Abstract
After decades of marginalization and peripheralization, what was previously considered the "difficult countryside" is now starting to reattract young populations that choose to live and work in rural areas. This contribution presents a case study focused on the return of young farmers to mountain agriculture in Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol. It analyses (i) the mecha-nisms that support the entrance into agriculture of both newcomers and farmers under 40 that continue the family agricultural tradition and (ii) their transition to multifuncionality which be-comes a key-element for the regeneration of the territory.