Fruit Logistica, Boscolo (Vivai Bacchetto): 'We focus on exports to Eastern Europe'.
Solidly relying on exports Vivai Bacchetto. "Exports for our nursery are worth around 25% and are growing every year," says Roberto Boscolo, shareholder and managing director of Vivai Bacchetto.

Weather hits world mandarin production
Consumption is expected to be lower with the reduced supplies. Exports are also forecast down with a near 50-percent decline in exports from Morocco due to the drop in production. China

Peviani at Fruit Logistica 2023 with a new identity
Peviani, a company that produces, markets and distributes fruit and vegetables, is presenting its new graphic design at Fruit Logistica 2023. For the first time, the brand has decided to give its

Florida’s finish on citrus will likely push demand for Texas fruit
Texas citrus continues to be on the slimmer side of supplies. “Oranges have been tight all season due to strong demand,” says April Flowers of Lone Star Citrus, noting it has mostly small

Vietnamese fruits hold lion’s share in Australian market
Vietnamese fresh fruits, including tamarind, jackfruit, lychee, plum, passion fruit and starfruit, have earned a lion’s share in the Australian market. According to the International Trade

Zimbabwe: 1,500 households venture into paprika farming
More than 1,500 households in the semi-arid Mwenezi and Chiredzi districts in southern Masvingo have been brought into a program to boost incomes by a non-governmental organization spearheading

Fruit and Vegetables Committee contact groups begin their 2023 meetings
The different contact groups created within the framework of the Spanish-Franco-Italian-Portuguese Joint Committee will start their 2023 meetings on February 14 with the meeting of the strawberry

Lowered Indian tariffs on pecans might benefit Georgia growers
The government of India announced a major 70% cut to tariffs on US pecan exports. Experts are saying these cutbacks are a big relief for Georgia pecan growers. Georgia produces about one-third of

A. P. Moller - Maersk reports strong results for 2022
2022 was an exceptionally strong year for Maersk. The unprecedented financial results were driven by solid performance across all businesses during the abnormal market conditions in the first part

Fruit or vegetable snacks for children at 22 Wellington schools
Next week, the Fruit in Schools (FIS) initiative begins another year. Over 4,490 children in 22 schools across the Wellington region will receive a healthy snack of fresh fruit or vegetables each

First apples of the new harvest are starting to arrive in Argentina
Last week, the first Gala apples of the new harvest began to arrive on the market. Agronomist Miguel Sabbadini, technical manager of the Argentine Chamber of Integrated Fruit Growers (CAFI)

Veganuary breaks sign-up records
Veganuary, the global organisation encouraging people to try vegan in January and beyond, has again broken all previous records and welcomed more participants than ever before with 706,965 people