FRUIT AND VEGETABLE NEWS

Open day at Leanri
On the 18th of January of this year, an open day was held for the Leanri mandarin in the town of Orihuela

Sakata will market F1 strawberry seeds
Sakata Seed Corporation is starting an activity that combines research, production and sales to strive towards marketing in the near future

Nova Siri Genetic has another 50 million plants
The province of Huelva has become a strategic area for the company Nova Siri Genetics, specialising in research and experimentation for new strawberry and red berry varieties

Huelva: only 5% of its surface area is irrigated
The building of the infrastructures laid out in the province’s hydrological plans would increase water resources by 111%

Induser is launching a blueberry weighing machine
The Large/Small Weighing Machine is particularly focused on high-production blueberry packaging

“We are concerned about the German recession”
The campaign started off with problems regarding water availability, delay in the productions and inflation figures that weaken European consumption

Citrosol arrives in Berlin with an imposing space
The company has an extensive catalogue of effective and innovative solutions and at this year’s trade fair it will focus on highlighting SunSeal Vegan and PlantSeal® vegetable coatings, and CitroFy® technology

30% rise in ORRi this year
Orri Running Committee (ORC) is optimistic about the 2023/2024 campaign and foresees a 30% increase in production compared to the previous year.

Proexport is calling all international retailers at Berlin
The members of Proexport will take advantage of the trade fair Fruit Logistica to emphasise the work by the Spanish production companies, in spite of the difficulties they are facing

The 2024 Marlene® calendar celebrates the art of sustainability
With new works by the winners of the brand’s 25th anniversary competition, the daughter of the Alps apple illustrates care of the land and the four seasons

“China shows the greatest promise; its avocado consumption has shot up”
Michael Horney, Vice-chairman of the WAO, talks about the advances made on the Asian markets and the sector’s current situation

In transition…
We seem to have learnt little from pandemics or wars because Europe’s food sovereignty is fading away. And all of this is happening on a continent where, like no other, the homework is being done on labour, social and environmental subjects, but where the legislative frameworks are strangling activity. European exports are plummeting (-6.5%); imports are rocketing, by 12% in the months between January and September alone. And Spain is following the same dynamic as the rest of Europe.






