Multifunzionalità ed agricoltura biologica in aziende agri-sociali in Sicilia

Giuseppe Timpanaro, Vera Teresa Foti and Alessandro Scuderi

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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.

Keywords: Multifunctionality; organic agricultur; agri-social farms (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q0 Q12 R0 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2012-04-01, Revised 2012-05-01
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