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OVERVIEW GLOBAL ORANGE MARKET

After a year of high demand for oranges, fueled by the coronavirus, 2021 has started with slightly less positive market conditions. Prices are under pressure due to the high…

Container shortage causes bottlenecks, as cold stores run full and grape intakes are limited

“We’re loading 40% of the fruit we usually do this time of year”

For the first time ever grape growers were limited in their deliveries to cold stores as the facilities ran full of not only grapes, but also stonefruit, apples, pears, the…

Benin agri reforms

President Talon’s agricultural policy still to be put to the test

Benin is still the leading cotton producer in West Africa, with more than 700,000 tons harvested in the 2020-2021 season. But while Benin's cotton sector has…

There's good opportunities for Egyptian garlic in Brazil

Egyptian exporters are in a good place to sell more garlic to Brazil right now, says Brazil's agricultural attaché in Cairo, Cesar Simas Teles. 'To me, garlic…

Sudanese prime minister in Cairo to discuss Nile dam dispute

Yesterday, Sudan's prime minister Abdalla Hamdok was in talks with the Egyptian president in Cairo. Both nations seek to build a united front in the ongoing…

Kenya's fresh produce exporters to get coverage in Dubai for defaulted pay

Kenyan fresh produce exporters will collaborate with Dubai’s export insurance provider with the intention to get coverage for losses where buyers default on…

Ghana

Exporter dispels judgement debt fears in pineapple exporters-GPHA impasse

Ghanaian fruit exporter George Kporye has allayed fears that the renewal of Sea-Freight Pineapple Exporters of Ghana’s (SPEG) shore handling licence will lead…

Kenyan mango exports to the EU to resume in September

After an eight-year self-imposed ban, resulting from a fruit fly outbreak, Kenya will officially resume its mango exports to the European market in September.…

Cold chambers have opened with higher prices for the apples

Polish apple season coming to an end, demand slowing down

For one Polish exporter of apples, the final week of the season is just around the corner. Demand from Egypt has already slowed down a lot, and despite the cold chambers…

Tjerk Nagel, Konaxx Onions:

"Egypt profiting from Dutch onion growers' need to gamble"

The current Dutch onion trade situation is complicated, says Tjerk Nagel of Konaxx Onions. "We, of course, had an excellent preseason. The sky was the limit. Anyone who didn't…

Special Australia / New Zealand

“We believe Australia will be a sizeable market for Indian pomegranates”

Indian pomegranates have been making their way to New Zealand for over five years. Although volumes were lower during the lockdown period, export levels are getting closer to…

Global Focus Bananas

Christophe Vandenbroeck, Vandamme, Belgium:

“It was an eventful year”

"When the first lockdown began, we struggled to get the volumes we needed," says Vandamme's Christophe Vandenbroeck. This Belgian company sells roughly 80,000 boxes of bananas…

"This project reframes the role of technology into climate adaptation"

The technology pilot projects helping farmers adapt to climate change and gain economic benefits

A digital agriculture pilot being run by the New South Wales Department of Primary Industries is already giving horticulture farmers the confidence to change their operations…

Banana breeding tracking tool BTracT makes light work of breeding

Banana breeding tracking tool BTracT was developed as part of a project led by the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA). It is a digital tool…

All EU citrus rejected in January and February came from Tunisia and China

LA UNIÓ de Llauradors stated that the EU had rejected a total of 30 shipments of citrus fruits from third countries in January and February because they…

Denis Piper, Melzig LLC:

"After Easter, we'll be able to hit the ground running with German strawberries"

As soon as the first Spring weather arrives, consumers start to crave strawberries. After a few warm days in February, the season for imported goods from southern Europe is in…

Uwe Sakowski, Josef Stapf Großmarkt LLC:

"After a brief lull, demand for citrus has recovered"

After a week of spring-like temperatures, winter has caught up with Germany again - and correspondingly, demand for citrus remains high. "Because of the higher temperatures,…

The agreement was signed by Nicofrutta and Asopropimopla

Italy and Dominican Republic in partnership for high-quality and sustainable pineapples

The Verona-based company Nicofrutta, which markets pineapples across Europe under the Nicogold brand, has recently signed an agreement with the Asopropimopla producers'…

Limore' brand growing both in Italy and abroad

The current Limorè lemon campaign, brand of the Produttori di Limoni associati di Rocca Imperiale PO, is doing well and demand has grown over the weeks. PGI lemons from Rocca…

GNA solution

Complete weighing, filling and packaging line

This is a complete solution to create perfectly packed products, whose qualities are fully preserved: we are talking about the weighing, filling and packaging line of the…

Marcel van Rooijen, Trofi:

"Mangos absorbed well by retail all year"

The mango market is currently in a positive flow. "The mangos are absorbed very quickly by the market all year round. They are particularly popular with the German retailers.…

Lucien de Wit, LuBaFresh:

"Indian grape prices fall, despite lower supply"

The first Indian grapes arrived at LuBaFresh three and a half weeks ago. After a great start with high prices, prices have shown a downward trend in the last week. "This is…

Cele Buendía, CEO of Melones El Abuelo: "This year we planted 30% less watermelon in Senegal"

"Despite the fact that the melon market has been stagnant for several years, our sales record double digit growth"

The watermelon and melon season in Brazil, which is now about to end, is being followed by the Senegalese campaign. This one is starting just one year after the coronavirus…

Launch of the new MiniGu brand of mini-cucumbers

MiniGu®, a mini cucumber brand from the Almeria-based company Ecoinver, has just been launched with the support of Enza Zaden and its EasyQs® line. "The launch of MiniGu has happened…

United Fresh BrandStorm

Developing and marketing sustainable packaging

Yesterday marked the final day of the United Fresh Produce Association BrandStorm event. One of the final webinar discussions of the day looked at sustainable packaging. Led…

Casablanca market's fruit and vegetable wholesale prices

Here's an overview of weekly wholesale prices on the Casablanca wholesale market in Morocco. It's for most traded fruit and vegetables. It concerns the minimum and maximum…

Picking platforms prove their worth in the race to get fruit off trees

T&G Global is pulling out all the stops to harvest apples this season, welcoming eight new state-of-the-art automated picking platforms as part of its commitment to provide a…

Laser Food, the Valencian company's laser marking, has been recognized for contributing to the protection of the environment and providing economic profitability to the agents…

Scientists make the first anatomical atlas of 'Diaphorina citri', the insect responsible for HLB

Scientists from the University of Granada have made the first anatomical atlas of a tiny 3-millimeter insect called Diaphorina citri, the Asian citrus psyllid…

Inlcuding reactions by FPC and Freshfel

Government confirms six-month postponement on EU import checks

On 31 December last year, the UK left the EU’s Single Market and Customs Union. This was the biggest change in the UK’s trading relationships for decades. The…

Health and wellness avocado campaign launched

Hass avocado producer and distributor Mission Produce, Inc. has announced the launch of Opt For Avo, a health and lifestyle campaign designed to promote healthy lifestyles.…

Period - January and February 2021

Chinese Customs intercept 172 types of quarantine pests

According to recent data, Chinese Customs officers intercepted 172 species of quarantine pests in the first two months this year. The number of interceptions…

The first laboratory for in vitro cultivation of dates was installed in Tarapaca

The first laboratory for the in vitro cultivation of plants was installed in the Tarapacs region, within the framework of a project that seeks to contribute to…

The first sea shipment of Ecuadorian pitahaya to Europe departed from the port of Posorja

The first container of Ecuadorian pitahayas exported by sea to the European market was shipped from DP World Posorja. The shipment of the yellow pitahaya…

Idromeccanica Lucchini

Video Greenhouse for organic crops

Organic cultivation is based on the natural fertility of the soil, without using synthetic substances or GMOs, and it only employs natural elements (such as manure and…

Citrus fruit harvest in Sicily

Sicily is known for its sights and landscapes, as well as for its citrus fruit. Currently taking place at the foot of the Etna is the Tarocco harvest, the famous seedless…

Pakistan’s Minister for National Food Security & Research talks about mango exports to South Africa

Pakistan’s Federal Minister for National Food Security & Research, Syed Fakhar Imam, has suggested the export of processed mango products -such as mango pulp…

The Plant Health Service confirms the presence of the pest in an orange farm in Mula

South African "cotonet" detected in Spanish Region of Murcia

On March 9, the Plant Health Service of the Region of Murcia announced the detection for the first time of South African "cotonet" (Delottococcus aberiae) in…

Malaga farmers bet on avocado 40 years ago, it was the right choice

Retail

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FairPrice is testing the use of autonomous robots

Jumbo is testing a smart shopping cart

Unions call strike at Amazon's logistic operations in Italy on March 22Unions in Italy said they had called on workers at Amazon’s logistics operations in the country to go on…

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