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Rijk Zwaan honoured with Asia Fruit Impact Award 2025
Rijk Zwaan is very proud to be one of the four winners of the Asia Fruit Awards 2025. The Impact Award was presented to the Dutch vegetable breeding company for its investments in Asia, benefiting both the fresh produce supply chain and the wider agricultural and horticultural communities.
Supporting organic vegetable growers in Africa
Food safety is very important to consumers in Africa and this is driving demand for organic vegetables. That’s why Rijk Zwaan, distributor Holland Greentech and Dutch advisory organisation PUM recently joined forces to provide training in organic crop production methods for growers and advisors from Rwanda, Burundi and Kenya. The training session was held in Kilagi and Kabuga on 19 August. “It is a journey that has started today,” comments participant Serge Muhire.
Rijk Zwaan launches iceberg lettuce varieties with new aphid resistance
Rijk Zwaan has introduced the first two iceberg lettuce varieties – Happinas RZ and Friendlinas RZ – with a high resistance against biotypes 0 and 1 of the extremely troublesome blackcurrant-lettuce aphid Nasonovia ribisnigri (Nr:0,1). This innovation by the Dutch fruit and vegetable breeding company is a very significant development for lettuce growers and their customers, especially in Europe.