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Dada Group's JDDJ kick off New Year festival campaign with Chilean cherry livestreaming E-Commerce event

Dada Group, China's leading local on-demand delivery and retail platform, announced that JD Daojia ("JDDJ") has collaborated with the Consulate General of the Republic of…

Average weekly wholesale prices of fruit and veg & bananas

Bananas from Belize - average week price at £0.86

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…

Peru's mandarin achieves a new export record in 2020

Mandarin consolidated its leading role in Peru's agro-export basket in 2020. It broke previous records and allowed Peru to become the sixth biggest exporter of…

Panama approves the import of 9,000 quintals of onion for February

The onion and potato agri-food chain committee approved the import of 9,000 quintals of onions to cover demand in February 2021. Jorge Igualada, the…

Peruvian asparagus exports fell by more than 8% in volume and value in 2020

The balance in 2020 wasn't positive for Peruvian asparagus. According to the Executive Director of the Peruvian Asparagus and Vegetable Institute (IPEH),…

Mexican avocado growers to win in Super Bowl season

Why Americans can’t eat American avocados during Super Bowl

Despite ailing sales in 2020 due to Covid-19, the humble avocado is expected to achieve a home run for the Super Bowl season, bringing trade back up to normal…

New-Tech standing pouches cut fresh food waste

Fresh produce packaging innovators, StePac Ltd. are gaining growing interest in the retail sector for their functional standing pouches. The attractive, high-performance…

Ample organic cauliflower on the market

There is strong volume currently of organic cauliflower. Cauliflower supplies are coming from Yuma, AZ and El Centro, CA right now. “There are great supplies out of the desert…

Moroccan farmers are growing blueberries in the Sahara

Dakhla-Oued Eddahab is one of the richest areas in Morocco, whose ecosystem has won three international recognitions as a site of great ecological importance.…

Reaction to article

Nobody wants organics to return to plastic

Recently, in the Netherlands, Suzanne van der Pijll wrote an article. It was titled: 'Are organics going back to plastic?' The article was published in various…

Special Latin America

Rob Cullum - Pacific Produce

“Overall 2020 was a challenging year for most products"

Pacific Produce imports many fruit and vegetable products from Peru, in what has been a sometimes turbulent year and most certainly an unusual one. Rob Cullum, Managing…

Global Focus Grapes

New European lockdown casts shadow on Indian grape exports

The new coronavirus lockdown in several European countries creates a lot of uncertainty for India’s grapes exports, the season for which is set to start next…

Luc van den Aker and Matthijs Verburg, FME, Belgium

"We're the first to have Chinese morels in our mushroom range again"

It might still be cold in Belgium. But Fresh Mushroom Europe (FME) is already preparing for the spring. "The first morel mushrooms have arrived from China. This is the prelude…

Total EU avocado supply (updated 8-01-2021)

Week 2 avocado shipments from Israel to the EU amounted to 658,000 4-kg cartons in total

Week 2 shipments from Israel to the EU amounted to 290,000 cartons of greenskin avocados and 368,000 cartons of Hass avocados, for a total of 658,000 4-kg cartons. The actual…

“Vietnamese coconut supply may remain low in the upcoming season”

The historical drought with saltwater intrusion had a significant impact on Vietnamese farmers and fruit exporters in 2020. It is predicted that the dry season in 2021 will…

Successful first harvest of winter-produced greenhouse peppers in Canada

Sollum Technologies is pleased to announce that Allegro Acres, located in Kingsville Ontario, harvested the first greenhouse crop of winter-produced peppers using LED lighting…

Kenya: Technology to keep fruits and vegetables fresh longer

Sustainable and effective cold chains are crucial for the transportation of food and medicine, but in many parts of rural Africa they have been sorely lacking.…

Autogrow announces spin-out of A.I. farming company WayBeyond to accelerate growth

Autogrow has unveiled a corporate reorganization as part of a long-term business strategy which will see the organization split into two separate entities with…

Scott announces strategic partnership with Savoye

Automation and robotics solutions provider, Scott Technology Limited, announces the signing of a global partnership with Savoye, one of the world’s leading…

Researchers at work at Tatura SmartFarm, Victoria

Australians trial protecting pears with solar panels

Researchers at Tatura SmartFarm in Victoria are experimenting with the use of solar panels to protect fruit trees from extreme heat events. Solar panels are…

Lighter South African lychee season coming to an end

Lychee supplies are wrapping up out of South Africa. Yasmani Garcia of Sweet Seasons in Hidalgo, TX says the South African lychee season is a short one—it began in November…

Iran: Horticultural exports Mazandaran province at $140 million

A total of $140 million worth of horticultural products were exported from Iran’s northern Mazandaran province during the first nine months of the current…

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A great way to peel your garlic

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Belgian hard fruit stock per January 1st:

"Still a lot of pears in Belgian cold stores, low levels of apple stock"

The Association of Belgian Horticultural Cooperatives reports that on January 1st, 2021 there are still 79,164 tons of apples and 237,862 tons of pears stored in Belgian cold…

Retail

Dreamstime

Konzum has made its products available through Uber

Amazon will open two new logistics centres in Italy this year

Spanish court drops inquiry into Russian tycoon's bid for DIA retailerSpain’s High Court has dropped an investigation into allegations that Russian tycoon Mikhail Fridman…

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