Yellow melon, production gap expected in Metaponto
In Metaponto, the weather is hampering agronomic operations and making open-field transplanting of the yellow melon impossible. Angelo Condoluci, owner of the company Unifruit, specialised in the

Peru: Blueberry exports of 300,000 tonnes possible in 2023/24 season
In the current season, exports are expected to increase by around 5 % compared to the 286,000 t of the previous season (2022/23), reports agraria.pe with reference to Proarándanos. The

Azerbaijan increases fruit and vegetable exports
From January to May 2023, Azerbaijan exported 238,893 tonnes of fruits and vegetables worth $241,967.98 thousand to foreign countries. According to the State Customs Committee report, the value of

This year's edition of the Moroccan International Soft Fruit Festival focuses on nurseries
The International Soft Fruit Festival in Morocco, organized by the Moroccan Interprofessional Federation of Soft Fruits (Interproberries - Maroc), with the support of the Ministry of Agriculture,

Aging farmers, high consumption, high segmentation – highlights from GeoStat’s new publication
GeoStat’s publication “Agriculture of Georgia” has been released on June 15. The publication covers the statistical metrics related to agriculture in Georgia for 2019-2022. EastFruit’s

New berry packs do away with bubble pads
Thermoforming packaging specialist Waddington Europe has claimed a first by supplying a full range of soft-fruit punnets to the UK market that are easier to recycle and use less plastic than

Aldi remains the largest customer of BAPL apples in the UK
At almost 3,200 tons, Aldi is still the largest customer of BAPL apples in the UK, followed by Tesco and Sainsburys. Here’s the same monthly data presented as a percentage of all British apples

“We hope to see French peaches and nectarines in supermarkets this week!”
Last week, the Federation of French Fruit Producers (FNPF) and the producers of Peaches and Apricots of France sent a letter to the main French retailers, urging them to switch from the Spanish to