A flood of tomatoes from Egypt endangers the Italian supply chain (worth 5.5 billion)
Question by the President of the Agriculture Commission of the Chamber: derivative imports up 88% in Europe in 6 months. Concern for Project New Delta shared by Anicav's canning industrialists: unfair competition with use of pesticides banned in Europe
For the Tomato Industry there is another shadow on the horizon: it is called the Project New Delta, it will be 114 km long and once completed it will be the largest artificial river in the world. It will be the most ambitious agricultural project - with the cultivation of more than one million hectares - ever undertaken in Egypt, which is already one of the biggest fruit and vegetable competitors for our country.
Launching the alarm in a interrogation addressed to Ministers Francesco Lollobrigida (Agriculture) and Orazio Schillaci (Health) was Mirco Carloni, president of the Chamber's Agriculture Commission.