The E.R.P. and the problems of Italian agriculture

The article analyses some aspects of Italian agriculture, as seen in the framework of national economy: the congestion of the agricultural population, the relations between agriculture and industry, the structure and forms of land tenure, the importance of the agricultural trade balance for internat...

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Main Author: G. MEDICI
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Associazione Economia civile 2014-10-01
Series:PSL Quarterly Review
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Online Access:https://rosa.uniroma1.it/rosa04/psl_quarterly_review/article/view/12838
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Summary:The article analyses some aspects of Italian agriculture, as seen in the framework of national economy: the congestion of the agricultural population, the relations between agriculture and industry, the structure and forms of land tenure, the importance of the agricultural trade balance for international trade as a whole. The author illustrates the main lines that agricultural development should follow in the next few years if a general increase of production is to be secured and insists on the need of taking immediate steps towards the solution of the more important problems facing Italian agriculture by a wise use of the E.R.Ps Funds. Special stress is laid on the need of increasing the production of fresh fruit and vegetables and the products of animal husbandry; on the execution of land reclamation and irrigation works; the improvements of conditions in mountain areas; the mechanisation of agriculture; agricultural training for the peasantry; experiment stations and research work; the organisation of agricultural producers; and the strengthening of agrarian credit. JEL: O13, Q15, Q17
ISSN:2037-3635
2037-3643