Three hi-tech mechanisms set up in Kartarpur Centre of Excellence for Vegetables
At the Centre of Excellence for Vegetables at Kartarpur, three hi-tech mechanisms have been set up and put to use: a grading line that works on color coding of vegetables for sorting vegetables of

Zimbabwe: Horti sector continues to bloom
In Zimbabwe, more hectares have been put under horticultural crops this season, and a significant jump is expected in harvests. The area under emerging crops such as blueberries has been

UK retail coalition announces living wage pledge for bananas
Nine major retailers in the UK have joined forces to commit to a living wage for banana workers in their international supply chains. The initiative complements similar agreements in Belgian,

"I'm from Greece's horticultural region"
Thanos Motsiopoulos has been back and forth between the Netherlands and Greece his whole life. Although born and raised in the Netherlands, he lived in Greece from 2008 to 2019. There, Thanos

MAAVi Foundation's new website boosts its school of values
Kimitec, the Almeria-based biotech company dedicated to finding natural/biological solutions for agribusiness, today announced the launch of the new website of its foundation, MAAViFoundation. The

Trend cenowy cebuli wystrzelił jak rakieta
Trend zwyżkowy hurtowych cen cebuli w Polsce trwa od stycznia bieżącego roku i jest on bardzo dynamiczny. Zresztą to kolejna odsłona tej zwyżkowej tendencji. Pierwszą mieliśmy

New ToBRFV-resistant plum tomato varieties
Ever since the ToBRFV problem has become known, people have tried to provide clear information. Many seed companies made many reassuring statements; however, they turned out to be incomplete when

Cameron Highland vegetable farmers urge Public Works Dept to keep roads open
Malaysian vegetable farmers are angry over a proposal by the Pahang Public Works Department (PWD) to ban heavy vehicles transporting the produce on narrow and congested Cameron Highlands roads on

Assam agri exports reaching Rs 40 bln in 2022-23
Despite the absence of adequate export infrastructure in the state, Assam exported agrarian products (as well as wicker works) worth around Rs 40 bln (€440 mln) in fiscal 2022–2023. According

Carrefour, Aldi and Tesco will participate in the GLOBALG.A.P. Tour Stop in Spain 2023
The GLOBALG.A.P platform currently brings together more than 50 European and British supermarket chains. GLOBALG.A.P works with fruit and vegetable suppliers to ensure the food safety and quality

Lidl: lemons for research available in store
For the second year in a row, Lidl Italia renews its participation in the initiative Lemons for Research, a project of Fondazione Umberto Veronesi that over the years has financed the annual work

"The season will start again properly for us at the start of March"
After a long winter period during which Coöperatie Hoogstraten worked with 10 percent of volume compared to other years, the first larger volumes of Hoogstraten strawberries are slowly but surely

ToBRFV-resistant cherry pear and bouquet tomato varieties
The Tomato Brown Rugose Virus (ToBRFV) is one of the main challenges that the tomato-producing sector has been facing in recent years. Since its appearance in 2015, Semillas Fitó has been working

Freight levels dip due to an increase in inactive box ships
As container shipping demand slumps a growing number of vessels are either being or sent to drydock for repair work. In its weekly report Alphaliner noted that as of 13 February the number of idle

Dagrofa has announced the acquisition of Jutland-based supermarket business
Amazon union leader flies in to help UK strikers ‘kick down the door’ The leader of Amazon’s first union has made his first trip outside the United States to support striking workers at the

Sri Lanka: Ministry of Agriculture aims to cultivate Hass avocados as export crop
The Ministry of Agriculture says that the cultivation of Hass avocado variety as a commercial crop will be expanded in Sri Lanka to earn dollars for the country. The cultivation development work

Mercamadrid reinforces innovation, digitalisation and sustainability in 2022
The Board of Directors of Mercamadrid S.A., whose majority shareholders are the Madrid City Council (51.13%) and the public company Mercasa (48.63%), has analysed the management of the company in

Lamb Weston invests 250 million dollars in French fry factory
With an investment of 250 million dollars, American company Lamb Weston is building a giant potato processing plant. The new factory is under construction in the Industrial Park of Mar del Plata;

Pracownicy sezonowi "mają zagwarantowane 32 godziny i płacę wystarczającą na życie
Rządowy minister rolnictwa Mark Spencer potwierdził zmiany w warunkach wiz pracowników sezonowych na rok 2023 w przemówieniu na konferencji National Farmers' Union (NFU) we wtorek

Fitó provides varieties with resistance to ToBRFV in cherry pear and vine tomato.
The ToBRFV virus (Tomato Brown Rugose Virus) is one of the main challenges that the tomato growing sector has been facing in recent years. Since its appearance in 2015, Semillas Fitó has been

Colombia launches second Plastics Pact in Latin America
Colombia has become the second Latin American country to launch a Plastics Pact to tackle the environmental impacts of plastics and support international work developing a circular economy for

Сельскохозяйственным рабочим по сезонным визам в Великобритании будет гарантировано 32 часа в неделю
Организации, поддерживающие сезонных рабочих, приветствовали новую правительственную гарантию