EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen (in the opening photo) spoke at the first session of the strategic dialogue with European farmers at the Berlaymont Palace: 'We must overcome this polarisation with dialogue. And you deserve fair remuneration
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In the second week of the year, fruit and vegetables by imposed weight showed double-digit value sales growth and more than double the size of the trend compared to Lcc. However, the growth in average prices reduces the volume performance by no small margin.
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Artificial Intelligence (AI) is revolutionising the present and future of the food industry in several areas: from the implementation of robot chefs for use in catering, to more accurate supply chain traceability and increased food safety. Undoubtedly
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Italy is facing a significant change in the management of packaging waste, through the Conai Environmental Contribution (Cac) system. This change not only reflects growing environmental awareness but also current economic needs. read more

The Melinda brand will once again be the protagonist of the Marcialonga, the main cross-country skiing event in Trentino, scheduled for Sunday 28 January. Four years after the last time, in fact, the Consortium's brand will once again feature prominently on the bibs of the
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The marketing of the yellow and red-fleshed varieties of the Kiwi Passion® Consortium is entering the final phase of the campaign. We take stock of the year with Marco De Nadai, marketing and communication manager of the Kiwi Passion® Consortium. read more

The Laimburg Research Centre is the research centre for agriculture and food processing in South Tyrol. The Centre's programme of activities is drawn up and defined every summer in close coordination with local interest groups. In this way it is possible to
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"The approval with almost 60 per cent of the votes in favour of the position on the new regulation that will authorise the cultivation of new varieties obtained through assisted evolution techniques (Tea) by the Environment Commission gives us hope for a final agreement by the end of the
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The Tomato Brown Rugose Fruit Virus is the sworn enemy of tomatoes at the moment, and for growers it is becoming the main challenge to face as this virus can compromise a large part of the harvest with percentages as high as 70%. The main companies
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2023 was a positive year for service products, especially for cooked vegetables. As the data in our possession show (Agroter Fruit and Vegetable Monitor elaborations on IRI Liquid Data - total Italy hyper+super), for service products the progressive
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The port of Trieste could give European fruit and vegetables to Africa greater efficiency. As reported by the newspaper ilnautilus.it, Monday saw the signing in Cairo of the bilateral Italy-Egypt agreement signed by Ambassador Michele Quaroni, and the Minister of Transport
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On 18 December 2023, the Council of the European Union finalised its proposal for a regulation on packaging and packaging waste (PPWR), which is intended to confront the one approved by the Parliament in plenary on 22 November; read more

In a context of increasing attention to Risk Management, amplified by the recent changes introduced by the new Common Agricultural Policy and the need to find ever greater sustainability in the sector, the team of experts is preparing to comprehensively address the
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January markets historically are not among the brightest of the year, let's just say that after the exertions of the holidays traders tend to take a month off. read more

The Coop-branded convenience line, Spesotti, made its debut on the store shelves in October (click here to read more), initially featuring only two categories in the fruit and vegetable department: pulses and pistachios; read more

Fresh Del Monte Produce Inc.(NYSE: FDP), one of the world's leading vertically integrated producers, traders and distributors of high quality fresh and 4th range fruit and vegetables, today announced the launch of its latest pineapple innovation, Rubyglow® pineapple:
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The strawberry campaign in Huelva is breathing a sigh of relief after a difficult month of December. The low temperatures that have been experienced over the last few days have favoured a quality harvest, but have inflated prices at origin, although this has not compromised the
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For the dried fruit category, the year just ended was positive, with good value figures (click here to read more), also thanks to medium-high inflation figures, generated by price increases (especially in the first half of the year), but volumes also showed positive trends
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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