Subject(s): Entriprise dynamics -- Agricultural industries -- Agriculture -- Economic aspects -- Rural conditions -- Developing countries. -- alternative perceptions of the rural non-farm economy, does the rural non farm economy contribute to poverty reduction -- Structural transformation of the rural non- farm economy, enterprise dynamics in the rural non farm economy, household income diversification into rural non-farm activities, sectoral growth linkages between agricultural and rural non farm economy, cities, towns and the rural non farm economy, global food industry consolidation and rural agro industrialization in developing economies, rural industrial transition in east Asia -- Policies and programs for promoting the rural non farm economy : Policy and institutional environment affecting the rural non farm economy, Overview of programs for promoting the rural non farm economy, contrasting rural non farm policies and performance in China and India, technology as a motor of change in the rural non farm economy, sub sector supply chain - operational diagnostics for a complex rural economy -- Research perspectives and prospectives on the rural non farm economy, strategies for stimulating equitable growth in the rural non farm economy