"With our twenty years of experience in the sector, we design and build greenhouses for agriculture as well as photovoltaic greenhouses. We aim at being a social driving force in a territory - that of Calabria - that is not yet ready to value its land, and therefore to benefit from its huge
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March has been a very strong month for the Polish apples, says Jan Nowakowski, manager for Polish apple distributor, Genesis Fresh: “The sales of apples in March peaked compared to February and previous months. The beginning of the month was very good and this feeling continued for the whole
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Joya Europe sees good opportunities for the Joya apple this season, as marketable volumes have doubled to 13,000 tonnes compared with last season. read more

What are the main challenges facing vegetable growers in Belgium at the moment, and what are they coming to you for research on? read more

With Hass avocado plantings booming across the world – not least in Peru, Colombia and Kenya – you would be forgiven for thinking there wasn’t much need for another country to get in on the act. But outside the summer peak, from May to October, avocado supply to Europe is lower, and buyers
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In some ways, Belgium’s system for buying and selling fruit and vegetables seems a bit old-fashioned. But the recent scrutiny of British retailers’ fixed seasonal contracts for most fresh produce has made some consider the merits of alternative models – systems which arguably return a
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What are Uganda’s main fresh produce exports and markets in Europe? read more

Let’s be honest, Brexit has been a big headache for EU exporters of fresh produce to the UK. Yes, EU imports have so far been allowed to cross the border without sanitary or phytosanitary checks – on all but the highest-risk products. But the London School of Economics estimates that the
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Transforming a country’s food system from one geared towards domestic supply to one that embraces the outside world is no easy task. In food, Uganda has a tradition of being largely self-sufficient and, generally speaking, the East African nation produces more food than it consumes – thanks
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Fresh Del Monte Produce has announced the first successful sale of its Greek kiwifruit in Israel. read more

Only 13,060 boxes were sent to Ukraine this February compared to last year’s 1,566,944 boxes, underlining the impact of the war and the wider impact on the international community. Meanwhile, banana exports from Ecuador to Russia are down by 8.02% from pre-war levels. read more

Agri-genomics start-up Singrow has cut the ribbon on a new R&D facility in Singapore and announced plans to expand to Malaysia and Thailand.  read more

A new A$6.8m industry-oriented collaboration is set to deliver smart new solutions for monitoring and managing horticultural crops in protected facilities ranging from polytunnels, glasshouses and vertical farms.  read more

JD Fresh hopes to sell 2m trays (3.3 kg equivalents) of New Zealand-grown kiwifruit in China over the 2023 campaign. read more

The Tomato Brown Rugose Fruit Virus has been wreaking havoc on the entire tomato sector since 2014, when it first appeared in Israel. If resistant products were utopia until a few years ago, they have now become a certainty. HM.Clause, in fact, launched the
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“Mercadona will double its investments to 280 million euro in 2023, which are destined for the construction of the future logistics block in Almeirim (center of the country) and the opening of new stores,” the company stated on Tuesday. read more

The international conference “HortiTech: trends and opportunities for Georgia“ will be held in Tbilisi (Georgia) on April 25, 2023. read more

New Zealand apple brand, Rockit has said it will deliver its biggest season yet, with record export volumes expected in 2023. read more

Raspberry growers in Bosnia and Herzegovina are looking at this year’s harvest with uncertainty. All indications are that there will be a multitude of challenges. In the first place is the non-payment of last year’s purchases, followed by the fact that the refrigerators are full of fruits
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Key Technology, a member of the Duravant family of operating companies, is exhibiting their VERYX® optical sorter and Zephyr™ horizontal-motion conveyor, as well as showcasing their other world-class equipment, in Hall 6 / B73 at Interpack in Düsseldorf, Germany, May 4-10, 2023. read more