The theme of this paper is the impact of participation in an environmental scheme on the host SME and the measurement of other entrepreneurial activity associated with the same SMEs. The following work objectives were adopted: To examine a representative sub sample of these SME participants and...

The purpose of the paper is the analysis of socio-economical structures which are: rural economy and rural infrastructure, regarding their contribution to the development of the rural area and to the improvement of the quality of life for the rural population. We emphasize the diversification...

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Using the method of emergy analysis, we analyze the input and output of agro-ecological economic system, and select five indicators (net emergy yield ratio, emergy investment ratio, environmental loading ratio, emergy sustainability index, and dominance of emergy yield system) for assessment....

On the basis of Summarizing agricultural clean production, the theoretical basis of the leading role displayed by the government in promoting agricultural clean production is expounded. The characteristics of agricultural products, such as the hidden environment quality of agricultural...

The paper aims to consider sustainable development in Villa Sola de Vega and agencies. From the theoretical review highlights three perspectives, the Brundtland which is located in the current neo-liberal, ecological economics and agroecology. The neoliberal places greater emphasis on the...

We establish the comprehensive evaluation indicator system for sustainable development of micro-credit, constituted by the profitability ratio, financial constitution ratio, loan quality ratio and operating efficiency ratio. Taking the case of micro-credit of China Foundation for Poverty...

With the booming development over the past years, geo-parks have achieved impressive progress together with a series of problems. Most importantly, geological tourism is not in prosperity. How to prosper geological tourism and achieve the sustainable development of geo-parks is the top concern...

Based on existing problems in the course of development of self-study examination of agricultural science disciplines, this paper analyzes logical conditions for its sustainable development. Major logical conditions include requirement for free and comprehensive development of individuals;...