PRIMA, a partnership in the Mediterranean area that strikes for Research and Innovation backed by the European Union, has created SUPROMED, an online platform to optimise water, energy and fertiliser […]
ven 10/12/2021 by Amanda Cardinal
Last week’s 2nd Inversolar Congress offered two days of interesting and constructive presentations in which solar greenhouses were confirmed as the most sustainable and efficient agricultural model available and the […]
mer 08/12/2021 by Richard Wilkinson
In light of pandemic-related travel restrictions affecting the region, EU Agriculture Commissioner Janusz Wojciechowski decided to postpone his high-level mission to Singapore and Vietnam, originally announced for March/April 2022. Led […]
mer 08/12/2021 by EU Commission/Richard Wilkinson
The 2021 EU Agricultural Outlook conference will take place online on 9 and 10 December. Now in its eighth edition, the theme of this year’s event is ‘Fit for 2030 […]
mer 08/12/2021 by EU Commission/Richard Wilkinson
From 2022, the London Produce Show, a popular meeting place for fruit and vegetable growers, will collaborate with the International Food & Drink Event (IFE). This is the largest food […]
mar 07/12/2021 by Richard Wilkinson
Food prices worldwide have reached near record highs, according to a Bloomberg report. A United Nations gauge of global food prices rose by 1.2% last month, as further evidence of […]
lun 06/12/2021 by Richard Wilkinson
Agrarian organisations, agro-food cooperatives and Coexphal protested last week outside the headquarters of the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food against the crisis the sector is currently going through. Farmers […]
lun 29/11/2021 by Richard Wilkinson
While the year began slowly, the total value of EU agri-food trade (exports plus imports) for January-July 2021 stood at €183.8 billion, a 3.2% increase on the corresponding period last […]
mer 10/11/2021 by Richard Wilkinson
The supply crisis in the UK is leading supermarkets to resort to cardboard cut-outs of fruit, vegetables and other groceries to fill gaps on shelves. Tesco has begun using pictures […]
mar 02/11/2021 by Richard Wilkinson
Over three-quarters of the world’s vegetables are produced in Asia, according to an AgrarMarkt Austria (AMA) report. In 2019, global vegetable production amounted to around 1.1 billion tons, in line […]
mer 27/10/2021 by Richard Wilkinson
Despite a slow first quarter, the total value of EU agri-food trade (exports plus imports) for January-June of 2021 amounted to €157.1 billion, reflecting a 3% increase on the same […]
jeu 21/10/2021 by Richard Wilkinson
2020 was a challenging but ultimately positive year for the EU’s agri-food exporters, while on the import side, the EU became the third largest importer after the US and China, […]
jeu 30/09/2021 by Richard Wilkinson
