摘要:Consequently to the CAP mid term review and rural development (EC Reg. 1782/2003 and EC Reg. 1698/2005), a new emphasis is put on the role of extension services. This paper focuses on the methodology of analysis for monitoring farmers’ needs and priorities of actions, in order to define a rational and efficient intervention program, at a regional scale. The approach adopted in this research is based on the Public Choice theoretical approach, and we adopted the focus group methodology to collect descriptive information, that we processed through the content analysis methodology.