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Head of Horticulture - Thuwal, Saudi Arabia

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Heavy rainfall, floods and expensive fertilization lead to costly onion harvests Nigeria

In Nigeria, the high cost of onions has been attributed to various factors which affected the production of the vegetable in 2020. A survey conducted at some…

Egypt exports 4.8 mln tons of agri products this year-to-date

Every year, Egypt exports agricultural products worth some $2.2 billion, which makes up 10 percent of the country's non-petroleum exports. According to…

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Head of Horticulture - Thuwal, Saudi Arabia

Tim Malone

Stable dam levels boost the Integrated Vaal River System

South Africa: Water and Sanitation on stable dam levels

The Integrated Vaal River System (IVRS) continued to surge this week. This places the system in a stable position as some of the critical dams within it…

Dbalinda

Avocados and flowers are still the hottest ticket

Tanzania horti export potential might be $2+ billion

The African nation of Tanzania is currently exporting horticulture produce valued at more than US$780 million. However, the industry's potential is estimated…

Moroccan avocado imports increased by an outstanding 193.11%

Spain imports 32% more cucumber and 29% more tomato from Morocco

Spanish imports of Moroccan fruits and vegetables have registered a notable increase in the first nine months of the year. According to data from the statistical service…

AI vending machines provide secure shopping experience

Chinese retail industry rapidly develops innovative sales methods

The outbreak of Covid-19 posed significant challenges to the Chinese fruit industry this year. Retail became particularly difficult. At the same time, consumer behavior…

Piet van Liere, Flevotrade:

“Record -breaking Dutch onion exports in 2020, but it could go any way in 2021”

‘Huge’ is how Piet van Liere describes the recent Dutch export weeks. "Just a few years ago, we thought we'd reached maximum sorting capacity in the Netherlands. That was…

Tony Dewael, Bel'Export:

"We have to sell a lot of pears to sell out by the end of July"

The situation on the pear market is not that positive. “It is very disappointing,” says Tony Derwael of Bel’Export. “I don't know the exact reason, but I get the impression…

Ripe Robotics

Alleviating Australia's worker shortage

Fruit-picking robot might cover Goulburn Valley seasonal worker gap

Robot fruit picker ‘Clive’ will be working on two Goulburn Valley properties to see if it is a commercially viable alternative to human labour. The machine was built by…

Heino Umlandt (Umlandt Obstgroßhandel) on the current top fruit market

"Lively exchange between German apple-growing regions'

Despite the current exceptional global situation with its -partial- lockdowns, the domestic top fruit market seems to be able to get away without too much damage. "People are…

Special Wholesale markets

Suppliers from Cologne are suffering due to Lockdown Light

"The potential reopening of the hospitality industry in January or March would not play a major role"

The Lockdown Light is still worrying traders at the Cologne wholesale market. "Up to the beginning of the current partial lockdown, we were still able to sell relatively well.…

Global focus citrus

Bigger volumes of California organic citrus

Organic citrus supplies are starting strong out of California. “We’re only in the first month of the organic crop. We’ve got another six months to go but we have a very solid…

Kumamoto, Japan

Peak shipping season for large banpeiyu citrus

The banpeiyu is one of the world’s largest citrus fruits. At this point in time, farms in Yatsushiro, Kumamoto Prefecture, are busy sending the fruits nationwide as it is its…

Italian radish prices and demand are dropping

Between November and April, società agricola De Simone in Francolise (CE) produces different types of radishes available in various types of bunches and packets (bags, without…

North America: demand for garlic spikes significantly

“There’s essentially a giant black hole of demand worldwide for garlic that I don’t think can be fulfilled.” These are the words of Ken Christopher of Christopher Ranch in…

AU: Launch of gourmet herb brand paying off

In 2018, a Victorian growing operation launched its own herb brand that now consists of 20 different varieties. Based in Heatherton in Melbourne’s south-east, Butler Market…

Giant grapes at € 250 per bunch

How big can a grape be? According to images posted and shared on Vietnamese social media this week, giant grapes are larger than a chicken's egg. This variety of surprising…

Workforce support is the cherry on top for farmers

Cherry picking is underway across Victoria on a bumper harvest of more than 4,500 tonnes of cherries thanks to help from the Andrews Labor Government –…

Marcel Biemans, Coöperatie Hoogstraten, Belgium

"Little competition from imported strawberries for now"

“Strawberry supplies are a little slower at the moment. Production was delayed in October because of the overcast weather. So, we had decent quantities in November. We started…

Exclusive market launch for MagicStar at Edeka Südwest:

Contract farming as partnership model of the future

From this moment onwards, customers in the Edeka Südwest stores can look forward to a new apple variety on the shelves, scoring high with its taste, long shelf life and, apart…

Event was 100% virtual for the first time

The third edition of Seminis Winter Melon Event

For two weeks Seminis (Bayer Vegetable Seed Division) organized individual and personalized meetings with several players in the melon industry with the objective to create…

Container shortages on the market, how does this happen?

A shortage of reefer containers is a big problem at the moment in the global trade. But how does this happen? The video below explains exactly what has happens…

Patatas Meléndez boosting sales in the frying potato segment with the Agria and Lady Amarilla

The potato season, now over in the Spanish region of Castile-Leon, has been inevitably affected by the spread of the pandemic and its consequences on the…

Asparagus continues to gain ground in Andalusia

In 2020, asparagus cultivation has again gained ground in Andalusia after a decline in the production area in 2019. According to Agrónoma, the Andalusian…

El Hierro has the biggest pineapple production area in the Canary Islands

The island of El Hierro has the biggest area dedicated to the production of pineapples in the entire Canary archipelago. El Hierro produces about 1.3 million…

Goldies Onions

New onion variety claims: ‘No tears, no bad breath’

Japanese breeders have spent two decades developing Goldies onions. Now, the variety is presented as a product that will guarantee ‘no tears, no bad breath’.…

Sheila Fitzgerald

COVID-19 measures are making maritime routes more appealing to drug smugglers

Smart ports and their ability to curb drug trafficking

The seizures of large quantities of drugs at seaports have been on the rise worldwide. The increase in shipping operations, coupled with large container ships…

Orange capsicums on the menu for long-term eye health

A five-year cross-industry project, Naturally Nutritious is researching the development of innovative food products and varieties that are nutritious, delicious and visually…

Retail

Pinduoduo is rising to China’s grocery challenge

French watchdog has fined two of Carrefour’s subsidiaries

Analysis: Battle of the billionaires - Bezos, Ambani gun for India retail supremacyJeff Bezos and Mukesh Ambani, 2 of the world’s richest men, face a turning point in a battle…

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