The Italian Agricultural Regions Dataset

A georeferenced dataset in delineating the boundaries of the Italian Agricultural Regions (Figure_map.png) as defined by INEA (CREA) and used in the FADN/RICA database. This dataset, in a shapefile format, (RegAgr.zip) opens the possibility of conducting geographical and climatic analyses on thousands of data on farms sampled every year in Italy by the FADN/RICA network.

The dataset is accompanied by supplementary information on the municipalities belonging to the Agronomic Regions (ARs). Specifically, for each AR, the list of statistical codes and names of administrative units (municipalities, provinces, and regions) used by ISTAT, the Italian National Institute of Statistics, is provided (attributes.zip). This way, users can easily trace the municipalities and related information that comprise each AR. Moreover, the dataset also includes the source and ancillary data used to build the dataset (SOURCE_DATA.zip).