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Pomodoro Nord IO request a modification of the National Strategic Plan

15/03/2022 - François-Xavier Branthôme - Lire en français
In a letter addressed to the politicians in charge of agricultural issues, the president of the Pomodoro Nord interbranch organization, Mr. Rabboni, described a sector that has been heavily penalized, and defended a modification of the National Strategic Plan  before its final approval.

The president of the Northern Italy Pomodoro interbranch organization, Tiberio Rabboni, has sent a letter on behalf of agricultural and industrial partners to the Minister of Agriculture, Stefano Patuanelli, to the Regional Councilors for Agriculture of the regions of Northern Italy and to the National Presidents of agricultural and industrial professional organizations, in order to underline the extremely negative impact of the National Strategic Plan
(NSP) on tomato growers and on the entire production chain, and to request limited and reasonable modifications that could mitigate the damage.

Rabboni wrote that "the accumulation, for historical growers of tomatoes, of the consequences of the so-called internal convergence, of the abolition of the green payment scheme and the impossibility of accessing the payments provided for members of the eco-schemes, for which 25% of the surface area payment resources are reserved, will lead, over a period from 2022 to 2026, to a reduction of more than 60% of the aid provided in the context of the first pillar of the CAP for those who have been growing tomatoes and continue to grow them."

According to Rabboni, this is a reduction in resources that will not be recovered in any way on the market, since the next few years will continue to be marked "by an increase in the prices for energy and technical resources and by serious international tensions." The president of the Pomodoro Nord IO mentioned "a net loss of income that will weaken agricultural profitability and the competitive capacity of the sector on the international markets, just when they need to be strengthened, in a context where the coupled premium per hectare for tomatoes remains fixed at its previous amounts, which are lower than those granted to growers in a number of competing European countries, such as Spain, Portugal, Greece and France."

The IO president concluded by stating: "So I am requesting that the situation be reviewed and an initiative put together that can mitigate the impact of the NSP on an industry that represents a total turnover of more than EUR 3.5 billion, including 58% from international markets, and which has turned Italy into the main producer in Europe, as well as the second in the world and the first in terms of the value of its exports. The NSP will be approved by next June. There are therefore opportunities in terms of timing and procedure to make changes without distorting the strategic framework of the Plan. This may include adjusting the timing of coupled payments and modifying one or more eco-schemes to allow for tomato growers to join, or adding a specific scheme for situations like that of the tomato industry."

Tomato World 2022, CAP 2023-2027: the Italian industry is "disappointed"
The 2022 edition of Tomato World (the conference held by northern Italy's Pomodoro da Industria interbranch organization last February 17-18, in Piacenza, Italy) provided an opportunity for the Italian industry to express its disappointment with the National Strategic Plan (NSP) presented in Brussels at the end of 2021 and currently under evaluation, and to comment on "a future with no great opportunities".

The NSP, the Italian implementation of the new CAP that will come into force after 2023, worries the growers of processing tomatoes facing the consequences of internal convergence – the mechanism for rebalancing payments "per hectare" of the first pillar of the CAP. "Given what we have read and understood of the NSP made available at the end of 2021," stated Tiberio Rabboni, "the information that we supplied has only been partially understood. The coupled price has remained the same, compared to the previous programming. We expected to see it closer to that of French and Spanish competitors with whom we compete in the market."

A simulation presented by Luigi Sidoli, director of the Ainpo producers' organization, shows that from 2023, processing tomato growers will see their access to CAP funds significantly reduced. Furthermore, Luigi Polizzi, general director of international and European policies for the Mipaaf, reported that the amounts will indeed decrease significantly.

"Until 2022," Sidoli explained, "basic payments and green payments amounted to about EUR 3.2 billion per year (85% of the first pillar, editor's note). In 2023, the base amount will be reduced to approximately EUR 1.6 billion per year, which includes the contribution of the National Fund for Natural Hazards. Due to internal convergence, a farm that today receives EUR 750 per hectare will receive EUR 271 per hectare in 2026." The Ainpo simulation, which does not claim to have any scientific accuracy, has shown that for the 71,000 hectares of processing tomatoes grown in Italy (2021 data), the amount would drop from EUR 55 million to EUR 19 million in 2026, at the end of the new CAP programming.

Luigi Polizzi explained that the decisions of the National Strategic Plan are not yet final, and that Brussels could ask for adjustments. "The reform is complex and [...] we must take into account that the context has changed, and we have changed our perspective. Growers must submit to constraints to obtain payments. This is agricultural policy but also environmental policy."
The internal convergence mechanism, to which Italy is obliged to adapt, will lead, by the end of the program, to a clear reduction in the amounts paid, in a system that will increasingly benefit "smaller-sized growers and those with land in more disadvantaged areas. (…) Redistribution and convergence are based on the principle of fairness among growers," said Polizzi.

One option to see CAP payments increase is to connect to one of the eco-schemes, still part of the first pillar, but not included in the basic payment system. However, as they are formulated today, they seem unavailable to growers of processing tomato and, according to Polizzi, "it would be difficult to introduce a new scheme."

Sources: OI Pomodoro Nord Italia, agronotizie.imagelinenetwork.com
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