Il Diritto agrario e l’evoluzione dei mercati e del lavoro

The development of agrifood markets is marked by the need to achieve the SDGs and is characterized by the complexity of relationships between actors in the agrifood chain. In light of these aspects, the essay highlights the crucial points of market regulation, pointing out the legislative policy choices and the legal tools aimed at balancing the three aspects of sustainable development: economic, social, and environmental. The general regulatory framework at EU level is completed by implementation at local levels (national, regional) to ensure the achievement of goals tailored to the territories. The new “sustainable agrifood system,” alongside the consolidation of environmental measures, is based on the definition of legal instruments of private law oriented toward the achievement of collective interests. In this framework, legal tools aim at ensuring an adequate supply of agricultural products while guaranteeing the socioeconomic sustainability of businesses and a fair distribution of value; they define a new perspective of competition rules, extended to the whole agrifood chain, which is characterized by specific needs in the production and trade of agricultural products; and they introduce, within the CAP measures, rules for the protection of workers’ rights to ensure business organization in compliance with all the objectives of sustainable development.