Pomegranates
South African pomegranate season kicking off this week
2024-01-03 00:00
The pomegranate picking season in South Africa will start this week. Sapex growers will start picking Angel Red in the North of South Africa. Only limited volumes of this cultivar will be available, and it will be the first time it will be exported by Sapex. We are keen to see how Angel Red will
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"The entire agricultural sector is on alert after port of Almeria rejected shipment of Moroccan pomegranates with false moth"
2023-12-21 00:00
The data of the European Commission's Europhyt-Traces registry for November included an interception of a shipment of pomegranates from Morocco with false moth (Thaumatotibia leucotreta). Intercitrus has confirmed that this rejection occurred in the Port of Almeria, which means it was the
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Intercitrus: rejection in Almeria for 'false moth' in Moroccan pomegranates puts the sector on alert
2023-12-21 00:00
The interprofessional demands a prompt clarification from the Commission because this pest is not declared in this country and, if it had not been intercepted in November in this port and landed in a warehouse, it would not only have threatened nearby citrus growing areas but also crops
Pomegranates and arils delivered to a higher number of clients
2023-12-18 00:00
December confirms itself as an important month for pomegranates both in Italy and abroad. Dario De Lisi, sales manager at Masseria Fruttirossi, knows this fully well and reports that "sold volumes are higher than during the past seasons thanks to the higher number of clients, who recognize us as
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AVA-ASAJA expresses extreme concern after False Moth detected in shipment of Moroccan pomegranates
2023-12-13 00:00
The European Commission has confirmed the first interception of a shipment of pomegranates with false moth (Thaumatotibia leucotreta). The shipment originated from Morocco, a third country that -up until now- was considered a free zone of this quarantine plague. AVA-ASAJA expressed its "extreme
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AVA-ASAJA demands that the EU investigate the detection of a false moth in Moroccan pomegranates.
2023-12-11 00:00
The European Commission notes a first interception of the false moth pest (Thaumatotibia leucotreta) in a shipment of pomegranates from Morocco, a third country that until now was considered a free zone for this quarantine pest. In view of this detection,
read moreRetailers focused on holiday celebrations with offers
2023-12-04 00:00
Ad numbers bounced back this week as new flyers replaced those that were extended over Thanksgiving. Retailers focused on holiday celebrations with offers designed to help shoppers maximize their budgets and fill stockings a little fuller. Holiday fruits like pomegranates, offshore cherries,
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Tajikistan reports bumper fruit harvest, but prices soar
2023-11-24 00:00
In Tajikistan, the Ministry of Agriculture reveals a remarkable increase in fruit production, surpassing last year's yield by 47,000 tons. As of November 20, over 456,000 tons of various fruits have been harvested, with cherries, apricots, apples, plums, and lemons leading the surge in output.
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Grenades for Valencians living abroad
2023-11-22 00:00
The Protected Designation of Origin of the Pomegranate Mollar de Elche has opened the registration period to apply for the Christmas shipment of pomegranates from Elche for people from the Valencian Community who live abroad.
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Foreign countries now purchase pomegranates from Italy
2023-11-20 00:00
An increasing number of European and extra-European operators and supermarket chains are requesting pomegranates from Italy even though, up until a few years ago, they used to purchase them from other Mediterranean origins such as Spain and Turkey.
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Pomegranates - an increasingly "automated" fruit
2023-11-17 00:00
Pomegranate arils are increasingly in demand but, in order for the chain to be sustainable, processes need to be mechanized. "Extracting arils mechanically is now possible thanks to a Futura machine, which is a sturdy yet simple solution," explains Andrea Vitali from CSA Technologies.
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Young and old volunteers have jumped in to help finish the pomegranate and are now tackling the figs harvesting and packing says David Levin, the CEO and marketing director of Zohara Farms. “The efficiency is not 100%, it’s 80% but we say so what, the pack house is at least running. It is a
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“It all started because we wanted to give a second chance to Mollar pomegranates that did not meet the marketing standards"
2023-11-14 00:00
"We have been producing Mollar de Elche pomegranates in San Juan de Alicante for more than 30 years. We came to terms with the fact that when marketing fresh produce, the fruit that could not be sold because it did not meet the market requirements ended up discarded or, at best, was sold to the
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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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Anecoop announces further integration
2023-11-09 13:00
Two of Anecoop’s cooperative members are to join forces to boost their competitiveness in the organics sector. Almeria-basedd Albentillas and Murcia’s Toñifruit have announced that they will integrate their social structure while retaining their individual legal identities.
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Pomegranates, second flowering saves the season
2023-11-09 00:00
The Sicilian pomegranate season is almost drawing to a close and, as Sicilian producer Michelangelo Bevilacqua, owner of the Tenute Michelangelo company in the Acate (Ragusa) area with six hectares dedicated to the fruit, tells IFN, it has been a season with two faces. "The
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"The high-quality of our pomegranates win against other imports on German and Dutch markets"
2023-11-09 00:00
The Wonderful pomegranate campaign is proceeding at Azienda Agricola Castagnino in Crotone, Calabria. "We started harvesting in early October and we are almost done. The produce will be commercialized until the new year thanks to storage in our units according to plans that are almost entirely
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1,000 tons of pomegranates to be exported from Kurdistan to France
2023-11-09 00:00
The owner of a pomegranate harvest business in the Kurdistan Region stated that he signed a contract for the export of 1,000 tons of pomegranates to France. Idress Anwar signed a contract stipulating that the pomegranates are to be sourced from Halabja and Zakho. In the first phase, 100 tons of
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A tourist from Azerbaijan got in a whole lot of trouble when he stepped into a Lisbon restaurant, hoping to order some fruit juice to drink. But his request alarmed the server so much that the police became involved. Not only that: the entire incident prompted a terror alert.
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Azerbaijan is actively advancing its agriculture, focusing on key areas such as tomato, persimmon, pomegranate, and notably, hazelnut production. The country ranks 4th globally in hazelnut production for the 2022/2023 season, producing 24,000 tons, constituting 4% of the world's hazelnut
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