The biocultural fingerprint: concept and evolution in italy. As is known, the Italian farms absorb as much as
65% of land area. A major study has compared
the bio-cultural maps of the Italian territory in
two different periods (1960 and 2000) coming to
find consistency and differentiation. Were also
identified 11 major causes of land use by farms
that have been classified into exogenous here, able
to change the fingerprint bio-cultural, and
endogenous, leading to the preservation thereof.
In order for endogenous rural development will
refer to note EU agricultural policy, (CAP).
Initially this was advised by exogenous
interventions for standardization and
specialization of the territory. At a later step the
process was reversed. The farm has become the
producer of the multifunctional product goodsservices
in the mosaic landscape and environment
(products / services, food, landscape and
environmental, cultural, hospitality and
friendliness).
