Lombardy Agriculture in Figures - 2012
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ISBN 978-88-8145-302-3 LOMBARDY AGRICULTURE IN FIGURES - 2012 LOMBARDY AGRICULTURE IN FIGURES - 2012 Fondo Europeo Agricolo per lo Sviluppo Rurale: l’Europa investe nelle zone rurali PSR 2007-2013 Direzione Generale Agricoltura Editing staff Sabrina Giuca, INEA (supervisor); Maria Silvia Giannini (coordination for DGA, Lombardy Region); Alessandro Nebuloni, DGA, Lombar- dy Region; Roberto Pretolani, DEMM; Renato Pieri, SMEA; Francesca Marras, INEA; Guido Gay, ÉUPOLIS Lombardia Topical consultants Daniele Bellomo, Danilo Bertoni, Lucia Briamonte, Maurizio Castelli, Stefano Dell’Acqua, Maria Silvia Giannini, Sabrina Giuca, Teresa Lettieri, Claudio Liberati, Pietro Manzoni di Chiosca e Poggiolo, Sonia Marongiu, Renato Pieri, Roberto Pretolani, Maria Rosaria Pupo d’Andrea, Serena Tarangioli Editing revision Sabrina Giuca, Maria Silvia Giannini, Francesca Marras Processing Marco Amato, Alessia Fantini, Fabio Iacobini Editorial coordination Benedetto Venuto Editorial Secretary Roberta Capretti Layout plan and realisation Carlo Silva and staff INEA (Jacopo Barone, Piero Cesarini, Fabio Lapiana, Sofia Mannozzi) Photography Carlo Silva Internet edition Massimo Perinotto English translation James Varah Secretarial staff Lara Abbondanza and Debora Pagani We would like to thank for their collaboration: Maria Teresa Besana, Gabriele Boccasile, Isabella Brandi, Valentina Cardinale, Gloria Corti, Simonetta De Leo, Cristian Della Torre, Rita Iacono, Andrea Massari, Giovanna Nicastro, Donatella Parma, Antonio Pepe, Andrea Povellato, Marina Ragni, Roberto Tonetti In this third edition of the booklet “Lom- amounting to 7.2 billion euro, shows an Improving the efficiency of produc- bardy Agriculture in Figures 2012”, increase of 11.5%, with a significantly tion processes and farms’ profitability the research institutes INEA, DEMM increased share of 14.5% of the national remains a priority for strengthening and SMEA, with which the Agriculture total, while value added from the food the competitive capacity of the Lom- DG collaborates for its preparation, industry in Lombardy, estimated at bardy system, which should be pursued provide an updated structural and +2.4% compared to 2010, has more fa- through development strategies that economic framework for the agri-food vourable elements compared to the na- can affect individual farms or groups of system in Lombardy, based on the most tional level and other economic sectors. farms, also involving specific sectors at recent administrative and statistic In 2011 there was, therefore, a strength- different territorial levels. data, including the final results of the ening of the share of the regional sys- Structural adjustment, product inno- ISTAT 6th General Agricultural Census. tem with respect to the national, an vation and adoption of new organiza- The publication this year is also supple- expression of the overall responsive- tional models are some of the measures mented by information regarding agri- ness of Lombardy’s businesses, whose the Lombardy Region supports through food processing cooperatives, made dynamics are better than the national the Measures of the 2007-2013 Rural De- available by the Observatory of Italian economy’s as a whole, though there was velopment Programme, with spending Agricultural Cooperation. a further decline in the number of busi- progress of 86.4% of available resourc- In 2011, despite the economic crisis, ag- nesses (-1.6%). es and liquidation of more than 50% of riculture and the food industry showed While the recovery of agricultural pro- resources. Attention to agriculture also positive trends. The value of agri-in- duction, largely due to the increase in involves promotion of quality agri-food, dustrial production in Lombardy ex- prices (+11.2%), brings value to higher representation of wine, organic and ceeded 12 billion euro, up 7.3% com- levels than before the crisis, the recov- PDO and PGI, with actions designed pared to 2010, accounting for as much ery of value added seems not yet com- to consolidate and establish new trade as 16.1% of the national total and about pleted and critical elements for profit- links on international markets and to 3.7% of the region’s GDP. The value of ability were already glimpsed in the increase the presence and recognition the regional agricultural component, first half of 2012. of the specificity of these productions in 3 a positive phase for exports. cation premium and directing the first tions for farms than the ordinary credit In the face of a problematic economic flows earlier than in previous years, to market. situation, the Lombardy Region has farmers in the Mantua area affected by For more details remember that this edi- guaranteed, for the third consecutive the earthquake; this measure, alongside tion of the brochure is accompanied by year, greater liquidity to businesses, by initiatives in favour of operating credit, the annual reports of regional analysis, disbursing 50% of the 2012 single appli- provides less costly financing condi- “The agri-food system in Lombardy”. Councillor for Agriculture of the Lombardy Region Giulio De Capitani 4 CONTENTS ECONOMY AND AGRICULTURE AGRICULTURE Land and population pg. 10 Production levels in agriculture pg. 42 Protected Areas pg. 15 Agri-meteorological trend pg. 46 Gross domestic product pg. 20 Intermediate consumption pg. 47 Value added pg. 22 Investments pg. 49 Employment pg. 24 Prices pg. 52 Structures in agriculture pg. 55 Economic results of farms pg. 65 Credit for agriculture pg. 72 AGRI-INDUSTRIAL SYSTEM Land market pg. 74 Components of the system pg. 28 Food industry and cooperation pg. 29 Distribution pg. 33 Foreign trade pg. 35 Food consumption pg. 38 6 MULTI-FUNCTIONALITY AND AGRICULTURE AGRICULTURAL POLICY Water management pg. 78 Regional legislation pg. 110 Forests pg. 82 Regional spending pg. 112 Agri-energy pg. 86 CAP - Pillar 1 pg. 114 Products of designated origin Rural Development Programme and traditional products pg. 89 (CAP - Pillar 2) pg. 117 Organic farming pg. 95 Agri-tourism (Farm stays) pg. 99 Direct sales pg. 102 Educational farms pg. 108 GLOSSARY Glossary pg. 124 7 ECONOMY AND AGRICULTURE LAND AND POPULATION The region, totalling 23,862 square (47%), hills (12.4%) and mountains nearly 10 million residents (16.4% of kilometres, or about 7.9% of national (40.5%). In terms of population, Lom- the national population), mostly con- area, is characterised by lowlands bardy is the top Italian region with centrated in lowlands and foothills. In Land, resident population and inhabitant density in Lombardy, 2011 Total land % Breakdown Resident population % Breakdown of Density (sq.km.) of land as of 1/1/2011 resident population (inhabitants/sq.m.) Lombardy 23,862.80 100.0% 9,917.714 100.0% 415.6 Mountains 9,672.81 40.5% 1,054,835 10.6% 109.1 Hills 2,963.62 12.4% 2,052,259 20.7% 692.5 Lowlands 11,226.37 47.0% 6,810,620 68.7% 606.7 Bergamo 2,722.86 11.4% 1,098,740 11.1% 403.5 Brescia 4,784.36 20.0% 1,256,025 12.7% 262.5 Como 1,288.07 5.4% 594,988 6.0% 461.9 Cremona 1,770.57 7.4% 363,606 3.7% 205.4 Lecco 816.17 3.4% 340,167 3.4% 416.8 Lodi 782.36 3.3% 227,655 2.3% 291.0 Mantua 2,338.84 9.8% 415,442 4.2% 177.6 Milan 1,576.59 6.6% 3,156,694 31.8% 2,002.2 Monza and Brianza 405.49 1.7% 849,636 8.6% 2,095.3 Pavia 2,964.70 12.4% 548,307 5.5% 184.9 Sondrio 3,211.90 13.5% 183,169 1.8% 57.0 Varese 1,198.71 5.0% 883,285 8.9% 736.9 Source: ISTAT. 10 these areas, the population density some dispersion in the area so that With an average annual increase in exceeds 600 inhab./km², compared only 25.5% of the population lives in the decade 2001-2010 of 1.3% versus to the regional average of 415 inhab./ municipalities with more than 50,000 0.6%, calculated on a national basis, km² and the national average of 201 inhabitants, compared to 34.7% na- the dynamic of the population is rath- inhab./km². The population shows tionally. er lively, partly because of the recent % Land cover in Lombardy, 2007 Inhabited Agricultural areas Wooded Mountains areas Total arable permanent permanent change % absolute average areas and bodies of agricultural area crops crops pastures 1999-07 annual change water Bergamo 13.9 28.4 17.4 0.7 10.3 -5.4 -557 39.4 18.4 Brescia 11.3 35.0 27.3 2.0 5.7 -7.1 -1,611 31.9 21.9 Como 16.0 15.2 6.4 0.2 8.5 -4.3 -109 48.1 20.8 Cremona 10.6 85.5 80.7 3.5 1.2 -1.6 -300 1.6 2.4 Lecco 15.0 15.9 5.3 0.2 10.4 -9.9 -179 48.6 20.5 Lodi 12.5 80.2 75.8 3.8 0.6 -2.6 -211 3.2 4.1 Mantua 12.4 82.0 75.2 5.7 1.1 -2.8 -693 1.1 4.5 Milan 39.8 51.9 48.7 1.6 1.7 -6.3 -692 6.2 2.0 Monza and Brianza 53.4 36.2 34.2 0.3 1.7 -8.3 -166 9.2 1.1 Pavia 9.0 74.0 61.3 11.4 1.3 -2.4 -682 12.0 5.0 Sondrio 2.4 7.7 0.5 1.0 6.2 -2.9 -94 34.8 55.1 Varese 28.9 15.2 11.1 0.2 3.9 -4.8 -117 45.0 10.9 Lombardy 14.1 43.7 35.9 3.1 4.7 -3.9 -5,410 24.5 17.7 Source: ERSAF-DUSAF 2007.