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The Metapontum Agro-Food District of Quality: An Innovative Model of Governance for Local Development through Informatics

The Metapontum Agro-Food District of Quality: An Innovative Model of Governance for Local Development through Informatics

Francesco Contò, Piermichele La Sala, Paolo Papapietro
Copyright: © 2011 |Pages: 30
ISBN13: 9781609606213|ISBN10: 1609606213|EISBN13: 9781609606220
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-60960-621-3.ch007
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Contò, Francesco, et al. "The Metapontum Agro-Food District of Quality: An Innovative Model of Governance for Local Development through Informatics." Agricultural and Environmental Informatics, Governance and Management: Emerging Research Applications, edited by Zacharoula Andreopoulou, et al., IGI Global, 2011, pp. 122-151. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-60960-621-3.ch007

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Contò, F., La Sala, P., & Papapietro, P. (2011). The Metapontum Agro-Food District of Quality: An Innovative Model of Governance for Local Development through Informatics. In Z. Andreopoulou, B. Manos, N. Polman, & D. Viaggi (Eds.), Agricultural and Environmental Informatics, Governance and Management: Emerging Research Applications (pp. 122-151). IGI Global Scientific Publishing. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-60960-621-3.ch007

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Contò, Francesco, Piermichele La Sala, and Paolo Papapietro. "The Metapontum Agro-Food District of Quality: An Innovative Model of Governance for Local Development through Informatics." In Agricultural and Environmental Informatics, Governance and Management: Emerging Research Applications, edited by Zacharoula Andreopoulou, et al., 122-151. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2011. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-60960-621-3.ch007

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Abstract

The aim of this work is to illustrate an innovative pattern of local governance based on the approach of the District at the Rural Development. The territorial context of this model is the Metapontum Agro-Food District of Quality. In line with the needs expressed by area businesses, through the establishment of a Service Centre, able to being as ATM Development and Training Workshop, DID’s project start (Desk for Innovation in the district) in order to transform the district into an innovative tool of governance that can guide the agricultural system and horizontally integrated production food chains. This will mean encouraging, in line with the Rural Development Programme (RDP) 2007 - 2013 of the Basilicata Region financed by the European Agricultural Rural Development Fund (EAFRD), sector development through the integration of relations between firms, investment in infrastructure, training, research, food safety promotion, and enhancement of agricultural production in the framework of internationalization of markets and innovation of quality-oriented process and products.

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