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Global Category Director for Cherries - Chile, North America, Australia or New Zealand

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Africa Fruit Export Sales Manager - South Africa

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Tech is changing China’s grocery shopping for good

One year ago, grocery e-commerce wasn’t a particularly hot service in China. For consumers, stops at neighborhood markets were preferable—do these tomatoes have just the right…

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Global Category Director for Cherries - Chile, North America, Australia or New Zealand

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Shibaura Institute of Technology - Japan

An innovative contactless method for the timely harvest of soft fruits

Scientists develop convenient technique to measure ripeness using laser-induced plasma shockwaves and the ensuing vibrations on the fruit’s surface In agriculture, there are…

India: Bihar farmers worried about litchi and mango crops

Even after Basant Panchami – he festival that marks the preparation for the arrival of spring - this year, Bihar’s litchi and mango trees did not fully bloom.…

Foreign investment exceeded 10%

Chinese blueberry industry rapidly developed in 2020

Jilin Agricultural University published the '2020 Chinese Blueberry Industry Report' on the 5th of February. The report is based on data from Chinese blueberry…

Egyptian Valencia season in full swing

“This season prices for Valencias are about 20 cents lower”

The Valencia season in Egypt is in full swing, and demand is at a good position right now, as the season in India is coming to an end. Prices are lower than they were last…

DSV

DSV expands air freight capacity with new intercontinental air charter routes

DSV introduces three new intercontinental routes connecting five continents in order to accommodate customer demands in a global air freight market affected by lack of…

Chinese pineapple growers see results of strong demand

Pineapple farmer Wu Jianlian is quite content these days as he walks through his plantation in Guangdong's Xuwen county, at the southernmost tip of the Chinese…

Domestic sales suffer from the Covid-19 pandemic

Malaysian durian sales rely on Chinese market demand

According to specialists in the Malaysian durian industry, the ongoing pandemic has had serious negative consequences for domestic durian sales. That is why…

China and Serbia sign agreement on export of corn and sugar beets to China

Recently, Branislav Nedimović, Serbian Minister of Agriculture, and the General Administration of Customs of China signed an agreement on the export of corn…

Peruvian mango exports may increase by 30% if Chinese market is developed

According to Peruvian exporters’ association APEM, China is a market with huge potential for mangos. If issues relating to costs and fresh keeping associated…

Special Australia / New Zealand

Ian Albert - First Fresh

Positive but challenging 2020 season for persimmon and Meyer lemons

First Fresh New Zealand, based in Gisborne, New Zealand, is looking forward to the 2021 export persimmon and citrus season following a successful 2020 program says Managing…

Global Focus Bananas

Pol Vermeiren, Fresh Fruit, Dominican Republic

"We can now offer carbon-neutral organic bananas"

"The organic sector continues to grow, and considerably so in the United States. But there's been an oversupply of conventional bananas for years. This means lower prices, and…

Chile concludes cherry shipping season

TPS (Terminal Pacífico Sur Valparaíso), the operator of Port Valparaíso, Chile’s busiest port, recently announced the end of its cherry shipping season. From…

Kerala: Unseasonal rain affects ‘nendran’ banana yields

Nendran bananas, marketed mainly in Kerala, have been grown on some 3,000 hectares in the district in the current season (2020-21), up by 500 hectares over the…

Prime Minister Modi wants growers to have more avenues to sell crops

Yesterday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi emphasised that his government wants the nation’s growers to get more avenues to sell crops, adding that a food…

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Konkan region, west India

Konkan growers and Global Kokan present platform to promote Alphonso mangoes

Some 100 growers from Konkan have joined hands with Global Kokan to launch an online platform called ''Myko'', intended to promote Alphonso mangoes. Former…

Oman: Model fields to be set up for date palm, mango and lemon trees

Oman’s Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Water Resources is implementing a project to establish model fields for date palm, mango and lemon trees.…

Jordanian agri products enter Norway

A year after the visit of King Harald and Queen Sonja of Norway to Jordan, vegetables from that nation -grown in the arid lands of Aqaba- arrived in Oslo. The…

Island nation calls for talks with China

Taiwan Council of Agriculture pledges export market diversity

The amount of fruit exported by Taiwan to Hong Kong, Japan, South Korea and the US grew last year, and the island nation now has approval to ship pineapples to…

GLOBALG.A.P.: New certification, growth and audits during the pandemic

25 years ago, a group of retailers and supermarkets in Europe agreed to harmonize their requirements into an independent certification system that could be…

Mark Greenberg of Capespan North America:

“The grape losses in Chile are far greater than originally expected”

A month after the rains hit Chile, the estimates of the overall losses have become a bit clearer. Unfortunately, the news isn’t positive. Mark Greenberg of Capespan North…

Thomas Däbel, Serwo LLC:

"Demand and the market are moving toward more sustainable packaging"

There are encouraging and hopefully sustainable trends that continue to grow steadily. The demand for ecological packaging, ideally biodegradable, continues to be of great…

These tomato products' talk' to you via a QR code

For people buying tomatoes, numbers like 986 hectares of tomato cultivation mean very little. Yes, it's many football fields, but what else? Nothing. Percentages are also…

Nick Jansen (Director Europe): "Huge stock protects against global raw materials scarcity on the market"

New LC Packaging head office is centre of knowledge and attractive workplace in one

In September LC Packaging opened its new, sustainable, state-of-the-art head office and warehouse at the Logistiekpark A12 in Waddinxveen. A grand opening was not possible due…

Upcoming kiwi field days in the Southern Cape

Mpumalanga Soreli kiwi harvest lives up to expectations – but it won’t work everywhere

There’s a lot of excitement about kiwis and the issues driving it, are twofold: on the one hand, farmers in other sectors like forestry or dairy looking for foreign earnings,…

Cut rockmelons tracked from paddock to plate for the first time in Australia

In an Australian first, Brad Dawson of Dawson Melon Co in Red Cliffs Vic, in collaboration with FreshChain Systems, NSW DPI and in-store support from specialty fresh food…

State’s biggest organic farmers call for domestic regulation

Victoria’s organic producer, Wattle Organic Farms, is echoing the industry’s cry for the Federal Government to create a domestic regulation for the organic sector. Fourth and third…

Record Kanzi® apple crop for 2021 season

A record crop of Kanzi® apples will see the 2021 season extended, with fruit expected to be available in supermarkets from mid-March until Spring. The bright red Kanzi® apple,…

Freshfel Europe publishes reflection paper urging EU to have a fullyfledged SPS Strategy

In response to the new EU Trade Policy Review, Freshfel Europe is publishing a policy reflection paper, ‘SPS Export Protocols: towards greater reciprocity in…

Cyclonic winds hit Far North Queensland banana farms

The Australian Banana Growers’ Council is today working with growers and authorities to assess damage caused by a tropical low yesterday (March 1) that has…

Volume of potatoes for processing lowest in three years

Corona crisis slashes Belgian potato industry in 2020

No one could miss it in the media last year: the corona pandemic slashed the Belgian potato sector. In the 2019-2020 season, where the free market was in…

"Setting new standards in grading accuracy with SmartGradeTM software"

Tomra Food introduces SmartGrade on its Spectrim platform. The new system puts the packhouse in complete control of grading with such accuracy that it is able to pack fruit to…

Bayer to launch Vanity Citrus®, its new biological product to control citrus farm pests

Bayer will introduce Vanity Citrus®, its latest biological and pheromone-based crop protection product to control pests on citrus farms during the…

Europatat

Save the date:

Europatat Congress 2021 virtual edition

Europatat, the European Potato Trade Association, is excited to announce that the 2021 edition of its annual Congress will be held on Thursday, 10th of June in…

"Safe and fresh from the field to the consumer"

While plastic and synthetic materials have increasingly become the focus of criticism in recent years, the group of Guillin companies is now breaking new ground in terms of…

"South Africa poised to become big player in saffron market"

Plans are in place that could see South Africa becoming a significant player in the farming and export of saffron. For the South African economy, this offers an invaluable…

Medjool dates sales volume expected to spike during Ramadan

Bard Valley Natural Delights’ are an essential part of the Ramadan tradition as Muslims begin the daily ritual of fasting from sunrise to sunset. Ramadan lasts 30 days…

PMA announces in-person Fresh Summit in New Orleans

Produce Marketing Association (PMA) has announced that Fresh Summit 2021 will take place, in-person, October 28-30, 2021 at the New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center…

Global marketing initiative launched for California walnuts

The California Walnut Commission announced its second annual “Power of 3” global marketing campaign, which builds on the successful 2020 campaign. “Power of 3”…

"Are online marketplaces the future trading platform for fresh produce?"

Selling via online marketplaces offers many advantages for farmers, buyers and sellers. It overcomes time and space constraints, provides inclusive market…

Total EU avocado supply (updated 26-02-2021)

Week 8 Hass supply to EU from Spain amounted to 1,084,000 units

The January 2020 Hass supply to the EU from Spain amounted to 99,000 cartons of Greenskin avocados and 985,000 units of Hass avocados, totalling 1,084,000 units. The numbers…

Argentina is the southern-hemisphere's leading plum producer and the world's third-largest producer of dried plum

Plums are gaining more and more hectares in Argentina

The area devoted to plum cultivation in Argentina continues to increase and currently exceeds 12,000 hectares, which are mainly concentrated in the provinces…

Brazil was the main destination, followed by Russia

Argentine pear exports grew by 60% in January

As confirmed by data from the Foreign Trade Statistics Department of the National Institute of Statistics and Censuses of Argentina (INDEC), in January 2021,…

The fruit gap between Chile and Peru

In 2020, Chilean fruit exports totaled 5.8 billion US dollars, an increase of 0.42% over 2019. Therefore, Chile ranked among the top 10 suppliers. As far as…

Colombia increases the areas that can export Hass avocado to China

After having audited the Colombian phytosanitary system last month, the General Administration of Customs of the People's Republic of China has authorized more…

Ecuador remains free of Fusarium race 4

Monica Gallo, the general coordinator of Ecuador's Plant Health Service, said that the country's efforts to prevent the spread of the Fusarium race 4 fungus…

Poland wants to approach Gulf Cooperation Council through Dubai for apple exports

The Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf, colloquially known as the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) is a regional intergovernmental political and…

Spanish fruit and vegetable exports outside Europe fall by 13.5% in 2020

According to data from the Customs and Excise Department, the value of Spanish fruit and vegetable exports outside Europe fell by 13.5% in 2020 compared to the…

Average weekly wholesale prices of fruit and veg & bananas

Bananas from Panama sell for £0.72 / kg, the same as last week

This series gives the average wholesale prices of bananas by country of origin. The prices are national averages of the most usual prices charged for bananas at wholesale…

US import logistics chain collapses

The US import logistics chain is experiencing an unprecedented bottleneck. As noted by maritime industry analyst Jon Monroe, 30 to 40 vessels are waiting for a…

The right “5-a-day” mix is 2 fruit and 3 vegetable servings for longer life

Studies representing nearly 2 million adults worldwide show that eating about five daily servings of fruits and vegetables, in which 2 are fruits and 3 are…

Food prices are up worldwide

Global food prices are at the highest in more than six years. Prices are driven by a jump in the cost of everything from soybeans to palm oil because of demand from China. Vulnerable…

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Ocado has opened a new mini customer fulfilment centre

Amazon’s new Polish website goes live

As online grocery booms in Britain, will new habits die hard?Britain’s multi-billion pound supermarket industry is placing its bets on whether big-spending older shoppers will…

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