In the last decade the multifunctional agriculture (MFA) concept has emerged as a key
notion in scientific and policy debates on the future of agriculture and rural development …

The aim of this literature review is to consider the main issues derived from studies
published on the subject of farmers' skills and entrepreneurial capacity to determine which …

This article discusses the economic dimensions of agroecological farming systems in
Europe. It firstly theoretically elaborates the reasons why, and under what conditions …

This book explores the position, role and significance of the peasantry in an era of
globalization, particularly of the agrarian markets and food industries. It argues that the …

Many impressive studies on the changing nature of the global food system have been
published, and nearly all address changes at the macro level. The far less visible changes …

This paper examines some recent analyses of alternative agro‐food networks (AAFNs) and
claims that these innovative modes of food provisioning are emblematic of a new rural …

In a time of great agricultural and rural change, the notion of'multifunctionality'has remained
under-theorized and poorly linked to the debates in the social sciences. This book analyses …

This article examines the re-emergence of the peasantry. It argues that farming is
increasingly being restructured in a peasant-like way. This restructuring is an actively …

When first published in 2008, The New Peasantries revolutionized our ways of thinking of
what constitutes the peasantry and repeasantization. It showed how a new era of empire …

Rural development is regarded as a reaction on the modernization paradigm that has
dominated agricultural development in the last decades. The farm income basis can be …