Institutional evolution of agricultural extension in Italy
1994
Santucci, F.M. (Universita di Ancona (Italy). Facolta di Agraria)
The history of agricultural extension in Italy is presented within an institutional framework, together with the establishment of schools, universities, research centres, co-operatives. The nationalization of all structures before WWII created a gap between producers and Institutions that was not solved by the Republic. Extension was mainly made by input suppliers, output processors (also coop) and financed to farmers' unions. After 1979, stimulated by some EC Regulations, Regional Governments have tried to strengthen the extension line within their over-staffed admistrations, but still most advice is provided by non public Agencies. The present and the future of agriculture advisory is and will be very heterogeneous, with farmers at a center of a network of Agencies, increasingly obliged to charge openly for the services they provide.
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