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pluriactivity, part-time farming, farm diversification ...
In the case of Slovenia and its territorial and municipal diversity it has
been illustrated in the case of the Škofjeloška hilly-mountain rural areas the
presence of diversity of incomes, which has resulted from the pluriactivity
of agricultural and rural holdings with part-time farming and farm diversi-
fication in an integrated and inclusive rural household development. These
patterns in development and outcomes are caused by internal agricultural
holding factors and characteristics, and external factors of policy environ-
ment with the crucial role of subsidy policies for agriculture and rural devel-
opment (CAP-based policies) and cohesion and regional development funds
in the case of the EU countries. The aims and objectives of policy trans-
fers have changed over time and similarly can be expected in the future.
This brings new context and complexity in risk sharing in an integrated and
inclusive rural household development in contemporary economics. Rural
economies have become more similar to urban economies in terms of the
structure of employment and sources of income, particularly in more de-
veloped economies, which are at the same time advanced information and
communication societies.
A greater dependence of farm and rural economy incomes on various
forms of government transfers has become the reality in most developed
countries, including the EU member states. This policy-driven role in miti-
gating the gap between agricultural, rural and urban household incomes de-
pends on government and citizen willingness to pay for such policy trans-
fers. Thus, it depends on possible agricultural and rural development policy
reforms such as the CAP reforms and associated changes in policy transfers.
Agricultural and rural development policies can stay important for farm
and rural household incomes that are related to remoteness, periphery and
depopulation of agricultural and rural areas. This complexity in income
sources of agricultural holdings can be one of the reasons that in contempo-
rary economics co-exists different terms and definitions for phenomena re-
lated to the concept of integrated rural economy. Therefore, farm efficiency,
government transfers (subsidies) and off-farm sources of incomes will likely
stay important as issues for investigation of the long-term sustainability of
the integrated and inclusive agricultural and rural household development
in contemporary economics in the future.
Bibliography
AIS/MAFF. 2015. Poročilo o stanju kmetijstva, živilstva, gozdarstva in ribištva v
letu 2014 [Report on the State of Agriculture, Food, Forestry and Fisheries
431
In the case of Slovenia and its territorial and municipal diversity it has
been illustrated in the case of the Škofjeloška hilly-mountain rural areas the
presence of diversity of incomes, which has resulted from the pluriactivity
of agricultural and rural holdings with part-time farming and farm diversi-
fication in an integrated and inclusive rural household development. These
patterns in development and outcomes are caused by internal agricultural
holding factors and characteristics, and external factors of policy environ-
ment with the crucial role of subsidy policies for agriculture and rural devel-
opment (CAP-based policies) and cohesion and regional development funds
in the case of the EU countries. The aims and objectives of policy trans-
fers have changed over time and similarly can be expected in the future.
This brings new context and complexity in risk sharing in an integrated and
inclusive rural household development in contemporary economics. Rural
economies have become more similar to urban economies in terms of the
structure of employment and sources of income, particularly in more de-
veloped economies, which are at the same time advanced information and
communication societies.
A greater dependence of farm and rural economy incomes on various
forms of government transfers has become the reality in most developed
countries, including the EU member states. This policy-driven role in miti-
gating the gap between agricultural, rural and urban household incomes de-
pends on government and citizen willingness to pay for such policy trans-
fers. Thus, it depends on possible agricultural and rural development policy
reforms such as the CAP reforms and associated changes in policy transfers.
Agricultural and rural development policies can stay important for farm
and rural household incomes that are related to remoteness, periphery and
depopulation of agricultural and rural areas. This complexity in income
sources of agricultural holdings can be one of the reasons that in contempo-
rary economics co-exists different terms and definitions for phenomena re-
lated to the concept of integrated rural economy. Therefore, farm efficiency,
government transfers (subsidies) and off-farm sources of incomes will likely
stay important as issues for investigation of the long-term sustainability of
the integrated and inclusive agricultural and rural household development
in contemporary economics in the future.
Bibliography
AIS/MAFF. 2015. Poročilo o stanju kmetijstva, živilstva, gozdarstva in ribištva v
letu 2014 [Report on the State of Agriculture, Food, Forestry and Fisheries
431
