The Application of Reg. 2078/1992 in the Province of Vicenza

A survey was carried out in Vicenza province (Italy) in order to verify the environmental impact of the 1992 reform of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP), including a series of accompanying agro-environmental measures.The level of the acts implementation was defined as well as farmers attitude and motivation towards agro-environmental measures.Results seem to highlight that agro-environmental measures could not be so important in land environmental improvement, especially in the plain as long as more than half of the land receiving subsidies is concentrated in the mountain areas.Among all the measures, not all of them have received equal attention. Most applications have regarded the measures related to organic farming methods or the reduction in chemical inputs and some improvements to the landscape-environment.Farmers age seem to be an important parameter in applying Regulation.