Trends in landbouw en voedsel

An international team of scientists reveals that a unique strain of potato blight they call HERB-1 triggered the Irish potato famine of the mid-nineteenth century

Eima Maschinen- und Förderanlagen GmbH (Germany) and Wintech Taparia Ltd. (India) are joining hands

Emsland Group, a manufacturer of potato starch and dehydrated potato products, will acquire Mecklenburger Kartoffelveredlung GmbH, a manufacturer of dehydrated potato products.

FRUIT LOGISTICA, the leading event for the international fresh produce trade sector, fully lived up to the high expectations.

From 6 to 8 February 2013, a total of 2,543 exhibitors from 78 countries will be presenting not only the entire product and service range that so amply supplies consumers with fresh fruit and vegetables (and potatoes!) , but also numerous interesting i...

On 28 January a cloud of Nitric acid escaped from the chemical plant of Emsland-Stärke GmbH, Emlichheim, Germany.

ODENBERG and BEST, part of TOMRA Sorting Solutions, will showcase different systems from their market-leading sensor-based optical sorters. The newly formed company exhibits for the first time together in Germany.

Fresh produce industry companies with innovative products or services are invited to apply for the FRUIT LOGISTICA Innovation Award (FLIA) An official award ceremony on 8 February 2013 will be held to announce the winners.

Bayer CropScience announced today the completion of its purchase of AgraQuest, Inc., a global supplier of innovative biological pest management solutions.All required transaction waiting periods have expired without objection from the relevant competit...

BASF Plant Science will again conduct field trials this year with genetically optimized potatoes which are undergoing the EU approval process.

Verhoging van de productiviteit en daarmee of tegelijkertijd kostenreductie realiseren. Dat is een belangrijke trend en drijfveer voor innovatie, zo bleek op de Anuga FoodTec in Keulen. VMT noemt als tweede trend "duurzaamheid"en de derde on...

Food products with high phosphate contents are damaging to the health of the general public, and as such should be labelled, say researchers behind a new study. The report – published in Deutsches Ärzteblatt International – selectively reviewed resear...

From 27th to 30th March 2012 the international food technology sector will once again meet at Anuga FoodTec in Cologne. Anuga FoodTec offers the international food business an information and purchasing platform that covers the entire spectrum of techn...

With a complete market overview of international fresh produce business logistics, the 20th edition of FRUIT LOGISTICA highlights the event's status as the industry's leading trade fair.

La empresa química alemana BASF ha anunciado este lunes que renuncia a desarrollar y comercializar en Europa organismos genéticamente modificados, entre ellos la polémica patata transgénica 'Amflora', debido al fuerte rechazo social en la mayoría de Es...

De laatste maanden zijn er in Duitsland bijzonder veel aardappelen afgezet met als stempel tweede soort of voor de verwerking tot biogas of zetmeel. Dit komt door de grote Duitse aardappeloogst.

Volgens actuele schattingen zijn er dit jaar in Duitsland zo’n 11,9 miljoen ton aardappels gerooid van een totaal aardappelareaal van 259.400 hectare.

Food Ingredients Europe 2011 in Paris is the global meeting point of the food and beverages industry. This year too K + S Kali GmbH will be attending as manufacturers. K+S KALI GmbH is presenting its highlights of the year, such as KaliSel – its brand...