'Applied innovation' – sustainability and profitabilityAccording to Javier Juárez (Azud's Agribusiness Manager), today, horticulture and agriculture all over the world are facing major challenges such as water scarcity, increased input costs, as well as uncertainty concerning climatic,
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Friday March 1st marked the date when Samskip took the next step in its strategic Baltic Sea development by increasing service capacity and adding the port of Klaipeda to its network. The extended service follows the successful establishment of Samskip's dedicated Baltic Sea shortsea service in
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Chiquita counts on partnership for reliable banana shipping
2024-03-05 00:00
Daikin Reefer and Chiquita's partnership in global shipping originates in 2018 with Chiquita's initial investment in Daikin's ZeSTIA units. That collaboration has continually evolved to meet the demanding needs of perishable cargo transportation. Chiquita, a grower and distributor of bananas,
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GrowGeneration partners with Quest Climate
2024-03-05 00:00
GrowGeneration has partnered with Quest Climate. "This partnership with Quest Climate and GrowGeneration represents a powerful synergy. Leveraging Quest's cutting-edge dehumidification technology with GrowGeneration's robust distribution network, we are poised to significantly enhance the
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EU to ban plastic packaging for fruit and veg
2024-03-04 20:00
The European Parliament and Council have reached a provisional agreement on revamped rules to reduce, reuse and recycle packaging.
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With its B2B marketplace for food from the supply chain, SPRK has successfully redistributed over 5,500 tonnes of food - the equivalent of 700 7.5-tonne trucks - since it was founded in March 2020. As a result, SPRK has had a positive impact on the food supply chain in the DACH region as well as in Europe
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Bureaucracy for organic products: Fresh seminar provides more security for documents and co.
2024-03-04 15:00
The COI is created and checked in the TRACES database. It is released by a competent authority.
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Pop Vriend Seeds showcases baby leaf innovation
2024-03-04 11:00
Pop Vriend Seeds joined forces with Tozer Ibérica recently to present its new spinach varieties to Spanish growers at a series of open days at Tozer’s Los Olivos trial farm in El Albujón, Murcia.
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Marquis Macadamias Group restructures
2024-03-04 06:00
Marquis Macadamias, an industry leader producing and marketing macadamia nuts, has announced a strategic restructuring to enhance service delivery and market responsiveness. Ben Adams, the current chief executive at Marquis Macadamias, has assumed the additional role of chief executive at
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"Producers in the US often have their own B2C brands, something that is not yet very common in Europe".
2024-03-04 00:00
Today, the role of a breeder is not limited to producing seeds. Bayer Crop Science is no exception, of course. At this year's Fruit Logistica, we talked about this with Andrew Burchett, Global Strategic Account Manager, and Nico van Vliet, Head of Development at Bayer Crop Science.
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Bio Plast Pom, in collaboration with Gdańsk University of Technology and other scientific institutions, has developed a compostable and biodegradable material, NOPLA, based on potato starch aimed at reducing environmental impact, CO2 emissions, and enhancing energy efficiency. NOPLA, a
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Supply chain innovation, Macfrut plays the ace
2024-03-04 00:00
Five international workshops to take stock of innovation in the fruit and vegetable supply chain. This is the core of the new Innovation Hub For Healthy Food exhibition that will be staged at Macfrut (Rimini, 8-10 May 2024) to shake up the sector. "The peculiarity of these five workshops
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Leander van Bellen was appointed managing director of HDG Survey Group. He already filled this role on an interim basis last year when Rob Boogmans had to leave the position prematurely due to illness. Leander, Stijn Verstijnen (commercial director) and Bas Lok (director
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Maersk hires new head of north Europe from DB Schenker
2024-03-04 00:00
A.P. Moller - Maersk has appointed Ole Trumpfheller as its new VP and managing director for its business in Northern Europe. Trumpfheller joins from German logistics major DB Schenker. He will be responsible for Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Poland and the Benelux countries, including the
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Lower demand for Egyptian citrus fruits in Europe, Asia does not absorb the high price levels
2024-03-04 00:00
Sourcing citrus fruits from Egypt and shipping them to Asia has been a real challenge this year, according to managing director Mariya Dermendzhieva of the Bulgarian company Triland. "I would call this Egyptian citrus season 'the campaign of long-term partnership and
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Fourth 'evolved' range, innovative fruit and vegetable snacks, fresh juices subjected to high-pressure treatments. Product and process innovation is at home at Macfrut (Rimini Expo Centre 8-10 May 2024) protagonist in the first edition of the Innovation Hub For Healthy Food,
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Innovation and strategy drive organic
2024-03-04 00:00
After the lull recorded in 2022, the organic market continued to remain stable in 2023 and we see the same trends continuing in the first two months of the new year. Providing IFN with the picture of the situation is Paolo Pari, director of Almaverde Bio, with whom we
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In order to meet agricultural electricity demands, State Grid Changle County Power Supply in Weifang, Shandong province, organized an innovation workshop, headed by Zhang Aiguo and Ge Yuting to develop an intelligent temperature control system for greenhouse usage. Working together with the
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Customer perspectives on fruit & vegetable supply chains in 2024
2024-03-04 00:00
Last year, the A.P. Møller-Mærsk Group asked experts to predict some of the challenges the fruit and vegetable industry is expected to face in 2024. The consensus was that supply chain disruptions and climate change would pose the biggest hurdles for businesses in the sector. At the recently
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Ankara’s new intermodal terminal commences operations
2024-03-04 00:00
The initial stage of the Ankara Port Başkent OIZ Eti Logistics Ankara Intermodal Terminal has been launched, boasting a container capacity of 500,000 TEUs and a dry bulk capacity of 20,000,000 tons. Additionally, this development includes the inauguration of a railway connection and a 700-meter
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