The rural territories hold an important social and economic patrimony that, in the face of the changes in progress, require development paths capable of contrasting the risks of abandonment, degradation and poverty, in compliance with the principles of sustainability. The role of agriculture in the rural context remains central and, with it, the debate on the role that the sector must play to promote the sustainable development of rural areas in relation to the proposals contained in the new CAP. Theories on multifunctional agriculture seem to focus increasingly on productivistic aspects, in line with the idea of an agriculture capable of ensuring food production and the protection of the environment and the rural landscape. The proposals on the new CAP identify a less agricultural and more environmental and territorial policy. The strategic plan of the new CAP confirms the structure on two pillars and pursues three general objectives, complemented by the transversal objective of modernizing the sector by promoting and sharing knowledge, innovations and digitalisation processes in agriculture and rural areas and encouraging their use. These general objectives are articulated in 9 specific objectives. The environmental and socio-economic development of rural territories increases its importance compared to the past, being explicitly mentioned in the specific objectives 5 “promoting sustainable development and an efficient management of natural resources, such as water, soil and air”, 6 “contributing to the protection of biodiversity, improving ecosystem services and preserving habitats and landscapes”, 7 “attracting young farmers and facilitating entrepreneurial development in rural areas” and efficient management of natural resources such as water, soil and air” and 8 “promoting employment, growth, social inclusion and local development in rural areas, including bioeconomy and sustainable forestry” (Com. UE, 2018). In this context, it is possible to create new development paradigms and new relationships between the urban world and the rural world, according to the smart logics that borrow the smart city's own development policies to smart land. The economy, planning, policies and landscape vision have evolved considerably in recent decades, so much so that the same theoretical analyzes and methodological solutions still seem far from providing the necessary tools for the understanding of the territories to the communities in the face of changes in place. This research work aims to verify, starting from the implementation of the 2014-2020 policy in Puglia and Basilicata regions, in the South of Italy, the compliance of the strategies and tools of the new 2021-2027 programming, with the principles of development sustainable development of smart lands. In particular, the aim is to analyze the tools offered by the 2014-2020 RDP, based on "smart" intervention logics, and correlate them to the opportunities offered by the new CAP 2021-2027. To pursue these objectives, it will be essential to start from the analysis of programs and intervention tools (Furmankiewicz et al., 2016; Ravier et al., 2015) of two regional realities, Puglia and Basilicata, with different territorial characteristics and whose RDPs are being fully implemented. Through the collection of primary and secondary data (Gersick, 1988; Eisenhardt and Graebner, 2007) and through the Multi-criteria and Multi-stakeholder analysis method (Beinat & Nijkamp, 1998; Enengel et al., 2014), it will be possible to verify Strategies ; Intervention needs; Priority; Selection criteria; at the same time, we will analyze the other tools that the new programming makes available to rural areas. Consequently, it will be possible to analyze how the contents and the strategic projects pursued with the current planning will be able to pursue the smart principles, in order to evaluate the choices made by the regions and support the policy makers in making the appropriate corrections useful to make needs and actions converge to the smart development logics within the analysis (Context Analysis and SWOT Analysis) preparatory to writing the National Strategic Plans of the CAP 2021-2027.

The sustainable development of rural areas in the perspective of the new CAP: the SMART era in the RDPs of the Puglia and Basilicata regions

Faccilongo N.
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Fiore M.;La Sala P.
2019-01-01

Abstract

The rural territories hold an important social and economic patrimony that, in the face of the changes in progress, require development paths capable of contrasting the risks of abandonment, degradation and poverty, in compliance with the principles of sustainability. The role of agriculture in the rural context remains central and, with it, the debate on the role that the sector must play to promote the sustainable development of rural areas in relation to the proposals contained in the new CAP. Theories on multifunctional agriculture seem to focus increasingly on productivistic aspects, in line with the idea of an agriculture capable of ensuring food production and the protection of the environment and the rural landscape. The proposals on the new CAP identify a less agricultural and more environmental and territorial policy. The strategic plan of the new CAP confirms the structure on two pillars and pursues three general objectives, complemented by the transversal objective of modernizing the sector by promoting and sharing knowledge, innovations and digitalisation processes in agriculture and rural areas and encouraging their use. These general objectives are articulated in 9 specific objectives. The environmental and socio-economic development of rural territories increases its importance compared to the past, being explicitly mentioned in the specific objectives 5 “promoting sustainable development and an efficient management of natural resources, such as water, soil and air”, 6 “contributing to the protection of biodiversity, improving ecosystem services and preserving habitats and landscapes”, 7 “attracting young farmers and facilitating entrepreneurial development in rural areas” and efficient management of natural resources such as water, soil and air” and 8 “promoting employment, growth, social inclusion and local development in rural areas, including bioeconomy and sustainable forestry” (Com. UE, 2018). In this context, it is possible to create new development paradigms and new relationships between the urban world and the rural world, according to the smart logics that borrow the smart city's own development policies to smart land. The economy, planning, policies and landscape vision have evolved considerably in recent decades, so much so that the same theoretical analyzes and methodological solutions still seem far from providing the necessary tools for the understanding of the territories to the communities in the face of changes in place. This research work aims to verify, starting from the implementation of the 2014-2020 policy in Puglia and Basilicata regions, in the South of Italy, the compliance of the strategies and tools of the new 2021-2027 programming, with the principles of development sustainable development of smart lands. In particular, the aim is to analyze the tools offered by the 2014-2020 RDP, based on "smart" intervention logics, and correlate them to the opportunities offered by the new CAP 2021-2027. To pursue these objectives, it will be essential to start from the analysis of programs and intervention tools (Furmankiewicz et al., 2016; Ravier et al., 2015) of two regional realities, Puglia and Basilicata, with different territorial characteristics and whose RDPs are being fully implemented. Through the collection of primary and secondary data (Gersick, 1988; Eisenhardt and Graebner, 2007) and through the Multi-criteria and Multi-stakeholder analysis method (Beinat & Nijkamp, 1998; Enengel et al., 2014), it will be possible to verify Strategies ; Intervention needs; Priority; Selection criteria; at the same time, we will analyze the other tools that the new programming makes available to rural areas. Consequently, it will be possible to analyze how the contents and the strategic projects pursued with the current planning will be able to pursue the smart principles, in order to evaluate the choices made by the regions and support the policy makers in making the appropriate corrections useful to make needs and actions converge to the smart development logics within the analysis (Context Analysis and SWOT Analysis) preparatory to writing the National Strategic Plans of the CAP 2021-2027.
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