Sinds 2007 is het Investeringsbudget Landelijk Gebied (ILG) het nieuwste wapen in de strijd tegen vastgelopen beleidsprocessen en bureaucratisering in het plattelandsbeleid. Decentralisatie van instrumenten en geld naar provincies, zevenjarige prestatiecontracten en meerjarenprogramma’s moeten de uitvoering van dit beleid stimuleren. Het ILG omvat twee sturingswerelden: gebiedsgerichte samenwerking (governance) en contracten (prestatiesturing). Maar, gaan deze werelden in de praktijk ook samen? Het belang van gebiedsprocessen voor natuur en landschap, burger en boer

Consulta Popular y comportamientos electorales en regiones con identidad indígena y montubia en Ecuador
 
Francisco Hidalgo Flor *
Ingrid Salazar, Katherine Ramos, Francisco Batalla, Andrés Barzallo [1]
 

Reflexiones del ser joven
Jhannet Ventura *[1]
¿Qué es ser joven? ¿Existe una única manera de ser joven? estas se constituyen interrogantes centrales para el abordaje de lo juvenil.
En Sudamérica, la transición demográfica y el crecimiento de la población joven han despertado el interés de desarrollar estudios en torno a la juventud. Estos estudios son realizados desde diversas perspectivas y propósitos, y en la mayoría de los casos centralizados en lo urbano, invisibilizando así, a la juventud rural.

La investigación como un tejido de relaciones, complicidad y empatía
Ruth Bautista Durán

Esta guía fue realizada por solicitud del Ministerio de Ambiente y Desarrollo Sostenible de Colombia, en respuesta a los crecientes problemas de degradación del suelo. Su objetivo es proporcionar buenas prácticas para la conservación, el uso sostenible y la protección de los suelos en las zonas rurales del país. Es una herramienta para orientar a los actores relacionados con el uso del suelo en el diseño e implementación de planes y prácticas de manejo sostenible.

Rural-based economic activity can be just as effective for poverty reduction as that of urban sectors. Since the 1990s, rural transformation has lifted nearly as many people out of poverty as urban development. Many more will be able to climb out of poverty if greater priority is given to public investments in rural areas.

Modern agriculture development possibilities are highly dependent on many factors, including those which are related to the parameters of land spatial structure (including parcels fragmentation and parameters related to their shape). In particular, unfavourable shape of parcels in combination with their small sizes is the most common reason for non-profitability of agricultural production. It is one of the major causes of land abandonment. South Poland is the area of high diversification in terms of the landform, soil quality and spatial structure parameters.

Despite great successes in crop research for the developing world, many poor farmers in marginal areas have not benefited. There is increasing recognition that crop research can and should benefit these farmers. This paper reviews some of the key technical issues related to the challenge of formulating and carrying out crop research that is targeted, relevant and appropriate to these farmers, with a particular emphasis on crop improvement. It examines the reasons that underpin the lack of research impacts, and some of the key challenges and tools available to make this happen.

Land consolidation is an implement, which allows the rearrangement of spatial structure in rural areas leading to their socioeconomic development. However, the process is costly and time consuming. The needs for land consolidation always exceed the actual possibility of its implementation, therefore it is essential to develop tools, which identify areas of high priority for such investments. Most often they are based on multi-criteria spatial analyses, which include a number of parameters defining agricultural production area.

The paper addresses the issue of dissatisfaction related to spatial management in rural areas illustrated with an example of southern Poland. In this region, the spatial structure of rural areas is poor, which results, e.g., from substantial fragmentation and scattering of land. Additionally, the Land and Property Register, also known as the real property cadastre for the area is not up to date, and fails to meet social expectations, in particular those regarding the ownership title.