El presente trabajo se basa en un seguimiento a un grupo de explotaciones agrarias de la zona montanosa de Las Alpujarras, situada al sureste de Espana, durante dos decadas consecutivas: 1981-1991 y 1991-2001. Tras comentar brevemente los cambios acaecidos, en la primera decada, expuestos ya en...

El término desarrollo rural esconde numerosos matices y significados. Sin duda, su frecuente utilización pone de manifiesto la revalorización y el cambio de mentalidad que se va imponiendo sobre los espacios rurales. Con este artículo se pretende analizar el desarrollo que en particular...

The article deals with the problems of the economic and demographic situation in the rural areas of Lithuania. The article contains a brief review of distribution of farms according to the size and area of cultivated land. Special attention is paid to the changes of rural population and the...

The paper examines factors influencing migration to rural counties in Poland's underdeveloped regions using county data level and linear regression equation with exponential heteroscedastic errors. Quality of life factors, including the availability of various utility services positively...

The article deals with the problems of the economic and demographic situation in the rural areas of Lithuania. The article contains a brief review of distribution of farms according to the size and area of cultivated land. Special attention is paid to the changes of rural population and the...

The greenhouse sector has reinvented itself as a technologically advanced and relatively environmentally friendly industry over the past 15 years. However it remains a high energy user. Two recent surveys have highlighted the potential impact on greenhouse grower costs of the proposed emissions...

The understanding of how allocation decisions can maximise the economic returns to the community from water for irrigation has received little attention, but is a significant issue for regional councils, those interested in water allocation policy development, and for irrigated farmers. There is...