Tomatoes

The tomato is the edible berry of the plant Solanum lycopersicum, commonly known as a tomato plant. The species originated in western South America and Central America. The Nahuatl (the language used by the Aztecs) word tomatl gave rise to the Spanish word tomate, from which the English word tomato derived. Its domestication and use as a cultivated food may have originated with the indigenous peoples of Mexico. The Aztecs used tomatoes in their cooking at the time of the Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire, and after the Spanish encountered the tomato for the first time after their contact …

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CCGA: The Chicago Council on Global Affairs · 5 April 2024 English

The sheer complexity of Big Data in agriculture and the lack of legal and common operational frameworks, however, has impeded integration and poses a challenge to the most effective fu- …

perishable, seasonal crops such as salad greens, tomatoes or berries, improving consumer accessibility to despite growing demand for indoor-grown crops like tomatoes and leafy greens. Despite high profile CEA failures


World Bank Group · 4 April 2024 English

of value chains supported (persimmon, apples, tomatoes, mushrooms, pigs, goat milk, honey, rural/eco-tourism


Nordic Co-operation | Nordic Council & Nordic Council of Ministers · 27 March 2024 English

This report explores the potential of Urban Agriculture (UA) to enhance food security, improve resource efficiency, and promote smart, resilient, and circular cities. The discussion is framed within the scope …

peat and sewage digestate-based compost to grow tomatoes. Results showed that sewage digestate-based compost


FPRI: Foreign Policy Research Institute · 26 March 2024 English

Consider the following pieces of a puzzle. Russia’s war against Ukraine has revealed stories about the heroic resistance efforts of Ukrainian women: from a

Russia was attacking by throwing a jar of pickled tomatoes at it,” Business Insider, March 8, 2022, https://www


World Bank Group · 26 March 2024 English

Survey data on household consumption are often unavailable or incomparable over time in many low- and middle-income countries. Based on a unique randomized survey experiment implemented in Tanzania, this study …

peas, beans, lentils, and other pulses; Onions, tomatoes, carrots, and green peppers; Spinach, cabbage


World Bank Group · 26 March 2024 English

hectare for rice and 38.41 tons per hectare for tomatoes among CIG farmers. These figures are slightly


TNI: Transnational Institute · 26 March 2024 English

The solar plant pays rent to the landowners but displaces the rest of the population: ‘A village is not just for the big landowners. [...] The growing prevalence of household …

dedicated to desalination and heating for greenhouse tomatoes. After an initial wave of investment, state regulations


World Bank Group · 25 March 2024 English

primary crops tend to be corn, potatoes, and tomatoes, the yield for irrigated crops is 169 percent


EU: European Union · 25 March 2024 English

(*) 0231000 (a) Solanaceae and Malvaceae 0231010 Tomatoes 0231020 Sweet peppers/bell peppers 0231030 Aubergines/eggplants


WWF: World Wide Fund for Nature (UK) · 21 March 2024 English

Already over the last five years Wales has experienced several extreme weather events, including the ‘Beast from the East’ and heavy snowfall in 2018; summer drought in 2018 followed by …

retailer limited purchases of peppers, cucumbers and tomatoes to three units per person (Butler, 2023). With


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