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Keeping Farmers on the Land: Adding Value in Agriculture in the Veneto Region of Italy

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  • Roxanne Clemens

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Italy's relatively small area, high population density, and high land and labor costs have created the challenges of ensuring profitably for agricultural producers, slowing urban encroachment onto arable land, and keeping farm families on land that has been handed down within the families for generations. As part of the solution to these issues, the European Union is enacting policies to reduce producer dependence on direct subsidies while increasing the competitiveness of agricultural products and returns to producers, reinvigorating rural communities, and encouraging environmentally sound production methods. These regulations provide incentives for producers to add value to their products by obtaining legal recognition of typical products, participating in agritourism, and helping to promote traditional products for regional food systems. This paper examines how E.U. and national policies are encouraging farmers in the Veneto region of Italy to adopt an agricultural production model that encourages limited production of high-quality, high-value products and more diversified land use.

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  • Roxanne Clemens, 2004. "Keeping Farmers on the Land: Adding Value in Agriculture in the Veneto Region of Italy," Center for Agricultural and Rural Development (CARD) Publications 04-mbp8, Center for Agricultural and Rural Development (CARD) at Iowa State University.
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    1. Anil Rupasingha, 2009. "Value-Added Agricultural Enterprises and Local Economic Performance," Review of Agricultural Economics, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association, vol. 31(3), pages 511-534.
    2. Stevenson, Marcie & Artz, Georgeanne, 2017. "Improving rural business development, one firm at a time: A look at the effects of the USDA’s Value-Added Producer Grant on firm survival," 2017 Annual Meeting, February 4-7, 2017, Mobile, Alabama 252785, Southern Agricultural Economics Association.
    3. Babcock, Bruce & Hayes, Dermot J. & Lawrence, John & Clemens, Roxanne L., 2008. "Creating a Geographically Linked Collective Brand for High-Quality Beef: A Case Study," ISU General Staff Papers 200801010800001480, Iowa State University, Department of Economics.
    4. Yuanjie Zhang & Shichao Yuan & Jian Wang & Jian Cheng & Daolin Zhu, 2022. "How Do the Different Types of Land Costs Affect Agricultural Crop-Planting Selections in China?," Land, MDPI, vol. 11(11), pages 1-18, October.

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