All Italy articles – Page 96
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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.
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Let’s leave it to the Italians then
It is not that much of a surprise that the FPC’s attempts to get Eat in Colour off the ground have already hit a rocky
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Italian show promises new varieties
The Fieragricola exhibition in Verona on February 9-12 will feature masses of new varieties of a range of products including pears, apples and kiwifruit.
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Italian weather toll
The harsh weather conditions are beginning to take their toll in Italy, with growers reporting damage.
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Italians in kiwifruit accord
Italian kiwifruit-growers have reached an agreement on minimum kiwifruit quality for the new season.
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Hail hits Italian production
Bad weather and hail is reported to have hammered Italian crops in the north of the country, with early reports suggesting more than €20 million worth of damage has been caused.
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Italians back generic promo
As the trade in the UK continues to prevaricate on the generic promotion issue, Italian growers are taking steps to reverse declining fresh produce consumption in their country.