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Vietnam Strawberry: New strawberry varieties yield over 30 tons/ha
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Vietnam Strawberry: New strawberry varieties yield over 30 tons/ha

LAM DONG: New strawberry variety in Vietnam PS8.10 is resistant to powdery mildew and anthracnose and has a yield of over 30 tons/ha. Especially, the ripe fruit is very fragrant, delicious, sweet, and popular in the market. Snow white strawberries cost from 700,000 to 900,000 VND/kg ( from US$29.85/kg) but they are not enough to sell. The...

Japan’s largest agriculture and livestock exhibition lands in Kyushu for the first time, with 300 companies expected to participate
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Japan’s largest agriculture and livestock exhibition lands in Kyushu for the first time, with 300 companies expected to participate

The first Agriculture Week Kyushu will be held for three days starting May 24 in Kumamoto, Japan. Japanese exhibitor RX Japan will host the “1st Agriculture Week Kyushu” at Grand Messe Kumamoto for three days, starting May 24. RX Japan is the largest exhibition organizer in Japan, holding 96 exhibitions in 35 sectors annually. Agriculture...

Indonesia’s Lampung Province asks regency/municipality governments to only distribute healthy livestock
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Indonesia’s Lampung Province asks regency/municipality governments to only distribute healthy livestock

The Lampung Provincial Government has asked district and city governments in the area to only distribute healthy livestock for both shipping and public consumption. “Seeing that recently there have been a lot of livestock diseases, districts and cities are expected to distribute healthy livestock,” said Lampung Province Economic and Development Assistant Kusnardi in Bandarlampung, Tuesday....

Italian Foods and Easter: Traditional DIY Sweets in 42% Homes
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Italian Foods and Easter: Traditional DIY Sweets in 42% Homes

In more than four out of 10 families (42%), typical Easter sweets are prepared at home this year, also as a result of the expensive prices triggered by the war in Ukraine. This is what emerges from the Coldiretti/Ixe’ survey on the Easter of Italians on the occasion of the parade of sweets of the...