On Thursday 14 March 2024, a conference entitled 'Garlic cultivation at European level, production and phytosanitary aspects. What future for European PDOs and PGIs?" organised by the Consortium for the Protection of White Garlic
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According to NIQ's surveys for the current year, 30% of Italians say they are living in a worse economic condition than in 2023, while 62% say the difficulties are the same as in the year just ended. At the European level, 41% now experience a drop in
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Eurocamera's green light for the Nature Restoration Act, which was in the balance until the last minutes before the vote. The text was approved with 329 votes in favour, 275 against and 24 abstentions. Shortly before, the Strasbourg Chamber had rejected the
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Seventy per cent of the world's water consumption is used for agriculture but 60 per cent of the water used in this sector is wasted due to inefficient irrigation systems. Agriculture is also responsible for 17% of global carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions. [1]
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As we anticipated in our article (click here to read more), yesterday morning (Tuesday 27 February, ed.) the Minister of Agriculture, Food Sovereignty and Forestry Francesco Lollobrigida presented the 'Report on Agrifish activities and initiatives
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They are useful in combating pests in crops and thus reduce the use of pesticides: they are a new species of nematodes, the latest discovery of scientists at the University of California - Riverside (Ucr). Invisible to the naked eye, but with potential
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On Sunday, 3 March, the third edition of the Bologna Marathon will take place, an exciting sports competition that crosses one of the oldest and most historically rich cities of the Italian peninsula. Dole Italia, leader in the production and distribution of fresh fruit, renews its presence as
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All the vicissitudes that have affected our society in recent years have had a major impact on sales, prices and purchasing patterns in the fruit and vegetable department of the large-scale retail trade. An example of this is the change in the share of sales for packaged products (by weight
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As mentioned yesterday in the first episode (Click here to read more), service components, associated with price and product appearance, are some of the main drivers for choosing a product when purchasing. This is also true when it comes to fruit and vegetables and, in this case
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It is certainly not an exciting time for vegetables, but for some references the situation is really complex - as Eugenio Celeste, co-owner of the company Verde Sud, which operates within the Vittoria market, tells IFN: "The courgettes are experiencing the most difficult phase, for months
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ALDI, part of the ALDI SÜD Group, a leading multinational in the large-scale retail trade, is opening a new shop in Turin on Thursday 29 February, at 96 Via Borgaro in the Borgo Vittoria district, a few steps from the tram stop on line 9 and the
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Pedon, an Italian company and a leading global player in vegetable and cereal-based solutions, defines a new brand territory expressed by the concept 'The Recipe of Ease', thanks to its new partnership with the communication agency Child The Agency.
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In northern Italy, the first blossoming orchards can be glimpsed, apricot trees in particular, as agronomist Michele Breveglieri explains toIFN: 'In the last few days, I have visited several plants in Emilia-Romagna, and I have noticed several apricot trees at the beginning of blossoming. The situation is certainly very
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It was a veritable urban guerrilla warfare that broke out yesterday (26 February, ed.) in the streets of central Brussels, in the heart of the EU institution buildings. The occasion was the European Council of Agriculture Ministers that brought together in the
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Egyptian blueberries are set to join the supply from South Africa, Morocco and Spain, thus supplying the markets of Europe, the Middle East and Asia and widening the marketing window; read more

It is a 'decisive battle' that 'against the unfair competition of products from third countries that do not respect the same health, environmental and social rules that our farmers and fishermen are bound to respect. For this reason, Italy has become the spokesperson for the
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Pam Panoramafests the opening of a new franchised shop in the city of Turin located in Via degli Artisti, 14 in the Vanchiglia district, one of the most historic areas and heart of commercial activity. read more

Advice on seasonal organic fruit and vegetables, the difference between conventional and organic cultivation, and the simple daily use of products in the kitchen. All this (and much more) took place last Saturday (24 February) in the Almaverde Bio island at the Ipercoop Centro Miralfiore
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Apples have always been the product most closely associated with the health concept of fruit and vegetables, and the expression 'An apple a day keeps the doctor away' is a testimony to this. But today they are much more, a symbol par excellence of environmental sustainability, as well as social and
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The 27th technical day took place last week in Cles, in the Auditorium of the school complex, attended by more than 150 fruit growers and around 200 live streaming viewers. read more