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Medical … we don't have that”: (Not) accessing healthcare in rural new Mexico 医疗……我们没有这个”：（没有）在新墨西哥州农村获得医疗保健

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Journal of Rural Studies Pub Date : 2025-07-29 DOI: 10.1016/j.jrurstud.2025.103796

Morgan Montañez

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Reading to Stay: The role of reading in the lives of Swedish rural males across generations 阅读留下：阅读在几代瑞典农村男性生活中的作用

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Journal of Rural Studies Pub Date : 2025-07-29 DOI: 10.1016/j.jrurstud.2025.103808

Stig-Börje Asplund , Birgitta Ljung Egeland , Gabriel Bladh , Martin Stolare

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The role of natural resources in shaping rural mobilization: The case of the State of Jefferson movement in the Klamath Basin 自然资源在形成农村动员中的作用：以克拉马斯盆地的杰斐逊州运动为例

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Journal of Rural Studies Pub Date : 2025-07-29 DOI: 10.1016/j.jrurstud.2025.103757

Hannah Whitley

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The horizons of change: between past memories and future imaginations in sustainable food transitions 变化的视野：在可持续粮食转型中的过去记忆和未来想象之间

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Journal of Rural Studies Pub Date : 2025-07-29 DOI: 10.1016/j.jrurstud.2025.103792

Mariana Hase Ueta, Zoë Robaey, Sarah Kunze

{"title":"The horizons of change: between past memories and future imaginations in sustainable food transitions","authors":"Mariana Hase Ueta, Zoë Robaey, Sarah Kunze","doi":"10.1016/j.jrurstud.2025.103792","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jrurstud.2025.103792","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This article investigates Dutch dairy farmers' perception of their past, present and future to shed light on their role in sustainable transitions. We dissect how change is experienced by considering their experiences with the recent Dutch environmental regulations and the emergence of novel food technologies. We find that the ways that farmers perceive change and act on it are impacted by both the memories of farming tradition and related identity, and expectations towards their own future and their sector.</div><div>We define three temporal points that respond to both literature and empirical work. Qualitatively engaging with interviews, site visits and intergenerational discussions, we argue that making entanglements explicit amid tensions requires recognizing Horizons of Memory and Horizons of Expectations. This allows paving the way for including farmers in Horizons of Imagination. We explain how those three horizons help give an empirical and normative account of change in the context of uncertainty and transformation.</div><div>Finally, we discuss the dairy farmers' perspective on alternative kinds of milk and the adoption of new food technologies (such as Precision Fermentation). A sustainable transition in food systems should prioritize the inclusion of different actors, also giving place to their temporalities in order to construct inclusive futures.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":17002,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Rural Studies","volume":"119 ","pages":"Article 103792"},"PeriodicalIF":5.7,"publicationDate":"2025-07-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144722440","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}

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Living in the shadow of rural digital vulnerability: Navigating technology needs and resources 生活在农村数字脆弱性的阴影下：驾驭技术需求和资源

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Journal of Rural Studies Pub Date : 2025-07-28 DOI: 10.1016/j.jrurstud.2025.103812

Kathy L. Rush, Lindsay Burton, Cherisse L. Seaton

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Integrating sustainability and productivity: The role of public policies in Brazilian family farming 整合可持续性和生产力：公共政策在巴西家庭农业中的作用

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Journal of Rural Studies Pub Date : 2025-07-26 DOI: 10.1016/j.jrurstud.2025.103811

Frederico Pereira Tenchini , Fábio de Oliveira Paula , Marcos Cohen , Jorge Ferreira da Silva

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Depression in farming families: A systematic review 农业家庭抑郁症：系统回顾

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Journal of Rural Studies Pub Date : 2025-07-25 DOI: 10.1016/j.jrurstud.2025.103810

Hannah Casey , Annie O'Connor , Sinéad O'Keeffe , Anna Donnla O'Hagan , John McNamara , Siobhán O'Connor

{"title":"Depression in farming families: A systematic review","authors":"Hannah Casey , Annie O'Connor , Sinéad O'Keeffe , Anna Donnla O'Hagan , John McNamara , Siobhán O'Connor","doi":"10.1016/j.jrurstud.2025.103810","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jrurstud.2025.103810","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Depression is a common mental condition characterised by low mood, or loss of pleasure or interest in activities for extended periods of time. Farming populations have long been identified as a population at high risk for depression. However, farming families remain under researched and under explored in mental health research. This review therefore aimed to examine the prevalence of depressive symptoms among farming family members and identify associated risk factors. A systematic review was conducted using PRISMA guidelines searching Scopus, Web of Science, Pubmed and PubPsych. Six quantitative papers were identified; three detailed prevalence in farming spouses, and three in farming adolescents. Depressive symptom prevalence varied according to group and the measure used. Among farming spouses, prevalence was 13 % (Patient Health Questionnaire-2), and 7.1 % (self-report). Prevalence of “mild” depressive symptoms among farming adolescents was 70 % and 6.6 % (Patient Health Questionnaire-A). Mean depressive symptom scores for farming spouses was 10.50 (Multiple Affect Adjective Checklist), and M = 14.0 for farming adolescents (Centre for Epidemiological Studies Depression Scale). Factors increasing likelihood of depressive symptoms included age, ethnicity, smoking, alcohol use, pesticide use, and Parkinson's Disease for farm spouses, and for adolescents, parental depression, exposure to violent incidents, risky behaviour, and pre-existing high stress and anxiety. The literature was characterised by inconsistent measures of depressive symptoms, a US-centric focus, and poor exploration of the experiences of male spouses. Future research should encourage a deeper focus on the prevalence of depressive symptoms among all farming family members, and an exploration into how mental health resources might better support farming families.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":17002,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Rural Studies","volume":"119 ","pages":"Article 103810"},"PeriodicalIF":5.1,"publicationDate":"2025-07-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144703773","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}

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How does land fragmentation affect farmers’ decision-making for agricultural socialized services? 土地破碎化如何影响农民的农业社会化服务决策？

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Journal of Rural Studies Pub Date : 2025-07-25 DOI: 10.1016/j.jrurstud.2025.103803

Shaoxin Shen , Mengyi Cui , Fengtian Zheng

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Women's rights to land in Tanzania: Does village land use planning strengthen women's land rights? 坦桑尼亚妇女的土地权：村庄土地使用规划是否加强了妇女的土地权？

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Journal of Rural Studies Pub Date : 2025-07-24 DOI: 10.1016/j.jrurstud.2025.103805

Chris Huggins, Lina Awadalla, Neema Kingamkono

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Leverage points to improve resilience in supply chains: civil food resilience and food sovereignty 提高供应链弹性的杠杆点：民间粮食弹性和粮食主权

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Journal of Rural Studies Pub Date : 2025-07-24 DOI: 10.1016/j.jrurstud.2025.103720

Steffen Hirth , Elizabeth Morgan , Romain Crastes dit Sourd , Gülbanu Kaptan , Anne Tallontire , William Young

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