Klimaatmaatregelen en het gemeentelijk landbouwbeleid : verkenning naar mogelijkheden voor versterking van klimaatmaatre...
China’s grassland policies and the Inner Mongolian grassland system
Grasslands play a significant role in the global ecosystem, livestock production and millions of household livelihoods. However, grassland degradation has become a worldwide problem, and rural poverty has become exacerbated in some pastoral areas. The sustainable management and use of grasslands that maintain the productive and adaptive capacity of...
Understanding place brands as collective and territorial development processes
Place branding strategies linking marketing to places have received increasing attention in practice and theory in the past two decades. It is generally assumed that place branding contributes to the economic, social, political and cultural development of cities, regions and countries. But there exists neither a commonly accepted definition nor a s...
Improving the effectiveness of rural development policy in Chile
Seeds as biosocial commons : an analysis of various practices in India
This research investigates and describes the conservation and use of Plant Genetic Resources (PGRs), especially seeds through processes of commonisation. Seeds form an important element for sustaining human life (through food production) and social relations (by maintaining agricultural socialities). Therefore, conservation and management of PGRs i...
Under the lens of embeddedness : socio-cultural perspective on home-grown school feeding in Ghana
"Brussel als kans!" Win-wins voor het Pajottenland op vlak van landbouw, kernversterking en recreatie
Deze beleidsondersteunende opdracht kadert in de ontwikkeling van het Beleidsplan Ruimte Vlaanderen (BRV). Dit beleidsplan wordt momenteel uitgewerkt door de Vlaamse Overheid op basis van het Groenboek Ruimte Vlaanderen, gelanceerd in 2012 (RWO, 2012). Drie uitgangspunten van het Groenboek zijn de ontwikkeling van een levenskrachtig platteland met ...
Ethiopian Rural Self-Help Association (ERSHA) end line report - MFS II country evaluations, Civil Society component
This report describes the findings of the end line assessment of the Ethiopian Rural Self-Help Association (ERSHA) that is a partner of ICCO and IICD under the Connect4Change (C4C) Consortium. It assesses ERSHA’s contribution towards strengthening Civil Society in Ethiopia based upon the CIVICUS analytical framework. It is a follow-up of a baseline...
Life and capital : development and change in the 21st century
Rural development : knowledge and expertise in governance
This book offers a perspective on rural development, by discussing the most influential perspectives and rendering their risks and benefits visible. The authors do not present a silver bullet. Rather, they give students, researchers, community leaders, politicians, concerned citizens and development organizations the conceptual tools to understand ...
