Italy: Garlic, Rovigo second province for cultivation after Avellino

Rovigo is second in Italy for garlic cultivation. After Avellino, leader with 590 hectares of extension in 2023, the province of Polesine follows with 387 hectares and a share equal to 11% of national cultivation. The data emerge from research by Ismea on Istat data, illustrated during the conference that took place in recent days in Rovigo on the "Cultivation of garlic at a European level", promoted by the Consortium for the protection of Polesine PDO white garlic. Matteo Suriani Data that shows the excellent health of the Polesine DOP, which is establishing itself throughout Italy as a product of excellence. “Almost half of the garlic cultivation is DOP – underlines Matteo Suriani, member of the consortium's board of directors and representative of the Confagricoltura Rovigo sector, with a company that produces 26 hectares of DOP garlic and five of early varieties -. In 2023 there were 138 hectares cultivated with PDO, while in the current campaign we recorded an increase to 156 ...