Emilia Romagna’s agri-food exports are growing with a value in 2023 of over 9,700 million euros.A significant figure in a year in which the value of regional agricultural production has undergone a 9.2% downsizingwith a loss of almost 550 million euros and revenues went from almost 5.9 billion in 2022 to 5.3 billion in 2023.
The origin of this trend is the substantial drop in field production, caused by the adverse weather that characterized much of the year with drought, late frost and flood which devastated a large part of the Romagna territory, compromising many crops.
The value of the very strong Dop and Igp products to which a production value of almost 4 billion euros has been attributed, including food products (3.5 billion) and wines (455 million), equal to Approximately 40% of the national total.
The painting is taken from Agri-Food Report 2023 – presented this morning in Bologna – which highlights a fundamental economic system for Emilia-Romagna, capable of holding and evolving. The analysis was carried out in collaboration between the Region (Department of Agriculture and Agri-Food, Hunting and Fishing) e Unioncamere Emilia-Romagnawith the contribution by Art-ER.
The proceedings, opened by the regional councillor for Agriculture, Alessio Mammiattended, among others, Giuseppe Molinaripresident of the Modena Chamber of Commerce e Guido Caselli (Unioncamere Emilia-Romagna).
“Emilia-Romagna is a laboratory called to face important challenges and the strong agri-food vocation of the territory – state the president, Stephen Bonaccini and the councilor, Alessio Mammi (in the photo during the speech) -, puts us face to face with transversal dynamics due not only to climate change and the issue of sustainability, but also to new consumer choices, evolving markets and the ability to combine quality with technologies advanced digital. To address all this, the Region stands alongside the entire sector, to consolidate and grow its positioning on the markets, enhance regulated quality products and strengthen an agriculture that increasingly must combine business income support and sustainability” .
