BOlogna, Mar 27th. (askanews) – The organic advances and touches 2.5 million hectares, over 20% of Italian agricultural land, almost double the European average. While the Agritech market, after years of strong growth, records a slight flexion to 2.3 billion euros, while continuing to expand its presence in the Italian fields. A sector where research and innovation guide change. Are the trends summarized in theAgrofarma Observatory presented in Bologna.
“The path on so -called biosolution products, that is, the products that can also be used in the field of organic agriculture that are increasingly employed in integrated agriculture, is an important challenge -explains the president of Agrofarma -Federchimica, Paolo Tassani -. The companies have invested important levels of money in the development in past years and are ready to put these products on the market. The solutions quickly, also because farmers are having less and less and this is one of the cries that come from the countryside “.
The Observatory highlights how agriculture 4.0 is acquiring ever greater importancewith an growing role of artificial intelligence. Despite the contraction of the market in 2024, also due to the reduction of incentives for the purchase of digital tools, the solutions continue to convince those who use them having found the benefits. On the collaborations front, around 1,800 research activities developed developed in the last five years between industry and territory.
“The agritech from the Polytechnic data marks a small setback this year with a market that from 2.5 billion in 2023 drops to about 2.3 billion -highlights the CEO and Founder of Areté, Enrica Gentile -. The setback is probably linked to the drop in sales especially of the hardware machinery. In general, however, the covered surface is slightly increased, we are still under 10% of the SAU, large margins of development and improvement from this point of view “.
Important signs also on the biological that mark another increase in the surface in Italywith some territories that stand out including Tuscany and different regions of the South. The Observatory also traces the new European guidelines: the new “Vision for Agriculture and Food” leaves the rigid targets of the Green Deal to encourage competitiveness, biocontollo and assisted evolution techniques, balanced sustainability and economic performance.
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