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Structural and economic dynamics in diversified Italian farms

Bio-based and Applied Economics

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Title Structural and economic dynamics in diversified Italian farms
 
Creator Salvioni, Cristina
Ascione, Elisa
Henke, Roberto
 
Subject income diversification
farm profiles
farm policy
 
Description Objective of this work is to investigate the structural change and economic dynamics of farms pursuing diversification and differentiation strategies in Italy. The analysis was performed on a panel of data built on the basis of information collected by the Italian FADN between 2003-2009. For the purpose of the analysis, we divided the population of commercial Italian farms into a five-fold farm typology based on size and the extent of diversification and differentiation strategies adopted by the farms. In detail, farms are defined as differentiated when they make use of a system of quality certification, while they are defined as diversified when they take up non farming activities (agritourism, social farms etc.). The findings show that conventional farms remain by far the largest category within the population of Italian commercial farms, while only 13% of the total commercial farms are classified as differentiated and/or diversified. Farms adopting product differentiation strategies are found to have an income growth path similar to that of conventional farms. Yet the category of diversified farms is the only one showing an upward trend with regard to income per worker in the observed years, while farms relying entirely on agricultural products appear to perform poorly in terms of labour productivity.
 
Publisher Firenze University Press
 
Date 2013-10-26
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
Peer-reviewed Article
 
Format application/pdf
 
Identifier https://oaj.fupress.net/index.php/bae/article/view/3245
10.13128/BAE-13094
 
Source Bio-based and Applied Economics; Vol. 2 No. 3 (2013): Between Crisis and Development: Which Role for the Bio-Economy; 257-275
2280-6172
2280-6180
 
Language eng
 
Relation https://oaj.fupress.net/index.php/bae/article/view/3245/3245