Although Alvin Frutta has an extensive catalog of seasonal fruits and vegetables to provide customers with a year-round supply of product, stone fruit is still the flagship product for this southern Italian-based growing and trading company. Giuseppina Zito, a businesswoman who runs this young
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The European Commission has approved an approximately €346 million (PLN 1.5 billion) Polish scheme to support agricultural producers in the context of Russia's war against Ukraine. The scheme was approved under the State Aid Temporary Crisis and Transition Framework, adopted by the Commission
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Editor James Massola from Nine Newspapers National Affairs drew attention to the sale of individually-wrapped cucumbers at Woolworths in a tweet on Saturday, commending the ACT government’s ‘terrific decision’ to ban plastic bags. He stated, however: “But the decision by @woolworths to
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It is with great regret that we must state that the Russian occupation army continues to commit crimes against humanity on the territory of Ukraine. During the flight of Russian troops to the right bank of the Dnieper river in the fall of 2022, they partially blew up the dam of the Kakhovska
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This year has seen a surge of interest in Iran's fresh produce, amid worldwide production shortages. However, this interest only concerns a few products, and Iranian exporters can offer more, according to Iranian exporter Amirhossein Azizi. read more

On 10 and 11 June Milan's Parco Sempione will host the second edition of Party Like a Deejay, the big open-air party organised by Radio Deejay. A two-day event whose watchword will be fun, with music, entertainment, sport, fitness and much more. read more

The AIAB (Italian Association of Organic Agriculture) has asked the MASAF to open a technical crisis table in connection with the dramatic situation in the Emilia Romagna region. 'As is well known,' explains Giuseppe Romano, national president of AIAB in a letter sent to the undersecretary
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A tour of the Epicurean Food Group’s exotic mushroom facility north of Adelaide has given 50 Hort Connections delegates a taste of the newly established farm’s potential to achieve its goal of reversing Australia’s reliance on imported Oyster, Shiitake, Enoki, Lion’s Mane and other
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The commercial campaign for table tomatoes in the Fondi area is now getting into full swing with the first cuts of the red berries; these will complete the offer of the green types that are already being harvested at full speed.    read more

The Walnut and Almond Growers Association of Georgia interviewed 180 farmers who harvested about 1,300 tons of almonds and 2,000 tons of walnuts (Chandler) from commercial orchards in 2022/23.  read more

Exports of Uzbek watermelons to foreign markets began in the first ten days of May 2023. This is nearly one week earlier than usual due to very hot weather in the country. The mass exports begun in mid-May and since then Uzbekistan has already exported more than 30 thousand tons of watermelons,
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Azerbaijan is a promising exporter of various agricultural products to Germany, according to Olga Hunger, Regional Director for Eastern Europe at the International Agricultural and Food Association, DLG. She noted that Azerbaijan has certain advantages in growing crops that do not grow in
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Employees of the regional administration of agricultural supervision discovered a dangerous quarantine pest in a batch of strawberries from Serbia, according to the department's press service. read more

The export of early-harvest agricultural products from Tajikistan has started, including onions. The export of early onions to Kazakhstan has already reached a volume of approximately 200 tons. read more

According to a tweet from within the Chinese Embassy in Zimbabwe, fresh citrus from Zimbabwe can now be exported to the Asian nation. read more

American cherries have arrived in the market this week; Vietnamese durians and Thai mangosteens have dropped in price as the arrivals increased; in addition, seasonal domestic fruits such as Shandong blueberries, Sichuan plums, Yunnan Summer Black grapes, and domestic Kyoho grapes have also
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The start of the topfruit season wasn’t auspicious but, as poorly as it had started, it could be heading to a strong run for South African pears. read more

In the first quarter of this year, Kazakhstan purchased nearly 133,000 tons of fruit, which is 1.2% less than in the same period last year. The most imported fruits were mandarins, to 27.7 thousand tons (+36.2%). Pakistan, China, and Turkey were the main supplier countries. read more

In the 2022/23 season, the Andean country exported 252,000 tonnes of mangoes, an increase of 7.23%, agraria.pe refers to APEM managing director Juan Carlos Rivera Ortega. "This is another record season for Peruvian exports of fresh mangoes. Lately
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