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Devolution and delivery: recent rural policy-making in Scotland
Thomson, Kenneth J. - European Association of Agricultural Economists - EAAE - 2010
Since 1999, Scotland has (re)gained a considerable degree of political independence from the rest of the UK, and a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008693161
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Changes in rural areas of Ukraine: problems and opportunities
Moroz, Serhiy Mykolayovych - European Association of Agricultural Economists - EAAE - 2010
The paper describes the main tendencies and perspectives of development of rural areas in Ukraine. It emphasizes that the key reason of existing socio-economic issues in rural regions is the absence of well-defined rural development policy. Thus, it is necessary for Ukraine to implement...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008693195
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Evaluation and Prospects of Policies for Less Favoured Areas in Japan
Hashiguchi, Takuya - European Association of Agricultural Economists - EAAE - 2010
Since 2000, ‘The System of Direct Payment of Subsidies to Farmers in Hilly and Mountainous Areas’ is in operation in Japan. The objective of this paper is to evaluate and survey Japan’s policy for less favoured areas. This system has two characteristics: ‘coverage subsidies for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008693185
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Agro-food chain: an innovative paradigm for food and rural policy analysis and agro-food chain segments’ systemic performance at regional level
Samoggia, Antonella; Maccani, Paola; Marchi, Alan - European Association of Agricultural Economists - EAAE - 2010
The food chain concept is an increasingly common theoretical instrument for food and rural development policy and many countries adopt the so-called “new rural paradigm”, so to integrate different sectoral policies. This paper aims at adopting the food chain paradigm in order to analyse the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008693207
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Modelling Policies for Multifunctional Agriculture and Rural Development in a Remote EU Region (Caithness & Sutherland, Scotland, UK)
Bergmann, Holger; Thomson, Kenneth J. - European Association of Agricultural Economists - EAAE - 2008
software was used to simulate the effects of a number of development scenarios for a remote rural area in Northern Scotland, i …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005038782
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Current status of agriculture and rural areas in Japan and prospect of new policy framework: comparison of the direct payment system in Japan and Europe
Hashiguchi, Takuya - European Association of Agricultural Economists - EAAE - 2014
This paper considers the ‘direct payment system Japanese style’, which has been in force in Japan since fiscal year 2014 when the entire system was reorganised and fused with other current direct payment systems. Our analysis reveals that Japan’s direct payment system focuses on supporting...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011125145
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Dynamics of Innovation in Livestock Genetics in Scotland: An Agricultural Innovation Systems Perspective
Islam, Md. Mofakkarul; Renwick, Alan W.; … - European Association of Agricultural Economists - EAAE - 2012
productivity, profitability, and competitiveness of the livestock industry in Scotland. However, there is a concern that the uptake …. This is rather paradoxical given the fact that Scotland’s research outputs in farm animal genetics are widely perceived to … technology uptake in the livestock sectors in Scotland. Although the work has been undertaken in dairy, sheep, and beef sectors …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010910378
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The Impact of Farm Income Support on Absolute Inequality
Allanson, Paul - European Association of Agricultural Economists - EAAE - 2005
This paper focuses on the impact of agricultural support policies on the distribution of farming incomes, using measures to characterise and quantify the redistributive effects that are based on the change in the absolute Gini index. The provision of support to Scottish agriculture is found to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005320377
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Policy Implications of a Behavioural Economics Analysis of Land Use Determinants in Rural Scotland
Toma, Luiza; Sutherland, Lee-Ann; Barnes, Andrew P.; … - European Association of Agricultural Economists - EAAE - 2011
collected in May to June 2009 through telephone interviews of 600 land managers in Scotland. The model tests and estimates the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009324324
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An analysis of Marketing Channels of Local Food in Scotland
Revoredo-Giha, Cesar; Watts, D.; Leat, Philip M.K. - European Association of Agricultural Economists - EAAE - 2010
affordability has received considerable attention in the discussion on and development of the National Food Policy in Scotland. In … terms of methodology, the paper continues the analysis of the local food database for Scotland constructed in Watts et al …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008694040