To enhance the modern role of the farmer, the new reality of the Italian countryside and agricultural work. Today, the CIA is one of the largest professional organizations in Europe and Italy.
The Confederation
The relevance, in terms of sector representation and goals to be achieved, is well-rooted, widespread on a large scale and protects a professional reality which is still today an integral part of the economic system.
The origins of the Confederation can be traced back to 1955 with the establishment of the National Farmers' Alliance, and then saw its formation more than twenty years later under the name of Confederazione Italiana Coltivatori (Cic) and, in 1992, with the name known today as Cia – Agricoltori Italiani (Italian Farmers' Confederation).
Ruggero Grieco worked on the establishment of the National Peasants' Alliance, and was elected its President.
Agronomist, parliamentarian and senator, he dealt with agricultural policy in parliament after the Liberation and the birth of the Italian Republic.
Sardinia entered the constituent phase with the Union of Sardinian Farmers and Shepherds, which represented a vast movement fighting for "Land to those who work it", against absentee landowners and for agrarian reform.
The CIA, with its national headquarters in Rome, allows the participation of over 900,000 full-time members, including direct farmers and agricultural entrepreneurs, and provides extensive coverage of approximately 5,000 municipalities, with regional, provincial, and local offices.
Internationally and in Europe, Cia-Agricoltori Italiani is a member of COPA (Committee of Professional Agricultural Organizations of the EU) and OMA (World Farmers' Organization). These are key recognitions for an association that operates autonomously and democratically, focusing on the work of individual and/or associated agricultural businesses, and working towards the cultural, moral, civil, and economic development of farmers and those who work in the rural world.
The Confederation has a significant commitment, especially in today's context, to make farmers key players in the economic system and in the agri-food sector, both locally and globally.
