Smallholder farmers say livelihoods have improved after participating in initiatives led by life sciences company Bayer. This is the result of research by independent social impact measurement company 60 Decibels on four Bayer smallholder projects in India, Bangladesh, Kenya, and
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Dole Italia, a leading producer and distributor of premium quality fresh fruit, is launching a high-visibility promotional activity in some wholesale fruit and vegetable markets in Italy, in which its branded vehicle will be the big star: recognisable by a Banana
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What if the ancestor of the tomato and mozzarella pizza was a focaccia made with fruit? The discovery of a 2000-year-old fresco found in Pompeii opens up a new scenario on the origin of the quintessential Italian dish. read more

In the current marketing season in Ukraine, grapes have become the most expensive imported fruit at $1.57 per kilogram. In second place in terms of import value are “other fresh fruits” and berries at $1.48 per kilogram. This includes strawberries, raspberries, blackberries, mulberry fruit,
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Table grape, cherry and some blueberry fields in Chile are still wet, muddy and inaccessible after last week’s heavy rain and flooding. Vegetable producers are especially hard hit, while some producers have lost everything early reports from Chile indicate. According to Juan Pablo Orozco,
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Already around 300 exhibitors from ten countries have registered for the trade fair duo expoSE - Europe's largest meeting place for the asparagus and berry sector - and expoDirekt - Germany's largest trade fair for direct agricultural marketing. Around 400 exhibitors are expected
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According to the North Caucasus Interregional Administration of the Federal Service for Veterinary and Phytosanitary Surveillance (Rosselkhoznadzor), the volume of sweet cherry imports from Armenia to Russia in June increased by 2.5 times and strawberry imports increased by 1.4 times compared to
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The yellow melon season has finally started with a delay of over 20 days. Usually demand booms in September however, due to the sudden heat wave and the limited supply of fruit in general, it is already very lively. read more

The data released by Istat on consumer prices for June show, compared to the previous month, the general inflation index further slowed down to +6.4% on an annual basis, while the shopping trolley slowed down to +10.7% on a trend basis. read more

"Quality, safety, and traceability from start to finish, that's what it's about," begins Guy Dhaen, Sivafrost's Sales Relations & Marketing Manager. This Belgian family business was founded in 1986 as a frozen foods storage service provider. With the construction of the high-rise warehouse
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The new president of Assobio is Nicoletta Maffini, who was appointed yesterday by the new Board of Directors elected by the assembly of members of the national association of companies producing, processing and distributing organic and natural products. read more

The purchase of Planasa reaches its final phase. As Cinco Días reports, Cinven has already selected the investors who will bid for Planasa, Spain's leading soft fruit producer. Its current shareholder, Cinven, has chosen the funds Partners, Pai, Bain and Hal as finalists, according to
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Prospects and opportunities for cluster tomatoes in Sicily. This is the title of the meeting promoted by Cora Seeds, reserved for a group of selected Sicilian producers, that the seed company is organising on Thursday 29 June at the Poggio del Sole Hotel in Ragusa. It will analyse
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Last Tuesday (27 June) at the Policoro Castle (Matera), the results of the three-year supply chain project called Ortofrutta Made in Basilicata were presented. An initiative that started in early 2020 and was financed by the sub-measure 16.0 of the Basilicata 2014-2020 RDP,
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Earlier EastFruit wrote about a Georgian farmer finding it profitable to produce off-season blueberries last year. Now our analysts point out low volumes, but very quick growth, of fresh blueberry imports in the off-season. read more

Fresh-cut fruits are highly perishable and susceptible to bacterial contamination. Polysaccharides edible coating loaded with essential oils nano-emulsions have the potential to extend shelf life and improve quality of fruits. read more

Morocco has been increasing its asparagus exports over the past five years, and their volumes have more than doubled, as reported by EastFruit. For three marketing years in a row, Morocco was shipping asparagus only to Spain. However, since the MY 2021/22, Moroccan exporters have expanded their
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Relaunching the consumption of pears and conveying to consumers the chain's commitment over decades to a sustainable, safe and good Italian-made product. This is the direction taken by Pears with Love, the EU co-financed project (approximately 70-80% of the total 3 million),
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"A similar situation has never occurred before: demand from supermarkets and markets in Italy and abroad is high for both watermelons and mini-watermelons, with interesting quotations," reports Alberto Nocera, president of Agrieuropa, a company located in Terracina (Latina) that has planted
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