Agriculture and Public Goods (eBook)

Introduction1. Agriculture and public goods1.1. Institutional approach to public goods provision1.2. A ‘wider’ approach on multifunctional agriculture1.3. The CAP and the provision of public goods1.4. A new model for public goods provision in rural areas2. The role of collective action2.1. Collective action: definition and characteristics2.2. Barriers and benefits of collective action2.3. Institutional arrangements2.4. The role of social capital2.5. A new approach to learning and innovation3. Collective agri-environmental strategies3.1. Introduction3.2. Examples of collabourative agri-environmental schemes3.3. Grass roots collective actions4. The project “Custody of the Territory” in Media Valle del Serchio (Tuscany)4.1. Case study overview4.2. Local farmers as ‘custodians of the territory’4.3. Institutional arrangements4.4. Benefits, barriers and potentialities of the scheme5. The agri-environmental agreement in Valdaso (Marche)5.1. Case study overview5.2. The territorial agri-environmental agreement5.3. The involvement of local farmers5.4. Benefits, barriers and potentialities of the agreement6. Collective action for public goods: institutional and policy innovation6.1. The determinants of successful collective action6.2. A pro-active engagement of farmers6.3. The provision of public goods through collective action6.4. Policy innovation for collective actionConclusionsAppendix: methodology               Epistemological approachParticipatory methods: an overviewData collection and analysis: Rapid Rural Appraisal (RRA)Overview of the RRA methodsGrounded theory and analysis of the qualitative dataStrengths and limitations of the proposed methodologyThe Interviews