News on Food Trends from Italy

The FAO Food Price Index averaged 173.8 points in March 2015, down 2.6 points (1.5 percent) from its revised February value and nearly 40 points (18.7 percent) below its level in March 2014.

Pizzoli S.p.A., Italy's largest operator in the potato sector and Bio-on S.p.A., the leader in eco-sustainable chemical technologies, will collaborate to build Italy's first PHAs bioplastic production plant using waste product from the potato agro-industrial process.

The FAO Food Price Index averaged 179. 4 points in February 2015, down 1.8 points (1.0 percent) from its January value and 29 points (14.0 percent) below its level in February 2014. The index has been on a declining path since April 2014 and has now reached its lowest value since July 2010.

The FAO Food Price Index averaged 182.7 points in January 2015, down 3.6 points (1.9 percent) from its revised (reduced) December 2014 value. Cereals and Oil Prices registered the strongest declines

The FAO Food Price Index averaged 188.6 points in December 2014, down 3.2 points (1.7 percent) from November.

The FAO Food Price Index averaged 192.6 points in November 2014, virtually unchanged from October, but 13 points (6.4 percent) below November 2013.

The FAO Food Price Index averaged 192.3 points in October 2014, marginally (0.2 percent) below the revised September figure but 14.3 points (6.9 percent) short of its corresponding level one year ago.

The FAO Food Price Index averaged 191.5 points in September 2014, down 5.2 points (2.6 percent) from August and as much as 12.2 points (6.0 percent) from the corresponding period last year.

The <strong>FAO Food Price Index</strong> averaged 196.6 points in August 2014, its lowest level since September 2010. In August, the index registered its fifth consecutive monthly decline, down 7.3 points (3.6 percent) from July and 7.9 points (3.9 percent) from August 2013.

The FAO Food Price Index averaged 203.9 points in July 2014, down 4.4 points from a revised value in June and 3.5 points below July 2013. While meat prices rose for the fifth consecutive month and sugar remained firm, sharp declines in grains, oilseeds and dairy quotations pushed down the FAO Food Price Index to its lowest level since January 2014.

Amica Chips and ICA Foods, two major savoury snack companies on the Italian market with a growing international presence, have joined the responsible advertising pledge of the European Snacks Association (ESA).

in May 2014 The FAO Food Price Index averaged 207.8 points, down 2.5 points (or 1.2 percent) from April and nearly 7 points, or 3.2 percent, below May 2013.

This week, the Italian Ministry of Agriculture signed an agreement with AIB (Anti Infringement Bureau) and Breeders Trust. The agreement means that the Food Fraud Detection Inspection of the ministry (ICQRF) and the Inspection Service for seed potatoes and seeds (CRA-SCS) will work closely with AIB and Breeders Trust.

The FAO Food Price Index - an indicator of global food prices - averaged 209.3 points in April 2014, down 3.5 points, or 1.6 percent, from March and 7.6 points, or 3.5 percent, below April 2013.

Esta nueva publicación pretende mejorar la conservación de los cultivos alimentarios, muchos de los cuales son cruciales para la seguridad alimentaria y nutricional a nivel mundial.

Bioversity International está llevando a cabo una encuesta para evaluar las perspectivas en todo el mundo sobre los cultivos tolerantes al crecimiento bajo condiciones de estrés .

The FAO Food Price Index averaged 199.1 points in September 2013, 2.3 points (1 percent) below its August value and down 11 points (or 5.4 percent) since the beginning of the year.

The FAO Food Price Index averaged 201.8 points in August 2013, nearly 4 points (1.9 percent) below its July value and 11 points (or 5.1 percent) less than in August 2012. Last month’s decline was the fourth in a row.