ICAR estimates that 20% mango crop loss because of untimely rains and hail.

According to a top ICAR official, rains that are not timed storms, hailstorms and powerful wind gusts have resulted in around 20 percentage of India’s mango crop to become damaged. The mango growers have reported massive destruction caused by hailstorms and storms in North India. The mango is a major cultivar of horticulture in India […]

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Athy is the first retailer to test ALDI’s brand-new “Project Freshly enhanced” design.

Italian discounter MD has reported an increase of 11% in sales Discounter MD is announcing that they has surpassed EUR3.4bln of turnover by 2022 with an rise of 11% when compared with the year prior. The business, which is the third biggest discount chain in Italy having 800 stores and 900 stores, reported the net […]

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The first closed loop recycling system for FIBCs

Manufacturer and distributor of packaging LC Packaging and plastic recycler Healix created a premium closed loop recycling process to FIBCs. It is the first of its kind in the market. The closed loop consists of the removal of used FIBCs (big bags) in LC Packaging customers’ locations and being processed by Healix the state of […]

VertiFarm will present the future of ways of breeding and cultivation

VertiFarm The industry platform as well as an international exhibition for trade in advanced farming techniques and innovative agriculture systems, is scheduled to be held from 26 to 28 September between 26 and 2023 in the Messe Dortmund in Germany and will shine the spotlight on controlled environmental agriculture (CEA). The urgency of a timely […]

“We are looking to provide a genuine organic vegan product this is the reason we never make use of animal manure”

The Bioland Krautergut Dworschak-Fleischmann offers some 240 different organic-vegan herb varieties. “I don’t consider myself a vegan however I’d like to present the best organic and vegan products and that’s why we never employ animal fertilizers.” Director of Operations Tanja Dworschak shares with us. The only herbs that are fertilized with horn shavings, such as […]

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The juice of cranberry can be beneficial in the prevention of recurring urinary tract infections.

A comprehensive review conducted by medical experts of Flinders University in South Australia as well as The Children’s Hospital at Westmead in New South Wales found cranberry juice, or other supplements may decrease the likelihood of repeated symptomatic UTIs in women of over a quarter for children, with a higher risk of occurrence by over […]

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South African kiwi growers should be looking beyond the export window

“We’re working to create the gold industry. There are a few small quantities scattered throughout South Africa but within five or ten years, we’ll be able to produce massive quantities of quality and will be an active player in the international market” declares Jonathan Trusler, one of the earliest growers of gold kiwis from South […]