rural economy has an important role in rural sustainable development in every region or country. however, the rural economy in iran is too much depending on agriculture and development of other rural economy in particular nonfarm activities, has been neglected by iranian rural communities. therefore, the aim of this study was to identify the role of non-farm business on rural sustainable develo...

This paper presents a framework of the evolution of information and communication technology (ICT) applications in agriculture and rural development based on comparative experiences of South Africa and Kenya. The framework posits that full deployment of ICT in agriculture and rural development will be a culmination of several phases of changes that starts with e-government policy design, develo...

Organic agriculture can contribute to meaningful socio-economic and ecologically sustainable development, especially in poorer countries. This is due on the one hand to the application of organic principles, which means efficient management of local resources (e.g. local seed varieties, manure, etc.) and therefore costeffectiveness. On the other hand, the market for organic products – at local ...

In the article, author presents an analytical review of mechanisms and sources investment development agriculture in resource-deficient regions (Russian foreign experience). Mechanisms for region are proposed (provision tax incentives/ holidays agricultural producers; construction housing employees working field agriculture; drawing up a map priority projects which state support is needed; prov...

Decision making process in agriculture is fundamentally concerned with achieving integrated, productive and sustainable use of financial, biological and social capital at different levels. As our understanding and knowledge of the environmental and production resource base has improved, the need for integrated approaches to management has been more widely appreciated. The intensification of agr...

Please doi:10. Summary. — Widespread rural poverty in Africa and the success of Asia’s Green Revolution suggest that agriculture is a key sector for African development. However, in response to recent skepticism, this paper examines whether the conventional wisdom about agriculture’s contribution to the development process can still be applied to Africa today. We first outline the debate betwee...

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There are errors in the Funding section. The publisher apologizes for these errors. The correct funding information is as follows: Original study was supported by the Traditional Korean Medicine R&D program founded by the Ministry of Health &Welfare through the Korea Health Industry Development Institute (KHIDI) (HI13C0263) and Basic Science Research Program through the National Research Founda...

It is a major question in archaeology and anthropology whether human populations started to grow primarily after the advent of agriculture, i.e., the Neolithic time, especially in East Asia, which was one of the centers of ancient agricultural civilization. To answer this question requires an accurate estimation of the time of lineage expansion as well as that of population expansion in a popul...

T e c h n o l o g y d e v e l o p m e n t i s a response o f sc ien t i f i c k n o w l e d g e to the c h a n g i n g needs o f c o n s u m e r s , f a r m e r s , c o m m u n i t y , c o u n t r y , a n d w o r l d t rade . I n the la te 1960s a n d e a r l y 1970s the re w a s a need to increase t o ta l p r o d u c t i o n by i n t e n s i v e a g r i c u l t u r e . H o w e v e r , i n t h...