All Research & Development articles – Page 214
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Article"Eat or be eaten", warns Jackson
The fresh produce sector is ripe for further consolidation, as pricing pressure from the major retailers continues to take its toll.
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ArticleBrassica sales primed for good growth
Sales of cauliflower, cabbage, broccoli and sprouts are underperforming and require more new marketing ideas
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ArticleNZ research groups to merge
New Zealand’s Crop and Food Research and HortResearch are to merge on December 1 into a new Crown Research Institute (CRI)
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ArticleUganda fights off BBW
Banana growers in the African country are combating banana bacterial wilt disease
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ArticleHeritage varieties get Smart
Specific SmartFresh™ use recommendations are being developed for British heritage apple varieties.
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M&A activity on the up
M&A activity in the UK food sector increase in the first half of 2008.
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ArticleMAFC launches papaya hybrid
The Malaysian group will send trial shipments of its new Paiola branded fruit to Europe in October
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Horticultural R&D: fund it or lose it
Horticultural research and development must find new funding streams urgently or it will disappear.
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ArticleNuffield scholars to speak at Wilkins & Sons
Wilkins & Sons is to run an open day featuring presentations from Nuffield scholars Felicidad Fernandez and Sarah Calcutt, in a bid to encourage more candidates to sign up for 2009.
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ArticleNew Zealand R&D firms consider merger
Crop & Food Research and HortResearch, two of New Zealand’s leading agricultural research groups, are considering a merger
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Gfk withdraws from TNS race
Advertising group WPP has been left as the only bidder for UK-based market research group Taylor Nelson Sofres
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New Panama disease strain spreads
A new strain of the banana disease that almost wiped out the industry last century is spreading
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ArticleNew Panama disease strain spreads
A new strain of the banana disease that almost wiped out the industry last century is spreading
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Poll sparks research debate
Freshinfo pollsters believe the UK industry undervalues research and development.
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ArticleSyngenta posts strong first-half results
Global demand for crop protection products and seeds set to continue growing, says group CEO Mike Mack
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ArticleThe Greenery puts faith in club varieties
The leading Dutch company says a greater emphasis on club varieties is helping marketers tighten up on quality and taste
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ArticleUK research groups eye Kirton
UK research organisations could be prepared to take on Warwick HRI’s Kirton research centre, which will be closed in spring 2009, avoiding the total loss of the 120-acre site to the domestic vegetable industry.
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ArticleMMG launches easy-peel orange
MMG is marketing an easy-peel orange in the UK for the first time this summer.
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ArticleNew grape is UK-bound
The first commercial volumes of a new California table grape are heading for the UK.
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Australia cuts research
Australian agricultural science is taking funding cuts across the board this week