The Federal Office of Consumer Protection and Food Safety (BVL) has issued an emergency authorisation for the plant protection product BENEVIA. read more

Chat GPT is the phenomenon of the moment. The next-generation artificial intelligence has revolutionised the world of web search and now threatens Google's throne. The software has a different approach compared to classic search engines: thanks to a sophisticated algorithm, it is in fact able to
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Hitachi Vantara and Golden Grove Nursery in Australia have applied artificial intelligence (AI), advanced analytics and sensor technology to inform data-driven irrigation water management practices for sustainable, environmentally friendly food production.   read more

Container carriers serving Indian trades are seeing no let up in the erosion of export freight rates amid a slowdown in cargo volumes, according to the latest market analysis by Container News. read more

After successfully developing a robotic harvester for strawberries, advanced.farm co-founder Kyle Cobb and his team are already seeking out other crops that could benefit from this type of automation. read more

Inflation and the rapid rise in prices for food and many other products are the most important factor currently determining the shopping behaviour of Germans. This is according to the Shopping Trend Study 2023 of the leading shopping list app Bring! The basis was a survey
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Starting from a solid foundation is the prerequisite for looking to the future, especially in uncertain times like the ones we are living. That is why Rijk Zwaan, the Dutch horticultural breeding company, reaffirms its strengths: research, continuous innovation and daily work carried
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Himilco got off to an anxious start during the pandemic, but this Belgian logistics service provider has now found its place in that world. "In this sector, you must be able to switch quickly, be flexible and brainstorm. I'm getting more and more potential customers because of that," begins
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The 'Latin American Banana Sustainability TaskForce' criticises an offer for Rainforest Alliance-certified bananas recently seen at Lidl Germany. The discounter offered a kilogram of the bananas for 0.95 euro cents during the week of 13 March. The
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PIL offers river barge service in China as part of its service options to clients who require effective transportation of their goods from ports into inland China. The Singaporean line is working to integrate its barge service offering in China as part of the newly launched PIL Intermodal Service. read more

From a marginal presence in the sector, today medicinal plants - as well as aromatic plants and spices - occupy increasingly important spaces. A growth that has contributed to the development of the production sector, especially in the area of sustainability. So much so that even the
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It is a campaign with excellent prospects for Solarellie Piraccini strawberries, the top quality brands of the Apofruit group. Consumers reward the certainty of buying a high quality product. And quality has higher and higher standards for Solarelli and Piraccini thanks to
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The breakthrough of intermodal freight transport in the EU, combining different modes of transport, will still take time. This is due to the fact that the same competitive conditions currently do not exist for trains and inland waterway vessels as for trucks, according to a report published by the
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HarvestHold Fresh® by Verdant™ Technologies says it is helping the fresh produce industry reimagine supply chains with longer-lasting fruits and vegetables. The company’s latest initiative is with cucumbers, where HarvestHold Fresh has shown to delay yellowing and reduce shriveling,
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The Latin American Banana Sustainability Taskforce, a consortium of banana producers and exporters of Latin America, has criticised German discount group Lidl for selling a kilo of Rainforest Alliance-certified bananas for less than €1. read more

According to research published by Eurostat, only 12% of the EU population consumed the recommended minimum of five portions of produce daily, partly because of the poor taste of the produce. read more

For more than 30 years, HLB Tropical Food GmbH has been marketing papayas, introducing them to customers in the US and Europe. “Before HLB, papayas in Europe mainly came in by boat, green, and without much taste,” says Lorenz Hartmann de Barros with HLB Tropical. “Then, in the 1990s, we
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Several cutting-edge projects will receive a share of £9.13 million in British government funding. Among other things, the funding will support projects developing robotic crop harvesting for horticulture, and a more environmentally-friendly approach to potato cultivation. read more

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The rumours heard in Brussels a few weeks ago about a planned additional chapter in the trade agreement with the Mercosur states to ensure environmental and social sustainability seem to be confirmed. A document on this subject published last week by the
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