Since the beginning of the year, Oda, Norway's leading online supermarket, has also been active on the German market and is a new QS scheme partner. read more

Plant protection is one of the most important elements in fruit production. Today it is mandatory for all growers to follow the principles of integrated pest management. This is a method of integrated production that has been refined over the years
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A new large-scale factory with over 22,000 m2 of production and storage space for reusable systems and sustainable pallets is being built at the Hannover-West motorway junction (A2/A352). According to Intech Worldwide GmbH, production has been taking place in Hanover-Marienwerder since 2008.
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Almost four out of ten people in North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW) cannot reach a supermarket within ten minutes on foot. This is one of the findings of an accessibility analysis by the Institute for Regional and Urban Development Research. Especially in rural regions, shopping without a
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The aim of the initiative is now to also improve access to nutritious food in underserved areas. The initial focus had been on nutritional supplementation - an important tool to address malnutrition in these areas. On the occasion of the second
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"Every day, people face the challenge of eating well, balanced and sustainable food at home or away from home. With our nationwide Nutrition Days, we help consumers to eat well and sustainably despite the often stressful and hectic everyday life.
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An international research team led by Dr Margot Neyret from the Senckenberg Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre in Frankfurt has investigated how rural areas in Germany could be designed so that all user groups benefit in the best possible way. The researchers show that
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A dissolution of the European Union would result in enormous losses of prosperity for the member states. This is shown by analyses of a study by the Ifo Institute and EconPol Europe. The gross domestic product (GDP) per capita would fall by 5.2 % in Germany, by 7.8 % in Austria, by 5.1 % in the
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In 2022, around 6,100 farms in Germany harvested a total of 3.8 million tonnes of vegetables. This was 12% less than in 2021 and 2% less than the average for the years 2016 to 2021. In addition to a lower area under cultivation, the reasons for this were, among other things, the heat and
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No sooner have most domestic vegetable products said goodbye to the harvest season than it is in top form: Kale, a vegetable that is also known regionally as brown cabbage, tall cabbage, winter cabbage, curly cabbage, Lippische Palme, Oldenburger Palme, Friesische Palme, moss or even feather cabbage.
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Around 18 million cartons are expected for export in 2023. That would be an increase of almost 2 million cartons or 10 % more than last year, reports South Africa correspondent Fred Meintjes. The harvest is not only bigger, but the marketing prospects are also much better than last year.
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Agriculture is not spared from rising prices for production inputs such as energy, diesel, fertiliser, fodder, but also machinery and capital goods. In the past year, these have increased by around 10 %. This corresponds to additional expenditure for farming families in the
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As BASF Chairman of the Board of Executive Directors Dr Martin Brudermüller and Chief Financial Officer Dr Hans-Ulrich Engel explained when presenting the figures for the financial year 2022, BASF increased its sales by 11.1% to €87.3 billion. Higher prices in almost all areas were the main reason for the sales growth.
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There will have been a lot of puzzled and also worried faces in the UK in the past few days and there still are, because Tesco, Asda, Aldi and Morrisons have limited the sales quantities of peppers, cucumbers, tomatoes and co. per person. Customers are only allowed to buy three or two pieces per product.
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Above all, the prolonged summer drought, but also various problems with sales, influenced vegetable cultivation in 2022. According to the Baden-Württemberg Statistical Office, around 266,500 t of vegetables were harvested in 2022 on an outdoor area of 11,300 ha. While the
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Fruit growers are allowed to use the plant protection product Surround (active ingredient: aluminium silicate) to control the pear leaf sucker on pears with immediate effect. This is provided for in an emergency authorisation issued by the Federal Office of Consumer Protection and Food Safety (BVL). read more

Greenhouses need to reduce their freshwater demand and carbon footprint. By growing microalgae in the runoff water of greenhouses, the total fresh water consumption can be reduced and the water becomes cleaner. In addition, the microalgae become valuable products
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This means that all fruit and vegetable growers in the UK are now certified to rigorous environmental standards that aim to continuously improve the whole farm in areas such as climate resilience, biodiversity, soil health, greenhouse gas emissions and deforestation, shares
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15 training courses for farmers and farm managers have just been completed throughout the state. Eleven training courses for "sprayer drivers" are currently in progress. The four regional services of the Plant Protection Service (PSD) of theLand Office for Agriculture, Food Safety and
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In 2021, one fifth of the self-sufficiency level for fruit was covered by domestic production. The share of vegetables was almost twice as high. read more