20% of the tomato in the South has been lost due to the scorching heat and the paralysis of transport that are causing the product to rot in the field, thus putting at risk a supply chain of excellence of Made in Italy that exports just under 2 billion euros of pummarola, puree and sauces all over the world. To detect it is Coldiretti. "Compared to last year - he says - the necessary means and drivers to transfer the harvest to the processing plants in Campania and Puglia have suddenly been lacking, without, however, being able to trace the reasons yet". "The fear is that behind the difficulties - he adds - there may also be speculative maneuvers to lower the prices paid to farmers, which risk ending up below production costs". "Not by chance - claims theorganization - some processing industries have already communicated their intention to lower prices with respect to what was agreed ". Coldiretti also warns that" there is also the danger of paving the way for the arrival of products from abroad with imports of derivatives of tomatoes which more than doubled (+ 103%) in the first four months of 2021 ". The organization concludes that" faced with this situation, it is ready to mobilize tractors to organize the transport of tomatoes, in a real race against the time to prevent the entire harvest from being lost or in any case deteriorated, moreover in a year already made difficult by the pandemic and the frosts of recent months ".intention to lower prices with respect to what was agreed ". Coldiretti also warns that" there is also the danger of paving the way for the arrival of products from abroad with imports of tomato derivatives which have more than doubled (+ 103% ) in the first four months of 2021 ". The organization concludes that" faced with this situation, it is ready to mobilize tractors to organize the transport of tomatoes, in a real race against time to prevent the entire harvest from being lost or in any case deteriorated, moreover in a year already made difficult by the pandemic and the frosts of recent months ".intention to lower prices with respect to what was agreed ". Coldiretti also warns that" there is also the danger of paving the way for the arrival of products from abroad with imports of tomato derivatives which have more than doubled (+ 103% ) in the first four months of 2021 ". The organization concludes that" faced with this situation, it is ready to mobilize tractors to organize the transport of tomatoes, in a real race against time to prevent the entire harvest from being lost or in any case deteriorated, moreover in a year already made difficult by the pandemic and the frosts of recent months ".abroad with imports of tomato derivatives which more than doubled (+ 103%) in the first four months of 2021 ". The organization concludes that" in the face of this situation it is ready to mobilize tractors to organize the transport of tomatoes, in a real race against time to prevent the entire harvest from being lost or in any case deteriorated, moreover in a year already made difficult by the pandemic and the frosts of recent months ".abroad with imports of tomato derivatives which more than doubled (+ 103%) in the first four months of 2021 ". The organization concludes that" in the face of this situation it is ready to mobilize tractors to organize the transport of tomatoes, in a real race against time to prevent the entire harvest from being lost or in any case deteriorated, moreover in a year already made difficult by the pandemic and the frosts of recent months ".moreover, in a year already made difficult by the pandemic and the frosts of recent months ".moreover, in a year already made difficult by the pandemic and the frosts of recent months ".
Immediate compensation and refreshments for farmers who grow tomatoes in Puglia and Campania: this is what the Italian Agriculture CIA is asking for the floods in mid-July, the scorching heat, the drought and the lack of hauliers that are putting the 2021 harvest in crisis. 'agricultural organization underlines that "in the province of Foggia there is in particular a retreat in the quantities produced and harvested and in Campania, another region with a vocation, there is talk of damage for about 20% of production with millions of euros lost on about 1500 hectares of not harvested ". The CIA is also asking for immediate exceptional interventions to activate the non-collection at the Op, "tracing what was done in 2020 (Mipaaf circular of 20 August 2020) in thearea of crisis prevention and management measures of operational programs and the activation of an inter-ministerial table, to quickly resolve the issue of road transport "