Interviews
Interview with Juan Luís Pedro, president of Keepfresh Verde y Natural, S.L.
“Keepfresh protects produce and maintains its quality all the way down to the end consumer”
One of the challenges that fresh fruit and vegetable producers, distributors and point of sale managers have to face nowadays is produce continuing to ripen after harvest, due to the effect of volatile gases emitted by the product itself. How can this ripening process be controlled?
Syngenta Seeds Vegetables Peppers Today - March 2010
Interview with Gerrit Jan Kornet, Colourful Taste and P8
“The main objective in Holland is to enhance product quality, since our aim is to deliver high-quality peppers with a long shelf life”
Pepperstoday talked to Mr. Gerrit Jan Kornet, spokesman for Colourful Taste and P8, who offered his assessment of Fruit Logistica 2010 and his perspective of both the present position and the future prospects of the European pepper market. The Dutch company was present at the fair, exhibiting its varieties of sweet peppers, mini blocky peppers, and red, yellow and orange peppers.
Syngenta Seeds Vegetables Peppers Today - March 2010
Interview with Amr EL-BELTAGY • Product Manager – BELCO www.belco.com.eg
“To be successful we have to produce over 8 kg of peppers per square metre”
Belco made its first shipment of peppers in 2004, when 150 tons were transported by sea to Holland. Today, it is a major exporter of red and yellow peppers from Egypt to Europe and the Arab countries. S&G Peppers Today talked to Mr. Amr El-Beltagy, Product Manager of Belco, during FL2010. He reviews the achievements of his company and outlines the challenges that it faces in today’s pepper market.
Syngenta Peppers Today Newsletter 19 - February 2010
Interview with Mr. Frédéric Castoro, Pepper, Tomato and Eggplant Product Manager for Morocco and Senegal at Syngenta.
“We are extending our range of peppers grown in Morocco, be these for export or for the domestic market, which is our forte”
During the 2008-2009 campaign, Morocco produced nearly 59,000 tonnes of peppers for the domestic market and for export. Syngenta grows 7 different pepper types to serve both these destinations. The Syngenta research station based near Agadir develops programmes for the selection of specific varieties for Morocco. Yellow Fusetto Awrar is exclusively grown to the demands of this market.
Syngenta Peppers Today Newsletter 19 - February 2010
Mr. Gérald Lamusse: “In the fresh produce business you need trust and what the fair does essentially is provide that personal bridge”
Interview with Gérald Lamusse, Global Brand Manager of Fruit Logistica 2010
During Fruit Logistica 2010, Global Brand Manager Gérald Lamusse explained to Peppers Today the importance of attending the fair and Freshconex. Over 2,300 exhibitors decided to join Fruit Logistica 2010, whose main objective, according to Lamusse, was to bring together buyers and sellers to secure quality business by creating a personal bridge that enhances trust.
Syngenta Seeds Vegetables Peppers Today - February 2010
Mr. Anton Maris: “As a company, The Greenery differs from other international players by its very nature”
Interview with Anton Maris, The Greenery
The Greenery is one of the leading companies in Europe in the vegetable, fruit and mushroom sector. It supplies a comprehensive range of these products to supermarket chains in Europe, North America and the Far East throughout the year, while serving other major target groups such as wholesale businesses, catering companies and industrial processing companies.
Syngenta Seeds Vegetables Peppers Today - February 2010
Mr. Michael Kester: “Innovation is a driver behind vegetable growing”
Interview with Michael Kester, Syngenta Regional Head of Vegetable Seeds EAME
At Fruit Logistica 2010, Syngenta presented itself as an integrated company which offers not only seed, but also crop protection solutions. In an interview with Peppers Today during the fair, the Regional Head of Vegetable Seeds in EAME, Michael Kester, highlighted the importance of innovation and outlined how Syngenta aims to build a knowledge base on crop protection, biological control, seeds and resistances in order to contribute to sustainability.
Syngenta Seeds Vegetables Peppers Today - February 2010
Interview with Fulgencio Torres Moral, President of Hortyfruta
“Andalusian peppers are grown using biological pest management techniques which fully respect the environment and ensure a product of the highest quality”
On 27 November, the Andalusian Inter-Professional Fruit and Vegetable Organisation, Hortyfruta, held its third Ordinary General Meeting, at which Fulgencio Torres Moral, a member of the Granada Co-operative Association, was elected as the new president.
Syngenta Seeds Vegetables Peppers Today - February 2010
Interview with Julia Stewart, Public Relations Director of the Produce Marketing Association
Julia Stewart: "The PTI simply offers a voluntary solution to help industry achieve existing mandatory traceability requirements."
New product tracing systems was the subject of discussion in the United States last December. Traceability is already mandatory and since 2007 the supply chain has been working on a new Produce Traceability Initiative (PTI) to find voluntary solutions in order to help industry meet the existing requirements. Julia Stewart, public relations director of the Produce Marketing Association, outlines the main points of the new PTI, which aims to assist the fresh produce sector in achieving chain-wide, electronic produce traceability by 2012.
S&G Brassicas Today - January 2010
Interview with Ray Gilmer, Vice President of Communications, United Fresh Produce Association
Ray Gilmer: “Recalls in the produce industry are necessary to ensure public health and product quality, but they can also be very costly and can damage a product’s reputation”
Why has it become so necessary to have the knowledge to manage a product recall? Who are the key players involved? How can a product recall damage the image of your company? And most importantly, how can a product recall be managed successfully?
Syngenta Seeds Vegetables Peppers Today - January 2010
Mrs. Mª del Carmen Rodríguez • Agricultural Research Centre Finca la Orden-Valdesequera
“The Tristeza disease affects many pepper production areas to varying degrees all over the world”
Pepper Tristeza (meaning sadness in Portuguese), caused by the Phytophthora spp. fungus, is the most serious disease to affect this crop in Mediterranean countries, while it also has a significant impact in some areas of the United States. It damages the roots and neck of the pepper plants, causing them to wither quickly. Younger plants (3-4 leaves) are more seriously affected than adult plants.
Syngenta Seeds Vegetables Peppers Today - December 2009
Interview with Elizabeth Pivonka, Ph.D., R.D., president and CEO of Produce for Better Health Foundation
Elizabeth Pivonka: “Fruits & Veggies—More Matters offers a gentle reminder to consumers to do what they already know they should be doing”
Fruit and vegetable intakes in the United States have remained at more or less the same level in recent decades; indeed, data from the Economic Research Service of the USDA confirms that the intake of both bell peppers and chile peppers, which won the confidence of consumers in 2006, is now fairly stable.
Syngenta Seeds Vegetables Peppers Today, Newsletter 18 - December 2009
Interview with Andreas Steiner, Marketing Director for Vegetables North America at Syngenta
Mr. Andreas Steiner: “One of the biggest challenges with respect to peppers faced by all seed companies in North America, including Syngenta, is the complexity of this market"
Which peppers are most sought after by NAFTA consumers? What are the current trends in this region and what is the formula for success in this market? Peppers Today talks to Andreas Steiner, Marketing Director for Vegetables North America at Syngenta.
Syngenta Seeds Vegetables Peppers Today, Newsletter 18 - December 2009
Interview with Mr. Massimo Enzo, Global Crop Unit Leader for Solanacea, Syngenta Seeds
Mr. Massimo Enzo: “The Syngenta brand should be marketed not only with the seeds, but with a comprehensive range of hybrid-related services of genuine importance to our customers”
Trends in the pepper market are shifting at a global level for all the players in the chain. Key NAFTA pepper production regions are making the change from open field production to protected crops...
Syngenta Peppers Today Newsletter 18 - December 2009
Interview with Fermín Sánchez Navarro, director general of the HORTIBERIA Group
Mr. Fermín Sánchez Navarro: “If consumers want to fill their shopping basket with reliably healthy products, they should buy Spanish”
Syngenta Pepperstoday talks to Fermín Sánchez Navarro, director general of the Hortiberia Group, about the progress of the present campaign, future prospects and the challenges facing the sector.
Syngenta Seeds Vegetables Peppers Today - December 2009
SYNGENTA: HELPING BRING CRITICAL TRAINING RESOURCES TO THE PRODUCE INDUSTRY
Interview with Grant Aldridge, Crop Marketing Manager at Syngenta Crop Protection
After sponsoring "Training for Recall, Communicating Under Fire" in California, US, a few months ago, Syngenta has reinforced its commitment to food safety by sponsoring the same course in Florida, which was held on October 27-29.
Syngenta Seeds Vegetables Peppers Today - November 2009
Interview with Mr. Murcia, Tomato Product Manager Iberia, Syngenta Seeds Vegetables and Mr. García, Business Manager for Spain and Portugal, Syngenta Bioline
Mr. Murcia: “Syngenta’s products are synonymous with safety, innovation and efficiency”
Peppers Today interviews David Murcia, Tomato Product Manager Iberia for Syngenta Seeds Vegetables, and Federico García (Business Manager at Syngenta Bioline Iberia), who offer an evaluation of the first Fruit Attraction trade fair.
Syngenta Seeds Vegetables Peppers Today - November 2009
