Avocado
Due to increased consumption in the country, avocado production more than doubled in Espírito Santo. Venda Nova do Imigrante, in the Mountain Region, is the city that produces the most fruit in the state.
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Kenya ends Hass, Pinkerton, Fuerte and Jumbo harvesting season and export by sea, effective 3 November 2023
2023-10-31 00:00
In line with its mandate, the Kenyan Horticultural Crops Directorate enforces sector regulations to ensure that quality produce is marketed locally and internationally. This includes ensuring that mature avocado is harvested and exported, in a bid to sustain and grow our international markets
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"This year, smooth-skin avocado varieties are again recording a good demand and fairly high prices"
2023-10-31 00:00
It has been a month since the start of the Spanish smooth-skinned avocado season, which has so far again been yielding very interesting results. "We are having a good year with quite high prices," said Emilio Tejerina, of Frutas Tejerina. "There has been a normal production, with fewer problems,
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Africa Avocado Congress 2024
2023-10-30 00:00
The Avocado Society of Kenya in collaboration with other regional and international organizations in the fruit and vegetable value-chain in Africa and beyond are pleased to announce to the third International Africa Avocado Congress (2024 Avocado Fruits & Vegetables Africa).
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Chilean cherries arrive at Guangzhou market, new season Belgian Conference Pears arrive
2023-10-30 00:00
A batch of air-shipped Chilean cherries arrived at Guangzhou Jiangnan Market this week, marking the first batch of Chilean cherries in the Guangzhou market in the 2023/24 production season, attracting the attention of insiders. In terms of other major categories, the arrival of Peruvian
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Kainantu district taps into avocado cultivation
2023-10-30 00:00
The Kainantu district development authority in Eastern Highlands province has embarked on commercializing avocados. Many people have shown interest in the project as they registered their names to get 11.000 seedlings brought to the government station. The Kainantu DDA is looking at distributing
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"We lost 6,000 tonnes of avocados to the storm"
2023-10-30 00:00
The dust is settling and the picture is becoming clear for the Moroccan avocado industry, after storm Bernard raised concerns last week. Abdelmoumen El Achkar, avocado producer and CEO of ECOMAC told FreshPlaza, "It was more fear than harm. We did take some damage, but not to the point of
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"We are very fortunate to be able to take advantage of the early and late season when the market is empty"
2023-10-27 00:00
The Kenyan avocado export season usually opens on the 24th March when permission is granted from the export authority based on dry matter, this year however the season was running a month late.
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Avocado consumption in France has not yet reached full potential
2023-10-27 00:00
The World Avocado Organization (WAO) continues to promote avocados in Europe, especially in France. This year, WAO signed partnerships with 30 different retailers in 12 European countries, including chains such as Carrefour and Tesco. This now represents a network of over 35,000 stores for the
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"We exported our first avocado container to Europe this week"
2023-10-27 00:00
Rwandan producer SOUK Farms exported its first container to Europe this week, a milestone celebrated at an event in Kigali with the participation of the Kingdom of Netherlands Ambassador to Rwanda as guest of honor.
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Colombian Hass avocados to headline at Territorio Aguacate
2023-10-26 11:00
Colombian-grown Hass avocados will be the star of the show at the fifth edition of Territorio Aguacate, which takes place on 29-30 November at the Plaza Mayor Convention and Expo Centre, Medellín.
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"A thousand containers a week is a historic volume that Europe has never received before"
2023-10-26 00:00
The president of the Association of Producers and Exporters of Hass Avocado of Peru (ProHass), Juan Carlos Paredes Rosales, reported that, as a consequence of the weather, which has impacted the size of the fruit, Peru has exported a total of 570,000 tons of fresh Hass avocado, a similar volume
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Realistic export opportunities for South African avocados
2023-10-26 00:00
Agricultural economist Samkelisiwe Ngwenya of the directorate: international trade promotion at the Department of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development presented the annual value chain analysis into avocados, conducted in conjunction with the National Agricultural Marketing Council and
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Despite sanctions, trade relations between Russia and Israel remain significant and stable. However, experts are expressing concerns that Russian imports from Israel are in jeopardy, particularly concerning avocado imports. It has been revealed that a substantial portion of the deliveries came
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Westfalia Fruit, a year-round multinational supplier of avocados, and an array of fresh produce to international markets around the globe unveils their forward-looking approach in striving to ensure the security of avocado supply chains amidst the formidable challenges confronting industries
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Colombian business keen on expanding market share in China
2023-10-24 00:00
Colombian companies hope to increase their market share for a wide range of agricultural products, such as avocados and bananas in the Chinese market. Gustavo Francisco Petro Urrego, president of the Republic of Colombia, will pay a visit to China from Tuesday to Thursday.
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Haskelberg and IG Deccan boost partnership
2023-10-23 06:00
Israel’s Haskelberg and Indian company IG Deccan have signed an agreement to deepen their partnership to collaborate and propagate avocado plants together in India.
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Juan Pablo Pallero, the regional coordinator of Plant Health, spoke about the importance of the Port of Algeciras in the reception of tropical fruits that arrive in the EU. Pallero spoke about the subject within the framework of the III International Seminar on Avocado and Tropical Fruits
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Germany is the largest fresh produce importer in Europe
2023-10-23 00:00
Germany relies on imports to guarantee a year-round supply of fresh produce. Almost 40% of Germany’s fresh fruit and vegetable imports come from developing countries. The opportunities for tropical and exotic fruit are growing, such as bananas, grapes, avocados, blueberries and mangos. The
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Luna ucr avocado tree to revolutionise sector
2023-10-19 08:00
At this year’s Fruit Attraction, Eurosemillas presented the first variety of the international platform Green Motion Avocados, a type B flower avocado called LUNA ucr, that will revolutionise the concept of pollinators in this crop. University of California researcher Mary Lu Arpaia said that
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