Once again this year fruit and vegetable growers, particularly those in Emilia Romagna, are licking their wounds after the late frosts that mowed down the future harvests of entire farms. The umpteenth low blow that threatens to knock out thousands of fruit farms that in recent
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A British man's visit to the supermarket turned out to be really disturbing. As the man, Craig Harrison,opened a bag of bananas he had just bought in the British grocery shop Tesco, he noticed a giant female spider inside, along with her bag of eggs. "I was
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Small orchards are among the most complex crops from an agronomic point of view: atmospheric agents (rain, wind, hail, high insolation, etc.), combined with sudden changes in temperature, can have a decidedly negative effect on the productivity and efficiency of entire
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In March, the fruit and vegetable department of the large-scale retail trade still showed declining consumption across the different macro-categories, but the change in average prices showed a leap forward compared to February. Among the main products oranges, bananas, tomatoes and potatoes are those which
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The SmartProtect project is a thematic network focused on inter-regional knowledge sharing on SMART integrated management solutions for farmers and advisors.Its objective is to stimulate the flow of knowledge in regional AKIS (Agriculture
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In order to approach the 150th anniversary of its founding in 2024, the Edmund Mach Foundation, through an organising committee, is developing a comprehensive programme of technical-scientific events and initiatives that will culminate in the commemorative ceremony
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It is the thirst-quenching fruit par excellence, whose consumption is favoured by the high summer temperatures. We are talking about watermelon. Its consumption over the years is changing, thanks in part to the adjustments made by Italian producers. The traditional watermelon is in fact registering
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"Traceability in the Italian agri-food sector is now an established fact and is a fixed point to guarantee food safety at all stages of production from seed to table. Today the time is ripe for a further step forward: that towards the creation of
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Mercamadrid is ready to modernise its facilities and is doing so with a EUR 13 million investment, approved in recent days by the facility's board of directors. read more

'A bunch for every taste', this is the slogan ofSalvatore Novello, director ofNovello & C. srl of Mazzarrone (Catania), a leading table grape company, which has been producing grapes for over 40 years, also using trusted local farmers, for a total of over 250
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The first month of the year seems to give signs of hope to the Italian foreign trade in fruit and vegetables, with exports returning to the lead, surpassing imports in both volume and value. This is the screenshot of the January analysis of Istat data on Italian fruit and vegetable import-export. read more

Despite the significant reduction in accident rates over the years, agriculture holds the sad record over all other sectors with an incidence twice the average. Accident reports are on average four times more fatal in agriculture, with over 120
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Sorma Groupwill not miss this year's Macfrut, the international trade fair dedicated to the fruit and vegetable sector, to be held in Rimini, Italy, from 3 to 5 May. Together with the latest innovations in terms of systems for sorting and packaging fruit and vegetables, the Group will
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MD S.p.A., the third-largest discount chain by turnover in Italy and the second-largest with 800 shops in the country, closed 2022 with revenues up 11% to over EUR 3.4 billion. Shareholders' equity rose to EUR 513 million (+10.40% vs.
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Conquering the taste of the very young while promoting healthy eating habits at a crucial stage of growth. This is the aim of the promotional campaign for Melinda Piccoline, the small-sized apples specially designed for children. Already launched in
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Spelt and barley are the protagonists of many easy, quick and healthy summer recipes, even more so if the raw material is already cooked, as in the case of those offered in Annatura's 'I Grani' range. To understand the development and performance of these products, we started with data from the
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After a dull period, Basilicata's strawberries are finding their feet again and demand is rising sharply. But it is still too early to breathe a sigh of relief, because there is no shortage of difficulties to overcome, and there is a risk of finding oneself with water at the throat because of the weather. He tells
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The Region's support for investments by Emilia-Romagna farms and processing companies, to make them stronger and more competitive nationally and internationally, with contributions amounting to138 million euro, resources from the Rural Development Plan that make it possible to
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Irrigation interventions, Sicily prepares for the turning point. Important opportunities for the island's agriculture to improve irrigation systems. The Region will support, through the call for 'Investments in irrigation infrastructure', modernisation operations with the aim of
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