Community Supported Agriculture in the Urban Fringe: Empirical Evidence for Project Feasibility in the Metropolitan Area of Naples (Italy)

 Urbanisation of city-side areas effects on farm land use and organisation are analysed in this study with here the objective of seeking the most effective way to implement a Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) scheme.Specifically, we used a theoretical framework to describe and assess the relationships between urbanization and farm-styles in the city belt.Our analysis is based on a case study in the protected area of the Campi Flegrei Regional Park situated in the north-western part of the Neapolitan metropolitan area, which is a peri-urban rural area with severe environmental management problems.

Our results from the empirical analysis allowed us Kratom Gummies to distinguish the farms of the area into three behavioural-social groups on the basis of specific features, in order to identify the best suited type of farm for the strategic implementation of the CSA.A market scenario was predicted for each of them without any intervention.

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