ROOTS 1999: 20-21 April

Harper Adams University College

ROOTS 1999, the rural research conference of the Royal Institution of
Chartered Surveyors, is being held at Harper Adams University College on
20-21 April 1999. Shown below is the listing of papers being presented.

If you would wish to attend, please reply and I will send you the
booking form for the conference. The conference fee is £50. This
excludes accommodation and the formal conference dinner on 20 April. 

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Implications of food assurance on UK primary producers
Richard Baines and Will Manley, Royal Agricultural College

Economics of organic farming  and factors affecting their profitability
Susan Fowler, Heather MacCalman. Nic Lampkin, Mark Measures and Peter
Midmore, University of Wales 

Food safety: an economist's perspective
Derek Shepherd, Seale-Hayne

Comprehensive project evaluation
Meg Postle, Risk and Policy Analysts

The feasibility of ostrich farming in Europe
John Adams, Harper Adams

An investigation into consumer and retailer attitudes to retail and
service provision in the market town of Ludlow
Susan Ragbourne and Helen Hammond, Harper Adams

The impact of policies on organic farming in Europe
Susanne Padel, Carolyn Foster and Nic Lampkin, University of Wales,
Aberystwyth

Structural changes in British agriculture beyond 2000
Mark Shucksmith, University of Aberdeen

Food and environment - barriers to the tenant farmer 
Will Manley and Richard Baines, Royal Agricultural College

People-centred analysis: the use of qualitative evaluation to assess
sustainable rural development
Sarah Skerratt, Royal Agricultural College, and Peter Midmore,
University of Wales

Public perception of landscape: implications for rural planning
Alister Scott, University of Wales

The contribution of Access Agreements under Agri-Environment Schemes
towards the provision of new access in the countryside
John Bentley, Harper Adams 

Badgers can't answer questionnaires: developing an understanding of the
recreational use of the wider countryside through observation
Steve Walsh and Ian Kierle, University of Wales

Spatial patterns of economic activity: the role of small towns in the
rural economy and some implications for planning and development policy
Paul Courtney and Andrew Errington. Seale-Hayne

Scenario-based decision support systems: their use in sustainable
development of rural land in Central American hillsides
Julian Swindell, Royal Agricultural College

Land tenure and land markets in the transitional economies of Eastern
Europe: a review of progress to date
Chris Arnison, Royal Agricultural College

An assessment of current practice and institutional development in
Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia with particular reference to
valuation
David Cox, Royal Agricultural College

The legal framework of the rural sector. Land law: fixtures and fittings
- a question of gravity
Michael Garratt, Royal Agricultural College

Flexibility and Farm Business Tenancies: to what extent is the industry
making full use of the new found freedom?
Ian Whitehead and Nick Millard, Seale-Hayne

Modification Orders under S 53 (2) of the Wildlife and Countryside Act
1981. A review of case law with special regard to the evidence placed
before the tribunals
Tim Felton, Seale-Hayne

Uptake of internet services by farmers
Martyn Warren, Mark Stone and Richard Soffe, Seale-Hayne

The use of wood fuel for energy generation - an opportunity or just hot
air?
David Lewis, Harper Adams

Scottish land reform : an economic commentary
D C Macmillan, R W Slee and K L Thomson, University of Aberdeen

Modelling rural land values
Chris Eves, University of Western Sydney

Is livestock marketing channel utilisation influenced by marketing
orientation of beef farmers?
Dafydd Davies, Seale-Hayne

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Stephen Brown
Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors
12 Great George Street
London SW1P 3AD
UNITED KINGDOM

Tel; +44 (0)171 334 3725
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