Agrocolor, a leading certification body in the agri-food sector worldwide, inaugurated in Merida its new headquarters in the community of Extremadura. The event was attended by the company's directors, partners, and representatives of the Board of Directors, as well as by professionals and
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The Egyptian pound lost ground on the black market again in recent days in a sign that halving its official value over the past year could still not be enough and the central bank may have to let it slide further. read more

The University of Lincoln is part of an innovation to deliver an accelerated programme of robotic crop harvesting for horticulture and is one of just three projects to be chosen for a share of £9m funding from the Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs’ Farming Innovation Programme. read more

On the occasion of the new Bimi® campaign, the Murcian countryside has welcomed a visit from communicators and journalists from all over Spain. The guests of honour were nutritionist and influencer Mario Ortiz, MasterChef Fabián León and healthy lifestyle influencer Anna Ribes. read more

The Signor Datterino project developed by Bayer through its Vegetables division was created with the aim of satisfying the growing consumer demand for quality in the production chain through one of the most widely used products in Italian cuisine: the date tomato. read more

Argentina’s citrus export sector is facing strong headwinds due to an ongoing drought and heatwave, a currency crises and 102.5% year-on-year inflation increase in February 2023 that has seen a doubling in prices of most consumer goods. read more

The Carrefour Círculo de Calidad 1 kg strawberry stands out in this range from Huelva, an own brand product that stands out for its intense, sweet aroma, thanks to the selection of varieties; its cultivation without insecticides from the moment the fruit appears and its sustainable packaging. read more

The Association of Fruit and Vegetable Producers-Exporters from the Region of Murcia (Proexport) recalls that the Egyptians were already growing lettuces on the banks of the Nile more than 6,000 years ago. Even today, every year, as a result of R+D+i in the agricultural sector, new crops are still being researched.
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The domestic organic asparagus season is just starting, albeit three weeks late. “We’re doing our first cuttings now with Coastal View Produce in Gonzalez, California, an Earl’s Organic exclusive. We probably won’t look to have any real production until right after Easter. It’s a slow
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The 30 busiest container ports in the world saw slower growth in 2022, as inflation and economic uncertainties capped consumer spending. read more

After the apprehension that characterised the beginning of the week in the north (for more information click here), the mercury dropped well below freezing in the south last night, creating quite a few worries among farmers. read more

Associate Professor Andrew Geering from the Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation (QAAFI) said monitoring for avocado sunblotch is important to protect lucrative overseas markets. read more

Paolo Bruni, president of CSO Italy, and Adriano Aldrovandi, president of AOP UNAPera (in the opening photo), spoke this morning at the conference 'Fruit Growing: the point of the situation' held at Cibus Connect in Parma on the initiative of Coldiretti Emilia Romagna, together with
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Fresh Food has been busy recently. The Belgian company focuses largely on the English market and has grown substantially since Brexit. So when that country's shelves recently emptied, the importer/ exporter had plenty of work. "The empty shelves had nothing to do with shortages, just price.
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Specialising in the creation of original recipes using seasonal fruits, Rodrigo de la Calle already has two Repsol Suns, a Michelin Star and a Michelin Green Star. Specifically, de la Calle has created the following recipes using the following main ingredients 3
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Home consumption remains buoyant and demand for peeling stock is reported to be picking up. Current weather conditions are wreaking havoc and no ground work has taken place for the last few weeks as a result. Over double the amount of rainfall has fallen in March 2023 vs March 2022. It is
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The Ramadan campaign went "very well" for Tunisian dates, said Abdelhamid Nasri, Tunisian date producer and general manager of Afrimex: "We were able to achieve our sales targets and exceed the volumes exported at the same period last year." read more

The new Cosmic Crisp® season has begun, which sees the VOG and VIP Consortia from South Tyrol involved in marketing in Italy, Spain, Germany and other European countries. Thanks to the incorporation of the new apple orchards into production, the celestial apple is now reaching the
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Since spring 2021, the strawberry variety 'Rendezvous' from the house of Hansabred can be found in cultivation. It is already successfully produced in the Rhineland as well as in southern Germany, but also in the entire federal region, as well as in Austria, Eastern Europe, and the Benelux
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A year-long pandemic with numerous lockdowns, war in Europe, exploding costs for energy and thus also for transport, refrigeration and storage, unstable supply chains worldwide, staff shortages, currency turbulence ... How can the fruit industry cope with this bundle of crises?
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