International Symposium on Contributions of Family-Farm Enterprises to Sustainable Rural Development : Proceedings : IUFRO-Working-Units : 3.08.00 "Small Scale Forestry" : 6.11.02 "Forestry and Rural Development in Industrialized Countries"

Freiburg im Breisgau

2004

388 S.

Bandaufführung

109065

The papers underline, that similar difficulties and problems are encountered all around the world. On one hand, the realisation of income from agriculture and forestry is an important requirement for the maintenance of socio-economic and cultural structures in rural regions. On the other hand, it has become more and more difficult, especially for small-scale enterprises, to gain sufficient income from initial production. This discrepancy between economic efficiency and social requirements demands governmental action in order to enable the farmers to survive under the present economic conditions. Although the socio-cultural differences between the countries represented at the Symposium were shown, the solutions and approaches to overcome problems that were presented by the speakers were similar. The similarity in the solutions proposed by many speakers suggest that there were opportunities for policies to be developed from the results of socio-economic research that may have general applicability across a number of countries. However, these policies might have to be adjusted to the particular circumstances of the country in which they are being applied.