Battistoni, ‘soon certified database for organic trade’

“We are working on a certified database with Ismea on the commercial exchanges of organic products to have a global picture that goes from production to marketing”. This is what the undersecretary of Mipaaf Francesco Battistoni announced when speaking at the conference “Appointment with bio: the organic agriculture of the future” organized by Ismea in Rome. Furthermore, the undersecretary recalled the various projects for the sector that Mipaaf is working on with Ismea. “By July, if we can, we will present the guidelines of the National Action Plan on organic and in this the made in Italy organic brand will help us a lot, and in the autumn I believe that we will be able to launch the new communication campaign to encourage consumption”. As for the derogation for the 200 thousand hectares of fallow land authorized by the European Commission to increase certain productions in the face of the war in Ukraine, Battistoni stressed that it is “an opportunity that we must not let go” and it is necessary “to extend the derogation because it can be one also useful tool for organic farming “. Battistoni also recalled “an important result achieved which was the approval of the bio law that the sector had been waiting for for 13 years and I am convinced that important implementation steps will be taken shortly but we must not put traditional agriculture in conflict with organic farming. which are two complementary parts of our agri-food system “. “We are working closely with Patuanelli – he added -. I am worried about what may happen in the next few days but we are working to implement the NRP projects, we have an important funding on logistics and supply chain contracts”. Organic is growing in Italy in terms of cultivated area and operators and given that between 2020 and 2021, the national organic cultivation UAA increased by more than 4%, this trend, highlighted by Ismea “gives us hope. If in the next few years the increases are constant, I am confident that in 2025 we could reach the target of 20% of national UAA under organic cultivation and reach the threshold of 25% in 2027, anticipating the objectives contained in the European Green Deal by 3 years “. ‘continued Battistoni. “Italy confirms and strengthens its commitment to organic farming, allocating funds for the 2023-2027 programming of the new CAP, for over 2 billion euros”, he added. “This represents a tangible sign of how much Italy believes in organic farming and how the interventions implemented, – said Battistoni – starting from the approval of the organic law up to the National Action Plan, fall within the scope of an organic and overall framework aimed at the growth of the sector “.