This study dealt with multifunctional farming, which is meant as a dynamic strategy that carried out by Italian farms. The path alongside the paradigm through both supply chain and territorial strategies, deserve more attention. These strategies reinforce sustainable business models characterized presence of deepening broadening strategies. first ones are centered around product differentiation valorization geographical indications, organic etc. Broadening implemented new on-farm activities,...

The new Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) for the period 2023–2027 commits farmers towards achieving ambitious environmental objectives through farm organization and management. This European agricultural policy has adapted to contemporary challenges faced by model of development. It aims enhance contribution agriculture EU’s climate while providing better targeted support small-scale promote farms’ competitiveness. main objective this paper is describe Italian farms classify them into groups...

Small farms are gaining space and importance within the agricultural policies implemented by European Union, mainly for role that they play preservation of territory economic development local rural areas. represent a new opportunity to guarantee permanence populations workers in areas, contributing formation income farming families. Therefore, this study, after identifying small as those have Standard Output (SO) less than EUR 25,000, their structural characteristics were defined, well...

The multifunctionality model is receiving more and attention from policymakers as a result of recent initiatives to build resilient sustainable food systems well the potential for increased farm revenue. This paper explores role multifunctional farming in Italian agriculture viewed through lens an entrepreneurial strategy grounded on-farm diversification. Farm diversification strategies, which broaden farm’s traditional boundaries include additional activities at level, help evolution...

Although describing the primary sector of a given country is common institutional practice, such studies usually offer aggregated information on holding rather than supplying required for farm-level simulations. The present study aimed to identify main typologies Italian farms from 2007 database RICA (the section European Union's Farm Accountancy Data Network). Using hierarchical strategy driven by climates (5) and slopes (3), have been grouped super-structure, described in terms presence...

The greening of direct payments has been introduced into the first pillar CAP post-2013 with objective promoting sustainable agricultural practices more effectively through simple, generalised, non-contractual and annual actions that go beyond cross-compliance. main this article is to analyse effects new policy instrument on Italian agriculture by evaluating, data from 6th Agricultural Census ISTAT, number farms areas poten- tially affected these environmental obligations. Even though...

The assessment of economic and environmental sustainability agricultural systems represents a critical issue, which has been addressed in this work with multi-objective programming model to explore the abatement costs (AC) CO2 for set representative contexts Italian arable land agriculture. study was based on FADN-compliant database RICA estimates emissions short time horizon, using linear compromise programming. data were used quantify technical parameters model, adopting an innovative...

La recente proposta di riforma della PAC propone una componente “verde” dei pagamenti del primo pilastro che dovrebbe rappresentare remunerazione a favore degli agricoltori per la produzione beni pubblici ambientali. A tale e vincolata quota 30% totale diretti, fronte specifici impegni richiesti ai produttori agricoli. Il lavoro si concentra su due tre richiesti: diversificazione delle colture superficie agricola da destinare ad aree d’interesse ecologico; attraverso i dati RICA, analizza...

In this paper, the case of Italian fruit-drink industry is presented to discuss strategic issues product-innovation in imperfectly competitive markets. particular, three main topics are addressed: incentives adoption innovation-based strategies, R&D investments markets and role vertical coordination. To address topics, a brief description industry, game-theory conceptual framework analysis marketing channels proposed. The major conclusions can be summarized as follows: (i) strategies result...

The new legislative proposals related to the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) reform 2021-2027 aim promote a sustainable and competitive agricultural sector. CAP supports agriculture in making much stronger contribution climate, biodiversity, environment improving farms' competitiveness agri-food sector, European context.The importance of strong focus on results performance legislation requires continuous assessment monitoring effectiveness measures adopted Rural Development Programs (RDP)...

This paper investigates the effects of convergence process direct payments (DPs) on farm income inequality. The analysis uses Gini coefficient concept and its decomposition FADN Italian sample in 2014 2019 to assess impact DPs reform Italy. Results show that a marginal increase will reduce concentration. However, shift resources toward mountain areas could occur. results have some policy implications regarding application mechanism CAP Italy: fact, leads redistribution favour areas. These...

Over the last decades, foreign workers have become a significant component of Italian agriculture workforce. Their presence and incidence are highly diversified with respect to farm typologies, type contract geographic location. A comprehensive representation this complex phenomenon is thus first step understand different problems needs associated employment This study uses micro data from 2010 Agricultural Census describe what structural geographical features farms employing then group...

Reducing the environmental impact of food production represents one most significant challenges to increase sustainability. The ECOWHEATALY project - Evaluation policies for enhancing sustainable wheat in Italy aims at tackling issue impacts system a dynamic socio-economic and interaction setting by analyzing changes farmers' behavior after adoption green national authorities combination with level price main worldwide markets.   In context project, farmers operating is classified...

Italy is divided into 773 Agricultural Regions (ARs) based on shared physical and agronomic characteristics. These regions offer a valuable tool for analyzing various geographical, socio-economic, environmental aspects of agriculture, including the climate. However, ARs have lacked geospatial data, limiting their analytical potential. This study introduces “Italian Dataset”, georeferenced shapefile defining boundaries each AR. dataset facilitates geographical assessments Italy’s complex...

One of the main challenges faced by many rural areas is presence natural constraints, such as climatic conditions, steep slopes, and poor soil quality, which make agricultural production activities more difficult costly. In these areas, there a significant risk land abandonment, leading to potential losses in biodiversity, degradation landscapes, desertification, increased forest fire risk. The Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) aims mitigate risks through specific payment schemes provided...

In this paper we report our efforts to develop an inter-temporal model for the evaluation of impact organic farming on greenhouse gases emissions, that called BIOSUS-MAD. The focuses maximization farmer’s net income though different crops rotations constrained use resource inputs; outputs optimization process are numerical values key variables useful estimate a set social, economic and environmental indicators. These indicators will feed multi-criteria providing synthetic comparable...