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Unlocking organic farming adoption: The role of information completeness and farmers’ individual preferences 解锁有机农业采用：信息完整性和农民个人偏好的作用

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Journal of Rural Studies Pub Date : 2026-03-01 Epub Date: 2026-01-27 DOI: 10.1016/j.jrurstud.2026.104013

Tuan Nguyen-Anh

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Building community capitals through stakeholder engagement in a pollinator garden of a regional Australian university: A Business School initiative 通过利益相关者参与澳大利亚地区大学传粉者花园建立社区资本：商学院倡议

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Journal of Rural Studies Pub Date : 2026-03-01 Epub Date: 2026-01-29 DOI: 10.1016/j.jrurstud.2026.104009

Lucia Wuersch, Alain Neher, Felicity Small

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Roots and reach: Place-Based processes for polycentric governance in rural South Africa 根源与影响：南非农村多中心治理的基于地方的进程

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Journal of Rural Studies Pub Date : 2026-03-01 Epub Date: 2026-02-04 DOI: 10.1016/j.jrurstud.2026.104054

Anthony St Leger Fry

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SWOT-AHP-TOWS analysis of decision support system adoption in the Ontario rainbow trout industry 安大略省虹鳟鱼产业采用决策支持系统的SWOT-AHP-TOWS分析

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Journal of Rural Studies Pub Date : 2026-03-01 Epub Date: 2026-01-31 DOI: 10.1016/j.jrurstud.2026.104040

Ataharul Chowdhury, Khondokar H. Kabir, Milad Zhoolideh

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A rural matrix: A pragmatic alternative approach to defining rural for policy and practice 农村矩阵：为政策和实践定义农村的一种务实的替代方法

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Journal of Rural Studies Pub Date : 2026-03-01 Epub Date: 2026-02-19 DOI: 10.1016/j.jrurstud.2026.104066

Danika Hammond , Sarah-Patricia Breen , Ryan Gibson

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Administrative burdens as barriers to afforestation: A sludge audit of Ireland's afforestation scheme 行政负担是造林的障碍：爱尔兰造林计划的污泥审计

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Journal of Rural Studies Pub Date : 2026-03-01 Epub Date: 2026-02-23 DOI: 10.1016/j.jrurstud.2026.104078

Patricia Lentz , Cara Augustenborg , Leonhard K. Lades

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From climate worry to guest welcome: Agritourism as a diversification path for Kosovo's smallholder farmers 从对气候的担忧到对客人的欢迎：作为科索沃小农多样化道路的农业旅游

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Journal of Rural Studies Pub Date : 2026-03-01 Epub Date: 2026-02-24 DOI: 10.1016/j.jrurstud.2026.104080

Adrian Vargas-Lopez, Gjylisha Cena, Ann-Kathrin Koessler

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Corrigendum to “Perceived equity dimensions of agricultural carbon markets in the US Midwest” [J. Rural Stud., 121 (2026) 103940] “美国中西部农业碳市场的感知公平维度”[J]。农村学生。， 121 (2026) 103940]

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Journal of Rural Studies Pub Date : 2026-03-01 Epub Date: 2026-01-25 DOI: 10.1016/j.jrurstud.2026.104049

Jane C. Gross, Ashley Colby, McKenzie F. Johnson, Chloe B. Wardropper

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Population changes and influencing factors of informal settlements in Nairobi 内罗毕非正规住区人口变化及其影响因素

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Journal of Rural Studies Pub Date : 2026-03-01 Epub Date: 2026-02-13 DOI: 10.1016/j.jrurstud.2026.104061

Wanyi Zhu , Hang Ren

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Has the “Three-Child Policy” also encountered reluctance in rural China?—evidence from new-generation women of childbearing age in western rural China “三孩政策”在中国农村是否也遇到了阻力？——来自中国西部农村新一代育龄妇女的证据

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Journal of Rural Studies Pub Date : 2026-03-01 Epub Date: 2026-02-12 DOI: 10.1016/j.jrurstud.2026.104039

Jian Lan , Xingchao Hu , Zihan Li , Yuhao Ren

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