“Best wishes for a good job to the new minister Agricultural policies Stefano Patuanelli which has already shown capacity and commitment in the battle to defend the true Made in Italy agri-food ". This is what the president of the Coldiretti Ettore Prandini in thanking Teresa Bellanova for the important work done together. We are confident that the entire new executive headed by Prime Minister Mario Draghi - underlines Prandini - will know enhance the national agri-food industry which in the Covid emergency has become the first wealth of the country with a value that exceeds 538 billion and guarantees 3,6 million jobs from fields to shelves but is also a leader in Europe thanks to an agriculture that is record-breaking in quality, safety and environmental sustainability.
"Digitization of campaigns, urban forests to mitigate pollution and smog in the city, invaded in inland areas to save water, green chemistry and bioenergy to combat climate change and specific interventions in deficit sectors and in difficulty from cereals to livestock to olive oil are some of the strategic construction projects developed by Coldiretti for the Recovery Plan "concludes Prandini, underlining that" it is necessary to restart by investing in the strengths of the country and the agri-food sector has been the only sector that grew abroad in 2020 setting the historical record for Made in Italy on tables all over the world, despite the difficulties of the Covid pandemic.
Best wishes to the Minister of Agricultural Policies Stefano Patuanelli and to the government team chaired by Mario Draghi, with the strategic objective of "redesigning the future of Italy" together with all the social forces. This is the message of Cia-Italian Farmers, in the aftermath of the formation of the new executive, from which political solutions are expected that will make it possible to overcome the crisis caused by the Covid-19, laying the foundations for the economic revival of the country. According to the CIA, with the transition from Economic Development to the Agricultural Department, Minister Patuanelli will be able to put his experience at the service of the sector with great effectiveness, thanks to the commitment made in the tax credit. "Transition 4.0" in agriculture, included in the "Industry 4.0 Plan". The CIA also underlines how important the active role of the agricultural world is in the rewriting phase of the Recovery plan. "We ask the minister - affirms the CIA president, Dino Scanavino - to strengthen the country's production system, which will recreate a virtuous economic cycle. With particular attention to inland rural areas, where 11 million Italian citizens suffer from the poor supply of social services and infrastructural networks, essential for the transport of quality goods of our Made in Italy agri-food.
The construction of any future redesign cannot, in fact, leave aside policies that promote the implementation of services essential to economic growth in these territories ”. “A Recovery plan will therefore be needed - continues Scanavino - which, instead of subsidies, foresee robust investments, both in digitization and in infrastructure services. We have the future of Italy ahead and we need to plan new strategies to implement the Green transition, which Europe is asking of us. The contribution of Italian farmers will therefore be essential, true sentinels of our territory and first victims of the effects of recent climate change. We are available - concludes Scanavino - to continue the constructive dialogue with the institutions to plan this indispensable together Strategic Plan, launched with conviction by the CIA even before the pandemic crisis ''.