On the proposal of Ministers Patuanelli and Speranza, the decree law to stop the spread of African swine fever in the national territory was approved. The emergency measure was necessary for the eradication of ASF in wild boars and to prevent its contagion in breeding pigs. Purpose of [...]
read moreBellanova: "support to Italy for a new EU harmonized scheme of front-pack nutritional labeling The convergence between Italy and Poland for an adequate supply of coupled aid and for the protection of small farms, the critical issues to overcome on green architecture, the strategic nature of origin labeling and the need for a “mature” approach to front-pack nutritional labeling. [...]
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Bellanova: “agriculture must be supported with adequate resources. Origin labeling a consumer right "A cordial and close discussion at 360 degrees on European action in support of agriculture and food chains, Italian and European: this is the theme at the center of the bilateral that took place yesterday in videoconference the Minister of Agricultural Policies Teresa Bellanova [...]
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Guarantee on the payment of salaries in February, decided acceleration in the establishment of the new fully public company, renewal of fixed-term contracts, subject to verification of the legal conditions. These are some of the results reached today by the meeting of the Technical Roundtable on Eipli (Agency for the Development of Irrigation and Land Transformation in Puglia, Lucania and Irpinia) [...]
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MIPAAF, Bellanova: "in this month the climate and agricultural priorities consultation" "We must tackle climate change also to cope with the new scourges it brings to our countryside such as the Asian bug and xylella". Thus Minister Teresa Bellanova speaking at the inauguration of the collective "Italy - the Beauty of Quality" at the space [...]
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“To support made in Italy on our tables and international markets, the quality of our products and our agri-food, safety and environmental protection, the alliance with consumers is essential. Awareness and attention also mean safety and health protection. In this the work and commitment of the CC Agri-food Protection Departments [...]
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PAC: now comparison on green architecture. Environmental and economic sustainability go hand in hand. The Regions indicate a single proposal on the Strategic Plan. Asian bedbug: national and European emergency. We will also discuss it in Brussels ”Absolute willingness to work together in full respect of reciprocal autonomy; monthly meetings to optimize the discussion on the issues; call for [...]
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Common Agricultural Policy, revision of the multi-year financial framework for the post-2020 period, Asian bug emergency: these are the topics of the meeting with the Regional Councilors for Agriculture that Minister Teresa Bellanova intended to set for next September 26 at 11, subject to prior communication to the President of the Puglia Region Michele Emiliano in his capacity as Coordinator of the [...]
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An extraordinarily important supply chain worth about 15 billion euros with almost 3 billion in exports, and which represents one of the fundamental axes of the made in Italy agri-food sector. To whose exponents, although not physically present, Minister Teresa Bellanova wanted to send her greetings today in Milan on the occasion of [...]
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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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“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 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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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 meeting of the table for the citrus sector was held this afternoon at Mipaaft. The meeting, chaired by the Undersecretary for Agricultural, Food, Forestry and Tourism Policies Alessandra Pesce, was attended by representatives of the entire supply chain. Two main issues addressed: granting of grants to support the varietal turnover of citrus farms and the [...]
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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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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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The Undersecretary for Agricultural, Food, Forestry and Tourism Policies Alessandra Pesce met today in Rome with the Chilean Undersecretary for Agriculture Alfonso Vargas, accompanied by the Ambassador of Chile in Italy Sergio Romero. During the meeting, agricultural collaboration, the potential to give greater dynamism to trade and the complementarity between respective agricultural systems were discussed. To the […]
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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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“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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Undersecretary for agricultural, food, forestry and tourism policies Franco Manzato met today in Rome with the Ambassador-designate of the People's Republic of China in Italy, LI Junhua. The Undersecretary underlined the importance of "facilitating access to the market for quality products and specialties of the Italian territories increasingly appreciated also in China", welcoming [...]
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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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“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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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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“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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500 million euros to support investments for the Italian agricultural and agri-food chains. The Control Room of the 2014-2020 Development and Cohesion Fund gave the green light today to the increase of 100 million euros in favor of supply chain and district contracts managed by Mipaaft within the Agricultural Operational Plan, [...]
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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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Yesterday, in Puglia, Sicily, Campania, Lazio and Emilia Romagna, the Carabinieri of the NAS and the territorially competent ICQRF (Central Inspectorate for Fraud Repression), together with military personnel of the respective Provincial Commands, carried out, as part of the Operation Global Wine, 21 search decrees ordered by the Public Prosecutor of the Court of Foggia regarding some processing plants [...]
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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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“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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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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A new innovative web tool at the service of farmers and agricultural operators was presented yesterday, during the XI Conference “Risk management in agriculture”, at the Lyrick Theater in Santa Maria degli Angeli (PG). Born from a joint initiative MIPAAFT-ISMEA-AGEA, as part of the National Rural Development Program 2014-2020, Measure 17, the application, called AssInCampo - available at the web address: [...]
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“Today in Belluno we have started a path to protect and enhance the forests and forestry chains of the North East. The Vaia storm destroyed more than 42 thousand hectares of forest and another 40 thousand are counted on the ground divided into small groups. We therefore decided to create a 'laboratory' to define the [...]
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Undersecretary of State Alessandra Pesce, representing the Minister of Agricultural, Food, Forestry and Tourism Policies, Sen. Gian Marco Centinaio, will be in Berlin from today to 8 February to visit Fruitlogistica, the main fruit and vegetable fair in the world that offers a complete overview of products, services and all the latest innovations. A [...]
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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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The table of the olive sector chaired by Undersecretary Alessandra Pesce ended yesterday afternoon. The Technical Roundtable is an important consultation tool that sees the participation of institutional and economic representatives involved in the development of the strategic development lines of the sector. The meeting allowed to highlight the actions in the field [...]
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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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The Central Inspectorate for the protection of the quality and the repression of fraud of agri-food products of the Ministry of Agricultural, Food, Forestry and Tourism Policies, yesterday signed a collaboration agreement with the Unionbirrai Association, the national trade association of Small Independent Italian Breweries ( PBII) ”, the small producers of“ craft beer ”. The purpose of the collaboration is the protection [...]
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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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The quantification of the damage caused to the agricultural, forestry, fisheries and aquaculture sectors by exceptional weather events that affected large areas of the national territory starting from October 2018 was completed. The work, carried out in close coordination with the Department of the Civil Protection and in collaboration with the Regions [...]
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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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To avoid confusion and further misunderstandings, although there have been several meetings with the Regions that should therefore be more than aware, also in their own interest, of the dynamics concerning the National Solidarity Fund, with reference to the press release issued by the Ministry of Agriculture food, forestry and tourism, on the decree concerning the [...]
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To avoid confusion and further misunderstandings, although there have been several meetings with the Regions that should therefore be more than aware, also in their own interest, of the dynamics concerning the National Solidarity Fund, with reference to the press release issued by the Ministry of Agriculture food, forestry and tourism, on the decree concerning the [...]
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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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Centinaio: "the enhancement of the Italian system begins at the table" It was signed this morning, in the presence of the Minister of Agricultural, Food, Forestry and Tourism Policies Gian Marco Centinaio, the President of the Italian Federation of Chefs Rocco Pozzulo and the President of Federcuochi Lazio Alessandro Circiello , the Mipaaft-FIC memorandum of understanding for the promotion of the true Made in [...]
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The paying agency Agea has started the payment of the 2018 CAP advances - for the 2018 campaign - in favor of 500 thousand companies, for a total amount of over 900 million euros. In detail: the first decree allowed the immediate disbursement of 62 million euros for 41 thousand agricultural realities in the regions affected by the [...]
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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 Supervisory Committee of the Agricultural Operational Program financed by the 2014-2020 Development and Cohesion Fund (FSC), today approved the proposal of the Ministry of Agricultural, Food, Forestry and Tourism Policies to finance the projects of 13 reclamation consortia to carry out irrigation infrastructure, which although eligible under the National Rural Development Program [...]
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This morning the national fruit and vegetable supply chain met for a discussion on enhancement strategies. The enhancement of the supply chain is important through the strengthening of the aggregation and the better organization of the offer, the opening of new markets, the removal of phytosanitary barriers, greater investments in research and innovation, the increase of controls and the growing attention to sustainability is […]
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49 million euros of payments authorized for farmers who have subscribed to subsidized insurance policies. The figure is added to the contributions already paid, for a total expenditure of 264 million euros. As regards the further development of the payments program, the disbursement of EUR 92 million is expected by [...]
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