Copagri: durum wheat, with the first meeting of the experimental commission, the path that will lead to the establishment of CUN in Italy begins

"With the first meeting of the National Experimental Commission-CSN of durum wheat finally begins the long path that will lead to the formal constitution of the Single National Commission-CUN of durum wheat, an instrument long awaited and long requested by the supply chain to promote and encourage synergies between the various players in the sector ". Copagri underlines this, on the sidelines of the first meeting of the experimental CUN of durum wheat, held today by videoconference in the presence of the Undersecretary for Agricultural Policies Giuseppe L'Abbate. "It is worth remembering that Italy is the first producer of durum wheat in the EU, with an area of about 1.3 million hectares and a production that in the two-year period 2018/19 amounted to 4.1 million tons, which dropped to 3.8 million tons in 2019/20, since according to recent estimates it should also be confirmed in 2020/21; to give an idea of the relevance of these numbers, just think that the Community production, ...