That it was the consecration edition forMarca was clear from the numbers (as the trade fair itself reported in a press note): more than 1,100 exhibitors were present spread over 7 pavilions and 26,000 square metres of floor space, an increase of 26% over 2023.   read more

Apples are undoubtedly one of the most important categories within the fruit and vegetable department, on this the retailers unanimously agree, but when it comes to solutions for the development of this product, quite different strategies emerge; read more

Following the already started collaboration with Coop, since a few days it is also possible to buy the Kilometro verde salad, the largest vertical farm in Europe, in the 77 points of sale in the Lombardy region. An important milestone that brings the innovative product, revolutionary in the
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The Melinda Consortium's forecasts for 2023/2024 are encouraging. read more

At the Borsa Patatedel meeting on 12 January 2024, the Joint Commission analysed the commercial situation of the sector in both Italy and Europe; read more

On 12 January, Assomela hosted a delegation from the People's Republic of China at the FAO led by the Honourable Mr. Ambassador Guang Defu, who was visiting the Trentino-Alto Adige region to get to know the Italian apple-growing sector and to discuss cooperation between the
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A grower was sentenced to one year's imprisonment and a 15,000 euro fine on charges of illegally reproducing tomato plants. This is what was reported by the newspaper cataniatoday.it, which highlights the sentence of the Catania Court of Appeal that convicted the defendant for the crime of
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For kiwi fruit, we have now reached the halfway mark of the 2023/24 campaign, and we took stock of the situation with Marco De Nadai, a trader specialising in the kiwi trade both domestically and in overseas markets, and head of marketing and
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Phenyl lactic acid is a natural antimicrobial that is widely used in the food industry and also in cosmetics. It also seems to have found application in fruit and vegetables for post-harvest pears. It is synthesised by several microorganisms, including Geotrichum candidum,
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"The year 2023 was unprecedented: weather anomalies affected 90 per cent of the references within the department, to the extent that it caused a kind of 'climate' inflation. The question is whether we are facing a particularly unlucky year, or a new
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La Linea Verde is present again this year at Marca by Bologna Fiere, the International Exhibition dedicated to Distributor Branded Products, taking place yesterday and today at the Bologna Exhibition Centre, a key appointment for sector operators; read more

A bang start to the year for the courgette, the big star of the first weeks of 2024. Low production and sky-high prices are characterising this commercial phase. By now, the market for this vegetable, in recent seasons, has accustomed us to these frenetic phases in which
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Slight improvement in the economic performance of the agri-food industry in Q3 2023, with a slight increase in GDP compared to the previous quarter (+0.1%) and Q3 2022 (+0.1%), but corresponding to a decrease in added value of -3.1% (trend data),
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At the opening conference of Marca 2024, the president of Coldiretti, Ettore Prandini, spoke in depth on the topic of the strategic relationship between production and distribution for the development of the competitiveness of Made in Italy, thinking not only of the economic plan but also of
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"It has been a complicated year for berries, especially for the imported product due to the well-known climatic problems - starting with El Niño - which have led to chronic product shortages. This situation, in itself
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The last year of experimentation for the project Increasing the agro-ecological sustainability of intensive vegetable crops in the lower Lazio region - coordinated by Italia Ortofrutta - National Union of Scientific Responsibility of Crea Of that involved 10
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What do people today demand of modern distribution as the protagonist of their food shopping? Not to force them to choose between quality and price in the face of the current economic squeeze. This is exactly what the new private label that MDpresents at Marca will respond to today.
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These days' low temperatures are helping to enliven wholesale sales. The focus is on citrus fruit, with blood oranges at the top of the assortment at the moment: on the other hand, there is a lack of large gauges, which thus remain at high prices. read more

The artichoke harvest has been going on since October and will continue until May for the Agromediterranea Group, based in Serrenti, southern Sardinia. With Filippo Frongia, owner of the Sardinian group together with Andrea Mancawe took stock of the current season and analysed the
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