The 70th REA celebratory meeting “Results of Agricultural Economics research in Italy between publications and evaluations” was held in Rome, on 27th January 2016, at CREA-PAV Institute. In 1945, REA was founded by the National Institute of Agricultural Economics (INEA) through the work of the great masters of the Italian Agricultural Economics. The first issue came out in January 1946. Since 2015, REA belongs to CREA (Council for Agricultural Research and Economics) and through the synergic collaboration of SIDEA (Italian Society of Agricultural Economics), it boasts a second season through an open access web platform. With this speech, the REA Editorial Board wants to give a tribute to the great cultural and historical heritage that the REA represents, hoping that this pathway will go on in the future decades
