Prof. Giorgio Cantelli Forti was re-elected for a fourth consecutive term, by unanimous vote of the Academicians, as President of the National Academy of Agriculture for the three-year period 2022-2025. With this vote, Prof. Giorgio Cantelli Forti becomes the second President for
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Valfrutta is back in communication celebrating that 'unique, genuine, green and passionate' Italy that the brand wants to represent every day by bringing the excellence of our land to the tables of millions of Italians; read more

The export season of walnuts from Ukraine in 2022 began with record lows, and prices for the walnut kernels in the Ukrainian market continue to disappoint producers and suppliers, EastFruit reports. read more

In recent weeks, after disrupted harvests in north Africa reduced supply and inflation forced industry buyers to spend more on less from key markets such as Spain, British shoppers have faced a shortage of tomatoes, cucumbers and peppers. read more

A decrease in selling prices was recorded on the onion market in Ukraine this week, EastFruit project analysts report. The main reason for the downward price trend was the massive supply of imported onions from Poland, Egypt and the Netherlands. According to the project’s daily monitoring
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German health authorities notified the Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed (RASFF) that they detected the presence of chlorothalonil, a fungicide that is considered carcinogenic, in melons imported from Costa Rica via the Netherlands. read more

For the control of fire blight (Erwinia amylovora) on pome fruit, the Federal Office of Consumer Protection and Food Safety (BVL) has granted an emergency authorisation for the plant protection product LMA. read more

The benefits of eating vegetables are well known, but as of today, some vegetables are also of great interest for research. Based on a study by Osaka University, high levels of sulphur compounds (reactive polysulphides) were discovered in 22 different vegetables. read more

Hectre, double award winners in the AgTech Breakthrough Awards, have announced that their latest innovation, the Spectre for Pears early fruit sizing app, has now been released to the market. read more

The Emilia Romagna PGI pear will also be present tomorrow at the fifth edition of the Arepo 'European event on Quality and Origin products' in Brussels, organised by Arepo, the association of European regions of origin, in the context of which the
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The Kenyan avocado season got off to a slower start than expected, says Dipesh Devraj, commercial director of Kenyan avocado exporter Keitt Exporters: “The much-awaited avocado season for Kenya officially commenced on 24th March, just a few days ago. The start of the season has been slower
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Tunisian peach and apricot growers are expecting a good season, thanks to strong demand, good weather conditions, and better productivity this year, according to Mohamed Akermi, CEO of Tunileaf. read more

A new idea of orchards to combat the consequences of climate change, from extreme weather events to the loss of biodiversity and the water crisis. The researchers of DREAM (Diversified orchards for REsilient and sustAinable Mediterranean farming systems) are working on it,
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A sea of basil and mint creates a green oasis in two new La Place restaurants introduced at Hema. "We are very proud that we were able to create a fresh herb experience in collaboration with Leaf: a herb greenhouse and a fresh tea garden," explains Renée Peeters of Vitacress Real. The greening
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Late mandarins are coming to the end of a brilliant campaign, requests from the markets and large-scale retail trade are satisfactory and demand is steadily increasing, while the Easter exploit is awaited. This is how Paolo Scirè, owner of Canguretto Sas di
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One of the leading vegetable nurseries in Emilia Romagna, Vivai Garattoni Umberto in San Mauro Pascoli, produces around 100 million plants every year. The main products are leaf vegetables, fennel, celery, and brassicas. There is also the organic division.  read more

An app to support fruit and vegetable consumption in Emilia-Romagna, making information and in-depth information on the production and trade of the main species grown in the region available to the entire sector. It is called InfoCSO and was launched at the point of sale
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On Friday, March 24, the South African Table Grape Industry (SATI) celebrated a successful 2022/2023 China Market Development Campaign launch at Guangzhou’s Jiangnonghui wholesale fruit market. Joining hands at the event were representatives of the South African Embassy in China, South
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LC Packaging CEO Lucas Lammers signed the European Commission Sustainable Consumption Pledge on behalf of the company during the Consumer Summit in Brussels, Belgium on Tuesday 28 March 2023. By taking the voluntary pledge, LC Packaging is committing to support sustainable consumption, beyond
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Five more hydrogen filling stations, two mobile refuelling solutions, a new electrolysis facility and putting at least 30 additional H2 trucks on the road: These are some of the goals of the "Clean Cargo Connect" project, with which the Hydrogen Network North-East Lower Saxony is
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