Prices remain highly buoyant. The supply has continued to be well below normal levels. Read the rest of this entry »
Prices remain highly buoyant. The supply has continued to be well below normal levels. Read the rest of this entry »
The agriculture ministers from throughout the world assembled at the 1st Berlin Summit of Agriculture Ministers. Read the rest of this entry »
A call to action to the global industry to send examples of sustainable packaging technology from primary, secondary and tertiary packaging to innovative machinery, distribution and IT systems has been initiated by a UK government funded programme. Read the rest of this entry »
“As the world’s economical crisis, the volume of commercial transactions of Iranian Pistachio has been reduced drastically and the sell price is going down steadily,” said the secretary of the farmer house of the province Kerman. Read the rest of this entry »
Spending money to make money — the old concept came with some new spin at the Produce Marketing Association’s final Produce Solutions Conference, March 19-21. Read the rest of this entry »
Speaking to the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Science and Technology in Agriculture yesterday (Tuesday, March 24), agricultural economist Graham Brookes said after 11 years of widespread use, GM crops had done more to help protect the environment than any other single technology. Read the rest of this entry »
According to preliminary data of Analytical Centre of Customs Administration (CAAC) in 2008 the average export price of frozen strawberries, Polish flagship export frozen product, was 1.37 euro/kg. Read the rest of this entry »
Demand for organic food has fallen faster than expected, according to new statistics about shoppers’ habits. Consumers who were once prepared to pay a premium for organic produce are turning to cheaper alternatives, cutting sales by a fifth in the past year. Read the rest of this entry »
The simple science of growing your own organic vegetables could not have arrived at a better time for cash- strapped South Africans attending SciFest Africa in Grahamstown. Read the rest of this entry »
Cincinnati-based Chiquita Brands International soon will roll out four new grocery products – including a new line of fresh fruit smoothies – aimed at taking the company beyond bananas. Read the rest of this entry »