Avocado

Multinational avocado supplier Westfalia has opened its first avocado ripening centre in India, a market it describes as “exciting” and packed with potential. read more

Westfalia Fruit India has announced the launch of its first Avocado ripening facility in Mumbai, India. This will allow the company to supply avocados that are ready to eat to consumers in Mumbai and neighbouring areas. read more

Larger size avocados are short at the moment from all supplying regions. Volumes from Peru are declining as the latter part of the avocado season approaches. “It was a condensed season and Peru is wrapping up much earlier than initially anticipated,” says David Fausset with Westfalia Fruit
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Along with other destinations, Morocco has been actively increasing its avocado exports to Germany, reports EastFruit. The exports to the German market have more than quadrupled since the MY 2016/17 (Jul-Jun) and reached 5,000 tonnes valued at $17 mln. read more

Across South Africa, avocados registered a price reduction year-on-year. Hester Vermeulen, economist at the Bureau for Food and Agricultural Policy (BFAP), explained that when consumer budgets were strained, they tended to limit their spending on high-value items, such as avocados. read more

A giant avocado's pictures have gone viral on Twitter. This avocado is as big as a watermelon and weighs at least 2 kilos. read more

One of Australia’s largest banana growers Mackay Farming Group has listed its nine farms and total farming operations across the Tully and Lakeland regions of Far North Queensland for sale after 75 years of family ownership. read more

Peruvian avocado exports to Chile grew 91 per cent in volume and 62 per cent in value in the first six months of 2023, pushing it into the top three destinations for this fruit. read more

Through the National Agricultural Advisory Services (NAADS), the Ugandan government has instituted a new strategy-nucleus farmer strategy that has boosted the planting macadamia nuts and avocado, the two emerging high-value crops in the east African nation. To boost production, to meet both
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As India and Peru have agreed to resume talks for a free trade agreement, the South American nation is looking to export avocados, fresh grapes and blueberries to India. Vice Foreign Trade Minister of Peru Teresa Stella Mera Gomez said that technical teams of India and Peru would meet to start
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The main importing countries to the EU in terms of volume are Costa Rica, Ecuador, Colombia, Peru, Brazil and Chile, while Peru leads in terms of value. The main exports are bananas, followed by avocados, mangoes, lemons and cranberries. read more

Northern Spain is increasingly emerging as an option for growing avocados. In fact, Asturias already ranks fourth within the regions with the largest area of avocados in Spain, only behind Andalusia, the Canary Islands, and the Valencian Community, and regions such as Cantabria or Galicia exceed
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Tropical fruit producers in the Alanya district of Antalya are facing an uphill battle as sweltering temperatures endanger their harvest. The region, known for its abundant production of tropical fruits such as bananas, avocados, loquats, mangoes, papayas and dragon fruit, has been struggling
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Israeli company BloomX has invented mobile units that bio-mimic the job of the bee. According to Emily Speiser, VP of marketing for BloomX, honeybees, which have become the default bee for pollination in commercial agriculture aren’t as efficient as wild bees in pollinating specific fruits and
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In Tanzania, demand for avocados from Burundi is on the rise despite their high prices. Consumers simply prefer them to local-produced ones due to their size, taste and softness. A survey at Buguruni and Mabibo, the largest avocados wholesale and retail selling points, showed that the price for
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As it continues to drive avocado sales in the US by advancing awareness of their health benefits, the Hass Avocado Board (HAB) is celebrating the 10th anniversary of its science-based resource Fresh Avocados – Love One Today. read more

Peru is on course to export 577,000 tonnes of avocados this year, just 2.5 per cent more than in 2022. The latest forecast, released by industry association ProHass, indicate that shipments will fall well short of the initial estimate of 630,000 tonnes. read more

For the 2022-23 financial year, Australian avocado growers/exporters exported 10,736 tons of fresh avocados to overseas markets. Avocados Australia is working on increasing that figure year-on-year. In order to achieve this, they are delivering a range of initiatives aimed at increasing the
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The US government will help Kenya expand its avocado export market under a $160 million (Sh22.6 billion) initiative. United States Agency for International Development (USAid) Chief of Staff Robert Mwadime says the organisation wants to scale up avocado acreage in western Kenya to ensure there
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Salmon and avocado, a perfect combination even in the warmer months. In view of the upcoming Avocado Day (31 July), Mowi, elected Product of the Year 2022 for the Salmon category, has come up with three tasty and fun recipes that enhance the superfood par excellence. read more