One of the goals of geographical indications in the EU is to contribute to rural development of remote and less-favoured areas. On the base of a rough estimation of the uptake of geographical indications in mountain and island areas of the EU, it can be concluded that indeed agricultural and...

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 the European Commission and developed by Member...

A tagállamok cselekvési tervét és a felállított struktúrákat áttekintve megállapítható, hogy főleg azok az államok tudtak eredményes intézményrendszert kialakítani 2008 óta, akiknek önkéntesen hálózatba szerveződő csoportjai már korábban is működtek. Számos...

Over the last decades, a large number of developed countries have explicitly recognized the importance of benefits generated from agricultural and rural landscape into their legislation. Since the early '90, preservation and enhancing of rural landscape has played an increasing role also into...