They took place on Thursday 23 May Catania the Assembliesordinary and extraordinary, of the members of the consortium company Sicilian Citrus Production Districtwith the entry into the District of 20 new ones companies of the supply chain.
They were meetings rich in content and significant innovations for the Sicilian citrus sector. The main news, which emerged inStrao assemblyrordinary held in the presence of the notary, it was precisely the entry into the District of 20 companies.
Among these there are farms, networks of small producers and agritourisms, and marketing companies, which thus expand the network of members and further strengthen the District. Furthermore, the presence on the Board of Administrationof top representatives of the organizations Of categorywith the entry of Graziano Scardino, President CIA (Italian Farmers Confederation) Sicilyand of Paolo RapisardaDirector of the Center research Create olive growing, fruit growing And citrus growing. In the Board of Directors they are already present Joshua Arcoria Of Confagricoltura Sicilyas well as entrepreneurs and experts in the citrus fruit supply chain and beyond Sicilian.
“The social basis of District – he claims Federica Argentati, President of the Citrus District of Sicily – is renewing itself, orienting itself more and more towards organic productions And companies, which demonstrate real and concrete respect for agri-environmental and territorial ethics. Among the twenty new realities, you have joined the Districtin fact, there are numerous ones with Organic vocation. This change not only promotes greater sustainability environmental, ethics And territorialbut it also reflects a growing sensitivity towards these issues which have become increasingly relevant in market current.
The new memberships come from different citrus groves in the area Sicilyhelping to enrich the face of District. In a period, in which the protection of territory is crucial, with the risk of desertification which increasingly threatens ours RegionThe District proves essential for small and medium-sized businesses companies single or aggregated, which require the support offered by organizations, like ours, which act at a regional level. And, therefore, of the whole citrus fruit supply chain island beyond the individual territories which, however important, cannot alone make the difference in a globalized market, very competitive and above all, at this moment, grappling with problems of no small importance, such as the Drought“.
The presence of the three in the base is very significant consortia of the PGI lemons (Syracuse, Interdonated Of Messina and of theEtna), as well as the presence of a beautiful marketing reality for the Mandarin Slowfood presidium, the Late Of Ciaculli. Among the items on the agenda, in Assembliesafter having very clearly highlighted the constraints imposed by legislation of reference, the substantial variant of the project “Cluster in Sicily“, which is seeing the support and contribution in the ideas of numerous companies from the production chain. L’Assembly he then approved the Balance of 2023 at breakeven, confirming its non-profit role District.
There President of the Federica Argentati District commented about it: “We believe that this is a very important opportunity for the whole production chain. We are sharing all the steps with the social base and, of course, with thepublic administration also to align the project to the new regulations, issued byProductive Activities Department. We will certainly work to give greater added value to the productions island citrus fruits and related ones Consortia Of protection associated, also pushing the organic productions and the importance for respecting theenvironment and natural factors productionlike thewaterfall and respect for the consumer. We will do a lot of digital marketing activities, aimed at end consumers, because we foresee in Sicily the entry into production of many citrus groveswhich have been renewed in recent years and, therefore, an increase in production, in addition to competition from many countries in the world. Situations to which we must respond with actions to support the recognisability of Sicilian productionsboth in Italy that atabroadgiving a big boost to organic productionsalso and above all through actions of territorial marketingthrough project “The Streets of Zagara“, which we have been working on for some time now, but which we now intend to relaunch”.
