"At the State-Regions Conference, an agreement was reached on support for the nut sector. 14 million euros have arrived for the supply chain, which can be used for promotion and new investments. Once again, we respond with concrete aid for a sector
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It will not be a typical Christmas with snow and freezing temperatures. The forecast says anything but, sunny days and warm temperatures. As 3B Meteo reports, a giant bubble of warm air is travelling towards Italy with the consequence that the Christmas we are about to
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Of great prominence and commercial importance for Ivs Takii is the rootstock segment, which the company has long covered with historical varieties and allocates various products and investments to it with the desire to increase its presence and market leadership. Michele Siena, Director
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The first field event, at the Azienda Agricola Numero Vincenzo in Foggia, dedicated to winter crops organised by Bayer, took place successfully. read more

With38,800 hectares earmarked for vegetable and aromatic seed production in 2022, Italy confirms its leadership in this sector at European level. This is what emerges from the survey conducted by Assosementi, the association representing Italian seed companies. read more

NielsenIQ (NIQ) in "The State of FMCG in Italy" analyses the consumption trends and purchasing habits of Italian households for November 2023, taking a snapshot of the scenario of large-scale retailing (GDO) in our country. 9.8 billion is the
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Organic production, together with a number of innovative products, is the strong point of Coop Sole's business growth. read more

A potential solution to global food shortages could come from a research project by students from Qatar, carried out in collaboration with theCarnegie Mellon University in Doha: 3D-printed carrots; read more

The festive season brings with it a boom in web searches for recipes and methods to bring traditional Christmas dishes to the table. read more

In recent months, the anti-inflation trolley has been one of the leading initiatives of the large-scale retail trade (click here to read more) but fruit and vegetables have almost always remained among the big losers; read more

ALDI Italia, part of the ALDI SÜD Group, a leading multinational in the large-scale retail trade, consolidates its presence in Lombardy, Piedmont and Veneto with the inauguration of three new points of sale, ready to welcome customers from Thursday 21 December.With
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For all fruit and vegetable products it is a crucial time and a surge in sales is expected from one moment to the next. Exotic fruit, which Italians do not give up for the holidays, cannot be missing from all the tables set. In fact, according toDavide Ferraresso,
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In the first nine months of 2023, Peruvian agricultural exports decreased by 5.6 per cent compared to the same period of the previous year, to USD 7.431 billion (EUR 6.796 billion). The cause? The climate. An in-depth analysis by Fresh Fruit Peru shows that,
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Conad is for the fifth year in a row the number one player in the Italian large-scale retail sector, according to the presentation of preliminary results for 2023, with the brand recording a total turnover of around EUR 20.2 billion, up 9.1% on 2022; read more

The traditional Christmas markets probably no longer exist and sales are all concentrated in the week before the festive season. This is the feeling we are getting from several wholesale operators from northern to southern Italy these days that, viceroy, in past years, were
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"Italy has a coherent position that is based on principles and values also in defence of a system as opposed to ideologies that weaken it without taking into account the objectives set," agriculture minister Francesco Lollobrigida told Ansa on the sidelines of the Comagri report
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On the strength of the growing interest in the market and the excellent feedback from buyers, theO.P. Consorzio Funghi di Treviso has decided to expand its 'Zero Residui' line with a fourth product, Pleurotus ostreatus.
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Prices for clementines are down by 5% compared to last year but not for Tarocco oranges which, instead, are up by 25%. And while chicory is expensive with prices up over 20% and courgettes up 40%, artichokes remain stable but not aubergines, which fall by up to 40%. It presents itself
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Strawberries and small fruits from Basilicata have been making their debut in the wholesale markets since mid-November: we have dedicated an in-depth report from Bergamo, where Federico Fapanni, salesman of the company Ortobergamo, told IFN about the trend of these references to date. read more

Record-breaking sales for Brussels wraps in the UK; in the pre-Christmas period (week 47-51) they rose by 150% compared to the same period last year. This figure was reported in a press release by the Waitrose brand, which specified how searches increased
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