To control the cherry vinegar fly (Drosophila suzukii), the Federal Office of Consumer Protection and Food Safety (BVL) has granted a further emergency authorisation for the plant protection product KARATE ZEON (active ingredient lambda-cyhalothrin). read more

Logging in the fruit and vegetable sector is a discriminating factor that is too often underestimated. A load that arrives late at the Ce.di. is often sent back to the sender or is subject to heavy penalties, as it generates a multitude of problems, which can even lead to the suspension of the supply. read more

Building resilience is important for agrifood systems – such as tropical fruit value chains – to prepare, withstand and adapt to a wide range of risks, including climate and non-climatic shocks and stresses. read more

Agricola Lusia presented its first Sustainability Report, which provides a transparent and detailed overview of the company's activities and performance on the Corporate Social Responsibility front. read more

A fresh taste reminiscent of citrus, yuzu and kaffir lime. This freshness is combined with peppery and spicy nuances. Eating the Sansho leaves gives a soft tingling sensation, similar to Sechuan Button, explains Koppert Cress. read more

Recently, Smart Oasis, a Ukrainian vertical farming company, has successfully launched its products and is now piloting 'a commercially promising business model' for sales of living herbs under the brand name Localista with one of the largest Ukrainian Food chains, SILPO. read more

In the Netherlands, BayWa r.e. and its subsidiary GroenLeven have begun construction on Europe's largest "Fruitvoltaic" project. The plant, which involves mounting PV modules over raspberries, has a record-breaking output of 8.7 MWp, according to the
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Precision agricultureis the new frontier of development in the agri-food sector: with an added value of 64 billion euro in 2021 and a number of employees approaching one and a half million, the application of technology in agriculture has become increasingly
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Aerobotics' app allows growers to capture yield information on the ground, by taking pictures of fruit on the tree. The AI software automatically identifies and sizes the fruit, saving time and allowing for much larger sample sizes to build weekly size distribution graphs. More importantly,
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ALDI, part of the ALDI SÜD Group, a multinational reference reality of the large-scale retail trade among the world's most important operators, celebrates an important milestone in its growth path: five years of success in Italy based on quality, convenience,
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"We started processing Sicilian Victoria and Black Magic grapes on May 7th 2023, which have been performing well. Of course reference prices change as the season progresses: they initially reached €4/kg, while now exporters working with us can reach €2.50/kg from their warehouse, packaging
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At a temporary storage warehouse in the Pskov region, a state inspector of the North-Western Interregional Directorate of Rosselkhoznadzor, during quarantine phytosanitary control, found berries with signs of infection with strawberry anthracnose. The 11.5 tons of strawberries were transported
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Last Friday, as part of the Protagonists of Italian Fruit and Vegetables event at Villa Necchi in Milan, the Danila Bragantini Prize was awarded, the Oscar for innovation in fruit and vegetables promoted for the fifth consecutive year by the National Association of Women in Fruit and Vegetables and
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Fruit Attraction, which will be holding its 15th edition from the 3rd to the 5th of October, is organising a new edition of the Innovation Hub Awards. These awards for innovation and entrepreneurship in the fruit and vegetable sector are aimed at those exhibiting and co-exhibiting companies that
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On 8 June, the 5th edition of the Food Technologies Day took place at the Laimburg Experimental Centre. Companies as well as interested parties from the field of food processing were able to learn about the potential and application possibilities of scientific research in the food industry.
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Once again, Fruit Attraction is organising a new edition of the read more

The retail chain, Colruyt Group, is fully committed to in-store innovation. Last month, a new technology was tested to ensure that shelves remain optimally stocked, while also measuring how many customers enter the store and how busy it is at the checkout. read more

The production and distribution company Grupo Ametller Origen, led by Josep Ametller, is acquiring the assets of Agrofruit in Tortosa to create a large artichoke production centre. The group plans to convert the warehouses of the former Agrofruit cooperative into an artichoke production centre.
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Rwanda is set to continue its trial of avocado exports by sea freight after a successful initial shipment to Dubai in November, last year. The pilot shipment, which transported nearly 23 tons of Hass avocados, demonstrated that sea transportation was over 44 percent cheaper than air cargo. The
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The high prices of vegetables in Ukraine prompted farmers to invest in building storage facilities. These facilities are crucial for the development of their business. Andriy Maruschak, the commercial director of Van Dijk Technics, believes that building these facilities can be a profitable
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