Gestión rural y desarrollo agrícola
Agricultura y producción de alimentos
Rural Tourism Destination: The Ligurian Farmers’ Perspective
Destinos turísticos rurales: La perspectiva de los agricultores de Liguria
Abstract Rural tourism is considered a high potential form of tourism, enhanced by the demand for more sustainable and nature-based solutions, and able to contribute to territory resilience. A rural area is not necessarily a tourist destination, but it might become one, if agricultural enterprises are willing to diversify their economic activities by investing in rural tourism, and local actors provide active support and co-participation. This research focuses on the development of rural tourism in hinterland, mountainous, and hilly areas of the province of Savona in Liguria (North-West of Italy) in order to gather the farmers’ perspectives about local rural tourism destination development. Liguria is known above all as a seaside tourist destination. In recent years, policy makers have initiated a debate with local actors to relaunch Ligurian tourism by trying to develop alternative forms of tourism, such as rural tourism. A sample of 32 farmers already proposing rural tourism activities such as agritourism were involved in a mixed methodological approach aimed at validating local interest toward rural tourism and collecting information for designing future local development policies. At first, a questionnaire set up by a panel of experts was carried out, followed by one-to-one semi-structured interviews, and finally the Nominal Group Technique (NGT) was used to identify local priorities, strategies, and tools. The results highlight the willingness of farmers to invest in the rural tourism sector, the presence of heterogeneous interests, and the complexity of management of the relationship among the various stakeholders. Findings are partially explained by the early stage of development of rural tourism in the analyzed area, a phase in which starting a constructive dialogue on objective and project ideas among all stakeholders seems to be a crucial priority among the farmers taking part in the study.
Este estudio fue desarrollado por Giovanni Peira (University of Turin, Turin, Italy), Davide Longo (Independent Researcher, Turin, Italy), Francesca Pucciarelli (ESCP Business School Turin Campus, Turin, Italy) y Alessandro Bonadonna (University of Turin, Turin, Italy) para Sustainability (Vol. 13, núm. 24, p. 13684, 2021), una revista enfocada en el desarrollo sostenible abordado desde diversas áreas. Esta es una publicación de MDPI, una plataforma de revistas científicas de acceso abierto operada por MDPI Verein (Basilea, Suiza). Correo de contacto: [email protected]
Analysis of the Concept of Feasibility in Sustainable Agricultural Systems
Análisis del concepto de factibilidad en sistemas de agricultura sostenible
A partir de un nuevo concepto de análisis de factibilidad, este documento evalúa sistemas de agricultura en relación con su capacidad de adaptación a los requerimientos ambientales, donde se analiza el papel de las tecnologías basadas en agricultura sostenible. La investigación de las estrategias de viabilidad del almacenamiento de carbono y el uso del suelo crea premisas para reducir las emisiones de gases de efecto invernadero. En cuanto al contexto agrícola, el sistema económico de sostenibilidad genera la percepción de un beneficio futuro para el medio ambiente, estando los productores agrícolas obligados a cumplir con los requisitos ambientales.
Este estudio fue desarrollado por Lavinia Popescu y Adela Sorinela Safta (Bucharest University of Economic Studies, Bucharest, Romania) para Engineering Proceedings (Vol. 9, núm. 1, p. 13, 2021) una revista dedicada a la publicación de conferencias, workshops y eventos relacionados con el área de ingeniería. Esta es una publicación de MDPI, una plataforma de revistas científicas de acceso abierto operada por MDPI Verein (Basilea, Suiza). Correo de contacto: [email protected]
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