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Institute for Rural Development Research (IfLS)
Institution
Section overview
Description
IfLS is an independent research institute that is active in the following areas: * Sustainable development and multifunctionality of rural space * Rural development, agriculture and environment * Regional development, marketing and consulting Our range of services encompasses multidisciplinary research as well as consulting projects related to a sustainable development of rural areas. One of our particular focuses is the effect of agricultural policy, as well as structural, regional and environmental policies, on rural areas. Our ability to recognize, evaluate and interlink holistic contexts is characteristic of our working approach.
Activities
- Research
Parent institution
Coordinated projects
- Alternative forms of financing along the value-added chain of organic food. Coordination
- Approaches for the assessment and remuneration of social and ecological benefits of organic agriculture at regional level
- Assessing the impact of rural development policies (RUDI)
- Collaborative project: Organic eggs from small production units - current and alternative utilisation of non-maketable eggs. Coordination
- Development of Regional Value-Chain-Networks for Organic Vegetables in Community Catering - IfLS
- Proposing instruments for protection of permanent grassland
- Refinement of the concept 'ecological priority sites' for implementation nationwide and in businesses
- RETHINK - RURAGRI: Rethinking the links between farm modernisation, rural development and resilience in a world of increasing demands and finite resources
- Synergy or loss of profile? - Potentials and problems of a joint regional marketing of organic and conventional products
Involved in research projects
- FarmPath - Farming Transitions: Pathways Towards Regional Sustainability of Agriculture in Europe
- IMPRESA - The Impact of Research on EU Agriculture
- Legal instruments for an increased environmentalism in agriculture
- MERIT - Merit based Income from Sustainable Land Management in Mountain Farming
- MULTAGRI - Capitalisation of research results on the multi-functionality of agriculture and rural areas
- Provision of Public Goods through the European Union Agriculture
Contact
Institute for Rural Development Research
(IfLS)
Kurfürstenstraße 49
60486 Frankfurt am Main
Hesse
Germany
Phone: +49 (0)69 / 972 6683 0
Fax: +49 (0)69 / 972 6683 22
Email: ifls-office(@)ifls.de