Made in Italy:

The Italian government will update the national organic strategy as soon as possible to comply with the EU Green Deal y protect the leadership of the Made in Italy sector in the world. Important stimuli and incentives come from Europe to take advantage of them as a decisive opportunity. Thus Anabio, the Cia-Agricoltori Italiani Association for organic, comments on the “Action Plan for the development of the organic sector: on the road to 2030” that the EU Commission has just presented.

The approach that emerges from the new Brussels document, notes Anabio-Cia, implies a large-scale conversion from conventional agriculture to organic production that cannot be achieved by following the old organizational and productive schemes. The target of 25% of bioplanted agricultural land by 2030 requires a pragmatic review also of Italy's planned actions and in strengthening the results already achieved such as 2 million organic hectares with a production value of 6.300 million euros.

New strategies

In this context, there is clearly a need for a impact analysis by the Commission of the EU and Italy, specifies Anabio-Cia. Necessary understand the effects that would have an increase in organic production on: total agriculture, the holding of companies in the sector and, finally, on citizens.

Una bigger offer with lower prices , positive for the consumer, raises the alarm of Anabio-Cia, does not negatively affect farmers' income, hitherto protected by the market.

Greater accessibility to organic products

More generally, adds Anabio-Cia, the Italian plan must review and integrate quantitative indicators As soon as possible, have more ambitious goals and clear deadlines. The EU Commission is promoting greater accessibility of organic products , stimulating demand and working on the confidence of citizens, in a new impulse to give to the value chain and in the repositioning of the sector in the green transition. To the Member States and therefore also to Italy, the task of explaining how they intend to contribute to the process, setting a national value for the ecological area quota in 2030. The Commission will monitor and review in the medium term.

Therefore, for Anabio-Cia, there is a proposal on the table for the assumption of responsibility between the parties with the commitment of Europe, through the Plan, to increase funding for research and innovation in the sector, to make better traceability of products from a database of organic products certified by all EU producers and, again, to support promotion among consumers and in particular among children, increasing the distribution of organic products in schools and public canteens.

Greater support for the organic sector

For some time "we have been asking for clarity, monitoring, collection and analysis of data in a structured manner throughout the production chain, because they are essential for the consolidation of the sector and for new stages of development towards aggregation. and sustainability. The EU Action Plan is, in this sense, a useful tool that the Italian institutions should be able to possess, in a dynamic way and with the contribution of the organizations of the sector. Finally, the establishment of a European “Organic Day” is good ”he adds.