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Im Rahmen einer Zusammenschau werden im hier vorliegenden Bericht landwirtschaftliche und den ländlichen Raum betreffende Entwicklungen eingeschätzt und, in Verbindung hiermit, künftige Umweltentlastungen sowie mögliche neue Umweltgefährdungen dargestellt. Im Mittelpunkt der Betrachtungen steht die Nahrungsmittelproduktion in Deutschland, wobei die Integration der deutschen Landwirtschaft in die europäische Landwirtschaft und die Weltwirtschaft und die hiermit einhergehenden äußeren Einflüsse einbezogen werden. Der Zeithorizont der Betrachtungen ist der Zeitraum bis 2030. .

The aim of this paper is to try and outline the complexity of rural development processes that specifically relate to the phenomenon of multifunctionality. 'Multifunctionality schemes' are introduced as a means for visualizing the complex interrelationships in rural development processes and to 'map' the functional relationships and specific reconfigurations in the use of resources such as land, labour, knowledge and nature that underlie them. In the discussion, reference is made to case studies from the impact research programme. The Rhöngold case is used to illustrate how MF‐schemes can help to define micro‐macro relations and facilitate their quantification. Several conceptual issues are addressed in relation to the translation of farm data to the regional level, indirect multiplier effects, substitution effects and the importance of synergy. Methodological complications are seen in problems associated with the acceptance of a paradigm shift; the inadequacy of available regional, national and European data sets; the complex nature of micro‐macro relations; the difficulty of defining boundaries and reference systems; and the struggle with time,scale and space as critical modifiers of reality. The need to link the dimensions of agricultural and rural change demands a more multidisciplinary,holistic approach to analysis and conceptualization.

Der folgende zusammenfassende Ergebnisbericht gibt einen Überblick über diewichtigsten thematischen Schwerpunkte und Ergebnisse des Forschungsvorhabens"$\textit{Konzeptionelle Grundlagen und praktische Ansätze zur Förderungbodenschonender Landbewirtschaftung}$",das im Rahmen das BMFT/BEO Forschungsschwerpunkts 'Bodenbelastung undWasserhaushalt' gefördert wurde.Das Vorhaben hatte zum Ziel, die bislang vorwiegend naturwissenschaftlich geprägteBodenschutzforschung um die sozio-ökonomische Dimension zu erweiternund damit Möglichkeiten aufzuzeigen, wie bodenschutzpolitischer Handlungsbedarfin konkrete Handlungskonzepte für die landwirtschaftliche und politisch-administrativePraxis umgesetzt werden kann.Die Ergebnisse des Vorhabens haben ihren Niederschlag in einer Reihe von Veröffentlichungenund Berichten gefunden, die sich insbesondere um folgendeThemenbereiche gruppieren:(1) Konzeption und konkrete Ausgestaltung eines räumlich differenziertenSystems von Agrar-Umwelt-Indikatoren zur Erfassung und Beurteilungressourcenschutzrelevanter Aspekte der landwirtschaftlichen Bodennutzung;(2) Analyse von Entwicklungstendenzen, Leitbildern und Maßnahmen der Förderungressourcenschonender Landbewirtschaftung unter Beachtung unterschiedlichernatürlicher und sozio-ökonomischer Voraussetzungen; [.]

The data management plan (DMP) covers the principles and protocols for data collection, processing, sharing and storage. The DMP will ensure that data management is compliant with the EU's Guidelines on Findable, Accessible, Interoperable and Reusable (FAIR) Data Management in Horizon 2020, and with relevant national data protection laws and institutional data management policies.

Die Bewertung von Politikmaßnahmen unter Gesichtspunkten der Nachhaltigkeit hat vor dem Hintergrund der EU-Nachhaltigkeitsstrategie stark an Bedeutung gewonnen. Doch welche Rolle spielen Bewertungsinstrumente und welche Potenziale bergen sie?

AbstractThe importance of social capital for agricultural and rural development is explored in this paper through the analysis of seven comprehensive case studies that have been carried out in the framework of the European RETHINK research programme. The case studies are based on rather different initiatives at the interface between agricultural and rural development in Germany, Spain, Italy, Lithuania, Latvia, Denmark and Israel. The case studies represent a broad spectrum of socio‐economic and agricultural contexts and focus on the role of social capital for development. We explore how social capital materialises in the context of rural areas, and what nuances it acquires in different rural environments. The case studies are used to better understand, and to illustrate, different expressions of social capital in different situations. Within the broad notion of social capital, we pay particular attention to trust, cooperation, sense of community, and culture and tradition. All four dimensions play a critical role in agricultural and rural development as they affect how people relate to each other, organise themselves and interact for development.

Both in practice and policy a new model of rural development is emerging. This paper reflects the discussions in the impact research programme and suggests that at the level of associated theory also a fundamental shift is taking place. The modernization paradigm that once dominated policy, practice and theory is being replaced by a new rural development paradigm. Rural development is analyzed as a multi‐level, multi‐actor and multi‐facetted process rooted in historical traditions that represents at all levels a fundamental rupture with the modernization project. The range of new quality products, services and forms of cost reduction that together comprise rural development are understood as a response by farm families to both the eroding economic base of their enterprises and to the new needs and expectations European society has of the rural areas. Rural development therefore is largely an autonomous, self‐driven process and in its further unfolding agriculture will continue to play a key role, although it is a role that may well change. This article provides an introduction to the nine papers of this 'special issue' and the many reconfiguration processes embodied in rural development that they address.in rural development

This article focuses on the question of how a shift from a narrow economic perspective to a wider sustainable wellbeing focus in regional development strategies and actions might change rural–urban relations. A brief review of relevant research and discourses about economic development models provides the foundation for the analysis. The review leads to the development of an analytical framework that puts the notion of sustainable wellbeing at its center. The criteria included in the analytical framework are then used to assess the current situation, challenges and perceived ways forward based on data and analyses from 11 European regions. The focus of the analysis is on different expressions of a sustainable wellbeing economy, and aspects of territorial development that are consistent with the basic features of a wellbeing economy are identified. Development dynamics and tensions between different development goals and resource uses, strategies and actions that are in favor of sustainable wellbeing goals, and conditions for more mutually beneficial rural–urban relationships are discussed. The article concludes with the implications for local government, and governance and policy frameworks. Reference is made to current high-level strategic policy frameworks and the European Green Deal.