Coldiretti Piedmont and the confectionery group Novi Elah Dufour have signed the framework agreement for the hazelnut from Piedmont. This is a project production chain which allows you to enhance the whole hazelnut production Piedmontese, offering a medium-term perspective to agricultural entrepreneurs. Last Friday 14 June, at the Coldiretti Piemonte headquarters in Turin, the Cristina Brizzolaripresident of Coldiretti Piemonte, Mauro Biancopresident of Coldiretti Alessandria and member of the board of Coldiretti Piemonte with territorial delegation to the hazelnut sector, Bruno Rivarossaconfederal delegate, Guido Repettopresident of the Elah Dufour Novi Group, e Giovanni Brusasca, president of Monferrato Frutta, a cooperative that will act as a glue.
The Piedmontese hazelnut sector has 8 thousand companies with 27 thousand hectares of cultivated area for a total production of approximately 200 thousand quintals and almost €80 million in turnover. “It is growing so much that in 10 years the cultivated area has increased by 80% – he explains Mauro Bianco – The quality of the Tonda Gentile Trilobata is absolute, its characteristics make it a valuable and sought-after product, our commitment must be to offer absolute excellence and this supply chain agreement goes precisely in that direction”.
“A framework agreement that establishes the union with the virtuous agro-industry, the one that wants to invest in the territory and wants to consolidate the link – they point out Cristina Brizzolaripresident of Coldiretti Piemonte, e Bruno Rivarossa -. Support for hazelnut farming and companies that believe in quality production, committing themselves with their work to preserving the territories”.
“Today we are renewing for another 5 years a real supply chain agreement, now extended throughout Piedmont – he commented Guido Repetto, – Since we took over Novi in 1985, with the aim of transforming it into a leading company, we have always believed in bringing local hazelnut producers together for our products, and this is the thread that binds us to Coldiretti. For us the company must be an expression of the territory, of the people who represent it and of the raw materials it can offer: if we think of hazelnuts, therefore, we think of hazelnuts from Piedmont”.
