Italian Journal of Agronomy (Nov 2015)
Environmental effectiveness of GAEC cross-compliance Standard 4.1 (b, c) ‘Protection of permanent pasture land’ and economic evaluation of the competitiveness gap for farmers
- Mauro Salis,
- Lucia Sepe,
- Rosa Francaviglia,
- Marco Fedrizzi,
- Paolo Bazzoffi,
- Salvatore Claps,
- Maurizio Pitzalis,
- Michele Lilliu,
- Paola Ruda,
- Emilio Sabia,
- Annarita Bruno,
- Domenico Rufrano,
- Maria Teresa Dell'Abate,
- Alberto Alianello,
- Marco Veloccia,
- Olimpia Masetti,
- Gianluca Renzi,
- Roberto Fanigliulo,
- Mauro Pagano,
- Giulio Sperandio,
- Mirko Guerrieri,
- Daniele Puri,
- Antonio Melchiorre Carroni
Affiliations
- Mauro Salis
- CREA-AAM Council for Agricultural Research and Economics, Research Unit for Agro-pastoral Systems in Mediterranean Environment
- Lucia Sepe
- CREA-ZOE Council for Agricultural Research and Economics, Research Unit for Extensive Animal Husbandry
- Rosa Francaviglia
- CREA-RPS Council for Agricultural Research and Economics, Research Centre for Soil-Plant System studies
- Marco Fedrizzi
- CREA-ING Council for Agricultural Research and Economics, Research Unit for Agricultural Engineering
- Paolo Bazzoffi
- CREA-ABP Council for Agricultural Research and Economics, Agrobiology and Pedology Research Centre
- Salvatore Claps
- CREA-ZOE Council for Agricultural Research and Economics, Research Unit for Extensive Animal Husbandry
- Maurizio Pitzalis
- CREA-AAM Council for Agricultural Research and Economics, Research Unit for Agro-pastoral Systems in Mediterranean Environment
- Michele Lilliu
- CREA-AAM Council for Agricultural Research and Economics, Research Unit for Agro-pastoral Systems in Mediterranean Environment
- Paola Ruda
- CREA-AAM Council for Agricultural Research and Economics, Research Unit for Agro-pastoral Systems in Mediterranean Environment
- Emilio Sabia
- CREA-ZOE Council for Agricultural Research and Economics, Research Unit for Extensive Animal Husbandry
- Annarita Bruno
- CREA-ZOE Council for Agricultural Research and Economics, Research Unit for Extensive Animal Husbandry
- Domenico Rufrano
- CREA-ZOE Council for Agricultural Research and Economics, Research Unit for Extensive Animal Husbandry
- Maria Teresa Dell'Abate
- CREA-RPS Council for Agricultural Research and Economics, Research Centre for Soil-Plant System studies
- Alberto Alianello
- CREA-RPS Council for Agricultural Research and Economics, Research Centre for Soil-Plant System studies
- Marco Veloccia
- CREA-RPS Council for Agricultural Research and Economics, Research Centre for Soil-Plant System studies
- Olimpia Masetti
- CREA-RPS Council for Agricultural Research and Economics, Research Centre for Soil-Plant System studies
- Gianluca Renzi
- CREA-RPS Council for Agricultural Research and Economics, Research Centre for Soil-Plant System studies
- Roberto Fanigliulo
- CREA-ING Council for Agricultural Research and Economics, Research Unit for Agricultural Engineering
- Mauro Pagano
- CREA-ING Council for Agricultural Research and Economics, Research Unit for Agricultural Engineering
- Giulio Sperandio
- CREA-ING Council for Agricultural Research and Economics, Research Unit for Agricultural Engineering
- Mirko Guerrieri
- CREA-ING Council for Agricultural Research and Economics, Research Unit for Agricultural Engineering
- Daniele Puri
- CREA-ING Council for Agricultural Research and Economics, Research Unit for Agricultural Engineering
- Antonio Melchiorre Carroni
- CREA-AAM Council for Agricultural Research and Economics, Research Unit for Agro-pastoral Systems in Mediterranean Environment
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.4081/ija.2015.714
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 10,
no. 1s
Abstract
The paper presents the main results of the monitoring on the effectiveness of the cross-compliance Standard 4.1 ‘Permanent pasture protection: lett. b, c’ carried out in two case studies within the project MO.NA.CO. Soil, botanical, productive and economic (competitiveness gap) parameters have been monitored. In the short term, the Standard 4.1 showed its effectiveness on soil quality, biomass productivity and competitiveness gap in both case studies. Botanical parameters showed differing results, therefore their generalization is not applicable to the heterogeneity of the pasture land Italian system. Shallow soil tillage could be suggested, every 40-50 years, when an appropriate soil organic matter content and the absence of runoff phenomena occur.
Keywords
- Cross-compliance
- rural development
- standard 4.1
- protection of permanent pasture land
- competitiveness.
