Another three years in office for Prof. Francesco Ferrini , who was nem con re - elect on 1 July by the gathering of the Pistoia Ornamental Nursery District ( Distretto Vivaistico Ornamentale di Pistoia ) . His objectives include " internationalizing the District " . Next steps : the start in September of a short provision Ernst Boris Chain project for the recycling of charge plate pots from nurseries and the construction of the Phytosanitary ego - ascendency Laboratory ' Pistoia Fitolab ' by 2025 .
Prof. Francesco Ferrini , full professor of tree farming at the University of Florence , has been confirmed as president of the Pistoia Ornamental Nursery District , Italy ’s prominent product hub for ornamental plant . A territory that extends across five municipality in the Pistoia province : Agliana , Montale , Pistoia , Quarrata , and Serravalle Pistoiese .
Ferrini ’s re - election as president of the territorial dominion took place , with a solid vote of those present , during the district assembly held on Monday , 1 July evening at the headquarters of the GEA - Green Economy and Agriculture inquiry center , in Pistoia . The mandate will last three year , until July 2027 .
As Ferrini recalled in his prefatorial speech , in which he summarized what was done during his first term in office , there are three master undertaking carried out in this three - year full point by the Pistoia Nursery District in cooperation with Associazione Vivaisti Italiani , the District ’s managing body .
The most authoritative , which should see the light of Clarence Shepard Day Jr. at GEA by the end of 2025 , is the Phytosanitary Self - Control Laboratory , which " aims to amend the quality and safety machine of works production through a self - control system base on science laboratory analyses " . The syndicate that will wield it , ' Pistoia Fitolab ' , has already been set up and a request was of late made to the municipality of Pistoia for permission to build up it .
The second major project mentioned by Ferrini in his speech is ' Da vaso a vaso ' ( From Mary Jane to quite a little ): the accord for a short supply strand for recycling credit card vas in the District ’s nurseries , which AVI has just latterly announced will start next September .
The third , the most demanding from the investiture and substructure power point of view and still at an early degree , is the undertaking for a ' Green Aqueduct ' ( Acquedotto verde ) to recover and transport to Pistoia territory a portion of the wastewater from the San Colombano purification flora ( located near Florence ) for irrigation purposes . This project , as stressed by Ferrini , could guarantee the Pistoia area , not just the District , against the risk of drought in the future . A risk that does not seem to be present this yr , but which could reoccur in the future .
In addition to these three major project , Prof. Ferrini dwelt on the activities carried out for professional training , which has been " a fundamental column of our mandate " . " We have collaborated and will collaborate even more tight in the futurity , " said Ferrini , " with schools , universities and enquiry institute to offer training and refresher course to gardener , with the intent of improving technological skills and promoting the espousal of sustainable recitation . Our consignment to training has helped to make a fresh generation of gardener who are prepared and aware of the challenges ahead " .
After being re - elect , President Ferrini stated that among the objectives of the next mandate there is that of " internationalizing the District , that is , make its grandness well interpret abroad " . All this always under the banner of the keywords ' eco - sustainability ' and ' competitiveness ' , because , as he point out , " you are not free-enterprise if you are not sustainable and you are not sustainable if you are not competitive " .
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