The document provides an overview of agriculture and rural development activities in the Emilia-Romagna region of Italy. It notes that the region has a population of over 4 million people spread across plains, hills, and mountains. Agriculture accounts for 3.4% of the region's GDP and employs 154,000 people on 73,476 farms. Key agricultural products include cereals, vineyards, fruit trees, livestock, and dairy. The Directorate General for Agriculture manages over 1 billion euros in EU funds for rural development programs to support innovation, product quality, farm investments, and environmental protection. The region prioritizes food quality and safety, innovation, multifunctional farms, and rural area promotion through its agricultural policies and international cooperation initiatives

1. Overview on Agriculture and Rural
Development activities of

2. 50% Plain
25% Hilly
25% Mountain
22.445,5 Squared
KM
4.471,104
INHABITANTS
(7.4% of Italy)
Density: 197,5
inhabitants per
km2
- Resident foreign
people: 530.015

3. The phisical characters

4. The administrative structure
9 PROVINCES

5. A differentiated
economy
Agriculture
3.4%
Industry
31.7%
Services
64.9%
(GDP
SHARES)

6. The numbers of our agriculture
 GDP: 4,250 millions €
 Employees: 154,000
 Age of employees: Average: 62 (27%<50)
 Number of Farms: 73,476
 Total surface: 1,306,010 Ha
 Useful surface: 1,078,959.99 Ha
 Medium dimension of Farm: 14 Ha

7. - Cattle: 580,000
- Pigs: 1,312,000
- Sheep and goats: 80,000
- Horses: 17,000
- Poultry: 26,000,000
LIVESTOCK (Units)

8. VEGETAL PRODUCTS -
Hectars
Cereals and industrial crops:
843,785.88
Vineyards: 55,971.15
Fruit Trees: 73,759.88
Horticulture: 1,450.93
Pasture fields: 103,992.15
Wood production trees: 6,534.90

9. Regional Institutons
Regions have legislative power on
local development policies.
President of Regional Government
Regional Council (Regional Parliement)
50 elected Councillors
Regional Government: 10 “Regional Ministers”

10. Technical structure
10 DIRECTORATES GENERAL
85 TECHNICAL AND
ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES
16 SPECIALISTIC AGENCIES AND
AUTHORITIES

11. Public support
 THE REGION BENEFIT FROM NATIONAL
CONTRIBUTIONS AND EUROPEAN
FUNDS: ERDF, ESF, EAFRD , FEAMP
 DIRECTORATE-GENERAL FOR
AGRICULTURE IS MANAGING AUTHORITY
OF THE REGION RURAL DEVELOPMENT
PROGRAM , FUNDED FOR THE period
2014 – 2020 WITH 1,2 BILLIONs EURO
 DIRECTORATE-GENERAL MANAGES 10
Millions of EURO per YEAR OF OWN
FUNDS

12. • The Directorate for Agriculture is the
institution that, under the Council of the
Emilia-Romagna Region, exercises the
functions conferred on Agriculture, Fisheries,
Nutrition and Rural Development.
The Policy mission
•The Directorate acts in guidance,
programming and coordination. It Identifies and
promotes policies for sustainable development
of rural areas in Emilia-Romagna

13. Service for General
affairs
Information
technology Support
Service
Service for Plans
Monitoring and
Evaluation
Service for Innovation
of the agricultural
system
Crops production
development
Service
Service for Products
quality, food chains
and marketing
Fishing economy,
Zootechnic and
livestock production
Service
Service for
Investments in
agricultural holdings
Plant protection
Service
Service for managing of
rural countryside and
hunting activities
General-Director
“Orizontal” services
“Specialized” services
Organization of Directorate General for
Agriculture, Fishing economy and Hunting
management
AGREA
Payment
Agency

14. The operational Functions
• research and innovation in agriculture,
• protection and promotion of agricultural and food
products, quality systems,
• Support to investments in agro-food holdings and
farms
• promoting agricultural associations
• promoting diversification of farming and farm
tourism,
• consumer education and consumers food safety
• Development and support of production methods
compatible with the environment and land
conservation.
The Directorate is in charge of:

15. The Regional Priorities
• Quality and safety of food
• Innovation and research
• Multifunction of farms
• Protection and valorization of
rural areas

16. • Emilia-Romagna has 2 DOCG wines, 17 DOC
(DOP) and 9 IGT (IGT) wines, with about
60.000 Hectares of Vineyard
• It’s the Third Italian Region for wine production
• Emilia-Romagna is at the first place in Europe
for certified products PDO and PGI: 41
branded products (25 PDO e 16 PGI) and two
under approval procedure
• (EU = 1085; ITA = 260 PDO / PGI)
The Quality Priority

17. International Cooperation Activities in
the field of Agriculture
• Participation in European Transnational Projects
(under the European Objective for Territorial
Cooperation)
• Participation in networks (AREPO, AREFLH)
• Relationships with Third Countries (Cooperation for
Development and Institutional Building)
• Relationships with EU candidate Countries
(Twinning and Institutional Building projects)

18. Participation in Institutional Building
and Twinning projects
• Poland – Rural Development 2000-2006 (concluded
2002)
• Hungary - EU Funds Programming (concluded 2004)
• Romania – EAFRD Programming (concluded 2006)
• Romania – Paying Agency (concluded 2006)
• Turkey - EU Funds Programming (concluded 2006)
• Poland – Rural Development 2007-2013 (concluded
2008)
• Bulgaria – ERDF programming (concluded 2008)

19. Participation in Institutional Building
and Twinning projects
• Latvia – CAP Reform (concluded 2008)
• Croatia – Agricultural inspection (concluded 2008)
• Bosnia Herzegovina – Rural Development (concluded
2009)
• Bulgaria – Organic Agriculture (concluded 2009)
• Serbia – Plant safety (concluded – 2010)
• Israel - Policy and Tools for Rural Development
(concluded 2014)
• Macedonia - Organic Agriculture Production and Quality
Protection (concluded 2014)

20. Mario Montanari
Regione Emilia-Romagna - Directorate – General for Agriculture, Fishing economy,
Wildlife and Hunting management
Tel +39051 5274684 – fax +39051 5274659
Viale della Fiera, 8 I - 40127 Bologna
mmontanari@regione.emilia-romagna.it
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