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Tomato is one of the vegetables with the highest production volume worldwide
EU: Vegetable production climbs 3% while fruit production falls 2%
Fresh vegetable production in Europe climbed to a total of 62 million tonnes in 2009, 3% up on the previous year. In contrast, the total fruit harvest slipped 2% to 37 million tonnes, according to information from the AMI (Agricultural Market Information service) in Bonn.
Syngenta Seeds Vegetables Tomatoes Today - February 2010
A new cookbook shows 88 ways to combine tomato & pepper
“Perfectmatch tomate y pimiento”, the new work from Gastromedia published in September 2009
"Perfectmatch tomate y pimiento" is a new cookbook published by the Spanish publisher Gastromedia, launched in September 2009 to show people the most flavoursome way of combining tomato (Tommy) and pepper (Peppe).
“Partnerships in the produce food chain” forum at FL2010
Breeding: Increased support of high tech laboratory analysis, faster varietal development and better vegetable varieties are required
World population growth and changing consumption habits have an ultimate effect on the vegetable value chain, future innovative trends in the fresh produce industry and breeding characteristics. This was one of the key points that came out of the forum held during Fruit Logistica 2010 entitled “Partnerships in the produce food chain”, at which one of the speakers was Michael Kester, Syngenta Regional Head of Vegetable Seeds EAME.
Syngenta Seeds Vegetables Tomatoes Today - February 2010
Spain: Tomato consumption grew by 3.4% in 2009
Average per capita tomato consumption totalled 13.26 kilos in first 11 months of 2009
619 million kilos of tomatoes were consumed in Spain in the first 11 months of 2009, 3.4% more than the volume recorded for the same period in 2008, according to data from the Spanish Federation of Fruit and Vegetable Producers/Exporters (FEPEX).
Syngenta Seeds Vegetables Tomatoes Today - February 2010
Investing in Senegal: Senegalese agriculture begins a transformation
Senegal is multiplying its initiatives in order to develop its agriculture in terms of quality and product diversification
Once dependent on peanut cultivation, Senegalese agriculture is beginning a transformation. From now on, Senegal will multiply its initiatives in order to develop its agriculture in terms of quality and product diversification, bolstering its range of off-season fruits and vegetables for export. Such is one of the challenges of the Programme for Agricultural Market Development in Senegal (PDMAS), which was launched in 2006 by the government of Senegal with the support of the World Bank, and pushed forward during the first business meeting on Senegal in France “Senegal International Business Meetings”.
Syngenta Seeds Vegetables Tomatoes Today - February 2010
China set to overtake US as largest grocery market by 2014
IGD forecasts that the Chinese grocery market will be worth €761 billion
According to international food and grocery expert IGD, China is set to overtake the US for the first time as the largest grocery market in the world by 2014.
Syngenta Seeds Vegetables launches Syngenta Vegetables portal
The new portal provides a single point of access to a great variety of information and tools
Syngenta’s vegetable seed business has launched a new portal, which integrates and provides direct access to Syngenta Vegetables’ most relevant sources of information.
Syngenta Seeds Vegetables Tomatoes Today - February 2010
Cuisine to be influenced by a “green” movement
American Forecaster publishes its predictions for 2010
Eat In Eat Out, a new publication from the American Forecaster launched in September 2009, which covers business and consumer trends in the food, beverage and dining industries, recently published its forecasts for 2010.
Syngenta Seeds Vegetables Tomatoes Today - February 2010
Internationally acclaimed Spanish chefs recognise the excellence of the Kumato® tomato
Syngenta Seeds and the magazine Vinos y Restaurantes launch the Kumato® Creative Recipes Competition
Spanish Michelin star chefs have recognised the excellence of the unique and authentic Kumato® tomato by creating original recipes based on this truly innovative tomato.
Syngenta Seeds Vegetables Tomatoes Today - February 2010
What improvements can be made to reduce production costs in tomato crops?
China is the main tomato producer worldwide representing 27 % of total worldwide tomato production
According to research conducted by the Price Observatory of the Ministry of the Environment and Rural and Marine Affairs (MARM), in the Spanish tomato sector post-production costs, resulted in the second stage of the chain, affect the price of the final product more than any other costs accounting for 17% the final price in the traditional chain and 16 % in the modern chain.
Syngenta Seeds Vegetables Tomatoes Today - February 2010
EU: Tomato imports up 22% in volume and 30% in value
Fruit and vegetable imports from non-EU countries fall by 12 %
Tomato imports into the European Union from non-EU countries increased 22% to a total of 374,650 tonnes in the period from January to September 2009, according to the latest estimates made by the Spanish Federation of Fruit and Vegetable Producers and Exporters (FEPEX). These imports were worth EUR 295 million, 30% more than in the same period one year earlier.
Syngenta Seeds Vegetables Tomatoes Today - February 2010
IGD forecasts consumer behaviour in 2012
Expectations are changing as consumers seek greater diversity in grocery channels
IGD has published the report “Shoppers in 2012 – is your business ready for them?”, which underlines how important it is for suppliers to be aware of shopper behaviours. According to this study, consumers will buy more at discounters, farmers’ markets and online.
S&G Brassicas Today - February 2010
Fruit Logistica 2010: Building trust and bridges between buyers and sellers
Under the slogan of “Bringing plant potential to life”, Syngenta presented itself as an integrated crop solutions and services company
Fruit Logistica 2010 has closed its doors with record participation figures: 53,000 visitors from 130 countries attended this event. “The objective of Fruit Logistica 2010 was to bring together buyers and sellers in search of quality business,” Global Brand Manager of Fruit Logistica, Gérald Lamusse, declared. “In the fresh produce sector you need trust, and this is fostered by building personal bridges,” he added.
Syngenta Seeds Vegetables Tomatoes Today - February 2010
USA: New website for tomato growers
“The Tomato Portal will help growers optimize their production practices and build their businesses.”
N.C. MarketReady, a program of North Carolina Cooperative Extension, has launched the Tomato Growers Information Portal that currently features N.C. State University production resources for both greenhouse and field-grown tomatoes.
North Carolina Research Campus - February 2010
Spain: Tomato imports down by 2,41% and tomato exports up by 12,75% in first 11 months of 2009
Germany, UK, France and the Netherlands remain the top Spanish tomato importers
The volume of Spanish tomatoes imports during the first 11 months of 2009 dropped by 2,41% compared with the same period of 2008, while exports decreased by 12.75%, according to data from FEPEX, the Spanish Federation of Fruit and Vegetable Producers/Exporters.
Syngenta Seeds Vegetables Tomatoes Today - February 2010
Global retail trends, balance of 2009
Indian retailer boom, discounters as recession winners and online shopping increase
The report “Global Retail Trends 2009 – Q4 update” published by Research and Markets illustrates the latest retailing market trends showing India as a booming retail market, the global discounters as winners of the global recession, the growing multichannel transactions in the United States and the online shopping increase.
Syngenta Seeds Vegetables Brassicas Today - February 2010
France: Government targets action to protect agricultural land
An additional 20,000 hectares is disappearing every year due to urban sprawl
The French government aims to halve the area of agricultural land being swallowed up and going to waste by 2020. This is seen as a growing trend on the outskirts of many town and cities.
Syngenta Seeds Vegetables Tomatoes Today - February 2010
Syngenta at Fruit Logistica 2010: Bringing plant potential to life
FL 2010 looks for new strategies to help the fresh produce sector deal with recession
Fruit Logistica 2010 has not only set out to provide an overview of global fruit and vegetable production and trade, but it has also confronted the current market situation by exploring new strategies for tackling the economic downturn. According to GLOBALGAP chairman Nigel Garbutt, the message for the fresh produce sector is to look to the long term with a focus on food safety and sustainability. Under the slogan of “Bringing plant potential to life”, Syngenta has been a prominent figure at Fruit Logistica...
Syngenta Seeds Vegetables Tomatoes Today - February 2010
TGA study proposes measures for beating tomato sector recession in the UK
UK’s tomato imports increased by 48% over period from 2000 to 2007
The UK tomato sector has had to face some tough times over the last few years as a result of rising prices and production costs, according to a study released by the British Tomato Growers’ Association (TGA), as reported by the Spanish Federation of Fruit and Vegetable Producers and Exporters (FEPEX).
Syngenta Seeds Vegetables Tomatoes Today - January 2010
“Let’s celebrate life every day”, the new F&V promotional campaign from Murcia
The Proexport project will reach the distribution channels of the UK and Germany
“Let’s celebrate life every day” is the slogan of the new campaign launched by the Murcian Association of Fruit and Vegetable Producers and Exporters (Proexport) and the Murcia Tourist Office, the aim of which is to promote this region in South-East Spain through the fruits and vegetables produced there.
Syngenta Seeds Vegetables Tomatoes Today - January 2010
Italy: Fruit and vegetable sales up 0.4% in 2009
68.1% of fruit and vegetable sales were made in supermarkets
According to Ismea (Institute of Services for the Agrifood Market), in spite of the crisis, fruit and vegetable sales increased by 0.4% in 2009. Vegetable sales rose by 1.3% and fruit sales by 2.9%. The research reveals that Italian consumers are still cautious and tend to buy products on special offer, frequently in the cheapest channels such as discounters, where the proportion of sales climbed from 7% in 2008 to 11% in 2009.
Syngenta Seeds Vegetables Tomatoes Today - January 2010
Up to 70% of Florida’s winter tomatoes affected by freeze
“There will be a little gap for a while, but there will be some movement. We have a reduction in a crop, not a wipe-out”
Florida’s winter tomatoes have been extensively damaged by a freeze that struck south Florida during the early morning hours of January 11. Indeed, many aspects of Florida’s agricultural spectrum have been affected by the low temperatures experienced through January.
Syngenta Seeds Vegetables Tomatoes Today - January 2010
Asian continent was top tomato producer in 2008
With just under 71.5 million tonnes, Asia accounted for 55% of the world’s tomato production
Almost 130 million tonnes of tomatoes were produced world-wide in 2008, 35% more than 10 years earlier. Asia was the top tomato-producing continent, with 71.5 million tonnes in 2008, which accounted for 55% of global production. This continent also showed strong growth (64%) between 1998 and 2008.
Syngenta Seeds Vegetables Tomatoes Today - January 2010
UK: No health hazard posed by English tomatoes
Pesticide Residues Committee releases the latest information about tomato pesticides in the UK
During the 2009 summer term, 78 samples of fruit and vegetables were analysed as part of the School Fruit and Vegetable Scheme (SFVS) testing programme. The SFVS entitles all four to six year old children in state-funded schools in the UK to a free piece of fruit or vegetable each school day. 11 tomato samples imported from Spain (6) and the Netherlands (5) were tested for up to 235 pesticide residues.
Syngenta Seeds Vegetables Tomatoes Today - January 2010
Heavy rainfall in Morocco
The national water reserve has gone from 9.3 billion cubic metres at the end of December 2008
The strong rains that fell on Morocco from 17 to 28 December 2009 certainly caused significant damage, especially in the Agadir region, but they have also led to improvements in the dam situation. Strong rains struck the entire Moroccan coastline up to Tangier, where the wind made it difficult for the water to empty from the wadis, thereby leading to flooding of the land.
Syngenta Seeds Vegetables Peppers Today - January 2010
Argentina: GHIA GROUP promotes integration and training at a horticultural meeting in Tierra del Fuego
Technicians discussed the future of the horticultural sector in their various regions
On 9-11 December 2009, the Argentine Intensive Horticulture Group (GHIA Group) organised a horticultural meeting focused on the exchange of experiences and training in Tierra del Fuego, Argentina. The event was the first of its kind in this sector to be staged in the extreme south of Argentina.
Syngenta Seeds Vegetables Tomatoes Today - January 2010
Agriculture and climate change lead agenda at 75th International Green Week in Berlin
Global Forum for Food and Agriculture Berlin 2010 put spotlight on agricultural policy
More than 300 symposia, seminars, forums and meetings have been organised for the International Green Week, the world’s biggest fair for food, agriculture and horticulture, which is taking place on 15-24 January in Berlin.
Syngenta Seeds Vegetables Tomatoes Today - January 2010
Shipments of Canary Islands tomatoes to Europe return to normal
Shipments of tomatoes from the Canary Islands in Spain to ports in the United Kingdom, Germany and France, their main destinations in Europe, have returned to normal as weather conditions improve across Europe, according to the Canary Islands tomato producers’ association Fedex.
Syngenta Seeds Vegetables Tomatoes Today - January 2010
Tomato pests update: Tuta absoluta, TYLCV and Chlorosis virus
The European and Mediterranean Plant Protection Organization (EPPO) has recently disclosed new information about pests in several tomato crops. First reports of Tuta absoluta in Spain and Italy, Tomato chlorosis virus in Brazil and Mauritius, and TYLCV in China and Bangladesh are described hereunder.
Spain: Growers in Andalusia commit to quality in 2010
The Andalusian Ministry of Agriculture has announced that it will introduce tougher inspections in order to guarantee that fresh products due for sale in the marketplace are of the highest quality.
Syngenta Seeds Vegetables Tomatoes Today - January 2010
Paraguay: Threefold increase in tomato imports in 2009
Tomato imports into Paraguay totalled 19,203 tonnes in 2009, more than three times the volume of tomatoes imported in 2008 (5,014 tonnes), according to data released by the Paraguayan Plant and Seed Quality and Health Service (SENAVE).
Syngenta Seeds Vegetables Tomatoes Today - January 2010
EC consumer satisfaction survey: Europeans are satisfied with the performance of their markets
The “Survey on consumer satisfaction with the retail distribution of goods” conducted by Ipsos Belgium on behalf of the European Commission reveals that, in general, European consumers are satisfied with the performance of their markets: it is easy and safe to shop in Europe with a wide enough range of retailers and products available.
Syngenta Seeds Vegetables Tomatoes Today - January 2010
NL: Four vegetable producer associations to merge
The Dutch vegetable producer associations Tradition, Westveg, Unistar and Brassica Group have merged to form a single force since 1 January 2010. The new company, to be called “Best of Four”, will comprise around 160 producers with a combined turnover of €200M.
Syngenta Seeds Vegetables Tomatoes Today - January 2010
EU farmers incomes fall by 12%
Farmers in the EU have seen incomes fall by the largest percentage since 2001, reported the European Union statistics agency on the 18th December. Falling demand and rising production costs have led to incomes falling by 12.2% this year, compared with only 2.5% in the previous year.
International Supermarket news - January 2010
Fruit&Tech Brazil shows potential for a 50% area growth in 2010
With a promising balance in its first edition, which ensures a long life outlook, the event comes back as Fruit&Tech, renamed to highlight its importance to the fruit market, focusing on business and technology.
Spaniards eat 14 kilos of fruit and vegetables per month
According to the Household Budget Survey (HBS) conducted by the Spanish National Statistics Institute in 2008 and released in December 2009, of the average figure of 4,647 euros that each household spent on food and non-alcoholic beverages in 2008, 9.2% went on potatoes and vegetables and 9.4% on fruit. The most money was spent on meat (24.5%).
Syngenta Seeds Vegetables TomatoesToday - December 2009
EU Comission's praise of abolition marketing standards adds insult to injury
Last week the European Commission proudly announced its delivery on cutting red tape imposed by EU legislation, citing among others the abolition of 26 fruit and vegetable marketing standards saving up to 970 million EURO to fruit and vegetable producers.
