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JC 9465 has improved safety and increased production in various agricultural applications that use post-harvest wash systems and hydro-coolers to control cross-contamination and spoilage. The capital cost for installation and operating cost are less than at 1% of the cost of a conventional ozone system. In aquaculture ...
Recently PerfoTec integrated a PerfoTec Laser Perforation system on a manual film rewinder. This was the smallest installation in the history of PerfoTec. First things first: Research PerfoTec and the University of Foggia and, in particular, the Research group on Postharvest technology of Prof. Giancarlo Colelli and Prof. Maria Luisa Amodio (Dept of Agricultural Sciences, Food, Natural ...
Macfrut is a vertical exhibition that represents the entire supply chain, with 11 sectors involved: Seeds, Plant Breeding & Nursery, Crop Technologies, Production, Trading & Retail, Processing Machinery, Packaging Materials, Fresh Cut, Dried Fruit, Logistics and Services. The B2B meetings, specialised conferences, dynamic areas and many other events offer visitors not only business ...
Horticultural management and production (rootstocks, production methods, cultural systems, irrigation and sustainable approaches). Protected agriculture (greenhouse, shade-house, and tunnel). Integrated pest management (weed, insect and disease management). Post-harvest issues (post-harvest physiology and ...
The Brazilian company has developed a farm operating system with a suite of apps that tells equipment operators where and when they need to be. ...
Bioconservación participated from 28th to 31st March, 2017 in the “1st All Africa Post Harvest Congress & Exhibition” which took place in Nairobi (Kenya) and was the first congress on this discipline held on the whole of the continent of Africa. Under the slogan ‘Reducing Food Losses and Waste: Sustainable Solutions for Africa’, the congress brought together ...
Agri to become major contributor to economy The TAHA CEO says the main challenges facing the agri sector in Tanzania and the region include “a long list of regulatory bodies, unfriendly taxes and levies, unavailability of modern laboratories, extension services and infrastructures i.e. availability of cold storage facilities (to reduce post-harvest loss), ...
AGCO, Your Agriculture Company (NYSE:AGCO), a worldwide manufacturer and distributor of agricultural equipment and solutions, has announced a realignment of its regional structure which will see an increase in its on-the-ground presence in Africa and a further expansion of the Company’s significant operations on the Continent. Effective 1 January 2017, AGCO will restructure its Asia ...
The U.S. fresh market tomato annual harvest is approximately 27.3 million pounds with a value of $1.14 billion. ...
Findings from new University of Florida research may lead growers to produce avocados in the Indian River region of Florida, an area where the citrus industry has fallen on hard times. The research comes from a dissertation by Cristina Pisani, who recently completed her doctorate in horticultural sciences at the University of Florida Indian River Research and Education Center near Fort Pierce. ...
The Fruit Logistica fair will be held between the 3rd and 6th of February in Berlin, Germany. Bioconservacion will present their technology for ethylene removal and will show the benefits of having ethylene-free environments. We'll be pleased to greet you at our stand C-12, hall-25. Bioconservacion is specialized in post-harvest solutions for cold storage and transportation of the fresh produce. ...
During this symposium the latest insights will be presented in development, calibration and application of models in the entire field of the horticultural supply chain, from production over harvest to storage, retail and even consumption. The symposium is organised in the Forum building at Wagenignen Campus around four major topics: Growth and physiology of crops (plant ...
Apart from the above, Agri input companies making seeds, fertilizers, chemicals, irrigation systems, post-harvest technology and other components also exhibited. ...
The Training Center and Postharvest Unit at the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) organized a two-week course on the basic knowledge and skills necessary to become a certified postharvest trainer. Rice: Post-Production to Market Course was attended by participants from Australia, India, Lao PDR, Philippines, and Taiwan. The participants were introduced to different postharvest ...
Enduramaxx has confirmed that it will be exhibiting a range of sprayers, including ATV Sprayers, at this year’s Cereal: The Arable Event. The exhibition takes place over the 11th and 12th June at Grishall Grange, near Duxford, Cambridgeshire. Cereal is the leading technical event for the UK arable industry. 500 leading suppliers join Enduramaxx to display products and promote services to ...
Across the globe, universities play a significant role in a nation’s socio-economic development. They contribute to the advancement and dissemination of new knowledge. Umezuruike Linus of the Opara Faculty of AgriSciences, at Stellenbosch University, in South Africa, suggests that African universities must take up the mantle of reflective, critical and evidence-based analysis to allow a ...
The strategy includes alternative technologies to ensure food and energy security and preserving the natural freshwater systems of the Himalayas. Executive secretary of the Bhutan climate secretariat, Tashi Jamtsho, said while the 2010 Thimphu statement did not have a proper implementation mechanism, the new framework “has a mechanism to implement objectives laid ...