Ismea - Ente Autonomo Di Diritto Pubblico

360 DEGREE SUPPORT FOR A COMPETITIVE ITALIAN  AGRI-FOOD SECTOR

ISMEA (Istituto di Servizi per il Mercato Agricolo Alimentare – Institute of Services for the Agricultural and Food Market) is an Italian national publiceconomic body under the supervision of the Ministry of Agricultural, Food and Forestry Policies.

The Institute acts as an Italian national body for information, insurance, credit and financial services for agri-business, agri-food and agro-industrial businesses, by providing the following services:

• Agri-food markets analysis
• Land access
• Generational replacement
• Credit access
• Supply chain financing
• Risk management

In order to:

• Foster market transparency and support the internationalization of Italian companies;
• Support the competitiveness of the Italian national agricultural system;
• Encourage generational change in agriculture and land access,
• particularly for young people;
• Encourage an improvement in the conditions of access to credit for
• businesses;
• To protect agricultural income from natural and market risks;
• Support state intervention in agriculture.