As IFN reported last week (click here to read more), brassicas have reached very high prices for this time of year. We were not used to stellar prices for these products in late November - early December and this is a temporary situation
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The world of vegetable alternatives to cheese is finding more and more space on the market, with tasty and innovative proposals: this is the case of the brand Ortìa, which recently launched Cremosi, a line of vegetable spreads based on chickpeas and cashews; read more

An exciting season is unfolding in the Piana di Fondi for the Sweet Palermo pepper, the result of research work by Rijk Zwaan. Luca Peppe, president of the Agripeppe cooperative, describes the moment for this unique pepper to IFN. read more

Experimental trials are underway for the final year of the applied research project entitled "Activities aimed at verifying the increase in post-harvest shelf life of fruit and vegetables through the testing of a catalytic hydrated photo-oxidation device".
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If last year's fourth range spinach season did not start off on the right foot (click here to read more), this season production is also facing a difficult period, caused by a mix of causes. We delved into the situation with Giulio Benvenuti,
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Today, Tuesday 12 December, marks the click day for the arrival in Italy of 82,550 non-EU seasonal workers envisaged by the new three-year Dpcm (of 27 September 2023) for the transitional programming of flows 2023-2025, which reserves 40,000 units for the nulla osta presented by the
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F.lli Orsero is celebrating the magic of the festive season inside the fruit and vegetable markets of Milan, Verona, Bologna, Florence, Rome, Cagliari, Macerata and Pescara, with a rich calendar of initiatives dedicated to wholesalers and fruit merchants. Since yesterday, the Fruttital stands have come alive thanks to a
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"Plants derived from new genomic techniques are an essential tool for improving the sustainability of production processes in agriculture and contributing to food security and European food sovereignty, which we now consider to be under threat. read more

The festive season is approaching: a climate of joy and serenity and the desire to share the warm Christmas atmosphere with loved ones, perhaps in front of a laid table, where some tasty but healthy treats are a must. Current trends reveal, in fact, an increasingly
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,Avoiding manual thinning in the apple tree is feasible, while in the peach tree it is still a chimera (especially since the risk of late frosts has returned). Certainly, this technique cannot be disregarded in order to achieve adequate quality production, in terms of size and flavour, on
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The National Organic Action Plan is finally a reality. The Plan, which represents an indispensable step to support the ecological transition of Italian agri-food systems, has just been approved at the State-Regions Conference and implements
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For pear lovers, the current season is holding two constants in store. On the one hand, higher prices in the order of 40% on pears of national origin, with even higher peaks for the Abate variety; on the other hand, the presence of an important share of products on sale
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The 2023 chestnut campaign was not among the easiest and the negative forecasts at the beginning of the season were confirmed. Producer Vincenzo De Maio, of the homonymous company in Forino (Avellino), which dedicates 300 hectares to chestnuts, draws the conclusions. The Campania-based company cultivates the
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"On the strategic issues related to the CAP, during a meeting with all regional councillors we discussed a common and convergent strategy. We are working on a financial and regulatory framework that will enable us to meet the new challenges related to climate change and the
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Another year of great success and steady growth is drawing to a close for iSuccosi oranges, the only oranges with guaranteed juiciness. After the extraordinary exploit of 2022, about one month before the close of 2023, Agricola Lusia's iSuccosi Oranges record a further
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The President of the Distretto Produttivo Agrumi di Sicilia, Federica Argentati, made statements on the sidelines of the technical round table convened last week by Undersecretary of State Luigi D'Eramo, at the Sala Natali of the Ministry of Agriculture, which was attended by
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Antonio Ruggiero, with his advertising campaign centred on all the national broadcasters and the programmes most loved by Italian families, enriches his story with telepromotions conducted by well-known personalities of the general public. Also this year the much-loved Antonella
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The clementine season is also beginning in Apulia, particularly in the Taranto area, and the situation is no different from other areas. The campaign, due to the hot and dry weather, started with a considerable delay. The producer describes the first remnants of the season
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The Danish start-up PerPlant has recently launched its new device to enable farmers to monitor their crops and intervene promptly in the event of problems: it is called Jarvised and is a platform based on artificial intelligence. read more

They are red in the skin and also in the flesh and have become famous on Tik Tok and Instagram. They are the Kissabel apples; read more