The Corn Sector Plan aims at developing and re-establishing an adequate level of self-sufficiency of the corn production sector. The Plan follow three lines of action: 1) Market orientation: enhancing the national product from an indistinct "Commodity" product to a targeted product "Specialty" to better respond to the needs of employment in the supply chains; promoting and supporting supply chain contracts; improving the image of the crop. 2. Increased competitiveness of the sector: identifying specific areas of recovery of company efficiency (costs, production paths, introduction of innovations); recovering higher production levels by means of stress control, implementation the yields, the careful and updated evaluation of the varieties; supporting the application of Integrated Crop Pest Management with a suitable innovative platform; improving the hygienic-sanitary aspects with an improved and advanced management of mycotoxins even with timely and widespread monitoring; promoting research. 3. Promotion of effective Community Policies: strengthening, in agreement with the Regions, the initiatives to support innovative productive investments; - orienting the political and economic instruments through both direct payments and coupled support.
Italy · 2019-01-01