“With the nascent yellow-red government some fundamental measures such as the milk decree and the norm for youth hostels will be blocked. Instead of protecting Italian farmers and young hostel workers, the 'new advancing' goes in the opposite direction, canceling fundamental measures for the protection of these categories ”. Thus the Minister of Policies [...]
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Crisis, Hundred: “until yesterday dialogue with M5s. Di Maio premier was a hypothesis on the table "" Until yesterday I tried to maintain relations with colleagues of the 5-star Movement who believed, and still believe, that an alliance with the Democratic Party is a disaster for the country. Until yesterday morning we went on [...]
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The Minister of Agricultural, Food, Forestry and Tourism Policies Gian Marco Centinaio yesterday signed some important decrees that provide for the allocation of one million euros for the participation of Mipaaft in the 'Expo 2020 Dubai' event; the 'provisions for the protection and enhancement of biodiversity of agricultural and food interest' and the increase in [...]
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“Contacts between some of our exponents and those of the 5 Star Movement are still ongoing. We, even in these days, have kept a small door open. Obviously there must be a step backwards for the Prime Minister ”. Thus the Minister of Agricultural, Food, Forestry and Tourism Policies Gian Marco Centinaio interviewed by the newspaper 'Il Mattino'. "We are […]
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Hundreds of decrees signed today 'mipaaft-enit agreement', 'Parmesan offer 2020/22' and 'provisions for fruit and vegetable producers' "Three important decrees signed today: regulation of the offer of Parmigiano Reggiano DOP for three years 2020/22; provisions for recognition and control of fruit and vegetable producer organizations and associations, operating funds and operational programs; Mipaaft-Enit agreement ". Thus on the Twitter profile Mipaaft the Minister of Agricultural, Food, Forestry and [...]
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“Mipaaft is considered by industry experts to be one of the few positive examples of this government. Honored with this recognition ”. The Minister of Agricultural, Food, Forestry and Tourism Policies Gian Marco Centinaio comments with satisfaction the recognition of the "enhancement of tourism and food and wine through the combination of the reborn ad hoc Ministry with that of Policies [...]
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“No decree in this Ministry is unsigned by the undersigned. The three hundred million allocated in the Agricultural Emergencies Law are already foreseen for the financial years 2020 and 2021. All the preparatory documents will be ready in time so that the resources are effectively usable from January 2020, XNUMX. " Thus comments the Minister of Agricultural Policies [...]
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“I will convene the inter-ministerial crisis table with the trade associations and the Regions as soon as possible to definitively address the issue of the Asian bug. In recent months at the Ministry we have carried out careful monitoring work to analyze the spread of the bedbug, Crea has launched experiments with tests in the field and in [...]
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The Minister of Agricultural, Food, Forestry and Tourism Policies, Sen. Gian Marco Centinaio, today signed the appointments of the Permanent Committee for the Promotion of Tourism in Italy, which he chaired. The Committee, made up of public and private entities, will be responsible for structuring the new national promotion and planning strategy for the sector and promoting [...]
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“The harvest season opens today, the most important for the wine sector, and our positive forecasts for the next year are confirmed. The first data that arrive still entrust Italy with the primacy in terms of production and record the historical record in exports. Important results that are the result of a great deal of work [...]
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Great work to renew and enhance the world of the horse. “In these days I read many comments on the much discussed horse racing reform, which according to some is“ cracking ”due to the reticence of the resigning members of the task force set up in the Ministry by myself. I want to reassure those who have profitably contributed to the results we are bringing [...]
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“Our commitment to the protection and defense of seaside resorts continues. Yesterday I met an important representative of the category, summoned to the Ministry to take stock of the progress of the concession reform. It was a really constructive comparison in which I illustrated the important result achieved with the Stability Law, with which we ordered the extension of [...]
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The Minister of Agricultural, Food, Forestry and Tourism Policies, Sen. Gian Marco Centinaio, received the new Chinese ambassador to Italy LI Junhua in Rome today to talk about the future relations between Italy and China in the field of tourism and agro-food. “We are now working on the 2020 Italy-China Year of Culture and Tourism. For […]
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The usual vademecum of the 2019-2020 wine campaign has been published on the website of the Ministry of Agricultural, Food, Forestry and Tourism Policies, in which wine companies will be able to find the main obligations required by sector legislation and the reference standards. New this year will be the SIAN telematic functions that will allow operators [...]
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“Fishing is an excellence of our country, especially in inland waters. The problem is that in recent years there has been someone who has decided to transform our rivers into places of poaching and illegality, using increasingly dangerous and increasingly invasive fishing techniques that destroy the natural habitat of the flora and [... ]
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The web portal and mobile app for the enhancement of the PDO and PGI denominations is born. 823 pages, one for each denomination. An enormous wealth of information available for consumers and tourists The first institutional web portal dedicated to the DOP and IGP denominations is born. 823 pages, one for each denomination. A huge wealth of information available online [...]
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The first National Tourism Meeting will open in Ferrara on 13 and 14 September. A real agora of Italian tourism, which will see the participation of all the players in the sector: Ministry, Enit, Regions and local authorities, trade associations and professionals. The event, promoted by Mipaaft, will be two days full of debates, tables [...]
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“Today is an important day for Italian tourism. The Delegation to Tourism law was approved in the Chamber, which contains very important amendments, fundamental for the whole sector, for too many years without a strategic and programmatic vision up to par. Thanks to the work carried out by my Ministry, the commitment and food for thought of colleagues [...]
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The “Position Paper on agro-energies” was published, prepared by the Ministry of Agricultural, Food, Forestry and Tourism Policies and by Crea, together with Coldiretti, Confagricoltura and Cia. The purpose of the plan is to give due emphasis to the contribution of biomass of agricultural origin on the national Energy - Climate plan, which has received [...]
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An agreement was reached, in the State-Regions Conference, on two decrees proposed by the Ministry of Agricultural, Food, Forestry and Tourism Policies, one concerning the automation of harvest and wine production declarations, the other the modalities with which the Ministry will be able to finance the activities and investments proposed by the Food Districts. The decree [...]
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Sen. Gian Marco Centinaio, Minister of Agricultural, Food, Forestry and Tourism Policies will participate today in Rome at the event “Beyond the genome. New opportunities and challenges for the durum wheat supply chain ". The event, organized on the occasion of the recent publication in Nature Genetics of the "genome sequence of durum wheat" by Cnr, Crea and the University of [...]
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Sen. Gian Marco #Centinaio, Minister of Agricultural, Food, Forestry and Tourism Policies, commenting on the trade agreement reached yesterday after 20 years of negotiations between the European Union and the #Mercosur countries (Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay and Paraguay) said: "If the rumors about the agreement reached between the EU and the Mercosur countries were confirmed, such as [...]
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Our priority has always been the fight against illegal activities. Today we can finally say that that path of legality in tourism in our country that we have talked about in recent months and that the whole sector has asked us for is really taking shape. With the final approval of the Growth Decree, the Identification Code is finally law. Tourism [...]
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Bilateral table on agri-food export agreements and anti-counterfeiting controls The Minister of Agricultural, Food, Forestry and Tourism Policies, Sen. Gian Marco Centinaio, today received the Minister of Agriculture of the People's Republic of China, HAN Changfu in Rome. At the center of the meeting, the themes of bilateral agricultural collaboration, the dossiers of opening the Chinese market, controls [...]
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“We want to take the Flat Tax home. It has been one of our priorities for quite a while. We must make Europe understand the real needs that Italy has at the moment. The Flat Tax is indispensable ". These are the words of the Minister of Agricultural, Food, Forestry and Tourism Policies, Sen. Gian Marco Centinaio speaking this morning [...]
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“The goal that we must have more and more is to give a totally different tourist offer. To do this it takes more commitment on the part of the Ministry and therefore on my part and on the part of the Regions. We are working more and more on different types of tourism: on slow tourism, on tourism linked to paths. We have […]
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“The car has officially started. To those who have accused me in recent months of having made only announcements and promises but nothing concrete about tourism, I answer with concrete facts. Thanks to our work at Mipaaft and the work of our colleagues in Parliament, we are currently approving in the Productive Activities Commission in the Chamber, [...]
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Tomorrow 13 June 2019 the Minister of Agricultural, Food, Forestry and Tourism Policies, Sen. Gian Marco Centinaio, will be in Matera to take part in the “Grow! - Infrastructures: the agricultural routes in the South ”, a focus on the infrastructures of the South with particular reference to connections, transport, digitalisation and the water system. The meeting is organized by [...]
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“Finally, thanks to our work, Italy too is equipped with a fundamental tool that will allow it to improve the tourist offer. The identification code and registration in a database at the Revenue Agency for short-term rentals, and rentals in accommodation facilities, will allow you to avoid any tax evasion or avoidance. Our goal was to arrive [...]
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The ministerial decree extending applications for the Common Agricultural Policy was published yesterday on the Mipaaft website. The deadlines for submitting the single application for direct payments of the CAP are extended to June 15, 2019. Thanks to the same decree, the managing authorities of the regional rural development programs will be able to postpone the [...]
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“On the Mose you must not put your hands in the pockets of tourists. There is nowhere that a national infrastructure should be financed by perpetrating a real theft to the detriment of all those who come to visit Venice ”. This is what Gian Marco Centinaio, Minister of Agricultural, Food, Forestry and Tourism Policies declares. "I go […]
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Green light to the Chamber for the decree law on emergencies in agriculture “Bringing the olive-oil, citrus, dairy and sheep-goat sectors back out of the crisis as soon as possible and competitive is a priority of the Government. With the approval in the Chamber of the Agricultural Emergency Dl, a decisive step is taken in this direction. To the Xylella problem and frosts in [...]
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“In general, Italy shares the proposal for a more ambitious CAP from an environmental point of view, but we also want this ambition not to translate into greater burdens and elements of complication for the agricultural world, especially if not adequately remunerated. European farmers have always done and will continue to do their part [...]
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“Environmental sustainability must be achieved in parallel with economic sustainability. The greater environmental constraints of green architecture are inevitably associated with higher costs for producers. These costs cannot be compensated for with the incentives of a CAP whose budget is systematically put under attack ”. Thus the Minister of Agricultural, Food, Forestry and [...]
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The Minister of Agricultural, Food, Forestry and Tourism Policies Gian Marco Centinaio, together with the Hon. Elena Lucchini, took part today in the inauguration of the celebrations for the Leonardian year in Vigevano (PV). The Minister's greeting from the Cavallerizza stage before the play “Being Leonardo da Vinci” officially opened the day of celebrations. Subsequently, accompanied by the [...]
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“Guaranteeing a professional opportunity to our young people is essential to give value to our land. Looking to the future by focusing on innovation and generational change, through specific measures and subsidized mortgages, encouraging the development of Italian agriculture and agri-food must be a priority ". The Minister of Agricultural, Food, Forestry and Tourism Policies Gian Marco Centinaio comments [...]
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«In the decree we have foreseen a plan that punishes those who do not respect the battle against Xylella. I ask that the police give me a hand against those who violate the law. The crafty ones must be punished ». Faced with non-compliance with Community guidelines, what could Europe do? "There are three hypotheses: start an infringement procedure, [...]
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The Minister of Agricultural, Food, Forestry and Tourism Policies, Sen. Gian Marco Centinaio, will be present tomorrow, Wednesday 10 April, at the Mipaaft stand on the ground floor of the PalaExpo (San Zeno entrance), to conclude the Vinitaly 2019 edition. day will open in the talk show area, at 11, with a scenographic moment: a choreography by Vespe [...]
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“Italian agriculture cannot accept cuts, I cannot think of asking my farmers to make sacrifices for the protection of the environment, for the protection of the final consumer. We are the ones who produce quality and Europe must protect our agriculture and this is what we asked the European Commissioner Hogan a few weeks ago. For […]
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The Minister of Agricultural, Food, Forestry and Tourism Policies Gian Marco Centinaio met with the trade union organizations CGIL-CISL-UIL of the research sector in relation to the Crea affair. The Minister wanted, first of all, to retrace the latest events that led him to start, following the resignation of all the directors and the President, the procedure of [...]
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The process for the allocation of grants for the promotion of Italian wineries towards third countries has begun The decree on CMO Wine for third countries has been approved, i.e. non-repayable grants equal to 50% for expenses relating to wine promotion abroad. The decree, which received unanimous approval today [...]
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“It's official, our candidate is the new Governor of Basilicata. From today we begin to work seriously. We immediately begin to deal with tourism, agriculture and infrastructure, vital for a Region like Basilicata which for too many years has remained on the corner, almost forgotten and which instead wants to grow, change and become one of the engines [...]
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“Today we have started to work in view of 2020, which will be an important year because it marks the fiftieth anniversary of the beginning of diplomatic relations between Italy and China. We want to celebrate this important anniversary by launching the year of tourist and cultural relations between Italy and China. We will start working in this direction. We discussed those [...]
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Tomorrow - March 22 from 09.45 to 10.20 - at the Mipaaft, the Chinese Minister of Culture and Tourism, HE Luo Shugang will meet the Minister of Agricultural, Food, Forestry and Tourism Policies Sen. Gian Marco Centinaio. Ministers will sign the letter of intent on collaboration in sustainable tourism. Journalists [...]
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“After the approval of the decree law in the Cdm for the crisis in the dairy and sheep-goat sector, today excellent news from the milk table that has just ended in Sassari. An agreement was finally found on the price of milk between shepherds and processors at 74 cents, with the commitment of an adjustment in November based on [...]
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Green light in the Council of Ministers to the decree law on emergencies in agriculture. “Today we can finally begin to work concretely to resolve the Xylella and frost emergency in Puglia, the crisis in the sheep and goat sector, and in the citrus sector. The crisis bill on emergencies in agriculture, as I promised, was transformed into a law decree and approved in [...]
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“As I promised a week ago The IV Unesco Forum of Agri-food Culture does not leave Parma. Thanks to the Government colleagues who have listened to our request. It is an important recognition for a territory famous all over the world for its excellence and its agri-food culture, home to products that [...]
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The Minister of Agricultural, Food, Forestry and Tourism Policies, Sen. Gian Marco Centinaio, will be at the ITB in Berlin tomorrow. At 11.00 the Minister Centinaio, in the presence of the Ambassador of Italy in Berlin, Luigi Mattiolo and the president of ENIT, Giorgio Palmucci, will inaugurate the Italian stand of the Fair. After the ribbon cutting, Minister Centinaio will visit the [...]
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A meeting was held today in Milan between the Minister of Agricultural, Food, Forestry and Tourism Policies, Sen. Gian Marco Centinaio, the regional councilors for agriculture, the Presidents and group leaders of the Chamber and Senate Agriculture Commissions and the European Commissioner for Agriculture and rural development, Phil Hogan. At the center of the meeting the analysis of the new [...]
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Italy, according to data from the China Association Of Imports and Export Of Wine & Spirits, the association that brings together Chinese wine importers, overtakes Spain and becomes the fourth wine exporter in Beijing with 168,4 million dollars, in growth of + 4,92% on 2017, for 36,03 million liters, in line with the previous year. [...]
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"The Government continues its constant and concrete commitment in contrasting the illegal commercial activity present on our beaches which, especially in the summer period, represents enormous damage not only for companies in the sector but for the whole community as it gives rise to lost revenues . The "Safe Beaches" initiative represents a qualitative leap necessary for [...]
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“This morning I met the trade associations in the tourism sector and took stock of the introduction of the national identification code for accommodation facilities, a long-awaited priority for the whole sector. Already tonight in the Council of Ministers the Ddl Deleghe al Turismo will be approved which will allow us to proceed as quickly as possible [...]
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“Today at the table of the sheep-goat milk supply chain convened in Sassari, important steps forward have been made. It is proof that the government was not present in Sardinia only for mere electoral purposes, as many have suggested, but to bring the Sardinian agricultural economy out of the crisis as soon as possible and finally competitive. For this […]
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“Two days ago I was in Europe with the Commissioner for Agriculture to understand with him the measures that can be put in place. Relations with my European interlocutors are excellent. In particular, with the Commissioner for Health for the xylella issue and with the Commissioner for Agriculture. I met them both and they praised [...]
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The Table for the fight against waste and food assistance was held yesterday at the Ministry of Agricultural, Food, Forestry and Tourism Policies, in which all the actors of the agri-food chain, the competent institutions and charitable bodies participate. For the occasion, the first research of the National Observatory on surpluses, on recoveries was presented [...]
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"On the 21st at my Ministry, when there will always be the supply chain table on this topic, because we will move to the Ministry of Agricultural, Food, Forestry and Tourism Policies, Ice has made itself available to reason with us to see what can be done to promote this product around the world and therefore [...]
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Today the two-day visit of the Minister of Agricultural, Food, Forestry and Tourism Policies, Sen. Gian Marco Centinaio in Russia. The trip will be an opportunity to consolidate institutional relations with Kremlin representatives, meet entrepreneurs and exponents of the Italian business community and visit the Prodexpo Fair, the largest [...]
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“Made in Italy wins, honest producers and consumers win who can now choose in total transparency. No more misleading or false information on our tables. We promised it and now we bring home this important result. We were asked by citizens, trade associations and our companies that every [...]
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“I understand the difficulties that the whole olive growing sector in Puglia is experiencing. Age-old issues for which the undersigned and the Government have been working for months precisely to meet farmers and protect them as much as possible. I can confidently affirm that I have nothing to fear from the events that are taking place in these hours [...]
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“Apulian agriculture and the protection of farmers' income are among our priorities. For this reason, I would like to clarify that the Mipaaft on the issue of frosts in Puglia intervened in an 'amnesty' because to make the declaration on law 102, the resolution of the delimitation Region of the territories affected by adversity within 60 [...]
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Hundreds: “simplify and involve the entire supply chain to help those in difficulty” The national selection for the financing of innovative projects aimed at limiting waste and using food surpluses was completed. The notice, provided for by the law against food waste, assigns a total of 700 thousand euros. Over 130 projects were received [...]
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Hundred: “20 million euros for supply chain contracts and coordinated work with all the players in the sector” It was held today in Rome, in the presence of the Minister of Agricultural, Food, Forestry and Tourism Policies, Sen. Gian Marco Centinaio, the meeting of the wheat / pasta supply chain with agricultural organizations, industrial associations and seed companies, representatives of distribution. [...]
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“It was my priority that I put my face on and fought for. Today I can finally say that for the seaside world we managed to move something and bring home the first victory. The agreement was reached today in the Senate which allows for the extension of the exclusion of the Bolkestein directive for the next 15 years [...]
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The renewal of the Memorandum of Understanding between MIPAAFT - ICQRF and Alibaba was signed today in Milan, in the presence of the Minister of Agricultural, Food, Forestry and Tourism Policies, Gian Marco Centinaio, and the President of Alibaba Group, Michael Evans, the largest e-commerce platform in the world. The agreement, lasting two [...]
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“Finally the UN has retraced its steps and had to admit that our products, the excellence of Made in Italy, are not harmful to health. That Italian food and wine is healthy and of quality. There will be no black mark on our food. We have deployed our diplomatic excellence, with the support [...]
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It was signed by the Minister of Agricultural, Food, Forestry and Tourism Policies, Sen. Gian Marco Centinaio, the decree to divide the 2018 funds of the National Solidarity Fund among the regions concerned. The total amount of available resources is € 13.005.560. The funds will be made available to companies which, due to [...]
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“The Ministry's task is to accompany, help and promote the activity of agriculture. The task of the Ministry is to allow those who are farmers at this moment to have the State on their side. The state must be the one that allows our sector to look to the future. If I have to look to the future I have to ensure that [...]
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The Minister of Agricultural, Food, Forestry and Tourism Policies, Sen. Gian Marco Centinaio, met the European Commissioner for Agriculture, Phil Hogan, at Mipaaft this afternoon. The meeting took place in an atmosphere of collaboration with the aim of finding concrete solutions that lead to maximum simplification at all levels. At the center of the discussion: the [...]
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“I keep every promise. I have not left the farmers alone and I answer with facts. I want to thank Minister Lezzi who, through his Ministry, has formalized the transfer of 30 million euros from the development and cohesion fund to agriculture. These resources are in addition to those disbursed in previous years and with [...]
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“We will not leave the farmers of the Agro Pontino alone. We will do our best to help the hundreds of agri-food companies brought to their knees by heavy rains and sea level rise, conditions that have created widespread flooding throughout the area. We await a complete picture of the extent of the damage suffered by both companies and [...]
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“Another brilliant operation of the Coast Guard for an increasingly cleaner and safer fish supply chain. No to contaminated or counterfeit products on our tables. Yes to a strengthening of controls to protect citizens-consumers, especially in view of the upcoming holidays. Thanks therefore to the Coast Guard but also to all the other control bodies of the [...]
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“Congratulations to the new president of Coldiretti, Ettore Prandini. His experience and his knowledge of the territory represent an added value for the whole national agricultural sector. I thank the outgoing president Roberto Moncalvo for the precious contribution made in recent years; a job that, I am sure, will continue to carry out within the association. With the new president [...]
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“It is an important result that recognizes to our country the economic damage caused by zero-duty imports from Cambodia and Burma and also the great work we are carrying out in support of a sector that has been penalized for too long. We have lost over 50% of the area invested for cultivation. Not […]
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“Together with our colleagues Erika Stefani and Lorenzo Fontana we are trying to develop a proposal to be included in the economic maneuver, which allows families wishing to have a third child to be able to count on additional income. Since there is so much talk about a return to agriculture, to the origins by young people, we want to give them the opportunity [...]
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The Minister of Agricultural, Food, Forestry and Tourism Policies Gian Marco Centinaio is participating in the European Council of Agriculture and Fisheries Ministers in Luxembourg. Among the points under discussion: the proposal for a Council decision authorizing the Commission to sign the free trade agreement (FTA) between the EU and Singapore and the proposal [...]
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“Our goal is to get out of the Bolkestein directive and bring to Europe a proposal that is credible, concrete and above all approved by EU technicians. And that it goes in the direction we have always said: bathing establishments are not part of the Bolkestein directive, they must stay outside ”. This is what the Minister declared [...]
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The Ministry of Agricultural, Food and Forestry Policies announces that the first meeting between the Minister Gian Marco Centinaio and the regional councilors for agriculture was held today. Also present at the meeting were the two undersecretaries Alessandra Pesce and Franco Manzato. Several topics were discussed: the reform of the CAP and the cutting of European funds allocated [...]
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"It will be a difficult negotiation but we will face it with great determination, the new CAP must be at the service of the first sector, ensuring development for Italian farms". This is how the Minister of Agricultural, Food and Forestry Policies Gian marco Centinaio comments on the beginning of the discussion on the new Common Agricultural Policy 2021-2027 which will begin in the Council next Monday [...]
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“We have already reiterated in Brussels our no to the extension of zero-duty imports of oil from Tunisia. If the Commission is deciding to do this, it is a good thing for us. We will monitor. Italy wants to protect the quality of its product, tracked and safe. Already in the next few days I will activate with our organs of [...]
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