Pegaso is a software package created by the INEA (National Institute of Agricultural Economics) in 1993; its purpose is to increase the effectiveness of training and information activities with regard to agriculture and make an effective instrument of support available to agricultural workers for controlling management of the farm. The Pegaso package consists of five interfaced softwares and an installation program. The completed system, starting from the book-keeping data gathered according to the INEA method, processes the balance-sheet and proceeds to an analysis of the farm's efficiency, and draws up a development plan with the support of a file of production costs. The whole package covers three operational areas: survey and checking of accounts analysis of financial results; and identification of possible production alternatives. The software package Pegaso has been very favourably received in the area of technical assistance in Italy, suggesting that it responds to a real demand of the agricultural operators.