09/2012; In proceeding of: Agricultural Informatics 2012 Conference, At Debrecen, Hungary
Silvia Vanino1, Giuseppe Pulighe1, Luca Ruscio1 and Iraj Namdarian1
The use of foreign workers in Italian agriculture is well established phenomenon from different motivation and the many implications and consequences. The estimates made by INEA through a dedicated research of twenty-year historical series, were up nearly constant from about 23,000 units in 1989 to 190,000 today. Numbers of this magnitude, combined with very different situations in several geographical areas that saw a significant existence of conditions of irregularities and a marked seasonality condition of employment, mean that there is a problem of integration of foreign workers and conditions of illegality and potential social unrest. The need for a more precise and detailed knowledge of the extent and characteristics of the phenomenon in the areas of highest risk is very useful for the implementation of appropriate actions of inclusion, acceptance and security, which are essential for the achievement of conditions of greater legality. For this reason, INEA is realizing the project by analysing the situation in the following regions: Calabria, Campania, Puglia and Sicily where the data warehouse and Web-GIS component helps a fast, on time and online data analysis and reporting .