A convention aimed at encouraging greater cooperation among table grape producing areas in the Mediterranean region is due to be held tomorrow in Licodia Eubea, in the Sicilian province of Catania.

The event is entitled 'From competition to complementarity in the Mediterranean basin – the role of the Mazzarrone PGI Sicilian table grape area'.

Among the participants will be Professor Giovanni La Via, Catania's regional minister of agriculture; Luciano Trentini, director of Centro Servizi Ortofrutticoli; Paolo Bruni, president of Fedagri Confcooperative; Dr Pino Del Gaudio, import manager of Del Gaudio Group France; Dr Giovanni Spata, president of the Mazzarrone PGI Table Grape Consortium and Dr Salvatore Accardi, president of the Ducezio Producer Organisation.

Sicily's regional president Raffaele Lombardo is due to conclude the meeting.


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