Global seed breeder-marketer Rijk Zwaan is hosting a seminar event to discuss the latest trends and technologies in the leafy hydroponics sector in conjunction with this year’s Asia Fruit Logistica on 6-8 September in Hong Kong. read more

The commercial campaign of Metis, the premium fruit resulting from the natural cross between the plum and the apricot, started two weeks early, thanks to the first varieties from Southern Italy (Basilicata). Excellent product quality and good sales even though production
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The export of early potatoes is not such a significant position in Uzbekistan’s fresh fruits and vegetables segment. However, the volume of deliveries of Uzbek potatoes to Kazakhstan in May-July this year reached a record high for at least the last two decades, EastFruit analysts say. read more

Spanish exports of fresh fruit and vegetables fell in May, with volumes down 4.4% year-on-year, according to data published by the Spanish Customs and Excise Department.   read more

Europe is the continent with the highest PL share in the world and, among its countries, Italy ranks below average, while Great Britain stands out, with more than half of its sales developed by PL. In Italy, the retailer with the highest PL penetration is
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The supply of melons and watermelons, the summer fruits par excellence, is scarce at this time, while Europe is scorching due to the heat waves Cerberus and Charon, which have caused temperatures to reach record levels in various parts of the continent, FreshPlaza reports. read more

In the first half of 2023, Tajikistan exported 103,000 tons of agricultural products worth $24.1 million, Asia-Plus reports with reference to data from the Ministry of Agriculture of the Republic and the Customs Service of the Republic of Tajikistan. read more

Bremia threatens the lettuce sector (click here to learn more about the greenhouse range); in fact, this phytopathology can be damaging to several varieties both in protected cultivation and in the open field, with significant economic damage to those areas specialised in the cultivation of
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Foodiverse and Taylor Farms, leading growers and producers of fresh salads, vegetables and other fresh foods in Europe and North America respectively, are pleased to announce an agreement to welcome the US company as a new shareholder of the Spanish group; read more

Four years after its inception, the Ananas Dolcetto project comes to an end with a very positive balance: the objectives can be said to have been achieved (despite the difficulties imposed by the pandemic) and the seeds sown in the Togolese community protagonist of the cooperation project
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The commercial campaign of Metis®, the premium fruit resulting from the natural cross between plum and apricot, started two weeks early, thanks to the first varieties from Southern Italy (Basilicata). Positive quantity and: "Medium large size," explains Antonio Zani, Office
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The Cabina di regia on the PNRR, which met on Thursday afternoon at Palazzo Chigi, approved the proposals of the Minister of Agriculture, Food Sovereignty and Forestry, Francesco Lollobrigida, to respond to project applications that could not be financed due to a
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AsEastFruit’s reader knows well, disruptions in the global supply of onions in 2022 lead to record-high prices in many countries. Georgia was no exception. With low local supply and strong demand, prices in Georgia have been even higher since the beginning of June 2023. This week prices have
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After talking with the participants and management of the Pomușoarele Moldovei Berry Growers Association,EastFruit analysts summarized their observations on how the berry season is developing for local fruit market operators. The harvest-2023 of berries in Moldova will be significantly more
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The season of early varieties of apples in Ukraine is already in full swing, analysts of theEastFruitproject report. But, if selling prices in this segment remained stable the previous two weeks, then this week, the apple price of the new harvest began to fall rapidly. read more

Morocco has been continuously increasing its fruit and berry exports, with France and the UK accounting for the most important part in this growth, as reported by EastFruit. In 2018-2022, Moroccan fruits and berries were available on the markets of 122 countries, with Spain, France, the
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Banca Agricola Popolare di Ragusa will manage, as an authorised credit institution, 12 million euro of investments from the Ministry of Agriculture of Food Sovereignty and Forestry, as well as subsidies amounting to approximately 7.5 million euro, destined for companies belonging to the
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In fruit and vegetables, we fight daily over cents. We often tell of producers who are unable to get distribution chains to accept price increases in the range of 10-20 cents/kilo; therefore, we were rather surprised when for the same product we found,
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The IperTriscount (Gros) brand, active in Rome with nine sales outlets, including supermarkets and superstores, is focusing on the hypermarket format by experimenting with its first 5,500 m2 sales outlet, the food locomotive of the La Romanina shopping centre, located in Via Ferri in Rome, told in
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The hazelnut production in Georgia faces challenges in the 2023 season, but there is hope for better quality and quantity than in 2022. Sales of newly harvested hazelnuts in green husk have already started on the local market, but exporters have not started buying yet. The average wholesale
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