Autore
van Der Ploeg, Jan Douwe

Titolo
Abbiamo tutti diritto a un legame più diretto con la terra = We should all have the right to link ourselves more directly to the land
Periodico
Scienze del Territorio (Online)
Anno: 2013 - Volume: 1 - Pagina iniziale: 87 - Pagina finale: 106

The article reflects on the ‘link with the land’ which, once interrupted by the fordist industrialisation of production and life, is nowadays reappearing in increasingly new forms, lastly as the phenomenon of part-time agriculture. The latter, far from being just a passive consequence of poverty or lack of alternatives, represents a conscious choice towards a more plural life. The reflection starts from a survey in which part-time and full-time farmers have been asked about various aspects related to their work; it has emerged that there is no clear boundary between these two practices, whilst empirical differences are quite modest: the first important element of continuity is that the vast majority of fulltime farmers, just as the part-time ones, need to earn money outside the farm in order to produce an income adequate to the household. In addition, there are many non-economic benefits of agriculture, recognised by both full-time and part-time farmers, but much more pronounced for the latter, strictly related to a direct link with the land and with the better quality of life it provides. The study sheds light on how part-time farming is a continuous and resilient phenomenon, rather than a marginal one, which therefore deserves the attention of society and institutions, which should provide services and cognitive instruments for those who wish to come ‘back to earth’.



SICI: 2284-242X(2013)1<87:ATDAUL>2.0.ZU;2-
Testo completo: http://www.fupress.net/index.php/SdT/article/download/14266/13246
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