Section title:  Exploring emerging innovative practices: objectives and results

Category: Case study

Country: Belgium, France, Germany, Romania, Spain, and United Kingdom

RUR actor group: New Entrants and Successors

Local authority role: Providing funding, Implementing policy, Providing infrastructure, and Coordinating

Civil society organisation role: Providing funding, Providing infrastructure, Coordinating, and Lobbying

Single persons role: Entrepreneur

Politician role: Providing funding, Implementing policy, Providing infrastructure, and Coordinating

Rural development pathway: Multifunctional Agriculture, Rural-Urban Relations, Agroecology, and Human Capital

Access to land pathway: Supporting farmers before accessing land, Organising the accessibility of farmland, Steering land control towards specific uses, Securing access to land for individual farmers, and Supporting farmers after access to land

Rural development topic adressed: Lack of jobs or quality jobs, Lack of economic diversity, Mobilisation of financial resources, Human capital, Educational opportunities (formal, informal, vocational), Social inclusion, Economic equality, Lanscape preservation, Environmental conservation, Access to land, Local food supply, and Stakeholder empowerment

Type of action: Fiscal benefits, Policy (policy recommendation, political support, political capital), Farm incubator, Collective action (e.g. farm collectives, cooperatives), Land portage, acquisition and management/stewardship, Education & training, and Agroecology