Italy: Shortage of kiwis and a stagnant market
“The kiwi market is stagnant – the Italian produce is lacking, but there is a lot of Greek produce in Europe so, until these volumes are sold, there will be no room for domestic...
Congolese cocoa waits for peace to pursue sweet future
Antoine Kakule Kihumuledi longs for a car to transport his cocoa crop and, like fellow residents in the Beni region in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, he wants peace so he can pursue his...
Italy can increase nut production by 25%
Having now piled up over 50 years of experience in nuts and dried fruit, Pino Calcagni feels in a position to ask himself a few questions: He ponders why Italy has fallen behind as a producer of...
Saffron, rural Spain’s crisis-beating spice
On the arid, wind-swept plateau of central Spain, saffron producers are reaping the benefits of a return to favour of the precious spice introduced by Arabs in the Middle Ages. After a lull in...
SweeTango apple rolls out across Europe
With production and popularity of the SweeTango apple rapidly growing in North America, commercial plantings are now also gathering steam across Europe. The variety, a cross of Honeycrisp and...
Italy: Azucan melons from Meridiem Seeds
Meridiem Seeds Italia has been the sole supplier of Amarillo melons with pigmented flesh for the past five years. The feedback was extremely good both in central and northern Europe and things seem...
Spain: Port of Marin handles 115,000 tonnes of fruit per year
The fruit terminal of the Port of Marin, operated by Davila Reefer Terminal, handles more than 115,000 tonnes of fruit and vegetables per year, as highlighted by the Port Authority, adding that...
Fall in Spanish canned mandarin prices to the UK
Massive price cuts of Spanish canned mandarins in packs of more than one kilo to the UK and Belgium are in stark contrast with higher prices to most of the other destinations in H1 2016, compared...
