Lavoro di campo: gli aspetti salienti emersi dalle interviste nella Piana di Sibari

The five surveys started in October 2020 and were completed in July 2021. Therefore, the start coincided with the outbreak of the second Covid19 pandemic wave, which led to changes in the research path, especially where the fieldwork, i.e. the direct observation of the territorial context of analysis, on the one hand, and the carrying out of the interviews, on the other, was planned. Two research projects had to deal with these critical issues. The other three - being second-level research - followed the planned design without any particular problems. The set of the research efforts involved about 25 researchers (5 seniors and 20 juniors, mostly researchers with a well-established research experience) and 6 trade unionists of the Placito Rizzotto Observatory. The research projects were coordinated - from the scientific point of view - by Francesco Carchedi, in close cooperation with the corresponding research managers. The five research projects - to which two others have been added since the end of July 2021 (one to be carried out in Campania and the other in Sicily, with a methodological approach in part similar to and in part different from the previous ones) - focused on the knowledge needs expressed by the partner-regions during the project, in particular, on the structural aspects giving rise to the phenomena correlated with illegal gangmastering, or forms of labour exploitation detectable in the agro-food sector. The research work assignments, which the respective researchers have adequately fulfilled, were specifically concerned with:  Analysis of demographic and immigration dynamics  Analysis of regional laws, the system of supply to migrants, the rate of use of territorial services  A reasoned survey of the main sources of funding  Territorial case study: Piana di Sibari (Calabria), Alto Vulture-Bradano (Basilicata)  Territorial case study on the value chain related to tomato growing in Alto Vulture Bradano. The case studies were supported - with reference to the empirical part, i.e. in the phase concerning the identification/involvement of key actors to be interviewed - by the Placido Rizzotto Observatory - FLAI CGIL, coordinated by the Head Jean René Bilongo and Tina Bali of the National Secretariat - Agriculture Department. In particular, a close collaboration was put in place to conduct the case studies: both for the analysis of the tomato value chain conducted by Prof. G. Martino, and for the two case studies about the working conditions of workers of foreign origin carried out by Prof. E. Pugliese