Biotechnology, vineyard renovation, renewable energy. Here are the latest news from Northern Italy.
Lombardy
Rice, first experimentation with Tea in Lomellina
At the start, in Lomellina, the first experimentation with rice obtained with tea, Assisted Evolution Techniques, without insertion of external genetic material. The goal is to get more variety disease resistantin particular to the fungus responsible for brusone disease, thus reducing the use of pesticides.
“Let’s lay the foundations of a project we have first wanted to test in Italywith a new pact between politics and science – explains the Agriculture Councilor of the Lombardy Region Alessandro Beduschi – Lombardy agriculture wants to continue to be at the forefront of innovation when it comes to offering quality, safe and increasingly sustainable food. The request of reduce the environmental impact of the sector can only be supported by allowing the use of techniques like these.”
The project concerns the first “Tea plants” to be authorized in the open field in Italy, in a small plot of 28 square meters to mark a great milestone for biotechnological research.
Veneto
Vineyards, new tender for the renovation and conversion of the plants
It was approved on announcement for the 2024-2025 year for the sectoral intervention “Restructuring and reconversion of vineyards”. Applications for contributions can be submitted by agricultural businesses in the wine sector. Companies aiming to apply for intervention must refer, with regard to the amount of maximum expenditure eligible for financing, to the standard tables of unit costs developed at national level by the National Rural Network. The term for the presentation of questions is June 14, 2024.
Emilia Romagna
Renewable energy, 6 million euros for regional energy communities
New PSR-EAFRD contributions 2021-2027 For 6 million euros in order to carry out the construction of production plants and storage of energy from renewable sources serving energy communities. The Cers already established will be able to nominate their own projects to start from next June 12th until 31 October 2024. The announcement it is constructed in analogy to the national measure envisaged by the Pnrr.
The regional measure provides non-repayable financing for 25% of the eligible expenditure for the construction of production and accumulation plants renewable energy serving the community, with a total contribution of 150 thousand euros for each beneficiary.
Some rewards are foreseen which increase the 5% of the contribution, including those intended for projects carried out in internal areas. The contribution is diversified depending on the power of the plants and in line with the latest measures adopted to promote the energy transition in the regional territory.
