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 …

Ecological intensification of agriculture (EIA) aims to assure food security by harnessing
ecosystem services while minimizing external inputs and environmental harms. One …

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 …

In this paper we explore the development and incidence of alternative food networks within
a European-wide context. By developing a consistent definition of short food supply chains …

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 …

JD Van der Ploeg, profesor de Sociología Rural en la Universidad de Wageningen
(Holanda), es uno de esos investigadores sociales que se dedica a comprender los …

An important issue for the study of grassroots innovations and the geography of
sustainability transitions is how scales affect transformative change. In this paper we will …

A renovada atenção em torno da agricultura familiar no Brasil, como expressa a
organização do “1o Colóquio Agricultura Familiar e Desenvolvimento Rural”(Porto Alegre …

In this paper we use a network perspective to study the micro level of agricultural innovation
systems and investigate the different roles and functions that collaborating actors have to …

There is increasing recognition that whilst agri-environment schemes in England have had
discernable benefits, their success in relation to certain species and resources has been …