L’agricoltura sociale: un modello di welfare generativo

Abstract

The aim of this study is to present the main results of a survey on Social Farming (SF) carried out by CREA-PB at national level. The survey reached, through the CAWI method, almost 400 operators, located in rural and urban and peri-urban areas, pointing out activities and services provided in the different Country areas, networks of relationships allowing and facilitating SF initiatives, agreements formalized with public entities in a perspective of subsidiarity and of reshaping of territorial welfare. Furthermore, the instruments foreseen by Italian Rural Development Programs 2014-2020 for the support to social farming, seen as element of diversification of agricultural activity and service offer, are analyzed and presented.