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The long-established business relations and friendship over the past fifteen years between Agrumi-Gel, a Sicilian citrus derivatives industry, and Sumitomo Corporation Foods Group facilitated a meeting between the Japanese multinational's delegation, the Etna's Business Network and the PGI Etna
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The first sets of vegetable plants are in the ground. At the BEHR farm in southern Hesse, planting of iceberg lettuce already started at the end of February. The Gresse site in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania started on 28 February. Here, too, iceberg and mini romaine seedlings were planted in the soil.
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Mass sales of tomatoes from local greenhouses have started on the Polish wholesale market this week. At the same time, the season of local greenhouse tomatoes this year began with a delay of a month, EastFruit project analysts report with reference to the Fresh-market website. read more

Glasshouse growing in the Netherlands helps to guarantee the food supply in Europe. In doing so, the fruit and vegetable sector produces according to the "principle of eco-modernity" and using the latest high-tech. By 2040, the sector aims to be completely climate neutral. Thus
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The February 2023 processing potato usage release from Vavi, the Dutch potato processors union, pegged February potato usage at 334 thousand tonnes, the highest figure for the month since 2017. Season to date usage (August-February) came in at 2.33 million tonnes, the highest usage at this point
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AP Moller-Maersk has announced the inaugural flight of its new airfreight service with scheduled flights between Billund, Denmark and Hangzhou, China. read more

While exports still fall short of the 2019/20 level of $2.75billion, this year’s shipments were by 4% on last year to $2.47billion, despite supplying less volume internationally. read more

Lidl exported 27,000 tonnes of Portuguese fruit and vegetables to 11 countries in 2022 through a joint campaign with industry association Portugal Fresh. read more

The lemon sector in particular has managed to reduce its water footprint by 39% over the past 30 years to 271 m3/t, making the lemon the fruit with the smallest water footprint of all fruits grown in Spain. In the production of other citrus fruits, the water footprint is
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According to Moldovan statistics, in 2021, the country supplied apples to 18 countries of the world, and the list expanded to 30 last year. The heads of ministries, departments, international donor programs, and local non-governmental organizations of agricultural producers believe this is a
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In recent years, Uzbekistan has been actively developing the production of raw materials from a medicinal plant – ferula, the plantation areas of which are intensively expanding, and processing and export of finished products are being organized, EastFruit experts note. read more

After two strong months, March has been on and off when it comes to the apple trade in Poland. Mateusz Wajnert, head of sales for Polish apple exporter Galster, states that demand is looking similar to previous years: “After both a very good January and February, March seems kind of unreal. We
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BDA/Dorot Farm, the grower group of fresh, sweet carrots from Israel, is starting the new export season to Europe and North America. read more

Moleaer and Royal Brinkman are expanding their commercial relationship to deliver and support Moleaer’s nanobubble generators and solutions to high-tech greenhouse growers in Mexico. Local resources in Mexico are now available to serve horticulture and greenhouse growers to install, maintain
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An average kilogram price of over €4.50 and a price increase compared to January of 171 percent: last month, tomato prices were extreme. The European Commission's tomato dashboard shows this once again. The Netherlands stands out in the new update with by far the highest prices and most
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The strawberry sector in Egypt is suffering disruptions due to unfavorable weather conditions, according to Mohammed Ezzat, CEO of the producer Green Nile. read more

The National Garlic Board has denounced the alleged fraudulent entry of frozen garlic from China into the European Union. A situation that causes Chinese garlic to enter the EU at a lower price, thus limiting the sale of Spanish garlic at profitable prices for producers. read more

Egyptian garlic producers have begun harvesting, with a demand tempo that is not particularly exceptional, according to Anthony Mina, CEO of the Egyptian producer E2M. read more

The sweet potato season is coming to an end in Egypt, exporters are liquidating their last volumes and producers are preparing for the next season. Zayed Lahseen, CEO of AfriGoodGrow, gives an overview of the season. read more