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Mario Maratelli

Mario Maratelli (20 november 1879; 20 april 1955) Italian agronomist, a small rice grain is the protagonist of Mario Maratelli story and his discovery, which sees a Po Valley village starring at Italian tables. In fact, Maratelli rice does start his extraordinary journey from Asigliano Vercellese, being one of the varieties our housewives have appreciated most for fifty years. Starting from the first decades of the last century until the Seventies, Maratelli rice cultivation expanded and widespread at a national level.