Italy is ready to cooperate with the
United Arab Emirates on organic food, Italian ambassador to the
UAE Nicola Lener told the Innovation Talk "The future of the
Italian food system between innovation, safety and
sustainability", organized at the Italian pavilion on Sunday.
"Italy is a superpower in organic food and we are also in
sustainable food, with less than half the CO2 emissions in food
production compared to our main European partners," said the
official.
He said the Emirates "have equipped themselves with a good
security strategy focused on logistics, sustainability, and
efficiency and there is a lot to to in increasing organic
production".
Within this framework, Lener said, "Italian firms, research
centres and universities want to cooperate towards this goal.
"Food is a powerful vehicle in our bilateral relations".
Lener stressed that "we must build on this".
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