Over 40,000 hectares cultivated for the growth of Africa with the creation of jobs, the provision of goods and services, the development of agro-energy from renewable sources and the transmission of knowledge and technology for local production and the development of new sales networks with
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A nasty surprise for hundreds of agricultural entrepreneurs in the Plain of Catania who are members of the Arancia Rossa di Sicilia Igp Consortium, who in the last week have received notices from the Agenzia delle Entrate for thousands of euro, due, according to the collection agency, from the
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The garlic contact group, made up of representatives of the French, Italian and Spanish garlic sectors and their respective administrations, met in Rovigo (Italy) to analyse the forecasts for this year's season, which point to a sharp reduction in the area under garlic.
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CX Store research is an annual survey conducted on a sample of 17,647 households representative of the universe of 25.7 million households resident in Italy. A sample that ensures an extremely fine granularity of the data in the ratio of 1 to 1,400/1,500 inhabitants. They are
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The offer in vegetable 'fish', the new plant-based frontier, grows. Insuperabile, the historic brand of canned fish, enters the sector with its first vegan reference, Trancetti al gusto mare, an alternative to canned tuna. Clean label read more

Last Saturday, the Pizzoli Group's production and logistics hub in San Pietro in Casale was inaugurated in the presence of, among others, the Governor of Emilia Romagna, Stefano Bonaccini, the Honourable Galeazzo Bignami, deputy minister for infrastructure and transport, and MP
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The offer in vegetable 'fish', the new plant-based frontier, grows. Insuperabile, the historic brand of canned fish, enters the sector with its first vegan reference, Trancetti al gusto mare, an alternative to canned tuna. Clean label read more

On Friday, the European Commission announced that it is reflecting on two important chapters because of the impact they could have on agribusiness. On the one hand, it is proposing a crackdown on imports from Russia, and on the other hand it is proposing to remove the requirement to maintain
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In Spain, the volume of fruit and vegetables exported is falling (-6% in volume in 2023) and the Federation of Exporters Fepex puts its finger on the 'sore spot' of the fruit category, which recorded -7.7% in exports compared to 2022, totalling 6.2 million tonnes. At
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EastFruit analysts draw attention to the message from the Ministry of Infrastructure of Ukraine about the restart of container traffic in the Black Sea ports of Ukraine within 2-3 weeks. This news is extremely important for the Ukrainian fruit and vegetable business, especially for apple
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Norway’s largest retailer NorgesGruppen wants to help the country’s consumers eat more domestically grown fruit and vegetables. read more

Bayer has announced the pilot of an expert GenAI system that it has said will benefit farmers and up-level agronomists in their daily work. read more

The season’s first containers of South African avocados destined for the EU and the UK will be arriving in ports next week. read more

Exports totalled 5.78 billion euros in the previous year, compared to just under 5.3 billion euros in 2022. However, the volume fell slightly to 3.483 million tonnes, -0.9% compared to 2022. Imports also increased, by 13.6% in volume and 15.7% in value. The trade balance fell
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Lebanese grape exporter Awdi Gardens was thrilled to receive the Lebanese ambassador to Germany and former prime minister, Mustapha Adib-Abdul-Wahed, on its first time exhibiting at Fruit Logistica in Berlin. “He visited us and told us how proud he was of the work we’re doing to
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The country of honour, Poland, will participate with 15 companies occupying Pavilion 13, while Freskon will host a programme for guest buyers from 33 countries, which will be even more extensive than at the previous event. The international character of Freskon will also
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Farmers expect concrete improvements for their farms. According to FNSEA President Rousseau, the national association has not called for nationwide action, but each department can take action. FNSEA Vice-President Jérome Despey commented that the sector was expecting
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The situation on the iceberg lettuce market is currently tense. Scarce water resources in the Spanish growing regions are significantly limiting the supply of iceberg lettuce. There is still a long way to go before the German season can start. As Spain is currently the main supplier on the German market, the
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Now two of the events announced there have joined forces: the Grape Congress/Fresh Focus Grape planned by Fruitnet will join the LUV trade fair, the first trade fair for table grapes in Europe, which will be held from 22 to 24 October in the halls of the Nuova Fiera del Levante in the
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The February/March 2024 edition of Asiafruit Magazine is now available to subscribers on the Asiafruit app – Apple, Android and desktop – bringing you the latest news and views from across Asia’s fast-moving fresh produce markets. read more