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Commins, P., Future Perspectives on Rural Areas, End of Project Reports, Teagasc, 2001.
Abstract
The aim of this project was to project the potential impact of post-2000 economic and
policy changes on Irish rural areas. It was intended originally to use a model-building
approach in collaboration with the University of Missouri but this did not prove feasible.
Instead, a possible scenario of future change for the rural economy was developed
under four headings:
• number of farms and the size of the farm labour force
• agricultural structures
• employment and enterprise
• population and settlement.
The scenario is based on assessment of current trends, on key assumptions about the
future, and on the likely directions of relevant policies.