A real danger
There is a very strong risk, in addition to those already known, linked to African swine fever. The Minister of Agriculture spoke about it in the last few hours Francesco Lollobrigida, who spoke on Radio 24 to talk about what is an increasingly serious emergency. According to the Meloni government representative, other nations could benefit to the detriment of Italy.
Market block
In practice, as underlined by Lollobrigida, the EU must be made aware of the fact that the pandemic must be addressed in general terms, otherwise blocking the market of some countries could disadvantage others. It is no coincidence that sector representatives are making endless appeals in this sense.
Act quickly
Here is what the minister then added: “We have a commissioner and rules to de-populate the main vehicle, which continues to be the wild boars; we have added three more sub-commissioners to help us in this real war, against this pathology that often brings farms and all the connected supply chains to their knees. We must act quickly and review the process, because we have very safe companies which however are located in red zones, which the disease cannot access in any way, but which are limited in exports and entrepreneurs are even forced to cut down".