Italy: Unitec wins first Macfrut Technology Innovation Award
To recognize the most important innovations in mechanics, in the technology for selection, wrapping, packaging, including materials used for fruit and vegetable packing: that's the aim of the first edition of a new award created by the international fresh produce fair Macfrut and named "MACFRUT – Technology..... 0 comments

Fruit and Vegetables: The purchases of each Italian family falls by 5kg during 7 months in 2009
Over the first 7 months of 2009, Italian households’ purchases of fruit and vegetables accounted for more than 8,2 billion Euros, to which 420,4 million Euros have to be added for frozen produce. Data is provided by the Observatory of fruit and vegetable consumption of Italian families and was presented by..... 0 comments

From 65 to 110 hectares
EuroCom expands its baby leaves production in Italy
Agricultural cooperative EuroCom, founded in 2001, is pleased to inform all European operators in the fresh-cut sector that they have just acquired two new production sites for Baby Leaves cultivation. The fields are located in the Piana del Sele (region Campania - Italy) where EuroCom has been..... 0 comments

Italy, 25 – 30th of July 2010
Third International Symposium on Tomato Diseases: Announcement and Call for Abstract
We are pleased to announce our upcoming Third International Symposium onTomato Diseases which shall be held the 25 – 30th of July 2010 on the Island of Ischia, Naples – Italy.The theme of the congress will be:- Tomato diseases caused by Fungi- Tomato diseases caused by Bacteria- Tomato diseases caused by..... 1 comments

Kiwi has the largest export market amongst all the Italian fruits
At the European Fruit Summit, which took place on the 6th of October in Cesena, Italy, some interesting data has been presented with regard to the Italian kiwi production.Not everybody knows that Italy is by far the largest kiwi producer in the Northern Hemisphere. Indeed Italy represents about 80% of..... 0 comments

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A comparison between Italy and Spain in stone fruit export
The European Fruit Summit, which took place on the 6th of October in Cesena (Italy) was a useful opportunity to learn more about the actual situation of the Italian fruit export in comparison with other major players, for example Spain.In the stone fruit sector a strong growth has emerged in the Spanish..... 0 comments

A unique occasion for European importers to discover the Italian artichoke
The municipality of San Ferdinando di Puglia (Southern Italy) has asked FreshPlaza to publish this invitation.Those European importers who could be interested in knowing more about the artichoke production in the Italian region Apulia will have a unique opportunity to do so during the 49th National..... 0 comments

Strong reduction of the German market for the Italian (and Spanish) strawberry export
The Italian strawberry market trends since 2000 have been analysed during the European Fruit Summit, which has been organized in Cesena (Italy) the day before Macfrut 2009 fair (see also related article).What has emerged is a strong reduction in one of the traditional export markets for this product: For..... 0 comments

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A virtual tour of the Macfrut fair (Cesena - Italy)

Italian team of FreshPlaza has made - as expected - a photoreport of the main Italian fair for the fresh produce sector: Macfrut. This edition of Macfrut (7th-9th October 2009) registered about 21.500 visitors from different countries. If you would like to make a virtual tour of this fair, please click here. (Texts are in Italian).

Italy is still the greatest producer of fruit in Europe, but for the first time it has exported less than what it has imported
At the occasion of the 26th edition of Macfrut, the most important F&V show in the Mediterranean Europe (Cesena, Italy, from the 7th to the 9th October 2009), a pre-opening meeting - called European Fruit Summit - was organized on Tuesday the 6th October.This important meeting was divided into two..... 0 comments