Over the past five years, pineapple exports have been on a steady upward trend, with a significant increase in 2021. However, just one year later, exports have already gone downhill again, by 7.6% to be precise, agraria.pe refers to César Freund, deputy director of Trade
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The President of the German Farmers' Association, Joachim Rukwied, urges the protection of agricultural land on the occasion of the agreement reached by the government coalition on climate and energy policy. read more

A year-long pandemic with numerous lockdowns, war in Europe, exploding costs for energy and thus also for transport, refrigeration and storage, unstable supply chains worldwide, staff shortages, currency turbulence ... How can the fruit industry cope with this bundle of crises?
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In the past weeks, the supply situation for iceberg lettuce was tight, which led to significant tensions on the market. With the now increasing quantities from Spanish cultivation, the market situation is currently stabilising again. read more

From 3 to 7 April, the delegation will be hosted by Abulkhair Tamabek, Deputy Minister of Agriculture of Kazakhstan. Bouke Arends, mayor of the municipality of Westland, says: "On behalf of the municipality of Westland, it is an honour to be the first Dutch mayor to receive
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"Accelerating change" was the motto of this year's World Water Day, which took place on 22 March and which the United Nations has been calling for since 1992. read more

Sustainability is on everyone's lips. The fashion industry also wants to take advantage of this and use sustainable materials. The question is: Would consumers also buy them? The doctoral student Xin Gao will start at the beginning of April with a study on the acceptance of backpacks made of pineapple leaves.
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In March 2023, the German Packaging Institute (dvi) asked people in Germany in a representative survey about their preferences in dealing with used packaging, the topic of reusable packaging and their assessment of the environmental footprint of packaging compared to the
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In our newsmail of 29 March, we reported that the interest group of Latin American banana producers had criticised a price promotion by Lidl Germany for Rainforest Alliance-certified bananas. This, according to the Latin American position,
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On the occasion of the results of the coalition committee of the traffic light coalition, BGL board spokesman Prof. Dr. Dirk Engelhardt has commented on the effects of this decision on the freight transport and logistics sector. read more

For the control of fire blight (Erwinia amylovora) on pome fruit, the Federal Office of Consumer Protection and Food Safety (BVL) has granted an emergency authorisation for the plant protection product LMA. read more

Five more hydrogen filling stations, two mobile refuelling solutions, a new electrolysis facility and putting at least 30 additional H2 trucks on the road: These are some of the goals of the "Clean Cargo Connect" project, with which the Hydrogen Network North-East Lower Saxony is
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QS has established residue monitoring in order to precisely control the use of plant protection products in fresh fruit, vegetables and potatoes. What is important for the correct sampling in monitoring? The QS Academy answers these and other questions in its practical courses.
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Spring is starting and in the garden it is time to prepare strawberry plants for the new season. The Federal Agricultural Information Centre (BZL) reveals how, with a little care, the plants will soon guarantee a bountiful harvest, according to the Federal Agency for Agriculture and Food.   read more

With his extensive experience in marketing and business development, and because he speaks four languages, the appointment underlines the vision and new direction of the association, Fedemco said. read more

Growers in northern Peru want to get two harvests a year from the same vine. In Piura, plastic covers are used to produce a second harvest between March and April, in addition to the traditional harvest between September and November. For the plantations in Ica, this means,
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The President of the German Farmers' Association, Joachim Rukwied, expects the implementation of the Action Programme Natural Climate Protection (ANK) to support farmers in professionally sound and efficient climate protection. At the same time, a climate-damaging shift of the
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For over ten years, medFEL, which takes place on 26 and 27 April in Perpignan in the south of France, has been one of the most important trade fairs in the Occitanie region. In 2023, food sovereignty is the focus of the two-day event. read more

The spring season has started in Almería. The Agroponiente group has been working with the producers for weeks on the overall production strategy. The harvest forecasts are well advanced and initial conclusions can already be drawn about the general course of the season.
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The Federal Office of Consumer Protection and Food Safety (BVL) has issued an emergency authorisation for the plant protection product BENEVIA. read more