Italy: CIA calls for agreement for central-southern regions in the tomato industry

Published Jun 7, 2023

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Cia-Agricoltori Italiani is advocating for a fair price for industrial tomatoes in central-southern Italy, following the lead of the center-north, which set the price at 150 euros per tonne. The move aims to stabilize the sector and regulate relations, as Italy, the world's third-largest producer of fresh tomatoes for canning, faces challenges like water scarcity, increased production costs, and the loss in cultivation surfaces. The association stresses the importance of a collective effort to tackle these issues and enhance the sector's competitiveness and sustainability, particularly in the context of declining sales of traditional products and the need for more involvement from large-scale retailers.

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Filling the delays and arriving at a fair price to finally close the agreement on the price of industrial tomatoes in central-southern Italy. Cia-Agricoltori Italiani is asking for it, in the wake of what has already been done in the centre-north, which has reached an agreement at 150 euros per tonne, after a difficult but satisfactory outcome negotiation. “It is important – underlines the national president of CIA, Cristiano Fini – that in the centre-south the negotiations continue close and that a reference price is reached which is useful for regulating relations and stabilizing the sector. Unfortunately, again this year, important contractual aspects are being discussed once the transplants have already been completed, but we trust in a responsible agreement that recognizes the commitment of the agricultural side in an already very difficult campaign and that does so in a fair manner, considering the increase value on the detail of all the references of the sector”. Although ...

Source: Myfruit