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20 regions - 20

different “countries”
blend in a nation.

This is Italy!

Different landscapes, cultures and traditions, yet
always healthy and authentic products, in search
of which the farmers are motivated to invest
in new and advanced technologies, despite any
difficulties.

The Italian people have a great opportunity to place in the northern regions and extremely
achieve further development by increasing the small production in the mountainous areas of
“agri-food” Made in Italy. Although the number the South.
of farms has decreased dramatically over the
last decade (-32%), with smaller farms of less The great diversification of the land, its
than 10 hectares having almost disappeared in longitudinal position, the presence of mountains,
favor of larger ones, modern agriculture provides and a climate which varies significantly between
farmers with interesting opportunities to grow the North and the South – cold and snowy winters
their businesses. and hot and humid summers in the North, mild
winters and very hot summers – are the reasons
According to the last national census, there are behind this great variety of crops in Italy.
1,620,000 farms in Italy. The great variety of
Italian agricultural products is due to the country’s Of the total agricultural land, 29% is occupied by
diversified land: intensive, large production taking grains, 3% by industrial crops, 2% by horticulture,

gr IT

ίταλία, ΓεωρΓία 360 Ή αλλίωσ itaLia, agricoLtura a 360°, o MegLio,
o
Η ίταλία στό κατωφλί L’itaLia aLLe porte DeLL’agricoLtura
τΗσ ΓεωρΓίασ τόυ μελλόντόσ DeL Futuro

Η Ιταλία δεν είναι μόνον η χώρα της μόδας και της καταπλη- l’Italia non è solo il paese della moda e delle delizie
κτικής κουζίνας, της βαριάς βιομηχανίας και του τουρισμού. gastronomiche, dell’industria pesante e del turismo;
Είναι επίσης μια από τις σημαντικότερες αγροτικές περιοχές è anche uno dei territori agricoli più importanti al
παγκοσμίως με ποικίλες καλλιέργειες, εξαγωγική κουλτούρα, mondo. L’agricoltura italiana, dedita all’esportazione, si
και τη χρήση καινοτόμων και τεχνολογικά προηγμένων μέσων caratterizza per la grande varietà di colture e per l’utilizzo
αγροτικής παραγωγής. di mezzi innovativi e tecnologicamente avanzati.

20 διαφορετικές περιοχές: 20 διαφορετικές 20 regioni: 20 diversi “paesi” racchiusi in
«χώρες» σε ένα έθνος. Αυτή είναι η Ιταλία! una nazione. Questa è l’Italia!
Διαφορετικά τοπία, κουλτούρες και παραδόσεις, αλλά πάντα γνή- Paesaggi, culture e tradizioni eterogenei, e ancora, la ricerca
σια υγιεινά γεωργικά προϊόντα, η εξασφάλιση των οποίων παρα- del prodotto agricolo sano e genuino che spinge gli agricoltori
κινεί τους αγρότες να επενδύουν σε σύγχρονες και προηγμένες ad investire, nonostante le difficoltà, in moderne e avanzate
τεχνολογίες, παρά τις όποιες δυσκολίες. tecnologie.

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