Over the past few weeks, the President of the Cermac consortium Enrico Turoni signed a cooperation agreement with the Association of Berry Growers from Kyrgyzstan, represented by President Tilek Toktogaziev. read more

Yesterday, April 27, was the second and last day of CPMA's Toronto trade show. In general, exhibitors were very positive about the event, and many said they saw everyone they needed and hoped to see. "The event was well attended with a good number of quality retailers and food service
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"Fresh.Land began because of one grower's cry for help,” begins Mathilde Jakobsen of this Danish digital platform. “A few years ago, my father-in-law, who grows oranges in Algarve, Portugal, couldn't get his fruit sold. That was due to oversupply and low prices on the local market because of
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According to NFU Horticulture and Potatoes Board chair Martin Emmett, there is still a huge legislative challenge facing the UK government following Brexit and the need for Defra to look into the horticulture supply chain. Under the Retained EU Law Bill, the government has the ambition to review
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For the second year in a row, Be Fruit will participate in Macfrut, the most important fruit and vegetable fair in Italy, scheduled to take place in Rimini from 3 to 5 May. It will do so alongside its strategic partner McGarlet, its exclusive distributor, a leader in the field of
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The International Trade Committee recently gave the green light for another one-year suspension of EU import duties on Ukrainian exports to support the country's economy. read more

Egyptian exporters significantly increased the supply of dried onions to the US market in 2022, EastFruit informs. Moreover, Egypt became second in the ranking of the largest suppliers of dried onions to the USA! read more

In the last few days there has been an outcry from institutions and agricultural organisations against the European Parliament's proposal for a regulation on packaging and packaging waste from the end of November, as it also contains specific requirements for
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Following the opening of the China-Pakistan border on April 1, the Chinese government has allowed the import of cherries from Pakistan. However, the trade requires rigorous phytosanitary standards that, experts say, are difficult to comply with. read more

The Austrian Parliament (National Council) has passed an amendment to the national patent law. The new patent law excludes in particular adventitious genetic modifications from patent protection. Patents on malting barley or maize, such as those granted in recent years by the European
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Farmers from the village of Kunicha, one of the largest export-oriented berry clusters in Moldova, hope to maintain and even expand the supply of strawberries to Romania this year. In 2022, the berry producers of this village sent almost 300 tonnes of strawberries to the Romanian market, which
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The objective of the Trick Project is the development of a circular economy process capable of integrating both the textile and food sectors by avoiding waste, using waste as a resource. A process that includes both food and non-food and, in this specific case, the
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Positive results for Made in Nature, discover the values of European organic farming, the three-year communication and information project of CSO Italye co-financed by the European Union that has just reached the end of its first year of activity. Made in Nature is also funded by
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Dole Italia is taking part in the 40th edition of Macfrut, where it is ready to welcome and meet all visitors in Hall B3, at stand 75. The communication campaign started in April read more

DP World handled 19.5 million TEUs across its global portfolio of container terminals in the first quarter of 2023, with gross container volumes increasing by 1.4% year-on-year. read more

The fifteenth week of 2023 shows heavily negative and counter-current trends compared to previous weeks, but it is the calendar effect, with a counter-curve related to staggered Easter weeks. The correct analysis to make is between Easter week 2023 and
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Egyptian carrot exporters are in the mid-season of carrots, and report a normal year with stable production and demand, according to Mohammad Elsayed Ahmed, export manager of Egyptian producer Al Gamal. read more

There are still two days to go to book a meeting with the delegation of buyers and producers from Eastern Europe, mainly former USSR countries. The delegation includes 50 companies and is led by Evgeniya Kravchenko. read more

The world population is growing, as is the demand for food. To tackle the climate crisis, the world needs both agricultural land and surfaces for the deployment of photovoltaics (PV). In line with the zeitgeist, agricultural PV brings together both worlds: agriculture and renewable power generation. read more

A new-generation carrot that is easy to sow, grow and harvest and comes with an extensive resistance package: this is Allyance F1, the proposal from Basf Vegetable Seeds designed to uniquely meet the needs of entrepreneurs and farmers.   read more