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Blueberries all the way from Romania are now hitting supermarkets across the Middle East, thanks to a new partnership between DP World and a young game-loving fruit producer, Agricrafters.
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As one Turkey’s top five exporters of fresh fruit and vegetables, Perla Fruit, made a rapid entry into cherry exports when it invested US $10 million in new operations in Bursa, in the northwest of Türkiye, in 2019. The company first began packing cherry products there in 2020, achieving high
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Cape Town Container Terminal beefs up capacity
2024-01-24 00:00
The Cape Town Container Terminal has recruited a total of 62 new employees and increased the number of hauliers available to operations from 32 to 44 with the peaking of the deciduous season this month.
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South Africa packs increased grape volumes
2024-01-23 11:00
The South African grape harvest is running ahead of predictions while the pomefruit and stonefruit industries are heading to court to recover losses from shipping authority Transnet.
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Comment: Six essential steps towards sustainability
2024-01-23 11:00
This year, pressure on the fresh produce business to respond to sustainability demands has reached unprecedented levels. As global concerns about climate change intensify, customers, regulators, and even the climate itself now urges companies to engage with their environmental impact and social
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Aldi to create 500 apprenticeships in 2024
2024-01-23 11:00
Aldi, the UK’s fourth-largest supermarket, is looking to recruit over 500 new apprentices across the UK in 2024.
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Oli Pascall is the managing director of Clock House Farm, representing the fourth generation of the family-run business. He recently made clear what his stance was on the current problems in the sector.
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The prospects of cultivating niche fruit crops in Moldova
2024-01-23 00:00
From January 17 to 27, the Berry Producers Association Pomușoarele Moldovei, as part of the seventh cycle of "winter schools," with the support of the "Rural Competitiveness and Sustainability of Moldova" project, acquainted farmers with the prospects of cultivating niche fruit crops.
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Kohlrabi, the Rijk Zwaan innovation presented at Demo Days
2024-01-23 00:00
Rijk Zwaan Italia, the local subsidiary of the leading Dutch horticultural seed company of the same name, organised a two-day event in Terracina to show growers, nurserymen, technicians and managers of cooperatives in the area the latest innovations in the assortment
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Macfrut 2024 (8-10 May) sees the opening of Innovation Hub For Healthy Food, the exhibition dedicated to sustainable products and technologies used in the production of highly nutritious food. The new exhibition, which will enrich a collection of thematic areas that
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UK farmers demand stricter regulations against supermarket giants
2024-01-23 00:00
UK farmers are urging stricter regulations to protect them from the 'big six' supermarkets' perceived unjust treatment. A scarecrow protest outside Parliament recently represented the farmers' plight, coinciding with MPs discussing grocery supply chain reforms. The debate comes after over
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The Citrus Growers Association South Africa (CGASA) is hopeful for 2024 as signs point to an increased crop yield. However, concerns linger about the successful delivery of fruit to global markets, according to CGASA CEO, Justin Chadwick. The citrus season in South Africa begins with lemons in
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Innovation meets taste in Levantia Seed's Midori melon
2024-01-23 00:00
Levantia Seed, a company headquartered in the Province of Rovigo in the heart of the Po Delta Park, specialising in a wide range of professional vegetable seeds including different varieties of pumpkin, rocket, radicchio, thanks to its in-house research and development work, has introduced
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In a first, a shipment of Iranian citrus fruit exports was transported to the Russian Federation via the Solyanka Port corridor by the Islamic Republic of Iran Shipping Lines (IRISL).
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MeetingPack, the biennial meeting organised by AINIA and AIMPLAS that brings together the entire packaging value chain, has announced the second edition of the MP2024 Awards.
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Yield is one of the most important elements for both producer and retailer. Thanks to our scientific expertise and many years of experience, atSyngenta Vegetable Seeds we provide the entire supply chain with products and solutions that
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Manuel Lainez Andrés has been appointed director of Agri-Food Innovation and Development and director of the Cajamar Group Foundation, which is responsible for its companies Cajamar Innova, Plataforma Tierra and the two experimental centres specialising in Mediterranean agriculture that the company has set up.
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Food Freshly will present two pioneering applications that have the potential to revolutionize the fruit and vegetable industry. The company will be presenting these significant advances in Berlin.
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Planet farms in flames
2024-01-23 00:00
At dawn yesterday, a fire broke out at the Planet Farms premises in Cavenago, in the province of Monza and Brianza. As reported by ilcorriere.it, the alarm went off at 6 a.m. and at the same time the workers on the night shift became aware of the flames in the warehouse.
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Hispatec grows by 24% in 2023
2024-01-23 00:00
Hispatec Agrointeligencia, the digital technology company for high-value crops, continues its successful expansion in the main markets based on three fundamental pillars: the experience accumulated in more than 30 countries, the satisfaction of its more than 600 customers and the
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