"Europe to legitimize advanced genetic improvement techniques with a twenty-year delay"
While geneticist Nazzareno Strampelli, the father of modern cereal cultivation, is currently being celebrated with an exhibition at the Ministry of Agriculture and the issuing of a special stamp,

Melon & Watermelon Innovation Days connect producers of melon and watermelon in Murcia

Brands Award 2023: veg and fruit and vegetable award winners
Fruit and vegetables were also well represented at the Brands Award 2023, the awards ceremony organised by Mark Up, Gdoweek and FreshPoint Magazine and opened by editor Cristina Lazzati. The award

"Clients keep returning for our own brand Dumara watermelons"
The Moroccan Dumara watermelon season is in full swing at Ibrahim Nieuwegein, a fruit and vegetable/meat wholesaler in the Netherlands. "We carry these under our own brand Lamyae. They're bright

Farmers in the Shahristan district of Tajikistan achieve high yields and export their produce beyond the country
Tajikistan's President Emomali Rahmon recently visited the Sughd region, where he inaugurated a new water supply facility in the village of Khurramdara and visited a potato farm called "Nur." The

Spotlight on the Korean produce market
After years of major economic changes resulting from COVID-19, Vanguard is checking in with its key produce leaders around the globe starting with Kirk Son, sales and procurement associate at

Fruit and vegetable price trends in Italy as at 10 July
High demand for watermelons with production coming into full swing. High and decidedly good quality also for melons with prices at historic highs. Good volumes for peaches and nectarines but

Haut-Poitou Melon PGI celebrates 25 years
Melons from the Haut-Poitou region are usually harvested from July onwards, but this year’s excellent spring weather conditions have been favorable to their growth, shortening the ripening cycle

The 20 most protein-rich fruit and vegetables
One of the most fashionable trends in food today is certainly that of protein products, which now find dedicated lines in almost all product categories. Can this be exploited to the advantage of

“We cannot continue to sell below the production costs”
“The French apricot sector is in crisis,” explains Jérôme Jury, apricot producer and president of the ODG Qualité Fruits Plus. “We have not been able to sell our merchandise for a week.

Anecoop teams up with Koppert to implement biological control
There is a paradigm shift in the management of plant health thanks to new biological solutions that offer producers an effective means of controlling pests. This is also the case for the citrus