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09-12-2015
Supermarkets take steps to address ACCC concerns over Food and Grocery Code implementation
Following concerns raised by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission, the major supermarkets have taken steps to clarify the implementation of the Food and Grocery Code of Conduct (Code) with their suppliers.
07-12-2015
Anticipating the needs of young consumers
FloraHolland's Consumer Programme has identified the target group between 25 and 35 years old – called ‘the next generation’ – as promising.
07-12-2015
Aussie hort industry AGMs focus on future
The Voice of Horticulture and Horticulture Innovation Australia both held Annual General Meetings last Friday, with both groups reporting, separately, that they were looking forward to working together.
03-12-2015
Smartphones enlisted in crop disease battle
Crop diseases, a major cause of famine, have always been diagnosed by visual inspection, though scientists today also use microscopes and DNA sequencing, but the first line of defense is still the keen eyes of farmers around the world, many of whom do not have access to advanced diagnostics and treatment advice.
01-12-2015
MPS, GlobalGAP to cooperate
The two certification standards organisations for horticultural produce, MPS and GLOBALG.A.P., have announced an agreement to work together and offer a synchronised certification solution for the horticultural sector.
01-12-2015
Insects as effective as bees for pollination
Research has found that ‘non-bee’ insects are as important as honeybees in pollinating flowers, a service vital for crop production.
26-11-2015
MPI unveils mobile biosecurity x-ray machine
The Ministry for Primary Industries has unveiled a new biosecurity tool for keeping destructive pests and diseases out of New Zealand – a mobile x-ray for scanning hand baggage carried by cruise ship passengers.
24-11-2015
Study finds plants need active social lives to stay healthy
Canadian plant science researchers, in collaboration with Montreal-based Inocucor Technologies Inc, have discovered new clues about the active social lives of plants, which use molecular signals to engage in constant life-enhancing conversations with thousands of microbes in their ecosystem.
24-11-2015
Fruit fly experts join Hort Innovation roadshow
A group of international and Australian fruit fly specialists, researchers and agronomists will embark on a roadshow to meet with Australian horticulture growers during November and December.
20-11-2015
FYI: Dutch flower, plant exports reach €4.7bn
Dutch flower firms have seen exports of flowers and plants increase in the first ten months of this year, despite a downturn in imports in Russia, Germany and Austria
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