"Virus pressure, energy price discourage speciality tomato cultivation this season"
Belgian cooperatives seem to increasingly be experiencing an acreage shift. This season, due to virus pressure and high energy prices, more and more of both Coöperatie Hoogstraten and BelOrta

Cutting robot increases yields
"We’re well-positioned regarding what the market needs: robotizing the cutting process," begins Jeroen Pannekoek, PIP Innovations' Managing Director. This Dutch company focuses on robotized

Tegut has announced plans to take over an organic supermarket chain
Fewer than two-fifths of Italians satisfied with grocery shopping experience Just under two fifths (39%) of Italian consumers are satisfied with their supermarket shopping experience, according to

The authorities of Transnistria introduced a duty on the export of local onions
Transnistria has imposed a duty of $0.7 per 1 kg on the export of onions to prevent an increase in prices on the domestic market. The Transnistrian government decided this on March 30th. The duty