Following the publication in the European Journal of the Community GI reform, the PGI Clementine del Golfo di Taranto protection consortium becomes part of Origin Italia, the Italian Association of Geographical Indication Consortia, which thus comes to represent 79 protection consortia, a sector association and well over 95% of Italian Geographical Indications. An important entry, that of the Apulian GI, which means a further strengthening of the positioning of Origin Italia, a point of reference for Italian GI products.
“Origin Italia continues to grow, confirming itself as the priority network of the Italian agri-food consortium system – comment Cesare BaldrighiPresident of Origin Italia – a national network that now represents all the supply chains of the sector and their respective territories of origin, becoming an essential voice within the discussion tables of the development of sector policies, the most representative example is the weight that Origin Italia has had in “the scope of the European GI Reform which is now becoming effective with its publication in the Official Journal of the EU”.
The Clementine PGI Protection Consortium of the Gulf of Taranto was born recently, but already represents a large part of local production, with an area of 700 hectares for an estimated production per hectare of approximately 400 quintals per year. ““Alone we can do so little: together we can do so much”: in my professional and personal journey I have always been inspired by this phrase by Helen Keller, an extraordinary woman who flew beyond her limits: deaf and blind from a very young age , but thanks to an iron will he managed to learn to write and speak, until he graduated in 1904″, the comment of Daniela BarrecaPresident of the Consortium – “I have always believed in the value of the network, in our field that “supply chain” capable of increasing and multiplying the production and value of every agri-food company, because this is our ultimate goal: to create income and prosperity for the our consortium members first and foremost, and for the entire country and with this spirit today we begin this new path together with Origin Italia, certain that it will represent an added value for all our consortium companies”.
Clementines from the Gulf of Taranto PGI are the fresh fruits obtained from the Citrus clementine Hort species. ex Tanaka, in the varieties Comune, Fedele, Precoce di Massafra or Spinoso, Grosso Puglia, ISA, SRA 63, SRA 89. The production area of Clementine del Golfo di Taranto PGI includes the entire territory of the municipalities of Palagiano, Massafra, Ginosa , Castellaneta, Palagianello, Taranto and Statte, in the province of Taranto, in the Puglia region. Clementines del Golfo di Taranto PGI are characterized by their spheroidal shape, with slightly flattened poles; smooth or slightly wrinkled skin, orange in color, with a maximum of 30% green color. The fruit is seedless, with a tolerance of 5% of fruits containing a maximum of three seeds. Their diffusion in the Taranto area dates back to the 18th century. After the Second World War, thanks to the Land Reform, which allowed adequate water resources to be made available to farmers, there was an expansion and specialization of citrus cultivation in the Gulf of Taranto area, allowing it to take on the connotation of a pre-eminent crop in the area.
