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Africa Fruit Export Sales Manager - South Africa

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Dole Launches Sunshine For All Fund Fueling Innovation to close the gaps on good nutrition

Just over six months after issuing The Dole Promise to the world, Dole Asia Holdings and its subsidiaries are focusing on both global awareness and immediate action with the…

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Lokpriyo Gopinath Bordoloi International Airport

Sarbananda Sonowal inaugurates Centre of Perishable Cargo

Last Friday, Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal inaugurated the Centre for Perishable Cargo (CPC) at Lokpriyo Gopinath Bordoloi International (LGBI) Airport. Chandra…

Azerbaijan will export 88,232 tons of apples to Russia in 2021

According to forecasts of the Azerbaijan Food Safety Agency, the volume of apples that is forecast to be exported from Azerbaijan to Russia in 2021 will amount…

Alibaba & Pinduoduo combat China’s looming food crisis

The struggle to provide fresh fruits and vegetables to 1.4 billion people is bringing Chinese e-commerce companies into that nation’s hinterland, where they…

Suning Carrefour China: Home-delivery orders up 50%

Data recently released by Suning Carrefour show that consumption was strong during the Chinese New Year holiday period. Especially, online home-delivery orders…

Several Nepalese orange harvests cut in half due to pests

Orange growers in Karnali are very distressed because their harvests are slashed due to a pest attack during the flowering period. Experts attribute the pest…

Thailand plans to export fruit to China with a total value exceeding 2.3 billion USD

China and Thailand sign strategic cooperation agreement to promote fruit trade

According to the People's Daily, the Thai-Chinese Chamber of Commerce (ThaiCC) recently signed a strategic cooperation agreement with the Chinese International…

Vegetable prices also down in Telangana

Arrival of first crop forces vegetable prices down in Tamil Nadu

With 420 trucks arriving at Koyambedu (Chennai) daily, the prices of all vegetables have decreased by about 20 per cent. This trend is expected to continue…

All over Mumbai, Thane and Navi Mumbai

Retail rates for onions climb to Rs 55-60 after unseasonal rain

Onion prices, which were high throughout 2020, saw another spike on Saturday. Retail rates soared to Rs55-60/kg across Mumbai, Thane and Navi Mumbai. Consumers…

Maharashtra, India

Seven years of research results in new banana variety

After seven years of research, the Jalgaon Banana Research Centre (BRC) -under the Mahatma Phule Krishi Vidyapeeth (MPKV)- has come up with a new kind of…

Special Asia

New appreciation for Kyoto’s heirloom vegetables

Vegetables unique to the Kyoto area are often called Kyo-yasai. One factor that makes Kyo-yasai unique is their size. They are usually quite large. Many are…

Global Focus Organics

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Romanian consumers spend RON650 million on organic food yearly

Romanian consumers spend about 650 million lei (€137 mln) on organic food (or 1.2% of the entire spending on food in the country), ZF has calculated from the data supplied by…

Iranian banana production covers 20% of domestic demand

According to Ministry of Agriculture official Mohammad Mehdi Boroumandi, in the past Iranian year (March 2019-20), a total of 92,947 tons of bananas were…

Peruvian agricultural products exported to 140 markets

The latest data released by Adex show that Peru’s total export value of agricultural products in 2020 will be 7.487 billion U.S. dollars, showing an increase…

Minister Fakhar thanks the Dutch government for its support to farmers' capacity building

Last Friday, Federal Minister for National Food Security and Research Syed Fakhar Imam said he appreciated the support of the Dutch government in building the…

UAE- Gulfood 2021 returns with focus on safety, innovation, and sustainability

Gulfood 2021 will open on Sunday at the Dubai World Trade Center (DWTC). Global experts and companies will highlight a range of topics, from food safety and…

Bogdány Petrol Ltd.

Protecting the orchards with anti-frost candles

Bogdány Petrol is producing special, paraffin based wax and oil products for the pharmaceutical, cosmetic, wood, metal, cable, printing and fertilizer industries world-wide.…

William Nannes, J.P. Beemsterboer Food Traders, the Netherlands:

Farmers' and bale prices don't match at all"

The Dutch onion market is currently split. "Demand isn't great, but prices are firmly set. Farmers' and bale prices don't match at all. Much is based on the…

Rectification grape update Vanguard International

This past Wednesday, Vanguard International published an update on the grape market in the southern hemisphere. One of the key growing countries, Peru, was…

In particular from North America and Europe

High demand for Argentinian pears this season

Argentina’s pear harvest started with normal timing between weeks two and three this season. The season always kicks off with the Williams Bartlett pear, which is the main…

Horticulture Statistics Handbook

Value growth in key fruit sectors helps push Australian horticulture value over $15billion

Continued growth in the apple and berry sectors has helped the Australian horticulture industry pass the $15billion value milestone, according to the latest data in the…

Ernst Slabbekoorn, frostfans.eu, the Netherlands

"Mobile night frost machine is quiet and protects crops well against night frost”

In recent years, between March and May, many European growers have had to increasingly deal with night frost. Since last year, Swift International has been distributing mobile…

Michiel Minnaar: "Successful test with Otflow on mangos from Peru to Europe"

Cold weather puts Otflow to the test

Last week, Otflow, in collaboration with a leading exotics exporter, conducted a test with Otflow, a special eleven-meter-long floor-cover made from recycled and…

Maurits van de Water (Van de Water Fruit Group) on Burg MachineFabriek installations

"Water purification installation always worth it for more than ten channels"

The busiest weeks for sorting Sweet Sensation pears have arrived at Van de Water Fruit Group in Waalwijk. The fruit is sorted on a 2x four-track machine from Perfect with…

Chinese grape market exceptionally fastidious this season

South African grapes: “It’s not a vintage year”

There’s just not been strong demand from any market in the Far East for table grapes, traders say, and in China they’re hoping the many containers of Chilean cherries that…

Texas logistics stabilize, crop damage still being assessed

While the weather in Texas is currently back up to comfortable levels, the cold snap of last week has caused many challenges for the produce industry. Not only are growers…

New York State

As is mirrored in the national crop, New York State is down in apple supplies. “New York State is down in some varieties—we’re going to have to manage some varieties to go…

Tech firm appoints major berry producer as Queensland agent

South Australia's Agricultural Picking Technology (APT)has appointed leading Sunshine Coast berry grower and propagator Paradise Fruits Enterprise Pty Ltd as Queensland agent…

Research reveals opportunity for UK blueberries

Retail analysis carried out by Delytics Ltd in collaboration with James Hutton Ltd has identified a premium branding opportunity for blueberries in the UK. The analysis…

Vital citrus trade ties between Japan & Florida underlined on 'Grapefruit Day'

Kenji Hirata is Consul General of Japan for Florida. Yesterday, he wrote an opinion piece on the relations between the US state and the Asian country, as a…

Russian Federation: Potatoes and vegetables significantly more expensive

For the first five weeks of 2021, the average price for potatoes increased by 40% in annual terms in Russia. The produce went from 30.9 rubles/kg ($0.42/kg)…

First edition of Morocco Berry Conference to take place on 7 and 8 April

The first Edition of the Morocco Berry Conference gathered more than 550 delegates from around 25 countries. It was a great occasion to learn, meet, interact,…

Kuehne+Nagel

Kuehne+Nagel acquires Asian logistics provider Apex International Corporation

Kuehne+Nagel enters into a binding agreement to acquire Apex International Corporation (“Apex”), one of Asia’s leading freight forwarders, especially in the transpacific and…

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Navis Capital Partners is exploring a sale of The Food Purveyor

Aldi Nord and Aldi Süd are to merge their e-commerce activities in Germany

Majid Al Futtaim taps IBM blockchain for food traceability at Carrefour storesCarrefour will use blockchain to enable food traceability across the supply chain. Majid Al…

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