The Role of Agency in the Emergence and Development of Social Innovations in Rural Areas. Analysis of Two Cases of Social Farming in Italy and The Netherlands
Summary. This paper examines how agency—the ability to turn challenges into opportunities—drives social innovation in rural agriculture. Researchers studied two social farming cases in Italy and the Netherlands, developing a framework to evaluate agency dimensions using both quantitative and qualitative data. The findings show that a strong innovation idea, agency resilience, and the agency's embeddedness in local context are critical for social innovations to emerge and develop in rural areas.
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Torre, C. D., Ravazzoli, E., Dijkshoorn-Dekker, M., Polman, N., Melnykovych, M., Pisani, E., Gori, F., Re, R. D., Vicentini, K., & Secco, L.. (2020). The Role of Agency in the Emergence and Development of Social Innovations in Rural Areas. Analysis of Two Cases of Social Farming in Italy and The Netherlands. Sustainability. https://doi.org/10.3390/su12114440
Torre, Cristina Dalla, et al. “The Role of Agency in the Emergence and Development of Social Innovations in Rural Areas. Analysis of Two Cases of Social Farming in Italy and The Netherlands.” Sustainability, 2020. https://doi.org/10.3390/su12114440.
Torre, Cristina Dalla, Elisa Ravazzoli, M.W.C. Dijkshoorn-Dekker, Nico Polman, Mariana Melnykovych, Elena Pisani, Francesca Gori, Riccardo Da Re, Kamini Vicentini, and Laura Secco. 2020. “The Role of Agency in the Emergence and Development of Social Innovations in Rural Areas. Analysis of Two Cases of Social Farming in Italy and The Netherlands.” Sustainability. https://doi.org/10.3390/su12114440.
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title = {The Role of Agency in the Emergence and Development of Social Innovations in Rural Areas. Analysis of Two Cases of Social Farming in Italy and The Netherlands},
author = {Cristina Dalla Torre and Elisa Ravazzoli and M.W.C. Dijkshoorn-Dekker and Nico Polman and Mariana Melnykovych and Elena Pisani and Francesca Gori and Riccardo Da Re and Kamini Vicentini and Laura Secco},
journal = {Sustainability},
year = {2020},
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TY - JOUR TI - The Role of Agency in the Emergence and Development of Social Innovations in Rural Areas. Analysis of Two Cases of Social Farming in Italy and The Netherlands AU - Cristina Dalla Torre AU - Elisa Ravazzoli AU - M.W.C. Dijkshoorn-Dekker AU - Nico Polman AU - Mariana Melnykovych AU - Elena Pisani AU - Francesca Gori AU - Riccardo Da Re AU - Kamini Vicentini AU - Laura Secco JO - Sustainability PY - 2020 DO - 10.3390/su12114440 UR - https://doi.org/10.3390/su12114440 ER -
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- DOI
- 10.3390/su12114440
- Countries
- Italy, Netherlands
- Regions
- Europe
- Categories
- innovation-theory, food-systems, regional-innovation-systems
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- 2026-04-28