The worst caused by Covid seems to have passed and with a little relief, something already started is being resumed. Since yesterday, 16 hectares of uncultivated land have been available to young people who want to set up farms.
Teresa Bellanova had begun, at the Ministry of Agriculture, and continued with Stefano Patuanelli. Until 7 September on the website http://www.ismea.it/banca-delle-terre it is possible to consult the methods of participation, the characteristics of the land and send expressions of interest.
We are in the fourth tender with a potential of 624 new farms. Ismea and the Ministry of Agricultural Policies therefore continue to bring young people closer to agricultural work. The initiative started when there were no dramas caused by the pandemic and the investment and recovery projections of the European Recovery Fund. So the value of this new opportunity must be seen from the point of view of sustainable recovery.
It is based on something that seems to work: the National Bank of Agricultural Lands. "A fundamental tool because, by offering land, it implements the measures to implement a 5.03 agriculture" said Minister Stefano Pantanelli. Then he spoke of new paradigms thinking of 255 million euros of new turnover.
Whoever wins the land will give a new environmental footprint on production and emissions. It is undisputed that the land recovered from the agricultural system will have to be part of that green strategy on which Draghi seeks to build the Italy of tomorrow. It is significant that 74% of the land is located in the Southern Regions. From there a momentum and a hope.
