Resilience of Agriculture in a Rural-based Economic Development Model. The Local Systems of the Marches

The paper aims at giving a description of the actual territorial diffusion in the Marches of featured integration between the structures of the agricultural activities and the structures of the other industries, interpreting––if possible––the different capabilities of farming to interact and integrate with industries, giving sense to the local industrial agglomeration and development. For this purpose, we have considered the ‘geography’ of the regional territory in 31 LLSs (Local Labor Systems of ISTAT) gathering socio-economic statistical data and elaborating them in order to model the territorial patterns of integration between farming and not agricultural industries. Results show the capability of farming to interact in the local labor markets, integrating industrial culture and labor calendars. Results give sense to the social resilience of agriculture and the light regional industrialization, offering some suggestions to eventually better govern the rural and agricultural policies, in a territorial viewpoint.