Rural development factsheet (pdf)

Acknowledgements:

Authors: Lena Wietheger, Louisa Winkler, Antje Kölling
Scientific advisors: Dipl. Ing. Alexandra Pohl (Austria)
Photography: ØKOLOGI & ERHVERV (Denmark)
Design and layout: Arthur

Sources and further reading:

Brunori, G. and Rossi, A. (2000), Synergy and coherence through collective action: some insights from wine routes in Tuscany, Sociologia Ruralis 4 (40):409-423.[Journal article]

Darnhofer, Ika (2006), Organic farming at the heart of the rural development policy: the example of Austria, in Proceedings of the conference on Organic Farming and European Rural Development, Odense, Denmark, 30-31 May 2006. [Conference Paper]

Giampaola, B. and Ramberti, S. (2009), Is the Italian organic farming model inside rural development?A farm structure survey data analysis, paper presented at the second meeting of the Wye City Group on Statistics in Rural Development and Agriculture Household Income to the FAO, Rome, Italy, 11-12 June 2009. [Report]

Green, M. and Maynard, R. (2006), Employment benefits of organic farming, in Atkinson, C. and Younie, D. (Eds.), What will organic farming deliver?, AAB Office, Warwick, UK, pp. 52-55 (proceedings of a three-day conference held by the Association of Applied Biologists at Herriot-Watt University, September 2006). [Conference Paper (short)]

Jansen, K. (2000), Labour, livelihoods and the quality of life in organic agriculture, Biological Agriculture and Horticulture 17 (3):247-278. [Journal Article]

Lobley, M. et al. (2005), The impact of organic farming on the rural economy in England, report for the UK Department of Environment, Farming and Rural Affairs. [Report]

Nemes, N. (2009), Comparative analysis of organic and non-organic farming systems: a critical assessment of farm profitability, Natural Resources Management and Environmental Department, FAO [report]

Pimentel, D. et al. (2005), Environmental, energetic, and economic comparisons of organic and conventional farming systems, BioScience 55 (7):573-582 [Journal Article]

Pohl, A. (2009), The future of organic farming in Europe: how do European rural development programmes support organic farming?, IFOAM EU Group.[Report]