Morocco has reached a new milestone in exporting water-intensive watermelon: the country has overtaken Italy to become the second largest supplier of watermelon in the European Union, second only to Spain. Spain’s watermelon supplies to the EU have been sliding over the past four years.
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According to the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, 42% of discarded food in Spain comes from households, which means that each Spaniard throws away an average of 31 kilograms of food. In this regard, the Director General for the Food Industry of the
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Mass sales of tomatoes from local greenhouses have started on the Polish wholesale market this week. At the same time, the season of local greenhouse tomatoes this year began with a delay of a month, EastFruit project analysts report with reference to the Fresh-market website. read more

Glasshouse growing in the Netherlands helps to guarantee the food supply in Europe. In doing so, the fruit and vegetable sector produces according to the "principle of eco-modernity" and using the latest high-tech. By 2040, the sector aims to be completely climate neutral. Thus
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AP Moller-Maersk has announced the inaugural flight of its new airfreight service with scheduled flights between Billund, Denmark and Hangzhou, China. read more

Lidl exported 27,000 tonnes of Portuguese fruit and vegetables to 11 countries in 2022 through a joint campaign with industry association Portugal Fresh. read more

The lemon sector in particular has managed to reduce its water footprint by 39% over the past 30 years to 271 m3/t, making the lemon the fruit with the smallest water footprint of all fruits grown in Spain. In the production of other citrus fruits, the water footprint is
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According to Moldovan statistics, in 2021, the country supplied apples to 18 countries of the world, and the list expanded to 30 last year. The heads of ministries, departments, international donor programs, and local non-governmental organizations of agricultural producers believe this is a
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After two strong months, March has been on and off when it comes to the apple trade in Poland. Mateusz Wajnert, head of sales for Polish apple exporter Galster, states that demand is looking similar to previous years: “After both a very good January and February, March seems kind of unreal. We
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An average kilogram price of over €4.50 and a price increase compared to January of 171 percent: last month, tomato prices were extreme. The European Commission's tomato dashboard shows this once again. The Netherlands stands out in the new update with by far the highest prices and most
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Chicory is usually a predictable product that is hardly subject to price fluctuations. This year, however, there has been a striking development. For months now, wholesale prices have been going through unusual ups and downs. read more

Last year, Austria was one of the countries to achieve a new record in the handling of goods in the Port of Hamburg. With an increase of twelve per cent and a throughput of 6.3 million tonnes, it is a new record. "At just over 323,000 TEU, container throughput is also slightly up on last year,"
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In March, EastFruit analysts conduct a traditional audit of the fruit and vegetable departments of supermarkets in Georgia, Ukraine, Moldova, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan. Let’s see in the photos below extraordinary things our experts noted this time: unusual vegetables and fruits, original
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One month ago, Prince de Bretagne started harvesting the extra early Primaline potatoes grown under shelter. The harvest will continue until the end of April, before the open field crops take over. “Prince de Bretagne's early potatoes under shelter are mainly produced in old greenhouses or
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Amidst the water awareness week, it's worth noting that the Lemon and Grapefruit Interbranch Association (AILIMPO) has been working for years to reduce the water footprint of lemon production in Spain in order to contribute to the UN's Sustainable Development Goal 6 "Clean water and sanitation",
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Greenyard Fresh Belgium and Pidpa, a Belgian integrated water utilities company, have announced that they have entered the final phase of their plans to install a new on-site water purification system on Greenyard’s site in Sint-Katelijne-Waver. read more

Lineage Logistics, LLC, one of the leading temperature-controlled industrial REIT and logistics solutions providers worldwide, has opened a new Southern Europe headquarters in Madrid, Spain on 17 March, at an event attended by the Company's Southern Europe Management team, as well as European
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At the end of February, the first production farms in Germany started harvesting rhubarb from protected cultivation. The season started conspicuously low in price, which quickly turned into the extreme opposite. read more

According to data from the international Trade Centres, Egypt exported 194,955 USD worth of potatoes in 2021. The top 10 importing countries of Egyptian potatoes in 2021 were: Russian Federation - 70.913 million USD Greece - 13.951 million USD Italy - 10.043 million USD United Arab
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