At Cibus Connecting Italy some novelties from the fruit and vegetable world were also on stage in recent days. These included Mediterranean Salads, an exclusive and limited edition of premium salads from the Rago cooperative of Battipaglia. We talked about it with Eugenio Rago, Export Sales
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In Belgium, Coöperatie Hoogstraten's strawberry season officially started on Friday. The first strawberry box was auctioned In the presence of the press and interested parties. Marketing Manager Jan Engelen looked back and ahead. "It was a particularly challenging year," he begins. read more

Increasing market demand for avocados, ahead of an expected production oversupply, has been one of the issues front and centre of the 10th World Avocado Congress that is taking place in Auckland, New Zealand this week. read more

A program funded by the Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) will assist Davao City’s durian farmers in increasing harvests and ensuring their sustainability, while provide value chain training in preparation for eventual exports to South Korea. read more

Morocco's agricultural sector has grown thanks to the Maroc Vert multi-year plan that was completed in 2020 and allowed the agricultural sector to account for nearly 30% of the country's GDP. Morocco currently has 21,000 hectares of greenhouses in the Souss Massa region alone, according to the
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The 2023 International Blueberry Organization (IBO) Summit will be taking place on July 3-6 in Poland, in the scenic city of Lublin – the capital of the main Polish soft fruit production region. read more

Good sales and rising quotations for red goods at the Vittoria market. This is the comment we receive from Eugenio Celeste, co-owner of the company Verde Sud, which operates within the market in the province of Ragusa; read more

The Chinese market could open up for Brazilian grapes by the end of the year. This was announced by the president of the Brazilian Association of Producers and Fruit Exporters (Abrafrutas), Guilherme Coelho. As reported by fruitnet.com, Coelho and Agriculture Minister Carlos
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The Lane Late navel orange, which goes on the market every spring, is a late-ripening citrus variety. It is well-known because of its good taste and has less competition from the same category when it goes on the market. As the main production area of Lane Late navel orange in China, Zigui
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Freshfel Europe’s latest edition of the Consumption Monitor indicates that the average fruit and vegetable consumption in the EU grew to 364,58 g/day/capita in 2021. However, this positive trend that started during the pandemic has already been curbed by the economic crisis caused by the
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A 19th-century Irish adventurer and explorer is credited with introducing the potato to Greece shortly after it won its independence from the Ottoman Empire. read more

Nhava Sheva Port (JNPT), India's busiest public gateway, logged an all-time throughput high in the fiscal year 2022-23, which ended on 31 March, according to the latest port data obtained by Container News. read more

EastFruit analysts note that avocado keeps becoming more and more popular in Georgia. In 2014, the country imported only 40 tonnes – the number increased to 830 tonnes in 2022, and the annual import value exceeded $1 million for the first time. Import statistics for the first two months
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From 3 rd to 5 th May, Macfrut 2023, to be held in Rimini (Italy), will become an international meeting point for nursery professionals, breeders, producers, technicians and researchers. There will be five refresher seminars covering the latest results regarding genetic improvement in fruit
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The Citrus Management Committee (CGC), the association that brings together private Spanish citrus exporters, demanded an investigation from the European Commission in September into the scope of non-compliance regarding the application of cold treatment against the ‘False moth’ in
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The Chinese market could open up for Brazilian table grapes by the end of the year according to the president of Abrafrutas, Guilherme Coelho. read more

Fresh Produce India is back on 3-5 May with a high-quality programme of interviews and discussions covering the latest trends in one of the world’s most exciting emerging markets for fresh fruit and vegetables. read more

Fruit and vegetable research is increasingly moving towards 'pesticide-free' fields, yet the demand for EU plant variety rights has remained constant for the past five years in Europe and is even declining by 8.2% in 2022. Apart from a 17% drop in
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The family businesses Rathgeb Bio and Kellermann Gemüsekulturen have decided to shape their future together from April 2023. The two sustainability pioneers Christian Rathgeb and Martin Kellermann share common values and traditions. All previous fields of activity and locations of both company
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"In recent years, the appetite for avocados in Germany and surrounding countries has been increasing," says Paulina Criticos (pictured right), CEO of Westfalia Fruit Group - EMEA region. "We have experienced a strong growth over the past year. We have achieved this with both existing and new
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