This is a map of the world weighted not by land mass or navigation lines but around how much wealth each country has. North America and Western Europe balloon to enormous proportions — even after adjusting for purchasing power, 46 percent of global wealth in 2002 was in their hands.
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Source: vox.com / worldmapper.org
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Top 5 -yesterday
- Heritage Farms' new greenhouses enter second season, with new growers?
- Pure Harvest to build more indoor farms in Saudi Arabia
- Why irrigation and nutrients should be well distributed in substrate bags
- A more natural form of artificial lighting with an LED pulse technology system
- Paper packaging solution now also available as banderole
Top 5 -last week
- Combining vertical farming and greenhouse horticulture to decentralize lettuce production
- Fresh produce chain hit by Lakeside Produce’s bankruptcy
- Growy acquires assets and team of Kalera International (&ever)
- Positive vibes on the first day of IPM '23
- CAN: Land Betterment acquires 50% ownership in greenhouse operations
Top 5 -last month
- How farmers are cutting out supermarkets
- Combining vertical farming and greenhouse horticulture to decentralize lettuce production
- Higher light transmission and lower heat demand with double foil greenhouse
- Fresh produce chain hit by Lakeside Produce’s bankruptcy
- 30MHz declared bankrupt, curator 'optimistic about restart'
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Other news in this sector:
- 2023-01-31 Teaching self-sustainability to schools and communities across South Africa
- 2023-01-31 Despite challenging 2022, Serbian fruit exports are increasing
- 2023-01-31 UK: Plans for more soft fruit polytunnels at a Colworth farm are resubmitted
- 2023-01-31 More than 5,000 tons of tomato arrived in Russia from Turkmenistan since the start of '23
- 2023-01-31 France is preparing a law allowing the industry to better negotiate with retailers
- 2023-01-31 Rising temperature complicates the flowering of peppers in Morocco
- 2023-01-31 Cucumber season expected to end two to three weeks earlier
- 2023-01-31 Spanish zucchini exports decrease by almost 22% while purchases of Moroccan zucchini increased by more than 33%
- 2023-01-31 Mint is seeing an interesting pickup in demand
- 2023-01-30 French imported lettuce price rises slightly
- 2023-01-30 Cultivating urban farming in Malaysia
- 2023-01-27 Sub-zero frosts harm Murcia crops
- 2023-01-27 Greenhouse horticulture goes for people-oriented employment
- 2023-01-27 Increased energy costs hit winter production of cucumbers on the northern hemisphere hard
- 2023-01-27 Italy exports approximately 60% of its tomatoes to the US every year
- 2023-01-27 New white strawberry variety targets year-round supply
- 2023-01-27 Higher cucumber pricing reflects lessened supply and inflated costs
- 2023-01-26 UK cucumber growers won't plant until late February or March
- 2023-01-26 Prices of tomatoes skyrocket at Koyambedu market in Chennai
- 2023-01-26 Qatar produces more vegetables than it needs
