Title: Foresight as an innovative tool for strategic planning of sustainable rural development

Authors: Rasul U. Gusmanov; Eugene V. Stovba; Nabi D. Avarskii; Milyausha T. Lukyanova; Rustam R. Galiev

Addresses: Department of the Economics and Management, Federal State Budgetary Educational Establishment of Higher Education "Bashkir State Agrarian University", 450076, 50-Letia Octyabrya Str., 34, Ufa, Russian Federation ' Federal State Budgetary Educational Establishment of Higher Education "Bashkir State University", Birsk Branch, Birsk, Russian Federation ' Federal State Budgetary Scientific Institution "Federal Scientific Center for Agrarian Economy and Social Development of Rural Areas – All-Russian Scientific Research Institute for Agricultural Economics", Moscow, Russian Federation ' Federal State Budgetary Educational Establishment of Higher Education "Bashkir State Agrarian University", Ufa, Russian Federation ' Federal State Budgetary Educational Establishment of Higher Education "Bashkir State Agrarian University", Ufa, Russian Federation

Abstract: The research goal is to offer specific practical recommendations to design a foresight strategy for sustainable rural development. The paper shows that foresight is one of the key innovative tools for devising and implementing sustainable rural development strategy. The work presents the foresight exercise results on the Bashkortostan Republic's per capita food requirement for up to 2030. The cluster and foresight technologies formed the basis of a cluster scenario for the sustainable development of rural territories in the region's non-black soil zone. Target indicators that reflect the long-term economic development of rural territories were worked out. The main results include planning and implementing the foresight methodology of rural development, the foresight of long-term economic development of rural territories.

Keywords: cluster technologies; development strategy; foresight technologies; rural area; rural territories.

DOI: 10.1504/PIE.2020.113432

Progress in Industrial Ecology, An International Journal, 2020 Vol.14 No.3/4, pp.284 - 305

Received: 03 Sep 2020
Accepted: 08 Oct 2020
Published online: 04 Mar 2021 *

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