Watermelons

Watermelons are predominantly available in Europe during the warmer months, from spring to autumn. People enjoy eating them as a refreshing snack or using them in fruit salads, smoothies, and desserts. They are also popular at picnics and barbecues due to their high water content, helping to keep you hydrated. read more

Afghanistan has exported 442 tons of melons and watermelons in the past six months, mainly from Kandahar, to markets in India and Pakistan, according to the Taliban-run Ministry of Agriculture. Despite this achievement, Afghan traders face significant challenges, including insufficient cold storage facilities. read more

The Costa Rican delegation, led by the Costa Rican Foreign Trade Promotion Agency (Procomer), consisting of 30 companies from the agricultural sector, presented a diverse selection of high-quality fruits, vegetables, and tubers. These included products such as pineapple, banana, melon, watermelon, cassava, tiquisque, and Hass avocado. read more

Rijk Zwaan Ibérica's new sweet, juicy, and flavorful orange-fleshed watermelon variety has won the Fresh Produce category at the 2024 Innovation Hub Awards. These awards recognize and celebrate research, development, and innovation efforts in the agri-food sector. The awards ceremony took place. read more

The vegetable seed company BASF Nunhems presented a range of new innovations at Fruit Attraction 2024, which included tomato varieties resistant to rugose, two new watermelon concepts, and an expansion of its Agrigenio precision agriculture platform. read more

With the Navratri festival in full swing, the demand for fruits has increased significantly. Prices for watermelon, melon, papaya, and pomegranate have surged, while prices for custard apples, chickoo, mosambi, oranges, and lemons have remained stable. The fruit market received over 70 tons of mosambi, 40 tons of... read more

The heatwave in Ukraine this summer has had a significant impact on the country's agriculture, especially affecting vineyards and vegetable farmers. Despite producing large quantities of melon crops, farmers struggled to make a profit as prices barely covered their costs. This situation has also led to an increased variety of watermelon. read more

The Don Camillo Agricultural Cooperative, which also boasts this high-quality production, supplies not only melons, watermelons, and citrus fruits but also a wide variety of pumpkins from the 60 contributing farms. At Fruit Attraction, they will be presenting the 2025 novelties for their fourth product line. Many pumpkin varieties are also available. read more

In the Mykolaiv region of Ukraine, the total gourd harvest for this year reached 19.5 thousand tonnes, marking a 20% increase from the previous year. This includes 14.7 thousand tonnes of watermelons. Olena Piskun, who heads the Agricultural Sector Department at the Mykolaiv Regional State. read more

W tym roku uprawy melonów na Ukrainie okazały się mniej dochodowe z powodu nadprodukcji i niekorzystnych warunków pogodowych. Sytuacja z arbuzaami, w szczególności, była wymagająca: rolnicy, którzy uprawiali wczesne odmiany korzystając z irygacji, byli w stanie osiągnąć niewielki zysk, ale po

This year, melon crops in Ukraine have proven to be less profitable due to overproduction and unfavorable weather conditions. The situation with watermelons, in particular, has been challenging: farmers who cultivated early varieties using irrigation were able to make a small profit, but after read more

The fresh produce marketer Jaffa has updated its brand identity as it expands its product range beyond its traditional citrus varieties to include specialty items such as super-sweet pineapples, premium table grapes, and yellow and orange-fleshed watermelons. read more

True to its commitment to innovation, Rijk Zwaan returns to Fruit Attraction with a very striking novelty: Orange Sunglow, a watermelon with orange flesh, sweet flavor, and a crunchy and juicy texture that offers consumers a

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Their star product, watermelon, has closed with a 24% increase in volume and a 12% increase in revenue, while costs have been 2% higher compared to last year. A balance that leads them to

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The 'Dolce Passione' watermelon campaign will conclude in week 39 of 2024. It has been a lengthy season, starting for Macfrut in week 19. As anticipated, the campaign wrapped up after nearly 5 months, with the final available produce sourced from greenhouse crops and shipped to warmer climates. Consortium read more

From the Mediterranean countries, essentially only Italy supplies the German market with watermelons. Cantaloupes are almost exclusively offered from Brazil. With the transition to overseas supply, the retail sector's advertising activities also change. At the end of August, there were. read more

W Nigerii nadciśnienie tętnicze dotyka około 29% dorosłych, jak podaje Narodowy Instytut Zdrowia, co podkreśla konieczność skutecznych strategii zarządzania. Bogactwo bioróżnorodności kraju dostarcza różnorodne owoce, które mogą pomóc w kontroli ciśnienia krwi. Te owoce są łatwo dostępne. read more

On September 18, 2024, at the Mazurkas Conference Center in Ożarów Mazowiecki, the Fresh Market 2024 took place – the largest B2B meeting in Poland and Central-Eastern Europe dedicated to the fresh fruits, vegetables, and flowers industry. The event brought together key producers, suppliers, and buyers from major retail chains in Poland and neighboring countries. read more

"Complex season but rich in satisfactions and, fortunately, in Sardinia it is still summer," begins Salvatore Lotta, commercial director of Agricola Campidanese, in response to our request to outline a picture for his Group of the watermelon campaign nearing its conclusion. read more

The members of Proexport account for the majority of Spanish production of salads, leafy vegetables, broccoli, cauliflower, celery, artichokes, and melons, as well as significant quantities of tomatoes, bell peppers, watermelons, grapes, and lemons, among others. This takes place from the 8th to the 10th. read more

Today we present the ninth edition of the column dedicated to the evolution of the profile of the national fruit and vegetable purchasing manager, made possible through the collaboration between Monitor Ortofrutta by Agroter and Consumer Panel by GfK Italia. read more