).
This surface represents about 8% of the utilised agricultural
area, and crops involved are mainly herbages, cereals, meadows
and pastures.In recent years
the growth rate has been very strong. The aim of the central
and local agricultural administrations is to reach at least
15% of the total surface in a short while. The EC regulation
n. 2092/1991 has provided for positive rules in this sector as
regards the production and marketing of the organic products.
From the various administrations
there is a strong impulse towards the organic sector, by
supporting it with grants of subsidies and incentives in the
framework of rural development programmes.
We have recently seen an increasing
number of school refectories turning to organic food. The
Italian diet style, connected to the environment, to the idea
of territory and to a great number of traditional recipes, is
inclined to easily identify itself with the organic products.
