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Ukraine is dependent on imports of fruits and nuts from abroad. Turkey remains the primary supplier of these products, from where 220,000 tons of fruits were imported last year. Citrus fruits and bananas are the most popular fruits in Ukraine, accounting for 60% of the import value in 2022. read more

The merger of the ports of Antwerp and Zeebrugge last year profoundly reshaped the Western European maritime landscape. The new, united port made no secret of its ambitions. "We want to become a world port that protects the economy, people and climate in
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Egypt continues to actively increase the export of oranges to the Southeast Asian region, EastFruit informs. Moreover, it is Egypt that remains the largest supplier of oranges from the countries of the Northern Hemisphere there. read more

The start of Sakata Seed’s Controlled Environment Agriculture (CEA) department a few years ago wasn’t intentional at the beginning. “We received a lot of requests from CEA growers who had access to our product through their distributors,” says Tracy Lee, who heads up the company’s CEA
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Postharvest handling of some fruits involves additional steps that are critical to their success at retail. Ripening with ethylene ensures that several of these commodities are at ideal ripeness and will properly reach a dependable, ready-to-eat stage at the right time. Ethylene is a natural
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The restrictive EU Green Deal policies impacting on plant protection products and packaging risk penalising Italian companies already burdened by the drought problem and the shortage of skilled labour. This was the summary of Marco Salvi's report to the 74th assembly of
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It is with great sadness in our hearts that we have learned that Günter Schweinsberg has passed away at the age of 93. Günter Schweinsberg was one of the personalities who had an outstanding journalistic influence on the fruit business in the post-war period. National and
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Over the past week, wholesale prices for onions of a new crop have decreased by 2 times, which is explained by a sharp increase in the volume of onion supply in the domestic market. In turn, this circumstance puts pressure on the prices of last year’s onions, and wholesale prices for them fell
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The stonefruit campaign is starting in Egypt with lower volumes than last year, due to unstable weather conditions, and smaller sizes in the first harvests. Karim Fayed, operations manager of the Egyptian producer Fayed Agricultural Development Company (FATA), gives us an overview of the
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A gene-editing potato project aims to boost the rate of photosynthesis in potato crops to promote yield, water use efficiency and drought tolerance. The project is known as PhotoBoost; it focuses on a 20-25% increase in photosynthetic performance, which could lead to a 30% increase in plant biomass. read more

The Ecuadorian yellow pitaya fruit, which has received much attention, has started to be sold in the fruit wholesale market this week. In addition, among the large-size fruit categories on the market, the volume of Thai durian has increased, and the price has dropped since last week. Domestic
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It’s all about the varieties right now. That’s what Ken Gad of Cambridge Farms Inc. Says is spurring the movement of potatoes in the market today.   read more

Morrisons have limited the sale of peppers to two per customer, as unseasonably cold weather seems to be limiting supply. A number of fruit and vegetable items have been in short supply so far this year, including tomatoes, which was also partly put down to poor weather in Spain and Morocco. read more

Thailand’s Ministry of Commerce has set the target for export of fresh and processed fruits at 4.44 million tons, an increase of 10% from the previous year. Durian, in particular, is being targeted. read more

Bananas, mandarin orange, peanuts, South American potatoes and other exotic vegetables and fruits have been found more and more often on farms throughout Bosnia and Herzegovina in recent years. read more

Changes in the variety and export picture of the Andean country have already been observed for some time. In the latest campaign, the Red Globe variety now had to give way to Sweet Globe for the first time, reports agraria.pe. read more

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Among the thematic halls of Macfrut 2023 one confirmed is that of biosolutions, a topic that is increasingly at the centre of European interest, also due to the objectives of the Green Deal that envisage significant cuts in synthetic products. Coordinating the area is Agri2000 Netdi Bologna.
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