support rural areas in facing new challenges. Actually, EU rural areas are going through major transformations. Due to the … very different development processes that rural areas have lately undertaken, the urban-rural divide is now almost outdated … (OECD, 2006): rural regions in central EU regions can benefit from the improvements in transportation systems and in ICT, in …

This article examines the impact of non-farm work on household welfare, differentiated by female, for rural households … potential role of non-farm work in improving rural household welfare and poverty alleviation in rural areas of developing …

. Territorial imbalances, however, represent only part of the story. The CAP comprises a wide range of agricultural and rural … measures, from agricultural market interventions to agro-environmental payments and rural development measures. Due to their …

In order to promote rural development public agricultural policies need to constantly adapt to the continuous change of … socio-economic conditions of rural areas, related to both farm and territorial dynamics. Hence beyond the zoning provided by … geography, farms characteristics and farmers attitude to acquire a deeper knowledge of these rural areas. This paper aims at …

budget for Rural Development. Although the farmers uptake of AES is expected to strongly impact even farmer’s behavior, in …