Italian potato consortium increasingly working together

The Emilia Romagna potato segment is finally working as a system as Consorzio Patata Italiana di Qualità l'Op regionale Agripat and Consorzio Patata di Bologna Dop organised a collective stand at Macfrut.

Selenella president Massimo Cristiani and Consorzio Patata di Bologna Dop president Davide Martelli:

“It has been an excellent year, but we still need to focus on research activities to improve pre and post-harvesting and achieve a better quality.”

Selenella also favored the cultivation of new potatoes in hilly areas in Emilia Romagna. They used to be grown there once but the crop had been abandoned, now they are back.

1500 hectares of potatoes part of the consortium are grown in the area between Bologna, Ferrara, Ravenna and Forlì, plus there are another 250 in Sicily.