The World Apple and Pear Association (WAPA) held its Annual General Meeting on the last day of the Fruit Logistica fair in Berlin. Representatives of the key global apple and pear producing and exporting countries met to discuss the Southern Hemisphere production forecast, the final update of the Northern Hemisphere production forecast that was released in August 2019, and the season developments. »

W ciągu ostatnich 20 lat polski sektor spożywczy przeszedł znaczące przeobrażenia, a dzięki stałemu rozwojowi technicznemu, technologicznemu i organizacyjnemu, Polska jest ósmym eksporterem żywności spośród państw UE, a ponadto oferuje duży potencjał dla produkcji żywności ekologicznej. W 2019 r. wpływy z eksportu znacząco się zwiększyły o blisko 7 proc. do prawie 32 mld euro, wobec 29,7 mld euro w 2018r. »

Podatek cukrowy jest szkodliwy dla krajowej gospodarki, polskich sadowników i rolników. Nałożenie opłaty wyłącznie na napoje promuje pośrednio słodycze i piwa smakowe kosztem branży napojowej. Konstrukcja opłaty, jaka znalazła się w rządowym projekcie uderza w branżę nektarów i napojów owocowych »

Upcoming Functional Food Industry Summit to Highlight Fast-developing Opportunities in Asia. With its youthful population and large financial resources, Asia will be critical to any new balance on the global economic and political stage. Over the coming years, Asia will play an even more influential role in world finances as its economic engine switches gear from production to consumption. »

After Japan and Europe, the Shinano Gold variety enters new territory following an agreement between Montague Australia and the VOG and VIP consortia at Fruit Logistica. Further testings scheduled also in the US and South Africa. yello®, the innovative Club apple produced in South Tyrol – Südtirol by the VOG and VIP consortia, exclusive European growers, has announced a broad expansion programme at Fruit Logistica. »

CIV – Consorzio Italiano Vivaisti from San Giuseppe di Comacchio (Ferrara), renowned for breeding activities at international level, participates as usual at Fruit Logistica - the world leading tradeshow dedicated to the fruit and vegetables that will be held in Berlin from 5 to 7 February – with its own stand in Hall 2.2 with the aim to present to all international stakeholders its new most promising varieties, selections and projects portfolio. »

The international conference Packaging Speaks Green, an in-depth analysis of global trends in sustainability in the packaging industry, will be held in the Fico food park in Bologna on 20 and 21 February 2020. Major international speakers will discuss three main themes: consumption trends and legislation, retailers and brand owners, materials and technologies. »

Scheduled to take place from November 19-21 in Bolzano (South Tyrol/Italy), the event program of the 12th edition of Interpoma, the international trade show for the cultivation, the storage and the marketing of apples, is beginning to take form. Among this year's new additions is going to be the Interpoma Award, an award reserved to projects that have significantly contributed to the sound development of the apple industry. »

The 2020 edition of the world's most important congress of the apple industry, organized by Fiera Bolzano during Interpoma, is going to witness major innovations, starting with its name and that of the coordinator. Renamed Interpoma Congress, it will be coordinated by Gerhard Dichgans, who was at the helm of South Tyrol’s VOG Consortium for many years until last summer. »