Rural development

Contribution of Deep Tube Well Irrigation Scheme to Sustaining Rural Farmer Livelihood of Tatkon Township, Naypyitaw Union Territory, Myanmar

Zar Ni Hlaing, Theingi Myint, Nilar Aung
ABSTRACT To increase agricultural production in sustainability, irrigation is a significant indicator and also affects the socio-economic status of farmers to some extent. Hence, the government has implemented the irrigation facilities in various means to use irrigated water efficiently. This...
Country: Myanmar Topic: Rural development
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Food Desert, Purchasing Refugees, and Cooperatives in Rural Areas in South Korea

Namhoon Kim
ABSTRACT In this study, we present how cooperatives help the elderly in the "food desert" and how it runs businesses with lower profits. We introduce a special cooperative, Dong-Rak-Jeom-Bbang (hereafter DRJB) which runs the business in a small village in South Korea. The food desert is...
Country: Korea Topic: Rural development
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Sustainable Agriculture Development Policies: Learnings from Some Countries and Vietnam's Strategy

Do Thi Kim Anh
ABSTRACT Sustainable agricultural development is the management and maintenance of organizational, technical and institutional changes for agricultural development in order to ensure the increasing human demand for agricultural products and services, while meeting needs of the future. According...
Country: Vietnam Topic: Rural development
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Ageing Rural Population and Job Opportunities: A Case of Native Chicken Farming

Teeka Yotapakdee, Panomsak Proburom, Sukhum Phannarong, Pimonpun Boonyasana, Namfon Rukprayoon, Wannaubon Singyoocharoen, Suwit Chotinan, Sombat Suprarakorn
ABSTRACT In Upper Northern Thailand, most of native chicken farmers in rural areas are elderly. This paper provides an analysis of commercial viability of native chicken farming as an alternative for job opportunities among elder farmers in Phayao Province. Since all processes could not be...
Country: Thailand Topic: Rural development
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Institutional Framework and Prospects of the Quality of Rural Life Policy in Korea

Moon-Soo Jung
ABSTRACT The quality of rural life policy has been institutionally established for the purpose of maintaining the quality of life for rural residents equitably with urban people. Therefore, this policy has been continuously pursued with the aim of not only improving the quality of rural life...
Country: Korea Topic: Rural development
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