Kyiv. Starting from midnight, April 21, Poland has unblocked the movement of Ukrainian agricultural products in transit through the country to other EU countries and Polish seaports. The first truck convoy will depart from the Dorohusk checkpoint to the Netherlands within an hour. Michal Derus, spokesman for the Chamber of Tax Administration in Lublin, told Ukrinform...
Author: Timothy Wahome (Timothy Wahome)
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Germany’s Producer prices March 2023: +7.5% compared to March 2022
Wiesbaden, April 20, 2023. According to preliminary data from the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis), Germany’s producer prices of industrial products were 7.5% higher in March 2023 than in March 2022. In February 2023, the rate of change had still been +15.8% compared to the same month last year. Compared to the previous month, producer prices fell by...
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Chanthaburi governor rallies farmers to make deals with the private sector: Export Thai fruits by air to China
News summary: Chanthaburi Provincial Governor urges Thai farmers to conjoin with the private sector and export Thai fruit by air to China. The Governor of Chanthaburi, Thailand, has urged the Thai agricultural sector to join hands with the private sector and the airlines of China to export fruits by air. This will increase the existing product distribution...
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South Korea’s Agriculture Minister Chung Hwang-geun holds bilateral meeting with French Minister of Agriculture and Food Sovereignty Marc Pennot
On Thursday, April 20, Minister of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs, Chung Hwang-geun met with French Minister of Agriculture and Food Sovereignty, Marc Fesneau at the Government’s Sejong Office to discuss ways to strengthen bilateral cooperation in the agri-food sector. Minister Jung emphasized that smart agriculture is an important pillar of agriculture with which to respond to...
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It’s more reassuring to eat pineapple! China’s first national industry standard for freshly cut pineapple processing has been approved
Recently, the Department of Agricultural Product Quality & Safety Supervision of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs issued the Notice on Issuing the Project Plan for the Revision of the National and Industrial Standards for Agriculture in 2023. Among them, the “Technical Regulations for Freshly Cut Pineapple Processing” declared by the Institute of Silkworm Industry and...
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Italy’s Legumes Select: innovate cultivation techniques to encourage the development of the short supply chain and the conversion to organic, in Campania
SAN GIUSEPPE VESUVIANO (Naples) – Contributing to the development of a short supply chain on legumes grown in Campania “from producer to processor” using organic methods is the intent of Agria S.p.A.. The company, specializing in the selection and packaging of Select brand’s dried legumes, has honored consumer trust for more than 60 years by guaranteeing quality raw materials...
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Belgium sowed significantly more grains in 2022
Belgian farmers sowed more grain last year due to higher prices because of the Ukraine war. The acreage of spring cereals and grain corn increased by 36 percent in 2022, according to final figures from the Belgian statistics office Statbel. Specifically, the area of spring wheat, spring barley and grain maize grew by 19,251 hectares...
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Fruit and vegetables: Citrus fruits’ prices in Taranto drop 48%-Less consumption, too many production costs
TARANTO –Italy’s citrus prices on the Taranto marketplace have plummeted by 48 percent, as price increases in the shopping cart and climate change have decimated harvests, while consumers have cut their fruit purchases, which plummeted by 8 percent in quantity compared to last year, to the lowest since the beginning of the century. This is what...
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Portuguese Chamomile: Kombucha drinking flowers
In summary: Aquela Kombucha flower drink will be an ideal blend of Portugal’s chamomile and elderflower samples. Already launched (in pre-sale format), the first limited edition of 2023 of Aquela Kombucha, which goes into circulation on April 15, Saturday, when the brand opens a bar at Rua Duque de Saldanha 345, in Porto, will be...
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Korea: Tripling profits with innovative nursery technology…”I’m going to be a strawberry master”
Jincheon, a town in Chungcheongbuk-do, South Korea, is surrounded by fields and greenhouses. Born and raised here, Lee Ho-myung, 39, CEO of Bujubu Farm, is a rising star in the business world. After becoming the youngest agricultural meister in the country last year, he has won awards at various prestigious agricultural competitions. He generates annual...