A-6/16 Predictors of mental complaints among Norwegian male farmers

Av smadmin | 11. oktober 2016

BACKGROUND: In the Job Demand-Control (JDC) model and the Job Demand-Resource (JDR) model, the individual worker’s potential to influence their work, through job control, is associated with better health. Among self-employed farmers, this job control dimension could be analogous to a sense of independence as this occupational group often highlights this as the best thing…

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A-5/16 Quality turns in Nordic food: a comparative analysis of speciality food in Denmark, Norway and Sweden

Av smadmin | 11. oktober 2016

This article compares the development of specialty food in Denmark, Norway and Sweden using a number of quantitative indicators as well as a qualitative analysis of government policy. The analysis shows that specialty food has increased in importance in all three countries over the last twenty years, but there are important differences in the kind…

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A-4/16 Children and nearby nature: A nationwide parental survey from Norway

Av smadmin | 11. oktober 2016

The aim of this paper is to describe the availability of and use of nearby outdoor spaces along a nature continuum by Norwegian children. We carried out a nationwide survey of 3 160 parents with children aged 6–12 years, using a comprehensive web-based questionnaire. Results from the survey show forests are the most common outdoor…

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A-3/16 An Empirical Investigation of Tourists’ Consumption of Local Food in Rural Tourism: a Norwegian Case

Av smadmin | 11. oktober 2016

Food’s role in tourism is multifaceted and complex. Food is not only essential to the body but is also integral to the experience; moreover, it is elusively embedded within society, culture, politics, institutions, and economy. Although food’s complexity is conceptually explored within tourism studies, empirical investigations into the consumption of food are few and far…

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A-18/16 Gender in European forest ownership and management: reflections on women as “ New forest owners ”

Av smadmin | 11. oktober 2016

The group of female forest owners is growing across Europe and currently estimated to be about 30% of all private owners. This new category of forest owner merits a closer look. By introducing a gender perspective across three different research frameworks, this paper substantiates that gender matters in forest ownership, management, operations, and the understandings…

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