Almeria, Spain
April 8, 2008
The multinational company
Syngenta has issued
the 8th edition of S&G Peppers Today through S&G, its
horticultural seed brand for vegetables in Europe, Africa and
the Middle East. S&G Peppers Today is a communication tool
specifically centred around the world of peppers, and it has
been developed for all S&G clients in the business chain, with
information on production, processing and trading.
The 8th edition of
S&G Peppers Today focuses on:
- Integrated Crop Management
in Almerķa: Mr. Jose Martinez Portero, president of
Coexphal, talks about the challenges the pepper industry in
Almerķa has had to face during the most recent campaign.
Plus, this year results of the German laboratory that
initially reported levels of an unauthorized insecticide in
sweet peppers from Spain (Dec 2006), announcing this year
that none of the peppers tested exceeded maximum residue
levels (MRL).
- Morocco growing success in
pepper crops: Interview with Mr. Samir Tazi, vice president
of APEFEL, about the success and challenges of pepper crops
in Morocco, where the surface areas of pepper have almost
tripled in the last three years.
- Fresh Cut and Consumption
trends: Mr. Graham Alexander, an expert on the fresh-cut
industry who joined FTNON just over a year ago, provides an
overview of fruit and vegetable consumption trends in the
fresh food sector and explains what the consumer values
most.
- Evolution of Turkish
pepper exports (2005-2007): Consult the data compiled by the
Turkish Mediterranean Exporter Unions.
- Further topics: our
regular meeting point section and a special pepper dessert!
S&G Peppers Today is available in
digital format at
Peppers Today and appears every two months in HTML format.
Syngenta is a world-leading agribusiness committed to
sustainable agriculture through innovative research and
technology. The company is a leader in crop protection, and
ranks third in the high-value commercial seeds market. Sales in
2007 were approximately $9.2 billion. Syngenta employs over
21,000 people in more than 90 countries. Syngenta is listed on
the Swiss stock exchange (SYNN) and in New York (SYT). Further
information is available at
www.syngenta.com |
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