Farm models are potentially relevant tools for policy impact assessment. Governments and
international organizations use impact assessment (IA) as an ex-ante policy process and …

In any turbulent economic environment, sectors of economic activity behave and resist
differently depending on the causes of the turbulence. Some sectors present a unique …

Social innovation is often appointed as an essential part of agricultural and rural innovation.
Everybody seems to agree that social innovation is important but what exactly is meant by …

Purpose The concept of sustainable livelihoods–commonly understood as managing of
means of living without undermining natural resources–has gained momentum in …

The need to guarantee the efficiency of the agricultural sector and to shape production in
order to limit its negative impact on the natural environment is one of the most important …

Since the late 1980s, much of the debate on sustainability has been dominated by
ecological perspectives. However, the last decade has seen an increasing interest in the …

This study aims to provide a comprehensive analysis of the effects of climate change on
Greek agriculture, by evaluating and refining the current policy measures and interventions …

In typical Mediterranean settings farming systems are key components and have an impact
on the community structure and the environment in which they take place hence it is …

In the last decades rural communities face the problems of ageing of population, high share
of elder farmers and imbalanced distribution of farmers across age classes. The Rural …

Although sustainable development is a topic broadly discussed in the literature in relation to
existing policy stimulus, a holistic approach to the implementation of sustainability in …