"As producers in the Pachino area, we have a big responsibility, because we export products of excellent quality and keep up the good name of made in Italy products by means of the tomatoes we produce," says Sammy Lauretta, owner of the Lauretta Salvatore farm, in a testimony obtained directly
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Since the COVID-19 health emergency, ginger has captured the attention of the international market for its medicinal properties. This has had a positive impact on its export, making it jump from being Peru's 25th most exported agricultural product before the pandemic to its 12th one in 2021.
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Blueberry prices in Georgia have experienced a decline as the harvesting season approaches its peak. The head of the Blueberry Producers’ Association of Georgia, Torninke Panjavidze, in conversation with EastFruit, has reported that the average wholesale price of blueberries is currently
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EastFruit analysts draw attention to the continued increase in the efficiency of banana trade in Uzbekistan, which allows them to reduce wholesale price relative to other countries. In particular, the wholesale prices of bananas in Uzbekistan are now even lower than in Georgia and Moldova. At
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In the Netherlands, school fruit suppliers' compensation is set to drop from €0.24 to €0.18 (incl. VAT) per fruit or vegetable portion. That is according to the new school fruit, vegetables, and dairy scheme the Ministry of Agriculture, Nature, and Food Quality (LNV) published in the Dutch
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On 12 May 2003, an unusual success story began in Venlo: Sormac was founded. What started with 16 employees and an initial turnover of around two million euros quickly developed into a worldwide triumph of highly specialised machine solutions for
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Supplies of blueberries look to be better compared to this time last year. “Weather issues last year in both Georgia and North Carolina hurt overall industry volumes, but it has looked better this season and more balanced,” says Ryan Lockman, vice-president of sales and procurement for
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According to the Northern Ireland Mushroom Growers Association (NIMGA), that the industry will ‘disappear’ in the next few years if the UK government does not act to include the role of mushroom picker on its Shortage Occupation List. read more

Les Nouvelles Fermes, a French startup, has just 'cracked a model' by developing an urban aquaponics farm halfway between low and high tech. It introduces an original model for farms in metropolitan areas. After launching a first experimental farm in Lormont (33) in 2019, the societal impact
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According to the National Working Committee for Almonds, Spanish production of almond kernels will reach 120,633 tonnes for the season, following a record decline last season due to poor weather conditions in the growing areas. This estimate
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HarvestEye is a new technology, based on a 3-D camera system, which can aide potato growers to identify the size and weight of a tuber at exact locations within a field. HarvestEye was launched on to the UK market in 2019. The plan now is to make the technology available in Ireland read more

For the first time this year, the Food Price Index (FPI) shows a drop in the cost of fruit and vegetables as New Zealand’s growers recover from a tough spell of weather-related challenges. read more

Despite the arid season in Tunisia, where the lack of rainfall led to a drop in production in almost all crops, the watermelon sector escaped unharmed, according to Mohamed Akermi, CEO of Tunileaf. read more

The spring frosts did not have an effect on the Polish apple production. According to Mohamed Marawan, owner of Polish apple exporter Sarafruit, this means that volumes will be similar to last year, except for Red Prince apples. read more

As of 1 July, Luca Zaglio will be the new General Director of Melinda-La Trentina-Apot. This was announced by the presidents Ernesto Seppi (Consorzio Melinda), Rodolfo Brochetti (La Trentina) and Ennio Magnani (APOT, i.e. Associazione Produttori Ortofrutticoli Trentini - Association of the Fruit and
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Ammar's story begins in the Iraqi capital, where he was born and raised. As a young boy, his curiosity was ignited by two seemingly unrelated events: witnessing the age-old traditions of farming around him and an encounter with technology imported from a far-off land. His father's trip to Japan
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New Zealand’s apple production has suffered 3 consecutive years of decline after peaking in 2019/20. From 2020/21 through 2021/22, losses were mostly due to a COVID‐19‐related labor shortage. Immigration restrictions caused a severe shortage in seasonal labor, preventing orchards from
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EastFruit highlights that Georgia has exported almost all of its hazelnuts. Product has been practically the country’s only major export product from fruits, nuts, and vegetables in the last 12 months. Numbers from this season were significantly worse than the previous one. However, there were
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The worst drought for 70 years has hit the Panama Canal, forcing strict new regulations that slash the capacity of some containerships by 40 per cent and will likely increase the price of UK-US goods, warns the international delivery expert ParcelHero. read more

The sweet cherry season in Moldova has just begun. Despite poor pollination for medium and late varieties of cherries in some regions of the country, the overall harvest looks promising and sweet cherry producers are looking forward to establishing partnerships with importers from all over the
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