Championing Sustainability with Gulfood Green
18 January 2023
Gulfood Green is a new global sustainability initiative, to nurture and use the platform to ignite and continue conversations within the wider community, to create a momentous shift towards more resilient and sustainable food production and consumption.
The main objective is to raise visibility and influence key strategic food industry champions for sustainable food systems transformation in the lead up to COP28 and set a precedent for the future.
There is really no other industry where you can have a greater impact.
Join Gulfood Green! As we move from agenda to action with Gulfood Green, and continue to look at practical ways to reduce food waste and to eat sustainably - for the protection of our planet.
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“We Have Become the Laughingstock of Europe": Fresh Produce Consortium Chief Blasts UK Border Strategy
7 May 2024
Nigel Jenney, Chief Executive of the Fresh Produce Consortium (FPC) has condemned the UK government's post-Brexit border solution. “The Government has single handily created the world’s most inefficient and expensive border,” stated Jenney. “This once in a lifetime opportunity has been squandered and we now await Government enforced consequences for both businesses and consumers”. »
Major Echinothrips monitoring improvements with new Bug-Scan® Green sticky trap
6 May 2024
“For a thrips species that rarely flies, attractive sticky traps are key for effective scouting – an essential part of an effective IPM control programme,” says Yannah Cornelis, Product Manager for monitoring and scouting. “Echinothrips americanus Morgan, or ‘Echinothrips’, is rarely found in flowers which is why growers have had to rely on scouting the lower plant canopy to detect them. »
Varietal innovation and certified quality: two events dedicated to plant nurseries
2 May 2024
In the last few years, the Italian plant nursery industry has emerged as a strategic player in the evolution of fruit supply chains. Initially established and developed in a regional context, it has subsequently undergone a process of self-organisation, aggregation and expansion, reaching beyond national borders to become a leading international industry. »