Intercitrus, the Spanish citrus fruit interprofessional organisation, claims that funding to South Africa is harming competition in the European market and beyond.The European Investment Bank (EIB) is in fact negotiating loans and grants
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Tango Gold, a breath of fresh air for the industry
2024-03-01 00:00
Op Agricor's MandarinTango Gold season closes early with the satisfaction of a positive campaign. We talk about it inIFN with Natalino Gallo, president of the Corigliano-based Op. "For Tango, the engine is a quality that accepts no compromises: tasty, quality fruit, without
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Asparago Napoletano ever closer to PGI status
2024-03-01 00:00
In recent days, the Promoting Committee approved the documentation for the Igp recognition of an excellence of the Neapolitan territory, the asparagus. The Committee, which was formed in November and which we had already reported on (click here to read more), has
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'Fourth range, this is how you can grow'
2024-03-01 00:00
A strong specialisation in the fourth and fifth range, capillary logistics and a customised instore merchandising service have enabled the growth of the Bergamo-based company Terra & Vita in recent years. And, considering that in 2023 sales were up sharply
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Flooding in Veneto: flooding the fields to save the cities
2024-03-01 00:00
Yesterday (Thursday 29 February, ed.) the Veneto region, and Vicenza in particular, breathed a sigh of relief from the floods that have hit the area in recent days;
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Nunhems, two new varieties for leeks: Bokston and Maxton
2024-03-01 00:00
BASF | Nunhems, with its nearly 30 years of experience in hybrid leek genetics, has always been the company of choice for producers of this increasingly popular vegetable. The company is constantly searching for innovative characteristics that
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'Tighter controls needed on non-EU imports'
2024-03-01 00:00
RappelConso, the official alert website of the French government, released a news item about a mass recall of 'Maltese oranges', grown in Tunisia, for sale in E.Leclerc supermarkets. The levels of pesticides found were above EU limits, confirming
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For frozen food +10%: vegetables and potatoes on the podium
2024-03-01 00:00
The first data surveyed in Italy - even if only for the retail channel (that of household consumption) - show that in 2023, the frozen food sector confirmed its solidity by recording a substantial stability in consumption at home, which
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Potatoes: high-end and bulk lead to a rosy future
2024-03-01 00:00
Exploit of the bulk product, increase in premium lines, 'trimming' of functional packs for increasingly smaller households. These are some of the factors behind the unstoppable rise of potatoes in recent years, shared, during yesterday's IFN Live, between
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Citrus exports, South Africa gives way to Egypt
2024-02-29 00:00
South Africa is no longer the leading exporter of agriculture on the African continent. The causes are to be found in a poisonous mix of bad weather, difficulties in compulsory phytosanitary requirements and the energy crisis.For these and other reasons, the country has given way
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QGS and Talea Consulting together to optimise document management
2024-02-29 00:00
In the fruit and vegetable market, as in many other sectors, the need to store accounting documents in digital format has become an indispensable priority. This sector, characterised by a complex supply and distribution chain, requires management
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Potatoes, how familiar are consumers with them?
2024-02-29 00:00
In the trolley of Italian consumers, a sack of potatoes is almost never missing. This is what emerges from the survey conducted last November by Potatoes Forever, a campaign co-financed by the European Union and promoted in Italy by UNAPA - Unione Nazionale tra le Associazioni dei Produttori di
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Alce Nero presents two new references in the Tomato Range
2024-02-29 00:00
Alce Nero, the brand that since 1978 has made organic its commitment to caring for the earth and the wellbeing of people, is enriching its range of tomatoes and sauces with two new products: Fine Tomato Pulp (350g) and Cherry Tomato Puree (350g). Two proposals perfect in
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The assembly of the Emilia Romagna Markets Business Network was held in Bologna, during which the representatives of the regional agrifood centres (CAAR of Rimini, CAAB of Bologna, CAL of Parma and FOR of Cesena) renewed their posts, appointing the following to lead the Network for the two-year period
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Sicilian Digital Hub: a project about traceability
2024-02-29 00:00
Presented in Marsala, at the Complesso Monumentale San Pietro, Sicilian Digital Hub. The project aims to guarantee food traceability through a device created in partnership between Foodrama s.r.l. and Farzati S.p.a. The project is included in the Gal ELIMOS area,
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From pitchforks... to butterflies, the step is short
2024-02-29 00:00
"It's everything and the opposite of everything", "schizophrenic and bipolar European policy", these are some of the comments read on the latest measure deliberated yesterday in the European Parliament on the 'restoration of nature': a regulation with a distinctly 'green' character, it was
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Spanish farmers do not stop: cargoes from Morocco sabotaged
2024-02-29 00:00
Spanish producers block the AP-7 motorway near Pontós (Girona) to identify and stop trucks with loads of fruit and vegetables from Morocco. The protesters made the trucks - as reported by Valencia Fruits- pass through the blockade to identify those
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'A further milestone in defence of our excellence was reached today with the vote in Europe on the approval of the reform of the Geographical Indications system'. Thus in a note the Minister of Agriculture, Food Sovereignty and Forestry, Francesco
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"The League's bill to favour young entrepreneurs in agriculture is law. 200 million are on the way because young people and the land are our future'. This was stated in a note by Lega MP Mirco Carloni, President of the Agriculture Commission and first
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Tradition, innovation and evolution: these are the three stages of HM.Clause's yellowing
2024-02-29 00:00
HM.Clause is preparing for the 2024 yellow melon campaign, with the aim of offering a product that satisfies the supply chain, from the field to the departments of the large-scale retail trade and on to the consumer's table.
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