Interaktive Programmierungsansätze für die Gestaltung von Strukturpolitiken und Politiken für den ländlichen Raum

• Applicant: Professor Dr. Dieter Kirschke
• Subject Area: Agricultural Economics, Agricultural Policy, Agricultural Sociology
• Term: from 2007 to 2011
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 53162462

Rural development (RD) policy has increasingly gained importance in the European Union (EU). Facing the specific problems and the complexity of this policy field, the basic research question is how policy decision-making for rural development can be supported effectively. The overall objective of the subproject is to provide and test a master programming framework for integrative rural development and structural change. The approach comprises key RD policy measures and is based on interactive programming. The first objective is to assess the impacts of RD policy measures through an internet-based expert survey. The second objective is to develop an interactive programming tool focusing on measures, objectives and constraints, and integrating relevant budgets and financing options into the approach. Based on the information provided and the tool developed, the third objective is to formulate RD strategy options for specific regions. A strategy working group will define scenarios and evaluate results for two regions in Germany for the post-2013 EU financing period. The analysis will sharpen the view on the power and applicability of interactive programming in RD policy support and further develop its theoretical foundations.

• DFG Programme: Research Units
• Subproject of: FOR 986: Structural Change in Agriculture