Italy: Italian Agricultural Research System Overview

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In Italy, there are three main players involved in the national agricultural research system: the Ministry of Agricultural, Food and Forestry Policies; the Ministry of Education, University and Research; the regions and the autonomous provinces of Trento and Bolzano. The Italian Council for Agricultural Research and Economics (CREA – in Italian) is the largest agricultural research institute formed in June 2015 by a merger between the National Agricultural Research Council (CRA) and the National Institute of Agricultural Economics (INEA).

Italy: Italian Agricultural Research System Overview

 

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