News from FPJ – Page 55
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ArticleIt’s all rhubarb to British consumers
Brits want to eat more seasonal produce but don’t know how, new Ocado survey suggests
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ArticleRainfall ‘impacting potato herbicide plans’
Corteva Agriscience says growers need to keep a close eye on weed control
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ArticleMaking a name for Ugandan fresh produce
Odrek Rwabwogo of Uganda’s Presidential Advisory Committee on Exports and Industrial Development (PACEID) tells Fred Searle what he thinks the country must do to establish itself as a trusted supplier to the UK and Europe
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ArticleUganda's avocado ambitions
Fred Searle travels to the East African nation as it begins to export Hass for the very first time. The aim: to establish the country as a trusted supplier and help lift small-scale farmers out of poverty
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ArticleUganda goes global
It may have been slower to embrace exports than some of its East African neighbours, but Uganda is now targeting rapid growth in fresh produce shipments, not least to the UK. Fred Searle reports
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ArticleWhere next for Belgian horticultural research?
Located in Flanders, Belgium’s vegetable heartland, the Research Station for Vegetable Production has 60 years’ experience in translating academic research into practical knowledge for greenhouse and open-field growers. Fred Searle speaks to its director Els Berckmoes about the challenges for producers and what the non-profit is doing to help
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ArticleCould Britain learn from Belgium's auction system?
Severe shortages in fresh produce have refocused attention on the pitfalls of UK supermarkets’ preference for seasonal contracts. Fred Searle travels to Belgium to see how the country’s fruit and vegetable auctions do things differently
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ArticleBelgium’s UK export mission
Rather than prompting Belgium to focus its efforts on other markets, Brexit has seen the country actively target export growth in Britain. Fred Searle crosses the Channel to find out how and why
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ArticleProfits take a hit despite sales rise at Tesco
Supermarket says it has been investing in the customer offer during tough year for shoppers
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ArticlePost-CAP farming policies ‘lack scientific rigour’
Comment: NFU president Minette Batters highlights concerns at the lack of scientific rigour behind the government’s ELM schemes for England
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ArticleFestival of Fresh unveils top-class agenda
Leading fresh produce event takes place on 21 June at AM Fresh’s site in Alconbury Weald
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ArticleLEAF announces new CEO
David Webster joins the sustainable farming group as CEO in September from the UK grocery division of Associated British Foods where he is sustainability director
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ArticleTesco to hold 1,000 prices
A range of everyday products are included in the supermarket’s latest commitment
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ArticleApples hit by cost-of-production crisis
British growers are losing money as returns fail to keep up with cost increases
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ArticleLago D’Oro opens Europe’s largest fennel packhouse
Company sees huge potential to grow sales outside Italy, after the completion of a new facility on the edge of the Fucino Plain
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ArticleDefra awards £9.13m to agri-robotics
Projects on robotic crop harvesting, a new way of cultivating potatoes and an autonomous cow bedding system are to receive share of funding
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ArticleCustard apple ‘among climate change solutions’ in Africa
Researchers identify numerous ‘forgotten’ fruit and veg that could support food security in future
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ArticleDefra unveils draft border plan
Long-awaited Targeted Operating Model is now open for industry feedback
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ArticleNIAB publishes annual review of fruit work
Crop research organisation aims to showcase the breadth of its work to industry