Modernization of the mills, appointment in Tuscany

It is dedicated to about 400 mills present in Toscana the meeting arranged for the next one 14nd June da OTA – Associated Tuscan Olive Growers, one of the major OPs operating in the region. The initiative, which was joined by the three main oil mill associations (Aifo, Assofrantoi and Foa) and supported by Pieralisi (leader in the production of oil machines), will in fact allow you to receive detailed information both on the gang relating tomodernization of the mills, which for Tuscany has a budget of 8 million euros, Both on eco-schemes 2 and 3 of new Pac for sustainable olive growing.
The appointment is at the headquarters of the cooperative a Cerbaia Val di Pesa, Scandicci, starting at 15.00, where the director of the Region, Gennaro Giliberti which will illustrate the criteria chosen by Tuscany in the tender soon to be issued linked to the ministerial decree and which provides for public support of 65% on the replacement or purchase of specific milling machinery and technologies, with the additional benefit of a 20% credit tax. It will be later Francesco Sassoli, head of services for the company of Cia Agricoltura Toscana to present the supports and incentives for olive growing provided for by the new CAP.
After the contribution of Fabrizio Filippi, president of the Tuscan IGP Consortium, will be the turn of Andrea Triossi of Dream, a company specialized in supporting agricultural businesses, to explain to interested millers the criteria for submitting the relevant application.
The meeting will then see the interventions of national presidents of Aifo and Assofrantoi, respectively Elia Pellegrino and Paolo Mariani and a FOA representative. Then it will be time to Benjamin Tripodi of Pieralisi which will focus attention on the topic "From the olive grove to the mill: a supply chain converging towards the objectives of the Pnrr".
Paul Matteuzzi will then develop the aspects related to proper maintenance, before the vice president of the Region and agri-food councilor Stefania Saccardi will end the session.
“We became protagonists of this meeting – he explained to us Sandro Piccini, president of Olivicoltori Toscani Associati (in the picture)– aware of the importance of these opportunities for the millers of our region. There is great interest in the notice on the modernization of plants, moreover in an area where many oil mills work for the Tuscan PGI and therefore need, in addition to excellent olives, also machinery capable of enhancing the characteristics of our oils. We who produce one million liters of extra virgin olive oil and represent 50% of the Igp are well aware that innovation is a necessary way to maintain high quality. And this prompted us to become promoters of this initiative in view of the imminent publication of the regional tender, for which, personally, I hope that there will be a ceiling of eligible expenditure not exceeding 200/250 thousand euros, therefore calibrated on a large part of our mills and able to allow a greater number of oil mills to have their project financed".