Abstract
Starting out from the admonitions of the encyclical letter by pope Francis, this contribution aims to define the value of social agriculture as an instrument of integrated development of the territory able to foster, just for its own peculiarities, the creation of dense systems of relationships among the various stakeholders that operate in synergy for the local development of the territory and the creation, therefore, of shared capital. The analysis, through the first results of a case study involving various social agricultural enterprises that operate in the metropolitan area of Catania, has enables the quantitative and qualitative evaluation of the relationships that are generated between the various subjects that interact at the territorial level (network), using the methodology of Social Network Analysis (SNA).
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Regg, EU nn. 1305/2013 and 1306/2013.
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The “common home” implies the meaning of true public good that the environment assumes for all humanity, and going further with the reading, the encyclical recognizes the value of the environment as a set of values of use and non use. In fact, picking up on what was stated by John Paul II, it reports that (5) “… it has followed this issue with a growing interest. In his first Encyclical, he remarked that the human being seems not to perceive any other significance in its natural environment, but solely those that serve the purpose of immediate use and consumption. Subsequently, he urged a global ecological conversion …”.
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The appeal of Francis is to “… to bring the whole human family together to seek a sustainable and integral development …” (§ 13).
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… Authentic human development has a moral character. It presumes full respect for the human person, but it must also be concerned for the world around us and “take into account the nature of each being and of its mutual connection in an ordered system”. (§ 5) …”.
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The concept of “multi-functionality of agriculture” is recognized under the law of the European Union (EU) and of the Italian legislature (Legislative Decree no. 228 of 2001), and is attributable to the following principal functions: production of goods; recreation; landscape; environment; social; and protection and defence of the territory.
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“… The loss of jobs also has a negative impact on the economy “through the progressive erosion of social capital: the network of relationships of trust, dependability, and respect for rules, all of which are indispensable for any form of civil coexistence”. [104] In other words, “human costs always include economic costs, and economic dysfunctions always involve human costs…” (§ 128).
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Foti, V.T., Scuderi, A., Stella, G., Sturiale, L., Timpanaro, G., Trovato, M.R. (2018). The Integration of Agriculture in the Politics of Social Regeneration of Degraded Urban Areas. In: Mondini, G., Fattinnanzi, E., Oppio, A., Bottero, M., Stanghellini, S. (eds) Integrated Evaluation for the Management of Contemporary Cities. SIEV 2016. Green Energy and Technology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-78271-3_8
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