Portogallo

Just over a year has passed since the launch of Easy raspberries, selected by Alessandro Lucchini. The partnership with G-Berries has launched Easy raspberries into the commercial phase. Interview with Luca Molari (Managing Partner of G-Berries) and Alessandro Gualandi (Variety Development Manager of G-Berries).

Le quotazioni di piccoli frutti e fragole dai più importanti mercati ortofrutticoli all'ingrosso superano in media i 20 euro il kg. Prodotto da Marocco, Portogallo, Messico e Perù, ma le fragole sono tutte italiane. Basilicata molto attiva con i berries.

In this recent exclusive interview with Nuno Passadinhas, Director of Fresh Products at Auchan Retail, Portugal, Italian Berry delved into the importance of the berry category for Auchan and its remarkable growth, with a particular focus on blueberries.

Portugal ranks fourth among blueberry producers in the Europe-North Africa region, with a production of 18,000 tonnes in 2022. Exports are directed mainly to Spain, France and the Netherlands, with +35% in 2022.

The annual meeting of the Portuguese Association of Blueberry Producers (ANPM) concluded with a technical day at Nberry in Sátão, which hosted a meeting where the event's technical sponsors were able to show their solutions live to producers.

Pedro Bras de Oliveira emphasises the urgent need for the sector to reconnect and revitalise existing orchards. The cultivars currently planted in Portugal are obsolete and genetic improvement has led to new, more productive and resistant blueberry varieties.

The two-day event opened in the morning with the speakers' speeches, and will end tomorrow 28 October with a technical visit to a blueberry sorting, grading and packing point.