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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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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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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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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Pistachio cultivation continues to expand in Spain, where production is expected to increase significantly in the coming years. "Between 70,000 and 75,000 hectares have been planted, but for now only about 10,000 hectares can be harvested, so it is estimated that the production
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Sourcing citrus fruits from Egypt and shipping them to Asia has been a real challenge this year, according to managing director Mariya Dermendzhieva of the Bulgarian company Triland. "I would call this Egyptian citrus season 'the campaign of long-term partnership and
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At the height of the consumption of apples and pears and in coordination with the second year of the nationwide campaign promoted by Afrucat's members "take care of yourself like an apple takes care of you", the association is once again flooding the networks with the message "Look at the origin". This campaign
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For the last three weeks, green asparagus of Spanish origin has been finding it difficult to gain a foothold on French shelves. According to several French operators, the marketing of Spanish green asparagus is currently proving "very difficult". Some chains of
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