Hellman-Aldoubi Technologies, four Israeli start-ups in the field of food-tech and one of the leading universities in Morocco signed an agreement to promote a project that aims to provide the protein consumption of 10 million Moroccans per day. Roni Hellman, founder and CEO of Hellman-Aldoubi Technologies: “We are proud to lead a consortium that will implement unique Israeli food-tech technologies in...
Indonesia Essential Oils: New Essential Oil from the Nampu Plant
The nampu plant (Homalomena aromatica) is a potential new raw material for essential oils. The Homalomena genus consists of 500 species. Distilled nampu comes from round-leaved and red-stemmed plants. Nampu that grows in the forest also has elongated and rounded leaves, with green stems. After being distilled, the oil characteristics of the two plants are different. The linalool content of...
Dutch seed firms see slight expansion of onion acreage
Seed suppliers for the cultivation of seed onions in the Netherlands expect a 3 to 7 percent expansion of the acreage for the coming growing season. The trend that the onion acreage shrinks in the southwestern part of the Netherlands and expands on the eastern sandy soils continues next growing season. “Based on our own sales figures, we expect the...
A microorganism allows Spanish cucumber to be fertilized naturally with iron
A microorganism, the FO12 strain of the fungus Fusarium oxysporum, allows the natural fertilization of cucumber plants, promoting the improvement of responses to iron deficiency. According to research developed at the University of Córdoba, Spain, this microorganism promotes the growth of the plant without having to resort to products that are harmful to the environment. Although the fungus Fusarium oxysporum is...
Italy’s Durum wheat in nosedive, interventions at the Supply Chain Table
In summary: At the Italian durum wheat/pasta table convened by Minister Francesco Lollobrigida, trade associations’ alarm over prices that have plummeted by a quarter in just two months made manifest amid proposals to protect the quality of the ‘Made-in-Italy’ production motif. For several weeks, durum wheat prices have recorded heavy declines in the main Italian marketplaces. “After a gradual slowdown between...
Argentina: Service crops improve degraded soils
An INTA research team is analyzing the short-term effects of the inclusion of different winter service crops on the physical, chemical and microbiological properties of a soil degraded by bean monoculture. The results of the study will contribute to generate strategies aimed at recovering soil health and minimizing soil degradation. In the NOA, the monoculture of the common bean, coupled...
Surplus grain not a problem, but an opportunity: An interesting point of view from the president of the Polish Pasta Chamber
Farmers, agricultural organizations and successive ministers of agriculture see only one solution to the problem of excess grain on the Polish market-stopping imports and increasing exports. Meanwhile, Marek Dabrowski, president of the Polish Chamber of Pasta, has a completely different proposal. The Food Portal published an interview by editor Jakub Szymanek with Marek Dabrowski, president of the Polish Chamber of...
EU production of sunflower seeds on a record course in 2023
Berlin- Especially in Romania and Hungary, a significant increase in the production of sunflower seeds is expected compared to the previous year. The expected declines in France’s and Germany’s sunflower seeds can thus be more than compensated. According to the latest estimates by the EU Commission, around 10.9 million tons of sunflower seeds are expected to be harvested in the...
Chile’s INDAP Maule launches intrapredial irrigation contest for corn farmers for $150 million
Until April 21, the users of INDAP Maule, who are dedicated to the Chilean corn sector, will have a deadline to apply for projects to the call for competition of the Intrapredial Irrigation Program promoted by this agricultural institution. This was announced by the Seremi (Secretary) of Agriculture, Ana Muñoz, the deputy National Director of INDAP César Rodríguez and a...
Soybeans: Brazil has week locked for new business with plummeting dollar and premiums, still negative
The soybean futures closed the trading session on Wednesday (12) in mixed field in the Chicago Board of Trade. The highlight for Brazilian producers of soybeans, however, was the plunge of more than 1% of the dollar against the real, taking the U.S. currency to R$ 4.93. With premiums down sharply and the CBOT redefining its route, prices in the Brazilian...