Drought in Italy: Tomato harvest is underway amid unknown water and damage from bad weather

Published 2024년 8월 1일

Tridge summary

The Italian tomato harvest is facing significant challenges due to extreme weather conditions, including drought, record heat, hail, and floods, impacting plant development and leading to risks of sunburn and other issues. These conditions are particularly affecting Puglia and Emilia Romagna, two key regions contributing to the majority of the national harvest. The sector, which has a turnover of 5 billion euros and involves around 7,000 agricultural companies, is dealing with increased costs and uncertainties, with concerns about production declines and the need for supply chain agreements and advanced technologies to improve sustainability and productivity. A collaboration between Coldiretti, Filiera Italia, and Anicav aims to enhance and protect the Italian industrial tomato supply chain by focusing on traceability, transparency, and multi-year contracts, with the goal of providing clear information to consumers and ensuring fair practices for farmers.

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Original content

The Made in Italy tomato harvest takes place in one of the most difficult campaigns ever, between drought and record heat in the South which are affecting the development of plants and berries, with the risk of sunburn, and the effects of bad weather in the North, between hail and floods. Coldiretti made the first assessment of the situation on the occasion of the start of operations on the Il Vignale agricultural company in the Trionfo district, in the municipality of Orta Nova in the province of Foggia, the first in terms of production at a national level with approximately 1/5 of the entire Italian harvest. In addition to representing a fundamental ingredient of the Mediterranean diet and of the true Italian cuisine nominated for UNESCO, the Made in Italy tomato is a key sector of the national agri-food sector, with a total turnover that last year reached 5 billion euros, according to the analysis of Coldiretti and Filiera Italia. A sector that involves a total of around 7,000 ...

Source: Agricolae