00:00It was a day of celebration, what was celebrated at the Palazzo Rospigliosi, the seat of the
00:08directors and theater of the awarding of the Amiche della Terra prize.
00:12The initiative, added this year to its second edition, saw eight women in the representation
00:17of eight categories go on stage to receive an important recognition from the Minister
00:22of Labor Marina Calderone and the Minister of Agriculture Francesco Lollobrigida.
00:27We certainly have a positive data, which is that of the growth of the female occupation
00:33in this context, in the award of the women directors, Amiche della Terra, there is instead
00:40a particular attention to the female entrepreneurship in the agricultural sector, entrepreneurship
00:46that then intersects with many paths and above all also with the valorization of traditional
00:56professions with obviously also at the base a lot of competence and above all a lot of
01:02study.
01:03From the yoga between the lavender fields to the agrigelateria, which revitalizes a small
01:08village, up to the social factory where foreign workers are welcomed.
01:12In all, eight categories, a testimony of a creativity and a workmanship not common,
01:18obviously applied to agriculture.
01:20In the award ceremony, eight agricultural entrepreneurs who, with passion and determination,
01:25are carrying out virtuous practices combining tradition and innovation, without neglecting
01:30the commitment to the protection of the environment.
01:32Exceptional women awarded today for their work, for the ability often to reconvert even
01:38their own existence, returning to the agricultural world, engaging with technological innovations,
01:45often unique ability to imagine how to carry out a traditional activity, but nested
01:52of so much quality that allows to realize production and also to open to a profitability
01:59and an economic growth for the entire community in which these women live and for the entire
02:05nation.
02:06The women farmers constitute an extraordinary community, with almost 200,000 businesses,
02:11equal to 30% of Italian agricultural companies.
02:13Among the strengths is the ability to combine respect for the environment, social commitment,
02:18quality of life, the valorization of typical products, facing with courage the challenges
02:24of a market in continuous evolution.
02:26The goal is to promote agriculture to the female, to enhance the work of the fields and to make
02:31known a world in which women are increasingly central, renewing the agri-food sector with
02:36creativity and innovative spirit.
02:38We are more than 200,000 women who work in the agricultural sector, a third of the
02:44agricultural companies in fact run by women, and that is our importance, to give a new
02:50vision of agriculture, to give a new perspective.
02:53We are ultra-graduate women, ultra-trained, who bring within their companies innovation
03:00united to tradition.
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