The Italians' 'plate' is varied and constantly evolving. The focus on recipes with healthy, quality ingredients is increasing, as is the choice of quick and easy solutions to prepare; read more

InGermany, the protests of the agricultural world have not subsided, as shown by the images of the various roadblocks reported by all the national media in recent days, and which follow the demonstrations of 18 December, when thousands of agricultural vehicles besieged the
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The banana industry of Costa Rica, one of the three most important banana exporting countries in the world, is looking at this season with pessimism. Generating the South American country's doubts, as reported by the newspaper valenciafruits.com, is a mix of factors that are directly affecting the sector
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Rijk Zwaan Italia will open 2024 with its first Demo Days Frutti - Speciale Sicilia - a meeting event dedicated to fruit products and aimed at professionals. read more

A greater propensity for fish and shellfish dishes (35%) and a preference for pandoro and panettone (36%), rather than fruit, are the trends that emerge from the analysis conducted by Agroter's Monitor Ortofrutta on a representative sample of purchasing managers
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January is the ideal month to start again with good habits, re-establishing one's daily routine that, willingly or unwillingly, each of us will undoubtedly have put aside during the Christmas holidays. read more

Dried fruit is a category that, especially at Christmas, cannot be missing from the tables of Italians, we know. We therefore wanted to take a closer look at the wholesale market during the festive period and for this we asked Mario Marchetto, seller
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ILIP opens 2024 by confirming its participation in two important trade fairs dedicated to the horticultural sector. From 23rd to 26th January, the Bologna-based company will be exhibiting Hortipack products (sowing trays, boxes with alveoli, transport and cultivation pots and
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The cultivation of aubergines, whether in a greenhouse or in an open field, is no small challenge to achieve satisfactory production for the supply chain. CHV's Croptimum is an innovative plant activator based on purified plant molecules that is attracting a lot of interest from
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On the new measures to support citrus fruit cultivation launched by the Sicilian regional government, the president of the Consortium for the Protection of the Sicilian Red Orange PGI, Gerardo Diana, commented: read more

Dear Director, I am writing you this e-mail because I would like to ask you a question. As you can see, in the attached photo there are two clementines, the one on the left is given in my son's canteen lunch while the one on the right was bought from the greengrocer. I do not want to emphasise the
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It differs from other types of tomatoes in its production schedule, taste, size and colour, as well as its long shelf-life. It is 'iLCamone, the real one', the authentic Italian Camone tomato grown exclusively by four selected companies between Sardinia and Sicily, including
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It is called 'Good and fair stories', the Caab's project to tell the story of its market operators and its fruit and vegetable excellence; read more

The Danish shipping giant Maersk has announced that it will divert all ships from the Red Sea routes around the Cape of Good Hope and, this, will cause significant disruption considering that about one third of global container ship cargo passes through the Suez Canal. read more

The Danish shipping giant Maersk has announced that it will divert all ships from the Red Sea routes around the Cape of Good Hope and, this, will cause significant disruption considering that about one third of global container ship cargo passes through the Suez Canal. read more

After a 'wholesale' Christmas without any particular surprises (click here to read more), we wanted to analyse the trends in the final part of the festive period, up to Epiphany. From the operators' accounts, it emerges a market that was more active until Christmas and in a state of slumber in the days
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It is time for blood oranges and OP Esperidio knows it well as it starts 2024 with the debut of its new 'Pure Red' brand. As they tell IFN from the Sicilian Op, Pure Red represents the desire to innovate the Sicilian agricultural tradition in a sustainable way, as well as to enhance and
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The year 2023 closed with worrying data for kiwifruit: The bacterial canker of the actinidia, caused by the microorganism Pseudomonas syringae pv. actinidiae, continues to ravage orchards and, in the year just ended, there was a 7% reduction in production compared to 2022; read more

The bad weather that has been raging in Italy over the last few days is also causing various disruptions to transport. This is the case of several tractor-trailers that overturned with their load of fruit and vegetables on a Delta Tour ferry that was travelling along the route
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The autumn-winter vegetable campaign of Futuragri, a leading Apulian company in the production and marketing of fruit and vegetables, continues. The season began at the turn of October and November for the harvest of brassicas, spinach, celery and
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