In week 14, fruit and vegetables by set weight started to grow again in the large-scale retail trade after a negative week. However, the performance distance from packaged FMCG still increases compared to the previous week. Among the physical channels, for fruit and vegetables by imposed weight
read more

According to the results of the 2022 financial year, Japan increased fruit imports from Russia by 646.1%, as announced by the Ministry of Finance of Japan on their official website. During the same reporting period, vegetable imports decreased by 8.3% and soybean imports decreased by 31.8%. read more

Southern Africa’s citrus volumes continue their upward trajectory – an estimate of over 166 million 15kg cartons at this point, from 127.2 million cartons in 2019.  read more

A Herefordshire farmer has been jailed for 12 months for damaging a protected stretch of the River Lugg. John Price was been disqualified from acting as a company director for three years. The Environment Agency estimated that Price caused £600,000 worth of damage after he used a bulldozer to
read more

The Sicilian 'retato' melon campaign has begun: since the Easter weekend, Barbera International, a company from Adrano, Catania, specialising in the production and marketing of the best Sicilian fruit, has been supplying the product to the large-scale retail trade. read more

"Over the past few years, our company has experienced significant, double-digit growth (+70%), consolidated mostly as a result of additional buyers from the retail sector. At the moment, we sell our strawberries in twenty supermarket chains, including Italian and European ones, but we have
read more

In Europe, local sweet potato production in Spain and Portugal is nearly over. Currently, the available products come almost exclusively from the United States. "Certainly, in Southern Europe, there's more demand for the US product. This season, that crop is excellent, size-wise, and we're
read more

Researchers at Hebrew University, Israel have succeeded in developing tomato varieties capable of producing a high yield even in extreme drought conditions. The study was published in the journal PNAS. read more

Lineage Logistics a prominent temperature-controlled industrial REIT and integrated solutions providers worldwide, has celebrated the grand opening of its newest facility in Port Wentworth, Georgia. Savannah Fresh-Port Wentworth is strategically located near the Port of Savannah, the largest
read more

AINIA has presented a mobile unit that allows farmers to process IV range fruits and vegetables on the field where they're grown and obtain ready-to-eat products with greater added value. read more

Almeria's melon and watermelon campaign has already started with the harvest of the earliest varieties. However, at the moment, volumes are still limited. Producers expect a higher production than in the previous season and, at the moment, the fruits' quality is good. read more

The agronomic season that has just started is looking particularly complicated when it comes to irrigation: some areas in Italy are already experiencing water shortages and the prospects are worrying.  read more

The global sweet potato market is seeing mixed results, with some countries experiencing growth while others face challenges. In the Netherlands, the sweet potato season is going well with a trouble-free harvest from North Carolina, while in Germany, inflation is putting pressure on sales.
read more

read more

The European Parliament's first approval of the reform of PDO and PGI geographical indications arrived yesterday. In particular, the Agriculture Commission of the European Parliament approved the negotiating mandate for the reform. read more

In the heart of the pastoral region of northern Israel lies a new agricultural initiative that attempts to transform Herbal Farming by bringing it one step closer to the future, a fully automated basil-growing greenhouse with limited human intervention that extends the shelf life up to 20 days.
read more

“The pear sector still has prospects for the future although, at the moment, demand is higher abroad than in Italy. Of course we need to change mentality in our approach to new orchards," reports Giovanni Zanzi, co-owner of Vivai F.lli Zanzi in Ferrara, one among the leading businesses in the
read more

Increasingly extreme weather events and increasingly aggressive diseases are only bringing attention back to a subject that is very dear to producers, that of TEAs. Assisted Evolution Techniques, in particular cisgenesis and genome editing, are currently still relegated in Italy
read more

As part of its commitment to bring forward technological solutions that reduce food loss and promote sustainable agriculture, AgroFresh Solutions, Inc., a post-harvest freshness solutions provider, announced a partnership with Strella, a startup and developer of proprietary sensor technology.
read more

In the south, stone fruit and kiwifruit are running and we are in the bud swelling phase (Click to learn more). In Calabria, fruit thinning is already being implemented for some early varieties. At IFN he explains the treatments that are being carried out, Antonio Nacca, head of
read more