All Production & Trade articles – Page 1390
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Ready meal markets enjoy sales hike
The value of the UK retail market for chilled and frozen ready meals rose by 11.4 per cent between 2003 and 2007, from £1.87 billion to £2.08bn.
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ArticleIntercitrus faces threat of closure
Disagreement among members over the 2008/09 budget has brought the Spanish citrus organisation to its knees
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ArticleFast concludes two-year soft-fruit trial
A two-year independent trial on the benefits of the harpin protein as a natural treatment for storage rots in soft fruit has shown promising results.
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ArticleTesco sets target of 150m English apples
As the first home-grown fruit goes on sale, the retailer says it expects to achieve record sales of English apples this season
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ArticleItalian minister: PGIs saved by WTO failure
The collapse of trade negotiations this week means protected geographical indications won't be at a disadvantage, according to Italy's Minister of Agriculture Luca Zaia
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ArticleReform for Peruvian farming sector
President Alan García has unveiled a new financial support system in an effort overhaul Peru’s agriculture industry
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French see sharp price rises
Following a year of poor weather conditions and damaged produce, France has seen the price of fruit and vegetables soar
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FPC calls for labour survey participants
The Fresh Produce Consortium (FPC) is encouraging its members to take part in a survey of labour users in the UK food industry.
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ArticleEMR launches Strawberry Breeding Club
Twelve major industry players have raised nearly £1 million to fund the newly launched East Malling Research (EMR) Strawberry Breeding Club.
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ArticleSolid gains for Southern Hemisphere pears
The Southern Hemisphere pear marketing season has got off to a strong start as exports continue to climb
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WTO talks failure splits banana deal
A new EU banana import regime and an end to the long-running dispute between Latin American exporters and the European trading bloc was more elusive than ever after the Doha round of WTO trade talks failed this week.
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NZ produce prices set to rise
Expect the price of New Zealand-grown fresh fruit and vegetables to rise, warns industry head at Horticulture New Zealand’s annual conference
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Price pressures prevail down under
Illustrating that the food price issue prevails on both sides of the world, New Zealanders have been told they are going to have to get used to paying more if they want to buy home-grown fresh fruit and vegetables.
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'Time to get radical' for Ethical Trading Initiative
The Ethical Trading Initiative’s (ETI) 10th anniversary conference is to look ahead to the next 10 years as a “time to get radical” in which it will be “no longer acceptable for companies to hide behind their audit reports”, it revealed this week.
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ArticleWFV reveals programme line-up
The forum programme has been revealed for this year’s World Fruit & Vegetable Show, to be held at London ExCeL on October 8-9.
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ArticleGlen Fyne canes make a debut
Canes for new raspberry variety Glen Fyne were launched for members of the Scottish Raspberry Breading Consortium last week.
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ArticleFruit flies detected in north Chile
The outbreak in Region XV does not appear to have affected the region’s agriculture sector
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ArticleBrammy award for Tesco
Tesco was last week awarded a 2008 Brammy award in recognition of its support for the Bramley apple industry in the last 12 months
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ArticleGrowers called to give labour evidence
Growers have been urged to fight labour shortages by providing empirical evidence for the effects the shortfalls have had on their businesses this season.
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ArticleQ2 net profit drop for Fresh Del Monte
Soaring costs have attributed to a fall in second quarter profit at the fresh produce group