Italy: Satisfaction over the CAP 2023-27 strategic plan

On 2 December 2022, the European Commission definitively approved the Italian CAP Strategic Plan 2023-2027. The text approved after a long and demanding discussion between the Ministry of Agriculture, the Regions and the Brussels offices, has seen the two main requests of the Interprofessional Organization of the Tomato Industry of Northern Italy, in agreement with that of Central and Southern Italy, accepted: the confirmation of the measure of the coupled premium per hectare for areas cultivated with tomatoes and the possibility for tomato producers to improve the environmental sustainability of their crops through access, initially not foreseen, to the additional agri-environmental aid of the so-called 'Eco-Schemes'.Tiberio Rabboni, President of the Interprofessional Organisation of the Tomato Industry of Northern Italy, when he heard the news, commented, “.” Provisions extracted from the 2023-2027 CAP National Plan Coupled support: Active farmers growing tomatoes for ...