Publication at Faculty of Science |
2017
Abstract
The role of EU rural development policy in the neo-productivist agricultural paradigm. Regional Studies.
European Union rural development policy tools have renewed their emphasis on agriculture for the period 2014-20. This shift has been driven by an incoming neo-productivism paradigm, a terminology only recently applied to rural studies.
This paper focuses on the discussion of European Union rural policy positions in the context of key drivers of neo-productivism. Existing academic debates focus mainly on 'neo-productivist agriculture', with less attention paid to rural development policy.
This review shows the need to address the terminological issues of this policy and to reflect upon the territorial impact of other sectoral policies.