The paper aims to highlight the growing interest in agroforestry systems in Europe. Agrofor-estry systems are nowadays recognised by the Com-mon Agricultural Policy (CAP) for their social, eco-nomic and environmental benefits. EU Rural Devel-opment Programmes (RDPs) provided for a specific measure (namely 222) to support farmers and land-owners to adopt these systems. Despite this, very limited implementation of the measure has occurred in the frame of 2007-13 RDPs. The main constraints that have hampered the success of 222 in EU27 and Italy are reported and discussed. It is expected that these limits will be removed in future RDPs (2014-20), partly thanks to the lobby activity carried out by the European Agroforestry Federation (EURAF).
The role of EU rural development policy in supporting agroforestry systems: experiences, challenges and post-2013 perspectives in Italy.
A Pisanelli;P Paris
2013
Abstract
The paper aims to highlight the growing interest in agroforestry systems in Europe. Agrofor-estry systems are nowadays recognised by the Com-mon Agricultural Policy (CAP) for their social, eco-nomic and environmental benefits. EU Rural Devel-opment Programmes (RDPs) provided for a specific measure (namely 222) to support farmers and land-owners to adopt these systems. Despite this, very limited implementation of the measure has occurred in the frame of 2007-13 RDPs. The main constraints that have hampered the success of 222 in EU27 and Italy are reported and discussed. It is expected that these limits will be removed in future RDPs (2014-20), partly thanks to the lobby activity carried out by the European Agroforestry Federation (EURAF).I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
