Italy: Fennel and spring onions, productions damaged by the climate

Published Apr 9, 2021

Tridge summary

Auragricola, a company based in Salerno, reports fluctuating production and erratic consumption of vegetables due to adverse weather conditions and pandemic-related blockages. Despite these challenges, products like tomatoes, turnip greens, and aubergines have seen consistent demand and stable prices. However, fennel and spring onions from Campania have been affected, with quality issues and reduced production. Despite competition, Campania's turnip greens have had higher prices this year due to their sweeter flavor. The company has adopted sustainable packaging practices, investing extra costs to meet consumer environmental preferences.

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Original content

While tomatoes, turnip greens and aubergines can count on constant demand and substantially stable prices, the weather conditions have left bitter consequences for the fennel and spring onion campaigns. This was told to Italiafruit News by Mariano Buono, purchasing manager for the Salerno-based company Auragricola, which sells its products mainly with large-scale distribution (85%) and the remainder with wholesale markets. The company markets the oblong tomatoes mainly of Sicilian origin. "These are qualitatively valid products and without problems at ToBRFV level - comments Buono - if the other years we felt a bit of a decline, this year the demand was constant and had interesting prices. It will also be a question of temperatures: the milder they are, the more one is inclined to consume this reference. In the summer we will be ready to replace the Sicilian product with the local one ". The company's core business remains that of fennel, which is produced throughout the year. ...

Source: Italiafruit