Participation of Italian farmers in rural development policy

European Review of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 605-631

  Pascucci, Stefano ^a   De Magistris, Tiziana ^b   Dries, Liesbeth ^a   Adinolfi, Felice ^c   Capitanio, Fabian ^d  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b Instituto Agroalimentario de Aragón IA2   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

Italy; multi level modelling; rural development policy

Indexed keywords

COMPETITIVENESS; FARMING SYSTEM; LOCAL PARTICIPATION; REGIONAL POLICY; RURAL DEVELOPMENT;

ITALY;

EID: 84881503054     PISSN: 01651587     EISSN: 14643618     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/erae/jbt005     Document Type: Article

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