All Italy articles – Page 102
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Italian vending machines go organic
The Italian region of Lazio has installed vending machines into its regional institutions, not selling the usual array of fizzy drinks and chocolate bars, but rather organic fruit.
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Summer kiwifruit shines for Italy
New variety Summer kiwifruit is helping fill the gap between the end of the Chilean season and the start of Hayward supplies from Italy.
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Italian Jolly launched
Italian packhouse technology spcialist Unitec SpA has launched a flexible electronic cups sorter line onto the market, able to process 15 different kinds of fruit shapes including pears at a 50 per cent processing cost saving.
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ArticleItalians foresee kiwifruit drop
The Italian kiwifruit harvest kicked off last week, with production forecast to fall by 13 per cent on recent seasons’ averages.
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Gastronomic degree launched in Italy
Italy’s University of Gastronomic Sciences (UNISG) plans to launch a two-year master’s degree focusing on the economics, communications, and business administration of food and gastronomy industries.
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Italian apples now squeaky clean
One of the largest apple-growing co-operatives in Italy has installed a new purpose-built automated washing plant with the help of Danish washing technology firm Brüel International.
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Italian sector needs young blood injection
Youngsters are thin on the ground in Italy’s agricultural industry, according to the country’s observatory for entrepreneurial resources in the agricultural sector (Oiga).
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Success for Italian colours campaign
A three-year push to eat five pieces of different coloured fruit and vegetables a day in Italy has proven to be the best way of boosting consumption.
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ArticleItaly responsible for a quarter of EU production
Fresh produce from Italy now represents a quarter of European production, agricultural organisation Coldiretti has revealed.
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Italian clem production drops
Italian clementine production is set for a 17 per cent drop to 360,000 tonnes this season, according to agricultural organisation Coldiretti.
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ArticleItaly speaks out on CMO
Reform of the EU’s common market organisation (CMO) for fruit and vegetables must address growers’ needs by protecting their incomes and guaranteeing development for the future.
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Italian researchers create gene bank
Italian research station CRA has inaugurated a national fruit genetic centre to safeguard endangered plant material and national varieties.
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Italians set kiwi date
The Italian kiwifruit sector has agreed earlierst harvesting and marketing dates for this and two future seasons.
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ArticleItaly takes a battering
Rain has continued to belt down in Italy over the past week, putting up to 70 per cent of towns and villages at risk of flooding and causing “incalculable” damage to horticultural crops.
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ArticleItalian fruit-eating superhero flies back into town
Mr Fruitness, the Italian superhero fronting the Fruit is Child’s Play campaign, has made a comeback this week to promote pears.
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ArticleItalian farmers face €1bn losses
Heavy rainstorms have flooded the Italian countryside, leaving farmers uncertain of the Italian grape harvest and facing a €1bn loss.
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ArticleHail crisis for Italian basil
Italian basil has been seriously damaged by hailstones the size of ping pong balls and torrential rain in Genoa. Up to 80 per cent of the crop has been lost.
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ArticleItalian citrus gains ground
Italian citrus exporters who profited from a frost-struck year in Spain in 2005 which saw exports soar are hoping to maintain some of the market share they won.
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ArticleItalian stonefruit volumes drop 13 per cent
The production of Italian peaches and nectarines has fallen 13 per cent, according to Centro Servizi Ortofrutticoli (CSO).
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ArticleRains lash Italian fruit
Heavy rainfall and hail in the prime Italian fruit-growing area of Romagna has damaged thousands of hectares of stone-fruit production.