Michele Nori - Migration, Agriculture and Rural Development: IMISCOE Short Reader

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This book is an outcome, amongst others, of the ERC-funded project, PASTRES ( www.pastres.org ), which looks at how uncertainty is responded to in the pastoral world. In this book, our common interest and inspiration centres on pastoral mobilities and human migration.

Migration in agro-pastoral areas in Europe is the main focus of the book. Through the in-depth experience of the authors, the interfaces. The interfaces between agriculture, rural development, and migration studies in agro-pastoral settings have been extensively analysed across the book, with a view to understanding the reconfiguration of the human, political, and natural landscapes in the Mediterranean and beyond. These are the domains in which the authors have in-depth experience.

Amongst the many inspiring friends and colleagues, we would like to specifically thank Anna Triandafyllidou and Ian Scoones for this opportunity to reflect and report on our experiences in agro-pastoral settings.

We would also like to thank the many colleagues who have contributed to our thinking through stimulating discussions, ideas, suggestions, and opportunities for sharing research experiences. This long list includes Alessandra Corrado, Francesco Saverio Caruso, Carole Counihan, Nick Dines, Martina Lo Cascio, Daniela Luisi, Benedetto Meloni, Letizia Palumbo, Domenico Perrotta, Giovanni Pietrangeli, Athanasios Ragkos, Geraldine Renaudiere, Antonio Miguel Solana, Philippe Fargues, and Ricard Zapata.

A special thanks to Ann Kingsolver, Fabio Mostaccio, Linda Pappagallo, Diane Shugart, and all the reviewers for reading and commenting on a draft of this book. Finally, an especially grateful thanks to our patient families.