Coldiretti: the supply chain is worth 707 billion. The sprint of credit to aggregation

In his opening speech, Coldiretti secretary general Vincenzo Gesmundo appealed to the leading role that politics must play again, in Italy as in Europe: 'Politics has lost its ability to reassure. It is not acceptable that seven out of ten farmers in Europe have lost their sense of the future'. Italia Viva senator Matteo Renzi was of the same opinion: 'Europe's problem is technocrats. Globalisation must be governed. If politics in Europe abdicates in the face of technocracy, we are destined to fail'. As for the CAP, the former premier said, 'we need a bipartisan pact for Italian agriculture. The defence of the CAP is a national issue. In Europe, left and right must go together, there is no government or opposition there, as in Italy, there is the national interest'.

Among the most immediate challenges to be faced on the domestic front is also the next budget law: "It is good that the banks will participate," said Coldiretti President Prandini, who then recalled that among the proposals brought to Palazzo Chigi regarding the manoeuvre is the issue of energy: "Its cost in Italy penalises us significantly compared to our main European competitors such as France, Germany and Spain. As Coldiretti, we have asked to include the agri-food chain among the energy-intensive subjects, which is not only a concern for the economic savings of the chain itself, but a response to the difficulties that some sectors of our population are experiencing in terms of the possibility of purchasing foodstuffs. Because if we go to contain the costs of production, we go to keep the costs of the products on sale unchanged.

Il futuro del mondo agricolo passa anche da un rapporto più stretto con il mondo finanziario: «Il binomio agricoltura-finanza non solo è possibile, ma rappresenta una concreta opportunità di crescita per l’intero settore - ha detto Federico Vecchioni, presidente di BF Spa - le piccole e medie imprese agricole devono evolvere verso forme societarie più strutturate, capaci di attrarre capitale di rischio e sostenere piani di sviluppo. Fondi dedicati, come “Terre Agricole Italiane”, consentono di integrare capitale e filiera produttiva, garantendo rendimento agli investitori e consolidando l’infrastruttura agricola nazionale». Della stessa idea Carlo Cimbri, presidente del gruppo Unipol e di UnipolSai assicurazioni: «In Italia la finanza è sempre stata vista come debito, come soldi prestati dalle banche. Ma se vogliamo far crescere l’agricoltura, dobbiamo introdurre anche la logica del capitale. Bisogna passare da imprese individuali a imprese societarie. È un cambiamento profondo, non solo fo

Coldiretti has also been calling for a reservoir plan to increase the availability of water for fields for some time. 'To develop new reservoirs and strengthen the existing ones,' said Enel CEO Flavio Cattaneo, 'we have to solve the problem of authorisations by also assuming ad hoc commissioners, and then we have to solve the problem of the expiry of concessions in 2029.