By January the installation at the Mipaaf of the control room on wine.
Confirmation by voice of the Minister for agricultural, food and forestry policies Teresa Bellanova, engaged this morning in the visit to some agri-food companies in the territory of Nardò (Salento), from Masseria Cornula to Schola Sarmenti, Cantine Bonsegna, Oleificio Cooperativo Riforma Fondiaria di Nardò .
“Once again”, Minister Bellanova said, “I note the direct knowledge of our agricultural and agri-food realities as fundamental. In this case very interesting companies, very different from each other but united, all of them, by a great determination to do and do well to guarantee quality, excellence, right recognition of the products, and by the need to find the necessary dialogue in national and local institutions the enhancement of Made in Italy on our tables and in the rest of the world.
In the Mezzogiorno above all, "continued the Minister," agriculture and agri-food can represent extraordinary levers of the future and, if supported by shrewd and far-sighted policies, the answer to that quality employment need that the new generations express.
Whether we talk about wine, oil, fruit and vegetables or multifunctional agriculture, the need that companies express is practically the same: a new centrality of agriculture in our country supported by adequate policies with particular attention to the supply chains, the value chain , to the promotion and enhancement of our products on our tables, on the shelves of large retailers, in the rest of the world.
All issues on which we are committed. This is confirmed by the resources that with the Budget Law we make available to the sector, over 600 million, and the audience of measures we activate, along some keywords: new generations, women, supply chains, investments, innovation, internationalization, exports, promotion of the made in Italy.
And also the working group on simplification that we have already initiated at the Ministry, the control room on wine, which we will set up this month, the communication and promotion campaign of Made in Italy in the world on which we are already working and which already in this month will see us engaged in some of the most important international events ".