Rural development in Europe: a research frontier for agricultural economists
论证农村发展分析应成为欧洲农业经济学家的研究主题，既出于科学原因，也因其对政策决策的贡献。文章探讨了将研究兴趣扩展到农村经济学的必要性，并分析了农村发展对经济研究提出的问题及未来方向。
In this article it is argued that rural development analysis is a research theme to be developed in Europe for both scientific reasons and its contribution to policy decision making. It begins by describing and analysing what is at stake in significantly extending our profession's interest toward rural economics, understood as the economics of rural areas. We then show that this extension of the field of research has two sides: concern to promote knowledge but also concern to contribute to an economic policy project focused on rural development. Finally, we examine the issues rural development poses for economic research and conclude with some remarks on future research avenues.