The analysis of survey responses shows that young farmers have different expectations and needs, depending on the region in which they live, the agricultural sector in which they work (intensive, extensive), their level of education, their relation to the farm (owner of the farm or not) etc. This study revealed...

Documentaries on the Best Practices in Rural Development carried out by young farmers that have been granted support under EU Rural development policies.

Documentaries on the Best Practices in Rural Development carried out by young farmers that have been granted support under EU Rural development policies.

The National Rural Development Programme (NRDP) Italy, outlining the priorities for Italy for the use of approximately 2.14 billion EUR of public expenditure (963 million EUR from the EU budget and 1.17 billion EUR of national co-financing) for the period from 2014- 2020, was formally adopted by the European Commission...

Documentaries on the Best Practices in Rural Development carried out by young farmers that have been granted support under EU Rural development policies.

Documentaries on the Best Practices in Rural Development carried out by young farmers that have been granted support under EU Rural development policies.

More than 90 per cent of Italian farms have a usable agricultural area of less than 9 ha, even if over time there has been a growth of the average agricultural area per farm as a consequence of rural out-migration. This paper compares, using a nonparametric model, the technical efficiency...

Investing in farm infrastructure helped a family farm in Italy to overcome difficulties by increasing productivity and the quality of its product, a specialised local pecorino cheese. In 2002, the Martinelli farm, a 240 ha sheep farm in the province of Pescara, was experiencing serious economic difficulty. The young owner,...

Vincenzo Sposato, the owner of the “Le conche” farm, took over the family business in 2009. The investment made with the support of EAFRD resulted in improvement of agricultural productivity, diversification by focusing on breeding and reproducing pigs and developing new distribution channels for the products; All this led to...

The project aimed to re-activate cross-border trade of local agricultural products, through joint marketing and the integration of traditional marketplaces on which local farmers from the border area in past times sold their own agricultural products. EU accession led to the withdrawal of former barriers, which once separated Italy from...

From 2011 to 2015, in the frame of InterVeg project, four field experiments were carried out in Italy, Slovenia, Germany and Denmark in order to study the effect of the living mulch introduction.In 4 different European climatic areas, ecological services have been exploited by use of living mulches in intercropping...

AGRIREGIONIEUROPA has the twofold aim  to foster dialogue between scientific research and land in agriculture, agribusiness and rural development, and to combine the regional and national dimension with the international and European Union in particular. This issue of the journal is entirely devoted to family farming,  with a geographical focus...

Through this transnational cooperation project, the young people of the territories of six LAG in Italy, Finland and France found local traditions and legends, bringing added value and innovation of rural and cultural identity by writing stories and editing video montages (storytelling). Recognizing the importance of the countryside, the youths...

Professional documentaries on young farmer’s winners of the third edition of the "New factors of Success," which selection best practices in rural development by young farmers who have benefited from the EAFRD. The documentaries are produced by young professionals selected thanks to the involvement of the best film schools in...

This conference aims at advancing the scientific state of the art in research on multifunctional agriculture and urban-rural relations by bringing together scholars from a wide range of disciplines from many parts of the world. The 2015 edition will focus on reconnecting agriculture and food chains to societal needs.

Nowadays the structural changes in Europe require a transition from the old re-distributive welfare to a new kind of welfare, called productive welfare, where the user cooperates to produce the new services. Firstly we have the citizen as passive user of services (around the ’50 and the ’60), or he/her...

Documentaries on the Best Practices in Rural Development carried out by young farmers that have been granted support under EU Rural development policies.

Documentaries on the Best Practices in Rural Development carried out by young farmers that have been granted support under EU Rural development policies.

The sea "in the middle of the land" is a geographical peculiarity: it is located between three continents and is almost entirely enclosed by land. This proximity has both united and divided nations and civilizations since the beginning of mankind, making the Mediterranean, a mere 1% of the planet's oceans,...

In the Mediterranean area, precise and accurate data regarding food waste and losses should be enhanced, especially in a context where the food security of the region’s countries is fragile and the sustainability of development is threatened. During the 10th meeting of the CIHEAM member states agriculture ministers, the food...