True to the motto 'From the local area, for the local area', the innovative marketing concept 'Grischberli' was created in the fall of 2021. Under the leadership of the young couple Jakob and Eva Zwingel, farm stores and owner-operated food retail outlets are now provided with high-quality chips
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This initiative responds to the need of Huelva's berry producers, especially strawberry, raspberry and blackberry, to respond to the new European regulations with real alternatives that guarantee crop health and sustainability. The situation is much more complex

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High prices and sub-optimal quality due to rainfall do not favour the cherry campaign: Vignola's branded product has started. Demand for watermelon has not yet taken off, while demand for melons remains good with the start of production in Northern Italy.
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In 2022, the added value of the agriculture, forestry and fishing sector fell by 1.8% in real terms (-0.8% in volume), in contrast to the rest of the national economy; the volume of production (-1.5%) and employment (-2.1%) also fell. This is what emerges from the
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Silvio Berlusconi, after having profoundly characterised the life of our country for over sixty years, left us yesterday. You will read and hear all sorts of things over the next few days about his business life, although it is mainly the private and political spheres that will hold
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It had to happen sooner or later. ChatGpt, the artificial intelligence much talked about in our social feeds and TV lounges, has given birth to its first robot, and not surprisingly, it is an arm that can pick tomatoes, the crop ChatGpt considers the most
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Enterprise Ireland and the business development agency IDA are currently demonstrating the diversity and strength of the trade links between the Republic of Ireland and the European Union on a four-day trade mission to the German cities of Essen, Düsseldorf and Frankfurt and the French capital Paris.
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On Tuesday, June 27 the World Horti Center is organizing the fifth ∑-Grow Inside webinar. This edition’s topic: ‘Integration of food production in circular cities.’ With cities growing fast, food production becomes a serious challenge. What role will the horticultural industry play in
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As technology continues to reshape industries across the globe, the horticulture sector stands on the brink of an exciting transformation: the use of drones. These remarkable machines possess the power to revolutionize the way tasks are performed in horticulture, offering increased efficiency,
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Rainfall in the last three weeks in southern Spain has interrupted and affected part of the early spring garlic harvest. It is still early to make any global assessments, but the supply is expected to be reduced due to the losses caused by excess moisture. read more

In May, the fruit and vegetable department of the large-scale retail trade showed a clear drop in sales, mainly due to fruit. However, when analysing the progressive figures since January, the overall result is not so alarming, thanks also to a positive April. Certainly the production problems have
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At the beginning of 2023, EastFruit analysts published an article: “Will the free fall in prices in the EU frozen raspberry market stop?”, which has generated a lot of discussions in the berry industry. read more

Medical sources claim that some 19% of adults aged 50 years and over live with cognitive impairment, ranging from mild deficits to Alzheimer’s disease. However, lifestyle factors such as diet may protect brain health and reduce the risk of cognitive decline. Diets such as the Mediterranean
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In Germany, Dutch fruit and vegetable imports declined sharply again in 2023's first quarter. It was down 20% compared to last year's first quarter and as much as a third less than Q1 of 2021. In absolute quantities, that amounts to over 50,000 tons less than in last year's first quarter and a
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According to Fedor Rybalko, international consultant of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and EastFruit expert, relatively low peach and nectarine yields are expected in Uzbekistan in 2023, but farmers are expecting larger sizes of fruits. Accordingly, many fruit
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'Relaunching fruit and vegetable consumption' by finding 'new communicative stimuli'. Telling the excellence of Italian production in a fun, engaging, exciting, but also credible and useful way, 'to convey confidence and a sense of authenticity'. To speak 'of
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This series gives the average wholesale prices of bananas by country of origin. The prices are national averages of the most usual prices charged for bananas at wholesale markets in Birmingham and London. This publication is updated weekly. read more

The Board of Directors of the Ente di Previdenza e Assistenza Pluricategoriale, at its meeting of 7 June 2023, resolved to provide extraordinary compensation for direct material damage suffered by members of the Ente (Agronomy and Forestry Doctors),
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In May, a Tanzanian fruit company asked Frits Popma of the Dutch company Popma Fruit Expertise to visit. They wanted him to identify the banana chain's strengths and weaknesses. read more

After an excellent production season, the first Jingold kiwifruit from the southern hemisphere are now on the market with increased production and excellent quality. The harvest phase, which began in recent months in the various production areas of the southern hemisphere, has
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