The economics of green care in agriculture

11/06/2013

Informations

Dessein & Bock (Loughborough University)
01/08/2010
Anglais
Accueil social rural (agriculture sociale), Agriculture, Cohésion sociale, Forêt, Santé, Services à la personne
Publication externe
agriculture sociale
Europe
  • The book is structured as follows. After an introduction, Chapter 2 classifies the different Green Care arrangements in Europe in terms of their underlying philosophy and organisation. Three discourses can be distinguished, e.g., multifunctional agriculture, public health and social inclusion. The emergence of Green Care in Europe is inspired by socio-cultural developments and trends. The changing function of the countryside, novel role of farmers and innovations in the health care sector all contribute to new alliances between society, agriculture and care. Chapter 3 describes this fertile breeding ground for the development of Green Care. Chapter 4 comprises seven contributions and presents a variety of case studies that represent different discursive settings and different points of view. Taken together, they give insight into how costs and benefits of Green Care are experienced, evaluated and dealt with. The book concludes with a summary of what we have learnt from the various cases, and which questions are still left open. The open questions address both the levels that have yet to be studied as well as the areas where comparison and integration across levels and ‘discourses’ or sectors are still lacking. This examination then naturally results in a research agenda.

  • http://www.ilvo.vlaanderen.be/Portals/9/Documents/Green_Care_in_Agriculture.pdf