This season, Zespri tripled its red kiwi exports, with the RubyRed variety read more

The Val Venosta summer cauliflower campaign, an excellence to whichVIP, the Consortium of Valley Fruit and Vegetable Cooperatives, is linked by a long tradition, is about to start. The harvest will begin this week and is expected to last until well into September.
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Farmers with mortgages on buildings that have been evacuated or are uninhabitable, or agricultural activities that have become unproductive due to flooding or landslides, will also be able to apply to credit institutions for a suspension of instalments until they are fit for habitation
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FarmsFyffes Suragroh and Soleado, in Honduras, received the certification as a result of the transformation conducted by local management over the past two years. The purpose ofGLOBALG.A.P is to recognise the effort made by the companies to produce healthy food and, at the same time
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We are at the dawn of the 2023 table grape campaign and already there has been no shortage of challenges, especially those related to the weather, which has severely tested the vineyards of Southern Italy. So much rain during the swelling phase of the bunches has exacerbated several problems related to the
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The Moro Sardo campaign, the pearl of the Agromediterranea Groupwhich breathes new life into the typical Sardinian cherry tomato, is in its final stages. A season characterised by good sales and satisfying quotations, as Andrea Manca, partner-owner of the Sardinian Group together with Filippo Frongia, points out.
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Discover the flavours and secrets of the food and wine culture of Romagna while spending pleasant evenings in the company of friends and relaxing in contact with the nature of the area. read more

The three-year communication and promotion campaign for PDO and PGI fruit and vegetables continues. "Europe signs the products of its territories', for the entire month of June, the activities focus on the Vignola Cherry PGI. The Vignola Cherry PGI is the
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With the Ovindoli variety (click here to read more) from Seminis-Vegetables by Bayer, the dream of growing cauliflower in June has become a pleasant reality. This is a typical autumn cauliflower variety with a cycle of 90-95 days after transplanting which, thanks to its
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The universe of melons and watermelons is constantly evolving and, every year, researchers and seed companies try to improve the references both from an agronomic and organoleptic point of view. In recent years, there has been a strong focus on resistances and product morphology with
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Last week, a Pomodayp was held at the Meloni farm in Uta (CA), a familiar but important event for the stakeholders of the fresh tomato chain in Sardinia. More than 100 guests, including the main operators in the sector including nurserymen,
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The vegetable market is moving at two speeds. Some references are falling sharply in quotations, such as the cluster tomato which is suffering from Dutch competition. There is instead a settlement for tomatoes, courgettes and aubergines. Peppers are showing interesting quotations, but also
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For most, it will be a year to forget for cherries. The campaign was undermined by bad weather, especially the more precocious and medium varieties, but demand is holding up despite unprecedented prices. To take stock from Emilia-Romagna, we spoke with Cristian
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Fruit juice production has restarted at the Conserve Italia plant in Barbiano di Cotignola, in the province of Ravenna, which was badly hit by the floods of 16 and 17 May. "After twenty-six days spent cleaning up and restoring production departments and warehouses damaged by
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In recent weeks, the Fruit and Vegetable Monitor has investigated which purchasing strategies Italians have deployed over the past year as a result of the mostly negative change in their purchasing power (to read the article on changes in purchasing power
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In the first quarter of 2023, Italian exports of fruit and vegetables are on the upswing. In a context in which volumes are up 6.5% and values are up more than 10 percentage points compared to the same period in 2022 (+10.7%), the performance in value of vegetables and fruit and vegetables is outstanding.
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A careful perimeter survey of the areas affected by floods and landslides, without forgetting anyone; a precise census of the damage, farm by farm; and then a special law to allow for immediate compensation for the damage suffered and rapid reconstruction, because the timing of the campaign does not fit in well with the timeframe of the campaign.
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In Apulia, in just 7 days, there have been 8 water bombs and 2 tornadoes, in addition to cloudbursts that have hit towns and countryside with flooding, landslides and damage. This is what emerges from an analysis by Coldiretti Puglia, with the two cloudbursts in Erchie and Crispiano and the 2 tornadoes recorded
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We are in the middle of a cerasic campaign that has so far been stingy with satisfaction for our producers, who have been grappling with incessant rainfall for the past month, which has literally wiped out early production; read more

Watermelon cultivation is constantly evolving, and for the past few seasons there has been talk of growing watermelons and mini watermelons above ground. But in the collective imagination they remain heavy fruits that can hardly defy gravity by dangling from the plant. But the
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