Regeneration and generational renewal in rural areas are debated topics at both academic and European political-institutional levels (Osborne et al 2004, Robert-Boeuf 2023, Jank et al 2023, Sivini, Vitale 2023). In this framework, agricultural generational renewal is a crucial issue (Kovách et al 2022) as ageing in farming is an ongoing process, especially in some European countries. In Italy, census data clearly shows this process, which is also accompanied by a reduction in the number of active farms. The aim of the paper is to present agricultural regeneration in Italy and a paradigmatic Italian practice of young rural people who have chosen to enter agriculture, and to analyse their potential role in regenerating rural areas
Agricultural regeneration in Italy
Silvia Sivini
2023-01-01
Abstract
Regeneration and generational renewal in rural areas are debated topics at both academic and European political-institutional levels (Osborne et al 2004, Robert-Boeuf 2023, Jank et al 2023, Sivini, Vitale 2023). In this framework, agricultural generational renewal is a crucial issue (Kovách et al 2022) as ageing in farming is an ongoing process, especially in some European countries. In Italy, census data clearly shows this process, which is also accompanied by a reduction in the number of active farms. The aim of the paper is to present agricultural regeneration in Italy and a paradigmatic Italian practice of young rural people who have chosen to enter agriculture, and to analyse their potential role in regenerating rural areasI documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
