Deputy Mayor Scavuzzo, ‘new Syngenta headquarters confirms Milan’s strategic role’

“I am very happy to confirm the strategic role of Milan in the field of research and innovation and above all to do so in a context that has so much to do with agriculture, which is obviously one of the strategic assets for our city, for the metropolitan city and the whole region “. To say this on the occasion of the inauguration of ‘Milano Innovation Hub’, the new Italian headquarters of Syngenta, one of the world’s leading companies in the agricultural sector, composed of Syngenta Crop Protection and Syngenta Seeds, is Anna Scavuzzo, deputy mayor and councilor education, with responsibility for FoodPolicy, Agriculture and relations with religious communities of the Municipality of Milan. “Today we find ourselves having to deal with an agriculture that is struggling and with a drought that is putting in difficulty not only agricultural enterprises but all the territories. I believe – added Scavuzzo commenting on the current situation of the agricultural sector – that starting from innovation and research, also to better adapt our agricultural system to the new climatic conditions, is a chance to relaunch the sector in the future and ensure that the agricultural system does not feel alone “. “Certainly – concluded the deputy mayor dealing with the issue of drought and water management – the water channeling needs to be rearranged and perhaps even infrastructured. The topic has already been open for several weeks, nor is the reflection on the South waterway, and it is certainly a topic of great importance. At the same time we need to ensure that there is an ever greater awareness on the part of all citizens of the importance of this natural resource. We have an effective system, both in the city and in the metropolitan city, and I believe that this needs to be strengthened in such a way as to be able to treat water as the extremely precious asset that it is “.