Nigerian tomato farmers estimate pest attacks lead to losses of 70%
Tomato farmers in Northern parts of Nigeria are currently combating the Tomato leaf miner. Apparently, it has threatened to push the cost of tomatoes up by 450 per cent, and led to a loss of 70

"Belgian asparagus production should be in full swing by week 17"
With the first snip, the Flemish Agricultural Minister, Jo Brouns, officially started the Belgian asparagus season last week. That, and Easter being over, however, does not mean that the "white

VIC is becoming increasingly international: from the NSB meeting in Australia to the Strawberry Symposium (NASS) in California.
CIV President Mauro Grossi explains: "During the Symposium, our partner Idris Consulting in the person of Prof. Johan Aelterman was the featured CIV speaker in the Genetics and Breeding session

The first Italian apricots make their debut on the market
We are not even in mid-April, the temperatures remind us of February, but Italian apricots are already beginning to peep into the market in Rome. In fact, for some years now, a small producer in