According to EastFruit analysts, by the end of the 2023/24 season, Uzbekistan is quite capable of breaking into the top five largest exporters of fresh onions in the world. read more

Total European apple stock are down by 4.6% when compare to the same time last year. The biggest drops come from the UK at -31.3% followed by the Czech Republic at -29% and The Netherlands at -22.7%. Gains were made in Spain at +17.8%, France +13.7 and Belgium +10.5%. read more

Former Maltese Prime Minister, Joseph Muscat, recently shared his perspective on the concerns raised by European farmers, including those in Malta, regarding a proposed trade deal between the EU and Mercosur, South America's trading bloc. He said, “The EU spends most of its budget on
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A wealthy woman in Dubai, unable to purchase the most expensive penthouse, bought a bunch of grapes for over £90, a purchase she initially didn't intend to consume. Dalila Laaribi, the woman in question, shared on TikTok her acquisition of "the world's most expensive grapes," costing 428 UAE
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Inclusion, female empowerment, gender equality, prevention of violence against women, information and awareness-raising on the importance of prevention at the table through a healthy diet rich in fruit and vegetables. These are just some of the focuses on which the
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According to EastFruit analysts, onion prices in Uzbekistan have begun to rise recently. Since mid-January 2024, wholesale prices of onions have already increased by 28% or 4 US cents per kg. read more

When Johnny de Bat from Symach received a photo via the app showing that a palletizer had processed over 20 million bags, he knew it was time to celebrate. Last week, he visited the Dutch company Van den Berge Trading Company, bringing cake. read more

At the start of the Spanish greenhouse vegetable season, Frutas Luna's Kees Havenaar predicted that this winter could be quite different, mainly due to many crops being planted late. read more

The 116th Fieragricola in Verona closed on Saturday after four days of the event recording almost 100 thousand visitors. A result up by 45% compared to the previous edition that consolidates the role of the event as the international reference exhibition in Italy for the
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Massimiliano Severi (in the picture on the right), Area Manager of Aweta Sistemi, tells us about the line installed at Agrintesa cooperative formed by 4,000 farmers considering fruit, vegetables and grape, which preserves, transforms, packs and markets 340 thousand tons of products with an
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Job and Wim Ephraim worked at their father's company, Aardappelhandel Ephraim, in the Netherlands for the past five years. In September last year, they became co-owners. "Our father always said,' You're welcome to join, but make sure you bring your own trade'. That's how we gradually grew into
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The second edition of the Fresh Food Leader event in Bergamo "International Business meetings with buyers of large-scale retailers" has been concluded. read more

ProducePay has raised $38 million in Series D financing. The round was led by Syngenta Group Ventures, the venture capital arm of Syngenta Group, an agricultural technology company that delivers science-driven innovations to help farmers worldwide ensure food security and address climate change.
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The campaign of Maltese oranges, produced exclusively on Tunisia's Cap Bon peninsula (which produces over 75% of the country's citrus fruit), started about two weeks ago. This year is very different from the previous season, according to Mourad Ben Salem, manager of Med Essor, a company which
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Today, 5 February, is National Food Waste Prevention Day: Halving food waste by 2030 is one of the UN Sustainable Development Goals. The numbers: consumers with low purchasing power waste far more read more

Following the introduction of its Basstion Fruit brand, named after the similarly-named Polish family business, Basstion Fruit Sp Z. o o. is taking on its next challenge. read more

Why is it that a former French minister for ecological transition, a former Socialist candidate for the presidency of the Republic, rails so violently against the products of neighbouring Spain and, perhaps forgetting that there is a European regulation on organic products, reloads the dose by stating
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December was marked with somewhat less-that-desirable Dutch and Belgian strawberries, and some described Moroccan and Egyptian strawberries' quality as inferior. The market, thus, seems free for Spanish strawberries. Yet there, too, challenges grow annually, particularly regarding weather
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Recently, the customs agency Partida Logistics, based in the Spanish municipality of Algeciras, has opened a branch in Almeria to be able to work closer to its clients in that very important horticultural area, as well as in the Region of Murcia. read more

In the first eleven months of 2023, Bahian fruit exports saw a significant surge, reaching 170,000 tons and generating R$1.05 billion in revenue. This represents a 37% increase compared to the same period in the previous year. read more