Apulia asks Italian government for help with olive tree epidemic

The president of the Apulia Region, Nichi Vendola, sent an official letter on December 3 to Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi, to request a joint meeting with the director of the Civil Protection, Franco Gabrielli, and the Minister of Agriculture, Maurizio Martina to take stock of Xylella fastidiosa (XF) epidemic that has been scourging the Salento county, the southern part of the region, for one year.