"The deadlines demanded by the European Climate Commissioner and the European Green Deal,Frans Timmermans,on the reduction of plant protection products are unreasonable". This is how the Minister of Agriculture Francesco Lollobrigida spoke in a video link during the national assembly
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Ojeda has served the NMB in Orlando, FL for nearly three years as director of operations, where he oversees financial, operational and administrative functions. He has been a crucial component in organising annual board meetings and training opportunities.
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The cool weather in May and June favoured the ripening of small fruits in the Veronese area, with an abundant harvest and an excellent quality product. Slightly less satisfactory were the prices for blackberries, the harvest of which is almost at an end, while that of the
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At the end of July, Parlapiano Sicilia will begin the marketing of its summer delicacies, the Pera Coscia di Ribera and the Pescabivona IGP, typical Sicilian regional products, unique in the world for their organoleptic characteristics. Excellent forecasts for the season ahead
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Last week's article on the malpractice of selling fruit and vegetables at EUR 0.99 per kilogram (click here to read it) - in defiance of health and hygiene regulations, commercial quality and tax legislation - generated a heated debate on our
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Seventy per cent of Italian pears are grown in Emilia-Romagna. In 1998, due to their exceptional quality, they were the first fruit to receive IGP recognition in the European Union. The Protected Geographical Indication protects producers in the vocated areas between the provinces of Reggio
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It is an unlucky season for Spanish watermelons and melons. As we wrote recently (click here to read more), the campaign has been heavily marked by the weather events of the last few months: a situation that has led to a decrease in volumes but also to prices over the
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Climate change is disrupting the countryside, where there has been a 10% cut in wheat production while the honey harvest has fallen by 70% compared to last year, but orchards are also in trouble, with cherries down 60% due to the flooding in Romagna, the
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The PNRR Steering Committee, chaired by the Minister for European Affairs, the South, Cohesion Policies and the PNRR, Raffaele Fitto, met yesterday in the Sala Verde at Palazzo Chigi to take stock of the situation with all the central and territorial administrations; read more

The Citrus Growers’ Association of South Africa (CGA) has asked the country’s National Disaster Management Centre to act with urgency and declare the recent floods in the Western Cape a provincial disaster. read more

The UK and Turkey have today (18 July) announced plans to begin talks on an updated free trade agreement (FTA). read more

Veg Power and ITV last week (12 July) announced five-year evaluation data from their multi-award winning Eat Them To Defeat Them campaign, which confirmed that repeated involvement leads to increased kids’ veg consumption over the long-term. read more

The impact of last summer’s record heat in Europe continues to be felt in the world of pears, but this time to the benefit of growers. Stocks of last year’s heat-affected crop had all gone a whole month before harvesting was due to start on the new crop. Meanwhile, Southern Hemisphere
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Grocery price inflation has seen its steepest decline since inflation peaked in March this year. read more

CEO of the Fresh Produce Consortium (FPC), Nigel Jenny, has urged the UK government to reconsider its proposed border strategy. The draft BTOM (Border Target Operating Model) sets out a new approach to importing into the UK, which is set to be introduced from October 2023. Once implemented, the
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Cosco Shipping is to launch a new weekly service connecting Northern Europe and the Mediterranean with the East Coast of South America. From September, ESE2 will including the fastest transit time of only 12 days between Algeciras, Spain and Santos, Brazil. read more

South Africa’s Transnet National Ports Authority has selected International Container Terminal Services Inc. (ICTSI) as its equity partner in the Durban Container Terminal (DCT) Pier 2. read more

The Port of Antwerp-Bruges has revealed that total throughput stood at 139m tonnes during the first six months of this year, a fall of 5.5 per cent compared with the same period of 2022. read more

Vegan and plant-based recipe developers Nourishing Amy and Gina Burgess have released two new vegan recipes to celebrate the start of the European Picota cherry season – Picota cherry bakewell cookie cups and Picota cherry yoghurt clusters. read more