Tomra presents its new organisation and AI-based solutions
2024-02-12 00:00
TOMRA Food unveiled its new streamlined and optimised organisational structure in Berlin, presented its sorting, sizing and packaging solutions, and launched three new AI-based sorting and sizing solutions.
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The fate of Moldova’s apple stocks: export or processing?
2024-02-11 00:00
Some of Moldova’s canning factories have resumed to accept last year’s apples at the prices they were in autumn 2024. The deliveries in January and February are not very large, only a few dozen tons per day, according to AgroExpert . However, the activity is expected to increase from March
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Antonio Muñoz Armero passes away at 93
2024-02-10 11:00
Antonio Muñoz Armero, the founder of the AMC Group holding company, has died at the age of 93. Muñoz was a towering presence in Spanish agriculture, turning the company he inherited from his father into a holding group made up of more than 70 companies with annual sales of €1.3bn.
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A surprising carrot price drop in Ukraine
2024-02-10 00:00
The Ukrainian carrot market in Ukraine is facing a slump in prices, according to EastFruit analysts.
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Egypt’s table grape exports to Saudi Arabia: another success in 2023
2024-02-10 00:00
According to EastFruit , Egypt broke its own record of table grape exports to the Saudi Arabian market in 2023, as it shipped more than the entire previous year in just the first 10 months. Saudi Arabia had become the top importer of grapes from Egypt in 2022 , and it further consolidated its
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Zucchiolo and Mirical triumph at Fruit Logistica Innovation Awards
2024-02-09 15:00
Zucchiolo, the new vegetable product from Unica Fresh in Spain, has won this year’s Fruit Logistica Innovation Award.
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Production: Opportunities despite climate change
2024-02-09 09:00
The Planetary Health Diet (PHD) was developed by the EAT-Lancet Commission in response to the question of how around ten billion people can be fed in 2050 within the Earth's ecological limits. As a basis, the scientists determined a diet in which
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AMI: High demand for kohlrabi in the trade
2024-02-09 09:00
In week 6, the special offer price is 0.69 euros per unit for primarily Italian products. This is higher than the average consumer price a week earlier. With 16 promotions, there is slightly more advertising for kohlrabi in food retail than in the previous week. This is clearly
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Germany: shrub berry harvest down 4% in 2023
2024-02-09 09:00
According to the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis), the bush berry harvest in 2023 will correspond to the average harvest volume of the last six years despite the year-on-year decline.
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Packaging - safe and sustainable
2024-02-09 09:00
On average, every European produces almost 190 kg of packaging waste. To reduce this amount, the European Union recently adopted new regulations. Among other things, they stipulate that around 20% less plastic packaging will be produced by 2040. This is to be achieved, among other things
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South African citrus industry welcomes new shipping service
2024-02-09 04:00
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IFPA leadership programme to focus on innovation
2024-02-09 03:00
The IFPA Produce Executive Program, developed by Streamwise Learning’s Institute of Food and Grocery Management, has been a space for fresh produce executives to hone their skills and collaborate with industry heavyweights since 2002
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Demand for premium Japanese fruit rises ahead of Chinese New Year
2024-02-09 01:00
Festive demand has fuelled an increase Japanese produce imports via Singapore’s Changi Airport ahead of Lunar New Year.
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The Board of Directors of D.IT - Distribuzione Italiana Soc. Coop. and the Board of Directors of Realco Soc. Coop. announce that Donatella Prampolini Manzini (photo at top) has resigned as President and Director of both companies;
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Nama, the 'born ripe' tomato impresses at Fruit Logistica
2024-02-09 00:00
Uncuore di bue - Italian - homogeneous in both shape and colour and with an intense and constant flavour during the 9 months of marketing (which will become 12). Last but not least, an above-average shelf life;
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Unica Fresh's Zucchiolo wins Flia 2024
2024-02-09 00:00
Awarded the Flia at Fruit Logistica 2024: the winner is a new product, Zucchiolo from Spain's Unica Fresh. The Mirical packaging from the Dutch company Koppert then won the Flia Technology, launched for the first time this year. A total of around 70
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The format of the Italian Fruit Village in Berlin is a success
2024-02-09 00:00
The sixth edition of the Italian Fruit Villageat Fruit Logistica closed with great satisfaction. "The surface area has increased significantly, the number of exhibitors has grown, 23 direct exhibitors, many of them collective entities with hundreds of other farms
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Fruit Logistica 2024: EastFruit’s photo highlights
2024-02-09 00:00
From 7 to 9 February, Berlin (Germany) is hosting Fruit Logistica – a major event for the global agro-industry. This international exhibition, which has been held in Berlin since 1993, showcases the entire spectrum of the chain: from the production of fresh products to the final consumer.
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Assisted evolution techniques, EU Parliament approves regulation
2024-02-09 00:00
Favourable vote on Wednesday in the European Parliament on assisted evolution techniques (Tea). An important step therefore for the agricultural world the approval by the European Parliament of the Tea Regulation, a tool to improve production and combat change
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Have you ever tried a heavenly apple?
2024-02-09 00:00
For a heavenly apple, such as Cosmic Crisp, a special presentation is needed, and the breakfast with a view of Berlin at dawn on the second day of Fruit Logistica certainly did not disappoint expectations. The press event, organised by the South Tyrolean consortia VIP and VOG, was a
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