(Adnkronos) - In occasione della settima edizione del Mantova Food&Science Festival, organizzato da Confagricoltura Mantova con la partnership del Ministero delle politiche agricole alimentari e forestali, del Ministero dell'ambiente, di Regione Lombardia, del Comune di Mantova e di Syngenta, si è svolto l’evento “Open Science - Salute del suolo, cambiamento climatico e produttività agricola: parliamo di agricoltura rigenerativa”, che rientra nel programma “Open Science” ideato da Syngenta.
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00:00 SINGENTA Italia has inaugurated its presence at the 7th edition of the Mantua Food and Science Festival,
00:11 with an event dedicated to regenerative agriculture and entitled "Open Science - Health of the soil, climate change and agricultural productivity".
00:20 We are talking about regenerative agriculture.
00:22 The SINGENTA commitment here in Mantua is a commitment that dates back to a long time ago, because it is already the seventh year that we are here.
00:32 We have a common and important theme, which is that of nutrition, of people with a growing population, and we have the important theme of climate change.
00:45 SINGENTA believes that regenerative agriculture is part of the solution to these great problems that interest the whole globe.
00:56 So the discussions we will have here in Mantua are aimed at defining what regenerative agriculture is,
01:04 putting together the opinions of authoritative experts, technicians and of our entire agricultural world,
01:10 and coming up with a solution, a common idea, to continue our commitment in this direction.
01:17 Agriculture must be sustainable, but it must also be profitable, especially for our common good.
01:23 Our common good is agriculture. Agriculture must be conditioned, with technical innovation, to produce quality,
01:31 without having a great impact on the environment, but above all in a profitable way, so that it has a benefit for its activity and for the community it represents.
01:42 The collaboration and dialogue between representatives of the institutions, the agricultural world, the companies and the research institutes
01:49 are fundamental to push agriculture towards greater resilience.
01:54 Politicians must live, together with companies and research institutes, a moment of reflection on agriculture.
02:02 Agriculture is facing many challenges, we are living it in these dramatic hours in Emilia-Romagna,
02:08 with respect to the effects of climate change, but also to investments to be made to protect people and also production.
02:16 On the other hand, agriculture can be a new frontier, with respect to a more concrete, but also more technical assessment,
02:23 with respect to soil fertility, to feed the populations, from a quantitative and qualitative point of view,
02:30 but on the other hand, to allow our agricultural and agri-food system to be resilient.
02:36 This is faced with technology, innovation, technology and research, but also with agronomic practices that are compatible in this path.
02:45 And then the other aspect, which is the so-called capture of CO2,
02:51 we always think that this theme can be adapted to the industrial system,
02:55 but even on this, agriculture can play a strategic role, also in terms of remuneration of the agricultural entrepreneur.