Italy: Pasta supply chain, 32 million invested in the wheat supply chain

Rome - "We have already taken initiatives for the sector because we have invested in the wheat supply chain this year and the end of last year about 32 million, rewards are given to those who increase their wheat productivity. It is clear that the drought that hit a region that was called the granary of Italy since Roman times has caused some damage in terms of supply, I am talking about Sicily". This is what Minister Francesco Lollobrigida said to Agricolae on the sidelines of the press conference to launch Filiera pasta, which was held this morning at Masaf. "There too we are intervening with extraordinary exceptional funds that we have obtained both with sacrifices from our ministry budget, and with interventions that we have requested from Europe, which will lead to the drought guaranteeing more than 120 million to compensate for the damage. However, the damage is there and this is a fact. The other fact, obviously, also concerns the import of some grains. In particular, there ...