South African rail issues threaten citrus growth
The optimisation of South Africa’s rail system has been identified as a key enabler if the country’s citrus industry is to realise its vision of exporting 260m cartons of the fruit by 2032.

French, Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish peach and nectarine producers analyze forecasts for 2023
The peach and nectarine contact group, which is made up of government and sectoral organizations -including FEPEX- from the group's member countries (France, Italy, Spain, and Portugal), will meet

Italy floods: millions of fruit trees must be replanted
At least 15m and as many as 40m fruit trees across Emilia Romagna will need to be pulled up and replanted, after thousands of the region’s orchards were inundated by the worst flooding to hit

"Unfortunately, in my case, I must consider my fields as lost"
Although the rains of recent days have brought some relief, drought and the depletion of water reserves in the Axarquia and the Costa Tropical de Granada have been causing great difficulties to

German Nutrition Society: New website goes live
Modern, user-friendly and clearer - on the occasion of its 70th anniversary, the German Nutrition Society (DGE) is launching its new website. Visitors will now find information from all areas of

Start of the cherry harvest
"For cherry cultivation, the harvesting phase has just begun, and with it, the moment of truth, although it can already be said that the quality of national cherries will remain at a high level;

'How we restore value to local ecotypes'
Valorising local ecotypes to preserve Italian flavour. This is the research objective of the seed company Blumen Vegetables Seeds for the creation of products with the intense flavour of

Global container production, once experiencing roomy growth, is now in a tight spot
Recent data suggests that global container production, once experiencing roomy growth, has now found itself in a tight spot. Until only recently, shipping giants were scrambling for containers,