“Thanks to the work of the Meloni Government and the ministry I represent, the Pnrr resources allocated to the agri-food sector have been doubled. In particular, further funding of over 2 billion was recognized for agri-food, fishing and forestry supply chain contracts". This was announced by the Minister of Agriculture, Food Sovereignty and Forestry, Francesco Lollobrigida.
Good news for the olive oil sector. Thanks to these resources they will be able to do so more than 100 projects in the ranking of the fifth call for the agri-food supply chain will certainly be financed, fortnight of which they are intended for the olive oil sector, for a total amount of about 200 million.
There are 8 registered projects Unaprol-Coldiretti for over 85 million, while around 20 million total that of Italy Olive growing, That of Aproli-Aifo, That of She comforted and, little above 10 millionThe project Monks and Salov to remain among the main ones.
However, a problem remains in the background, that relating to the bankability of the projects, which he spoke about to Olivonews Paolo Mariani (in the picture), president of Assofrantoi, already driving the FOOI – Italian Olive Oil Supply Chain and reference personality in the sector: “Unlike previous tenders – Mariani explained – for this fifth on supply chain contracts no bankability was required. And let's talk, among other things, about projects completed over a year ago when interest rates were around 2%, much lower than today, and much lower inflation. Therefore, between projects that would not be able to obtain approval from the world of credit and others on which the waiver could come due to high interest rates, the final ranking will be decidedly different from the published provisional one. I believe that, just as the Ministry has been sensitive to the agricultural world, aware that supply chain contracts are important elements for the sector, in the same way the banking system should develop more aware reasoning to guarantee the financeability of projects, taking into account how the country's real economy is moving and the role that agri-food plays for the national GDP”.
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