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White paper on creativity - ebla center

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Chapter 6aim of creating a virtuous network ofinternati<strong>on</strong>al relati<strong>on</strong>s and sharedknowledge. So far projects financed tosafeguard biodiversity include the “Arkof Taste”, the “presidia” and the SlowFood Award for the protecti<strong>on</strong> ofbiodiversity. The Ark of Tasteresearches, catalogues, describes andinforms about almost forgotten tastesin danger of extincti<strong>on</strong> worldwide, butwhich have real producti<strong>on</strong> andcommercial potential. The presidia –around 200 in Italy and 90 in the restof world – support excellent small farmproducti<strong>on</strong>s in danger of disappearing.By directly involving producers, theyoffer assistance to improve the qualityof products and return to traditi<strong>on</strong>altechniques. In 2003, in collaborati<strong>on</strong>with the regi<strong>on</strong>s of Emilia-Romagnaand Piedm<strong>on</strong>t, Slow Food set up thefirst University of Gastr<strong>on</strong>omicSciences, based at Bra and Colorno.6.2 The geography of tasteTo understand the ec<strong>on</strong>omic and socialimportance of the taste sector in Italy,we can begin by c<strong>on</strong>sidering the factthat the farm and food sector ischaracterised by a remarkable diversityof biological varieties and typicalrecipes. In fact almost 4,400 traditi<strong>on</strong>alfarm and food products xv weresurveyed by the Ministry forAgricultural Food and Forest Policies(MiPAAF) according to thegeographical distributi<strong>on</strong> shown inFigure 6.1.Figure 6.1. – Regi<strong>on</strong>al distributi<strong>on</strong> of traditi<strong>on</strong>al farm and food products(2007)TuscanyPiedm<strong>on</strong>tVenetoLazioCampaniaCalabriaLiguriaSicilyTrentinoLombardyEmilia RomagnaMoliseSardiniaMarchesApuliaFriuli Venezia GiuliaAbruzzoUmbriaBasilicataValle d'Aosta1431437042292392001992181591701481902732873363293693734550 100 200 300 400 500Source: our elaborati<strong>on</strong> of MiPAAF data, 2007.WHITE PAPER ON CREATIVITY 135

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