The uncontrolled growth of tomato imports from Morocco and the Community policy in the field of plant health and packaging, resulting from the Farm to Fork Strategy, threaten Community tomato production, which is on a downward trend in production and
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In less than five months, Spanish agriculture will undergo a significant change: it will have to report digitally how, what and where it produces through the Agricultural and Livestock Farming Information System (SIEX) and the Digital Farming Notebook (Cuaderno Digital de Explotación).
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The European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) mentions purchasing alliances as an example of good practice for improving the competitiveness of retail and wholesale trade in a recently adopted opinion on 30 years of the single market. The text calls for support for alliances
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Small fruits were the protagonists at Macfrut 2023; during the event several solutions were tested in the experimental fields of the exhibition. Great performance for Arrigoni's agro-textiles. "The areas of small fruits are expanding even in areas with little vocation because of the climate
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According to Juan Francisco Delgado , Vice-President of the INTEC Foundation and director of the report "The agri-food system is facing a change of model in the face of the challenges related to the fight against climate change, drought and extreme temperatures, and the price crisis, where the
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Assisted evolution technologies promise to be the key tool to increase the sustainability of agricultural systems. A crucial challenge for the competitiveness of the national agri-food sector and for scientific research in our country: creating varieties resistant to the
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Agriculture and Food Minister Maria do Céu Antunes has signed an order recognizing a drought situation in 40% of the country’s southern region late last week. This will also activate measures to support farmers, she announced yesterday. read more

Zespri’s SunGold™ Kiwifruit arrived in the Port of Los Angeles last week and will be available to eager shoppers by mid-May. The company's multi-channel consumer campaign will help drive new shoppers to stores with digital advertising and sampling events. read more

In Hamburg, the Rewe delivery service has been part of the cityscape for over seven years. Now the first autonomously driving "shopping baskets" are starting in Hamburg-Eimsbüttel and will cause astonished passers-by in the coming weeks, according to the company. In cooperation with TÜV Süd, the
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A record year for agribusiness, which saw Italian exports grow by +17% in 2022 over 2021, surpassing EUR 61 billion in value; read more

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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