Avocado production in Huelva down by massive 70 percent
The avocado sector in the Spanish province of Huelva, which is home to about 1,800 hectares of crops, has suffered a strong setback due to the drought. Local media reports that some producers have

The first variety of Chilean seedless mandarin seeks to position itself in the US
Isabelina, a new mandarin variety from the Citrus Genetic Improvement Program of the Faculty of Agronomy and Forestry Engineering of the Catholic University (UC), is an early, easy-to-peel,

Fruit and vegetable supplies down by 8% in the first quarter
The trend in the domestic consumption of fresh fruit and vegetables was still negative in the first quarter of this year, with purchases by Italian households standing still at 1.27 million tons,

Spain: Strawberries get into politics
What started as a campaign supported by 150,000 people in Germany encouraging supermarkets to stop buying Spanish strawberries could become a more serious problem. Following this boycott attempt

ZVG and BOG present support concept for multi-peril insurance
The Central Horticultural Association (Zentralverband Gartenbau, ZVG) and the Federal Committee for Fruit and Vegetables (Bundesausschuss Obst und Gemüse, BOG) have developed a concept for a

"We have lost 150.000 plants, but we will get back on our feet"
The flood hit Daniele Neri's company hard. His nursery in San Michele di Ravenna remained under water for a few days and 150 thousand scions dried in little time. "It's been terrible, as we had

'Organic, despite the difficulties satisfaction is guaranteed'
Not only does cultivating organically expose you to more pitfalls than conventional methods, especially in the event of bad weather, but also selling organic products is by no means easy. Giving

Two-fifths of hospitality firms ‘operating at a loss’
Over two-fifths of UK hospitality businesses are operating at a loss, and 70 per cent are set to increase prices in the coming year. That’s according to a new survey of 250 senior

Piedmont in the front row for climate-resilient agriculture
New problems require innovative solutions. This is the direction to which the agricultural sector in Piedmont and elsewhere has been aspiring for some time now. On the one hand, it has to cope

"Lime market prices rebounded, but now down again"
"Lime market prices rebounded in April and May," says Peter Bouman of Fruit Market International (FMI) in the Netherlands. "But they're back on a lower level. There are currently more than enough

June smacks of autumn and pumpkins take centre stage
The summer season is slow to arrive and consumption of products typically associated with summer is not taking off. These early days of June are reminiscent of autumn and there are references,

Purchasing power, reduced for 60% of Italians in 2023
59% of those surveyed by Agroternational's Fruit and Vegetable Monitor in the CAWI 500 at the end of May,said they had suffered a decrease in purchasing power over the past year. Due to inflation

Hapag Lloyd CEO claims container shipping freight rates are too low
According to the chief executive of Germany's Hapag Lloyd, Rolf Habben Jansen, global container shipping freight rates have reached unsustainable levels and must rebound. Habben Jansen stated: