The event focused on creating connections between professionals in the pumpkin sector and addressing current challenges and opportunities. Production efficiency and net yield are two of the important challenges for the sector to which Enza Zaden seeks to provide answers to.
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The study has been published at the same time as the Impact Report on the proposed Regulation on the sustainable use of plant protection products (SUR). One of the main objectives of the proposed Regulation is to reduce the use of pesticides by 50% and the use of fertilisers.
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In view of the recent detection of a consignment of organic grapefruit from South Africa with residues of an active ingredient that has been banned since 2018 in the European Union due to its hazardous nature, the Valencian Farmers' Association (AVA-ASAJA) is calling on the European Commission to
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A year and a half after the end of the eruption of the volcano on La Palma, we take stock of the evolution of the sector in terms of production, but also of the expectations for the future and the recovery of the island's production capacity. The sector closed 2022 with 62,638 tonnes.
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ALDI's expansion plans in Spain for 2023 remain unchanged. In the first half of this year, the company opened thirteen new stores, enabling it to surpass the milestone of 400 shops in the country, reaching a total of 408 supermarkets in Spain today. read more

Ibérica de Patatas, one of the main consumer potato marketing companies in Spain, is once again bringing new potatoes from the Madrid region to large-scale retail, a product of great quality and freshness, as it is harvested and available on the shelves the very next day. The
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Despite the context of historic inflation in which we are immersed and which is resulting in a very clear change in consumer habits, all members of the Pink Lady® network maintain their strong commitment to the brand, thanks to which they have achieved a volume of

Pink Lady® in the last few years.
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The agenda of events covers all types of policies, starting with those linked to the environment and energy, which were discussed this week at informal ministerial meetings in Valladolid. read more

Nunhems, BASF's horticultural brand, has managed to complete the entire long cucumber growing cycle in Spain thanks to a portfolio of varieties that comply with two maxims: fruit quality and resistance. read more

Syngenta continues the tradition of naming its new courgette varieties after Greek mythology. The latest to be incorporated is Delphi, (borrowing the name of the famous Oracle). Víctor García, Portfolio Lead Cucurbits in Syngenta, tells Fruit Today that it is
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The European Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed (RASFF) has reported the presence of Methomyl, an unauthorised pesticide, in watermelons from Morocco. read more

After the 'Pepper Car' comes the 'Farming Salary'. As it does every summer, HM.CLAUSE has carried out a draw before a notary for a juicy prize among those who trust in its pepper varieties. On this occasion, the winning number was 6,250. read more

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"Atypical". This is how COEXPHAL has defined the Campaign Balance for the 2022/23 financial year (still provisional). And that makes two. At the same time last year, Asaja-Almería defined the previous season with the same term. The worst thing is that this 'untypicality' is probably on the way to
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"We continue to grow. If last June we reported that we have bought 30 hectares in Águilas, of the highest quality, and ready to grow organic peppers this summer, now we want to announce the opening of a warehouse in El Ejido for the collection of organic produce from the
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The Regional Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries, Water and Rural Development, Carmen Crespo, highlighted the fact that "today (Wednesday) there is a meeting of the technical working group for the Axarquia desalination plant in order to promote, in a diligent manner, this infrastructure of the Axarquia desalination plant".
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The educational project La Pandi, Sakata Seed Ibérica's main social responsibility project, has been awarded by the prestigious Luis Bonduelle Foundation in the second edition of the LetsVeggUp Awards. The aim of these awards is to support initiatives that promote the
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Syngenta has announced the launch of Syngenta Biologicals, a new reality that comes from merging Valagro, the pioneer in biostimulants and specialty nutrients that it acquired in 2020, with its in-house biologicals business. In this way, the multinational is preparing itself for the
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The Spanish canned vegetable market in China, with origins in Navarre and Murcia, has a smaller market share than its main European competitor, the Italian market, but its products are more appreciated and are sold in online gourmet shops and supermarkets, which makes them more popular.
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