Azerbaijan increases fruit and vegetable exports
From January to May 2023, Azerbaijan exported 238,893 tonnes of fruits and vegetables worth $241,967.98 thousand to foreign countries. According to the State Customs Committee report, the value of

This year's edition of the Moroccan International Soft Fruit Festival focuses on nurseries
The International Soft Fruit Festival in Morocco, organized by the Moroccan Interprofessional Federation of Soft Fruits (Interproberries - Maroc), with the support of the Ministry of Agriculture,

Aging farmers, high consumption, high segmentation – highlights from GeoStat’s new publication
GeoStat’s publication “Agriculture of Georgia” has been released on June 15. The publication covers the statistical metrics related to agriculture in Georgia for 2019-2022. EastFruit’s

New threat to horticulture of Central Asia…– labor shortage!
According to EastFruit experts from Uzbekistan and Tajikistan a new has arisen in the countries, which caught many by a complete surprised. This problem is rather serious and could lead to a

Greenport Zaragoza: 900 hectares of greenhouses to produce organic fruit and vegetables all year round
The Smart Agriculture Center called Greenport Zaragoza will be highly innovative and technological and will aim to have international projection. It will be devoted to the organic production of

Netherlands: Will zero percent VAT on fruit and vegetables come in 2024?
On 19 September, the cabinet will announce whether VAT on fruit and vegetables will be reduced to 0% in 2024 or whether there will be alternative measures. This was in response to questions from

"The fruit and vegetable sector should perhaps be the last among all sectors subject to these rules."
The European Commission's new proposal on packaging, which aims to reduce excessive packaging and make everything else reusable or recyclable by 2030, has generated a lot of debate recently. We

"Being present at two main European ports has added value for us"
The Belgian logistics service provider Fresh Connection opened an office in the Port of Rotterdam in April. That is in addition to its office in Antwerp. "Being present at the fruit and vegetable

'Fruit, new varieties must also be good'
The article that came out a few days ago (click here to read it) piqued the interest of several of our readers who took the time to write their comments. We decided to publish two speeches by

Packaging, anticipating consumer demands
When we buy fruit and vegetables, we rightly focus on the choice of product based on the information we have in the department. In this context, packaging is a useful tool for conveying

Foody 2025, the project takes shape
The Foody 2025 project, the initiative for the complete renovation of the Milan Food Market, is gradually taking shape. After the presentation in February of the first structures built, Foody 2025

Lidl, Aldi and Eurospin: whose department is better?
For several months, there has also been a sales slump in the discount channel, demonstrating that even this channel is not exempt from the current consumer slowdown. In order to better understand

Interfresh Eurasia returns to Antalya September 28-30
In the last week of September, a new edition of Interfresh Eurasia will be held in Turkey. According to Murat Ozer, general manager at Antexpo, he expects more participating countries than last

"This year, too, we expect blueberries to increase in volume by ten percent"
The bush berry campaign in Switzerland is nearing its peak. The strawberry market seems to be recovering to some extent after weeks of volume pressure, while raspberries, blackberries and

Fruit and vegetable exports recover in volume and value
Positive signs on exports of fruit and vegetables, highlighted at the end of 2022, are confirmed in the first quarter of 2023 with growth in volumes of 6.5% and in values of 10.7%, according to

This week in Fruchthandel magazine: Germany, Netherlands and summer fruit from Italy
The bad weather continues to affect the Bel Paese - an official estimate of the damage is still pending. Especially in Emilia-Romagna, May will certainly not go down in history as a pre-summer

Lower value of Turkish lira only a temporary advantage according to fruit exporters
The Turkish lira has been rather volatile over the past few months. With the Turkish elections finished, exporters hope the situation will calm down. However, as some of the Turkish exporters have

Mercabarna: from 0.41 euro/kilo to 0.57 euro/kilo in 2022.
Its proximity to France, its logistics and its state-of-the-art facilities make the Mercabarna Central Fruit and Vegetable Market and the Complementary Activities Zone, known as ZAC, the main

Romania promulgates law providing subsidies for fruit and vegetable farms
Yesterday, Romanian President Klaus Iohannis promulgated the law establishing a state aid scheme for agricultural producers of vegetables, fruits and potatoes for a period of three years. The

Kenyan entrepreneur makes leather shoes or handbags, made from pineapples
Project manager and entrepreneur Wangechi Kuria explains that the pineapple value chain, especially in her country of Kenya it is about three things; the fruits, the juice and - in limited form

Bakker Barendrecht: AI-controlled fruit scanners from OneThird in Albert Heijn's supply chain
OneThird, an AI-based food tech company that combats the annual waste of one-third of all food produced, announced the use of its AI-powered scanning technology in Bakker Barendrecht's supply

Conserve Italia, restarts juice production in Barbiano
Fruit juice production has restarted at the Conserve Italia plant in Barbiano di Cotignola, in the province of Ravenna, which was badly hit by the floods of 16 and 17 May. "After twenty-six days