Multifunzionalità ed agricoltura biologica in aziende agri-sociali in Sicilia

Timpanaro, Giuseppe and Foti, Vera Teresa and Scuderi, Alessandro (2012): Multifunzionalità ed agricoltura biologica in aziende agri-sociali in Sicilia.

Abstract

Agriculture has always played a key role in our society, it has changed and adapted during the years until now with the award of a multifunctional role of agriculture in the wider socio-economic context. Among the non-agricultural activities is the '"Social Agriculture" which, although not yet adequately defined, is a large and in continuous evolution phenomenon and it has aroused a great interest because of its strong link with the world of organic farm. The research presents the results of an economic and agricultural made on a sample of organic and social farms in Sicily, with the objective to extend the cognitive framework of the phenomenon, pointing out possible strengths, weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats.

• Item Type: MPRA Paper
• Language: Italian
• Keywords: Multifunctionality; organic agricultur; agri-social farms
• Subjects: R - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics > R0 - General; Q - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics ; Environmental and Ecological Economics > Q0 - General; Q - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics ; Environmental and Ecological Economics > Q1 - Agriculture > Q12 - Micro Analysis of Farm Firms, Farm Households, and Farm Input Markets

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