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Vídeo
“New Success Factors” - "The Cascinadda"
Documentaries on the Best Practices in Rural Development carried out by young farmers that have been granted support under EU Rural development policies.
Italy
2013 - Rete Rurale Nazionale - Italy
Revista especializada
New approaches for grassland research in a context of climate and socio-economic changes
Grassland-based systems are no longer seen exclusively as livestock production enterprises but as multiple use systems with important consequences for the global environment. They are crucial for the protection of ecosystem goods and services, for tourism and for mitigating climate change. Well-managed grasslands provide important benefits such as increased water...
Algeria - Egypt - Italy - Morocco - Pakistan - Portugal - Spain - Tunisia - Türkiye
2012 - International Centre for Advanced Mediterranean Agronomic Studies (CIHEAM)
Proyecto
"Laugenrind" - organic beef and local ownership
The initial project dates back to 2003 (in the context of Leader+), when 8 farmers developed a quality programme for growing, feeding and breeding the typical “Alpine Grey” cattle. Following the decline of the milk market, the local farmers'' cooperative had the idea of extending the quality programme to the...
Italy
2012 - European Union
Proyecto
Innovating Agriculture: "Fresh and Ready to eat" Produce in Umbria
A consortium composed of the University of Tuscia, Novamont – Research and innovation centre in agriculture – and three farms (Azienda Agricola Luca Treppaoli, Azienda Agraria Il Poggiolo, Azienda Agraria Pizzi Giorgiomaria) was formed to address the need for innovative solutions to the regional farms' struggle to survive in a...
Italy
2012
Informe
Organic farming in Italy
The Italian organic sector has in fact significant growth opportunities in terms of supply, given the increase in demand that has continued for more than six years. However, organic surface has been substantially stationary for about ten years, while the number of organic farms, especially smaller ones, continues to shrink....
Italy
2012 - National Rural Network 2007-2013
Artículo de revista especializada
REFORMA: a new project for identification and selection of resilient, water- and energy-efficient forage and feed crops for Mediterranean agricultural systems
Crop-livestock and feed systems have huge importance for Mediterranean regions to satisfy the increasing demand for animal products, increase the economic stability of smallholders and produce typical animal products with high added-value, while contributing to sustainable farming, environment protection and efficient nutrient cycling. These systems are threatened, however, by the...
Algeria - France - Italy - Morocco - Tunisia
2012 - International Centre for Advanced Mediterranean Agronomic Studies (CIHEAM)
Informe
EU olive oil farms report
These report analyses trends regarding farms specialized in olive oil production over the period 2000-2010. It analyses structures, costs of production, margins and income indicators. The objective is to identify the characteristics of farms in economic difficulty and those in a better situation. The main source for this report is...
Greece - Italy - Spain
2012 - European commision
Artículo
On the new social relations around and beyond food: analysing consumers' role and action in Gruppi di Acquisto Solidale (Solidarity Purchasing Groups)
Looks at solidarity purchasing groups in Tuscany as an example of consumer intiated alternative food networks.
Italy
2012
Vídeo
"I want to live like that"
A journey in "Le Conche", farm of the young Calabrian farmer Vincenzo Sposato: his passion for the job, the relationship with the family, friendship and his future plans. The story focuses on the innovations brought by Vincenzo who having inherited a traditional olive trees farm, in a few years turned...
Italy
2012 - Rete Rurale Nazionale - Italy
Vídeo
Animal Farm
Cascina Barosi is a farm completely run by women. Cascina Barosi is a journey backwards, from big cities to the countryside. Benedetta, from Milan, managed a farm near Cremona. The film recounts his relationship with technology, enabling her to remotely control to the work on the farm, succeeding so to...
Italy
2012 - Rete Rurale Nazionale - Italy
Vídeo
Between me and the earth
The film tells the special relationship of Matteo Bolognesi with agriculture: original, organic and biodynamic, but without giving up technology. With small investments from the Rural Development Programme of his region, has created a niche market in which he is producing essential oils, lavender, rosemary, spices for the well-being and...
Italy
2012 - Rete Rurale Nazionale - Italy
Conferencia/Reunión
Italian National Rural Network contribution to the “short supply chain”
In recent years Italy has seen a vital, if spontaneous and rather piecemeal, growth in short food supply chains at the local level. Such a phenomenon is of considerable interest since it responds to a number of needs and opportunities, both of farmers and consumers. Short supply food chains in...
Italy
2011 - National rural network
Artículo
The European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development Examples of Food projects
Food is fundamental to life and the majority of the food that we eat comes from Europe’s rural areas. Food priorities for the European Union (EU) include safeguarding food supplies and providing European citizens with quality, value and a diversity of food which is produced sustainably3 . The Common Agricultural...
Bulgaria - Cyprus - Czechia - France - Italy - Malta - Spain - Sweden
2011
Revista especializada
Options Méditerranéennes. Régulation foncière et protection des terres agricoles en Méditerranée
Les terres agricoles subissent une pression croissante à la suite de l’étalement urbain et résidentiel, du développement du tourisme et de la modification des formes d’usages des espaces ruraux, et ce quel que soit le niveau de développement des pays. C’est dans la perspective d’apporter des connaissances utiles aux décideurs...
Algeria - France - Greece - Italy - Morocco - Tunisia
2011 - Centre International de Hautes Études Agronomiques Méditerranéennes (CIHEAM)
Vídeo
"Famiglie rurali oggi". Rural Families Today
Documentary "Rural families today" National Rural Network Family farm in Terracina (LT) - Lazio
Italy
2011 - Rete Rurale Nazionale - Italy
Vídeo
"Famiglie rurali oggi". Rural Families Today
Documentary "Rural families today" National Rural Network Family farm in Collesano (PA) - Sicilia
Italy
2011 - Rete Rurale Nazionale - Italy
Vídeo
"Famiglie rurali oggi". Rural Families Today
Documentary "Rural families today" National Rural Network Family farm in Grone (BG) - Lombardia
Italy
2011 - Rete Rurale Nazionale - Italy
Artículo de revista
Direct sales: Italy’s Baugiano Farm Oasis and youth White Bar
Italy is a country well known for the quality and diversity of its cuisine. Traditional foods and family recipes form an integral part of national culture. Preservation of these food values is important to many Italians (as it is for other Europeans as well) and in recent years the concept...
Italy
2011 - THE EUROPEAN NETWORK FOR RURAL DEVELOPMENT (ENRD)
Artículo de blog
Operation Pollinator: Helping Farmers Preserve Biodiversity and Secure Food Supply in Europe
Pollinating insects are crucial for many natural habitats and the production of the majority of food crops. However, the number of pollinating insects has declined significantly across Europe, and the rest of the world, which exacerbates an already insecure food supply. According to a EU-funded research project, pollination services provided...
France - Germany - Hungary - Italy - Portugal - Spain - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
2010
Artículo
Direct selling in Italy: a marketing strategy to promote localized agro-food systems
Describes trends in direct selling by farmers in Italy by region, product and place of sale. Proposes a model of variables that affect the probability of a farmer adopting direct sales: farmer (gender, age, off-farm income); farm (farm type, work units, standard gross margin) and location (region, altimetry, less favoured...
Italy
2010
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