Despite a production delay of a fortnight, the strawberry season in the Campania region is getting into full swing and the prospects are good. We talked about this with Pietro Ciardiello, director of the Coop Soledi Parete (Caserta), which specialises in this crop; read more

Co.Di.Pr.A. Trento, the Consortium of Agricultural Producers of the Province of Trento, is practically ready to start with the insurance and mutual insurance campaign 2024; the start is scheduled for next week. In record time, it is the first consortium in Italy to find a solution with respect to
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On the occasion of its first 30 years, MD launches its new 'Buona Spesa, Italia!' television campaign, featuring people and their daily shopping: the narrator is the unmistakable voice of Antonella Clerici, the company's long-standing testimonial. read more

The concentration of pesticides in fruit and vegetables can be measured directly on the fruit. This is made possible by innovative technology based on cellulose acetate, developed by researchers at the Universities of São Paulo and the Federal University of Viçosa in Brazil. read more

We have reached week seven of the New Year and the signs coming from the large-scale retail trade are not encouraging: weakly positive value sales, with inflation still high, at least in Lcc fruit and vegetables. At the channel level, only discount stores are shrinking in volume. read more

Promoted and organised by Atalanta B.C., 'La Scuola allo Stadio', an important socio-educational project conceived in 2001 by Lucia Castelli - psycho-pedagogist of the youth sector - and Stefano Bonaccorso - head of basic activities - has restarted.
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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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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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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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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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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; read more

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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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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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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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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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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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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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, 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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