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15-09-2015
Global Floriculture Industry 2015 Report available
The 2015 Global Floriculture Industry Report is an in-depth research report on the world's major regional market conditions of the Floriculture industry, focusing on the main market regions: North America, Europe and Asia, and key markets: United States, Germany, Japan and China.
15-09-2015
Kenyan flowers and the absence of formal contracts
Operating a business in a developing country is not always for the faint of heart, but new research suggests that long-term relationships between buyers and sellers can go a long way toward overcoming obstacles like political instability and weak governing institutions.
14-09-2015
AUSVEG welcomes Coles’ support for veg industry innovation
AUSVEG said it welcomes the commitment from Coles to support innovation in the Australian vegetable industry, with the major retailer announcing a $500,000 interest-free loan to Victorian vegetable growing operation, Butler Market Gardens, as part of the Coles Nurture Fund.
14-09-2015
US scientist’s new approach to managing nematodes
Roundworms that feed on plants cause approximately $100 billion in annual global crop damage, but a new way of disrupting the motility and reproduction of these plant parasitic nematodes, discovered by a University of New Hampshire scientist, may one day provide farmers with a new way to safely manage these agricultural pests.
14-09-2015
Australia, China sign hort trade MoU
Horticulture Innovation Australia (Hort Innovation) and the China Entry¬-Exit Inspection and Quarantine Association (CIQA) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) this week – a demonstration of the long-term commitment to building a relationship between Australia and China.
14-09-2015
US fresh potato exports decline
The United States Potato Board has reported that total US potato exports were $1,624,964,108 for fiscal year 2014 (July 1, 2014 – June 30, 2015) marketing year. This is 7 percent below the previous year, but still the third highest level ever.
11-09-2015
FAO FPI registers sharpest fall since December 2008
International food commodity prices continued to decline in August as ample supplies, a slump in energy prices and concerns over China's economic slowdown all contributed to the sharpest fall of the FAO Food Price Index in almost seven years.
11-09-2015
Aussie cucumber grower vies for biosecurity award
Michael Quach grows two-and-a-half hectares of cucumbers near Lake Bennett – 60 percent of those are hydroponic. He has increased his farm biosecurity measures since the Cucumber Green Mottle Mosaic Virus (CGMMV) was detected in the Top End in 2014.
11-09-2015
Using gardening as a medicine
While ‘take two kale and call me in the morning’, is not exactly the prescription one might receive from a doctor at most health clinics, patients at the New River Valley Community Health Center do indeed receive a prescription to the New River Health District's Farmacy Garden for doctor’s-ordered physical activity and an injection of fresh fruit and vegetables.
11-09-2015
Zespri sets up quality control & inspection hub for Indian kids
Indian Television has reported that Zespri International has partnered with KidZania Mumbai, a Global Indoor Theme park empowers children, helping them understand & manage their world better.
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