With this acquisition, the Japanese seed company invests in the high-value Dutch cucumber segment. Following the acquisition in 2017 of a Jordanian company specialising in Beta Alfa cucumbers, Sakata is strengthening its position in the global cucumber markets and continuing to develop
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The first few days of Israel’s war with Hamas in the Gaza strip means a rapidly developing situation has forced the fresh produce industry in the South to halt most operations while the rest of the country cautiously continues as things change by the hour. read more

Sana Seeds, a Dutch company specialising in the cultivation, production and sale of high quality cucumber varieties, joins Sakata Vegetables Europe. read more

Sakata Vegetables Europe, part of Japan’s Sakata Seed Corporation, has acquired Sana Seeds, a Dutch company specialised in breeding, production and sale of high-quality cucumber varieties. read more

A format designed for the 22 Roman districts that outline the heart of the Capital with an ad hoc assortment and a strong link with the territory. Todis, controlled by the Pac2000A Conad cooperative, opens its third Rione format in the capital, specifically Todis Rione Prati La Via Gustosa on the
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A format designed for the 22 Roman districts that outline the heart of the Capital with an ad hoc assortment and a strong link with the territory. Todis, controlled by the Pac2000A Conad cooperative, opens its third Rione format in the capital, specifically Todis Rione Prati La Via Gustosa on the
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The mild weather of these days generates a significant drop in prices for vegetables, with a 50% drop in the cost of aubergines and a 37% drop in the cost of Abruzzo Romanesco broccoli compared to a fortnight ago. read more

The mild weather of these days generates a significant drop in prices for vegetables, with a 50% drop in the cost of aubergines and a 37% drop in the cost of Abruzzo Romanesco broccoli compared to a fortnight ago. read more

Poeldijk-based wholesaler Fine Fruits Company has made a breakthrough in extending the shelf-life of avocados with the Airocide air purifying system. read more

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She was meticulous in her extensive agenda, which was more like a grand tour, in which I visited a cheese factory, a dairy, a cider cellar, several Romanesque churches and the theatre in which she made her debut as an actress. In the evening there was plenty of cider in the village of
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In southern and northern Lebanon, on plots no higher than 500m above sea level, avocado cultivation is undergoing a remarkable revolution. Annually, that acreage grows by about 200 hectares and yields by around 2,500 tons. Yet, the extraordinary thing is that one man is driving the expansion of
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Thai Sade is the founder of tech firm BloomX, a company that has found a way to mechanically pollinate crops in a similar way to bees. "We are not replacing bees... but rather, offering more efficient pollinating methods to farmers, and reducing the dependence on commercial honeybees," Sade says. read more

The Lebanese organic market has dropped since the latest crises, yet there are opportunities for organic growers thanks to Lebanon's proximity to a relatively large, wealthy purchasing base in the Gulf states. Agreen Organics exports a wide range of organic products, fresh or processed, plant or
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Israel’s avocado industry, that has just started the 2023/24 harvest season, is seeing good early demand from European markets for the Greenskin variety. “The Greenskin season just started. Demand in the EU is good for now, but we expect a challenging season going forward into the main
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Carlópolis, in the Northern Pioneer Region, is the ‘National Guava Capital’. It is a recognition not only of the quantity of fruit produced in the municipality, but also of the quality, which opened doors to the international market, with exports to countries in Europe and the Middle East. read more

According to EastFruit, Egypt has set a new record for mango exports to Saudi Arabia in 2022, reclaiming its status as the largest supplier in this market that it had lost the previous year. Furthermore, mango exports in this direction have also remained at record levels in the first half of
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Pure Harvest Smart Farms has entered into a three-year, exclusive strategic partnership with Richel Group. With an immediate focus on the Middle East and Asia, the partnership aims to deploy over $150 million worth of smart growing systems with the flexibility to expand the partnership into new
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Small-scale farming is still dominant in Lebanon. More local and overseas investment in the professionalization of horticulture is needed and factors such as the favorable climate and fertile soil are attracting these investors. But the current model also offers opportunities, says Moussa M. Zgheib. read more

India: Reliance Retail in $1.5bln Gulf, Singapore funds talks, sources say read more