21/05/2013 12:47
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The German federal authority for the vigilance over cartels Bundeskartellamt is examining the potato sector to find out if operators have respected the competition laws.
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21/05/2013 12:43
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Profel, the EU association of fruit and vegetables processors reported that the excessive rain in the Southern area, joined with the cold temperatures and the delayed Spring in the North caused vegetables to postpone their ripening and, consequently, have shorten the supplying season.
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21/05/2013 12:41
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Less competition coming from the Netherlands and Morocco, along with the good reputation of the Spanish product, is maintaining prices on satifying levels for most part of fruit and vegetables produce.
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21/05/2013 12:40
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A leading Italian company of the food processing industry decided to grow strawberries on 200 hectares in the Posavina and Potkozarje regions, Northern Bosnia - Herzegovina.
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MORE NEWS
During the current campaign, the Italian company Val Venosta sold 7% of its apple production in Spain out of a total volume of 280.000 tons.
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During the first 2013 quarter, exports of bananas from Ecuador have decreased of 8.66% compared to last year. The lowering trend has lasted for two years.
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The Turkish Ministry of Agriculture, Mehmet Mehdi Eker, visited some of the 1.500 growers whose vineyards, almost 60.000 hectares, have been heavily hit during the hailstorm occuring at the beginning of the week.
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The results of a survey carried out on 22.569 members of the website mesgoûts.fr, the quality of products remains the number one factor in their purchasing decisions.
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LETTER OF THE WEEK
2012 HAS WORSEN THE PROBLEMS OF THE MEDITERRANEAN
Publication date: 2013-01-18The long process of transition that followed the protests of Tahrir square and the fall of Mubarak, had a very negative impact on Egyptian economy in 2012 and nothing or little can be seen in these first weeks of 2013 that gives hope to a future of growth, political stability and to the return of tourism to its pre-revolution levels. The economic scenario in Tunisia seems fragile, with a 2012 that marked a +3% of the GNP compared to an economically disastrous 2011 (the year of the jasmine revolution). The situation of post-Gheddafi Libya is hard to define but its however still chaotic while in Syria the tragedy of a bloody civil war that seems neverending and continues to show its effects, destroying the economy of the Country. In the ... read more
Sentence of the Week
“On young people we need to invest more and better. We know very well how difficult the current situation is, but we shouldn’t forget that even in famine periods farmers cuts everything is possible, but not the seed. Young people represent the seed that we must preserve.”
(Cosimo Lacirignola, head of MAI-Bari)
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