The contents of the present work focus on contrasting the possible contribution of the funds from the second pillar of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) to improving the evolution of one of the economic variables that is usually included as an objective to be achieved by rural development...

<b>RESUMEN</b><br> <br> La importancia del fomento empresarial para el desarrollo rural ha quedado evidenciada en las directrices establecidas en la política rural europea. A pesar de ello, las medidas contenidas en el Plan de Desarrollo Rural (PDR) de Cataluña 2007-2013, siguen adoptando un enfoque...

Este libro recoge las ponencias presentadas en la conferencia Investigación, políticas y desarrollo, realidad en el marco del 25 aniversario del Grupo de Análisis para el Desarrollo. Las páginas de esta publicación incluyen balances de investigación empírica relevantes para el logro de...

The intention of rural development is to guarantee the population of an agricultural environment a set of living conditions that are comparable to those of urban areas. This is why it is so important that there are agents capable of creating initiatives that contribute to the development of...

El estudio evalúa cuáles son los factores más relevantes para que un pequeño productor agrícola demande asistencia técnica con el propósito de incursionar en mercados “dinámicos”; es decir, en mercados que puedan absorber cantidades crecientes de su cultivo. Los resultados muestran...

As part of the International Investigation project Rural Development and the Social Economy in South American countries, Spain and Portugal, a study has been carried out by the Catholic University of Ávila in Spain regarding Rural Development and the Social Economy in the State of Mérida in...

At the door of the XXI century, the Agenda 2000 and the agreements reached at the European Council of Berlin opened the possibility for a new design of European policies. The three fundamental aspects discussed were: the reformulation of Structures Policy, the reformulation of Common Agrarian...

This paper contributes to the interest and concern about agricultural cooperatives in scientific and social terms by establishing and analysing the current state of research on participative enterprises in agriculture. Ultimately, our intention is to provide the scientific community with a...