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

New Zealand-Vietnam partnership delivers new dragon fruit varieties
The first new varieties from a joint New Zealand–Vietnam dragon fruit breeding programme are set to be launched to the global marketplace.

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

Big Game avocados get a shelf-life extension assist
Hazel Technologies is teaming up with Sysco and Avocados from Mexico for a second year to help ensure the produce inside the collaboration’s annual, direct-to-consumer, Gametime Guac Box meal

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