In Oct 2023 the Municipality of Rome opened a tender for the assignment (at a symbolic cost) of deserted agricultural land to young farmers and cooperatives. The tender includes commitment for the City to provide specific training and technical assistance, for free. The tender stays open, no deadline, in the meantime the Offices are implementing the town-planning, legal and technical due dilingence on the available land.
Expertise – from the new Food Policy Office of the Municipality of Rome
Issues – the process needs to be accelerated by economic investments and human resources for the surveys and technicalities on the territory.
Potential market/ application area – EU cities and beyond
