FRUIT AND VEGETABLE NEWS
Record fruit, vegetable and flower exports, reaching over 2000 million euros
Data from the INE (Portuguese Statistics Institute) show that in 2022, international sales of fruits, vegetables and flowers reached the highest value ever.
Avocado and Mango AURUM on the streets of Ciutat Comtal
For some time now, Barcelona residents have been able to contemplate the image of the delicious AURUM Avocados and Mangoes while walking around their city.
Harmoniz sets out to redefine the global greenhouse seeds market
Global greenhouse seeds developer Harmoniz is making its debut after concluding the legal processes of the merger of TomatoTech, a seed breeding company, and Nirit Seeds, developers of some of the most successful hybrid vegetable seeds in the market. The rebranded company leverages the companies’ molecular biology and breeding technologies to create tomatoes of uncompromising quality. Harmoniz is debuting its new brand at Fruit Logistica 2023 in Berlin, which takes place between February 8th and February 10th.
Bayer and Kimitec join forces to bring the next generation of Biologicals
Both companies enter into a global strategic partnership for Biologicals discovery and commercialization, that includes crop protection and biostimulant products based on molecules derived from natural sources .
Bayer to distribute pheromone-based biological crop protection solutions from M2i Group
Pheromone-based crop protection products help farmers control pests in an environmentally friendly way.
Silvia de Juanes, steely determination
Silvia de Juanes is 42 years old and she is the mother of two girls, Isabel and Carlota. She meets me at Atocha station with Germanic punctuality. From there we go to her house, in the ‘last street of Madrid’, very close to the German School, which her daughters attend.
Germany is resisting
The German economic motor is resisting the challenge of the crisis. The much-feared recession of the largest euro economy is, up to now, an assumption that has not become a reality.
The bureaucratic rigmarole of the notorious ‘Plastic law’
Confusion abounds. The entry into force at the beginning of the year of the Royal Decree 1055/2022 on containers and container waste means a new challenge for the agrifood companies, at the same time as great uncertainty regarding profit and loss accounts.
The Tajo-Segura Water Transfer: no criteria for its reduction
At no point do the five sentences of the Supreme Court to which the Minister Ribera is appealing determine the exact amount of ecological flows for the Tajo.
The United Kingdom’s double invoice: crisis + Brexit
Since it came into force two years’ ago, Brexit has cost 5.5% of the country’s GDP. Added to this are the economic crisis as a result of the Ukraine invasion and the effects of the pandemic.
Agricultural production is collapsing
A combination of circumstances predicts the end of cheap food.
Second parts, obviously, can also be good
The second part of the European apple campaign could suffer less pressure than the first part, with the markets in a more favourable situation.
