Evolution of agricultural income in Puglia between the Mac Sharry Reform and the mid-term review
2007
De Blasi, Giuseppe | De Boni, Annalisa | Gigante, Rocco | Roma, Rocco
Aim of this work has been the evaluation of the effects of common agricultural policies on primary sector income in Italy, in the Mezzogiorno and above all in Puglia. In order to see the effects of Mac Sharry reform, Agenda 2000 and the Mid-term review, we considered different periods from 1993 to 2004. The aggregate income trend was analysed considering variations in agricultural added value in money and real terms. Variations in real income were broken down into three components: productive, monetary and subsidies. Results showed that on the whole, from 1996 agricultural income in Puglia declined more than in Italy and in the Mezzogiorno and, whereas in Italy the main cause of falling income had a monetary origin, above all inflation, in Apulia this negative effect was mostly due to the reduction of subsidies. Changes in subsidy systems caused great variations in crop distribution: in Puglia a concentration of intensive farming has been established in the irrigated areas, while extensive crops converged on marginal areas with scarce water supplies.
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