The Bab el-Mandeb strait, translated from Arabic as "the gate of lamentations", continues to live up to its name in the context of the Red Sea crisis. "The season would have been very good if we had not been affected by the Red Sea problem," says Ibrahim.
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In Santa Fe de Mondújar, a municipality characterised by its particular "sea of plastic", the cost of a metre of greenhouse is estimated at around 30 euros, according to Antonio Martínez, a veteran of the agricultural sector. This figure
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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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The SureTec 240 is the latest addition to FAM STUMABO's comprehensive range of fruit and vegetable slicers. This high-capacity machine guarantees maximum performance in very demanding production circumstances, ideal for frozen vegetable processors and large-scale processors of frozen vegetables.
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Demand for baby Romaine lettuce continues to rise. "It has grown exponentially in the last two to three years, especially," says Ernst van Eeghen, vice president of Foodservice Business Development for Church Brothers Farms. "It has become one of our main
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In the framework of the 13th Ministerial Conference of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), representatives of Chile and Mexico signed the terms of reference for the modernisation of the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) in force since 1999. Claudia Sanhueza, from the Undersecretariat of
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In the field of agriculture and agricultural mechanisation, Turkey offers technological innovations and automation solutions, from tractors to harvesting machines. Over the past five years, the country has become an important player on the world stage, conducting research and
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For the last three weeks, green asparagus of Spanish origin has been finding it difficult to gain a foothold on French shelves. According to several French operators, the marketing of Spanish green asparagus is currently proving "very difficult". Some chains of
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