Once again this year to celebrate the Arancia Rossa di Sicilia Igp, the president of the consortium, Gerardo Diana, climbed to the summit altitudes of Mount Etna to pay homage to Europe's highest active volcano. Diana set off on foot from the Sapienza refuge, located 1910 metres above sea level.
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With just a few weeks to go until the end of 'The Anti-Inflation Quarter', the initiative called by the government to help keep prices down and protect the purchasing power of households, Lidl confirms its commitment and continues to reduce prices in its assortment. read more

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Is Abbot Fetél, the quintessential Italian pear queen, forced to abdicate? After more than 150 years of reign (she was discovered in France in the mid-19th century), is it reasonable to hand over the throne to her successor? Besides, the aches and pains of age are making themselves felt; however, in the state
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The organic sector is now at a crossroads: while consumption has been growing steadily over the past ten years, now - for the first time - the question is being asked as to why there has been a general decline. And among the solutions to be undertaken to revive the sector are aggregation
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The farmers' protest against Europe's agricultural policies and government choices started on Monday (click here to read more) continues: the producers, with their vehicles, have also arrived in Verona and Ferrara; read more

The 116th edition of Fieragricola, the international agricultural exhibition scheduled at Veronafiere from 31 January to 3 February, was presented yesterday morning (Tuesday 23 January, ed.) in Rome, with transversal focuses dedicated to agricultural mechanics; zootechnics; specialised crops
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he Council and the European Parliament reached provisional agreement yesterday (Tuesday 23 January, ed.) on the regulation on digital labelling of fertiliser products. read more

Hm.Clause Italia has focused heavily on the brassicaceous segment, focusing on high-performance varieties such as the Macerata green. 'The brassica market is a very dynamic one,' says Agostino Marcellino, Hm.Clause sales manager Sicily, 'and in Italy, especially in Sicily,
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Trigo, a leading provider of computer vision technologies that transform traditional shops into digital smart-stores, and discount chain Netto Marken-Discount have announced their collaboration to launch the first end-to-end grocery shop with
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Vegetable food has increasing appeal and its popularity is growing among the population; hence a change in people's eating habits. This was stated by the catering giant Sodexo, which analysed more than 2.7 million meals sold in 285 of its
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Artificial intelligence (AI) allied with fruit and vegetables: from the field to the supermarket shelf, to monitor crops and plan agronomic strategies that can defend against adversity, to interpret consumers and develop consumption, to revolutionise the
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The sixth year of Aldi in Italy, part of the Aldi Süd Group, a leading multinational supermarket chain among the world's major operators, closed with the ambitious goal of more than 170 openings, successfully continuing the path of
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For Italian potatoes and onions there is a stalemate, with very little product on the market and the quality beginning to fall short. Meanwhile, products from abroad are taking over the market in terms of both volume and quality. We talked about this with Sebastiano
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The year 2023 ended with a breakeven in volume sales for the fruit and vegetable department, even though the two half-year trends have opposite signs but with an ever-increasing inflationary effect. read more

The farmer 2.0 is not a person, but a robot on wheels. Its name is SentiVe and its task is to monitor crops in the fields, looking for diseases, pests and more general crop problems. Its work results in a saving of fertiliserand
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Following the alarming news on Monday (click here to read more) in relation to the fire at the Planet Farms plant in Cavenago di Brianza, the company released a press note, which we quote in full. read more

The research of the seed company Blumen Vegetable Seeds continues and this time focuses on new varieties of climbing flat beans. Thanks to the work conducted by breeder Elena Avite, three new products have been improved in quality, productivity and
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Agriculture asserts itself as the most multi-ethnic sector in our country; in fact, in the last five years, there has been a 28% leap in the number of foreign agricultural entrepreneurs running farms. read more

For a few weeks Italian farmers stood by and watched what was happening in the rest of Europe, but the protest that started in Germany (click here to read more) has now also reached Italy. As early as Sunday there was already a sense of turmoil and it was evident that yesterday -
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