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The Interbranch Organization for the processing tomato industry of northern Italy has approved the launch of an emergency fund for 2017, funded by IO members, in order to provide a guarantee of rapid and appropriate compensation for growers whose crops have been affected by Ralstonia Solanacearum bacteria. This is a preliminary measure designed to facilitate efficient cooperation within the industry and prevent any further contamination while avoiding the danger of disseminating this disease, which affects the growth of plants. 
Ralstonia Solanacearum is a bacterium that has no effect on human health, but affects the growth of tomato plants. Its discovery in a crop implies quarantine measures, which in field conditions are carried out by destroying the infected crops in order to avoid the propagation of the disease. Any delay in reporting the presence of this pathogen, generally linked to growers' fears of losing income, increases the risk of spreading the disease to other fields and through the factories that receive contaminated raw materials. 
