Who knows how many young people who invest in new farms will participate in the public land auction. There is a notice fromIsmea – Institute for services for the agricultural food market – which expires on December 2nd. The new farmers oriented towards the green economy, by participating, will confirm the healthy trend for the economy and the environment in creating new businesses. The freshest data has brought our young people to the top of Europe. Their businesses grew 7% from two years ago, denying other data that certified the abysmal distance of the new generations from the rural world.
The South came out better than other areas; either for having found in agriculture a fallback to disappointed expectations, or because the family peasant tradition has returned to make itself felt. Obviously there are still thousands of abandoned and uncultivated hectares, a landscape of abandonment and desolation, the other disheartening face of the green world. The fact is that Ismea is expecting positive signals with the sale of new land.
More than 7 public hectares have been put up for sale, waiting for expressions of interest to be awarded. It is a second lot with over 60% of land in the South: from Abruzzo to Calabria, up to the islands. The race is also followed by Minister of Agricultural Policies Gian Marco Centinaio, who days ago even acknowledged all the good done by his predecessors. He was careful not to deconstruct, not to give in to the temptations of "change" in such a delicate sector. At the Coldiretti demonstration, Centinaio said that being able to keep what you have is fundamental. There is talk of cuts everywhere and he asked Conte directly not to touch anything on agriculture and agritourism. We must continue a planning work that has already been done in recent years - he clarified later - without dismantling and to grow little by little.
For the auction until December, an economic and pragmatic response is expected that is adequate to the level of the plots to be cultivated. For the money to spend to take the land home, there are also mortgages. Ismea itself is the guarantor of this when, to encourage generational turnover and the development of youth entrepreneurship, it assigns thirty-year loans to under 41s.
The most expensive plots are in the Center and North, if only because they are the largest. In Sicily, for plots of more than 10 hectares, it can even exceed 500 euros. There is, however, the advantage of hoarding specialized crops to integrate with the network of ancillary services. It should be remembered that access to the Agricultural Land Bank is free and takes place through the site.
On this occasion, the seller State showcased the sites that everyone can see and choose from. Coldiretti says that one out of 4 new agricultural entrepreneurs has a degree and brings with it a strong innovative power. New businesses give jobs and often represent the only way of integration for immigrants.
In 2017 the turnover of young people Green businesses scored 75% higher than the average agricultural business. Traditional and organic crops are growing and the availability of new land will increase the overall turnover of the sector in perennial antagonism with other European countries. Also in this case, as President Mattarella says, it is enough that one does not get intoxicated by power. Which is always over.
