For aid to agricultural enterprises following the damage caused by drought and high temperatures in 2022, Emilia-Romagna has €17.2 million available, out of the €80 million allocated at national level. The funds will be used to respond to the 1,375 applications submitted by the
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It is a positive season for Almaverde organic kiwi fruit, both for the green and yellow types. Despite a significant contraction in volumes, due to the unfortunately well-known climatic factors, the market is responding well thanks also to the high quality of the product
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The TOMRA Neon, a new blueberry pre-harvester with sophisticated AI (artificial intelligence) technology, addresses the challenges of automated harvesting. Joshua Miers-Jones, Global Category Director Blueberry and Avocado at TOMRA Food, explains how. read more

"During the meeting held a few days ago at the Interministerial Table on the 'Anti-Inflation Quarterly' initiative, Federdistribuzione commented on the Nielsen IQ data for November, which confirm the central role of Modern Distribution companies in
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For CPR System, the nation's leading company for collapsible plastic packaging, it has been an important year from many points of view: the gamble of adding the new Redea crate; the new Noah pallet; the unknowns of a stagnation in fruit and vegetable consumption that does not
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Communication and Mdd are the two main factors in Multicediper's fruit and vegetable strategy, as we already saw a month ago (click here to read more). What role do products and suppliers play instead? We took stock of these aspects with Annamaria
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Last Wednesday, during the 24th edition of the Frutta & Verdura Special event, entitled 'Raccontare l'ortofrutta - Dalla televisione ai social, passando per il punto vendita' (tell the fruit and vegetable story - from television to social media, via the point of sale) (click here to read more), we had the pleasure of having as our guest Francesco Bettelli, owner and
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The courgette in Italy is one of the mainstays of horticulture, especially in central and southern Italy. But in recent seasons, the threat of the Tomato Leaf Curl New Delhi Virus (ToLCNDV), transmitted by the whitefly Bemisia tabaci, has put producers under great strain. The Virus threatens
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Barbera launches in Italy the offer of a double reference: the Group's Bionde and Rosse oranges are offered with a separation between table oranges, with medium-large gauges and ideal for eating in wedges, and juice oranges, with small gauges and perfect for juicing. read more

A new page under the banner of internal growth and the development of an increasingly solid corporate culture for Romagnoli F.lli Spa, a historic Bolognese company specialising in potatoes and one of the most important players on the national fruit and vegetable scene. The company presented
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Almost one third of the 'Made in Italy' on the table is produced in the fields and in the stables by foreign hands, with 362,000 workers from all over the world regularly employed in agriculture, providing as much as 32% of the total number of working days needed in the sector in 2022.
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Among Expansion Group's clients is the Villari Group, a company based in Roccalumera (Messina) that deals with the production, processing and marketing of citrus and fruit products, especially lemons. The Villari Group has entrusted the agency
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From droughts to floods via isolated and sudden weather events. Production seasons are becoming increasingly difficult and the effects are there for all to see. In particular for the walnuts on the San Martino farm, we had already anticipated a drop
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For the future of the kiwi, there is no single solution, but a combination of actions must be implemented. Starting with greater investment in science and experimentation for a varietal renewal that is more tolerant to disease, dieback and climate change, a careful
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Creating an indestructible and stainless 'Bolognese' courgette. Or at least resilient to the diseases that most limit its production, primarily fungal diseases and virosis, so as to increase the competitiveness of the fresh market courgette sector by focusing on the
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The South African citrus industry has raised doubts about the accuracy and reliability of the testing procedures followed by the EU Member States' laboratories. For example, there have been erroneous reports of contamination by harmful organisms and parasites not
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We are witnessing cold mornings in which winter vegetables are beginning to show positive trends. Yesterday, we went to the Bologna agri-food centre (Caab) to check the trend for these products, and we can testify to a discrete demand. For broccoli and cauliflower we see
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Maurizio Martina, former Deputy Director-General of the FAO, was appointed Deputy Director-General. read more

From year to year, Spain takes market share in Europe with its lemons and it is becoming increasingly difficult for the Italian product to compete with such a tough player. Meanwhile, in Sicily, the season begins with the early-blooming Syracuse lemon femminello. Tell
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Due to overbuilding and abandonment, Italy has lost almost 1/3 (30%) of its agricultural land in the last half century, with the usable agricultural area reduced to a mere 12.8 million hectares with effects on the hydrogeological stability of the land and the production deficit
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