Moving toward the north? The spatial shift of olive groves in Italy

Filippo Gambella, Leonardo Bianchini, Massimo Cecchini, Gianluca Egidi, Agostino Ferrara, Luca Salvati, Andrea Colantoni and Donato Morea
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Filippo Gambella: Department of Agriculture, University of Sassari, Sassari, Italy
Leonardo Bianchini: Department DAFNE, University of Tuscia, Viterbo, Italy
Massimo Cecchini: Department DAFNE, University of Tuscia, Viterbo, Italy
Gianluca Egidi: Department DAFNE, University of Tuscia, Viterbo, Italy
Agostino Ferrara: School of Agricultural, Forest, Food and Environmental Sciences, University of Basilicata, Potenza, Italy
Luca Salvati: Department of Economics and Law, University of Macerata, Macerata, Italy
Andrea Colantoni: Department DAFNE, University of Tuscia, Viterbo, Italy
Donato Morea: Department of Mechanical, Chemical and Materials Engineering, University of Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy

Agricultural Economics, 2021, vol. 67, issue 4, 129-135

Abstract: Southern Europe is becoming a hotspot for climate change. Appropriate mechanisation is necessary for reducing soil compacting in such contexts. The olive tree distribution - a typical Mediterranean crop - showed a well-defined latitude gradient with progressive decline moving towards the north. Climate change, however, has supposed to cause a significant shift towards the north in the geographical range of olive trees. Our study analyses the spatial distribution of the olive tree area in Italy, a region within the species' ecological range apart from the Northern region, which is now becoming progressively specialised in this crop because of local warming. Results indicate that olive cultivated area increased in Northern Italy, especially in flat districts and upland areas, while decreasing (more or less rapidly) in central and southern Italy because of land abandonment.

Keywords: agriculture; climate variations; landscape; mechanisation; Northern Italy; socio-economic system (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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