In week 25, fruit and vegetables at fixed weight slightly improved its performance compared to the week before, but the gap with Lcc increased. In fruit and vegetable sales, discountcontinues to climb and shows the best trend, while the hypermarket is the channel that
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The new European regulation on Assisted Evolution Techniques (ATE) promises to kick-start a new green revolution, with agriculture finally being able to rely on new varieties that are more environmentally and economically sustainable. This is the comment of
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In 2022, the market for subsidised agricultural policies confirms the upward trend in values and premiums, which, according to insurance company data, reached a new all-time high in the last marketing year. This was noted by ISMEA in its "Report on risk management in
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The Associazione Nazionale Donne del Retail (National Association of Women in Retail) was founded in Milan. Its aim is to promote the culture and knowledge of retail with an inclusive and feminine vision, thus contributing to the construction of a world of work with a view to equal opportunities, solidarity, and the fight against
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Sicilian producers must adopt new techniques for the winter cultivation of auberginesif they want to counter the growing trend of imported produce from abroad, if they do not want to risk being denied access to the large-scale retail trade and if they do not want to incur
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A topic more topical than ever today, that of climate change in agriculture, which sees the Mediterranean Basin constantly attacked by devastating atmospheric phenomena. In particular, we experienced directly, with the Romagna producers of Almaverde Bio, the flood that
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Melons, mini watermelons, nectarines and Op Primo Sole extracts are ready to play a starring role at Sonic Park, the music festival to be held in the city of Matera and featuring artists of the calibre of Mika, Placebo, Lazza and Morandi, to name but a few.
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The producer association AgriPat, the agricultural marketing cooperatives Apofruit Italia, Cico, Patfrut, the traders, Baschieri Rino s.r.l., Fuitem & Orsini Fruttaexport s.r.l., Leonesi s.r.l, Orsini Ercole s.r.l, Ortofrutticola Parma s.r.l., Romagnoli
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For the tomato, it is a magical, indeed, historic moment, given the quotations that are breaking all records. In fact, no insider remembers such high quotations at the beginning of July, when the tomato should have had a physiological decline, instead still playing a leading role in the
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"After a disappointing May due to the weather situation, June was a very good month and now we hope that July will follow the same positive trend," says Riccardo Pompei, a long-standing Car operator in Rome, telling IFN about the main economic trends in the wholesale market. read more

On 29 and 30 November 2023, the fifth edition of FuturPera - International Pear Exhibition, the biennial trade fair - organised by Ferrara Expo in cooperation with Futurpera srl - will be held in the Ferrara Expo premises.
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The Spanish watermelon and melon campaign has been heavily marked by the weather events of recent months: first the drought then the storms. And the consequences are directly visible at the sales counters, where only fruit with prices well above average can be found. There
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Oranfrizer has been going through several positive changes in recent years, starting with the marriage with Unifrutti, which has enabled the Sicilian company to relaunch its image even more and look higher. In addition, the major player in the citrus fruit sector is working
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In the year 2022, after the pandemic years, a series of international events, first and foremost the conflict triggered by Russia's invasion of Ukraine, brought significant uncertainty, instability and turbulence to the markets. Despite this COAL, a cooperative
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The article in Friday's edition on direct selling by farmers (click here to read more) generated several comments from our readers; read more

The fight against the Asian bedbug continues in the Province of Cuneo where, for more than six years, research into biological control strategies has been active, which has already led to good containment results, above all by releasing two main antagonistic insects, the autochthonous predatorsAnastatus
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The delicious papayas of the 'Sweet Sense' variety are characterised above all by their natural sweetness, ripened on the tree. The juicy, firm, orange-coloured flesh is soft and has an excellent flavour. Unmistakable aromatic flavour reminiscent of mango and orange, with an
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"On Saturday, 1 July and Sunday, 2 July, the first National Assembly of the Fedagromercati-Confcommercio Young Group was held in Fondi, coordinated by representative Gianpaolo Forcina. The young entrepreneurs met in the Latium city, guests of the Fondi wholesale market.
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The long-awaited National Plan for Organic Production, which will guide the sector towards the development goals required by the European Farm to Fork strategy and reaffirmed in the national law of 9 March 2022, is now on the starting blocks, having completed the process of listening to the parties involved.
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