scholarly journals INPUT OF COMMUNAL FORESTS TO SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT OF THE RURAL POPULATION: STUDY CASE OF NORTHERN PORTUGAL AND GALICIA

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
José A. LOPES ◽  
Ignacio J. DIAZ-MAROTO
Keyword(s):  
Rural Development ◽  
Management Decision ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
Final Conclusion ◽  
Sustainable Rural Development ◽  
Democratic Regimes ◽  
Communal Lands ◽  
Forestry Services ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Aesthetic Values

Communal forests occupy one million hectares in the Northern of Portugal and Galicia. Since centuries ago, “Baldios” and “Montes Veciñais en Man Común” (MVMC) played an essential function in the economy of their owner communities. This role was lost all through the last century due to the enormous afforestation and the decrease of agriculture. The restitution of democratic regimes returned the communal forests tenure to the communities. Given the extension and high average area, our paper aims to research its potentialities and limitations of contribution to rural development. Two case studies, one in North Portugal and another one in Galicia, allow identifying the individual and collective traditional uses and the achievements made with revenues linked. Both Galician and Portuguese realities exhibit similarities and complementary benefits, and needing social and economic innovation to make a better use of rural resilience. Communal lands and small-scale business projects could maintain the network of local produce markets with attractive aesthetic values as well as biodiversity conservation. The comparison of the different criteria shows economic aspects are the most valorised by the stakeholders. The management decision of collective forests was the alternative mixed by the communities and the Forestry Services as the best one to complete the main objective of sustainable rural development. As a final conclusion of our work, remarking that the communities owning these forests currently seem to have the conditions to successfully manage their properties if the commoners are able to mobilize and adequate organize the communities.

scholarly journals Agro-processing as a tool for poverty alleviation strategy: A case of Raymond Mhlaba municipality

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Thandeka Khowa ◽  
Tafadzwa J. Mukasi
Keyword(s):  
Rural Development ◽  
Poverty Alleviation ◽  
Local Economic Development ◽  
Survival Strategies ◽  
Development Theory ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
Eastern Cape Province ◽  
Eastern Cape ◽  
Sustainable Rural Development ◽  
Livelihood Capitals

Background: Agro-processing is viewed as a possible poverty alleviation tool for rural development in South African communities. Agro-processing can be a tool for income generation and local economic development for rural settings.Aim: To examine the role and impact of cottage farming in Raymond Mhlaba municipality, rural Eastern Cape province. The study sought to identify ways of developing the cottage and agro-processing industries as a tool for poverty alleviation and local economic development.Setting: Grounded on the sustainable development theory and the human capital development approach, the study explores how rural people in Raymond Mhlaba Municipality utilise their livelihood capitals as a tool for survival.Method: The researcher employed a qualitative approach by using in-depth interviews and focus group discussion.Results: The study revealed that rural households embark on various survival strategies, cottage farming being dominant.Conclusion: The purpose of the study was to enhance small-scale farming using agro-processing as a poverty alleviation strategy, thus promoting a sustainable rural development for the Eastern Cape province.

scholarly journals How a Participatory Budget Can Support Sustainable Rural Development—Lessons From Poland

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (7) ◽  
pp. 2620 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dorota Bednarska-Olejniczak ◽  
Jarosław Olejniczak ◽  
Libuše Svobodová
Keyword(s):  
Rural Development ◽  
Citizen Participation ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Central Government ◽  
Government Support ◽  
Regional Differentiation ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
Legal Regulations ◽  
Sustainable Rural Development ◽  
Participatory Budget

Since the announcement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the need for localization of SDGs has been emphasized. In this context, sustainable rural development is still a relatively undescribed area in the context of using the participatory budget as a tool to implement SDGs. Few countries have introduced legal regulations in practice, enabling the creation of participatory budgets (especially in rural areas), so a multifaceted analysis of a decade of Poland's experience may provide important guidelines for countries considering introducing such solutions, which we consider to be the main purpose of this study. This is the first study covering all communes where participatory budgets (Solecki Fund—FS) were created in Poland during the 2010–2018 period (up to 60% of all), covering both the analysis of the process of creating FSs, the directions of spending and the scale of spending (including regional differentiation), as well as legal regulations and the consequences of including central government support in this mechanism. On the basis of the research, it can be observed that, despite the small scale of FS spending, the number of municipalities using this form of citizen participation is increasing. At the same time, there is significant variation between regions, which indicates the flexibility of the FSs in adapting to the needs reported by residents. The analysed directions of expenditure indicate that the FSs are in line with the SDG objectives related to the improvement of residents' quality of life. It can be concluded that, despite the existing legal regulations, the introduction of the Solecki Fund undoubtedly depends on the political will of the local government's legislative authorities and the willingness of residents to participate in decisions on spending directions.

Sustainable Agriculture and Rural Development in South Africa

1995 ◽  
Vol 24 (3) ◽  
pp. 163-165 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marthinus D. Saunderson
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Rural Development ◽  
Agricultural Research ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
Commercial Agriculture ◽  
Sustainable Rural Development ◽  
Agriculture Sector ◽  
Agricultural Research And Development ◽  
Small Scale Farmers ◽  
White Farmers

South Africa is divided into two different worlds when it comes to agriculture. One is the commercial agriculture sector, dominated by white farmers, and the other is the developing sector of small-scale, disadvantaged farmers. This is of course the result of the old system of apartheid, Agricultural research and development as well as extension have been focused on white commercial farmers, to the neglect of the small scale farmers. Agricultural research aimed at their specific conditions is essential for sustainable rural development.

Organisation des Luzerner Forstdienstes – konsequente Entflechtung von hoheitlichen und betrieblichen Aufgaben | Organisation of the forestry services in Lucerne – differentiating between sovereign and management tasks

2001 ◽  
Vol 152 (11) ◽  
pp. 453-459 ◽  
Author(s):  
Georg Iselin ◽  
Albin Schmidhauser
Keyword(s):  
Forest Management ◽  
Public Management ◽  
New Public Management ◽  
Work Force ◽  
Forest Reserve ◽  
New Public ◽  
Forest Regions ◽  
Management Project ◽  
Forestry Services ◽  
The Individual

During the past ten years most cantonal forest services have undergone re-organisations. Lucerne's cantonal forest administration initiated a fundamentally new way of providing forestry services by differentiating between sovereign tasks and management tasks. By examining the individual steps of the process we demonstrate how starting with the mandate,goals were developed and implemented over several years. Product managers assumed responsibility for products, as defined in the New Public Management Project, on a cantonal-wide basis. Work within a matrix organisation has led to significant changes. Territorial responsibilities are increasingly assumed by district foresters, who have modern infrastructures at their disposal in the new forestry centres. The re-organisation has led to forest districts being re-drawn and to a reduction in the number of forest regions. To provide greater efficiency,state forest management has been consolidated into a single management unit. The new forest reserve plan removes almost half of the state forest from regular forest management,resulting in a reduction in the volume of work and in the work force. We show how effective the differentiation of sovereignty tasks and management tasks has been in coping with the effects of hurricane Lothar.

scholarly journals Sustainable Rural Development: Strategies, Good Practices and Opportunities

Land ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. 366
Author(s):  
Ana Nieto Masot ◽  
José Luis Gurría Gascón
Keyword(s):  
Rural Development ◽  
Development Strategies ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
Sustainable Rural Development ◽  
Good Practices

In 2020, a special issue titled “Sustainable Rural Development: Strategies, Good Practices and Opportunities” was launched, in which 16 papers were published [...]

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