Fruit and vegetables are scarce on Italian tables

Fruit and vegetables are scarce on Italian tables. This is what Il Manifesto says, reporting that consumption, according to accredited funds, including the Coop 2023 report, has reduced by 15 percent in the last two years. Translated in terms of volumes, in the two-year period 2022-23 there would have been a decrease in the quantities purchased of fruit and vegetables equal to 900 thousand tonnes. The fruit and vegetable market observatory confirmed the data, according to which the overall expenditure on fruit and vegetables remained constant, but the volumes purchased would decrease due to the increase in prices. Because fruit and vegetable consumption is decreasing There are several factors that have determined the contraction in volumes, primarily the lower availability of many varieties of fruit and vegetables due to the loss of production due to adverse climatic events. To which must be added, in order of importance, the double-digit inflation which has reduced purchasing ...