Courgette (zucchini)
The current cost of vegetables and fruits at the central market of Balti in Moldova
2024-01-09 00:00
In the bustling central market of Balti, Moldova, prices for select fruits and vegetables have seen modest increases over the past three weeks. Avocado prices have risen by 50 cents, reaching 6.67 euros, while zucchinis and aubergines now cost 2.8 euros and 3.6 euros per kilogram,
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Prices of many products increased in December, which is evident in the case of bell peppers
2024-01-08 00:00
"This week, we've received fresh tangerines, oranges, lemons, black and purple eggplants, as well as zucchini. Each bell pepper weighs between 500 to 700 grams. We offer these products almost year-round, except for the hot summer months.
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Unica's Zucchiolo among FLIA award finalists
2024-01-08 00:00
Unica's new vegetable Zucchiolo, Gautier's courgette Frutastic and Koppert's organic whitefly solution Mirical are finalists in the race for the FRUIT LOGISTICA Innovation Award (FLIA).
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"There is a lot of demand for Delphi ND".
2023-12-21 00:00
Syngenta's new courgette programme is very promising. Just this week, around 300 people attended the company's open days to see the Delfos ND variety at first hand. With this variety, Syngenta is inaugurating the new ND Protected line, made of materials with
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Prices for clementines are down by 5% compared to last year but not for Tarocco oranges which, instead, are up by 25%. And while chicory is expensive with prices up over 20% and courgettes up 40%, artichokes remain stable but not aubergines, which fall by up to 40%. It presents itself
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Almeria: Rising price trend
2023-12-18 11:00
Snake cucumbers fetched 0.95 euros/kg to 0.80 euros/kg, cucumbers francés 0.70 euros/kg to 1.40 euros/kg and cucumbers corto negro 1.65 euros/kg to 1.30 euros/kg, courgettes fino 1.65 euros/kg to 1.40 euros/kg, courgettes gordo 1.50 euros/kg to 1.25 euros/kg, striped aubergines 1.30 euros/kg to 1 euro/kg
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Vegetables prepare for Christmas, prospects are good
2023-12-15 00:00
By now Christmas is just around the corner and the fruit and vegetable world is about to experience a crucial phase of the year. With Eugenio Celeste, co-owner of the Verde company, which operates within the Vittoria market, we analysed the moment for vegetables, trying to understand those that can
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Ukraine is witnessing a surge in imports of fruits and vegetables from Turkey due to the Polish border blockade.
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The clock sales of Spanish vegetables at ZON started off slowly this year. "Just like other years, we started supplying courgette and aubergine around week 43/44, but various products such as tomatoes and some field crops started significantly later this season. Particularly, the availability of
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Italy: "Super" courgettes from the Zucchin.BO project enter the final phase in 2024
2023-12-05 10:00
Some of those involved explain exactly what the project was about: "We want to create a courgette Bolognese that is resistant to the most common plant diseases and at the same time research innovative solutions in the field of environmentally friendly packaging
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New machine automates weighing and banding
2023-12-05 00:00
With the automatic weighing and banding machine by Freshtech Solutions, the entire production process of weighing, bundling, and banding is automated in one machine. This is suitable for packaging various products such as zucchini, pointed pepper, leek, asparagus, carrot, and rhubarb.
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Here comes the super courgette Bolognese Zucchin-Bo
2023-12-05 00:00
Creating an indestructible and stainless 'Bolognese' courgette. Or at least resilient to the diseases that most limit its production, primarily fungal diseases and virosis, so as to increase the competitiveness of the fresh market courgette sector by focusing on the
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In 2024 the plant disease resistant Zucchino Bolognese
2023-12-04 00:00
The genetic improvement project on Zucchino Bolognese is coming to an end. The aim of the Zucchin-Bo project, financed by the 2014-2020 regional rural development programme and presented by Consorzio Sativa with the coordination and consultancy of Ri.Nova, is to produce a
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Spanish vegetables in the grip of virosis
2023-11-30 00:00
Serious forms of virosis are affecting vegetable production in Almeria, Spain. Denouncing the situation is the Iberian agricultural association Coag Almeria itself, which speaks of heavy damage on tomatoes, courgettes and peppers.
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In cooperation with Agroatlas, the leading green bean marketer in Europe, a new firm specializing in organic production has been created in Almeria. "Biogrow Farms has been created both as a producer and marketer, specializing in vine and cherry tomatoes, zucchini, and organic watermelon," said
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Walter Schettini is an urban farmer out of Rome who serves the southern part of the Italian capital with fresh organic produce. “We are certified organic,” he explains. “We mainly focus on seasonal produce, which we grow in soil.” Because of that, the veggies coming out of Azienda
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Viruses create "severe problems" in Almeria's greenhouses
2023-11-20 00:00
The Coordinadora de Organizaciones Agrarias y Ganaderas, COAG, de Almería, warns about the severe pest problems that, in the form of viruses, especially in crops such as tomato, courgette and pepper, are occurring in the current season.
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The Spanish greenhouse vegetable season's start has, in the past, sometimes been less promising. "Considering, say, bell peppers, given that the Netherlands was on the market until two weeks ago, those prices have been good," begins Marco Romein of Agrogestion Alboran.
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Courgette market in turmoil, rising quotations
2023-11-15 00:00
A golden moment for the courgette, prices are satisfactory and demand brisk. Usually, in this period, the price peaks occur with the drop in temperature, which blocks the productivity of the plants, but despite the mild temperatures, in Sicily, there is a good production and
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"Unpredictability and weather dependence keep determining Spanish fruit-vegetable season's course"
2023-11-14 00:00
The new Spanish fruit-vegetable import season has begun. According to Ton Bouw of the Dutch company The Greenery, there are no substantial acreage shifts. "Growers seem to prefer the somewhat less risky crops like zucchini and cucumbers. It has been decided, across the board, to plant slightly
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