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Placing Agriculture within Rural Development: Evidence from EU Case Studies

Lookup NU author(s): Dr Carmen Hubbard, Professor Matthew GortonORCiD

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Abstract

In the light of four competing models for rural development (agrarian, exogenous, endogenous and neo-endogenous) this paper evaluates the relationship between agriculture, agricultural policy and rural development in five regions in established EU member states: The Borders, Midlands and Western Region (Ireland), Navarra (Spain), Tyrol (Austria), Skåne (Sweden) and Altmark (Germany). Evidence suggests that both the agrarian and exogenous models are anachronistic. However, the Common Agricultural Policy remains closest to the agrarian model of rural development, and in its current form fails to promote a wider rural and territorial development. Leader, which is often perceived as a viable alternative approach to rural development fits most closely with the neo-endogenous rather than endogenous model. Nevertheless, for EU policy to fully embody the neo-endogenous model a far more fundamental reform of the CAP would be required than that agreed in the wake of the Health Check.

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Author(s): Hubbard MC, Gorton M

Publication type: Article

Publication status: Published

Journal: Environment and Planning C: Government and Policy

Year: 2011

Volume: 29

Issue: 1

Pages: 80-95

ISSN (print): 0263-774X

ISSN (electronic): 1472-3425

Publisher: Pion Ltd.

URL: http://www.envplan.com/epc/fulltext/c29/c1031r.pdf

DOI: 10.1068/c1031r

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