Lollobrigida: strategic partnership with agricultural machinery manufacturers

«The mechanical sector represents a backbone of our economy; a sector that not only provides essential tools for modern agriculture, but that also plays a crucial role in technological innovation and that has contributed to making Italian agri-food a competitive and cutting-edge sector». Minister Francesco Lollobrigida said this, speaking at the conference entitled "Global and regional markets: challenges and opportunities for the agricultural machinery industry", held last 25 June in Zola Predosa (Bologna). Precisely for this reason - explained Lollobrigida during his speech - the ministry has moved, since the first months of activity, to ensure adequate support for innovation through targeted interventions, such as the implementation of the “agromechanical” PNRR (400 million), the establishment of the Innovation Fund (250 million), the strengthening of the ISI/Inaili tender (from 35 to 90 million). The collaboration between the Ministry of Agriculture and FederUnacoma in the field of organizing large events is also very strong. In this perspective, Minister Lollobrigida has formalized the partnership with the Federation for the G7 Agriculture, which will be held from 21 to 29 September on the island of Ortigia, in Syracuse. «Mechanization is very important because it contributes to the growth and innovation of agriculture even in many developing countries. For this reason - said Lollobrigida - it also has a central role in the Mattei Plan to accompany African nations in a process of growth and development which does not require the simple sending of agricultural machinery, but above all the transfer of the wealth of knowledge that Italy has acquired in its long history».