The planning of a policy intervention aims at optimizing the decision-making process, resources allocation, outcomes of the intervention. The development of an integrated approach may contribute to achieve an effective and efficient planning. The article develops a protocol based on the adoption...

Italy is a country with a very rich biodiversity heritage, wonderful synthesis of a territory characterized by a consolidated agro-food tradition. In this context, Sicily plays a leading role with a wide supply of quality agri-food products based on strong relationship with the territory and...

The horticultural sector, that assumes a socio-economic role of great interest for different sicilian areals has, in addition to the international species and variety, also an high number of autochthonous species and varieties, expression of the cultural tradition and local production, which...

The rural development policy has received considerable attention in recent years by many governments, especially as a strategic tool for the development sector and the introduction of innovations in rural areas. In this context, the project integrated supply chain implements an operation mode...

Regulation 1307-1308/2013 relating to "direct payments", to the first pillar of the PAC, and on the Common Market Organization (Ocm unique), acts individual products, market regulation, organization and qualification of the supplay. The second pillar is 1305/2013 (Rural policy development) while...

Agricultural tax categories do not differ from the general three-tier: income, wealth, consumption; so the main taxes affect income (Irpef, Ires) and production activities (Irap), real estate (Imu, Tasi) and transfers (register, mortgages, cadastral), added value (VAT). It notes, however, that...

Food demand appears to be steadily increasing, as a function of population growth and income. These levels of consumption, never seen in the past, project the world into unknown scenarios, soon called to test the validity of Malthus law and its consequences. While questioning the capacity of...

On 17 December 2013, in accordance with the procedure introduced by the Treaty of Lisbon (Article 294 TFEU) involving the Parliament, the Council and the Commission, the Common Agricultural Policy has been defined until 2020. In particular, Regulation (EU) No 1307 / 2013 establishes rules on...

The objective of analyzing the incentive system for the agricultural landscape function of the Veneto Rural Development Plan is accompanied by the evaluation case, in appreciating the effectiveness of the proposed interventions, comparing its actual implementation with the dictation of...

Climate change is impacting on the agricultural sector in several ways, and the effects on yields are generally among the most observable ones. Open fields crops, such as cereals, are very vulnerable to climate change. We study the historical data on yields of main cereals, namely barley, maize,...