All Research & Development articles – Page 64
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ArticleNet-zero production gets £1m research funding boost
Six sustainable horticulture projects receive funding from Growing Kent & Medway for projects to boost resilience to climate change, improve pest and disease resistance, and increase crops’ nutritional value
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ArticleShoppers seek value as inflation hits 11-year high
Kantar reports “clear flight to value” as supermarket shoppers watch their spending and sales fall by almost six per cent in latest 12-week period
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ArticleHouseholds with children already saving to afford Christmas
Retail inflation is pushing some UK families to start saving already with their Christmas shopping bills in mind
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ArticleEat Them to Defeat Them ‘responsible for £92m in veg sales’
Econometric analysis concludes that healthy eating campaign has contributed to significant uplift in child vegetable consumption
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ArticleSmartleaf tech lands Queen’s Award
Babyleaf supplier JW European rewarded for patented misting technology to boost the shelf life of bagged salads
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ArticleHazel Technologies opens new Chicago HQ
New office and research space opens on Earth Day to highlight the company’s commitment to reducing food waste
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ArticleNew biosecurity strategy for Australia
Second-generation plan aims to strengthen plant biosecurity system over next decade
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ArticleNew logo for Global Plant Genetics
Fruit breeder's rebranded identity will convey global reach and commitment to environmental improvement
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ArticleMolari puts down new roots
New growth in already buoyant berry market requires investment in top-quality plants, says one of Italy’s top breeders
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ArticleUK retailers should break free from ‘race to the middle’
Bryan Roberts of Shopfloor Insights says British supermarkets can learn from retailers overseas by differentiating from the discounters and not becoming too obsessed with cutting costs
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ArticleBerry Gardens in vertical farming trial with JFC
Soft fruit co-op to pilot vertical strawberry production at Jones Food Company’s R&D centre in bid to supply British strawberries year round
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ArticleFresh funding for fruit pest pheromones
Rothamsted Research spin-off PheroSyn wins government funding to scale up production of sustainable pheromone traps for pear midges
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AnalysisEFSA reveals new pesticide report
The latest annual report from the European Food Safety Authority shows that nearly 95 per cent of samples fell within legally permitted levels
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ArticleAvocados lower heart disease risk
Two servings of avocado a week linked to a lower risk of cardiovascular disease
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ArticleFruit forecast AI 'could save millions'
Three-year project aims to transform harvest-forecasting ability in Scottish soft-fruit sector
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ArticleInflation starts to drive shopping behaviour
Supermarket sales down as people eat out more, while inflation begins to affect shopping behaviour and retail pricing strategies
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ArticleBees deliver anti-botrytis booster
System using bees to ‘immunise’ strawberries from botrytis to be introduced in UK at online ‘Feel the Buzz’ event
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ArticlePotato Partnership 'to build on AHDB legacy'
New collaborative potato project will take up where AHDB left off and tackle pressing production challenges facing potato growers
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ArticleGrapa Varieties appoints new CEO
Table grape breeder announces Shiko Domovitz as its Chief Executive Officer, succeeding Rafi Karniel
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ArticlePairwise launches brand for gene-edited fresh produce
Stoneless cherries and black raspberries among products set to be marketed under new consumer range