Innovazione tecnologica e prodotti tipici. Due scommesse per lo sviluppo dei territori montani

Topics

• Regional value added
• Mobility, New forms of decision-making, Policies and instruments

Abstract

This interesting article describes the project, supported by the National Institute for the Scientific and Technological Research on Mountain, Agemont and the University of Udine, for the creation of a centre of research on the valorization of the local agricultural and food production and of an innovation technology centre of informatics and telematics for mountain regions. The project aims to define innovative economic, social and environmental development models for mountain regions, with a particular attention to technology researches on new products, new production processes and new services useful to the mountain regions of Friuli Venezia-Giulia and to the nearby regions. The goal of the first centre is to promote a programme of valorization of the local genetic resources, belonging to ancient varieties, cultivars and animal races, which have high nutritional and cultural qualities, and of the production techniques of local products. The second centre, in this initial phase, aims to create a tourist network through the creation of a virtual guide. The theoretic base of the project, described in the article, is that research and technology tranfers are fundamental for the sustainable development of mounatin regions. The project described in this article has a positive impact not only on nature and environment, but also on local communities and cultures. The regional value added generated by the project can be high.

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Journal / Publisher / Institution

Istituto Nazionale per la Ricerca scientifica e tecnologica della Montagna

Issue / Volume / Number

N. 13

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