50 years of growth and innovation in the sign of cooperation and support to people and the community: this is the story of PAC 2000A, the first Cooperative in terms of economic size among the 5 of the Conad System (with a 35.6% share of the Group's total turnover in Italy), which
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Does your fruit and vegetable consumption need a boost? Kanzi® takes care of it! The apple with the extraordinary taste has been back on the Italian markets since the end of September thanks to the VOG and VIP consortia; read more

Fabrizio Pattuelli's article on the aggregation options offered by the birth of Dulcis in the kiwi world (click here to read more), has reawakened interest in the subject among readers. We publish a comment that arrived in the newsroom a few days ago on which I
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Both loose tomato and TOV average prices rose sharply last week at the Belgian Horticultural Cooperatives Association's auctions. Cucumber prices fell for the second consecutive week, while bell pepper prices remain stable across the board. read more

Crawford Packaging is pleased to announce its new partnership and distribution agreement in Central Mexico with StePacPPC, a global leader in Modified Atmosphere Packaging (MAP) solutions for shelf life extension of fresh produce. StePacPPC’s products are changing fresh produce packaging by
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The most important event for the European market of frozen fruits, berries and vegetables took place last week in Cologne, Germany, EastFruit reports. Our colleague, FAO international consultant and a manger of Tiferet company from Moldova, Iuliia Tymoshenko, took an active part in the expo and
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The Spanish citrus fruit campaign starts these days (read more here) and the Spanish brand Mercadonaoffers a great example of valorisation of national products. read more

Growers of high-value field and orchard crops like cherries, seedless table grapes, kiwi fruit, apples, berries, and flowering crops have always loved the idea of automatic retractable roofs to protect their crops against the impact of extreme weather. “However, they’ve frequently found
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The Belgian lettuce market situation is stable, and in Flanders, Rik Vanackere is in the last weeks of the outdoor season. His company grew young spinach, mesclun, and Salanova and had a prosperous summer. "The long late summer did sales well," says the grower. read more

The composite Ningbo Containerized Freight Index (NCFI) quoted 622.2 points in week 41, which improved 4.8% from the previous week and has remained on an upward trend for two back-to-back weeks. read more

A team of researchers from the University of Georgia College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences (CAES) is partnering with colleagues from Texas A&M University to find more effective production practices for organic onion growers in the southern United States where short-day onions
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In the province of Valencia, the main kaki producing area in Spain, the Rojo Brillante kaki harvest is progressing more slowly than usual and with an abundance of small and medium sizes due to the influence of warmer than usual weather. The demand is high and prices remain at profitable levels. read more

What are the characteristics that make packaging truly sustainable? This question was answered by the speakers at the webinar 'Sustainable Packaging between Sustainability and Innovation' organised yesterday morning by EdizioniDistribuzione Moderna. read more

The Alcoaxarquía Group has just acquired a new processing plant in Morocco through its subsidiary Alcoaxarquía Maroc. With this operation, the company strengthens its presence in North Africa and in avocado production. read more

With the first part of this year’s harvesting on its way, the World Apple and Pear Association (WAPA) has started revising its annual Apple and Pear Crop Forecast based on the latest insights from its members on the season. The first EU apple estimates, which were released on 3 August 2023
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Unusually hot weather followed by a rainy spring season determined a lower production. Quality-wise, however, the organoleptic quality of table grapes had not been this good in at least five years. The Brix level exceeds expectations with over 24° in some cases, an exceptional fact that
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Kenya is the leading avocado exporter in Africa, with a production of 417, 000 tons, followed by Ethiopia, which produced 152,000 tons in 2022. Recently, the Kenya Agricultural and Livestock Research Organisation (KALRO) has started an avocado seedling multiplication project, setting out to
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The requirement to inspect all potatoes arriving in the Canary Islands from the United Kingdom, after larvae from red Colorado beetles were detected a couple of months ago, is causing problems at the ports of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria and Santa Cruz de Tenerife. In the UK, farmers are required
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"Exports are quite well spread but the high prices make for slightly more competition on the global market. That's from places like China and Egypt in destinations such as Malaysia. Egypt has onions in Africa, too. So, trade's not steaming ahead like it did last season," says Tim van Haandel of
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Veg Power, the not-for-profit alliance to increase the UK’s vegetable consumption, launched its second public health campaign ‘Simply Veg’ today. Simply Veg is the first campaign to bring together an alliance of the top nutritionists and chefs with psychologists and children’s
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