Rural electronic discussion groups


Australian and Oceanic Network for rural social research and community development (AON)
List manager Frank Vanclay
To subscribe E-mail AON-request@listserv.csu.edu.au
In the subject field of the message type: subscribe
The list will then send out further command details including how to get off the list.
This list is a newsposting service and discussion group for all rural social research in the Australia, New Zealand and Oceania regions.
 

The Australian Sociological Association (TASA) Email List
This discussion list enables TASA members to exchange information and engage in debate
across the tyranny of distance. The email list will also announce updates to the Homepage.
To join the list, email this address: mailserv@cc.newcastle.edu.au.
Leave the subject line blank.
In the body of the message type: subscribe tasa end
You will then be sent an acknowledgement and further information.
Please note that this is an unmoderated list.

CARLU Contemporary agriculture and rural land use
To subscribe E-mail LISTSERV@LSV.UKY.ED
In the body of the message type: subscribe carlu
The list will then send out further command details including how to get off the list.
The Contemporary Agriculture and Rural Land Use (CARLU) specialty group of the Association of American Geographers invites you to join their Listserv discussion group. The group welcomes comments related to rural, agricultural, and natural resource issues in the US, Canada, and other developed countries. Topics include:
  • questions of sustainability and rural land use;
    relationship between agriculture and the environment
  • primary production systems and rurality
  • rural-urban fringe
  • rural resource base
  • natural resource conservation
  • public lands
  • recreation, tourism and wilderness
 

RURALDEV Community and rural economic development interests
List manager rcyoung@ksuvm.bitnet
To subscribe E-mail LISTSERV@ksuvm.ksu.edu
In the body of the message type: subscribe ruraldev
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RURALDEV is a discussion group of community/rural development practitioners and researchers.

RURSOC-L Rural sociology
List manager Gianluca Brunori
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In the body of the message type: subscribe rursoc-l
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RURSOC-L Rural sociology
List manager jhann00@ukcc.uky.edu
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In the body of the message type: subscribe rursoc-l
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ARKTEL Information superhighway and rural development
To subscribe E-mail mailbase@mailbase.ac.uk
In the body of the message type: join arktel firstname(s) lastname
The list will then send out further command details including how to get off the list.
Arktel is a list established by The Arkleton Trust (UK) to foster exchanges of information, publications etc between academics, practitioners and policy makers regarding the implications of the Information (Super) Highway for rural development and education.
 

ECODEV-TECH
To subscribe E-mail majordomo@macatawa.org
In the body of the message type: subscribe ecodev-tech
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This list supports discussion of economic developers' uses of new telecommunications technologies, especially the Internet. It welcomes postings about practical problems ('If I want to use the Internet as a business-attraction medium, how do I find prospective businesses online?'). It also welcome postings about strategy and policy ('If economic developers are competing for prospects, will they be willing to share their experiences with potential competitors online?').
 

AGWOMEN-L Women in agriculture
List manager Janet Hoare
To subscribe E-mail majordomo@peg.apc.org
In the body of the message type: subscribe agwomen-l
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Following the 1st International Women in Agriculture Conference (Melbourne, 1994), the idea was put forward to begin a mailing list for women in agriculture. It took a little time to set up, but now it has happened.
This is a list for women involved in agriculture, as farmers, scientists, community workers, members of rural communities or people simply interested in the issues facing women in rural Australia.
Please use the list to:
  • announce relevant events, publications, etc;
    introduce yourself and network with other rural women
  • share your views about issues affecting women in agriculture
  • ask for help from others on the list.
 

CWAENET Women in agricultural and resource economics
List manager smercier@econ.ag.gov
To subscribe E-mail LISTSERV@ERS.BITNET
In the body of the message type: subscribe CWAENET your name
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List sponsored by the American Agricultural Economics Association, to facilitate greater participation and more effective communication among women in agricultural and resource economics.

RURALUSA US Department of Agriculture Economic Research Service
List manager tparker@ers.bitnet
To subscribe E-mail listserv@ers.bitnet
In the body of the message type: sub ruralusa yourname
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This list is for announcements about rural development publications.
 

TOURISM Tourism development
List manager Todd Landfried
To subscribe E-mail almanac@esusda.gov
In the body of the message type: subscribe tourism
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The focus of this list is on providing an information sharing and learning opportunity for anyone interested in tourism development at the community or regional level.
 

RURALNET-L Rural Health Care
List manager mccarthy@marshall.edu
To subscribe E-mail listserv@musom01.mu.wvnet.edu
In the body of the message type: subscribe ruralnet your name
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This list focuses on discussions of delivery, improvement, technology deployment, education and outcomes-based research in rural health care.
 

EVALCOMM Evaluation of community-based programs
List manager ward@mailhost.tcs.tulane.edu
To subscribe E-mail maillist@mailhost.tcs.tulane.edu
In the body of the message type: subscribe evalcomm your email address
The list will then send out further command details including how to get off the list.
List for academics, consultants, and practitioners involved in the evaluation of community-based programs including those aimed at neighborhood redevelopment, primary health care, prevention of crime and drug abuse, home-based feeding programs and extension programs to enhance home economics.
 

PARtalk-L Rural and community development.
List manager PARnet@cornell.edu
To subscribe E-mail listproc@cornell.edu
In the body of the message type: subscribe PARtalk-L your name
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List for practitioners and academics concerned with rural and community development. Part of the Cornell University's PAR Network.
 

Rural Migration News
To subscribe Send your email address to rural@primal.ucdavis.edu
Rural Migration News is a quarterly that summarises immigration and integration developments affecting residents of cities and towns in the agricultural areas of the United States.

GP-NET Global Participation Net
To subscribe Send your email address to wkapustin@usaid.gov
List for USAID staff and other development practitioners to discuss participatory approaches.
 

H-RURAL Rural and agricultural history
To subscribe E-mail listserv@msu.edu
In the body of the message type: subscribe H-RURAL your name
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Agriculture and the environment.
List manager D.Viaggi
To subscribe E-mail listserv@vm.cineca.it
In the body of the message type: subscribe
The list will then send out further command details including how to get off the list.
The objective of the list is to contribute to an exchange of information in a multidisciplinary way among the people interested in such subject. Though the list is located in Italy and the proponents have mainly a background in agricultural and resouce economics, the discussion will not be necessarily limited to italian problems or to an economic approach.
 

AG-IMPACT Environmental impacts of agriculture
To subscribe E-mail listproc@mtn.org
In the body of the message type: subscribe ag-impact
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AG-IMPACT-LIB Environmental impacts of agriculture (library)
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A repository for bibliographic listings and documents related to the environmental impacts of agriculture.

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Last update 30 January 2008
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