Do CAP direct payments stabilise farm income? Empirical evidences from a constant sample of Italian farms

Agricultural and Food Economics

Table 9 Evolution of farm income level by type of farming in the analysed period (2003 = 100)

		Farm income level (2003 = 100)
		2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012
Types of farming (TF):	TF
Specialist field crops	1	100	101	102	99	131	138	124	115	115	113
Specialist horticulture	2	100	97	96	99	100	108	103	101	95	73
Specialist permanent crops	3	100	90	94	92	99	123	99	133	113	113
Specialist grazing livestock	4	100	87	90	109	107	114	104	109	112	105
Specialist granivore	5	100	137	104	79	74	66	88	76	56	74
Mixed cropping	6	100	96	91	98	140	114	123	140	145	128
Mixed livestock and Mixed crops-livestock	7	100	93	115	112	154	127	131	113	99	117
Total sample		100	99	97	98	106	112	105	110	103	101

Source: Own elaborations on a constant sample of the Italian FADN farms, years 2003–2012