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Chinese strawberries from Dandong will enter peak sales period in February

Dandong is one of China's largest strawberry production areas with an annual production volume of more than 200,000 tons of strawberries. The soil and water levels in the area…

“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…

Wikipedia

Agriculture Minister dr Muhammad Abdur Razzaque:

'Bangladeshi agri-products ready to conquer markets in Germany and other EU countries'

Last week, Bangladeshi Agriculture Minister dr Muhammad Abdur Razzaque, at a virtual conference titled “Bangladesh: Opportunities for export and trade of…

China saw increase in fruit export volume and value in 2020

China is the world's largest fruit producer and consumer market, producing large volumes of apples and citrus. Thanks to population and income growth, and…

First box of Alphonso mangoes arrives at Pune market

The season’s first mangoes have arrived at Pune markets. The price went up to Rs 25,000 for the first box of five dozens mangoes; last year it was Rs 21,000.…

Bangladesh: 27,000 tonnes of imported onions wasting away at Chattogram port

Some 27,000 tonnes of onion have apparently been abandoned at the Chattogram port by importers, as their expected market prices were negatively affected by an…

Build five digital agricultural processing centers across China

Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba brings technology into agriculture

Alibaba Agriculture revealed on January 9 that by the end of the month, Dekopon tangerines will become available on Alibaba’s online and offline platforms, such as Hema. The…

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…

Mother Dairy

Mother Dairy Fruit & Vegetable presents its Safal line

Mother Dairy Fruit & Vegetable has announced the launch of packaged cut okra, drumsticks and turmeric paste under its Safal line. What really stands out is the turmeric paste.…

Paul van Groningen, Greenfood Iberica

"Scarcity of Asian vegetables; situation of other Spanish greenhouse vegetables more relaxed"

The cold weather with snow and rain recorded recently has been taking a toll on the Spanish vegetable production. "Last week was a difficult one. There was suddenly scarcity…

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…

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…

Ando Farm, Saitama Prefecture

Japanese strawberry farm now sells local varieties online

Ando Farm in Saitama Prefecture usually does a brisk business with its picking farm, where visitors can enjoy their delicious strawberries. Some of their…

Kandahar exports pomegranates worth $8 million this year

Local officials say that this year, 35,000 tons of pomegranates worth $8 million have been exported from southern Kandahar province. A total of 200,000 tons of…

Malaysia: Supply shortage drives up prices in Johor, Perak, Kelantan, Pahang

Prices of essential items have gone up in Johor, Perak, Kelantan and Pahang over the past week. It is believed the rise is due to supply shortages. Allegedly,…

Myanmar sees bumper harvest of mandarin oranges

There will be a steady supply of mandarin oranges or every week from now until the first week of Chinese New Year. Sunshine Wholesale Mart Sdn Bhd director Yee…

Nutryfarm to sell $24 millions worth of fresh durians to China firm

A subsidiary of Nutryfarm International is selling 180 containers of fresh durians to a China-based company for RMB117 million (S$24 million). The holding,…

Monsoon rains, floods and Covid-19 hit Myanmar

The wet weather and accompanying floods, together with the Covid-19 pandemic, have been disastrous for business at Myanmar wet markets. Supplies have dropped,…

Southwest Tajikistan

Fruit and vegetable exports from Khatlon region up 20,000 tons

The Covid pandemic did not prevent a significant increase in agricultural exports from the Khatlon region of Tajikistan. In 2020, a total of 108,000 tons of…

China and New Zealand discuss cooperation on new plant varieties

In November 2020, the Agricultural Intellectual Property and New Plant Variety Rights Protection Seminar was held in Shanghai. Leading IP experts were…

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…

EastFruit

Horticulture of Uzbekistan 2020: drop in exports, losses from frost, bans on supplies

The EastFruit team sums up the results of the 2020 fruit and vegetable year for Uzbekistan. This year turned out to be very difficult for the participants in the horticulture…

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…

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…

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…

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…

From a regular Dutch mushroom farm to an exotic mushroom supplier

As far as Oakfield are concerned, 2020 was the year of the exotic mushroom. "The company's grown from a regular mushroom farm to the largest exotic mushroom grower in the…

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…

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…

Fresh-Link Produce hires General Manager for Eastern division

Bob Ritchart, a 25-year veteran of produce sales, grower management and employee development has joined the Fresh-Link team as General Manager of the Eastern…

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…

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…

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…

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A great way to peel your garlic

As someone who makes a lot of Korean food, this is the best method for getting garlic peeled!👌 pic.twitter.com/14GGJDQhRj — 𝖛𝖆𝖑𝖊𝖓𝖙𝖎𝖓𝖆 ✣ 𝖑𝖔𝖗𝖉 ⬜⬜🟥🟥⬜⬜👽 (@VPestilenZ)…

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.…

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…

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…

FreshPlaza Funny

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