Kiwifruit
French kiwi campaign 2023 looks more promising
2023-11-13 00:00
Volumes, market, segmentation and French production. Maxime Gil, managing director of Vergers Cancel, takes stock of the 2023 campaign.
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Masaf, 12 million allocated for the pear and kiwi sectors
2023-11-13 00:00
"After the green light from the State-Regions Conference, MASAF is ready to allocate 12 million euros for the pear and kiwi fruit sectors, aimed at countering the economic consequences they are experiencing due to climatic and natural events, such as drought, hail and plant diseases. In total
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Price of imported fruit drops in Vietnam
2023-11-13 00:00
The prices of imported fruits such as kiwis, apples, pomegranates, and pears in Vietnam have significantly decreased, costing only a fraction of their prices two years ago.
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The Italian Ministry of Agriculture, Food Sovereignty and Forestry (Masaf) has announced that it will allocate 12 million euros to counteract the economic consequences that the pear and kiwi value chains are experiencing due to climatic phenomena such as droughts,
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Tomra Food, cutting-edge solutions for kiwi grading
2023-11-09 00:00
Consumer demand has increased the value of kiwima sales climate change and the spread of pathogens make sorting and sizing solutions necessary for higher product quality, better efficiency and less waste. Tomra Food offers three systems of
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“The shortage of green kiwifruit has become a strategic opportunity”
2023-11-09 00:00
While the yellow kiwifruit production is on the rise, green kiwifruit, whose harvest started this week in Asturias, is still the most important variety, and its role in the global supply will remain essential. However, this year, the green-fleshed kiwifruit market has been under pressure due to
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New markets in Asia open to Italian fruit exports
2023-11-07 18:00
Markets in Asia are increasingly open to exports of pears, apples and kiwifruit from Italy, according to representatives at trade and market access specialist CSO Italy.
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New markets open up for Italian fruit in the Far East
2023-11-07 00:00
Italy is speeding up bilateral agreements with non-EU countries in the Far East on the subject of phytosanitary protocols, a subject that has often been a brake on exports and also ended up on the Ministry's table. After the necessary inspection visits, prepared by Cso Italy, we open
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"The issues with Spanish oranges mean an increased demand for those from South Africa"
2023-11-07 00:00
Inferior quality oranges and mandarins and a kiwi shortage caused by crop issues in New Zealand. In these times when the climate significantly affects harvests, it can be difficult to get good product. It is a situation that suits Jaap van Dijk of the Dutch company Más Frutas to a tee. "I deal
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Mini kiwis grown in Galicia and Asturias
2023-11-07 00:00
"You can eat their skin, which means they're very easy to consume, they can be eaten anywhere, and at any time. They are also surprisingly sweet and everyone who tastes them is amazed: they almost taste like honey," stated Adrian Garcia Villar, an agronomist at the Asturian company Arándanos El
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Cso Italy, good news for exports from inspections
2023-11-07 00:00
The month-and-a-half-long activity that saw CSO Italy organise and prepare four inspection visits to enable the export of fruit and vegetable products to China (pears), South Korea (kiwis), Taiwan (apples) and Thailand (pears) was successfully concluded.
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Zespri and its board advisor Sir John Key have met with the Chinese foreign minister to discuss the illegal plantings of Gold3 kiwifruit in China. Zespri owns the rights to Sun Gold, or G3, and growers in New Zealand pay hundreds of thousands of dollars per hectare to grow it. However, a grower
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“The French kiwi sector has found ways to renew itself”
2023-11-06 00:00
Diseases and weather hazards are just some of the difficulties French kiwi production, like other sectors, has had to deal with. For Jean-Baptiste Pinel, managing director of Primland, this negative situation has actually forced kiwi producers to evolve towards something positive, while
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Youphoria focused on collaboration
2023-11-03 11:00
Youphoria, a new fruit brand from Greece, is hoping to make waves on the European market, not just in kiwifruit, but also in grapes and cherries. According to George Kallitsis, general director at Youphoria Fruits, the concept is to work directly with growers, forming a producer organisation for
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Lower volumes, but higher quality for Greek kiwis
2023-11-03 00:00
The Greek kiwi season is in full swing. Apostolos Tsinoglou, owner of the Greek fruit exporter Europe Export, states that they’re having a good season, despite the lower volumes. “Our current kiwi season is generally satisfactory. Although the quantity is 40 per cent less than in the
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Zespri’s overseas New Zealand industry tours return
2023-11-02 00:00
Around 50 Zespri Kiwifruit growers from New Zealand have been able to see the fruit they grow on retailer shelves in Singapore and across Europe for the first time since an overseas industry tour hiatus due to Covid-19 travel restrictions.
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Kiwi, the market fluctuates and makes investments risky
2023-11-02 00:00
Actinidia are among the plants that in fruit growing require the most protective structures to ensure profitability for the farmer. Obviously, the planting costs are among the highest in the fruit-growing scene: suffice it to consider that for an arbour planting at the
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Apple company expands its grower base throughout New Zealand
2023-11-02 00:00
The Kiwi company, Rockit Global Limited, is expanding its footprint across the country, with the first Rockit™ apples now growing in the South Island.
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Tauranga post-harvest operation cuts green kiwifruit packing prices
2023-10-31 00:00
In an attempt to boost the New Zealand industry once again, one of the world’s largest post-harvest operation, located in Tauranga, is dropping its green kiwifruit packing prices. This drop has been made possible thanks to Mount Pack & Cool’s (Mpac) foresight and investment program
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Kiwi, Tomra helps growers meet challenges
2023-10-27 00:00
Kiwifruit packing stations are competing in an ever-changing market. Global demand is increasing, but consumer expectations of quality are also growing, and this confronts packers with two potentially conflicting objectives. The first is that
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