You will need the 4th page of your Italy booklet, that has the title ‘Aliano Video – note taking frame’

As you watch the video fill in each of the 9 boxes

The points will not necessarily be in order on the video so you will need to concentrate!

The video goes a bit odd in the middle just wait while this is fast forwarded – it’s not over yet

These notes will mainly go towards your farming chapter, although the film does touch on other chapters.

Look out for positive aspects of quality of life as well as the more obvious negative ones – in what ways is life in Aliano better than a big city like Milan?

1. Lombardi FamilyPhilipo (14)Helps on the farm but doesn’t want to be a farmer himselfAntanello (12)Unlike her grandmother she gets a full time educationFrancesco (dad)Took family to Germany to find work. Even after family returned to Aliano he carried on working in Germany every summer (seasonal migration)

2. Traditional Family JobsBakingDone by Grandmother, up at 6a.m. to do itFarm AnimalsPigs- only 2. This is not producing meat for sale, it is subsistence farming – just producing meat for the families own use

3. EarthquakesCommon. Nearby village of Craco was damaged so badly in 1980 that it has had to be abandonedMigrationOut Migration – Young people leave the town in search of work. Go to N. Italy or elsewhere in Europe. The brightest and most able will be most likely to move.In Migration – people return when they have made enough money. They can then take advantage of the low cost of living in the south

4. Wheat GrowingMain cash crop, but yields are low due to poor soil and low rainfallPloughing MethodPloughs up and down slope. Should be ploughing around the hill (contour ploughing) to increase infiltration and reduce soil erosionOlivesLike hot, dry climate but last year even these failed due to lack of rainTimberFrancesco also owns a woodland and sells firewood to make extra money

5. Soil ErosionWhat is the Cause?Heavy winter rains and lack of vegetation coverImpact on farmingLeads to loss of fertile topsoil.Impact on landscapeDevastating – huge areas of land lost

6. Improvements to farmingMoneyVillage priest helps run a government scheme providing farmers with cheap loansCropsSome farmers are moving into growing new crops such as soft fruit, that provide a better income than traditional crops.Co-operativesAllow farmers to join together to buy supplies and sell produce more efficiently

7. Development of InfrastructureNew Roads for….Improve accessibility, hoping to attract industry (factories), but this has not worked yet.New dams to store winter rains for……Irrigation of crops during the long summer drought

8. Development – Plantano new village siteGood PointsFlat landPlenty of spaceNo risk of house dropping into the gorgeBad PointsMosquitoes3 hours walk from the town, and most of the farmlandHotter, more humid climate

9. What is happening to the village?Gorge CollapseOver 100 houses and a church lost in the last 50 years – fallen into the gorge. This has led to a ban on new building.Future for young peopleThey will leave because of lack of jobs and because they can’t build new houses to live in.