ZUCCHINI CULTIVATION
In Italy, zucchini is cultivated over a surface area of over 10,000 hectares, providing a production of around 350,000 tons.
The most important regions for this vegetable are Sicily (which produces 19% of the national harvest), Latium (18%), Apulia (10%), Venetia (7%), Campania (6%), Calabria (5%) Emilia-Romagna (4%) and Lombardy (3.5%).
A number of local varieties are grown, including the Naples stripe, Italian stripe, Florentine long, Bari stripe, Apulian grooved and a few hybrids such as the Diamant, President and Seneca.

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