Spaniards’ have increased their consumption of organic products by 19 times in the last 20 years. Spain’s Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Luis Planas, has described the development of Spain’s organic sector as “spectacular”, despite covid-19 and the war in Ukraine. read more

In 2020, approximately 4.2% of the EU’s total employment, an estimated 9.4 million people, worked within the agriculture fishing sector. The agriculture, forestry and fishing sector continues to be a significant source of employment, particularly in eastern and southern EU countries.
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Ukraine has transported the first batch of trucks to Poland by rail, bypassing the blockage of the land border between the two countries by Polish drivers. read more

From January 1 to October 31 this year, Serbia exported 845 tons of fresh raspberries, valued almost €1.7 million. As for frozen raspberry exports, by the end of October, 57,612 tons were exported. The destinations to which Serbia most commonly exports to are: Germany, Belgium, the Netherlands
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The Christmas peak is as good as over at Sophyn Greens. This Dutch company has been offering its vegetable pastes for about a year and sees great potential, mainly in Germany and Scandinavia. "The Netherlands obviously remains a big market for us, but we find that those regions are slightly more
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According to EastFruit analysts, onion prices in Ukraine continue to rise, and the average wholesale price has already reached 14 UAH/kg, which is equivalent to $0.48 US dollars. Thus, since the beginning of harvesting of the late onion varieties in August 2023, prices on the Ukrainian market
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Bingo, the national retail market leader in Bosnia and Herzegovina, will participate in the Fresh Food Leader's event "International B2B meetings with retailers" (see previous article) that will take place in Bergamo on the 25th of January 2024. This is a one day event of face to face business
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The Danish start-up PerPlant has recently launched its new device to enable farmers to monitor their crops and intervene promptly in the event of problems: it is called Jarvised and is a platform based on artificial intelligence. read more

Spanish exports of fresh fruit and vegetables to the United States have grown slightly in the last five years, from 31,389 tonnes in 2018 to 33,234 tonnes in 2022, a 6% increase, according to the latest available figures. However, the share of the total
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Morocco, a key player in the global agricultural sector, has been showing its potential by breaking new records. Today, EastFruit invites you to take a look at the remarkable increase in Moroccan melon exports to Spain. In the first nine months of 2023, Moroccan exporters surpassed their
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Retilplast, the company from southern Italy that manufactures, processes and commercializes nets, films, and tarpaulins, has launched Dual-tex, a new two-colored plastic cover with a dual function. read more

Improving soil health by offering customised advice to farmers, and measuring the success of specific soil management practices through digitised data collection and benchmarking. Soil health', the new solution from Abaco Group, was born with this mission in mind,
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More than 90 people attended the 2-day seminar organized in Avignon at the end of November by the Association of Producers Peaches and Apricots of France. It was an opportunity to look back on a difficult season, “but also to look ahead to 2024, a year which holds many surprises.” read more

Italian products have, since 2000, proved hugely popular at Mooij Amsterdam. This Dutch company imports a wide assortment of Italian goods. Thursday, December 7, marked the start of the Italy season, which, depending on conditions, runs from late October to late March. A team of chefs provided
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Leading food service distributor Sysco Ireland has entered into an agreement to acquire specialist produce supplier Ready Chef, subject to regulatory approval. Ready Chef supplies fresh and prepared fruit and vegetables to the Irish food service sector. It currently employs 100 people at its
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As the New Year approaches, Adjaran farmers are diligently preparing to spread holiday cheer across the Commonwealth countries with an impressive harvest of 55,000 tons of aromatic mandarins. read more

Morocco, a key player in the global agricultural sector, has been showing its potential by breaking new records. Today, EastFruitinvites you to take a look at the remarkable increase in Moroccan melon exports to Spain. In the first nine months of 2023, Moroccan exporters surpassed their previous
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According EastFruit, the grape industry expects in Moldova report that many large growers are not in hurry to sell their table grapes. They estimate that that the large farmers of Moldova sold no more than 20-30% of their table grapes harvest as of today. This is not at all surprising,
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A raspberry producer in the Netherlands has invested in what is thought to be the European fruit industry’s largest solar panel installation to date. read more

In his welcoming speech, President Georg Boekels addressed the many "exciting" developments in 2023, criticising the fact that Russia's war in Ukraine and its consequences had already been pushed too far into the background in view of the conflict with Israel. "At the same time
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