The 'Michelangelo Bartolo' secondary school in Pachino won the Best Enterprise in Action Award at the National Entrepreneurship Championships, the great event that rewards the entrepreneurial ideas of male and female students organised by Junior
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Assosementwelcomes the approval in the Chamber of Deputies of the Drought DL, which allows the field trial of Assisted Evolution Techniques. "With these genetic improvement methods we will be able to significantly reduce the time needed for selection
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The yellow melon campaign is about to get into full swing; after an uninspiring start due to the negative wake that characterised the 'retato' melon at the beginning of the season, the scenarios are changing. "The campaign did not get off to a good start due to low sales volumes,
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Several government and horticultural organisations are joining forces to promote the Dutch horticultural sector internationally during GreenTech Amsterdam (13-15 June 2023). The collective announces a joint programme, according to Dutch Greenhouse Delta. read more

Against the high cost of groceries, a card is on the way for about one and a half million families. This was said a few days ago by the Minister of Agriculture and Food Sovereignty, Francesco Lollobrigida, in the programme 'Dritto e Rovescio' on Rete 4. read more

According to Belarus' Agriculture and Food Minister Igor Brylo, his country is striving for long-term cooperation in agriculture with Zimbabwe. Brylo: “We count on long-term cooperation. We will fulfill all agricultural mechanization agreements with Zimbabwe. You could see with your own eyes
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Researchers at Tampere University in Finland have developed Flying Aero-robots based on the Light Responsive Materials Assembly (FAIRY). This microscopic, lightweight, skeleton-free nanorobot is designed to pollinate areas where there are no insect pollinators. read more

At the official start of the early potato harvest in the southwest, the DEHOGA Rhineland-Palatinate - as the mouthpiece for the hospitality industry in the state - is awarded the distinction of Brand Ambassador for Palatinate Grumbeere 2023/24. As the first official act, the potato harvester will be used. In
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A sector that has suffered long-term damage overall, considering that Romagna alone produces 30% of Italian fruit and vegetables, and serious repercussions on jobs and distribution; read more

Precision agricultureis the new frontier of development in the agri-food sector: with an added value of 64 billion euro in 2021 and a number of employees approaching one and a half million, the application of technology in agriculture has become increasingly
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A policy of planning and design of the minor water network, with canalisations and small reservoirs; sustainable forest management as a strategy for soil consolidation and water management, which counteracts its unwise use. read more

Żabka Group contributed PLN7bln to Polish economy last year read more

In June, we are in the middle of the cherry season, an Italian excellence that can boast several PGI awards certifying a disitinctive quality in the European fruit and vegetable scene; read more

One of the objectives of the Spanish presidency of the Council of the EU, which begins on 1 July, will be to speed up trade agreements with Mercosur, Chile and Mexico, as stated at the last Foreign Affairs and Trade Council. Work will also be done to make progress on
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The recent rise in UK packing potato prices has been weighing on demand from retailers, with supermarkets utilising contracted supplies as much as possible to reduce exposure to high prices in the free-buy market. The Mintec Benchmark Prices (MBP) for Grade 1 White Packing Potatoes EXW England
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On his plot of 2,500m², Thomas Le Bot grows raspberries, mainly for French pastry chefs, as well as supermarkets. The harvest started 3 weeks ago, and this year's raspberries are more fragile than last year's,” according to the feedback from the pastry chefs. Raspberries are a “very
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This year's peach and nectarine campaign has started a few weeks late in the south, where reduced volumes are expected due to the bad weather in the last month, but at the same time it is ahead of schedule in the north - particularly in Veneto - and is now also underway in Romagna,
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According to the Federal Statistical Office, food prices continued to rise at an above-average rate in May 2023. If the inflation rate is expected to have been 6.1 %, the increase in food prices compared to the same month last year was 14.9 %. After 22.3 % in March this year
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By, probably, an complete coincidence, immediately after the end of the presidential elections in Turkey, won by the incumbent President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, the Turkish currency suffered yet another collapse. According to EastFruit analysts, it will have a huge impact on the fruit and
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