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A Hungarian tech company eliminates the risk of weather dependence due to renewable energy
One of the biggest challenges with regard to the widespread deployment of renewable energy sources is weather dependence and the resulting supply uncertainty. For this reason, experts see the solution...
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Nestlé Wins Sustainability Award with Smarties
The Smarties packaging is made of recyclable paper, paper labels, or cardboard. The paper stems from sustainable cultivation. For fans of the colorful “chocolate lentils”, on the product packaging, the...
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The future starts in the present: Future Trade conference
Early September Budapest was the host of the Future Trade e-commerce conference. There were nearly 50 speakers and a dozen exhibitors at the trade event. Márk Kocsis, managing director of...
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Copper breakthrough could make solar energy more sustainable and economical
Sydney-based solar technology startup SunDrive Solar has made a breakthrough in the materials used in solar panels that could significantly increase their efficiency and make them more economical. Solar panels are made of...
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Reduce your company’s carbon footprint by recycling paper towels
Essity would ship paper towels to the recycling plant instead of the Waste Site. The new initiative can be launched in Hungary next year. For Essity, which specializes in the...
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Air purifier recycles polluted air to be transformed into flooring tiles
India has the worst pollution levels in the world, causing more than one million deaths each year according to recent studies. To tackle this public health and environmental issue, startup Praan has...
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BioTechUSA launches new image building campaign
The latest BioTechUsa campaign, which is more than 20 years old, aims to show that it is not only an expert in gym training and lifestyle change, as its products...
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England is on the verge of breaking down because of brexit
No one should be surprised by the negative economic and social impact of Britain’s exit from the EU. It was clear that the country would have a worse economic performance...
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KSH: inflation was 5.5 percent in September
In September, consumer prices were on average 5.5 percent higher than a year earlier, the Central Statistical Office (KSH) said on Friday. The rise is in line with analysts ’preliminary...
Read moreKopint-Tárki expects much higher GDP growth, compared to its previous forecast
Kopint-Tárki expects a much higher GDP growth of 6.8 percent this year, instead of the 5-5.5 percent indicated in the summer, CEO Palócz Éva presented the research institute’s latest economic...
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NMHH: the advertising market is still below the pre-pandemic levels
Compared to last year, fewer product placings were launched in the first half of the year, compared to last year, and the market is still weaker than in previous years,...
Read moreThe pálinka of the Ministry of Agriculture was selected
Pálinka is one of the outstanding products of our nation and one of our Hungaricums, which represents world-class quality in both its appearance and internal values, said the State Secretary...
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Measures to support generational change in agriculture are constantly expanding
The current support system recognizes young farmers and encourages them to set up. At the same time, the planning of the Common Agricultural Policy after 2023 will help Hungarian agriculture...
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AM: geographical indications give respect to their owners
The Ministry of Agriculture considers geographical indications to be an important and useful tool for enhancing the competitiveness of quality agricultural products, which stand on the international stage in addition...
Read moreCzech retail sales increased
In August, the value of retail sales in the Czech Republic increased by 4.1 percent year-on-year calendary adjusted, the Czech Statistical Office said in Prague on Friday. Czech retail has...
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It would not only be good for agriculture if more cabbages were to be consumed
As in the past year, about 4,000 hectares of brassicas are grown in Hungary in 2021. Syngenta said at its professional event in Ócsa that the hungarian consumption of fresh...
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In the service of value and quality
On 9 September, the Value and Quality Awards were presented to the winners for the fourth time in the building of the Hungarian Parliament. Organised by DIAMOND Szervezőiroda Bt., ExVA...
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Here’s AMC’s new business development program: the Hungarian Food Business Program
The Agricultural Marketing Centre presented online, real-time food catalogue and event management software under the name of Hungarian Food Business Program in the 80th century. National Agricultural and Food Exhibition...
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The 2021 Sustainable Future Awards have been presented
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The Kiváló Minőségű Élelmiszer (KMÉ) trademark is on the screen again
The Agricultural Marketing Centre (AMC) is launching a national media campaign to promote the High Quality Food (KMÉ) trademark in cooperation with the Ministry of Agriculture (AM) and the National...
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Smurfit Kappa Launches Customisable eHealth & Beauty Packaging
Smurfit Kappa has launched a unique range of circular packaging solutions for the rapidly growing online health and beauty market. The customisable eHealth & Beauty portfolio includes sustainable, paper-based packaging solutions ideal...
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Kaufland Celebrates Five Years Of Quality Meat Programme
German retailer Kaufland is celebrating five years of own quality meat programme, launched in October 2016. Since then, the company along with its contract farmers, has been committed to better...
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Nestlé To Plant 3.5 Million Native Bamboo Clumps And Trees In The Philippines
Nestlé has launched a new initiative to plant two and a half million native bamboo clumps and a million trees over the next three years in the Philippines. This reforestation...
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OMÉK celebrates and embraces Hungarian farmers
A change of era is taking place in Hungarian agriculture and the Hungarian countryside, said István Nagy, Minister of Agriculture, at the opening of the National Agricultural and Food Exhibition...
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FAO Food Price Index rises further in September
World food commodity prices rose in September, led by tightening supply conditions and robust demand for staples such as wheat and palm oil, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the...
Read moreAnalysts: pension premium payment could give another boost to retail sales
Retail sales growth accelerated somewhat in August, but the pace is still below pre-pandemic levels. Demand may strengthen further in the coming months, and the payment of the pension premium...
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The members of Magyar Bankholding help the agricultural sector with huge loans
The member banks of Magyar Bankholding, Budapest Bank, MKB Bank and Takarékbank, have a total loan and leasing portfolio of almost 500 billion HUF in the agricultural sector, which together...
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Producer price growth in the euro area slowed in August
Producer prices in the euro area rose less in August than in the previous month and than expected, according to a report published by the European Union’s statistical office, Eurostat,...
Read moreThe value of online orders increased by 76 percent in the first nine months in Romania
The value of orders placed in online commerce in Romania increased by 76 percent and the number of orders increased by 54 percent in the first nine months, compared to...
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This year’s French wine production could be 27 percent lower than last year
The French Ministry of Agriculture has published a somewhat more optimistic forecast for wine production this year, which is expected to be 27 percent lower than last year. On Thursday,...
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