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Abstract
Rural context and agricultural process are assuming growing credibility as a mean
to promote well being and social inclusion in the population as a whole.
Fattoria solidale del Circeo” constitutes one of the many examples of social
agriculture that have risen in the recent years in Italy. Differently from the general
case, it is a large farm which is moving from a conventional an intensive farming
system to another model, without abandoning its entrepreneurial nature.
Even if it is not easy to assign a theoretic paradigm, it could be useful both in order
to understand it and to give correct instruments to policy makers. So we can try to
put the Fattoria Solidale del Circeo’s experience in a theoretic context.
It seems to us that at least three different models can be applied: the well-established
Schumpeterian model of innovation; the Corporate Social Responsibility, the
Multifunctionality of agriculture.