With structural adjustment and integration of agriculture into the rural economy the concern for the development of rural areas in general has risen considerably over the last decades. Rural policy is no more primarily about agriculture but has to address specifically all different economic secto...

Synthesis of case studies The LEADER programme is now in its third generation. LEADER I marked the beginning of a new approach in 1991 to rural development policy, which is territorially based, integrated and participative. In many aspects LEADER I was a pilot scheme which led to a "reconsiderati...

under the EU regulation 1257/99 in Austria and in other EU Member States Austria has gained considerable experience with mountain farming subsidies and regional programmes specific to the mountain area over recent decades. Since the early 1970s a differentiated classification system has been the ...