including what is normal (culturally acceptable) and what is deviant (against the norm) Sociology: scientific study of social/patterned/repeated behavior (social structure) or sociology is the study of people and how they behave in groups Rural Sociology: same but with rural populations. Ten Sociological Concepts (1) Society: people who share a culture and live together. People in same society live with same social structure. (2) Culture: a set of interrelated beliefs‚ values‚ and norms and their physical
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cultural practices are prominent and important features of the living style of people in Bangladesh. The debate on life can go on forever without coming to a particular conclusion. Life goes on in a certain way in the rural areas and in another way in urban areas. The life struggle of the people in the rural areas and in the urban areas is very different. That’s why it is not really a very good idea to put on some fancy thoughts regarding the rural life sitting in an urbanized atmosphere. It is an imperative
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Rural Entrepreneurship-One key to Rural Revitalization Abstract Entrepreneurship can play an important role in rural development. “Entrepreneur means one who creates a product on his own account‚ who ever undertakes on his own an industrial/trading enterprise in which work men are employed”. If entrepreneurships really encouraged in rural area it would‚ of course‚ be instrumental in changing the face of rural areas by solving the problems
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ARTICLE IN PRESS Journal of Rural Studies 22 (2006) 117–128 www.elsevier.com/locate/jrurstud Re-conceptualising rural resources as countryside capital: The case of rural tourism Brian Garrod Roz Wornell‚ Ray Youell Institute of Rural Sciences‚ University of Wales Aberystwyth‚ Llanbadarn Campus‚ Aberystwyth‚ SY23 3AL‚ UK Abstract Commentators tend to agree that the rural resource is becoming increasingly subject to pressures arising from an ever wider range of economic‚ social‚ political
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RURAL MARKETING An Overview Trends indicate that the rural markets are coming up in a big way and growing twice as fast as the urban as many ’middle income and above’ households in the rural areas as there are in the urbanareas.The share of FMCG products in rural markets is 53%‚ durables boasts of 59% market share. The number of middle and high income households in rural India is expected to grow from 80 million to 111 million by 2008. In urban India‚ the same is expected to grow from 46 million
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ISSN 1020-7317 4 Marketing Extension Guide Planning and designing RURAL MARKETS For further copies of this publication and for information on FAO’s activities related to agricultural marketing please contact: Agricultural Marketing Group Agricultural Support Systems Division Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Viale delle Terme di Caracalla 00100 Rome‚ Italy Fax: (+39)-06 57056850 E-mail: AGS-Registry@fao.org http://www.fao.org/ag/AGS/subjects/en/agmarket/agmarket
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WHISTLING WOODS TOURS AND TRAVELS ‘RURAL INDIA…Pure. Natural. Unspoiled. The way life should be…’ About Rural Tourism Villages are abundant in refreshing greenery‚ openness‚ fresh natural airs‚ pastoral beauty‚ and touching and winsome rustic simplicity. Far away from the hustle and bustle of congested cities’ life‚ and polluted air & ambience‚ villages offer fresh comforting breezes‚ lavish openness‚ and pleasant & soothing solitude. Thus‚ the village tourism is an expedient means of spending
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INTRODUCTION: SUSTAINABLE RURAL LIVELIHOOD India’s strong economic growth has consistently tried to include the rural population‚ which is concentrated in areas where rain fed agriculture is the main economic activity. However poverty persists because of limited and inequitable access to productive resources‚ such as land‚ water‚ improved inputs and technologies and microfinance‚ as well as vulnerability to drought and other natural disasters. Low levels of literacy and skills conspire to keep
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naturally felt in India‚ especially in the rural belt and more importantly in the agricultural sector. Never-seen-before initiatives were taken by governments‚ private players and in form of PublicPrivate Partnership to implement ICT model in interior areas. Sometimes‚ it is e-governance‚ sometimes e-commerce and sometimes e-education. Information and Communication Technology has played a significant role in developing the communication channels in the rural areas. Development Communication and its evolution
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Accelerating Rural Growth and Empowering the Rural Poor TOPIC: The efficiency of the Samurdhi program in accelerating rural growth. By Fathima Shazana Magdon Ismail (Department of Economics‚ University of Colombo‚ Colombo 3‚ Sri Lanka) Background paper for the 5th South Asian Economics Students Meet‚ 28th January to 3rd February 2008‚ New Delhi‚ India Accelerating Rural Growth and Empowering the Rural Poor The efficiency of the Samurdhi program in accelerating rural growth in Sri
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