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EU set for bumper apple crop | Horti Alliance
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EU set for bumper apple crop. EU set for bumper apple crop. Latest forecast predicts 2015 crop will be at least the second-largest in the past decade. His year’s EU apple crop is predicted to be some 12 million tonnes, representing a 4 per cent decrease on last year but an 11 per cent rise on the five-year average. Production conditions have been solid across the continent, with a mild winter, early spring and limited frost damage helping in the early days, but a heatwave in June and July having a detrim...
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Trade Event: AgriTech India | Horti Alliance
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Trade Event: AgriTech India. Trade Event: AgriTech India. Bangalore International Exhibition Center. Tumkur Road – Bangalore. Date(s) – 21/08/2015 – 23/08/2015. Bangalore International Exhibition Center. Agriculture is undoubtedly the largest livelihood provider in rural India. As we enter a new post WTO Scenario and IT revolution, new inventions are happening day by day in every sphere. Agriculture is not culture now, it is Agri Business! Govt Policies and Programmes :. After the grand success of our 7t...
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Antibiotic pollution of waterways may create superbugs of tomorrow | Horti Alliance
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Antibiotic pollution of waterways may create superbugs of tomorrow. Antibiotic pollution of waterways may create superbugs of tomorrow. A team from Macquarie University has proved for the first time that even low concentrations of antibiotics are polluting waterways, according to a study published today in Frontiers in Microbiology. Using low, realistic concentrations of antibiotics that might be found in waste water. Pollution comes from a variety of sources, including from antibiotics used during anima...
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Publications | Horti Alliance
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Innovation in Family Farming. FAO 2014 the state of food and agriculture. More than 500 million family farms manage the majority of the world’s agricultural land and produce most of the world’s food. We need family farms to ensure global food security, to care for and protect the natural environment and to…. Alternative research better suited to small farmers’ advocacy strategies. Empowering smallholder farmers in markets. ESFIM experiences with farmer led research for advocacy. Sometimes, small is bette...
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Seminars | Horti Alliance
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HortiAlliance BVB – Olivine. Philips HortiAlliance Multi Layer Growing with LED. Philips presents how the latest LED technology enables growers to produce in multi-layer growing systems. This meets the needs of large-scale commercial growers of vegetables as well as small-scale Urban gardeners or city farmers. Arend-Sosef and HortiAlliance Geothermal Energy for Horticulture. Arend-Sosef and HortiAlliance on geothermal energy. Subscribe to our Newsletter. 25/08/2016 - 27/08/2016 (All day). 31 180 487 779.
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Clean-up costs for avian influenza outbreak estimated to top £1m | Horti Alliance
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Clean-up costs for avian influenza outbreak estimated to top 1m. Clean-up costs for avian influenza outbreak estimated to top 1m. ENGLAND: Clean-up costs could run to as much as 10 per bird for egg producers whose layer units are hit by avian influenza. Whilst the Government takes responsibility for the preliminary cleansing and disinfection of an affected site, the bill for the secondary cleansing and disinfection is borne by the farmer. The work involves not only cleaning out the sheds, but also th...
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Blue LEDs can deactivate foodborne pathogens | Horti Alliance
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Blue LEDs can deactivate foodborne pathogens. Blue LEDs can deactivate foodborne pathogens. A team of scientists from the National University of Singapore (NUS) has found that blue light emitting diodes (LEDs) have strong antibacterial effect on major foodborne pathogens, particularly in cold temperatures (between 4 C and 15 C) and mildly acidic conditions of around pH 4.5. Their results have been published in. Existing studies on the antibacterial effect of LED illumination mostly evaluated its efficacy...
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Solar farms could make fertile habitats for bees and butterflies | Horti Alliance
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Solar farms could make fertile habitats for bees and butterflies. Solar farms could make fertile habitats for bees and butterflies. UK developer Solarcentury teams with a local habitat specialist to select, plant and cultivate native grasses and wildflowers at its solar sites. The buzz about the puzzling mass demise of honey bees, monarch butterflies and other crucial pollinators has prompted plenty of personal protection pledges. Now, a movement is afoot to plant these gardens at a much larger scale.
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Videos | Horti Alliance
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How I turned a deadly plant into a thriving business – Achenyo Idachaba. The water hyacinth may look like a harmless, even beautiful flowering plant but it’s actually an invasive aquatic weed that clogs waterways, stopping trade, interrupting schooling and disrupting everyday life. In this scourge, green entrepreneur Achenyo Idachaba saw opportunity.…. How we can make crops survive without water – Jill Farrant. Using nature’s genius in architecture – Michael Pawlyn. Imagine a country with abundant power ...
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All events | Horti Alliance
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25/08/2016 – 27/08/2016. Oregon Convention Center, Portland OR. 06/09/2016 – 07/09/2016. Four Oaks Trade Show. FOUR OAKS TRADE SHOW, Macclesfield, Cheshire,. 13/09/2016 – 16/09/2016. 21/09/2016 – 23/09/2016. Food Ingredients – Asia. 05/10/2016 – 06/10/2016. 07/10/2016 – 11/10/2016. Taste the future – Anuga. 12/10/2016 – 14/10/2016. IFEX 2016 – Japan. IFEX Show Management, Tokyo. 16/10/2016 – 20/10/2016. Inspire Food Business – SIAL Paris. Parc des Expositions, Villepinte. 13/11/2016 – 15/11/2016.
