All Research & Development articles – Page 79
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Labour to improve poor families’ access to fruit and veg
New law proposed to tackle poor nutrition among children from lower income families
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Christmas comes early at Nunhems
Seed company presents Coliseo F1, the first Santa Claus melon variety with moderate resistance to the New Delhi virus
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Dragon fruit partnership delivers
A New Zealand aid programme helping to develop new varieties of dragon fruit is closing in on the commercialisation of a number of varieties
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Hort Innovation unveils new strategy
Grower-owned research and development corporation focused on driving growth within Australian horticulture
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Record graduates take "life-changing" course
The Marshall Papworth Fund teaches practical agriculture skills to students from developing countries
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AHDB calls for new SPot farm
Volunteers in the West Midlands wanted to host trials and help agronomists build knowledge for the industry's benefit
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Profit margins grow for first time in three years
UK fresh produce businesses see average profits (as a percentage of sales) rise to 1.3 per cent, outdoing European rivals
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£3.5m fund to tackle climate change in food
Fifteen ventures set to receive capital, training and support to help address climate change issues on the farm
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"Ignore claims that fruit is too sugary"
Experts on British Summer Fruits' panel highlight worrying trend of online extreme dieting and unqualified nutritionists
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Soil central to climate fight
Feeding a growing global population while cutting carbon emissions seems unrealistic until you see the results of Johannes Eisenbach’s ageing compost
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IGS reveal "hugely exciting" £5.4m funding
Indoor and vertical farm technology specialists boosted with new funding round, led by US agri-investors
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Omega Ingredients launches real wasabi
Ipswich-based supplier looks to distinguish itself from adulterated products, with most paste containing less than five per cent wasabi
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Crime against farmers ‘not properly tackled’
An estimated 137,000 farmers have fallen victim to crime with 80 per cent saying police aren’t doing enough to protect them
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Seedless lemon search
The hunt for quality seedless lemon varieties in South Africa has been a long and exhausting one
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Lords appoint new committee on food poverty
Group will examine impact on public health and environment, and look at how diets can be made more sustainable, affordable and healthy
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JHI researchers top bill at berry symposium
Dr Dorota Jarret and Nikki Jennings will discuss challenges of growing Rubus and Ribes crops in Scotland and genetic markers
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Social media alerts growers to moth invasion
Diamondback moths return to UK brassica fields with fears the infestation may be as serious as in 2016
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£6.4million for new agri-robotics centre
University of Lincoln receives significant funding from government's innovation grant
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Strawberry mildew trial halves treatment costs
New disease control method from AHDB cuts inputs by 50 per cent on preventing powdery mildew
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Personalised nutrition tipped for boom
Bespoke food shopping is set to grow substantially in the next decade according to Rabobank