Newcomers in Depopulating Villages and Access to Land to Overcome Fragmentation

27 Agosto, 2021 - All day - 31 Agosto, 2021 - 1:00 am

Italy

Universita della Calabria

Date: 27-31/08/2021

This Grassroots event was arranged as part of the โ€œGreen Nightโ€, an annual event organized by Associazione Casa delle AgriCulture โ€œTullia e Ginoโ€, which is one of Ruralizationยดs case studies. The event was also co-organised by many other associations, NGOs, and local entities. In particular, UNICAL was involved in the โ€œRural Parliamentโ€ activities. On the 27-28th August UNICAL participated in the discussion on โ€Newcomers in depopulating villagesโ€ and on the 29-30th in โ€œAccess to land to overcome fragmentation of landโ€. The โ€œparliamentsโ€ were attended by different stakeholders (researchers, farmers, members of association and local politicians). The outcomes of the discussions were reported in a public event on the last night of the event.

On the evening of the 28th of August, Annamaria Vitale from UNICAL participated in a public discussion titled โ€œLand: instruments to overcome abandonment and fragmentationโ€. The event was streamed on the Association Casa delle Agricultureยดs Facebook account (793 views).

The main specific needs and constraints identified by stakeholders for generational renewal and access to land are related to land fragmentation, lack of infrastructures and extension services and a lack of a collaborative mentality.

The best practices that were proposed are the creation of โ€œAssociazioni fondiarieโ€ (to favour access to landโ€); the โ€œSibater projectโ€ (promoted by ANCI -Italian Municipalities Association) supporting municipalities in favouring access to land, โ€œcommunity cooperativeโ€ to regenerate rural areas involving local communities, civic uses in accessing to land, and food councils and food policies at municipal level.

Despite the covid restrictions, the event was successful and there was a good participation either in the public debates and in the โ€œrural parliamentsโ€. The latter proved to be an interesting modality that favours the discussion on specific issues (land access, newcomers, etc.) involving stakeholders from different backgrounds, operating not only on local level but also in other contexts.

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