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A new packaging technology designed to keep produce fresher for longer and reduce food waste has been adopted by a major exporter to address a significant challenge in transporting fruit around the world. Cape Dried Fruit Packers (Capedry), South Africa’s second-largest exporter of dried fruits, has deployed OSY Group’s coating technology on its corrugated cardboard […]

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India’s potato industry is one of the world’s largest, producing nearly 60 million tonnes annually and supporting a value chain estimated at around USD 13.46 billion. “Yet despite its scale, the sector remains highly fragmented, with farmers, traders, commission agents, transporters, cold storages, processors, institutional buyers, retailers and exporters often operating through separate local networks,” […]

Free breakfast for summer: Morrisons and Kellogg’s team up to feed familiesMorrisons reported: “Families visiting their local Morrisons Café throughout the summer holidays can enjoy a free ‘Kellogg’s Breakfast’, which includes a bowl of cereal and a portion of fruit. The best part, it’s not just for kids, adults get to eat completely free too. […]

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For almost 20 years, Kika Holland, based in Cuijk, has specialised in exporting fruit and vegetables to the Balkan countries. In its early years, the company also imported large volumes of stone fruit from the Balkans into the Netherlands. Still, it soon shifted its focus to supplying the Balkans directly with bananas and overseas citrus […]

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The Italian table grape sector is currently in a state of profound transition, caught between the need for varietal innovation and the pressures of international competition. These grapes are not just an agricultural commodity anymore; they are a strategic asset for our trade balance and a pillar of regional rebranding. The municipality of Noicattaro in […]

Global Plant Genetics (GPG) is launching four new blueberry varieties from the Oregon Blueberry breeding program internationally, outside the United States and Canada: OBG-Astoria, OBG-Sirocco™, OBG-Belair™ and OBG-Raptor™. Commercial plantings are already underway. The four varieties span different chill categories and production systems. OBG-Astoria is a high-chill, early to mid-season variety targeting the premium fresh […]

Japan plans to establish a new organization by August to manage plant variety rights and address the unauthorized cultivation of Japanese-developed crop varieties overseas. According to the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, the organization will include specialists in intellectual property and crop production. It will monitor unauthorized cultivation, support legal action overseas, and reduce […]