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Flavours and smells, the treasures of Calabria enhanced by the Region
Six new agri-food resources included in the regional register, including PAPPALUNI BEANS, about to be recognized as a SLOW FOOD PRESIDIO.
This was stated in a note by the regional councilor for Agriculture Gianluca Gallo, in announcing the registration in the Regional Register of Agricultural and Food Biodiversity - plant section, of six new traditional plant resources. These are the following local varieties: Secria Wheat, Pappaluni Bean, Poverello White Bean, Mormanno Lentil, Belmonte Calabro Tomato, Longobardi Eggplant.
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Agrifood and tourism, Deserts: the Dop economy is good globalization
The original president to ItaliaOggi: «Geographical Indications do not delocalise, they attract millions of tourists, they are an alternative to the price bottleneck in large-scale retail trade
Those who produce quality food can get more value from it thanks to tourism. Because Geographical Indications (GIs) are a strong attractor. Not only that: they are a “good” globalization, because they exploit the demand of globalized markets, but they do not delocalize. That is, they do not move production to areas where it costs less. The day after the presentation, in Brussels, of the 2025 survey, the president of oriGIn (the association for a global network of GIs), Riccardo Deserti, addresses the topic of the power of geographical indications with ItaliaOggi. They have now become a lever of the Mattei Plan and an instrument of economic resistance of the territories.
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