Last week, at the Berlin Process Summit in Tirana, Serbian Prime Minister Ana Brnabic said that Serbia supported the concept of establishing a common regional market in the Western Balkans. Mrs Brnabic said implementing the concept would expand possibilities for advancement of economic
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The Rojo Brillante kaki campaign started about 3 weeks ago for Anecoop, the largest operator of this product in Spain, which handles about half of the national production. For this campaign, the entity expects the kaki harvest to reach around 110,000 tons; a recovery compared to the previous
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VéGé Group, has joined the Anti-Inflation Quarterly promoted by the Minister of Enterprise and Made in Italy Adolfo Urso in order to protect consumers' purchasing power. This project, which aims above all to help families
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More than 20 years ago, Limax established itself in the West Polish city of Wolsztyn. "Back then, Poland was a booming mushroom-producing country for the fresh market. We started as a purchasing company for Limax Netherlands but soon started looking to expand in Northern Europe. Besides the
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Belarusian growers have harvested more than 788,000 tons of potatoes. According to the Belarusian Agriculture and Food Ministry, the country's farms are competing the harvest of potatoes. A total of 788,400 tons of potatoes have been cropped with the average yields of 351.2 centers per hectare. read more

“With the drop in production and surfaces having reached their limit,” the association of producers Tomatoes and Cucumbers of France, denounces “the lack of investment by French public authorities and the multiplication of regulatory constraints, leading each year to an increase in the
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The prolonged warm weather has delayed the start of the citrus fruit season in Italy. Puglia is registering a 10 day delay. read more

The current state and future prospects of the nuts sector in Italy are the focus of the scientific event scheduled for Thursday 26 and Friday 27 October, organised in San Michele by the Edmund Mach Foundation in collaboration with the Italian Society of Horticulture. read more

Morocco increases its exports of sweet peppers to all important destinations, including Germany, reports EastFruit. For several seasons in a row, Morocco has been increasing sweet pepper exports to Germany by 10-20% annually. In the MY 2022/23 (July-June), a record volume of Moroccan bell
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Despite a later harvest, the coloration of some apple varieties will be less intense than usual, says Jakub Krawczyk, export manager for Polish apple exporter Appolonia: “Harvesting of apples started a little later in Poland, because we had some hot days and warm nights. This resulted in a
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Fiji: Supermarket chain records $7.7mln profit read more

Piedmont has a record: it is the region with the largest area under medicinal plants in Italy. There are more than 600 hectares, with Piedmontese mint leading the way in a widespread supply chain of herbs and derivatives that involves several districts in the region. On Friday 27 October, a meeting in
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In the Netherlands, most organic onions are still in the ground, and looking ahead, Green Organics' Robbert Blok expects below-average yields. "Organic onion acreage has remained fairly stable, but we had quite an unusual growing season. Yields will, thus, not be great in the Netherlands or the
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Changes are coming for the tomato processing market, an industry in which Italy ranks third in the world after the USA and China; read more

Many Hungarian apple growers are complaining that they did not reach the average harvest this year because of the cooler and wetter than average spring months. Apples are grown on 45,000 hectares in the country, including 250 hectares in Tolna County. Forecasts predict a moderate apple harvest
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As global orange production shifts from the Southern Hemisphere to the North, the market is characterised by high prices in many countries. In the Netherlands, the transition from an expensive South African season to the arrival of Spanish oranges has impacted pricing. Germany continues to
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In week 43, Ottobrunn-based ExPa-Frucht Ltd will start the new Greek kiwi season. From week 44, the import company expects the first larger volumes of Hayward kiwifruit from Greece. "We expect an average harvest volume and relatively less small-sized fruit (caliber 36/42), which are usually well
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"This is an important milestone for us, given the facility construction in Fauske just began this spring. Back then, we sowed the seeds for watercress, radish, broccoli, and borage, which we have been delivering to clients ever since six days ago," says Marius Johansen, Founder and Co-owner of
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The Coordinadora de Organizaciones de Agricultores y Ganaderos (COAG) today demanded severe sanctions against the French government and the perpetrators of this morning's violence against lorries carrying agricultural products from Spain. read more