The European Common Agricultural Policy has recently introduced cross compliance as a compulsory condition for farms. A set of criteria has been established, aimed at reducing the environmental impact of farming. The growing role of agricultural extension services has been predicted to result in high percentages of farmers introducing these criteria. Is this sufficient? The aim of our paper is to apply the AKAP model to the introduction of cross compliance on Italian farms. Our hypothesis is that the awareness of the cross compliance does not necessarily imply the adoption of coherent measures aimed at introducing it as part the farms’ compulsory criteria.

Impact of agricultural extension services on sustainable agriculture in Italy

DE ROSA, Marcello;BARTOLI, Luca;
2012-01-01

Abstract

The European Common Agricultural Policy has recently introduced cross compliance as a compulsory condition for farms. A set of criteria has been established, aimed at reducing the environmental impact of farming. The growing role of agricultural extension services has been predicted to result in high percentages of farmers introducing these criteria. Is this sufficient? The aim of our paper is to apply the AKAP model to the introduction of cross compliance on Italian farms. Our hypothesis is that the awareness of the cross compliance does not necessarily imply the adoption of coherent measures aimed at introducing it as part the farms’ compulsory criteria.
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