8178: Strengthening the positive links between organic farming and a sustainable development of rural areas
(2006) Strengthening the positive links between organic farming and a sustainable development of rural areas. Paper presented at Joint Organic Congress, Odense, Denmark, May 30-31, 2006..
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Summary
Organic farming can play a major role in the sustainable development of rural areas. Our assumption is that it supports the finding of a new balance between societal demands for high environmental quality, the pressures resulting from competition in a world market economy and a wide array of rural development goals and initiatives. The German 'Regional Action - Rural Areas Shaping the Future' pilot programme has been implemented in order to gain best-practice models for securing the economic, ecological and social viability of rural areas and for trial-testing a new integrated, bottom-up approach. In this contribution we present the results of an analysis of the project databank of the Regional Action pilot programme. It is concluded that the projects that are being implemented aim at a reconstitution of nature-society relations, indicating that agriculture and the potential of rural areas are no longer being evaluated in mono-functional terms.
| Document Language: | English |
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| Subject Areas: | Food systems > Policy environments and social economy Environmental aspects > Landscape and recreation Environmental aspects > Biodiversity and ecosystem services Farming Systems > Social aspects Food systems > Produce chain management Food systems > Recycling, balancing and resource management |
| Research affiliation: | International Conferences > Joint Organic Congress 2006 > Theme 1: Research in sustainable systems Germany > Univ. Frankfurt > IFLS |
| Total budget (Euro): | 0 |
| Orgprints ID Number: | 8178 |
| Contact: | Knickel, Dr Karlheinz |
| Deposited On: | 09 May 2006 |
| EPrint Type: | Submit a paper or a poster to a conference |
| Published?: | Published |
| Type of presentation: | Paper |
| Peer Review Status: | Not peer-reviewed |
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