Avocado

Fruitnet has announced the programme for its first Global Tropicals Congress, which will take place in The Hague on 14 September. The one-day event will bring together key players from across the industry to discuss the latest market opportunities in the tropical fruit category.
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In the first four months of the year, the value of practically all imported fruit increased, with avocado standing out in first place, with the highest value of the period and the greatest growth, with 141.5 million euros, 75.5% more than in the same period of the previous year, according to figures from
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Kenya's agricultural produce quality assurance agency has opened talks with five countries, including the US and South Korea, over markets for Kenyan avocados to absorb an expected glut in coming months. The Kenya Plant Health Inspectorate Service aims to ensure the fruits planted under the
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The World Avocado Organization (WAO) a non-profit organization which represents producers, exporters and importers of avocados from across the world, is pleased to announce its expansion of educational activities to promote avocados in the Indian market. read more

A new avocado cultivar, suitable for high-density plantings (BL516), is about to be released. It is the second such variety to be released in the last twenty years and was developed by the University of California Riverside (UCR,click here for
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The Netherlands is the world's second-largest avocado importer, reports the CBS. "Many of those are ripened into ready-to-eat fruits, but that process results in a small percentage of rejects," says Refruit's Jan Kraayeveld. In January, this Dutch company began processing these excess avocados
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After a Covid-enforced hiatus, South Africa’s favourite privately-organised avocado symposium returns to Tzaneen on 16 and 17 August, now bearing the name of the Allesbeste Symposium. read more

Procesavo, the company that collects and pays importers and distributors for their rejected and damaged avocado’s across Europe, was started by agribusiness entrepreneurs Jose Antonio Aguilera and Sergio Perez-Borbujo to solve their own problems. read more

IG International has successfully completed its first trial shipment of Australian avocado with 176 cartons of the fruit landing in Mumbai. read more

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Australian avocado grower and exporter The Avolution was central in this delivery. The firm’s CEO Antony Allen said, “Australia will send 10 trial shipments over the next month to verify the protocol. They have been picked and arrived in Brisbane last Wednesday where they were prepped and
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In no other product category is spoilage and thus waste as high as in overseas goods such as bananas, mangos, avocados and co. Due to the long transport routes, tons of fruit exotics end up in the garbage can every year, whether by the consumer or during the supply chain. AgroSustain SA, which
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Kenyan avocado exports to China have hit Sh9 billion in the period March to May, despite steep competition from Chilean growers. Kenya exported 7,000 tons to Beijing between March and May this year as more farms and pack houses tapped into the lucrative Chinese market. read more

California is in the season of peak availability on avocados. “Last year California avocado harvesting started somewhat earlier than usual, with more volume in the spring than this year,” says Terry Splane, Vice President Marketing for the California Avocado Commission, noting that June is
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The University of California (UCR) is to release a new high density avocado scion cultivar. BL516, which will be marketed as Luna UCR and is pending plant variety protection in the US, officially comes out in June and is the programme’s second release in the last 20 years. read more

This year’s winter has come to bite hard in Chile as sub-zero temperatures of between -6 and -10 degrees, described as a polar freeze, touched large parts of production areas affecting avocado and citrus trees as well as vegetable production areas. This follows a short and intense period of
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The University of California, Riverside’s (UCR's) avocado scion breeding program began in the 1950’s and continues today under the guidance of Dr. Mary Lu Arpaia, Professor of Extension, Subtropical Horticulture. It has been a model avocado varietal breeding program worldwide and maintains
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In Brazil, avocado production grew by more than 50% between 2016 and 2021. Avocado is one of the fruits that has stood out the most in the Brazilian agricultural sector in recent years. According to data from the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE), fruit production in the
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Fruitnet has announced the first speakers for its inaugural Global Tropicals Congress, which takes place in The Hague on 14 September. The one-day event brings together key players from across the industry to explore the latest market opportunities in the tropical fruit category. read more

A prolonged cold snap across large parts of Chile’s fruit producing area is believed to have affected evergreen crops such as citrus and avocados. read more