An expert figure
The appointment of new commissioner for African swine fever it is important to implement all the necessary measures to stop what is a mortal risk for the supply chain and guarantee immediate compensation to farms. This is what Coldiretti states in wishing Giovanni Filippini good luck in his work, the current director general for Animal Health at the Ministry of Health designated to hold the role of stopping the spread of Psa. “This is an expert figure on the problem with whom we are ready to immediately establish a fruitful collaboration to adopt all the necessary interventions to provide the necessary answers to our farmers and the entire supply chain” underlines the president of Coldiretti Ettore Prandini.
Savages out of control
It is no longer acceptable to see thousands of healthy animals being slaughtered due to the spread of the virus in an out-of-control wildlife population. At risk is a supply chain such as the Italian pig sector which is one of the best performing in the entire national agri-food system with a value between production and related activities of around 20 billion euros, one hundred thousand jobs and 10 million reared animals which represent the basic product for the supply chain of the great Italian DOP hams (Parma San Daniele but not only) as well as the other 20 typical DOP cured meats.
The need to collaborate
The first step to take is to provide compensation due to companies damaged by African swine fever (ASF), but the real innovation is prevention, anticipating difficulties by thinking long-term and investing in research, to avoid having to always chase the emergency . Before swine fever arrived in Italy, two and a half years ago, Coldiretti had asked to build fences near the main road infrastructures such as railways and motorways. If this had been done, we would not have these problems today. It is now essential that neighboring regions collaborate with coordinated actions, only in this way can we overcome the difficulties that often arise when responsibilities are unclear and interventions are delayed. But it is also necessary to reduce the pressure of the 2,3 million wild boars now out of control which represent the main vehicle for the spread of ASF. In the month of July Coldiretti took to the streets in all the regions with 50 thousand farmers precisely to ask for the containment plans necessary to reduce the number of wild animals, obtaining the first important results from the bodies with the approval of the resolutions with the necessary measures (source : Coldiretti).
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