All Analysis articles – Page 6

  • Greenyard Fruit Logistica 2019
    Analysis

    Shoots of recovery?

    2019-11-21T16:47:53Z

    Greenyard’s results for the first half of its financial year show ‘encouraging signs of recovery’ as its transformation plan kicks into gear

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    Analysis

    Is electricity the future of weed control?

    2019-11-20T13:53:47Z

    RootWave is carrying out trials on commercial horticulture farms to provide an electrical alternative to chemical control

  • prepared salad
    Analysis

    Prepared produce must chop plastic waste

    2019-10-18T11:00:51Z

    Kantar consumer insight director Joe Shaw Roberts looks at what the prepared produce category needs to do to reverse declines

  • Costa Rica bananas
    Analysis

    Back and forth for bananas

    2019-10-15T16:02:27Z

    In the UK banana business, the balance of power as far as who handles imported bulk shipments in conventional reefer vessels remains delicately balanced between just two south-coast ports

  • mam_350858_589227-de-2
    Analysis

    Is China's avocado boom slowing?

    2019-09-27T15:36:48Z

    Mexican avocado exporters are targeting Europe this season, as demand in China for their expanding production begins to wane

  • Dutch onions
    Analysis

    Scratch cooking boosts wholehead market

    2019-09-20T15:29:51Z

    Kantar consumer insight director Joe Shaw Roberts looks at how the home cooking trend is giving traditional produce a boost

  • Broccoli in field
    Analysis

    Brassicas benefit from health boom

    2019-08-23T11:12:02Z

    Kantar consumer insight director Joe Shaw Roberts looks at how brassicas are back in vogue as consumers look for healthy options

  • Onions
    Analysis

    Australian vegetable exports climb

    2019-08-22T23:27:35Z

    Suppliers respond to pockets of demand in Europe and Asia, with carrots and onions leading the charge

  • Broccoli Xtend iceless packaging comparison
    Analysis

    End of the Ice Age?

    2019-07-22T10:53:27Z

    Stepac says its Xtend packaging can help eliminate the need for ice when transporting vegetables like broccoli

  • Green bananas generic
    Analysis

    Crispr: A silver bullet for bananas?

    2019-05-30T21:24:32Z

    Expert says regulation is the only thing standing between the banana industry and a solution to a whole host of common problems

  • Cape Town shipping
    Analysis

    What happens next in South Africa?

    2019-05-02T12:36:03Z

    South Africans go to the polls next week in perhaps the most important election since 1994

  • Pacific Produce avos Peru
    Analysis

    Reality check for avos?

    2019-04-15T17:00:03Z

    While demand continues to rise, albeit more slowly than before, importers must be mindful of fruit quality and fluctuations in supply, warns Rob Cullum of Pacific Produce

  • Banana prices
    Analysis

    Bananas: has a 'race to the top' begun?

    2019-04-01T15:05:39Z

    Alistair Smith of Bananalink charts recent changes in the banana market and considers some promising new signs for producers

  • Chile cherries
    Analysis

    Slowdown, what slowdown?

    2019-03-13T12:23:55Z

    China's 2018 fresh fruit imports are up 36 per cent over the prior year, despite the country's slowing economic growth

  • Dubai
    Analysis

    Deep farms: The future of food production?

    2019-02-11T10:53:04Z

    There’s been much talk of how vertical farming offers a solution to the impacts of climate change and population growth, but University of Nottingham academics Professor Saffa Riffat, president of the World Society of Sustainable Energy Technologies, and Professor Yijun Yuan, EU Marie Curie fellow, are preferring to look downwards for the future of food

  • Afourer 2
    Analysis

    Export growth for Australian citrus

    2019-01-03T02:57:46Z

    Shipments of oranges and mandarins to China continue to climb, while US demand stabilises

  • mushrooms
    Analysis

    Room for Manoeuvre?

    2018-11-29T17:04:18Z

    Poland is a key mushroom source for the UK market, which relies on imports to ensure it can meet demand. Michael Barker speaks to producer Grzybmar to find out how supply is shaping up and how it is bracing for Brexi

  • Tomra
    Analysis

    What will shape the supermarkets of the future?

    2018-11-21T08:43:09Z

    Bjorn Thumas of Tomra Food looks at the technologies and trends driving retail change

  • Romaine lettuce
    Analysis

    A new leaf for salad?

    2018-09-26T17:14:51Z

    High temperatures and health-conscious shoppers mean Brits are buying more salads despite hot weather and labour shortages putting pressure on producers

  • Gert Kema WUR
    Analysis

    Panama disease: the point of no return?

    2018-09-19T16:41:28Z

    The future looks bleak for the banana business as it struggles to contain the disease TR4, but Professor Gert Kema believes an escape route could be within reach, provided the industry works together. He speaks exclusively to Mike Knowles and Michael Barker