'Relaunching fruit and vegetable consumption' by finding 'new communicative stimuli'. Telling the excellence of Italian production in a fun, engaging, exciting, but also credible and useful way, 'to convey confidence and a sense of authenticity'. To speak 'of
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The Board of Directors of the Ente di Previdenza e Assistenza Pluricategoriale, at its meeting of 7 June 2023, resolved to provide extraordinary compensation for direct material damage suffered by members of the Ente (Agronomy and Forestry Doctors),
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After an excellent production season, the first Jingold kiwifruit from the southern hemisphere are now on the market with increased production and excellent quality. The harvest phase, which began in recent months in the various production areas of the southern hemisphere, has
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Having arrived at this time of year, it is budget time for Cooperativa Terremerse.While we wait to see what the repercussions of this tremendous flood will be on the next budget, turnover in 2022 was EUR 288 million, an increase of EUR 45 million over
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Italy is grappling with the weather that is turning the entire country upside down, with the summer still to come; we are still licking our wounds, after the violent floods that destroyed some areas of Emilia-Romagna, that the bad weather is returning to strike with the same
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"At this moment in history, we are forced to redefine the concept of normality," began Federico Boscolo, Cultiva's CEO. read more

Is it possible to produce fruit and berries without the aid of the plant? It sounds utopian, but it is the experiment of researcher Lucas Van Der Zee from the Dutch University of Wageningen, who, after writing his dissertation on the subject of growing fruit without the plant, is now
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There are those who have seen their animals die due to the impossibility of getting fodder to their isolated farm, those who have lost their bees and hives due to a landslide, and those who have had their orchards suffocated by water and mud: these are some of the stories of farmers in Romagna
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In recent weeks we have talked about the resurgence of certain plant diseases caused by the 'anomalous' climate that has put Italy under water; incessant rain and humidity have created the ideal habitat for fungal attacks. Like Downy mildew (read more in the article), also
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While the summer fruit campaign proceeds between highs and lows - with limited volumes and fruit spoilt by the latest weather events - the trends for imported fruit, such as oranges, kiwis, avocados, mangos, limes and grapes, remain more stable. We have
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Logging in the fruit and vegetable sector is a discriminating factor that is too often underestimated. A load that arrives late at the Ce.di. is often sent back to the sender or is subject to heavy penalties, as it generates a multitude of problems, which can even lead to the suspension of the supply. read more

Last week in Conversano (Bari) the traditional cherry festival was held, during which the 50 heaviest Ferrovia cherries are awarded. The winner with 883 grams of cherries, for an average of about 18 grams per cherry, was the cherry grower Francesco Mansueto.
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An agri-food market for a day without electricity with all the cold rooms switched off. A scenario that none of the operators would ever want to witness, yet last Friday it happened at the Maas(Mercati agroalimentari Sicilia)in Catania. And, as reported by the newspaper La Sicilia, it is
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Agricola Lusia presented its first Sustainability Report, which provides a transparent and detailed overview of the company's activities and performance on the Corporate Social Responsibility front. read more

The 'Michelangelo Bartolo' secondary school in Pachino won the Best Enterprise in Action Award at the National Entrepreneurship Championships, the great event that rewards the entrepreneurial ideas of male and female students organised by Junior
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Assosementwelcomes the approval in the Chamber of Deputies of the Drought DL, which allows the field trial of Assisted Evolution Techniques. "With these genetic improvement methods we will be able to significantly reduce the time needed for selection
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The yellow melon campaign is about to get into full swing; after an uninspiring start due to the negative wake that characterised the 'retato' melon at the beginning of the season, the scenarios are changing. "The campaign did not get off to a good start due to low sales volumes,
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Against the high cost of groceries, a card is on the way for about one and a half million families. This was said a few days ago by the Minister of Agriculture and Food Sovereignty, Francesco Lollobrigida, in the programme 'Dritto e Rovescio' on Rete 4. read more

A sector that has suffered long-term damage overall, considering that Romagna alone produces 30% of Italian fruit and vegetables, and serious repercussions on jobs and distribution; read more

Precision agricultureis the new frontier of development in the agri-food sector: with an added value of 64 billion euro in 2021 and a number of employees approaching one and a half million, the application of technology in agriculture has become increasingly
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