CIOPORA Annual General Meeting in Miami revisited
16 May 2012
Upon its return to Europe from Miami, FL, where the latest Annual General Meeting of the association took place, CIOPORA draws a balance of the productive and intensive work and fun week in Miami. The President of the association Andrea Mansuino emphasized in his welcome speech...
More participation at Dutch fair Plantarium
16 May 2012
The number of national and international registrations for participation of the Dutch fair for garden plants Plantarium 2012 continues to grow. The Plantarium 2012 will be held in the Plantarium building at the International Trade Centre in Boskoop-Hazerswoude, from 22...
Retailers becoming more dependent on Africa
16 May 2012
The world’s supermarkets are slowly but surely becoming more dependent on Africa as a source of agricultural produce, says Geoffrey White, CEO of UK-based pan-African investment company Lonrho. “Historically Africa has always been dependent on the rest of the world. The balance...
Less flower farms in the Netherlands
16 May 2012
After 2000 the number of cut flowers in the Netherlands went down by 56% to 1453 companies in 2011. According to figures of the Dutch national statistical bureau CBS, the area of cut flowers cultivation in 2011 was 23% smaller than in 2000. In 2011, there was an average worker...
Dutch export flowers and plants down by 7% in April
16 May 2012
The export value of flowers and plants from the Netherlands in April dropped by 7% to € 505 million, compared with last year. As a result, the cumulative growth until April dropped to 3%, <//span>after the growth was 7% over the first quarter of the year. For the...
New automatic driven harvesting trolley for gerbera
16 May 2012
Berg Hortimotive developed an automatic driven harvesting trolley for gebera. in the next weeks teh firs growers will start to use the tolley. For internal transport in the Gerbera cultivation, various growers use automatic driving harvesting trolleys already for some time. In...
