Rural Development Conference Proceedings 2004

Rural futures

• Implementation of Governments Rural Development Policy
  Deirdre Carroll
  
  
• Rural Futures- Alternative scenarios for Rural Society 2020
  Yves Leon
  
  
• Population and Agricultural Change in Rural Ireland 1991-2002
  Caroline Crowley and David Meredith
  
  
• Development in Diverse Rural Areas - A case study in Co. Galway
  Jim Frawley and Noel O’Meara
  
  
• An Approach to Developing Tourism in Rural Areas: Lessons learned from a regional case study
  Barbara A Hunter, Patrick Cummins and Perpetua Mc Donagh
  
  
• Soft Factors, Hard Realities: Assessment of location, distance and economic development in Wexford and Clare
  David Meredith and Patrick Cummins



• The Changing Face of Food Retailing in Ireland: Development in conventional food supply chains
  Maeve Henchion and Bridin McIntyre
  
  
• The Changing Face of Food Retailing in Ireland - Alternative Routes to Markets
  David Meredith and Bridin McIntyre
  
  
• Irish Farmers Markets Case Study
  Sean McArdle
  
  
• Integrated Rural Tourism Development in the West of Ireland: Learning from tourists and tour organizers
  Desmond Gillmor
  
  
• Opportunities are Often Disguised by Hard Work: The Ballindrum Farmhouse Experience
  Vincent and Mary Gorman
  
  
• Integrated Community Tourism Development
  Owen McKenna
  
  
• Forestry and the Fischler Single Payment Scheme
  Jim Reidy and Anne Kinsella
  
  
• Finding the Optimal Time of Forestry Investment
  Emily Wiemers and Jasmina Behan
  
  
• The Needs of Farm Families in Galway
  Jim Frawley and Noel O’Meara
  
  
• An Assessment of the Opportunities Programme for Farm Families
  Pat Bogue
  
  
• Case Study of Farm Families who have participated
  Mary Lyons