Figs

The Valencian Farmers' Association (AVA-ASAJA) is calling on the European Union (EU) to open a dialogue with the economic sectors to reconsider a "less ideological and hasty" ecological transition that makes it possible to reconcile the fight against climate change with the need for sustainable development.
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The Coalmar Fruits cooperative, the result of the merger between Agricola del Marquesat de Llombai and Agricola San Salvador de Alfarp, has reported record kaki prices in its first year, which stood on average at € 0.50/kg, i.e. almost 65% higher than in the previous campaign and probably the
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There are reports that the Dutch organic market is struggling with inflation and that consumers are, thus, not buying organic goods. Contrary to that, TOFF has begun the year well. "Our customers will share their concerns with us, and we read that people are buying fewer organic products. Our
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The February 2023 processing potato usage release from Vavi, the Dutch potato processors union, pegged February potato usage at 334 thousand tonnes, the highest figure for the month since 2017. Season to date usage (August-February) came in at 2.33 million tonnes, the highest usage at this point
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The widely-reported shortages of salad vegetables over the past month have helped drive a jump in the overall UK inflation rate. read more

Not-for-profit organization WRAP has set a target of the amount sold loose to double to 30% by the end of 2025. The aim is to target 50% by the end of 2030. In 2021, the figure was 15%. read more

The topic table of the Düsseldorf roundtable "Excellence in Retail", to which Fruchthandel magazine had invited representatives from the O+G sector, was once again richly covered. Right at the beginning, "hard facts were served". Ulrike Singer from GfK presented figures on the
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Northern Peru, and with it the production of organic bananas, avocados, mangoes and grapes, was hit hard by Cyclone Yaku, which brought heavy rains. As a result, the hoped-for export target of 10 billion US dollars might not be reached, eurofruit reports. read more

Spanish fresh fruit and vegetable imports were up by 7% per cent in volume and 15% in value in 2022, according to figures from the Customs and Excise Department of the Tax Agency, processed by Fepex. Imports rose to 3.8m tons, worth €3.76bn. read more

"A problem that worries us a lot, given that garlic is an economic engine for many municipalities in Spain", regrets the president of the National Garlic Board, Julio Bacete, who added that this situation is compounded by the bad figures that already occurred during the previous year.
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The Huelva Association of Strawberry Producers and Exporters, Freshuelva, has calculated that, at the halfway point of the strawberry season, production is 30% lower than at the same time last year, a figure that "will be difficult to recover".
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"The DEDEBIO organic figs come from a long-standing project partner in Turkey, whose farm is located in the region around Izmir. The variety grown there is considered very aromatic and one of the best in the world. The figs are particularly tender, juicy and delicious," product manager Antje
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Edeka's new sustainability campaign starts on 20 March. The accompanying TV spot shows a ballerina playfully prancing through the store on pointe shoes. The core message: just as effortlessly as the ballerina, Edeka customers can also, metaphorically speaking, make their
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The national shutdown of the country by the Economic Freedom Fighters and some labour unions on Monday, ahead of Human Rights Day tomorrow, a public holiday has had the country holding its breath. The protestors are calling for the resignation of president Cyril Ramaphosa. read more

Very high vegetable prices in Sweden are driving the highest level of food price increases in the country in 72 years, while they also contributed to the highest inflation in 30 years. Sweden's inflation was up to 12% in February 2023, according to the high-income countries' latest released
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Italian fruit and vegetable exports recovered, closing 2022 in positive terms in value (+1.5%), for 5.3 billion euro, while volumes fell slightly compared to 2021 (-0.4%). This was announced by Fruitimprese on the basis of Istat data. Data on exports and imports of fruit and vegetables In
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According to Bohdan Dukhnytskyi, a senior researcher at the Department of Agricultural Production Economics and International Integration of the National Research Center "Institute of Agrarian Economics," Ukraine imported 220,000 tons of fruits from Turkey in 2022, the largest figure among other
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Anecoop presented the figures for the 2021-2022 season at its General Assembly of members held at the Palacio de Congresos in Valencia. read more

Officine Mingozzi implemented a flame treatment to solve the woolly aphid problem, using their own machines. read more

The varieties of fig planted in China are mainly cyan, yellow, red and brown, and there are few purple varieties in production. In recent years, the Guangxi Academy of Agricultural Sciences has successfully bred a new purple variety "Zizuan" fig, which has been popularized by the Beijing Guoran
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