Social farming in high mountain regions: The case of the Aosta Valley in Italy

Q2 Social Sciences

Economia Agro-Alimentare Pub Date : 2023-02-01 DOI:10.3280/ecag2022oa14053

Erika Fazari, D. Musolino

引用次数: 2

Abstract

This paper investigates and analyses social farming in the Aosta Valley, a tiny Italian mountain region in the Alps. It aims to highlight the features of social farming in this region, focusing on the social mission and economic sustainability.The paper first presents the literature on social farming, focusing on marginal and remote areas, and illustrating the main characteristics of Italian social farms. Secondly, it focuses on the findings coming from a qualitative investigation of three case studies of Valdostan social farms based on data collected from semi-structured direct interviews. The analyses reveal that social farming in the Aosta Valley fulfils a crucial social mission in areas with poor accessibility to social services.It is economically sustainable, basing its business model on the environmental and agricultural resources typical of high mountain regions.

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高山地区的社会农业:以意大利奥斯塔山谷为例

本文调查和分析了奥斯塔山谷的社会农业，奥斯塔山谷是意大利阿尔卑斯山脉的一个小山区。它旨在突出该地区社会农业的特点，重点关注社会使命和经济可持续性。本文首先介绍了关于社会农场的文献，重点介绍了边缘和偏远地区，并说明了意大利社会农场的主要特征。其次，本文重点关注对瓦尔多斯坦社会农场的三个案例进行定性调查的结果，这些案例基于半结构化直接访谈收集的数据。分析表明，奥斯塔山谷的社会农业在难以获得社会服务的地区履行了一项重要的社会使命。它在经济上是可持续的，其商业模式基于高山区典型的环境和农业资源。

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Economia Agro-Alimentare Social Sciences-Social Sciences (miscellaneous)

CiteScore

1.40

自引率

0.00%

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审稿时长

30 weeks

期刊介绍： Economia agro-alimentare/Food Economy is a triannual peer-reviewed scientific journal published by Franco Angeli Edizioni on behalf of the Italian Society of Agri-food Economics (SIEA), founded in 1996 by the then President of SIEA Fausto Cantarelli. It offers an international forum for the discussion and analysis of mono and interdisciplinary socio-economic, political, legal and technical issues, related to agricultural and food systems. It welcomes submissions of original papers focusing on agriculture, food, natural resources, safety, nutrition and health, including all processes and infrastructure involved in providing food to populations; as well as the processes, inputs and outputs involved in consumption and disposal of food and food-related items. Analyses also include social, political, economic and environmental contexts and human resource challenges. Submissions should be addressed to an international audience of researchers, practitioners, and policy makers, and they may consider local, national, or global scales.