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Can Social Innovation Make a Change in European and Mediterranean Marginalized Areas? Social Innovation Impact Assessment in Agriculture, Fisheries, Forestry, and Rural Development

Elisa Ravazzoli, Cristina Dalla Torre, Riccardo Da Re, Valentino Marini Govigli, Laura Secco, Elena Górriz‐Mifsud, Elena Pisani, Carla Barlagne, Antonio Baselice, Mohammed Bengoumi, M.W.C. Dijkshoorn-Dekker, Arbia Labidi, Antonio Lopolito, Mariana Melnykovych, Manfred Perlik, Nico Polman, Simo Sarkki, Achilleas Vassilopoulos, Phoebe Koundouri, David Miller, Thomas Streifeneder, Maria Nijnik · 2021 · Sustainability

Summary. Social innovation initiatives in European and Mediterranean marginalized rural areas produce measurable impacts across economic, social, environmental, and governance dimensions. The study evaluated nine social innovation projects in agriculture, fisheries, forestry, and rural development. Results show these initiatives generate cross-sectoral and multi-level benefits that improve societal well-being and reduce marginalization within their territories.

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Ravazzoli, E., Torre, C. D., Re, R. D., Govigli, V. M., Secco, L., Górriz‐Mifsud, E., Pisani, E., Barlagne, C., Baselice, A., Bengoumi, M., Dijkshoorn-Dekker, M., Labidi, A., Lopolito, A., Melnykovych, M., Perlik, M., Polman, N., Sarkki, S., Vassilopoulos, A., Koundouri, P., . . . Nijnik, M.. (2021). Can Social Innovation Make a Change in European and Mediterranean Marginalized Areas? Social Innovation Impact Assessment in Agriculture, Fisheries, Forestry, and Rural Development. Sustainability. https://doi.org/10.3390/su13041823

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DOI
10.3390/su13041823
Countries
Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Morocco, Netherlands, Poland, Spain, Ukraine
Regions
Europe, Africa
Categories
innovation-theory, regional-innovation-systems, policy
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2026-04-28