Italy: Durum wheat production decreasing; quality keyword for the future

Published 2024년 5월 23일

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The article highlights the ongoing discussion at the Durum Days 2024 event regarding the upcoming durum wheat campaign in Italy and the global outlook for durum wheat production. With a expected decline in cultivation surfaces and adverse weather in the South, quality will be crucial to meet production goals. Internationally, countries like Canada, the United States, Turkey, and Russia are expected to increase production, while the European Union and North Africa may see decreases. The article also touches on the potential conflict between farmers and industrialists over production, prices, and origins of durum wheat. A call for innovation and the use of certified seeds to improve quality and traceability in the Italian durum wheat sector was emphasized by Andrea Demontis, president of the Assosementi Makers Section.

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Only good quality will be able to mitigate and compensate for the less than encouraging production results already expected for the upcoming durum wheat campaign; this is due both to the decline in surfaces, -10.6% at a national level and -11.1% in the South and the Islands, and to the adverse climatic conditions of the South as a whole, while in the other Italian regions at the moment there don't seem to be any concerns. It was discussed at the Foggia Chamber of Commerce on 16 May, as part of the 2024 edition of Durum Days, the international event organized by Assosementi, Cia-Italian Farmers, Confagricoltura, Copagri, Fedagripesca Confcooperative, Compag, Italmopa and Unione Italiana Food, with the patronage of the Italian Agricultural Genetics Society, the collaboration of CREA and the participation of the speakers from Areté and International Grains Council, with the sponsors Basf and Corteva. The next and final weeks of the crop cycle will therefore be decisive almost ...

Source: InformateAgrario