Landscape and nature production capacity of organic types of agriculture: examples of organic farms in two Tuscan landscapes.

摘要

The criteria and constraints for sound rural landscapes worked out in the first meeting of the EU-concerted action `The landscape and nature production capacity of organic/sustainable types of agriculture' are compared with the situation of two Tuscan organic farms. The first farm is located in the landscape system of the Coastal Plains near the boundary with the landscape system of the Antiappennino Heights in the Province of Grosseto, southern Tuscany. The second one is located in the landscape system of the Pliocene Hills in the Province of Florence, central Tuscany. It was found that the organic farms in both regions add a considerable number of values to the surrounding landscape. A number of the criteria were criticized, though most were quite useful.