Corteva opens its first integrated regional R&D centre in Germany
Corteva Agriscience has opened its first combined crop and seed protection research laboratory in EMEA, helping to drive innovation and deliver sustainable solutions to farmers. With an investment

Global Tropicals Congress takes a fresh look at tropicals
Global Tropicals Congress offers fresh ideas for sustainable growth in one of fresh produce’s most exciting categories. The inaugural Global Tropicals Congress, will take place in The Hague on

New high-tech factory for Dutch packaging company
Stora Enso opened a new corrugated packaging production factory at De Lier, the Netherlands. The site is part of the recently acquired De Jong Packaging Group, now Business Unit Western Europe, in

Fruit and vegetables from the farmer for 25 million Italians
About 25 million Italians have bought food from farmers, driven by a new sensitivity towards healthy food but also by the desire to regain direct contact with those who grow the products they

BASF starts a new era with the bio-insecticide Velifer®.
Crop protection with organic products is an important step towards sustainable agriculture and BASF plays an indispensable role in this respect in the development of a product portfolio. Organic

Cold chain boost in the Philippines
Philippine fresh produce growers have gained access to enhanced cold chain logistics after Aboitiz Group’s Fresh Depot deployed modular and sustainable cold storage units across key growing

Lamb Weston opens new innovation centre
With a small-scale production line, or pilot line, the new innovation centre offers the opportunity to innovate products using different potato varieties, cutting techniques, crisp shapes and

Fyffes receives GLOBALG.A.P certification for all melon farms in Honduras
Fyffes is aware of its responsibility to continuously improve social and labour standards and to promote sustainable labour practices. The entire team around Genivaldo Pereira, General Manager

"This laser sealing machine makes production processes cheaper, easier and faster"
The Danish Newtec company is a well-known manufacturer of weighing, packing and sorting machinery primarily for the fruit and vegetable industry. Newtec’s laser FlowPack700 is a solution for

Webseite von „Pears with love: a case study of sustainable agriculture“ ist online
At www.pearswithlove.eu the website of the European project "Pears with love: a case study of sustainable agriculture" is online, promoted by Apo Conerpo Sca and co-financed by the European

Less junk food and more sustainable food, how Italians' spending is changing
In the post-pandemic period, Italians are focusing on the 'quality' of their food spending and are now buying 10.5% more certified sustainable food, +7.5% more organic and zero-mile food while

Next2Sun and REM Tec found Agri-Photovoltaic Federal Association
REM Tec and Next2Sun, together with three farmers involved in agri-photovoltaic (agri-PV) projects and stakeholders from science, are founding the Federal Association for Sustainable Agri-PV

Strona internetowa "Gruszki z miłością: studium przypadku zrównoważonego rolnictwa" jest dostępna online
Pod adresem www.pearswithlove.eu dostępna jest strona internetowa europejskiego projektu "Pears with love: a case study of sustainable agriculture", promowanego przez Apo Conerpo Sca

Anecoop teams up with Koppert to promote sustainable pest management
Anecoop has teamed up with Koppert to promote the use of integrated pest control measures among its member cooperatives. The two entities met this week at Anecoop’s headquarters in Valencia to

Accredited agricultural soil testing (Mehlich 3) at the Fertico Agronomic Institute
Today, the agricultural industry is moving towards sustainable operations, an example of which is the introduction of so-called Ecoschemes, which are additional forms of payments to farmers for

Agricola Lusia certifies how sustainable it is
Agricola Lusia presented its first sustainability report prepared in accordance with the Gri (Global Reporting Initiative) guidelines. "We describe our goals and our commitment on the path towards

Recent publications examine the evidence on how to increase global fruit and vegetable consumption
Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals will require major dietary shifts, such as an increase in fruit and vegetable (FV) consumption. But global FV intake is far below the recommended

Valencian co-operatives had a turnover of more than 2,228 million euros
Cooperatives Agro-alimentàries de la Comunitat Valenciana has held its ordinary General Assembly in the Siglo Veintiuno de L'Alcúdia halls, attended by representatives of more than 90 of the

Conaf: Tea and agriculture 4.0 against climate change #hort fruit and vegetables
A policy of planning and design of the minor water network, with canalisations and small reservoirs; sustainable forest management as a strategy for soil consolidation and water management, which

IPP launches pallet recovery drive
IPP is raising awareness of the importance of keeping pallets in its pool, noting that lost or out-of-network pallets have a significant impact on the carbon footprint of the pallet pooler and its

NZ produce industry ushers in Sustainability Guidelines to meet pressing UN deadline
This week United Fresh launches its Sustainability Guidelines, a significant body of work designed to assist fresh fruit and vegetable value chain organisations throughout Aotearoa New Zealand to

Fruit Logistica arrives in Almeria and Murcia
Once again, the leading trade fair in Berlin is coming to the Spanish countryside to provide value to sector professionals interested in broadening their horizons. On this occasion, sustainable

GlobalG.A.P. celebrated World Food Safety Day 2023
GlobalG.A.P. has celebrated the fifth World Food Safety Day, a call to action by the World Health Organization (WHO) and the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). World Food

Econocciola project, here are all the results
A lively turnout at the demonstration day organised on 1 June as part of the 'Econocciola' project confirmed the Viterbo cherry-growing sector's focus on the use of sustainable agronomic

Fruit Logistica привозит в Испанию мероприятия, посвященные устойчивым инновациям
Fruit Logistica организует две конференции по устойчивым инновациям для фруктоводов, маркетологов,