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Lytofresh Technology:

"A user-friendly system to extend shelf life of fresh produce"

Lytone Enterprise, Inc., New Taipei City, Taiwan, has developed a series of products to extend shelf life of fresh produce that are easy to use, effortless, and highly…

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Maintenance Engineer (CA, USA)

AMBIDEX

Collaboration between NAVER LABS and Korea University of Technology & Education

AMBIDEX cable-driven robot learns to mimic human physical intelligence

Engineers from NAVER LABS have developed the AMBIDEX cable-driven robot, a machine capable of precise movements, instructed to learn and mimic the physical intelligence a…

Ruletkka

China’s border port of Erenhot

China-Mongolia border port witnesses increasing fruit & vegetable exports

According to figures provided by local authorities, fruit and vegetable exports to Mongolia through China’s border port of Erenhot -Inner Mongolia Autonomous…

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Bangladesh growers see declining export volumes in recent months

Due to lack of proper government support, vegetable exports from Bangladesh have declined drastically in the recent months. The government set a US$71.78…

New markets reached thanks to precise management of conditions inside reefer containers

Daikin's Active CA container technology powers CMA CGM's Climactive controlled atmosphere

Using its Active CA container technology, Daikin successfully deployed CMA CGM’s Climactive controlled atmosphere solution. Designed by Daikin Reefer, this…

January-September 2020

Azerbaijan increases tomato exports

Azerbaijan has increased the export of tomatoes by 15.5 percent in the period January-September 2020. In this period, the country exported 154,980 tons of…

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Chino-US trade deal to create expansion of farm produce exports

Yesterday, a Chinese customs official stated that 37 animal and plant quarantine procedures -related to trading in farm produce under the first-phase China-US…

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New Delhi farmer protests affect supply of vegetables

Farmer protests at three major entry points in the capital of New Delhi have affected the supply of essential items like vegetables, fruits and other articles…

Tajikistan: Hot pepper prices increase fivefold

In the Republic of Tajikistan, the 2020 harvesting of hot peppers has finished. Prices for hot peppers on the market of Northern Tajikistan have jumped…

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Thai Airways aides promotion exports of fresh fruit and vegetables

Thai Airways International will help promote the exports of that nation's fresh fruits and vegetables to Asian and European markets, a senior government…

Special Year Overview

FreshPlaza December Special - Year Overview

Well, 2020 is a year we will not forget in a hurry! It has been unusual to say the least. In February when many of us were in Berlin at Fruit Logistica we had no idea that…

Global Focus Exotic/Tropical Fruit

FreshPlaza December Global Focus - Exotic / Tropical fruit

December is the month where we treat ourselves to something special, even when it comes to fruit and vegetables. How is the trade for exotics and tropical fruit this year?…

WAPA released the Northern Hemisphere stocks of November 2020

US apple stocks 11.8% lower than in 2019

The WAPA statistics for the Northern Hemisphere apple and pear stocks have been released, and for the US the total apple stocks have decreased by 11.8% when compared to the…

Main destinations for San Miguel are US and China

Increased production for 2020/2021 Peruvian grape season

San Miguel starts the 2020/2021 Peruvian grape season with projections to increase production by almost one thousand tons. Almost 7,700 tons of this export fruit, mostly of…

Duijndam Machines continues the remarkable growth story with second generation

What started in the seventies with the emergency sale of some agricultural machines by Dutch vegetable grower Bert Duijndam, has now grown into a large international trading…

Eddy Kreukniet (Exsa Europe): "Considerable delay of South African and Namibian grapes"

"Extended European grape season with better, late varieties hampers start of overseas grape sales"

This year's overseas grape season is off to a tough start in Europe. "We had a good summer for grape sales. Prices were higher prices during the European season. But this…

Ample imported blueberries cause prices to soften

Supplies of blueberries are strong right now. “We just came out of the Thanksgiving rush and there’s plenty of supply on blueberries,” says Ben Escoe of Twin River Berries in…

Steady supplies and lower pricing on Mexican avocados

Supplies of avocados from Mexico are currently strong and steady. “We have excellent supplies of Mexican avocados,” says Peter Shore with Santa Paula, CA-based Calavo Growers…

Dogs join frontline to detect citrus canker

Man’s best friend will work on the biosecurity frontline to protect the Australian citrus industry, in a national first trial. Just when you thought it wasn’t possible to love…

Food & Hotel China (Shanghai) trade show report:

"VLAM keeps expanding to new markets to promote Belgian fries"

The 24th edition of Food & Hotel China (FHC) began on the 10th of November. For the first time, the Flemish Centre for Agricultural and Fisheries Marketing (VLAM) organized a…

Moldovan fruit producers invite international buyers to virtually visit their farms

After borders closed and flights were grounded due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Fruit Producers and Exporters Association of Moldova created an alternate way for prospective…

Syngenta to introduce

Commercial tomato variety with ToBRFV resistance to be offered in early 2021

Syngenta Vegetable Seeds announced this week the launch of its first commercial Tomato brown rugose fruit virus (ToBRFV) resistant variety, available in early 2021. The new…

New report identifies several agricultural growth opportunities for Northern Australia

Thousands of jobs can be created across Northern Australia if conditions which support investment, innovation and sustainable growth are made available, according to a new…

Del Monte Spain launches Del Monte Gold® Pineapple in fresh cut format

Fresh Del Monte Produce has announced today the launch of its renowned Del Monte Gold® Pineapple in a new practical freshly cut format in a cylindric cup for the Spanish…

'Reaching for the raspberry skye'

Global Raspberry production continues to evolve at a rapid pace. The marketplace has undergone significant change in the past 20 years and is almost unrecognisable from the…

Sun World announces opening of new Center for Innovation

For more than three decades, Sun World researchers have worked diligently to develop new and more flavorful fruits and vegetables. Beginning this month, they now have a new…

Texas research should help with HLB

Texas A&M AgriLife Research scientists have made a discovery that should help combat fastidious or “unculturable” pathogens, such as Candidatus Liberibacter asiaticus, the HLB…

Royal Reesink focuses on automated warehouse solutions

Due to the strong growth in intralogistics, the acceleration of e-commerce and the “industry 4.0” trends, the need for automated storage and material handling…

Roots Sustainable Agricultural Technologies broadens European footprint with Balkan deal

Roots Sustainable Agricultural Technologies Ltd has expanded its European presence through a letter of intent with established agriculture and water treatment…

First international Digital Agrifood Summit Portugal to be held from January 20 to 23

The agri-food sector in Portugal is committed to maintaining the strong growth rate experienced in the last decade, which currently represents more than 10% of…

Retail

Magnit launches its own delivery service from hypermarkets

Dada Group and Lianhua Supermarket expand strategic partnership

Casino Group completed the sale to ALDI France of 545 Leader Price stores, 2 Casino supermarkets and 3 warehousesCasino group has completed the sale to ALDI France of 545…

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