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California avocado growers expect warm days after recent rains
2024-03-04 00:00
California is forecasting a slightly smaller avocado crop this season. "The forecast is for 94.3 million kilos of avocados," says Terry Splane, vice president of marketing for the California Avocado Commission, "slightly less than last year. We are hopeful that the recent
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"We have been exporting two or three containers a week from Tanzania, but we have had orders for up to seven a week since April".
2024-03-04 00:00
Tanzania's avocado industry is still developing, but volumes are increasing every year. Grower and exporter Afrocado grows avocados on 150 hectares, as well as sourcing from other producers. We have been exporting two to three containers a week since the beginning of the year," he says.
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“Market demand for Colombian Hass avocados remains strong in key US and European markets”
2024-03-04 00:00
Colombia is seeing increased demand for Hass avocados with 25% production volume increase for the rest of the year projected led by the US and Europe with Asian demand picking up too. Juan Camilo, from Avocados Planet says, "With a record of exports in 2023 and growth projections of 20% for
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Sustainability takes centre stage at Global Avocado Summit
2024-03-01 13:00
The Global Avocado Summit will focus on the sustainability of the industry when the event returns on 21 November at the Casino Monticello Events Center near Santiago.
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Avocado harvest begins in California
2024-03-01 00:00
The start of the avocado season in California always creates anticipation, as the fruit is available for a limited time. "For us, the California avocado harvest started last Monday," says Hayden McIntyre, a third-generation farm manager who has been working in California for the past two years.
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Hass avocado continues to lead Peruvian avocado shipments
2024-03-01 00:00
In 2023, Peruvian exports of fresh avocados totalled US$ 994,970,000 for 617,540 tonnes, showing an increase of 9.9% in value and 3.5% in volume compared to the US$ 905,740,000 for 596,790 tonnes recorded in 2022.
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Israel heads for record avocado harvest
2024-02-29 10:00
This was reported by reefertrends, citing data from the Ministry of Agriculture. The previous record was therefore around 210,000 tonnes in 2022. Moshe Brookenthal, head of the fruit sector at the Crop Production and Marketing Office, stated that "despite the
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Soft robot fingers carefully squeeze without sensors
2024-02-29 00:00
With a brief squeeze, you know whether an avocado, peach, or tomato is ripe. This is what a soft robot hand also does, for example, during automated harvesting. However, up until now, such a gripper needed sensors in its 'fingers' to determine whether the fruit was ripe enough. Shibo Zou and Bas
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California avocado harvest kicks off
2024-02-29 00:00
The start of the California avocado season always creates excitement as the fruit is available for a limited amount of time. "For us, California avocado harvest started this past Monday," says Hayden McIntyre, a third generation Farm Manager, overseeing avocado and citrus operations in
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"We have been exporting 2/3 containers per week from Tanzania, but have orders for up to 7 containers per week from April"
2024-02-29 00:00
The avocado industry in Tanzania is still developing but volumes are increasing each year. Grower and exporter Afrocado is growing avocados on 150 hectares as well as sourcing from other growers.
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Westfalia Fruit has conducted the first successful trials of an innovative and natural method of ensuring food safety within the supply chain.
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Kenyan avocado sector receives a Ksh 302 million boost
2024-02-29 00:00
In a significant advancement for Kenya's agriculture, a Ksh 302 million (€1.9 mln) investment has been announced, aimed at enhancing the avocado value chain. This investment, a collaborative effort involving the British High Commission and the Sustainable Urban Economic Development (SUED)
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Westfalia Fruit tests technology for food safety and sustainability
2024-02-28 11:00
The current practice in the industry is to manually deep clean avocado ripening rooms to ensure a high level of food safety and remove residues of naturally occurring fruit mould. Westfalia's new method uses a probiotic
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"In the future, we will expand our range of ready-to-eat products".
2024-02-28 00:00
"We will continue to invest in our brand favour for ready-to-eat avocados," shares Menno van Utrecht of Dutch company FruitPro. "We guarantee supply during all months of the year, maturing new batches every week from selected suppliers.
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This measure was announced during a meeting between Governor Alfredo Ramírez Bedolla and the US Ambassador to Mexico, Ken Salazar, who was informed about the detection of 817 illegal orchards.
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Kenya seeks action against immature avocado harvesting
2024-02-28 00:00
Concerns have been raised by stakeholders within Kenya's avocado value chain regarding the detrimental practice of harvesting immature avocados. The Avocado Exporters Association of Kenya (AEAK) has called for stringent measures against those involved in this activity, labeling it as economic
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Israel's avocado harvest reaches record yields
2024-02-28 00:00
Israel expects to harvest around 250,000 tonnes of avocados in 2024, up from 140,000-150,000 tonnes the previous year. Of this production, 55 per cent was destined for domestic consumption.
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Avocado grower shifts part of its operations to Portugal
2024-02-28 00:00
In light of water shortages in the Axarquía region, TROPS, a cooperative known for its avocado and mango production, is relocating a portion of its packaging operations to Tavira, Portugal. The move comes as a strategic response to not only address environmental concerns but also to leverage
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Chile reaches new record in domestic avocado consumption
2024-02-28 00:00
A study carried out by iQonsulting reveals a remarkable increase in avocado consumption in Chile since 2000, when each person consumed just 2 kilograms of the fruit. The growing demand has turned the national market into one that is as competitive as others around the world, which has led to an increase in the consumption of avocado in Chile.
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"Our product stays fresh for 30 days in the fridge and does not generate any waste".
2024-02-28 00:00
The recent Fruit Logistica in Berlin was the setting for the official launch of Halls' Naked Avocado range. The fresh convenience avocado range includes cubes, halves and guacamole.
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