Fruitimprese: Green Deal penalises Italy
The restrictive EU Green Deal policies impacting on plant protection products and packaging risk penalising Italian companies already burdened by the drought problem and the shortage of skilled

The EU 28 exported 4% less fresh fruit and vegetables to third countries.
Translator Translator EU plus UK vegetable exports in 2021 were 2.8 million tonnes, 6% less than in 2020, with value falling by 4%, totalling €2.125 billion. Potatoes were the most exported

Gene-editing may lead to weather-resilient potatoes to be ready by 2025
A gene-editing potato project aims to boost the rate of photosynthesis in potato crops to promote yield, water use efficiency and drought tolerance. The project is known as PhotoBoost; it focuses

Thailand set to export 4.4 million tons of fresh & processed fruits in 2023
Thailand’s Ministry of Commerce has set the target for export of fresh and processed fruits at 4.44 million tons, an increase of 10% from the previous year. Durian, in particular, is being

Peru: Sweet Globe leads grape exports for the first time
Changes in the Andean country's variety and export picture have already been observed for some time. In the latest campaign, the Red Globe variety had to give way to Sweet Globe for the first

"It is expected that in July this year, the snack tomato market will experience explosive growth"
"After several years of small-scale planting, snack tomatoes began to develop on a large scale in 2019. By this year, its planting area in China had exceeded 1,333 hectares." Ganan Agricultural