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{"title":"Deciphering how promoting land consolidation for village revitalization in rural China: A comparison study","authors":"Yanfeng Jiang ,&nbsp;Hualou Long ,&nbsp;Yu-ting Tang ,&nbsp;Wu Deng","doi":"10.1016/j.jrurstud.2024.103349","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jrurstud.2024.103349","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>As an efficient toolkit to relieve and resolve rural issues, land consolidation (LC) has been suggested as a promising policy instrument for sustainable rural development. Villages are the most basic units of rural planning and development. However, few studies have examined and compared the relationships between LC and rural revitalization at the village level. Given the sophisticated experience of Eastern China in LC practices, this study, based on theoretical analysis of the relationship between land use and village revitalization, compared two Chinese villages in this region with distinct spatial locations from neighboring cities to analyze and reveal the mechanisms of LC in promoting local revitalization. The results show that under the combined effect of internal and external factors, LC programs have been successfully implemented in the two case villages, during which the interactive mechanism between various aspects, mainly involving industry, habitat, and governance, has been created to promote local revitalization. In the absence of changes in resource endowments, policy support and the efforts of local elites are the key factors for the success of LC in the two villages. However, due to different economic and socio-cultural conditions between the two villages, there are also differences in their revitalization mechanisms. Parts of the lessons learned from the case villages can be useful for villages with similar situations in plain areas. These findings can advance the understanding of how to promote LC for village development and serve as a reference point for other developing countries and regions with similar socio-cultural backgrounds eradicating poverty and revitalizing localities through LC.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":17002,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Rural Studies","volume":"110 ","pages":"Article 103349"},"PeriodicalIF":5.1,"publicationDate":"2024-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141954630","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Creating a digital platform for the agricultural cooperative system through interorganizational collaboration","authors":"Guillermo Enrico Dawson Jr ,&nbsp;José Antônio Valle Antunes Jr ,&nbsp;Douglas Wegner ,&nbsp;Vivian Sebben Adami","doi":"10.1016/j.jrurstud.2024.103388","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jrurstud.2024.103388","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>In the era of Agriculture 4.0, agricultural cooperatives are struggling to understand the challenges and threats the digital platforms of large agribusiness corporations represent for the competitiveness of cooperative systems. An opportunity in this context is for agricultural cooperatives to enter the platform economy and collaboratively develop their digital platform. This study aims to analyze the process of creating a digital platform through the collaboration of agribusiness cooperatives. The action research method, which involved four interconnected cycles, was followed. The first cycle aimed to generate strategic alignment among thirty cooperatives to promote digital innovation. The second cycle referred to conceptualizing and establishing the project's governance structure and developing three minimum viable products. The third cycle involved the construction of the digital platform. The fourth and final cycle focused on instantiating the platform through diffusion and utilization by the cooperatives. A digital platform was developed, considering the potential for building relationships and adopting cooperative concepts. The platform gives participants access to a digital business ecosystem and direct access to the community of users, the infrastructure and the data. This means the cooperatives can manage them without subordination to large multinational companies that may threaten their long-term survival. The study contributes to theory by proposing a systematic method to create digital platforms following a cooperative approach. It also contributes to the managerial practice by revealing the steps and challenges managers may face when implementing digital platforms in the context of cooperatives. The platform attracted over 13,000 active users in three years and represented more than 1,700,000 ha of land for food production in Brazil.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":17002,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Rural Studies","volume":"110 ","pages":"Article 103388"},"PeriodicalIF":5.1,"publicationDate":"2024-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142089054","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Counterurbanization in China? A case study of counties in Huang-Huai-Hai area from the perspective of urban-rural relations","authors":"Mingyang Cheng ,&nbsp;Zhenzhen Yin ,&nbsp;Hans Westlund","doi":"10.1016/j.jrurstud.2024.103386","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jrurstud.2024.103386","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>For decades, China's urbanization has primarily involved trans-regional migration from inland areas to major city regions along the coast or within the interior. As urban-rural disparities diminish, China has transitioned to intra-regional urbanization. However, there remains a gap in understanding the effects of this transition of urban-rural relations within China. This study focuses on counties as the fundamental research unit, examining net migration of the Huang-Huai-Hai Area. The spatial differentiation and its influencing factors were analyzed using ArcGIS and linear regression techniques. The results indicated a shift in the net migration trend of counties' populations in the Huang-Huai-Hai Area around 2010. The phenomenon of “counterurbanization” after 2010 changed the underlying rationale for population net migration. Counties' net migration was affected by both their relationship with cities and internal county factors. The close connection with cities promoted population growth in the counties. In-situ urbanization was vital for county development. The industrial structural adjustments were pivotal in population retention. The healthcare and education resources affected the migration patterns. The “counterurbanization” in this area could create new urban-rural dynamics. The revitalization of county populations meant significant implications for rural revitalization. This study, which is one of the first studies ever of the phenomenon of counterurbanization in a developing country, can provide insights for the development of integrated urban-rural areas and rural revitalization efforts.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":17002,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Rural Studies","volume":"110 ","pages":"Article 103386"},"PeriodicalIF":5.1,"publicationDate":"2024-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141992809","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Realigning state-farmer relations in agricultural post-exceptionalism: Direct payment implementation in the Common Agricultural Policy post-2022 in Germany","authors":"Pascal Grohmann,&nbsp;Peter H. Feindt","doi":"10.1016/j.jrurstud.2024.103363","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jrurstud.2024.103363","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Agricultural policies in OECD countries, which had treated farming as an exceptional sector that needs and deserves extensive state support, have been partially transformed by liberal and multi-functionalist influences since the mid-1980s. The ensuing post-exceptionalist policy arrangements entail significant tensions between old and new ideas, institutions, instruments, and interests. Related changes in relationships between the state and farmers, however, have rarely been analysed. To address this gap, this paper examines state-farmer relations in the implementation of direct payments in the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) post-2022, using Germany and the policy instrument that absorbs 75% of the CAP budget as a case. Based on the political sociology approach to policy instruments, we develop a framework to reconstruct the problematizations, subject constitution and modes of coordination underlying policy instruments along three levels of observation: instruments as institutions, techniques and micro-devices. An analysis of policy documents, legislative texts and policy artefacts finds that the differentiation of several direct payment components implies contradictory problematizations at instrument level: farm income, payment distribution, and remuneration of public goods. The techniques and micro-devices used to implement direct payments problematize eligibility and compliance with behavioural requirements. Hence, farmers are effectively constituted as dependent, only conditionally deserving beneficiaries and potential deviants. The non-hierarchical modes of coordination implied in transfer payments are overlaid by hierarchical modes involved in the setting of categorical and behavioural conditions and compliance controls. Analysing state-farmer relations therefore supplements earlier explanations for tensions created between non-aligned dimensions of agricultural post-exceptionalism.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":17002,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Rural Studies","volume":"110 ","pages":"Article 103363"},"PeriodicalIF":5.1,"publicationDate":"2024-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0743016724001670/pdfft?md5=eacf12b28605a9f1bad727330eff399d&pid=1-s2.0-S0743016724001670-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141979584","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"How does perception of success change between family and solo farmers: A perspective from strategic resources and entrepreneurial orientation","authors":"Furkan Yigit,&nbsp;Leena Rantamäki-Lahtinen,&nbsp;Timo Sipiläinen","doi":"10.1016/j.jrurstud.2024.103359","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jrurstud.2024.103359","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>This study compares the resources and entrepreneurial characteristics of family and solo farmers, and influences of these on subjective success perceptions. Quantitative data were collected in Finland and the research model is comprised of Resource-Based Theory and Entrepreneurial Orientation. T-test for equality of means and Structural Equation modelling were employed for testing the hypotheses. The results indicate that family and solo farmers are heterogeneous in most of their resources, entrepreneurial orientation and success perceptions, only except resources in funding opportunities, innovativeness in products and services and investments, and proactiveness in legislation, and success perceptions in self-determination in own work, personal satisfaction. Covariation between resources and entrepreneurial orientation is stronger for family farmers, but this relationship is positive for both groups. Resources and entrepreneurial orientation impact success positively both for family and solo farmers, while the impact of resources is stronger for family farmers and entrepreneurial orientation is stronger for solo farmers. This study suggests a comparative approach in evaluation of the sustainable agricultural entrepreneurship and its implications, also facilitates the methodological development on the measurement of the theoretical models focusing on the role of family in social and agricultural sustainability.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":17002,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Rural Studies","volume":"110 ","pages":"Article 103359"},"PeriodicalIF":5.1,"publicationDate":"2024-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0743016724001633/pdfft?md5=e562755818c084c8c82d5e3c8d04aa56&pid=1-s2.0-S0743016724001633-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141882588","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Depopulation determinants of small rural municipalities in the Valencia Region (Spain)","authors":"Enrique San-Martín González ,&nbsp;Federico Soler-Vaya","doi":"10.1016/j.jrurstud.2024.103369","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jrurstud.2024.103369","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The depopulation of rural areas is a global problem that is particularly serious in Europe and in large areas of Spain, such as the interior of the Valencia Region. Despite the consensus in the diagnosis of the problem, there is still a debate about the policies and measures to solve it. For this reason, in order to help policymakers, this work carries out an analysis of the determinants that have contributed to the population growth of small rural municipalities in the Valencia Region. The analysis includes variables that have not been used in previous research, such as cultural heritage, cycling and walking routes, organic farming or renewable energy. Among the variables that contribute to the fight against depopulation, in addition to basic public services (education and health), there are variables from the primary, secondary and tertiary sectors. There are therefore activities and resources to try to diversify the economic activity to revitalise small rural municipalities.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":17002,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Rural Studies","volume":"110 ","pages":"Article 103369"},"PeriodicalIF":5.1,"publicationDate":"2024-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0743016724001736/pdfft?md5=07d3fde4cd4ad99fdefeb8041f6dea9c&pid=1-s2.0-S0743016724001736-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141985558","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Assessing climate risk for cereals and livestock to inform adaptation planning at regional and local scale","authors":"Valentina Mereu ,&nbsp;Josè Maria Costa-Saura ,&nbsp;Trabucco Antonio ,&nbsp;Spano Donatella","doi":"10.1016/j.jrurstud.2024.103360","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jrurstud.2024.103360","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Climate change is strongly affecting Mediterranean agriculture, prompting urgent adaptation actions to cope with its negative impacts and to enhance the resilience of agricultural systems. Detailed climate risk analyses are essential to inform and guide decision-making on priority actions to be implemented in each territory, tailored on specific local needs. This work applied the impact chain approach to assess the climate-related risks for cereals and livestock sectors in Sardinia, Italy. Impact chains allow analysing and understanding the interrelationships between climate drivers and the related risks, supporting the development of adaptation strategies and plans. In this study, statistical socio-economic indicators were integrated with results from dynamic crop simulation models and climate change scenarios to investigate the risk components, following the IPCC framework, for the agricultural sector by 2050. The results show higher negative impacts for cereals than for livestock, with durum wheat being less climate sentitive than common wheat and maize. Overall, Sardinia has low exposure for both cereals and livestock, while adaptive capacity is criticality low, highlighting the need for urgent action. The outcomes of the analysis were elaborated at both the regional and municipal level, to provide user-friendly information for policy-makers at different administrative levels. The assessed level of risks, in terms of hazard, exposure, and vulnerability, has been used to develop the Regional Adaptation Strategy to Climate Change (SRACC) for the Sardinia region. These results may leed decision making and help planning and programming interventions also at municipal level.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":17002,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Rural Studies","volume":"110 ","pages":"Article 103360"},"PeriodicalIF":5.1,"publicationDate":"2024-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141887076","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Conceptualising rural environmental justice in Europe in an age of climate-influenced landscape transformations","authors":"David Brown ,&nbsp;Benjamin Bégou ,&nbsp;Floriane Clement ,&nbsp;Brendan Coolsaet ,&nbsp;Lisa Darmet ,&nbsp;Mathilde Gingembre ,&nbsp;Zuzana V. Harmáčková ,&nbsp;Adrian Martin ,&nbsp;Barbora Nohlová ,&nbsp;Cécile Barnaud","doi":"10.1016/j.jrurstud.2024.103371","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jrurstud.2024.103371","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":17002,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Rural Studies","volume":"110 ","pages":"Article 103371"},"PeriodicalIF":5.1,"publicationDate":"2024-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141991257","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Diverging Stories on food system transitions. A qualitative analysis of policy narratives in the public consultation on the European Commission’s Farm to Fork Strategy","authors":"Valentin Fiala ,&nbsp;Klaus Jacob ,&nbsp;Christiane Barnickel ,&nbsp;Peter H. Feindt","doi":"10.1016/j.jrurstud.2024.103374","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jrurstud.2024.103374","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The transition towards more just and sustainable food systems is a major challenge which requires persuasive policy narratives for motivation and coordination. However, research about how relevant European actor groups view crucial elements of food system transitions is scarce. The consultation on the European Commission's Farm-to-Fork Strategy provided an opportunity to analyze how elements of food system transitions are represented and connected in the policy narratives of European stakeholders. A deductive-inductive content analysis of 164 public responses, using an analytical framework based on the multi-level-perspective of food system transitions, found twelve distinct narratives, mostly focused on agricultural production. Ten of them showed clear connections to three established agricultural policy discourses: neomercantilism, multi-functionalism and market liberalism. While the narratives together provided a comprehensive account of transition drivers, challenges, opportunities and responses, individually they presented rather partial perspectives. For example, market-liberal narratives emphasized the role of value chain actors and “consumer choice”, whereas multifunctionalist narratives called for more regulation. Farmers' associations mainly deployed neomercantilist, NGOs multi-functional and industry representatives market-liberal narratives, revealing dissent on the importance and desirability of change. The findings indicate that shifting the discussion venue away from core agriculture policy arenas broadened entrenched discourses only marginally.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":17002,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Rural Studies","volume":"110 ","pages":"Article 103374"},"PeriodicalIF":5.1,"publicationDate":"2024-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0743016724001785/pdfft?md5=24675295e3e8ee5a946ef0c96dcfb6c6&pid=1-s2.0-S0743016724001785-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142020405","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"A serious games methodology to test solutions for regional food systems inequities","authors":"Caitlin B. Morgan ,&nbsp;Scott C. Merrill ,&nbsp;Eric M. Clark ,&nbsp;Julia A. Wolfson ,&nbsp;Amy B. Trubek","doi":"10.1016/j.jrurstud.2024.103366","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jrurstud.2024.103366","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>How do we test solutions for greater social sustainability in food systems when those alternatives do not yet exist? How do we create solutions that account for the entire food system? This paper presents an innovative research method, the serious game, and its application for researching propositions that are systems-wide, integrating consumer equity and viable small farming in the Northeastern United States. It is presented as an example for other researchers interested in applied, policy-relevant research We detail our mixed-methods, stakeholder-informed process of developing a game that tests policy interventions for increasing the accessebility of small-farm produce, which arose from exploratory qualitative data collection as an example of how to use this method. We describe the resulting “Race Against Rot” game and present an example of results generated by game play. Finally, we discuss the translational potential of using serious games methodology to represent food systems and test real-world solutions to pressing concerns.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":17002,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Rural Studies","volume":"110 ","pages":"Article 103366"},"PeriodicalIF":5.1,"publicationDate":"2024-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0743016724001700/pdfft?md5=e83f05c424c8e02d282427c12861b962&pid=1-s2.0-S0743016724001700-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141942911","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}