Affected by continuous rainy weather and lower temperatures in large areas, the prices and sales of most fruits on the market have declined in the past two weeks. The weather gradually stabilized in the latter part of this week, and the market improved. On the other hand, some merchants said
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The kiwi market has been difficult this year, according to Pascale Begoulle, sales manager of Sikig. “The outputs are lower than in previous years. The market has been slow since the start of the campaign, as for many other products.” This situation is linked to the current economic context.
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The asparagus qualities in this country are good and the producers are prepared for the season. However, the general conditions in asparagus cultivation are becoming increasingly difficult, as was shown at the "International Workshop on Quality Control Fruit & Vegetables" in Bonn - organised by the
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Fruit and vegetable shortages have helped push UK food inflation levels to a new record during the past month, reaching highs of 15%. As indicated by the British Retail Consortium's (BRC) index, food inflation accelerated strongly in March, up from 14.5% in February. This was the highest monthly
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Since 2006, a committee has awarded an annual prize to an old potato variety to draw attention to the diversity. Similar to apples, there are many more varieties of potatoes than are offered in the supermarket. Around 300 potato varieties are still cultivated in Germany, as the
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Great response forFruit Attraction 2023: for the 15th edition, scheduled from 3 to 5 October in Madrid, 1800 exhibitors and 90 thousand professionals from 135 countries are expected to participate. Eight pavilions and six exhibition areas, focus on lettuce read more

Valuing the energy of recycled paper is the goal of the video game 'Pack Hero - The Eco Adventure' as well as of the company Botta Eco Packaging that created it. read more

Mario Bonelli, fruit and vegetable buyer of the Sicilian group Al Centesimo, tells IFN about the company's vision to improve the fruit and vegetable department and accompany the consumer to a conscious and sustainable purchase. read more

All circumstances are in place for strawberry consumption to go up around Easter. “Strawberry sales are usually good in the week before Easter. We also have beautiful sunny days, which is always favorable for strawberry consumption,” explains Emeline Vanespen, director of Fraises de France. read more

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EastFruit analysts highlight reduced inflation in Georgia. While we were used to seeing an annual difference of 10% or more in the general price level, or inflation, for quite some time now, the change in the overall price level in March 2023 amounted to only 5.3%. Alarmingly, a
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Israeli packaging and container producer Plasgad will attend Macfrut for the first time. FreshPlaza has talked about it with the marketing manager for Europe, Patricia Marquiegui. read more

Agri-food centres are places unknown to the general public. Since they are not aimed at consumers, it is difficult for those who have never visited them to imagine the internal dynamics that animate the market, while what appears to public opinion are only the scandals linked to the
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Despite inflation and cost increases, the company said it had a strong sales season overall for organic chicory. "In January as well as February, marketing was a bit slow, which is probably also partly due to inflation and consumer reluctance to buy. In line with the lower demand, we then pushed
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Sustainability and seasonality are among the drivers of the Poli Group, which realises these assets through consumer-friendly choices and category initiatives, side by side with producers. read more

After the Corona pandemic, the war in Ukraine in spring 2022 was followed by a seamless transition to the next crisis, which also severely shook agriculture, vegetable growing and thus also Reichenau-Gemüse with its associated family farms, informed the
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At JVI Imports, the import division of John Vena Inc. Specialty Produce in Philadelphia, the season is getting underway for two lesser-known counter-season commodities out of Peru. read more

Manual price adjustments are often not sufficient to be able to map strongly fluctuating prices promptly and accurately in the trade. Since this year, K-D Hermann contact-Auszeichnungssysteme has been offering a corresponding digital solution for this purpose, for which there is already lively
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In the UK, government subsidies to switch to organic farming are set to rise by an average of 25% via the government’s Countryside Stewardship scheme, according to Soil Association. Farmers who convert to organic will receive up to a third more cash than last year as the government increases
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Data from Spain’s Department of Customs and Excise, processed by Fepex, show that the country’s exports of fruits and vegetables fell 10% year-on-year in January to just over 1.1m tones. Vegetable shipments dropped by 8% year-on-year to 610,492 tons, while fruit exports fell 11% to 538,309 tons. read more