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"In Asia, local partnerships are key to growth"

DanDutch is a Dutch-Danish company with strategic international partnerships that offers specialized horticulture solutions to improve yield. One of its largest applications…

(Airmix) X-AIR

New semi-closed greenhouse solution launched

The (Airmix) X-AIR is the latest development for the semi-closed greenhouse. According to the developers, (Airmix) X-AIR ensures all the benefits of outside air ventilation, a…

Greenhouse cucumbers, but hold the single-use plastic

With the help of Apeel Sciences, Westmoreland Topline Farms will begin shipping greenhouse-grown cucumbers without the plastic covering to retailers in the U.S. and Canada…

New greenhouse Enza Zaden Tanzania by Bosman Van Zaal

Enza Zaden and Bosman Van Zaal recently signed an agreement for the development of a greenhouse and installations for the production of seeds in Arusha, Tanzania. The project…

LeaderBrand

NZ: Mega greenhouse nears completion

It has been a long and arduous journey over the last three years, but finally, LeaderBrand's first stage of its major greenhouse project, a smaller three-hectare greenhouse,…

Smartkas to build new strawberry farm in UK

Smartkas, a Dutch agtech enterprise that designs, builds, owns, and operates smart farms, has announced it will build and operate a 300,000 sq. ft. smart farm in Harlow,…

Prevention of algae formation with Intra Hydropure

Intra Hydropure is used for the removal of biofilm and elimination of harmful bacteria and fungi in irrigation systems. In greenhouses, algae form another group of organisms…

Grow tent kits with LED lighting help us grow flowers and food at home

Active Grow, a horticultural lighting manufacturer, announces the launch of two new 3-Tier LED Walden Grow Tent Kits: The Flowers and Fruits High-Intensity Kit and The…

UAE: Masdar City and DANA Sign MoU to develop agritech pilot projects

Masdar City, the regional home of technology innovation and R&D in Abu Dhabi, and DANA, the Abu Dhabi-based venture builder and investment platform have signed a memorandum of…

Review of Svensson Boost Your Energy event

How much can you save with a screen?

At the Svensson Boost Your Energy event on Thursday evening, 2nd of June, at the WHC in Naaldwijk, everything revolved around energy saving, the biggest challenge for the…

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US (WI): Janesville Plan Commission agrees with land use changes for massive greenhouse project

It took hours, but a massive strawberry greenhouse development proposed on the south side—along with a few smaller future industrial and housing developments—shifted closer to…

Special GreenTech Amsterdam

Energy efficiency becoming increasingly important in greenhouses

“Since we’re approaching the physical limits of science when it comes to lighting efficacy, we will need to spend more time thinking about other ways to get the same, if not…

“We’re fast-tracking this tomato variety”

“This variety is actually the result of a problem,” says Erwin de Kok, Tomato Sales Specialist at BASF’s breeding company, about the NUN09398 tomato. This new cherry tomato…

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Bumblebee pollination enhances yield and flavor of tomatoes in Gobi desert greenhouses

Bumblebee pollination is crucial to the production of tomatoes in protected cultivation. Both tomato yield and flavor play important roles in attracting attention from growers…
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Ghana: Establishment of Horticulture Development Authority on course

Plans are underway to establish the first ever Horticulture Development Authority in Ghana. This will help develop a formidable voice for actors in the agric subsector as well…

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Our Agricultural Counsellor ⁦@FErikSmidt⁩ sharing his impressions on DAVA horticulture in Al Kharj, first 80 ha of the greenhouse is in full production now ⁦⁦⁦@AgroBericht⁩…

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Greenhouse restaurant in Iceland wins design competition

United Architektur from Berlin recently won an honorable mention in an international design competition for a greenhouse restaurant in Iceland. The competition’s idea is…

NZ: Stepping towards a sustainable workforce

New Zealand’s dependency on productive, healthy primary industries – and perhaps more importantly, its people – has never been clearer. But ironically, the shortage of skilled…

"We cannot expect a grower to suddenly become an energy producer"

Since 2019, Jeannette has been a freelance project manager at Plant Empowerment. Plant Empowerment is a data-driven cultivation philosophy that leads to more sustainable and…

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US: USDA programs increasing access to fresh fruits and vegetables

June is National Fresh Fruit and Vegetables Month. Fruits and vegetables are a vital – and delicious – part of a healthy diet. According to the 2020–2025 Dietary Guidelines…

"Young entrepreneur, register your initiative and get a chance to win the Feike Sijbesma Sustainable Innovation Award"

The Wageningen University Fund is pleased to announce the new Feike Sijbesma Sustainable Innovation Award, to be presented annually. This is an incentive award for innovative…

"Our strength lies in manual processing; perhaps we aren't clear enough about that yet"

It is not easy to bring outdoor lettuce cultivation forward. But, neither is extending its growth in the greenhouse. Therefore, the best thing to do is to switch as smoothly…

Experts warn Britain is one shock away from a food crisis

Experts have warned that the UK is one global shock away from a food crisis, as the country is overly reliant on the rest of the world for staple goods.…

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Heron invests in container lettuce cultivation

"The efficiency is 1 to 400"

The technology of the future for the vertical cultivation of crops indoors - "vertical farming" - has been researched and developed for five years in Dornbirn, Vorarlberg. A…

Specialist forwarder Wilfried Wirtz on today's fruit logistics

"Growth of e-commerce has already been amazing"

At a time of driver and staff shortages and record-high fuel prices, logistics are clearly under pressure. The reduction in fuel prices that recently came into effect had…

USDA

National Retail Report - specialty crops

Total number of fruit ads at 150,909, onions and potatoes at 19,260

Ad numbers dipped this week post-holiday, but there were plenty of specials for shoppers to choose from. Juicy, sweet fruit and crisp vegetables were ripe and ready for…

Lockyer Valley, Australia

Lettuce farmers contemplate their future

Following a tough sequence of natural disasters, Lockyer Valley lettuce farmers are in need of a multi-million-dollar relief package to prevent them from…

The goal is for the machine to collect 25,000 raspberries/day

Fieldwork Robotics designed a robot for collecting raspberries

According to a report from The Guardian, Fieldwork Robotics, a spin-off company from the University of Plymouth, has successfully designed and launched a…

Karolinska Institutet, Sweden

Nano-sensor detects pesticides on fruit in minutes

Researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden have developed a tiny sensor for detecting pesticides on fruit in just a few minutes. The technique, described as a…

Eco-friendly sachets extend life of fruit and veg outside refrigerator

In mid-2019, Deepak Rajmohan returned to his home country from the US to work on an innovation designed to minimize food spoilage. “I always wanted to get back to India and…

Lettuce shortages affect local businesses

Lettuce prices skyrocketing in Australia

In certain places in Australia, lettuce prices are skyrocketing. Twitter users are posting photos of iceberg lettuces for $10 and $11.99, well above the more usual $2.80. But…

Valérie Guéguen and Agnès Dréau, Jacob:

“The Ruby Breizh tomato is interesting for the German and British markets”

Jacob is marketing Ruby Breizh tomatoes for the first time this year. This variety of olive-shaped grape tomatoes has assets that could quickly arouse the interest of German…

Purple Pride wants to use its shawarma to promote eggplant as a convenience product

"Shoppers are often hesitant to try eggplant"

Purple Pride recently launched an eggplant shawarma in the Netherlands. Growers United, a growers association that's always focused on eggplant cultivation, wants to use this…

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