At Macfrut 2024 the great news of the Agrivoltaic Exhibition. Realised in partnership with KEY - The Energy Transition Expo, the IEG (Italian Exhibition Group) event of reference in Southern Europe, Africa and the Mediterranean basin on energy transition, the Exhibition puts
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As we anticipated in our article (click here to read more) Fruit Logistica 2024 was a real success for Dulcis™. Indeed, the prospects are excellent for the innovative green kiwi fruit with all the qualities of yellow developed by New Plant in Forlì in collaboration with the
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Citrus L'Orto Italiano dates are ready to celebrate Carnival thanks to a limited edition pack, specially made for the festival. The new packs, each weighing 300 grams, are available in large-scale retail outlets and also online with a double
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For months, modern retail chains have been grappling with price containment, to stem the effects of inflation that has exploded since the outbreak of the war in Ukraine, and has been further exacerbated by climate change, as it has negatively affected the
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An invasive pest is adversely affecting banana exports from the Dominican Republic, which now stand at around 260 shipments per week, compared to 450 in 2021. It is the banana rust mite (Eriophyidae), which compromises the quality of the fruit, causing
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"The Fruit Logistica trade fair in Berlin confirms itself as an important appointment, a moment of meeting and comparison with players, partners, buyers and institutions," commented Andrea Badursi, President of Asso Fruit Italia. read more

According to Circana's findings, the fresh-cut sector ended 2023 in a chiaroscuro. In fact, while ready-to-eat vegetables had a substantially stable turnover of EUR 1.054 billion (+0.2% compared to 2022), they lost 4% in volume. The results
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The Proposal for a Regulation on Packaging and Packaging Waste (PPWR) has reached its final stages with the confrontation between the two positions expressed at the end of 2023 by the European Parliament and the EU Council. While discussions are taking place in Brussels to find a compromise solution between
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Last Friday, during the last day of Fruit Logistica, not one, but two prizes were awarded for companies offering innovative products for the sector. In addition to the annual Fruit Logistica Innovation Award (FLIA), awarded to Unica Fresh for its Zucchiolo, for the first time
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An exciting Fruit Logistica for Tomra Food, which presented three new solutions based on artificial intelligence. Lots of novelties, but the mission still remains customer proximity thanks to the new organisational structure. The latest element of the new structure is the creation
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To measure the success of a trade fair one can use quantitative parameters, which are more objective, or qualitative, which are more subjective, or a mix of these. With regard to the former, Fruit Logistica - both in terms of exhibitors and visitors - confirms its undisputed leadership in the
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Last Thursday 8 February saw the launch of the 'Low&Bloat' campaign in the more than 300 Todis shops, an Italian supermarket brand owned by Iges Srl, a subsidiary of the Pac2000A Conad cooperative, a major price repositioning campaign on 250
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From tomorrow (Tuesday 13 February, ed.) until 16 February in Nuremberg, Germany, Biofach, the most important international trade fair dedicated to organic food, will take place. In previous years there have been around 50,000 visitors and over 3,000 exhibitors.
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Planet Farms, a leading technology company in the vertical farming sector, is proceeding with its development programme by focusing on its new-generation plant in Cirimido, whose construction work will see a major acceleration in the coming months, with
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"We have worked to save the bagged salad from European follies, giving an answer to the many farmers in the IV gamma chain. In Berlin we presented our Manifesto for the relaunch, which is the result of discussions with the main realities of the sector and a part
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The year 2023 was the year in which the consequences of climate change led the agricultural world to convincingly ask questions to face an increasingly challenging future. In South Tyrol too, extreme temperatures and water shortages are prompting research to
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On 9 February, the World Apple and Pear Association (WAPA) held its annual general meeting. During the meeting, which took place during Fruit Logistica in Berlin, WAPA unveiled its forecast for the southern hemisphere apple and pear harvest. This report was
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Pink hues, a persistent and aromatic flavour, and small cloves.Sardinian garlic enters for the first time the Regional Directory of Agrobiodiversity, the online database that collects indigenous varieties, cultivated since ancient times and adapted to the climate, territory and
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With the fourth week of the year, the month of January came to a close, and fruit and vegetables by weight recorded higher sales in value terms than LCC. However, the double-digit inflation for fruit and vegetables hides a decrease in volumes.Among the channels,
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La Borsa della Spesa, the service aimed entirely at consumers, created by Bmti and Italmercati, in collaboration with Consumerismo No Profit, is expanding. As of today, in fact, the service will no longer only include the fruit and vegetable sector but will also provide useful information on
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