In Chile, devastating fires repeatedly occur in the individual regions, claiming human lives and destroying large areas of forest and agricultural land. In the Ñuble region, which was particularly hard hit recently, 466 fires were recorded (as of 14 March), destroying 52,120.11 ha. read more

At the end of February, the first production farms in the Lower Rhine region and near Cologne began harvesting the fruit vegetables in protected cultivation. The first tender stalks of the variety
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Chicory is usually a predictable product that is hardly subject to price fluctuations. This year, however, there has been a striking development. For months now, wholesale prices have been going up and down. read more

For family reasons, Caroline Wilkens, Member of the Management Board of Edeka Südwest, will take a shorter term in the future and therefore leave the company at the end of this month after more than 30 years of service for the Edeka Group, according to a statement. read more

The cooperation between the Bundesverband Güterkraftverkehr Logistik und Entsorgung (BGL) e.V. (Federal Association of Road Haulage, Logistics and Waste Disposal) and the FreightTech company TIMOCOM, which always has the interests of small and medium-sized road haulage companies in mind, is being expanded to include the chapter Real Time Transport Visibility. The
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Sales of early table potatoes from imports tend to decrease in Germany during the first half of each year. In the first quarter, origins such as Israel or Egypt have virtually no market significance any more. From April onwards, they are used in the asparagus potato niche,
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The German Horticultural Association (Zentralverband Gartenbau e.V. - ZVG) welcomes the National Water Strategy adopted by the Federal Cabinet as an important basis for the further necessary dialogue with all relevant land users. read more

At the same time as the meteorological start of spring, the harvest of the first spring onions is currently underway in the Palatinate. Since the beginning of March - and thus about a week earlier than the average of previous years - according to Gemüsegarten Pfalz, in the largest outdoor cultivation area for fresh vegetables in
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21,609,113 kg were exported in the first two months of 2023. This is an increase of 44.3 % compared to the 14,974,810 kg of the same period last year, reports agraria.pe with reference to the president of the consultancy Inform@cción, Fernando Cillóniz Benavides. read more

In addition to dairy farming, greenhouse farming is also mainly responsible for agricultural greenhouse gas emissions in Dutch agriculture. This has now been pointed out by the CBS (National Statistics Institute). It praised the fact that domestic agriculture has
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Green advertising claims on food have considerable greenwashing potential. This is the conclusion of a study by the research agency "Zühlsdorf + Partner" and the University of Göttingen commissioned by the vzbv's food clarity project. According to the study, sustainability
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How to increase the sustainability of food supply while minimising losses of fresh food along the supply chain is the topic of the research project "Fresh Food Data Management by Farm2Fork in the Edge" (FRED). It is funded by the Federal Ministry for
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Although many parents see their children's future threatened by the climate crisis, only a quarter (25 %) attach high importance to sustainable nutrition. This is the result of a recent survey for Westphalia-Lippe conducted by the IGES Institute on behalf of the AOK.
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Over 400 exhibitors from twelve nations will be at the 27th expoSE - Europe's leading trade fair for asparagus and berry cultivation - and the 12th expoDirekt - Germany's largest trade fair for direct agricultural marketing - at Messe Karlsruhe from 22 to 23 November 2023.
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Germany and Colombia want to intensify their cooperation in the agricultural sector: The Federal Minister of Food and Agriculture, Cem Özdemir, and his Colombian counterpart, Cecilia López Montaño, have agreed to work together in the future on central issues of the sustainable transformation of the
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This corresponds to a total volume of 16.1 million boxes. In Central Otago and Nelson/Tasman, growing and harvesting conditions remain good following Cyclone Gabrielle, so crop expectations should be met, NZ Apples and Pears Chairman Richard Punter of the NZ Apples and Pears Association said.
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In the current overall tight supply situation in the vegetable assortment, German white cabbage is moving more into the foreground of the promotional activities. For weeks, the promotional intensity with the stock vegetable has been high and is boosting demand. read more

During FRUIT LOGISTICA 2023, Asoex incl. Chilean Kiwifruit Committee and Zespri sat down to develop cooperation agreements that can ultimately benefit both countries. read more

In the current discussion on climate protection in transport, ten associations of the agricultural and energy industries publish a joint position paper in which they warn of the consequences of lowering the cap on biofuels. This would have negative consequences for climate protection,
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