WHO WE ARE
AIC was founded in 1969, October the 9th. Since then it has gradually grown thanks to the large number of companies carried out during these years, notwithstanding a social context in which the "rural nature" meaning has been upset. It is counted among 100 "Eccellenze" (excellencies) , the best Italian companies, in the Eurispes Annual Issue published in October 2008.
A.I.C. - Italian Farmers' Association is a social power that has been endeavoring for almost forty years to increase agricultural productive system, to protect environment and safeguard food security in order to keep the civil society development tidy and balanced.
As a union AIC represents, at national community and international levels, values of the agricultural world, the entrepreneurs, the self-employed workers, the experts and the technicians working within agricultural food and fishing fields. Moreover it is representative to agricultural agencies and authorities, in order to develop economics, to look after their own rights, to re-launch the agricultural role in our society, to get the same dignity and active participation of the farmers in our country democratic life.
AIC, through COPAGRI (Producers Confederation), is represented in CNEL (National Council Economics Labour) and takes part in the "Agricultural and Food Board".

HELP ACTIVITIES
The Association also provides help and guarantees tax, trade union and consulting services through both itself and the organs and companies it consists in:

1. INPAL  Patronage (National Institute for workers Assistance)
2. FNP (Pensioners National Federation)
3. UNTIA (Agricultural Tutelage National Union)
4. CAF-AIC srl (Tax Help Centre)
5. CAA-AIC srl (Agricultural Assistance Centre)
6. ENAPAICA (National Authority for Professional Training in Agriculture-Industry-Commerce-Craftsmanship)
7. Penisola Verde Association (working in Farm Holidays field)
8. AIPO - National Union (Italian Olive Producers Association) whom 22 basic  Associations with more than 130.000 associated olive farmers belong to.

AIC works in the whole national territory and there are more than 130.000 associates. The official press organ is the monthly "Avvenire Agricolo".
AIC main aims are:

1. to represent its own associates with regard to the agreements, arrangements and employment contracts;
2. to produce, transform and modernize the productive structures;
3. to promote co-operatives, consortiums, producers associations and companies in order to develop the production, harvest, cultivation, transformation and marketing of the agricultural products, through finding and carrying out the community, national and regional laws;
4. to improve women's role in every fields, both within farms and rural world, guaranteeing the respect of the equal opportunities principle that is one of the main EU rights;
5. to help and guide within job market;
6. to promote and carry out research, study , propaganda, exchanges and cultural activities regarding frequent problems in agriculture and described fields.

EUROPEAN CONTEXT
The Association has always interpreted the agricultural needs. For that reason it has recently taken part in fields that are unconventional for a farmers' association but functional to its main aims: agricultural development and Italian food richness safeguard.
In this context the research is very important to promote innovations that can improve our agricultural system whose main function is no longer producing food but also safeguarding the environment. Production has an important but not leading role.