Chiquita joins SAI Platform for Sustainable Agriculture and Farm Optimisation
As a global agricultural company, Chiquita recognises its responsibility to the tropics - the climate zone where the company has grown its bananas for more than a century due to the conditions.

EU strict on pesticide cuts. Agricola Moderna: encourage vertical farming
The front of the EU legislation calling for a sharp cutback on pesticides and fertilisers in Green Deel is still hot. Sources say that the European Commission has decided not to accept the demands

Del Monte responds to accusations made against their guards in Kenya
Del Monte has issued a statement as the guards used by the company in Kenya were accused of brutally assaulting and killing people suspected of trespassing on its land. According to the Guardian,

Agricola Don Camillo launches the #vocidellortofrutta cocktail melon
To impress on the shelf with a product with distinctive appeal, but also innovative flavour. Agricola Don Camillo is launching two new Club melons, Limelon and Dino, which respond to new consumer

Flood, zero-interest Ismea loans kick off
From 12 noon on Monday 3 July, it will be possible to submit applications for the MIA Loan (Flood Intervention Measure), ISMEA's new intervention aimed at ensuring agricultural and fishing

Fulgencio Torres, new president of Cooperativas Agro-alimentarias de Andalucía
Fulgencio Torres Moral will chair Cooperativas Agro-alimentarias de Andalucía for the next four years. This was decided at the federation's General Assembly, held in Seville, which was attended

Manzanas Livinda, almost a decade claiming origin and proximity
The premium apple brand Livinda, from the Nufri Group, has been carrying out promotional actions for almost ten years that have focused on identifying the origin, the proximity of the product and

'No hidden GMOs, system-based approach to innovation'
In a resolution adopted yesterday at its General Assembly, the European organic movement re-affirms that organic production should remain free from GMOs including from New Genomic Techniques

Tesco suspends Del Monte orders as human rights abuse allegations surface
Security guards at a Del Monte pineapple farm in Kenya - that supplies many British supermarkets - have been accused of brutally assaulting and killing people suspected of trespassing on its land.

Live online seminar "Successfully carrying out incoming goods inspections" by the QS Academy
What is important in incoming goods inspection of fruit and vegetables? This question is the focus of the QS Academy's live online seminar "Successfully carrying out incoming goods inspections",

Truly South African Gala makes waves
Game-changing varieties are not often found in the apple and pear category but Bigbucks – branded as Flash Gala – is on track to achieve just that for the South African apple industry. Flash

Zespri назначает Стивена Мартина на должность президента по Европе и Северной Америке
На прошлой неделе генеральный директор компании Zespri Дэн Мэтисон подтвердил назначение Стивена Мартина

India to lift retaliatory tariffs on US apples, almonds and walnuts
The U.S. Apple Association (USApple) is thrilled with the announcement that India will lift its retaliatory tariffs on U.S. apples. The organization applauds the work of the Biden Administration

Netto Marken-Discount campaign focuses on products from the region
Favourable, regional, transparent - with an extensive campaign, Netto Marken-Discount is making its special appreciation for fruit and vegetable products and local agriculture clear on all

Pesca e Nettarina di Romagna, amended specification
Five years of waiting and a bureaucratic process that seemed interminable. But in the end, on 14 June last, the Regulation approving and making applicable the amendment to the specification for

Zespri appoints Steven Martina as President of Europe and North America
Zespri CEO Dan Mathieson last week confirmed the appointment of Steven Martina as Zespri’s new President of Europe and North America. "Steven will lead our European and North American team’s

Apples, China loses export leadership
China is losing an important primacy and Italy is ready to take its place. In the current season, in fact, the large Asian state has drastically reduced its export volumes of apples, in which it

China has lost its leadership in the global apple exporters’ ranking
China, a long-term leader in the world ranking of fresh apple exporters, has sharply reduced export volumes in the 2022/23 season. Thus, according to EastFruit analysts, we will definitely have a

Minimum wage to initially rise to 12.41 euros in 2024
In the coming year, the statutory minimum wage is to increase by 0.41 cents to a total of 12.41 euros per hour. This is the proposal of the Minimum Wage Commission of 26 June 2023. From 1 January

Allegations of killings by guards at Del Monte farm in Kenya
A report by British newspaper The Guardian in collaboration with the Bureau of Investigative Journalism says that security guards employed on a Del Monte pineapple plantation in Kenya allegedly

Zespri mianuje Stevena Martinę na stanowisko prezesa na Europę i Amerykę Północną
Dan Mathieson, dyrektor generalny Zespri, potwierdził w zeszłym tygodniu nominację Stevena Martiny na nowego prezesa Zespri na Europę i Amerykę Północną. "Steven będzie

India to end tariff on imports of US apples
The tariff was imposed in 2019 in retaliation for US Section 232 tariffs on steel and aluminium, raising the total tariff on US apples to 70% versus 50% for all competing supply origins. Once