Il finanziameno degli istituti di credito alle imprese agricole

[Autom. eng. transl.] ln the production cycle of the agricultural enterprise, often characterized by a long duration, the technological uncertainty, at the basis of a heavy production risk, the fluctuations in the market prices of both the production factors and the products, of which the agricultural entrepreneur is often a price taker, the needs for innovations and investments, of a normally rather high amount, are the reasons behind the entrepreneur's request for external financing. In this context, the analysis aims to assess the size of bank credit to agricultural businesses in Lombardy and the individual provinces. The analysis is made possible through the use of statistical data from the Bank of Italy source.