The production of Bulgarian fruits and vegetables is in danger. According to data from the Agricultural Academy, presented by its chairman, Professor Martin Banov, only one-tenth of the arable land is cultivated with anything other than cereals at this point in time. read more

While 790 t of blueberries were exported in May last year, 1,574 t were exported in May this year, agraria.pe refers to Proarándanos. read more

ALDI, part of the ALDI SÜD Group, a multinational reference reality of the large-scale retail trade among the world's most important operators, celebrates an important milestone in its growth path: five years of success in Italy based on quality, convenience,
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"We started processing Sicilian Victoria and Black Magic grapes on May 7th 2023, which have been performing well. Of course reference prices change as the season progresses: they initially reached €4/kg, while now exporters working with us can reach €2.50/kg from their warehouse, packaging
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Arugga AI Farming, a start-up developing robotic solutions for greenhouse farming, has signed a commercial collaboration agreement with ViewNetic. The partnership between the fellow Israel-based start-ups will bring ViewNetic’s advanced pest, beneficials, and disease detection solutions to the
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With more than 300 references, mainly in bulk, fruit and vegetables are at the centre of the offer of the new urban Freshaperto format in Milan of Banco Fresco, the chain specialising in fresh and ultra-fresh food that is continuing its expansion project in northern Italy, in
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In the last decade, Morocco and Turkey have increased their tomato exports by 61.74% and 7.69%. Meanwhile, Spanish and Dutch tomato exports have fallen by 40.55% and by 17.29%, respectively. In the Americas, Mexico, the country that exports the most tomatoes worldwide, (though it almost
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Fourth-range players reorganise in the face of some difficulties in this market: the processing phase of Cultiva Op's products will be taken over by Sab at its facilities in Telgate (Bg). The high cost of energy has an impact read more

Gunnar Seitz will be the new sales manager at Fyffes International, one of Europe's largest importers of tropical fruits, the company said. He will start his work at Fyffes on 15 August 2023. read more

inaho Europe B.V. introduces the latest version of their autonomous tomato harvesting robot, eight times faster than the previous ver. read more

As new season fruit begins arriving in-market, New Zealand apple brand, Rockit Global has championed the first memorandum of understanding (MOU) in its category, signing a 12-month deal with Lulu Hypermarkets across the Middle East. read more

Customs officers in Saudi Arabia’s city of Al Hadithah have seized a large consignment of Captagon pills, also known as ‘jihadi drugs’. Saudi zakat, tax and customs officials reported that more than 450,000 Captagon tablets were being brought into the country via vegetable trucks. read more

The Conad Adriatico Annual General Meeting was held a few days ago to present the positive results of the last year to its members. In fact, the Cooperative closed 2022 with a turnover of 2,001 million euro, an increase of 8.19% compared to 2021, and a
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At a temporary storage warehouse in the Pskov region, a state inspector of the North-Western Interregional Directorate of Rosselkhoznadzor, during quarantine phytosanitary control, found berries with signs of infection with strawberry anthracnose. The 11.5 tons of strawberries were transported
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Fleuron d'Anjou has celebrated the end of its asparagus campaign. After a rather “timid” start due to cold weather in April, the 2023 season has turned out to be very positive. “There are still some green products left, but we finished the white asparagus last week. We have achieved our
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At almost 1,700m above sea level, Nooyenskopje in Magoebaskloof, Limpopo, has had an exceptional kiwi crop, running across all colours. read more

Grahame Osler, a manager at the asparagus company Denbi, which supplies large retailers, explains that they imported less asparagus from source markets outside of Africa this year compared to previous years. "We were hoping that a new asparagus project in Namibia would kick in sooner, but it did
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According to EastFruit analysts, after a bad year for sweet cherries in 2022, Uzbek farmers again note problems with the harvest of this most important stonefruit for the country. read more

In March this year the Australian and Indian governments issued a joint statement welcoming the finalisation of market access for Hass avocados. read more

Last Friday, as part of the Protagonists of Italian Fruit and Vegetables event at Villa Necchi in Milan, the Danila Bragantini Prize was awarded, the Oscar for innovation in fruit and vegetables promoted for the fifth consecutive year by the National Association of Women in Fruit and Vegetables and
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