23/01/2017 (Agence Europe) – On Monday 23 January, Italy welcomed the willingness of the European Commission to give consideration to the hitherto banned possibility of planting new olive trees in the areas of southern Italy affected by the Xylella fastidiosa bacterium that has devastated olive groves in Apulia. This would provide a future for producers in the Lecce province who have had no income for the last three years, said Roberto Moncalvo, President of Coldiretti. Italian Agriculture...