FENNEL CULTIVATION
With 17,000 hectares invested in fennel, for a production of approximately 370,000 tons, Italy is the world's largest producer of this crop.
Approximately 25,000 tons of fennel are exported each year, mainly to France and Switzerland.
The most important regions for this garden vegetable are Apulia (with around 30% of the national production), Campania (18%), Latium (11%), Sicily (9%), Marches (9%), Abruzzo (5%), Calabria (4.5%) and Emilia-Romagna (4%).
As far as the varieties are concerned, most fennel production comes from local seeds, such as the Naples Extra Large, Apulian or Barletta round, Sicilian round, Roman, Parmesan and Mantuan.

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