Search results for "rural"

Entre forme d’habitat groupé et forme d’habitat dispersé : le cas intermédiaire d’une occupation rurale aux IIIe-IVe siècles ap. J.C entre Fragnes et…

2008

International audience; Un diagnostic réalisé en 2008 sur une emprise de 98 ha, au nord-est de Chalon-sur-Saône, a mis au jour une voie, une petite zone funéraire, ainsi que quatre aires d’occupation témoignant de la présence de bâtiments à vocation domestique et agricole (grange) occupés des deux derniers tiers du IIIe siècle au milieu du IVe siècle ap. J.-C. La distribution linéaire des vestiges sur une longueur de 1 300 m suscite un vif intérêt et pose plusieurs questions quant à la nature exacte de l’occupation. L’identification d’une petite agglomération associée à un éventuel domaine foncier fait partie des hypothèses retenues. L’analyse s’appuie sur les études du mobilier céramique e…

Regional income convergence in Colombia: population, space, and long-run dynamics

2022

We examine the trajectory of regional income dynamics in Colombia. Using data on all 33 Colombian departments from 2000 to 2016, we employ extensions of (spatial) Markov chains, space-time mobility measures, along with a fully weighted version of the distribution analysis approach. By considering these extensions, our analysis enables us to answer questions such as whether the role of spatial context influences the distributional dynamics of Colombian departments, or the magnitude of the moderating effect of department’s population. The inclusion of additional measures such as the asymptotic half-life of convergence provides additional results, informing on how long it would take to reach t…

Résidents et personnel en établissement d'hébergement pour personnes agées dépendantes (EHPAD) : création ou recréation de liens spécifiques en milie…

2019

This thesis studies the specific relationship that develops between the staff, the residents and their family and friends in retirement homes for dependents elderly in a rural environment.The aim is to analyse the creation process by the actors to go from an acquaintanceship network to an interdependence network and how each adapts, reorganise, more or less, among facilities where the legislator codified strongly the relational framework.The arrival to a retirement home marks, in all cases, a strong biographical break. For a little of people, it means having to accept abandoning a significant part of their past life. It forces the residents to (re)build themselves a new identity, a new stat…

Determinants of Italian agri-food exports in non-EU Mediterranean Partner Countries: An empirical investigation through a gravity model approach

2013

The aim of this paper is to lay emphasis on the main factors (economic, historical, structural, etc.) that affect Italian agri-food exports in the non-EU Mediterranean Partner Countries (MPCs). The authors estimate a gravity equation including some of the main variables found in the reference literature useful to highlight the main factors which influence the bilateral exchanges. The results show that the variables traditionally included in the gravity equation present the expected sign. In particular, Italian agri-food exports towards its neighbouring Mediterranean countries are positively affected by income of partner countries, colonial and historical ties, geographical proximity and the…

THE ROLE OF SICILY IN THE MARITIME TRAFFIC OF AGRI-FOOD PRODUCTS IN THE MEDITERRANEAN BASIN

2011

This paper shows the results of a survey on trade flows to agri-food products among Sicily and the non-EU countries of the Union for the Mediterranean, through maritime transport. The aim of this paper is to outline the role that Sicily plays in respect of trade in agricultural products through the maritime mode considering its strategic location in the Mediterranean basin. Political reference scenario is that of the Union for the Mediterranean and EU Mediterranean Transport Policy (motorways of the sea). The work contains an analysis of the evolution of maritime trade in agri-food of Sicily, in the main ports of departure and arrival, with non-EU countries of the Union for the Mediterranea…

Agricoltura, alimentazione e paesaggio nei territori produttivi. Intrecci disciplinari tra piano e programmi di sviluppo nei casi della Sicilia centr…

2015

La riflessione che di seguito si sviluppa vuole condurre verso una più estesa considerazione delle implicazioni sociali dell’attività agricola. Il dibattito nel campo economico agrario, infatti, si concentra sui contenuti che l’attività agricola trasmette attraverso la modellazione del paesaggio, la conservazione della storia, la tutela dell’ambiente e della salute. La notorietà della Dieta mediterranea e il suo riconoscimento globale sembrano riassumere in larga parte queste proposizioni.

STRATEGY TO INCREASE THE FARM COMPETITIVENESS

2014

Italy’s wine-growing production structure is highly pulverized. So, for many wine-growing farms loweri ng the production cost represents the only way of gain ing a competitive advantage. Production at average unit costs lower than competitors allows to improve prof itability. Among farming operations, winter pruning and tying of productive vine-branches require a high hu man labor. For this reason the paper presents the r esults of research conducted on a sample of Sicilian wine- producing farms in order to study the cost-effectiv eness to make the pruning and the subsequent ligation of productive branches with tools that facilitate the work. The economic analysis, after the determination o…

The vulnerability to exploitation of women migrant workers in agriculture in the EU: The need for a human rights and gender based approach

2018

This study, commissioned by the European Parliament’s Policy Department for Citizens' Rights and Constitutional Affairs at the request of the Committee on Women’s Rights and Gender Equality, explores the working conditions of migrant women in agriculture in the EU, focusing on some case studies in Italy and Spain. In particular, it aims to examine the factors that render women vulnerable to exploitation, paying attention to gendered dynamics and power relations. The study contends that to prevent and combat exploitation in agriculture it is necessary to implement concerted actions aimed at tackling, from a human rights and gender perspective, the structural factors of a socio-economic syste…

La filiera dell’agricoltura biologica in Sicilia: ruolo della GD e variabilità dei prezzi dei prodotti bio nella città di Palermo

2007

Assessment of Anthropogenic Ecological Systems in the Apold Depression to a Sustainable Management

2015

The vast majority of households in Ethiopia live in rural areas and agriculture is still the main economic activity. They rarely produce for the market and are highly dependent on climate for their subsistence. In this paper, the market options available to these farmers, as well as market related factors that are problematic were investigated. Multi-stage sampling procedure was employed to draw sample of 150 teff producers. Double hurdle model was used to identify factors affecting market participation and intensity of marketed surplus of teff. Market participation of smallholder farmers was significantly affected by access to credit, perception of farmers on lagged market price of teff, f…