In a resolution on Sustainable Carbon Cycles, adopted by Parliament on Tuesday with 323 votes to 257 and 59 abstentions, MEPs recognise they have the potential to limit climate change but stress that the EU must always prioritise swift and predictable emission reductions. They also warn the EU
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Fruit and vegetable exports to non-EU countries fell by 4% (year-on-year) in volume in 2021, according to Eurostat data processed by Fepex. Total shipments from the 27 EU member states plus the UK to non-EU countries also fell by 2% in value to just over €5bn. read more

Italian apple producer association Assomela has criticised proposed EU regulation that would ban all fruit and vegetable packaging, except for products over 1.5kg, describing the measure as “discriminatory” and “disproportionate”. Assomela has called for reconsideration of the proposed
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Hong Kong Air Cargo Industry Services (Hacis), the value-added logistics arm of Hong Kong Air Cargo Terminals (Hactl), has opened a new climate-controlled facility called the Cool Zone, to cater for the increasing volumes of perishable and temperature-sensitive e-commerce traffic transiting Hong
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Australia’s Griffith University has partnered with the Korean Technology Promotion Agency (KOAT) and Earthfix on a new high-tech smart farm located in Luscombe, Queensland. read more

Hort Innovation is encouraging growers around Australia to apply for a range of levy-funded leadership development opportunities. read more

Just in time for Mother's Day and in keeping with the barbecue season, SPAR is putting Styrian asparagus in the spotlight together with the "young WILD vegetable farmers". The cooperation with the innovative farmers' group from south-eastern Styria is entering its fifth year, says SPAR. read more

The Valencian Farmers' Association (AVA-ASAJA) is calling on the central government to "put on hold" the obligation to fill in the digital farm logbook and to make the entry into force of this requirement as flexible as possible, as well as the stipulated obligations "in order to avoid
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By decision of 13 April 2023, the Federal Office of Consumer Protection and Food Safety (BVL) suspended the authorisation for the plant protection product Professional (active ingredient prosulfocarb, authorisation number 00A424-00/01) for the control of annual dicotyledonous weeds on
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"Congratulations to the winners. Awards like these show: When it comes to fruit and vegetables, our independent traders, together with the experts from Edeka Fruchtkontor and the regional wholesalers, manage time and time again to delight their customers with quality and
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Organic mushroom farm Heereco has almost the entire mushroom chain under its own control. For instance, Heereco has its own organic composting facility, the company has three nurseries in Uden in Brabant, which collectively produce around 45-50 tonnes per week, and it also has its own certified
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A. P. Moller – Maersk (Maersk), a global integrator of logistics, today inaugurated its first warehousing & distribution (W&D) facility in Cape Town, South Africa. Present at the inauguration were Ryan Best, Head of Logistics & Services, Maersk Indian Subcontinent, Middle East and
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The rewetting of peatlands is an important contribution to climate protection, as peatlands can store large amounts of carbon. When peatlands are drained, the carbon is released and contributes to the greenhouse effect. Through rewetting, the carbon is stored in the
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The new season of PiqaBoo® red pears imported from New Zealand have recently arrived in China and are seeing strong sales in the market. read more

The Ri6 durian, a specialty from Vietnam’s Mekong Delta, is now available in the UK market for the first time. A shipment of five tons of these durians, imported by the UK’s TT Meridian Ltd, went through customs clearance on May 4 and were distributed to supermarkets in the UK. read more

"There is no more time, we have to save the Abate pear; it is intolerable to risk losing a jewel of our fruit-growing,' with these words the Secretary General of Coldiretti, Vincenzo Gesmundo characterised the key passage of his opening speech at the conference
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The Emilia-Romagna peach-growing industry has a new opportunity to relaunch itself and it is called Ondine. The international club project for flat white-fleshed peaches and nectarines (which in Italy involves 4 top partners: Agrintesa-Alegra, Greenyard, Mazzoni and Naturitalia), from this year finally
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Figures released by Istat for retail sales in March show a trend increase in value of +5.8%, matched by a decline in volume of -2.9%; read more

After the cherry tomato (Les Nouveaux Producteurs) and the banana of Guadeloupe and Martinique, Fruidor continues its partnership with The Walt Disney Company France by promoting its tasty round strawberries in a packaging featuring the Lilo and Stitch movie. read more

One disaster after another in the Ravenna area and the alarm does not cease because new, intense rainfall is expected in the coming days. Hydrogeological instability is dragging behind orchards, vineyards and arable fields on the hillsides surrounding the valleys of the flooded rivers and streams: Senio,
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