The European Union has made a fresh proposal to Latin American banana producers in a bid to end a decade-old dispute over the bloc’s banana import policies, sources close to the WTO said Monday. Read the rest of this entry »

The EU’s agriculture commissioner Mariann Fischer Boel has backed a review of the bloc’s plan to promote environmentally-friendly food production. Speaking in Nürnberg, Germany, Fischer Boel (pictured) said she favoured a “mid-term evaluation” of 2004’s European Action Plan for Organic Food and Farming. Read the rest of this entry »

The internationally reputed Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals (CSCMP) is expanding its presence in India with an offer for supply chain professionals. The council has developed a new web-based membership exclusively for professionals in India. Read the rest of this entry »

The digital italian publication, fruttaonline.it, reports that a few days after Fruit Logistica in Berlin – the world leading exhibition for the fruit and vegetables sector – the Italian organization for fresh produce services CSO in a press release took stock of a fair where Italy played a leading role as for attendance of companies and operators, thus proving itself to be one of the leading producing Countries in Europe of fruit and vegetables. Read the rest of this entry »

According to Italian farmers’ association Coldiretti, four Italians out of 10 (37%) devote part of their free time to “vegetable gardening so as to pick fruits, vegetables or aromatic herbs to bring straight to the table”. Read the rest of this entry »

Consumers have plenty to cheer about as they would soon be able to get real value for their ringgit when they purchase vegetables or fruits. Read the rest of this entry »

While few question that ecological agriculture is environmentally and socially desirable, there are fears that it is insufficiently productive. This is not the case. Read the rest of this entry »

Emmylou Taliño-Mendoza has urged Australia “to stop unreasonably stalling the entry of Philippine banana exports.” Read the rest of this entry »

Horticulture is firmly the leading export and top foreign exchange earner, bringing in Sh73.7 billion in 2008, up from the Sh57.3 billion it earned the country the previous year. Read the rest of this entry »

Consumers complain of high prices, despite production of citrus fruit reaching all-time high in past year – 950,000 tons Read the rest of this entry »