The Ministry of Agriculture and Food Sovereignty presented the "Promotion Ministerial Decree" which assigns resources equal to 25 million euros to the PDO PGI supply chains for national and international promotion and sustainability measures.
The measure has among its main objectives :
support and increase the marketing of PDO PGI products,
develop information and dissemination actions on the origin and distinctive characteristics of the products,
support actions for their development ,
increase the representativeness of the protection consortia
apply research findings to implement sustainability measures in supply chains.
Individual protection consortia or temporary associations between multiple consortia, recognized by MASAF, which will submit an application by May 15th , will be able to benefit from the resources.
“We believe that the national GI system should warmly welcome this new provision – comments Cesare Mazzetti, President of the Qualivita Foundation – intended to amplify the positive effects of the recent European Reform.
For the first time, the Protection Consortia are provided with significant economic support, to be used in the creation of new markets for businesses, as well as in the search for ever greater sustainability of their production, for the protection of the environment and consumers. .
A round of applause to Minister Lollobrigida and Origin Italia who were able to grasp the basic needs of the system and concretely support them, in the direction of strengthening Italian quality". (Source: https://www.qualivita.it/ )