Constructing a New Framework for Rural Development

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by  Pierluigi Milone

CONSTRUCTING A NEW
FRAMEWORK FOR RURAL
DEVELOPMENT
RESEARCH IN RURAL SOCIOLOGY
AND DEVELOPMENT
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RESEARCH IN RURAL SOCIOLOGY AND DEVELOPMENT
VOLUME 22
CONSTRUCTING A NEW
FRAMEWORK FOR
RURAL DEVELOPMENT
EDITED BY
PIERLUIGI MILONE
DICA, Perugia University, Perugia, Italy
FLAMINIA VENTURA
DICA, Perugia University, Perugia, Italy
JINGZHONG YE
COHD, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China
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CONTENTS
LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS vii
CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION
Pierluigi Milone, Flaminia Ventura and Jingzhong Ye 1
CHAPTER 2 RURAL DEVELOPMENT: ACTORS
AND PRACTICES
Jan Douwe van der Ploeg, Jingzhong Ye and 17
Sergio Schneider
CHAPTER 3 ACTIVITIES, ACTANTS AND ACTORS:
THEORETICAL PERSPECTIVES ON DEVELOPMENT
PRACTICE AND PRACTITIONERS
Norman Long 31
CHAPTER 4 IS MULTIFUNCTIONALITY THE ROAD
TO EMPOWERING FARMERS?
Pierluigi Milone and Flaminia Ventura 59
CHAPTER 5 PEASANT INNOVATION AND
GRASSROOTS ACTION IN CHINA
Jingzhong Ye and Huiyang Fu 89
CHAPTER 6 SEEDS AND SPROUTS OF RURAL
DEVELOPMENT: INNOVATIONS AND NESTED
MARKETS IN SMALL SCALE ON-FARM PROCESSING
BY FAMILY FARMERS IN SOUTH BRAZIL
Sergio Schneider and Marcio Gazolla 127
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CHAPTER 7 HIDDEN TREASURES:
RECONNECTING CULTURE AND NATURE IN
RURAL DEVELOPMENT DYNAMICS
Paulo F. Petersen 157
CHAPTER 8 RURAL DEVELOPMENT FROM THE
GRASSROOTS: TWENTY YEARS OF THE EU
“LEADER APPROACH”
Laurent Van de Poele 195
CHAPTER 9 THE DISTINCTIVENESS OF RURAL
DEVELOPMENT PRACTICES IN NORTH WEST
EUROPE
Rudolf van Broekhuizen, Bart Soldaat, Henk Oostindie 209
and Jan Douwe van der Ploeg
CHAPTER 10 TOWARDS THE CHARACTERIZATION
OF ACTORS ENGAGED IN RURAL DEVELOPMENT
PROCESSES IN THE NORTH WEST OF EUROPE
Henk Oostindie, Rudolf van Broekhuizen, Bart Soldaat 239
and Jan Douwe van der Ploeg
CHAPTER 11 WEAVING THE INSTITUTIONAL
MARKET: THE POLITICS OF FOOD PRODUCTION
IN LAND REFORM SETTLEMENTS IN BRAZIL
Claudia Job Schmitt 255
CHAPTER 12 REVISITING EVOLVING WEBS OF
AGRI-FOOD AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT IN
THE UK: THE CASE OF DEVON AND SHETLAND
Jessica Paddock and Terry Marsden 301
CHAPTER 13 CONCLUSION: REPRODUCING
FUTURE IN RURAL AREA
Pierluigi Milone, Flaminia Ventura and Jingzhong Ye 325
ABOUT THE AUTHORS 335
LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS
Huiyang Fu College of Humanities and Development
Studies (COHD), China Agricultural
University, Beijing, China
Marcio Gazolla Colegio Agricola de Frederico Westphalen,
Universidade Federal de Santa Maria,
Santa Maria, Brazil
Norman Long WageningenUniversity, Wageningen,
The Netherlands
Terry Marsden Cardiff School of Planning and
Geography, Cardiff University, Cardiff,
UK
Pierluigi Milone Dipartimento di Ingegneria Civile ed
Ambientale, Perugia University, Perugia,
Italy
Henk Oostindie Rural Sociology Group, Wageningen
University, Wageningen, The Netherlands
Jessica Paddock Sustainable Places Research Institute
(PLACE), Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK
Paulo F. Petersen AS-PTA (cid:1) Agricultura Familiar e
Agrocologia, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Claudia Job Schmitt Departamentode Desenvolvimento
Agricultura e Sociedade, Universidade
Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de
Janeiro, Brazil
Sergio Schneider Grupo de Estudos e Pesquisas em
Agricultura Familiar e Desenvolvimento
Rural (GEPAD), Universidade Federal do
Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil
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Bart Soldaat Independent consultantfor agriculture and
rural development, Wageningen,
The Netherlands
Rudolf van Broekhuizen Rural Sociology Group, Wageningen
University, Wageningen, The Netherlands
Laurent Van de Poele Centre for European Studies, KU Leuven
University, Leuven, Belgium
Jan Douwe van der Rural Sociology Group, Wageningen
Ploeg University, Wageningen, The Netherlands
Flaminia Ventura Department of Economics and Food
Sciences, Perugia University, Perugia, Italy
Jingzhong Ye College of Humanities and Development
Studies (COHD), China Agricultural
University, Beijing, China
CHAPTER 1
INTRODUCTION
Pierluigi Milone, Flaminia Ventura and Jingzhong Ye
ABSTRACT
This book is the result of a selection of papers presented in the seminar
held inBeijingin2012.Itisthethirdinchronologicalorder ofaseminar
series on the comparative analysis of rural development in China, Brazil,
andtheEU. Inprevious seminars(2010inRome,2011inPorto Alegre)
the focus was, first, on the nature and dynamics of rural development
processes and, second, on the performance of rural development policies.
In the third seminar (held in Beijing in November 2012), the focus was
on actors and practices. What motivates the actors who are actively
involvedinruraldevelopment?Andhowdotheystructuretheirnewprac-
tices? In this chapter, different stories on rural development practices
betweenChina,Brazil,andtheEUareillustrated,highlightingthediffer-
ences and also commonalities and similarities. In this story, the figure of
the peasant appears crucial and in different dimensions: from the man-
ager of natural resources who takes the greatest care of their condition
inorder toachieve thelargestprofits;tothe innovatorwhobuildson age
old methods to find novel solutions with the available conditions,
resources, and technologies, and who creates the right synergies for har-
monious and positive impact solutions; to the rural villager who does
with what he/she has and knows, but who at the same time is curious
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