
We can obtain knowledge about how sustainability transitions can take place through experimenting with niche-activities. An alternative food network (AFN) called was co-created through action research in an agri-food living lab and was piloted in 2019 and 2020. The purpose was to contribute to more organic produce in localized food systems and improve communication between producers and professional
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Protecting place: Norway, spatial imaginaries, and the governance of antimicrobial resistant bacteria in pig and poultry farming Journal of Rural Studies (IF 5.1) Pub Date : 2024-08-05 Richard Helliwell
Norway has undertaken specific governance measures to eradicate and control MRSA and ESBL , two AMR bacterium, in pigs and poultry respectively. These measures are unique in the context of AMR governance in Europe and globally, and extend AMR governance in agriculture beyond a focus on reducing antibiotics use, towards direct efforts to control the prevalence of two AMR bacteria of concern. Based on
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Assessing climate risk for cereals and livestock to inform adaptation planning at regional and local scale Journal of Rural Studies (IF 5.1) Pub Date : 2024-08-02 Valentina Mereu, Josè Maria Costa-Saura, Trabucco Antonio, Spano Donatella
Climate change is strongly affecting Mediterranean agriculture, prompting urgent adaptation actions to cope with its negative impacts and to enhance the resilience of agricultural systems. Detailed climate risk analyses are essential to inform and guide decision-making on priority actions to be implemented in each territory, tailored on specific local needs. This work applied the impact chain approach
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How does perception of success change between family and solo farmers: A perspective from strategic resources and entrepreneurial orientation Journal of Rural Studies (IF 5.1) Pub Date : 2024-08-02 Furkan Yigit, Leena Rantamäki-Lahtinen, Timo Sipiläinen
This study compares the resources and entrepreneurial characteristics of family and solo farmers, and influences of these on subjective success perceptions. Quantitative data were collected in Finland and the research model is comprised of Resource-Based Theory and Entrepreneurial Orientation. T-test for equality of means and Structural Equation modelling were employed for testing the hypotheses. The
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Terroir takes on technology: Geographical indications, agri-food innovation, and regional competitiveness in Europe Journal of Rural Studies (IF 5.1) Pub Date : 2024-08-01 Stefanella Stranieri, Luigi Orsi, Federico Zilia, Ivan De Noni, Alessandro Olper
In the agri-food sector, firms and local systems can utilize both Geographical Indications and technological advancements as key strategic assets for growth in many European regions, but the combined contribution of Geographical Indications and innovation activities to the economy of European regions is still poorly investigated. This study aims to understand how Geographical Indications and agri-food
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Tipping points and farmer decision-making in European permanent grassland (PG) agricultural systems Journal of Rural Studies (IF 5.1) Pub Date : 2024-08-01 Sophie Tindale, Yiying Cao, Shan Jin, Olivia Green, Michael Burd, Victoria Vicario-Modrono, Natasha Alonso, Sydney Clingo, Rosa Gallardo-Cobos, Pedro Sanchez-Zamora, Erik Hunter, Simona Miskolci, Gabriele Mack, Nadja El Benni, Martina Spoerri, Samantha Outhwaite, John Elliott, Paul Newell- Price, Lynn J. Frewer
Permanent grasslands (PG) provide multifunctional ecosystem services (ES) in Europe and globally, which are threatened by both increased farming intensity and land use change in marginal areas. Farm management decisions can represent critical thresholds, or behavioural “tipping points”, in the agricultural system. Decisions are influenced by a combination of agronomic, policy and social factors. Transformation
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The potential effects of climate change on subsistence farmers’ wellbeing in tropical (sub)montane homegardens. A case study on Mount Kilimanjaro Journal of Rural Studies (IF 5.1) Pub Date : 2024-08-01 Martin Watts, Craig Hutton, Abel Paul, Natalie Suckall, Kelvin S.-H. Peh
Tropical agroforestry systems support the wellbeing of millions of subsistence farmers. Owing to their ecosystem services, these agricultural systems are often advocated in government, policy, and literature as a potential adaptation to climate change measure despite emerging evidence that agroforestry systems could succumb to climate change. While the agroecological impacts of climate change on tropical
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Determinants of agricultural diversification: What really matters? A review Journal of Rural Studies (IF 5.1) Pub Date : 2024-07-31 Gianluca Grilli, Francesco Pagliacci, Paola Gatto
Diversification of farm activities is one of the strategies to reduce the risk associated to the farm business and stabilise farmers’ income, in particular for smaller farms. Diversification may result in on-farm activities (e.g. agritourism) or off-farm, which indicates that farmers seek additional income in the labour or investment market off their farms. Understanding the determinants of diversification
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Skill acquisition within a (more-than-human) community of practice: A study of beekeeping in Punjab, India Journal of Rural Studies (IF 5.1) Pub Date : 2024-07-25 Trent Brown, Catherine Phillips, Syed Shoaib Ali
Understanding learning processes involved in sustainable rural transitions requires theories that recognise learning as a complex, socio-ecologically situated phenomenon. Communities of practice theory provides a socially embedded account of learning processes. It suggests that joining communities of practice and developing an identity as a practitioner provides a motivational and pedagogical framework
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Understanding viticultural financial returns: A case study from the Riverland, South Australia Journal of Rural Studies (IF 5.1) Pub Date : 2024-07-19 Joanne Louise Tingey-Holyoak, Sarah Ann Wheeler, Constantin Seidl, Alec Zuo
Viticultural regions around the world have faced considerable challenges in the past two decades. This is particularly the case in Australia where climate change, labour shortage and tariff fluctuations are pronounced. This study explores the viticultural industry's financial returns in Australia over time, and in particular focusses upon a case study of a key irrigated viticultural region (the Riverland
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Unpacking ‘community water management’ in rural Chile: An institutional ethnography Journal of Rural Studies (IF 5.1) Pub Date : 2024-07-17 Adriana Angela Suárez Delucchi
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Family farming and gender in a valley in northern Spain Journal of Rural Studies (IF 5.1) Pub Date : 2024-07-16 Eloy Gómez-Pellón
This study is the outcome of research on family farming in a coastal valley in northern Spain. The objective of the study is to determine to what degree traditional norms and values persist in the practices of family farmers. A qualitative methodology was used in the research. It demonstrates that, contrary to the optimism expressed by some studies, social changes have not succeeded in transforming
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The Rural Geography Research Group at 50: Reflections on an evolving community of practice Journal of Rural Studies (IF 5.1) Pub Date : 2024-07-14 Aimee L. Morse, Guy M. Robinson
This paper explores the development and work of the Rural Geography Research Group (RGRG) of the Royal Geographical Society over the last fifty years since its inception in 1972. It draws on the minutes of the RGRG's Annual General Meetings, content in its biannual newsletters, and reports of conferences. Using the concept of academic communities of practice (CoP), the paper explores the RGRG's contributions
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Natural language processing of social network data for the evaluation of agricultural and rural policies Journal of Rural Studies (IF 5.1) Pub Date : 2024-07-14 Alba Gutiérrez Domínguez, Norat Roig-Tierno, Nuria Chaparro-Banegas, José-María García-Álvarez-Coque
Global sustainable development challenges affect the agricultural sector, and many innovations aimed at addressing these challenges have been introduced in the agri-food sector. In this complex context, new agricultural policies are being implemented in Europe. Their success depends on their potential to adapt to new realities, responding to the opinions and demands of the European population. Given
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Spreading the gains from geographical indications: A longitudinal study on the extension of the Prosecco GI Journal of Rural Studies (IF 5.1) Pub Date : 2024-07-14 Francesca Checchinato, Vladi Finotto, Christine Mauracher, Chiara Rinaldi
Defined as signs denoting products linked to discrete characteristics of an area, geographical indications (GIs) acquired prominence in the economic development agenda. Gains from GIs triggered processes of redefinition and extension of the underlying territorial boundaries. Extensions increased the number of beneficiaries of the returns from GIs but also ignited tensions that deserve to be observed
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Drivers of farmers’ adaptive behavior to climate change: The 3F-SEC framework Journal of Rural Studies (IF 5.1) Pub Date : 2024-07-13 Alexander Cano, Bente Castro Campos
Climate change can have a negative impact on agriculture and lead to significant crop losses and increasing food insecurity. Despite the growing body of research on farmers' adaptive behaviors to climate change, there remains a lack of comprehensive classification of influencing factors. In our systematic literature review comprising 87 articles, we identified 179 distinct drivers, categorized into
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Drought, water management, and agricultural livelihoods: Understanding human-ecological system management and livelihood strategies of farmer's in rural California Journal of Rural Studies (IF 5.1) Pub Date : 2024-07-11 M. Anne Visser, Grace Kumetat, Gwendolyn Scott
Mitigating impact between agricultural livelihoods and water conservation efforts in the face of significant drought requires a sophisticated understanding of policy efforts enacted to manage water supply and the logic of human livelihood decision-making. This case study extends literature on human-water decision-making in agricultural areas by using a political ecology framework to understand how
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Shifting to quality wine production in France's Midi: Ethnographic notes from the Department of the Hérault Journal of Rural Studies (IF 5.1) Pub Date : 2024-07-11 Scott Prudham, Kenneth Iain MacDonald, Sophie Caillon
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Until death do they part: Loving and killing in Swiss on-farm slaughter Journal of Rural Studies (IF 5.1) Pub Date : 2024-07-09 Lisa Märcz, Garry Marvin, Michael Gibbert
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Local community leaders on social resilience to environmental disasters: The case of El Niño in Lurigancho-Chosica in Perú Journal of Rural Studies (IF 5.1) Pub Date : 2024-07-08 Antonia Lerner, Lore Van Praag
This study aims to investigate how community leaders of Lurigancho-Chosica, in Lima-Perú, perceive environmental (im)mobility in their community, because of El Niño-Southern Oscillation [ENSO]. ENSO is a recurrent climate event that will likely worsen with rising world temperatures. Lurigancho-Chosica is a highly vulnerable area and one of the most affected by ENSO in the country because of landslides
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Coordination work – Tuning and timing rice production in Burkina Faso Journal of Rural Studies (IF 5.1) Pub Date : 2024-07-05 Janine Hauer, Jonas Østergaard Nielsen
Agricultural growth poles and development corridors are key instruments for fostering economic growth in rural areas and widely employed across the African continent. This paper contributes to the growing body of scholarship that empirically investigates how these large-scale spatial development strategies ‘hit the ground’. Drawing on ethnographic research within the Bagré Growth Pole Project in Burkina
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Technical knowledge acquisition modes and environmental sustainability in Spanish organic farms Journal of Rural Studies (IF 5.1) Pub Date : 2024-07-03 Josune Sáenz, Nekane Aramburu, Henar Alcalde-Heras, Marta Buenechea-Elberdin
Understanding technical knowledge acquisition modes in organic farming (i.e., how organic farmers learn about the means and methods underpinning the practice of organic agriculture) and how such learning modes and subsequent knowledge affect environmental sustainability constitutes a necessary condition to develop a more sustainable type of agriculture. Using survey data from 358 organically certified
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Where is the city? Where is the countryside? Assessing the Methods for the Classification of Urban, Rural, and Intermediate Areas in Europe Journal of Rural Studies (IF 5.1) Pub Date : 2024-07-03 Valentina Cattivelli
This paper scrutinises European methods developed since 2010 for identifying urban, rural, and intermediate areas, addressing the need for locally relevant and internationally comparable methodologies. The inadequacy of the traditional urban-rural dichotomy methods in describing peri-urbanisation and the demand for efficient fund allocation and international performance comparisons has driven the proliferation
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Compliance is far from standard: Relational conditions of access and exclusion in agriculture Journal of Rural Studies (IF 5.1) Pub Date : 2024-06-29 Patrick Baur, Christy Getz, Margiana Petersen-Rockney, Jennifer Sowerwine
Regulatory regimes codify complex social objectives for agriculture, and judge producers' compliance relative to the resulting rules and standards. By combining Access Theory with Regulator-Intermediary-Target Theory, we frame farmers' compliance with agricultural rules and standards as a dynamic, relational product of social networks, rather than an asset that a farmer either has or lacks. To build
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New pathways for women’s empowerment in pastoralist Maasai households, Tanzania Journal of Rural Studies (IF 5.1) Pub Date : 2024-06-29 Timothy D. Baird, Emily Woodhouse, J. Terrence McCabe, Paul Barnes, Felista Terta, Naomi Runda
Despite the extensive scholarship on women's empowerment and gender equality in the Global South, few studies have examined how changing livelihoods create new challenges and opportunities for women seeking access to intra-household decision-making. Here we examine pastoralist Maasai women's access to a range of household-level decisions that span more longstanding and more recent aspects of changing
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Exploring the nexus of food citizenship and local food consumption in America's rural-urban blend: Insights from Will County (Illinois) Journal of Rural Studies (IF 5.1) Pub Date : 2024-06-27 Marie Asma Ben-Othmen, Jerry H. Kavouras
This paper uses Will County in Illinois as a case study to examine the relationship between food citizenship and local food consumption in what we term to be the rural-urban blend of America. Food citizenship is participating in food-related actions promoting democratic, socially and economically equitable, and environmentally sustainable food systems. On the other hand, local food consumption is choosing
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The “dreaded” daughter-in-law in Australian farm business succession Journal of Rural Studies (IF 5.1) Pub Date : 2024-06-26 Lucie Newsome, Alison Sheridan, Andrew Lawson, Skye Charry, Sue Field
Egalitarian gender norms and legislative rights to property may be a threat to the successful intergenerational transfer of the family farm. This article examines how the land holding generation perceives the role of daughters-in-law in reproducing the family farm. We examine the site of farm succession and intergenerational transfer. We draw on interviews with 22 farm succession professionals. Our
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Unraveling farmers' interrelated adaptation and mitigation adoption decisions under perceived climate change risks Journal of Rural Studies (IF 5.1) Pub Date : 2024-06-25 María Rodríguez-Barillas, P. Marijn Poortvliet, Laurens Klerkx
Climate change poses a risk to agricultural activity. Understanding farmers' behaviors is increasingly important for managing climate risks and improving their adaptive capacity. This study aims to identify the key risk-related drivers influencing several adaptation and mitigation strategies by adopting various Climate-Smart Agriculture (CSA) technologies to reduce climate change vulnerability. We
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Contextualising digitalisation through ambidexterity and new territorial proximities Journal of Rural Studies (IF 5.1) Pub Date : 2024-06-21 Marcello De Rosa, Chrysanthi Charatsari, Evagelos D. Lioutas, Margherita Masi, Yari Vecchio, Martina Francescone