More than 800 Ocado items from UK farmers and growers, including fresh fruit and vegetables
2024-03-05 00:00
Belgium: Colruyt to open 38 Comarchés, 3 Bio-Planets, and one CruEarlier than expected, Colruyt has been given the green light to start the conversion work of the Match and Smatch stores it recently acquired. The first integrations start this week, with most stores opening under a temporary
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At the International Agriculture Show in Paris last week, France's Minister for Agriculture and Food Sovereignty, Marc Fesneau, announced that his government will allocate an additional 100 million euros to the Sovereignty Plan
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For more than two weeks, green asparagus from Spain has been struggling to find a place on French supermarket shelves. According to several French operators who market asparagus in France, sales of Spanish green asparagus have been 'very difficult'.
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Will onion prices grow? Market overview for Ukraine, Poland, Uzbekistan, and Moldova
2024-03-05 00:00
EastFruit analysts report that onion prices in the region have remained mostly stable, much to the dismay of “resellers” who expected to profit from buying onions during harvest and selling them at a higher price in the spring.
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Ethiopia and the Netherlands jointly construct a cooling center to support fresh produce exports
2024-03-05 00:00
The Ethiopian government has signed an agreement with Invest International, which acts on behalf of the Minister for Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation. The agreement initiates the first phase of a large cooling center that is located 70 kilometers from the capital city Addis Ababa. For
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France will allocate an additional 100 million to its Food Sovereignty Plan in the fruit and vegetable sector.
2024-03-05 00:00
In 2024, France will reinforce its Food Sovereignty Plan in the fruit and vegetable sector with 100 million euros, in addition to the 200 million already announced in 2023, when this plan was launched.
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Poland's pumpkin cultivation area expands significantly
2024-03-05 00:00
From 2014 to 2022, Poland witnessed a significant expansion in pumpkin cultivation area, growing from 1,100 hectares to 8,900 hectares, according to Eurostat data. This increase in sowing area led to a dramatic rise in domestic pumpkin harvests, escalating from 48,000 tonnes in 2014 to
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Fruit and vegetable price trends in Italy as at 4 March
2024-03-05 00:00
Late oranges, Valencia Late variety, are arriving, while the end of the campaign for Tarocco oranges is approaching. The asparagus campaign has started. High presence of Italian strawberries, best quotations for those from Matera followed by Candonga. Under tone the artichoke market for which we wait
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Two out of every five apples consumed in Spain are imported
2024-03-05 00:00
At this time, with apple and pear consumption at its peak, and coinciding with the second year of Afrucat's nationwide campaign "Look after yourself as an apple does", the association is spreading another message on social media: "Pay attention to the origin". This campaign aims to promote local
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Moldovan farmers growing strawberries using protected ground technologies prefer early rather than late (everbearing) berry varieties, according to EastFruit data. This has been the case in previous seasons, and is likely to continue in the 2024 season.
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"A metre of greenhouse is worth about 30 euros".
2024-03-04 00:00
In Santa Fe de Mondújar, a municipality characterised by its particular "sea of plastic", the cost of a metre of greenhouse is estimated at around 30 euros, according to Antonio Martínez, a veteran of the agricultural sector. This figure
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Specialised almond groves in the north of Italy, new plantings
2024-03-04 00:00
After a difficult year 2023, marked by extreme climatic events that put the sector to the test, the company Romagna Impianti has embarked with renewed energy on the path to the future of the almond tree, setting up super-intensive mechanical plants (SHD) in the north, in collaboration with
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The EU produces a wide range of fresh fruit and vegetables. Vegetables were grown on 2 million hectares across the EU in 2022, on which 59.8 million tonnes of crops were harvested. The three most common vegetables - in terms of quantity - were tomatoes (15.4
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Bio Plast Pom, in collaboration with Gdańsk University of Technology and other scientific institutions, has developed a compostable and biodegradable material, NOPLA, based on potato starch aimed at reducing environmental impact, CO2 emissions, and enhancing energy efficiency. NOPLA, a
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Supply chain innovation, Macfrut plays the ace
2024-03-04 00:00
Five international workshops to take stock of innovation in the fruit and vegetable supply chain. This is the core of the new Innovation Hub For Healthy Food exhibition that will be staged at Macfrut (Rimini, 8-10 May 2024) to shake up the sector. "The peculiarity of these five workshops
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Flowers booming in the Polish retail?
2024-03-04 00:00
Last year, Poland was the country where the level of import stayed on the same level as in 2021. The export numbers for 2023 show that Poland remains the 5th export destination for ornamentals from the Netherlands with a difference to Italy (4th place) of only 10 mln euro. The increase is
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“Even in garden roses, ‘Made in Italy’ is appealing”
2024-03-04 00:00
NIRP International is not only known for its cut rose varieties but also for its garden roses. About six years ago, the breeder started a pilot project in Italy, growing potted garden rose plants for wholesalers, garden centers, and garden shops. Then, they introduced their new concept, "Le…
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Bfruit is an organisation of soft fruit and kiwi growers based in Portugal with production throughout the country. Filipa Bragança, director of Bfruit, says that their aim is to increase production and add unique varieties to Portugal's offer: "Our production of kiwifruit and kiwifruit in Portugal has been growing for the past two years.
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Soilless strawberries are now 35 percent more popular than traditional strawberries
2024-03-04 00:00
There is renewed interest in the above-ground strawberry production systems designed and built by Combimetal Carrera, a company based in Policoro (Italy) that specializes in the construction of greenhouse structures. Gabriele Nicodemo of the Nicofruit Group (pictured below), one of the Italian
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Total European apple stock are down by 5% compared to the same time last year. The biggest drops come from the UK at -35% followed by Denmark at -30.2% and The Netherlands at -23.8%. Gains were made in Spain at 22.2%, France 11.7% and Belgium 10.8%. The European pear stock is down by -1.6% with
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