The Austrian Rural Development Programme of the current period 2000 - 2006 includes the measure "Vocational training" to improve the qualification of persons involved in agriculture and forestry as well as to help them convert their operations to other uses. The educational measures play an...

Understanding how local stakeholders participate in designing and implementing development projects is important to improve their effectiveness. This study used three case studies of privatisation reform of agricultural research and extension in Benin, to analyse recent trends in the...

Las politicas de desarrollo rural de la UE se han encaminado, entre otras finalidades, a aumentar la participacion de las mujeres en el mercado de trabajo y fomentar su participacion en la promocion de proyectos en el mundo rural. Las mujeres fueron las promotoras de casi la mitad de lso...

Ricecheck, an extension program for rice developed by the NSW Department of Primary Industries, is based on eight best management practice recommendations (“key checksâ€) considered essential for achieving high yields. The program comprises grower meetings, monitoring crops, keeping...

Lessons learnt and progress achieved in a project seeking to catalyse establishment of a group, or common property, farming enterprise are reported in this article. The project concept grew from successful experiences of the farmers initiating the project in working together to address shared...

Chain coordination is growing in importance for those in the food industry to maintain access to global markets and competitive advantage. Information communication facilitates coordination and is seen as the glue that holds organisational chain relationships together. This paper describes how...

Nyáregyháza Magyarország legfejlettebb területén, a Közép-Magyarországi Régióban fekszik. Mindössze 40 km távolságra helyezkedik el a főváros határától, és 20 km-re húzódik a fő közlekedési útvonalaktól. A településen 7 civil szervezet és 3 egyházközség...

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With sustained use and creation of knowledge in the centre of the economic development process, an economy essentially becomes a Knowledge Economy. A Knowledge Economy (KE) is one that utilizes knowledge as the key engine of economic growth. It is an economy where knowledge is acquired, created,...