{"componentChunkName":"component---src-layouts-issue-js","path":"/issues/volume-15","result":{"data":{"allArticle":{"edges":[{"node":{"title":"Social agriculture as an example of social innovation emerging in rural areas and the role of public policy","slug":"social-agriculture-as-an-example-of-social-innovation-emerging-in-rural-areas-and","author":[{"name":"Clare Giuliani"},{"name":"Barbara Wieliczko"}],"volume":{"name":"Volume 15","year":2018,"no":15,"title":"Innovation and Cooperation in Smart, Sustainable and Inclusive Rural Regions","editor":[{"name":"Sigrid Egartner"},{"name":"Julia Niedermayr"},{"name":"Klaus Wagner"}],"slug":"volume-15"},"pageFrom":7,"pageTo":23,"pdf":{"url":"https://www.datocms-assets.com/20305/1580484227-2018-rad-15-01-giuliani-wieliczko.pdf","title":"2018-RAD-15-01-Giuliani-Wieliczko"},"abstract":"Rural areas are faced with the rising demographic, economic and social challenges such as aging society, migration due to the attraction of cities, centralization of services or loss of jobs, in part triggered by the increasing mobility. It is argued that social innovation can support rural development and, therefore, it has become a ery popular concept. Yet, its de.fi nition and understanding remain a highly debated issue. The paper presents the concept of social innovation as a vital element for supporting rural areas in facing their developmental challenges. The example of social agriculture shows how social innovation works and how it can contribute to both meeting social needs and ef.fi cient use of local resources. The methodology applied in the study consisted of both literature review and a case study. The literature review deals with the concept of social innovations, social agriculture as well as the importance of social innovations in rural development and the role of public policy in supporting social innovations in rural areas. The case study is part of a local project done in 2016/17 in the province of Bolzano, whereby the potential of social agricultural practices was analysed through a comparison between already existing social agricultural practices in Europe and interviews conducted with local farmers in the province of Bolzano. The paper argues that social innovations can support rural development and rural development policy has an important role to play in catalysing social innovations by creating empowering settings for rural communities."}},{"node":{"title":"Sustainable development in rural regions of Slovakia: the role of the National Rural Development Programm","slug":"sustainable-development-in-rural-regions-of-slovakia-the-role-of-the-national-rur","author":[{"name":"Jana Kozakova"},{"name":"Radovan Savov"},{"name":"Stefan Lancaric"},{"name":"Drahoslav Lancaric"}],"volume":{"name":"Volume 15","year":2018,"no":15,"title":"Innovation and Cooperation in Smart, Sustainable and Inclusive Rural Regions","editor":[{"name":"Sigrid Egartner"},{"name":"Julia Niedermayr"},{"name":"Klaus Wagner"}],"slug":"volume-15"},"pageFrom":25,"pageTo":38,"pdf":{"url":"https://www.datocms-assets.com/20305/1580484228-2018-rad-15-02-kozakova.pdf","title":"2018-RAD-15-02-Kozakova"},"abstract":"Traditional farming systems and other activities such as craftsmanship (e.g. manufacturing activities, local food production), represent a sustainable example of human integration with the nature. Their maintenance and development, with opportune adaptations to the current socio-economic situation and cultural/ technological advancements are, therefore, valuable (Gobattoni et al., 2015). Agriculture has long been one of the main driving forces shaping landscape. However, since the 1950s, the role played by the agricultural sector in society has changed as a consequence of mechanization and technological advances, globalisation processes and new social needs (Randelli et al., 2014; Van Eupen et al., 2012). In post-war Europe, industrialization and new demographic trends have led to the Urbanization phenomenon (Schewenius et al., 2014), with the rapid growth of cities, soil sealing through intensified construction and the depopulation of rural areas (Crafts and Toniolo, 1996). The deep transformations experienced by agriculture have impacted not only the rural community economy, employment and social dynamics, but also the nature and the environment (Schouten et al., 2013; Hanley et al., 2012; McManus et al., 2012) and, in general, on the supply of the so-called ecosystem and landscape services (De Groot et al., 2010; Hermann et al., 2011; Zanten et al., 2014). The paper deals with the presentation of the role of the National Rural Development Programme 2014-2020 in the de- velopment of rural regions of Slovakia. The number of supported projects, allocation of resources, and their efficiency will be e aluated with respect to regional dispersion and innovative potential of supported projects."}},{"node":{"title":"Assessment of strategic factors for local administrative units","slug":"assessment-of-strategic-factors-for-local-administrative-units","author":[{"name":"Aleksandra Łuczak"},{"name":"Agnieszka Kozera"}],"volume":{"name":"Volume 15","year":2018,"no":15,"title":"Innovation and Cooperation in Smart, Sustainable and Inclusive Rural Regions","editor":[{"name":"Sigrid Egartner"},{"name":"Julia Niedermayr"},{"name":"Klaus Wagner"}],"slug":"volume-15"},"pageFrom":39,"pageTo":48,"pdf":{"url":"https://www.datocms-assets.com/20305/1580484229-2018-rad-15-03-luczak-kozera.pdf","title":"2018-RAD-15-03-Luczak-Kozera"},"abstract":"The main aim of the study was an assessment of the strategic factors (goals, tasks) for local administrative units (LAU). To solve this problem, the authors used the fuzzy analytic hierarchy process (FAHP) based on experts’ opinions. The application of the FAHP extends the variety of the analytical tools used for constructing development strategies for administrative units and enables making more detailed plans for them. At the same time, it allows the assessed strategic factors to be arranged in a hierarchy of importance which should lead to a more realistic distribution of the planned activities over time, thus accelerating the development of the territorial units. The research was based on data from a survey with the councillors of the urban and rural municipality of Bogatynia in 2017."}},{"node":{"title":"The role of the Institute of Agricultural Economics and Information in the Czech Agricultural Knowledge Information System","slug":"the-role-of-the-institute-of-agricultural-economics-and-information-in-the-czech","author":[{"name":"Marta Mrnustik Konecna"}],"volume":{"name":"Volume 15","year":2018,"no":15,"title":"Innovation and Cooperation in Smart, Sustainable and Inclusive Rural Regions","editor":[{"name":"Sigrid Egartner"},{"name":"Julia Niedermayr"},{"name":"Klaus Wagner"}],"slug":"volume-15"},"pageFrom":49,"pageTo":70,"pdf":{"url":"https://www.datocms-assets.com/20305/1580484230-2018-rad-15-04-mrnustik-konecna.pdf","title":"2018-RAD-15-04-Mrnustík Konecna"},"abstract":"Recent calls of society to farmers are more and more focused on the protection of nature and providing public goods. At the same time, the development of climatic change emphasizes a need for environmentally friendly farming. These requirements are refiecting in the numbers of new regulations and other restrictive and motivating measures. The farmers should be prepared to react to these challenges by acquiring an appropriate skill set and seeking for innovation.\nIn order to support them, there is a need to pro ide a system where the farmer could get such skills and cooperate with research. This system has existed for years, and the EU started to call it the Agricultural Knowledge Information System. The quality of the services provided by the system depends on the innovation potential of each actor in this system. The Institute of Agricultural Economics and Information (IAEI) is one of the actors, and it is interesting for us to know: What is the inno ation potential of the IAEI?. In this paper, we are mapping the current position and innovation potential of the IAEI by using desk research and semi-structured inter iews. According to the desk research, the IAEI plays a significant role in the process of AKIS in the Czech Republic. It represents a position of a mediator and a coordinator in the whole range of acti ities. According to the semi-structured questionnaires, the description of the innovation potential of the IAEI is meaningful when it is di ided into se eral categories. In general, the ability to react to actual challenges depends on the research interest of a few individual researchers. The Institute supports this ability by providing access to several information channels. The ability to use modern technologies is improing thanks to new young employees. The recently established set of changes is the encouraging shift towards higher fiexibility. Unfortunately, the administrati e burden is still the primary barrier to innovation potential of the IAEI."}},{"node":{"title":"Competitiveness of Polish agriculture compared to the agriculture of the selected EU countries under the CAP","slug":"competitiveness-of-polish-agriculture-compared-to-the-agriculture-of-the-selected","author":[{"name":"Anna Rzeszutko"},{"name":"Katarzyna Kita"}],"volume":{"name":"Volume 15","year":2018,"no":15,"title":"Innovation and Cooperation in Smart, Sustainable and Inclusive Rural Regions","editor":[{"name":"Sigrid Egartner"},{"name":"Julia Niedermayr"},{"name":"Klaus Wagner"}],"slug":"volume-15"},"pageFrom":57,"pageTo":70,"pdf":{"url":"https://www.datocms-assets.com/20305/1580484230-2018-rad-15-05-rzeszutko-kita.pdf","title":"2018-RAD-15-05-Rzeszutko-Kita"},"abstract":"The aim of the research was to assess the changes of competitiveness of Polish agriculture compared to other European countries with similar structure of production: Denmark, Germany, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. With Poland’s accession to the EU, these countries became the competitors for Polish food producers and exporters on the Single European Market. Competitiveness of agriculture was indicated by the potential of production (i.e. resources of factors of production, relations between them, area and economic structures of farms) and productivity of production factors. The research was conducted for the years 2005-2013 and was based on Eurostat data. The results showed the persistence of a relatively low competitiveness of Polish agriculture against the agriculture of the selected countries."}},{"node":{"title":"Resident’s opinion about the quality of life in the commune of Opalenica","slug":"resident-s-opinion-about-the-quality-of-life-in-the-commune-of-opalenica","author":[{"name":"Arkadiusz Sadowski"}],"volume":{"name":"Volume 15","year":2018,"no":15,"title":"Innovation and Cooperation in Smart, Sustainable and Inclusive Rural Regions","editor":[{"name":"Sigrid Egartner"},{"name":"Julia Niedermayr"},{"name":"Klaus Wagner"}],"slug":"volume-15"},"pageFrom":71,"pageTo":80,"pdf":{"url":"https://www.datocms-assets.com/20305/1580484231-2018-rad-15-06-sadowski.pdf","title":"2018-RAD-15-06-Sadowski"},"abstract":"The aim of the study was an assessment of the quality of life in the urban-rural commune of Opalenica based on the opinion of its residents. The article makes references to local development dilemmas and presents the results of a questionnaire survey conducted in the commune. The respondents had the highest opinion about social aspects of life, especially the functioning of the private sector. They found the economic conditions, especially their salaries, to be the biggest drawbacks. The more concerned a particular issue was with the direct functioning of a household, the more unequivocal the respondents’ opinions were."}},{"node":{"title":"Determinants of farm revenues in the EU-15 countries","slug":"determinants-of-farm-revenues-in-the-eu-15-countries","author":[{"name":"Joanna Średzińska"}],"volume":{"name":"Volume 15","year":2018,"no":15,"title":"Innovation and Cooperation in Smart, Sustainable and Inclusive Rural Regions","editor":[{"name":"Sigrid Egartner"},{"name":"Julia Niedermayr"},{"name":"Klaus Wagner"}],"slug":"volume-15"},"pageFrom":81,"pageTo":91,"pdf":{"url":"https://www.datocms-assets.com/20305/1580484232-2018-rad-15-07-sredzinska.pdf","title":"2018-RAD-15-07-Sredzinska"},"abstract":"The main purpose of this paper was to identify the determinants of farm revenues in the EU-15 countries. The study was based on FADN regional data for 2011-2013. Factor analysis was used to address the above issue. Based on this study, it may be concluded that the key determinants of farming revenues in the EU-15 countries are as follows: size of the farm (measured both with the production potential and with the production value), operating subsidies, production intensity and plant production yields."}},{"node":{"title":"Differences in accessing Rural Development Programme (RDP) funds. The impact of financial factors on the support level. The example of municipalities in the Wielkopolska region","slug":"differences-in-accessing-rural-development-programme-rdp-funds-the-impact-of-fina","author":[{"name":"Aldona Standar"}],"volume":{"name":"Volume 15","year":2018,"no":15,"title":"Innovation and Cooperation in Smart, Sustainable and Inclusive Rural Regions","editor":[{"name":"Sigrid Egartner"},{"name":"Julia Niedermayr"},{"name":"Klaus Wagner"}],"slug":"volume-15"},"pageFrom":93,"pageTo":105,"pdf":{"url":"https://www.datocms-assets.com/20305/1580484232-2018-rad-15-08-standar.pdf","title":"2018-RAD-15-08-Standar"},"abstract":"The objective of this paper is to assess the absorption level of funds disbursed under the 2007-2013 RDP to municipal government units and the impact of financial determinants on the amount of funds accessed. !ntensi e in estment acti ities were ha e been taken in the Polish rural areas o er the recent years. Many of them were implemented with the use of the EU subsidies, including those disbursed under the 2007-2013 RDP. The purpose of the RDP was to support transformation not only in the agriculture sector, but also on rural areas, especially as regards technical and socio-economic infrastructure.\n!n the Wielkopolskie Voi odeship, a total of 463 projects were implemented, amounting to PLN 722 million. En ironmental infrastructure projects represented the largest share in the total amount although socio-economic projects were much more numerous. The municipalities under consideration differed in le els of the EU funds accessed. This means the beneficiary's financial autonomy is a crucial determinant, especially if the EU funds are disbursed as a refund."}},{"node":{"title":"Rural households in Ukraine: their types, role in agricultural production and rural development, perspectives","slug":"rural-households-in-ukraine-their-types-role-in-agricultural-production-and-rural","author":[{"name":"Ludmila Stepura"},{"name":"Ivan Svynous"}],"volume":{"name":"Volume 15","year":2018,"no":15,"title":"Innovation and Cooperation in Smart, Sustainable and Inclusive Rural Regions","editor":[{"name":"Sigrid Egartner"},{"name":"Julia Niedermayr"},{"name":"Klaus Wagner"}],"slug":"volume-15"},"pageFrom":107,"pageTo":118,"pdf":{"url":"https://www.datocms-assets.com/20305/1580484233-2018-rad-15-09-stepura-svynous.pdf","title":"2018-RAD-15-09-Stepura-Svynous"},"abstract":"This article provides a description of Ukrainian rural households,\ntheir classification, role in rural economy and de elopment of rural territories.\nIt presents their importance for preser ing Ukrainian illage, their sustainability character, difficulties and weak points, but also positi e tendencies in the state policy and society aimed to support small producers, as households can belong to this category, and to preser e rural areas. We consider also challenges and opportunities for Ukrainian households in the context of the implementation of the Association Agreement between the EU and Ukraine. This analysis pro ides perspecti es of households and proposes some ways for saing rural area."}},{"node":{"title":"Development of extension services – a challenge for the RDl low in the agriculture of the Republic of Moldova","slug":"development-of-extension-services-a-challenge-for-the-rdl-low-in-the-agriculture","author":[{"name":"Alexandru Stratan"},{"name":"Anatolie Ignat"},{"name":"Eugenia Lucasenco"}],"volume":{"name":"Volume 15","year":2018,"no":15,"title":"Innovation and Cooperation in Smart, Sustainable and Inclusive Rural Regions","editor":[{"name":"Sigrid Egartner"},{"name":"Julia Niedermayr"},{"name":"Klaus Wagner"}],"slug":"volume-15"},"pageFrom":119,"pageTo":130,"pdf":{"url":"https://www.datocms-assets.com/20305/1580484235-2018-rad-15-10-stratan-ignat-lucasenco.pdf","title":"2018-RAD-15-10-Stratan-Ignat-Lucasenco"},"abstract":"Considerable efforts to create a professional and effective rural extension service in the Republic of Moldova have been made in the last decade. Unfortunately, there are currently limited institutional connections between the components of knowledge in agriculture in Moldova and information system,  for example, between institutions of agricultural research, extension and education/training. These three components work independently, while collaboration is limited to involvement of researchers and professors as consultants in shortterm projects of the extension service. Therefore, the Republic of Moldova lacks a permanent platform for communication and cooperation, aimed at serving the common needs of the private sector. Agricultural science and innovative policy development should stimulate obtaining new knowledge, highly productive biological material, intensify innovation activities in agro-industrial sector, while creating conditions for absorbing local and foreign innovations through the range of measures, such as: research, development and innovation (RDI) activities focused on priority directions of the sector development; stimulating innovative scientific acti ities in order to create new arieties and hybrids of plants and highly productive breeds of animals, applying advanced farming and processing of raw materials; promotin the creation and implementation of a system of economic incentives for attracting and absorbing innovations in the sector; deepening economic research to ensure scientific support for the sustainable de elopment of the agribusiness sector; modernizing the training and retraining of the staff from the agricultural education sector and adjustment of the quality of education to market requirements; supporting the development of technological transfer and extension network in agro-industrial sector (Government of the Republic of Moldova, 2008)."}},{"node":{"title":"Changes in networking of rural centres through direct public transport connections: case study of Prešov region, Slovakia","slug":"changes-in-networking-of-rural-centres-through-direct-public-transport-connection","author":[{"name":"Vladimír Székely"},{"name":"Daniel Michniak"}],"volume":{"name":"Volume 15","year":2018,"no":15,"title":"Innovation and Cooperation in Smart, Sustainable and Inclusive Rural Regions","editor":[{"name":"Sigrid Egartner"},{"name":"Julia Niedermayr"},{"name":"Klaus Wagner"}],"slug":"volume-15"},"pageFrom":131,"pageTo":152,"pdf":{"url":"https://www.datocms-assets.com/20305/1580484235-2018-rad-15-11-szekely-michniak.pdf","title":"2018-RAD-15-11-Szekely-Michniak"},"abstract":"The peripheral non-centrally located Prešov region (NUTS 3) from North-Eastern Slovakia (Fig. 1) is, according to the OECD methodology on urban-rural typology, a \"significantly rural (intermediate) region\". Its territory consists of 13 smaller spatial units - predominantly and/or significantly rural LAU1 territories – districts of which centres (district towns) were selected for the comparative analysis of the changes in their networks of usually relatively longterm stable direct public transport connections. The changes between 2003 and 2017 were studied based on the existence and frequency of direct transport connections (transport accessibility) between them and other district towns in Slovakia. The presented outcomes show the infiuence of a top-down go ernmental decision (zero-fare railway public transport for selected categories of passengers) and other transport related issues (changes in modal split, transport infrastructure and organisation of transport) on the new, restructured and mainly weakened pattern of rural centres public transport networking shape and quality."}},{"node":{"title":"An innovative method for the evaluation of LAGs and rural development: \"A mirror for LAGs\"","slug":"an-innovative-method-for-the-evaluation-of-lags-and-rural-development-a-mirror-fo","author":[{"name":"Marie Trantinova"},{"name":"Jiri Hrabak"},{"name":"Marta Mrnustik Konecna"}],"volume":{"name":"Volume 15","year":2018,"no":15,"title":"Innovation and Cooperation in Smart, Sustainable and Inclusive Rural Regions","editor":[{"name":"Sigrid Egartner"},{"name":"Julia Niedermayr"},{"name":"Klaus Wagner"}],"slug":"volume-15"},"pageFrom":153,"pageTo":169,"pdf":{"url":"https://www.datocms-assets.com/20305/1580484236-2018-rad-15-12-trantonva-hrabak-mrnustik.pdf","title":"2018-RAD-15-12-Trantonva-Hrabak-Mrnustik"},"abstract":"The Leader initiative delivers a variety of innovative activities. It is a tool for rural development that is used to bring people, communities, and regions together. Experience in the European countries, including the Czech Republic, has shown that the Leader initiative has delivered visible enhancements to rural areas. This paper is based on an internal project of the Institute of Agricultural Economics and Information (IAEI) elaborated in the period from 2014 to 2016. The internal project dealt with the creation of a methodology with a special focus on the self-evaluation of the Local Action Groups (LAG), titled “A Mirror for LAGs”. The aim was to develop and validate a self-evaluation tool for LAGs. Cooperation with fourteen LAGs was used as the methodology of creation. The proposed procedure was tested on two LAGs. The method has two parts; an evaluation of the LAG’s strategy is undertaken as Part A, and an evaluation of the Leader principles as Part B. The evaluation of strategy (Part A) is based on the analysis of LAG activities concerning strategy. In Part A, the following elements are analysed: the basic characteristics of the LAG, the financial budget, and the way the strategy's objectives were met. Part A is mostly based on a quantitative approach. The evaluation of the principles (Part B) is mainly based on a qualitative analysis. Part B assesses the most individual way that evaluators (LAG) conduct their work and requires a significant amount of subjecti e assessment. For example, ery often questionnaire surveys, interviews and focus groups are needed to generate data. The evaluation of the Leader principles depends on the evaluator’s skills too."}},{"node":{"title":"The significance of social innovation for blue growth in the North Sea","slug":"the-significance-of-social-innovation-for-blue-growth-in-the-north-sea","author":[{"name":"Sander W.K. van den Burg"},{"name":"Katrine Soma"},{"name":"Trond Selnes"}],"volume":{"name":"Volume 15","year":2018,"no":15,"title":"Innovation and Cooperation in Smart, Sustainable and Inclusive Rural Regions","editor":[{"name":"Sigrid Egartner"},{"name":"Julia Niedermayr"},{"name":"Klaus Wagner"}],"slug":"volume-15"},"pageFrom":171,"pageTo":186,"pdf":{"url":"https://www.datocms-assets.com/20305/1580484237-2018-rad-15-13-van-den-berg-soma-selnes.pdf","title":"2018-RAD-15-13-Van-den-Berg-Soma-Selnes"},"abstract":"The usage of the North Sea is in transition, infiuenced by the European blue growth strategy and the national follow-ups. Based on the principles of smart, sustainable and inclusi e growth at sea, policies are formulated to stimulate growth in the existing and new maritime sectors. Creating blue growth will not be confined to technological change, but it will also co er changes in the human system, including ways of interacting and exchanging ideas, roles of responsibilities, as well as institutional settings of formal and informal rules. This also affects the rural hinterlands. Social inno ation is needed to secure sustainable growth. Understanding the significance of social inno ation is a first step to formulate go ernance efforts to stimulate social inno ation. This chapter assesses the significance of social inno ation with regards to blue growth in the North Sea. Social inno ation can be explained both as process and outcome and these are strongly interwo en. The significance of social inno ation - is here assessed by means of three core characteristics: scale, scope and resonance. The results show that the significance of social inno ation aries considerable across the sectors; offshore wind energy, offshore mussel culti ation and offshore seaweed farming. Social inno ation promises the benefit to further de elopment of maritime sectors\n- just like it can benefit rural areas."}},{"node":{"title":"Providing sustainability of agro-food chains in Ukraine","slug":"providing-sustainability-of-agro-food-chains-in-ukraine","author":[{"name":"Olga Varchenko"},{"name":"Krisanov Dmytro"},{"name":"Elena Shust"},{"name":"Oksana Rudich"},{"name":"Iryna Artimonova"}],"volume":{"name":"Volume 15","year":2018,"no":15,"title":"Innovation and Cooperation in Smart, Sustainable and Inclusive Rural Regions","editor":[{"name":"Sigrid Egartner"},{"name":"Julia Niedermayr"},{"name":"Klaus Wagner"}],"slug":"volume-15"},"pageFrom":187,"pageTo":206,"pdf":{"url":"https://www.datocms-assets.com/20305/1580484237-2018-rad-15-14-varchenko-dmytro-shust.pdf","title":"2018-RAD-15-14-Varchenko-Dmytro-Shust"},"abstract":"This article gi es the first summary of peculiarities of agro-food chains formation in Ukraine and their typology according to different classification characteristics. The study systemizes distincti e features of agro-food chains functioning from agro-holding to small producers and across some products. The questionnaire of agro-food chains actors, namely in agriculture and processing industry, allowed us to define the binding factors of their de elopment and to justify measures for their o ercoming. !t is pro ed that a low le el of management systems at agricultural and processing enterprises is one of the binding factors for agro-food chains sustainability in Ukraine. But it requires the acti ation of measures aimed at implementation of the European standards at all administrati e le els. The dri ing forces for agro-food chains sustainability are explored as well, they are fair distribution of added alue, implementation of inno ations, reduction in negati e impact on the en ironment, etc. On the base of this analysis, a set of recommendations to support the sustainability of agro-food chains was de eloped. They can help the go ernment to de elop strategic programmes for agrarian sector de elopment and also they can help the chains actors."}},{"node":{"title":"Challenges for farmers' collaboration in the post-industrial economy","slug":"challenges-for-farmers-collaboration-in-the-post-industrial-economy","author":[{"name":"Dalia Vidickiene"},{"name":"Rasa Melnikiene"},{"name":"Zivile Gedminaite-Raudone"}],"volume":{"name":"Volume 15","year":2018,"no":15,"title":"Innovation and Cooperation in Smart, Sustainable and Inclusive Rural Regions","editor":[{"name":"Sigrid Egartner"},{"name":"Julia Niedermayr"},{"name":"Klaus Wagner"}],"slug":"volume-15"},"pageFrom":207,"pageTo":220,"pdf":{"url":"https://www.datocms-assets.com/20305/1580484238-2018-rad-15-15-vidickiene.pdf","title":"2018-RAD-15-15-Vidickiene"},"abstract":"This article discusses the differences between incentives and forms of farmers’ collaboration in agrarian, industrial and post-industrial economies and introduces collaboration examples based on the concept of a two-sided network as a new phenomenon appropriate for the post-industrial era. During the last decade the concept of a two-sided network (market) has been utilised predominantly by ICT businesses, however, the authors believe it has potential to become a general theoretical background for the revision of cooperative movement goals and means relevant to a post-industrial economy."}},{"node":{"title":"Biodiversity monitoring by farmers to sustain ecosystem services of high nature value grasslands in Austria","slug":"biodiversity-monitoring-by-farmers-to-sustain-ecosystem-services-of-high-nature-v","author":[{"name":"Maria Zacharias"},{"name":"Wolfgang Ressi"}],"volume":{"name":"Volume 15","year":2018,"no":15,"title":"Innovation and Cooperation in Smart, Sustainable and Inclusive Rural Regions","editor":[{"name":"Sigrid Egartner"},{"name":"Julia Niedermayr"},{"name":"Klaus Wagner"}],"slug":"volume-15"},"pageFrom":221,"pageTo":231,"pdf":{"url":"https://www.datocms-assets.com/20305/1580484239-2018-rad-15-16-zacharias-ressi.pdf","title":"2018-RAD-15-16-Zacharias-Ressi"},"abstract":"In 2007, the pilot project “Biodiversity monitoring in high nature value grasslands by farmers in Austria - We look at our meadows\" started with fifty farmers monitoring indicator plant and animal species in extensive grasslands. Meanwhile, the monitoring methods and processes ha e been refined, based on first experiences, and lessons learned within the pilot phase. The o erall goal of the project is to raise the farmers’ awareness and intensity of land management on biodiversity rich grasslands. Another objective of the project is to use this citizen-science scheme to gather in-depth knowledge about the effects of different extensive land management practices on biodiversity and ecosystem services.\nA countrywide network of more than 650 monitoring farmers was set up, supported and instructed by ecologists. Since 2009, also 14 agricultural college schools are participating in the project. Farmers observe and count plant and animal species that are sensitive to cultivation and fertilisation and report the monitoring data to a central online database. An evaluation in 2017 showed that farmers participating in this environmental consciousness raising initiative became significantly more sensiti e to the alue of biodi ersity and ecosystem ser ices and consequently to extensive farmland management methods.\nThe project creates positi e effects on farmers' perspecti es to high nature alue grasslands, increases sensitivity to management practices and fosters the motivation to sustain these habitats. Farmers can retrieve data reports at farm level, cumulated e aluations are work in progress. The ision of the project team is to enlarge this biodiversity monitoring network with farmers to a European level in the next years."}}]}},"pageContext":{"slug":"volume-15"}},"staticQueryHashes":["2036182386","3000541721"]}