Agricultural land protection in Italy between plurality of sources, subjects and participation

This article’s objectives were to share the Italian experience in the comparative exercise of improving agricultural land in Central Europe, portray the regulatory setting of the topic in Italy, and give account to recent regulatory innovations fostering citizens and farmers participation in agricultural land management and protection. The application of the subsidiarity principle, in addition, makes the final regulatory framework vary considerably from Region to Region, making it difficult to appreciate the concrete features of land protection in Italy.