This volume is an abbreviated version of the sixty first edition of the Yearbook of Italian Agriculture (Annuario dell’Agricoltura Italiana), the annual publication of the INEA, the Italian National Institute of Agricultural Economics.

The present volume is structured into five chapters, each of which summarises the principal contents of each of the five sections (25 chapters) in the Italian version. The statistical tables presented for each chapter have been selected from the more than 250 tables in the original version, giving priority to those documenting newly available information and events of particular interest in the year in question. This English version of the Yearbook thus reflects the structure of the Italian version, which offers a broad and well-documented collection of data and facts dealing with production, employment, credit in agriculture and with public support for the sector. In particular, the results are also presented of the two annual surveys, on the land market, and on the employment of both EU and non-EU immigrant workers in agriculture. These are surveys which INEA traditionally carries out in the whole of Italy, through its regional branches. Themes regarding the agro-food system including, amongst others, food safety and quality agro-food products are also dealt with.