"The Senate Agriculture Commission has definitively approved the League's bill for the establishment of the figure of the farmer as guardian of the environment and the territory. For us it is a historic day: with this law we recognize by law the social role of 'farmer, a figure with a fundamental function to protect the landscape and the environment, combat depopulation. The provision supports projects, also involving regional and local administrations, to carry out maintenance and protection works of the agricultural landscape. The law also establishes the National Agriculture Day and the 'De Agri Cultura' merit award. Today we are attributing to farmers, who rightly protest to be recognized as an integral part of environmental protection, the role actually played in society: the League will always be on their side."
Thus the senators of the League in the Agriculture commission: Giorgio Maria Bergesio, first signatory of the bill, Mara Bizzotto, rapporteur, and Gianluca Cantalamessa.
Centinaio:
"I am proud that, thanks to a proposal from the League, from today Italy recognizes by law the role of the farmer as guardian of the environment and the territory. It is a recognition that we owe to those who work in close contact with he takes care of the land and protects it, because he knows that his future depends on it. And it is an encouragement to the many young people who are approaching a profession that is constantly being updated, thanks to scientific and technological research and convergence with other activities, tourism and production. But above all it is a clear message to those in the European Union who think that agriculture should be fought because it is polluting."
This was stated by the vice president of the Senate Gian Marco Centinaio, head of the Agriculture and Tourism department of the League.
D'Eramo:
"With this regulation, strongly desired and supported by us - underlines D'Eramo - Italy once again confirms itself at the forefront in Europe and in the world. It is a provision that restores the right centrality to those who for years they are personally committed to greater sustainability, to protect the soil, safeguard natural resources and combat climate change, as well as the depopulation of entire areas", said the Undersecretary for Agriculture, Food Sovereignty and Forests Luigi D'Eramo .
Cia:
The regulatory recognition of the figure of the custodian farmer is a fundamental act to enhance and promote the many activities of the sector to protect the environment and the territory.
Thus the president of Cia-Agricoltori Italiani, Cristiano Fini, on the definitive approval of the bill on the matter, which also establishes the National Agriculture Day.
"Despite all the fake news, farmers do not pollute, on the contrary they guarantee irreplaceable protection from an environmental point of view, as this provision also certifies", underlines Fini.
Copagri:
"Recognizing and uniformly structuring the farmer's work as guardian of the environment and the territory is equivalent to shining a light on the inestimable value of this figure, central not only from the point of view of agricultural production, but also from an environmental and ecological point of view , due to its irreplaceable functions in terms of safeguarding the territory, the ecosystem and the inestimable biodiversity heritage of our country", commented the president of Copagri Tommaso Battista expressing great satisfaction for the final green light from Palazzo Madama to the bill .
An intervention which also "contributes decisively to bringing about a decisive relaunch of the image of the primary care provider, too often targeted by unacceptable accusations of environmental pollution", continues Battista, reiterating that "farmers, on the contrary, are key players in guaranteeing environmental sustainability, food safety and the healthiness of production".
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