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Abstract
The Italian agri-food sector has traditionally been one of the strongest in the national socio-economic
system. In the last ten years, commercial exchange trends have shown growing openness towards foreign
countries and in particular to European Union (EU) countries. Both the primary sector and food industry are
strongly influenced by their territorial location so much so that several authors have highlighted territorial
specialisation and its effects on that territory’s features also considering the contribution of the Italian
Regions. The following work will analyse the patterns of agri-food specialisation in the Italian Regions.
In particular, the Lafay Index will be used to evaluate competitive advantage at a Regional level.