Spain’s onion campaign is being affected by several factors, particularly drought which has led to a 40% drop in cultivation area. The lack of water availability has caused the cost of onions to remain very high and, after registering a 238% rise in 2022, prices at source have increased
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In the area surrounding the Sicilian village of Canicattì, the grape farms that supply the BioPlus trading company with their fruit continue to build on some important traditions. Here, white, red and black grapes, with and without seeds, are marketed from May to the end of December - assuming
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Du Guoyong, Deputy Secretary-General of the World Peace Ribbon Organization and Director General of the Poland Committee, accompanied Dr. Bauluo Zhang, Chairman of the GDE European Exchange, and other executives on a visit to Marcin Marzec, Mayor of Sandomierz in the Holy Cross Province of
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As part of the European Green Deal, the EU is pursuing ambitious plans to optimise the sustainability of packaging. This is shown by the new draft of the European Packaging Regulation (PPWR), which was discussed in the Bundesrat and will be implemented by Germany after adoption by the EU.
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Bad weather hit Mediterranean Spain heavily during this past weekend with thunderstorms accompanied by hail. Among the worst affected areas were the Valencian community (especially in the provinces of Almería and Granada) and the Murcia region. read more

The President of Anecoop, Alejandro Monzón, collected the prize awarded to the second-tier cooperative for its alignment with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The awards ceremony, organised by the Chair for Excellence and Development in Entrepreneurship: from Student to
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India's DMart slumps nearly 5% on profit miss, margin drop read more

This operation comes five years after the capitalist grouping of the BILLAUT, BATEMAN, COO, LECONTE and LORIDAN families, which marked the creation of the VITALIS Network, around the company NEGONOR and its director Francisco Moya. read more

The urgency of digitization is being recognized: In Switzerland, the Charter for the Digitization of the Swiss Agriculture and Food Industry, adopted in 2018, forms the basis for digital transformation. Since then, various studies - including foreign ones - have recently examined the potential
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In early May EastFruit reported of late April frosts’ aftermaths for the Ukrainian fruit and berry business. As reported, there were short frosts in the northern regions of Ukraine with temperature falling to 5 degrees Celsius below zero. read more

Bonduelle Italia, formerly a Benefit Society, raises the level of sustainability and announces that it has been certified B Corp, with a score of 90.1 (the bar to be surpassed was 80), entering the elite group of B Lab certified companies, about 200 in Italy and six thousand worldwide. The announcement is
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There is uncertainty over whether new facilities will be built at Cairnryan Port to check goods coming from the Republic of Ireland and wider EU via Northern Ireland. The UK is finally due to start implementing post-Brexit controls on EU goods later this year. read more

After the Hungarian government announced on April 28 that a deal has been reached with the EU on the topic of certain member states’ unilateral bans on the imports of Ukrainian agriculture products, Minister for Agriculture István Nagy delivered a speech on the current state of Hungarian
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For about ten days now, it has felt like autumn because of the bad weather that has affected the whole of Italy - especially the north - and the forecasts do not promise anything good for the week that has just begun either. If, on the one hand, the rains have been a real blessing, given the
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The Grenoble walnut PDO participated for the first time in the Italian Macfrut event that took place from May 3rd to 5th. With 18% of its exports to Italy, this small nut with its own PDO decided to meet its Italian clients this year. It was also the opportunity for a wider public to
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In order to promote European mushrooms throughout Europe, GEPC Promo (European Association of mushroom producers) has presented a new campaign co-financed by the EU with the slogan: ‘European mushrooms, hidden pearls’. This is a 5 million euro promotional campaign that is expected to create
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Discouraging data for the EU tomato sector emerged from the report on tomatoes given at the contact group meeting of representatives from France, Italy, Portugal and Spain on 4 and 5 May in Piré-Chancé, near Rennes. The forecasts for the campaign
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Despite the destruction of some plantations in the central and northern regions of the country, Ukrainian producers increased blueberry exports to a record level in 2022, EastFruit informs. The portal reports that total exports of fresh blueberries from the
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A Dutch delegation visited Bulgaria in April to explore and expand opportunities for bilateral cooperation in horticulture. The visit was a follow-up of the Dutch horticultural mission from October 2022. The group met with representatives of Bulgarian fruit and vegetable producers and other
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Queensland agricultural industry representatives have welcomed the long-awaited announcement that talks by Prime Minister Anthony Albanese in the UK have been successful. The Australia-United Kingdom Free Trade Agreement will come into effect on 31 May. read more