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 sales of 750 million won...
Turkey: Yields in modern greenhouses established by the metropolis delights producers
Within the scope of the “Greenhouse Development Project” initiated by Kocaeli Metropolitan Municipality to enable Turkish farmers from here to produce products with high market value and increase their income by producing in modern greenhouses, Kocaeli Metropolitan Municipality provided 50 percent grant support for the installation of modern greenhouses and greenhouse nylon to farmers. The modern greenhouses and greenhouse nylons...
Vietnam: Make community agricultural extension a key force in the agricultural sector at the grassroots level
The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development has proposed that localities focus on consolidating and developing community agricultural extension models and the models to become the main force of the Vietnamese agricultural sector at the grassroots level. On April 14, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development sent a document to the People’s Committees of the provinces and centrally-run cities on...
Next month the first Banana Congress of the Colombian Caribbean will be held
The first Banana Congress of the Colombian Caribbean 2023 will be held between Thursday, May 18 and Friday, May 19, at the facilities of the Santamar Star Hotel and Convention Center, in the city of Santa Marta. This event is the most important for the banana sector. The congress represents the evolution of the five editions of the forum, according to the...
The cultivation of Almond trees in the Balearic Islands of Spain receives a boost with the planting of new varieties
In summary: The cultivation of Spanish almond trees in the Balearic Islands receives a boost with the planting of new varieties. The Balearic Islands Institute for Agri-Food and Fisheries Research and Training has planted a total of 187 almond trees of ten different varieties, in order to evaluate their adaptation to the agro-climatic conditions of Mallorca. New varieties in Spain The...
Strzelecki: The beef sector in Poland should be included in the roundtable agreement
According to Jacek Strzelecki of the Polish Meat Association, there are good prospects for the Polish beef sector, but now is the time for the industry to take care of its interests. “The beef market is in a trend of increasing demand, and this is true for both premium and cheaper meat. The very good news is that inflation has not affected...
For the first time: Israeli companies in the field of food-tech will start operating in the Moroccan Sahara
Hellman-Aldoubi Technologies, four Israeli start-ups in the field of food-tech and one of the leading universities in Morocco signed an agreement to promote a project that aims to provide the protein consumption of 10 million Moroccans per day. Roni Hellman, founder and CEO of Hellman-Aldoubi Technologies: “We are proud to lead a consortium that will implement unique Israeli food-tech technologies in...
Indonesia Essential Oils: New Essential Oil from the Nampu Plant
The nampu plant (Homalomena aromatica) is a potential new raw material for essential oils. The Homalomena genus consists of 500 species. Distilled nampu comes from round-leaved and red-stemmed plants. Nampu that grows in the forest also has elongated and rounded leaves, with green stems. After being distilled, the oil characteristics of the two plants are different. The linalool content of...
Dutch seed firms see slight expansion of onion acreage
Seed suppliers for the cultivation of seed onions in the Netherlands expect a 3 to 7 percent expansion of the acreage for the coming growing season. The trend that the onion acreage shrinks in the southwestern part of the Netherlands and expands on the eastern sandy soils continues next growing season. “Based on our own sales figures, we expect the...
A microorganism allows Spanish cucumber to be fertilized naturally with iron
A microorganism, the FO12 strain of the fungus Fusarium oxysporum, allows the natural fertilization of cucumber plants, promoting the improvement of responses to iron deficiency. According to research developed at the University of Córdoba, Spain, this microorganism promotes the growth of the plant without having to resort to products that are harmful to the environment. Although the fungus Fusarium oxysporum is...