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AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT IN ITALY:NATIONAL PROBLEMS IN A COMMUNITY FRAMEWORK
Author(s) -
Benedictis Michele De
Publication year - 1981
Publication title -
journal of agricultural economics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.157
H-Index - 61
eISSN - 1477-9552
pISSN - 0021-857X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1477-9552.1981.tb01569.x
Subject(s) - agriculture , balance (ability) , agricultural policy , economics , economic policy , national policy , common agricultural policy , production (economics) , structural adjustment , business , agricultural economics , economic growth , international trade , geography , market economy , european union , macroeconomics , archaeology , medicine , physical medicine and rehabilitation
During the last twenty years Italian agriculture has undergone a process of fast growth but slow development: in spite of a sustained increase of gross agricultural production, intrasectoral and intersectoral income disparities become wider and the agricultural trade balance shows a mounting deficit. Both the CAP and national policy bear some responsibility in engendering these kind of trends. Community market and price policy has accorded to Mediterranean products levels of protection and support lower than those enjoyed by continental commodities, and its structural policy has been unable to provide satisfactory answers to those problems that show high regional specificities. National policy has unduly neglected critical areas such as agricultural research and extension, as well as those public actions needed to improve market structures and performance.