Consuming policy in a coherent way: some differences in the italian agrifood districts

The paper analyses the relevance of territorial dimension in the “access” to rural development policy. More precisely, the scope is to determine whether or not the presence of district-contexts produces territorial differences in the consumption of economic policies among the farms. Our hypothesis is that the geographical location in a “real” district should fosters a more intense consume of policy. The application to rural and agrifood districts partially confirms our hypothesis, stimulating some normative action to rigorously recognize district contexts and to facilitate the access and the consumption of rural development policies.