Local development and identity represent theorganization indicator territorial of production processes.
The relevance of anthropogenic changes determine its landscape recognition, irreversible soil loss, community relations.
L’identity of agricultural production it is also local identity; the correct planning and design of the production sites helps to favor the transmission of value that an identity territory can reveal
From nomadism to the permanent nature of man
The formation of the first farms materializes the transformation of the territories
Agriculture has changed natural territories by "building" territorial identities
The shapes of the farms and their structures characterize the places of production
With the development of marketing, the homogenization of identities increases
The use of materials is simplified by reducing identity
Transhumance / migration changes and enriches the identity of places
In the 17th century, the Italian Giuseppe Locatelli built the first simple sowing machine applied to the plow
The evolution continued until the introduction of the internal combustion engine and the complete mechanization of all cultivation operations
Until two centuries ago, man has been linked to the earth by a relationship of effort and necessity
In the twentieth century with the use of new agricultural techniques, the more widespread use of chemical fertilizers and mechanization, the number of employees
agricultural decreases
The use of machines and the reduction in the number of employees forces a huge number of former farmers to move to nearby industrialization areas or take the route of emigration
The invention of the internal combustion engine, has resulted in an industrial-type agricultural activity
The process of integrating the market on a planetary level has generated the widespread presence of food products of different origins
The globalization, at the same time, it stimulated the need to identify food as a distinguishing factor
The rediscovery of eating habits typical of each territory, with its typical products and traditional recipes it has become a competitive factor
Consumers' demand for quality is a need
The identity of the productions is a development factor for the weakest populations
The quality of production is a universal parameter for all communities
The seasonality of the productions represents a cultural value of local identities
The knowledge of the seasonality of the productions favors the conscious consumption
Each territory is identified with seasonal productions
The transformation processes of agricultural production are determined by seasonality
Greenhouse crops differentiate seasonality
The simplification of the seasonality of productions affects the loss of local identity
The local identity of the territory is characterized by the product / landscape relationship
The complexity and value of a territory is substantiated by the degree of conservation of the landscape
The farms represent the fundamental pieces of the landscape mosaic of local identity
Certified productions must be related to the landscape they determine
The cultivation practices must aim at innovation for the pursuit of the landscape and production identity of the places of production
The landscape / product identity determines monopolistic conditions of production
The weaker populations must be favored to organize farms through identity models
Threats
- Losing the aspect of the primary usefulness of the productive land and distorting the landscape aspect by dispersing the historical values of the territory
- Create generations of consumers who are not attentive to the substance but are more focused on form
- Induce sophisticated dietary needs that do not correspond to true values
- Losing the connection between the production of the good and the final use of the same
Opportunity
- Enhance the specificities of the area with a view to local development
- Find out how to integrate the elements of identity into local products
- Implement cooperation with neighboring territories for the enhancement, at an appropriate level, common themes or areas
- Reinventing symbols capable of offering new perspectives to the territory
- Promote the transmission of know-how from the old to the new generations
Local communities represent the garrison of the rural territory
Local communities represent the fundamental unit of a shared democracy
The different local communities must network for the exchange of good practices
The availability of technology improves the permanence of young people in local communities
The availability of information is essential for maintaining the survival of communities
The quality of the territories is directly proportional to the degree of innovation of the local communities
Designs rural systems in order to maintain and improve the landscape identity of production sites
It favors the growth of rural socio-economic systems
It promotes the “territory-culture” concept as the result of the sedimentation of historical factors, social and institutional aspects of the local context
It promotes quality and landscape certification to enhance local identities
Program local community networks to foster the exchange of good practices
It plans and designs the crop integration needs aimed at the landscape transformation of the places of production