Avocado
Guatemala's Hass avocados clear important APHIS hurdle for market access in the USA
2024-03-28 08:00
"APHIS has completed a pest risk analysis that assesses the pest risks associated with importing fresh avocados from Guatemala into the United States. Based on careful analyses and thorough research, APHIS has determined that the
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Ugandans urged to preserve local avocado variety as demand rises
2024-03-28 00:00
The National Agricultural Advisory Services in Uganda is encouraging farmers and private individuals to conserve local avocado varieties in response to a surge in demand. This increase is linked to the establishment of avocado oil processing facilities within the country. Avolio, Uganda's
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Cocaine seized in avocado shipment in Colombia
2024-03-28 00:00
Colombia's National Police intercepted approximately 1.7 tons of cocaine concealed within an avocado consignment. The operation took place at the Port of Santa Marta, situated nearly 600 miles north of Bogotá. The director general of the National Police of Colombia, William René Salamanca
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Colombia's main avocado season will start soon. By mid-April, fruit will be ready to be harvested and start making its way over to the U.S. market. "As of early May, we will start seeing it in stores," says Andrew Gomez with GreenFruit Avocados. "Our shipments will all arrive on the East Coast,
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Avocado experts are coming to Australia's Wauchope
2024-03-28 00:00
Avocado experts will be coming to Wauchope in Australia to present the Central NSW Avocado Regional Forum on Wednesday 10 April at the Wauchope Country Club. A range of avocado experts will be speaking on the day and the technical theme for the forum is "Nutrition and fruit quality". All
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Avocado experts are coming to Australia's Wauchope
2024-03-28 00:00
Avocado experts will be coming to Wauchope in Australia to present the Central NSW Avocado Regional Forum on Wednesday 10 April at the Wauchope Country Club. A range of avocado experts will be speaking on the day and the technical theme for the forum is "Nutrition and fruit quality". All
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Avocados play an important role in the Colombian economy. They are the third most exported fruit, generate the second highest income and rank fourth in Colombia's agricultural trade with other markets.
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Colombian avocados reaffirm their sustainability credentials
2024-03-27 12:00
Colombian avocado organisation Corpohass has signed up to the Colombian Business Council for Sustainable Development (CECODES), an organisation recognised as the regional centre of the Global Network of the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD).
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Westfalia Fruit takes full interest in Euro West
2024-03-27 00:00
Westfalia Fruit, a large supplier of avocados and other fruit and related products, takes a full stake in Euro West. Euro West was founded in 1970 by Piet Vijverberg under the name Revij and taken over by his son Marco Vijverberg in 2000, who changed the name to Euro West. Wim Destoop (President
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Higher avocado yields bring new opportunities for Kenya’s Karakuta
2024-03-26 13:00
Karakuta, located in Juja, Kiambu County, 45 minutes from the capital city of Nairobi, is one of the fastest growing agribusinesses in Kenya, specialised in Hass avocados, as well as fresh herbs. The plantation consists of 15,000, five-year old avocado trees, fully irrigated, with the fruit sold
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"The avocado campaign will end with fairly high prices, but that doesn't necessarily mean it will be very profitable for the producers"
2024-03-26 00:00
The organic avocado campaign is nearing its end on the coast of Granada, with very high average prices, but with volumes falling short of what was initially expected. Meanwhile, Granada's organic vegetable export season is also drawing to a close, with generally unsatisfactory prices since the
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In response to conflicts between avocado farmers in Murang'a County and Kenya Revenue Authority officials regarding the Electronic Tax Invoice Management System mandated by the Finance Act 2023, Kenya's Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua has initiated a task force. This collective aims to resolve…
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La Unió Llauradora has achieved that the Regional Ministry of Agriculture publishes for the first time since week 9 of this year -26th February to 3rd March- the quotations at origin of the avocado produced in the Comunitat.
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KRONEN: Breaking new ground - robots for processing avocados
2024-03-25 15:00
The automated, robot-based solution offers many advantages over conventional processing: it is maximally hygienic, reliable, flexible and consistently delivers high quality and a high yield. Another reason for developing an automated solution:
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Kakuzi to export its first avocado shipment to India
2024-03-25 00:00
Kakuzi, an agro-food processor based in Muranga, is poised to export its inaugural shipment of avocados to India by the end of this month. The consignment will include twenty tons of the Hass avocado variant, destined for Nhava Sheva port. Chris Flowers, the managing director, emphasized the
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The avocado is ripe: the scanner says so
2024-03-25 00:00
At the fruit and vegetable department, it has happened to everyone to wonder how ripe the fruit is and, punctually, to make a mistake by buying the wrong product. From now on, this may no longer be a problem.
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A scanner helps you choose the perfect avocado – the experience of Belgian supermarkets
2024-03-25 00:00
Too hard, too green, or overripe: finding the perfect avocado in the supermarket is sometimes a struggle. Supermarket chain Jumbo, however, has found a handy solution. From now on, their Ranst and Veurne stores in Belgium will boast an X-ray device that tells you exactly what your avocado looks
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Kakuzi to export its first avocado shipment to India
2024-03-25 00:00
Kakuzi, an agro-food processor based in Muranga, is poised to export its inaugural shipment of avocados to India by the end of this month. The consignment will include twenty tons of the Hass avocado variant, destined for Nhava Sheva port. Chris Flowers, the managing director, emphasized the
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The avocado is ripe: the scanner says so
2024-03-25 00:00
At the fruit and vegetable department, it has happened to everyone to wonder how ripe the fruit is and, punctually, to make a mistake by buying the wrong product. From now on, this may no longer be a problem.
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Avocado and spirulina purchase drivers
2024-03-22 00:00
Contraction of volumes persuperfruit, superfood and spices, among the 7 clusters surveyed by the latest edition of GS1 Italy's Immagino Observatory, the six-monthly study that monitors consumption phenomena in the large-scale retail trade, cross-referencing information on digitised product labels from the
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