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OVERVIEW GLOBAL PAPAYA MARKET

The situation in the global papaya market is quite stable at the moment. In many European countries, the demand for the fruit is lagging somewhat, but its popularity is…

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Expectations that the return of the school year won't boost banana sales like before

After months of shut schools, in a number of South African provinces like Gauteng and KwaZulu-Natal school are finally re-opening for the new school year coming Monday.…

South Africa

Government's land redistribution programme gearing up

Government’s land redistribution programme continues to gain momentum, with President Cyril Ramaphosa on Thursday announcing that the state has to date…

Algeria turns to bananas to address trade gap

The Algerian government is turning to its banana growers to help narrow its trade gap. The nation wasn’t able to really develop its non-energy sectors before…

New Dortmund company focuses on wholesale and food retailing

"Many mistakenly believe 80-90 per cent of Egypt is desert"

Since the summer of 2020, Dortmund has a new fruit agency called Grünes Tal für Obst und Gemüse LLC. Company founder and managing director Sherif Elshafei has set himself the…

Zambia National Farmers Union supports restricted onion and potato imports

The Zambia National Farmers Union (ZNFU) has backed the Zambian government in its intention to restrict the importation of onions and potatoes. ZNFU media and…

Egyptian food industry exports to China saw 21% growth in 2020

According to Tameem El-Dawy, Deputy Executive Director at the Egyptian Food Export Council, Egypt’s food industry exports to China have gone up by 21% to about…

Due to growth in domestic prices and problems in potato warehouses

Russia may increase potato imports from Egypt

Analysts predict that Russia may greatly increase the volume of imports of potatoes from Egypt in the 2020/21 season. Reports came in this week about the…

Uganda’s economic problems: Prices for agricultural products dropping

During the early stages of Covid-19, transport bottlenecks and depressed consumption wreaked havoc on many matooke (East African Highland bananas) farmers,…

Heath Wilkins -Golden Bay Fruit : Steve Wright -MSC New Zealand

"Ensuring the quality of our products on arrival, particularly for the longer transits into the UK & Europe, is our primary focus"

Container shipping availability is a hot topic in the fruit and vegetable trade at the moment, as New Zealand enters the apple export season, exporter Golden Bay Fruit and…

Special Asia

Taiwanese markets busy for Lunar New Year

As the Lunar New Year approaches the wet markets in Taiwan are bustling with activity as people shop for supplies for the celebrations. Taiwan didn’t really have strict…

Global Focus Organics

Mexican organic asparagus volume will apply price pressure

With Mexican production of organic asparagus coming on significantly, there’s likely to be pricing pressure in the marketplace. Currently, supplies are coming from San Luis…

P&C Automation

Horticulture labour shortage leads to a surge in demand for automation solutions

The worker shortage in the Australian horticulture industry following the COVID-19 pandemic has led to a surge in interest for automated systems in the past few months for one…

Logistics drove up demand for Lunar New Year fruits

Today is the celebration of Chinese New Year. Both volume and demand look to be up this year for two popular fruits associated with Lunar New Year - pomelos and red dragon…

Demand for apples high all over Europe

“All apple varieties are popular this year”

The Polish apple season is still ongoing and exporters are having a good time at it, too. Demand is high all over Europe, as well as on the domestic market. Prices of apples…

Mango supplier extends season by expanding production beyond its national border

The 'Futura Central Asia' facility in Uzbekistan is practically ready

"The new Futura Central Asia facility will be inaugurated by the end of May in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. It will follow commercial operations for all central Asian countries…

Angelo Frascarelli

"If production increases, we die due to the low prices"

The problem is adding value to the agricultural production, not producing more as, "if production increases, then we die due to the low prices," explained Angelo Frascarelli,…

Rolf Weber, Global Producers the Netherlands: "Cultivation, exports going well; shipping delays causing most issues"

Complete Costa Rican melon range available

In the Netherlands, Global Producers has been receiving melons from Costa Rica several times a week since week 5. "This week, we have all the melon varieties (yellow melons,…

"What's changed is our ability to respond to the needs of our customers faster and better"

The digital trade platform Marketbuy has undergone a transformation under the hood. Although the platform will feel the same to its users, a new addition to the team has…

Industry reactions

ITC determines blueberry imports don't cause injury to domestic industry

The ITC decision on the 201 investigation regarding blueberry imports was made yesterday, February 11th. The ITC determined that fresh, chilled, or frozen blueberries are not…

British Columbia growers worry—again—about labor for upcoming season

With British Columbia’s cherry season not too far around the corner, B.C. growers and shippers are concerned about this season’s supply of both foreign and…

says Plenty's Co-founder Nate Storey.

“COVID is helping us re-examine our values”

With all the health concerns and supply chain disruptions resulting from the pandemic, many consumers are looking for locally and responsibly produced fruits…

Will import volumes in summer increase?

US fresh apple holdings down compared to 2020

U.S. fresh-market apple holdings are down 11.1 percent compared to this time last year. According to the U.S. Apple Association (USApple), which just released the February…

This is the first phase of a project that will be completed with 11 devices to increase simultaneous weighing

APM Terminals Valencia expands VGM service with three new container weighbridges

APM Terminals Valencia has expanded the VGM (Verified Gross Mass) service with three new weighbridges equipped with cameras and sensors that allow the semi-automated control…

Large, sweet and will ripen in winter

UC Davis releases two new strawberry varieties

Red, ripe strawberries are the hallmark of spring in California. Two new varieties from the Public Strawberry Breeding Program at the University of California, Davis, will…

Argentina

Authorities authorize advancing the harvest of the Red Delicious and Golden Delicious apples in Rio Negro

Argentinian authorities authorized advancing the harvest of the Red Delicious apple and its clones in the Upper Valley of Rio Negro and of the Golden Delicious…

University of Tartu research

Boosting people’s health with the Jerusalem artichoke

Viia Kõiv, Tanel Tenson and Elin Org are researchers at the University of Tartu. The trio has found a new way to improve the health of the immune and nervous…

Israeli market looks promising for Moroccan fruit and vegetable exporters

Morocco-Israel: First steps towards promising joint projects

After the resumption of Israel-Moroccan ties, both parties began look at potential common projects. As stipulated in the Joint Declaration that on December 22…

but also see advantages of greenhouse strawberry

Majority of Dutch panel don't want strawberries during winter

Dutch supermarkets should stop offering strawberries in the winter. So no imports and no strawberries from the greenhouse. That's what 86 percent of a Radar…

He assaulted a moving truck transporting mandarins

Man risks his life to make a video

Is it worth risking your life to steal some mandarins from a moving truck? The young man who stars in the video of this reckless assault probably never thought…

Sainsbury Lab and Wageningen University & Research

New research finds best gene for durable resistance to late blight in potato

An international team of researchers has made an important discovery in the ongoing fight against the notorious potato disease late blight (Phytophthora…

Retail

Dreamstime

Grofers is in talks for an indirect listing in US via SPAC route

Edeka is to complete the takeover of 44 Real stores

Germany: Wholesaler Metro optimistic despite first-quarter sales slumpWholesale group Metro said that its performance in key markets such as Germany, France and Italy was…

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