In the Spanish province of Lleida, pear trees of the Conference and Williams varieties are experiencing reduced flowering. According to Pere Roqué, from ASAJA Lleida, this is primarily due to last summer's high temperatures, which, together with the drought, has caused this physiological
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For decades, Mexicans crossed the border to pick Americans' lettuce, grapes, and strawberries. Mexico had a seemingly inexhaustible supply of farmhands — tough, hard-working men who did the jobs most Americans didn't want.But the country is running short of farm workers.The workforce is
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La Unió Llauradora has achieved that the Regional Ministry of Agriculture publishes for the first time since week 9 of this year -26th February to 3rd March- the quotations at origin of the avocado produced in the Comunitat.
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Private label products, communication and support for local production are among the assets of Conad Adriatico, values that underpin the choices in the fruit and vegetable department. The department, as usual, is located at the entrance of the point of sale and operated in self-service mode
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How would you assess where we are currently at? How difficult a moment is this for the fresh produce industry and how precarious is supply right now? read more

Sustainability data at a farm level will soon be provided to schools and hospitals in a first for UK public food procurement, says the Soil Association. read more

The automated, robot-based solution offers many advantages over conventional processing: it is maximally hygienic, reliable, flexible and consistently delivers high quality and a high yield. Another reason for developing an automated solution:
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Heinz Mollet has played a key role in shaping the transformation of Swiss agriculture towards greater sustainability, consumer orientation, product quality and digitalisation. According to fenaco, the process to determine his successor is underway. read more

Belgian cooperative BelOrta is prepared for the new strawberry campaign in Belgium, with the first volumes of the season already on the shelves and peak volumes arriving in the next month. read more

Chile is anticipating a kiwifruit export crop of 130,000 tonnes this year, representing an increase of around 3.5 per cent on 2023. Speaking to Fruitnet as growers geared up for the start of the 2024 kiwifruit season, Carlos Cruzat, president of the Chilean Kiwifruit Committee said a low number
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The California Prune Board (CPB) has joined forces with a trio of leading Italian athletes as part of an EU and UK-wide social media campaign to highlight the nutritional benefits of prunes. read more

It has been announced that Gerrit van der Merwe is taking over as chairman of the South African Citrus Growers’ Association (CGA). read more

Nevertheless, harvest volumes are expected to grow only slowly at first. Although asparagus from heated plants is increasingly being supplemented by harvests from triple-covered areas, the quantities remain manageable. In particularly early locations, even under
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Fieldwork Robotics has been awarded a £600,000 government grant by Defra and Innovate UK to further develop its technology. read more

According to simfruit, this means that unripe mangoes with a low starch content were harvested. At storage temperatures below 10 degrees, this led to internal browning of the fruit. read more

A delegation of Australia’s major fruit and vegetable producers travelled to Japan in early March to discuss emerging market opportunities and further enhance the collaboration between each nation’s fresh produce industries.  read more

Students Floriculture & Landscaping trade of (ITI) Leh, are attending a short-term training program at the Institute of Himalayan BioResource Technology IHBT (CSIR) in Palampur, Himachal Pradesh from March 15 to 25 2024. Thirteen students and a Faculty are currently at IHBT Palampur for the
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The development of Moldova's agribusiness, particularly its nut sector, has long been subject to fluctuations. However, in the past marketing year, fuelled by increased demand and prices, this sector has witnessed positive changes. Summarizing the facts, we attempt to forecast the sustainability
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The Arka vertical farming module, developed by the ICAR-Indian Institute of Horticulture Research (IIHR), offers a novel approach to the problems associated with urban and peri-urban farming. Developed by Dr. Safeena S. A., Senior Scientist in the Division of Flower and Medicinal Crops at
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