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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In June, we are in the middle of the cherry season, an Italian excellence that can boast several PGI awards certifying a disitinctive quality in the European fruit and vegetable scene; read more

This year's peach and nectarine campaign has started a few weeks late in the south, where reduced volumes are expected due to the bad weather in the last month, but at the same time it is ahead of schedule in the north - particularly in Veneto - and is now also underway in Romagna,
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ALDI, part of the ALDI SÜD Group, a multinational reference reality of the large-scale retail trade among the world's most important operators, celebrates an important milestone in its growth path: five years of success in Italy based on quality, convenience,
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The Conad Adriatico Annual General Meeting was held a few days ago to present the positive results of the last year to its members. In fact, the Cooperative closed 2022 with a turnover of 2,001 million euro, an increase of 8.19% compared to 2021, and a
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Last Friday, as part of the Protagonists of Italian Fruit and Vegetables event at Villa Necchi in Milan, the Danila Bragantini Prize was awarded, the Oscar for innovation in fruit and vegetables promoted for the fifth consecutive year by the National Association of Women in Fruit and Vegetables and
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Lapassata De Rica, a brand of the Italian culinary tradition belonging to Casalasco Società Agricola S.p.A., came out best in the Altroconsumo test published a few days ago. read more

Domestically sourced summer fruit will not be missing from the tables of Italians, who will soon be able to start eating high-quality cherries. This was assured to IFN by Leonardo Odorizzi, one of the members of La Grande Bellezza Italiana, on his return from visiting member companies in Puglia. read more

"Sales of summer produce are going very well and we cannot complain, but around the corner there is always the bad weather nightmare that threatens to compromise the production of peaches, after cherries and apricots". Speaking isPalmino Rotundo, of the distribution company
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A few months ago, we analysed the world of African citrus fruits, thanks to Alessandro Cecchinato from the Veneto-based company Dal Bello Sife. What emerged was an exploit of Egyptian Valencia oranges in the European markets, especially the Italian ones (read more in the article), thanks to
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