Unibo Team Leader: Dott. Davide Viaggi, Dip. Di Economia e Ingegneria Agrarie-DEIAGRA
Research on the sustainable development of rural areas in Europe in the context of the CAP reforms can contribute to a better understanding of the key dynamics of change, of the adjustment process in rural areas and therefore of the impact of policy, including the development of concepts and tools to analyse aspects of sustainable and integrated rural development in a long-term perspective. This could include research on rural typologies, governance methods including local participation, land use planning, and the management of natural resources; the inter-relationships between local agriculture and forestry and related industries; links between agriculture/forestry and the rest of the economy; the spatial dimension; technology transfer and innovation; the knowledge and service economy in rural areas; the multifunctional role of agriculture including it's environmental dimension; the impact of external drivers of change; "social capital" and social inclusion, demographic trends depopulation and related gender issues.
Coordinator
ALMA MATER STUDIORUM-UNIVERSITA DI BOLOGNA
-Dip. Di Economia e Ingegneria Agrarie-DEIAGRA
-Responsabile scientifico: Dott. Davide Viaggi
Other participants:
COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES - DIRECTORATE GENERAL
JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE – JRC (EU)
WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITEIT (The Netherlands)
LANDBOUW-ECONOMISCH INSTITUUT B.V (The Netherlands)
ARISTOTELIO PANEPISTIMIO THESSALONIKIS (Greece)
SZKOLA GLOWNA GOSPODARSTWA WIEJSKIEGO (Poland)
THE UNIVERSITY COURT OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN (UK)
UNIVERSIDAD DE CORDOBA (Spain)
INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS (Bulgaria)
INSTITUT NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE AGRONOMIQUE (INRA) (France)
LEIBNIZ-ZENTRUM FUER AGRARLANDSCHAFTSFORSCHUNG (ZALF) e.V. (Germany)
Start date 01/01/2008
End date 31/12/2010
Duration 36 months
Project cost 1.881.354 Euro
Project Funding 1.499.720 Euro
Subprogramme Area The impact of Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) reforms on Europe's rural economies
Contract type Small or medium-scale focused research project