 Experiments in sustainable rural livelihood in FinlandPekka Jokinen, Marja Jarvela, Suvi Huttunen and Antti Puupponen International Journal of Agricultural Resources, Governance and Ecology, 2008, vol. 7, issue 3, 211-228 Abstract: This paper addresses rural development and farm level action in Finland by posing the following main questions: What is the pioneering potential of small-scale entrepreneurship in enhancing rural sustainability? What are the specialisations feasible for such entrepreneurship in the present societal circumstances? What kind of local networking does it take to sustain on-farm activity for rural sustainability? We present empirical evidence from Central Finland about the ways in which both local food entrepreneurship and farm-based renewable energy production add to the rural livelihood and particularly to its social dimension. It is concluded that there is a potential overall impact on sustainable rural livelihood generated by novel entrepreneurship in local food and heat production. Keywords: rural development; rural sustainability; farming; multifunctionality; small-scale entrepreneurship; rural-environmental policy; local food production; renewable energy production; Finland; sustainable development; agriculture; local networking; rural livelihoods; heat production. (search for similar items in EconPapers) Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:ids:ijarge:v:7:y:2008:i:3:p:211-228 Access Statistics for this article More articles in International Journal of Agricultural Resources, Governance and Ecology from Inderscience Enterprises Ltd |
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