Day: April 20, 2019

Euro Flora farm says it is doing its level best towards applying and making use of better practices which are said to have been effective in the floriculture development.

In order to make progress the company is now taking robust steps on improving production and productivity as well as employees handling and administration, Company Production Manager Gizachew Eshetu said.

The company has enabled surrounding households get access to basic developmental facilities and it has plan to expand the farm on condition that the challenges of power and water are addressed, according to Mr. Ram Chandra, Euro Flora General Manager.

Relevant experience sharing platform, prompt responses of governmental offices at different levels and support from pertinent sector stakeholders could play a pivotal role in achieving its goals.

With 150 employees, the farm is developing roses in eight greenhouses on eight hectares. The Middle East is its market destination and it imports farm input from South Africa.

With the objective of identifying challenges and opportunities in the horticulture sector, the Ministry of Trade and Industry Thursday held discussion with Fruit, Vegetables and Herbs farm representatives and stakeholders at Nexus Hotel.

Lack of laboratory facilities and absence of local quality parameters have been mentioned as major gaps in maintaining quality of the export products.

The horticulture sector is one of the four sectors whereby the government designed projects to provide close support. Along with textile, leather and agro-processing sectors the World Bank is working to provide support to building capacities in these sectors.

It is to be recalled that the country earned 243 million USD from flower export  and 63.16 million USD from Fruit, Vegetable and Herbs respectively in 2017/18.

China’s largest horticultural fair, Hortiflorexpo IPM Shanghai, opens today in the Shanghai New International Expo Center. Hortiflorexpo IPM Shangahi is expected to see some 900 exhibitors from 31 countries.

Until its conclusion on April 22, the trade public will find novelties and innovations from the Plants, Horticultural Technology, Floristry and Garden Features areas here. The visitors will not only gain a complete overview of new products and trends. A multifaceted supporting programme will invite them to exchange ideas and will impart the newest horticultural knowledge. The Chinese horticultural sector is becoming increasingly significant. In comparison with the preceding event in 2017, the exhibition area at Hortiflorexpo IPM Shanghai has been enlarged by nearly 25 percent to 50,000 square metres.

Major players in the sector such as EverGreen, Gavita, Dümmen Orange, Zimex, Danziger, Anthura, Deroma, Selecta, Compo, Klasmann-Deilmann and many others are expected to be part of the event. In total, 31 (in 2017: 30) exhibitor nations will be represented at Hortiflorexpo IPM in Shanghai this year: Australia, Belgium, Canada, China, Colombia, Denmark, Ecuador, Estonia, Ethiopia, Finland, France, Germany, Hong Kong, India, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Kenya, Latvia, the Netherlands, Poland, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Taiwan, Turkey, the UK, the United Arab Emirates and the USA. Official joint booths will come from Germany, the Netherlands, Ecuador, Colombia and Taiwan.

Isuzu East Africa has unveiled their first ever locally assembled Cold Chain logistic vehicles that are improvised to support farmers, hoteliers and a diversity of retailers in transportation of temperature –sensitive farm produce or products from factories to consumers in an entire supply chain with the aim of quality preservation.

You can read more at:

https://www.hortinews.co.ke/2019/04/15/isuzu-ea-introduce-cold-chain-logistic-vehicles/

Horticulture waste to soon be turned into organic manure 

In order to address the issue of horticulture waste such as dry leaves and plants from 700 parks and green belts, the Noida Authority plans mass treatment of about five tonnes of horticulture waste per day to turn them into organic manure and sell them at a nominal price to residents. “We have been witnessing a huge pile-up of leaves all across Noida. These leaves have become a problem to deal with. They even trigger fire at a few places. We will now turn these waste leaves into compost,” said Rajeev Tyagi, the general manager of the Noida Authority.

For this, it has roped in experts in organic manure and has begun pilot projects by digging pits for compost in two places, including a Sector 8 nursery and along the Yamuna river front opposite Sector 15 A Park. A third location is being considered.

You can read more at: https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/noida/horticulture-waste-to-soon-be-turned-into-organic-manure/articleshow/68913887.cms

Growing from around 2,500 plants to a million plants. That really is a success story. Luc and Steven grow strawberries all year round. Clients sometimes come from afar to taste them. The strawberry vending machine near the entrance of the company turns out to be a veritable magnet for hungry visitors.

The strawberries from Moerkerke turn out to be a desirable delicacy, both for the regular consumer and bakers and restaurants in the region. But how do you grow from 12 rows of strawberry plants to a profitable company with more than six hectares in hardly thirty years?

You can read more at:

https://www.hortidaily.com/article/9091521/how-do-you-grow-from-12-rows-of-strawberries-to-a-company-with-more-than-6-hectares/