There is space, you just need to agree well on how and who should guide the path. The recovery of the Italian economy will have a driving sector in the agri-food sector that will no longer be able to resemble the past. Getting back to growth means investing in technology, training, attractiveness for young people. There are those who estimate that in just one Region in the next 10 years employment can grow up to 100 new jobs. The challenge of sustainability cuts across all sectors. But the more it will be possible to organize the transition to the future, with modern and pragmatic approaches, the more Italy will have a say on the world scenario. A path to follow, in fact.
That a Region can act alone as a forerunner to food consumption with a turnover of more than 250 billion euros, it's definitely risky. But Colidretti Puglia believes it and has faith in the choices the government will make. We are rewriting the Recovery plan, but it is wise not to have excessive expectations. It will also be necessary to have the ability to mobilize local energies, professional and human capital, of which there is certainly no shortage. Puglia, therefore, a symbol of debacle and trust at the same time to recover with productions of excellence, sustainable systems of virtuous legal economy. After all, the Region is a fundamental part of the Italian market which – says Nomisma – among the 28 countries of the European Union “is the fourth with the highest value of food consumption, after Germany, the United Kingdom and France”. From Foggia to Lecce, from Capitanata to Salento, to inland areas, the second wave of the pandemic has caused ithe collapse of the activities of 20 bars, trattorias, restaurants, pizzerias and 900 holiday farms .An avalanche negative effect with a loss of turnover of over 700 million euros due to missed purchases of food and drink. A year that can only be said to have been archived when we really see how we will advance in the pragmatic path that is being written in Rome, but which must find consensus in the suburbs. It doesn't matter if in Bari, Verona or Reggio Emilia, the thud was felt everywhere and everyone was panting to get going again.
The critical national context is also recognized by Ismea in its Report on the state of the agri-food sector. The whole study revolves around the word change. A term that politics must be able to translate into a long-term strategic plan. Thinking of bringing everything back into the implementation times of the Recovery Fund by 2026 means deluding yourself that you already have the solutions ready for the cornerstones of the supply chain. Know that this is not the case. Already now we can say that the winner will be whoever generates a system of general sustainability, who knows how to change cultures and organization in the countryside. Digitization, urban forests to mitigate pollution in the city, floods in inland areas to save water, green chemistry and bioenergy to combat climate change are growing unity between farmers and consumers. In Puglia, as the president Coldiretti Savino Muraglia says, as elsewhere. In the future, who will still be able to tolerate that 968, million of loans to the consortium system to start the irrigation works vital to rural development a, have not been used by the Reclamation Consortia? We must grow in digitization; precision agriculture 4.0 must be developed to connect it to biodiversity and bio-sustainability. If in some American states big data is used to keep supplies, crops and energy sources under control, why not do it in Italy too? It is good to rely on extraordinary interventions and not only that, but a true "eco" transition - it is appropriate to say - must have its feet firmly planted on the ground.
