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23 January 2021 For Coldiretti it is a question of defending the country's first wealth, with the national agri-food chain worth 538 billion equal to 25% of national GDP.

"The new color map of the pandemic closes more than 8 out of 10 restaurants (81%) in Italy between bars, restaurants, pizzerias and farmhouses in the red and orange regions where any table activity is prohibited, with a dramatic impact on economy and employment "evaluates the main Italian agricultural association.

Coldiretti's analysis highlights how over 291 thousand bars, restaurants, pizzerias and farmhouses are forced to stay closed due to the Covid emergency where, the association representing Italian agriculture emphasizes: "It is allowed home delivery or take-away, with limitations up to 6pm for bars that further reduce economic sustainability to justify the openings, so much so that many prefer to keep the shutters down ".

This is "A situation - according to Coldiretti - that risks giving the coup de grace to the food consumption of Italians outside the home, which in 2020 fell to a minimum for at least a decade with an unprecedented crack for the restaurant industry that halved turnover (-48 %) for a total loss of almost 41 billion euros, according to Coldiretti estimates based on Ismea data ".

"The effects of the closure of the restaurant business - continues Coldiretti - are felt in a cascade on the entire agri-food chain with cancellations of orders for the supply of many agri-food products, from wine to oil, from meat to fish , from fruit to vegetables but also on high quality cured meats and cheeses which find an important outlet market in out-of-home consumption. 

"In some sectors such as fish and wine, catering - specifies Coldiretti - even represents the main marketing channel for turnover. The limitations to business activities - highlights Coldiretti - must therefore provide adequate and immediate economic support along the entire supply chain. to save the economy and employment ".

"The difficulties of catering - continues Coldiretti - are in fact transferred to the 70 thousand food industries and 740 thousand farms along the supply chain committed to guaranteeing supplies for a total of 3.6 million jobs. It is a question of defending the first wealth of the A country with a national agri-food chain worth 538 billion, equal to 25% of the national GDP, but it is also a world leader in quality, safety and variety ".

"It is necessary to safeguard - concludes Coldiretti - a key sector for food security and sovereignty especially at a time when, with the Covid emergency, food has shown all its strategic value for the country".