Butterflies suffer most from urban growth. Shrinking habitats and food supplies are causing their populations to decline. The same is true for many wild bees that are found in cities in spring, as a team from the Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg (MLU)
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In week 24, Dutch Greenhouse Delta together with partners from government and business received four trade missions. The official delegations came from India, China, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Kazakhstan, among others. They were introduced to the knowledge and experience of the
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In 2023, modern Switzerland celebrates the 175th anniversary of the Federal Constitution. To mark this anniversary, the doors will open in Federal Bern on 1 and 2 July 2023. According to its own information, Agroscope is also taking part. read more

Cogeca held the first of its 2023 Business Forums on the topic of "What role do cooperatives play in achieving an affordable, secure and sustainable energy supply". According to Cogeca, the participants' contributions showed that energy from
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Bioland President Jan Plagge is at the helm of IFOAM Organics Europe for another three years. At the constituent meeting of the Board after the IFOAM General Assembly on 21 June, he was again given the vote of confidence. The General Assembly also elected the other eight
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Euro Pool System (www.europoolsystem.com) is Europe's leading provider of logistics systems for food retailers and food producers. With our pool of transport container systems and our dense depot network, we are in a position to meet individual read more

Global grape production is expected to increase by 1.1 million tonnes to 27.3 million tonnes, freshfruitportal reports with reference to a USDA report. read more

Farm managers of asparagus and strawberry farms, their employees, trainees, students as well as people in research and consultancy. If they do not earn money directly from the product, their technical or structural innovations can be presented with photo-
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The 2022/23 fruit and vegetable season in Almeria can be considered over. The remaining production in the greenhouses is minimal. The last melons marketed this spring season are fetching very low prices. Some growers have decided to,
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An abundant market supply of European onions in the 2021/22 season was followed by an extremely tight crop year. This was and is still being felt in price terms from production to consumer. The transition from overseas onions to the new crop is imminent,
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A new study by YouGov on behalf of yfood provides exciting insights into the eating behaviour of Germans: More than a third do not take time for a meal at the dining table at least once or twice a week. Instead, they eat, for example, during work, on the go, or engage in
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Agricultural production is increasingly affected by climate change. The increase in weather extremes reduces yield security, especially due to increasing dryness during the growing season and wetter autumn weather. Regionally, considerable
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Tickets for the show, which takes place in Hong Kong from 6 to 8 September, include free access to the ASIAFRUIT CONGRESS and ASIAFRUIT BUSINESS FORUM, both of which take place on all three days of the show. read more

SanLucar is the first company in Spain to use a 200 KWh Huawei super battery in its logistics platform near Valencia. It was installed by the company Cubierta Solar and is one of the first of its kind available in Europe, the company informs. read more

How is it that in one of the richest countries in the world more and more people do not have enough money for adequate nutrition? What is "adequate" and how is food poverty defined? What are the health and social consequences of food poverty?
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Everyone knows the favourite orange vegetable. But what do schoolchildren actually know about the production of carrots here in Germany? This year, the team from meine-Möhren.de is creating a film for school lessons to convey this knowledge. read more

Corteva Agriscience has opened its first combined crop protection and seed research laboratory for the Europe, Middle East and Africa regions to drive innovation and develop sustainable solutions for farmers. The expansion of the research and
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More than half of Germans currently assess their own financial situation as worse than in the previous year. As the April data of Deloitte's "Global Consumer Pulse Survey" show, the gloomy economic outlook also has an impact on eating habits
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Philipp Fankhauser will resign from his position as deputy managing director at the Swiss Centre for Vegetable Production and Special Crops (SZG) in 2024 to pursue a new career, according to a statement. read more

"The European regulation on packaging and packaging waste makes it more important than ever to stand shoulder to shoulder with fruit and vegetable producers. The soft fruit sector in Huelva is of great importance for Spanish wood packaging, and that is why we would like to be present at this
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