Niche Asian carrier SeaLead Shipping is consolidating its Indian network, driven by sustained trade growth expectations. The Singapore-based liner is set to commence an independent direct container service between Australia and India. read more

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In the first four months of the 2022/23 campaign, i.e. from September to December, Andalusian tomato exports have decreased by 11% in volume and 8% in value over the same period of the previous campaign. According to data shared by the Observatory of Prices and Markets of the Junta de
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Presented at Marca, after a two-year test phase Goccia Verde is ready to make its debut, a project that aims to bring to the market a private and voluntary certification scheme for the sustainable use of water resources and its qualitative and quantitative protection. Promoted and
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EastFruit’s latest survey held on February 24, 2023, reveals sharp price increases for several key products – most notably, tomatoes and peppers. They are heavily imported at this time of the year, so price changes are strongly linked with external trade issues. read more

The UK's four farming unions have called for the Energy and Trade Intensive Industry scheme (ETII) to be extended to include horticulture (and poultry) production. From April 2023, the scheme will provide high level energy relief to a number of sectors including food processing and
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In view of recent scientific studies on the direct influence of glyphosate on insect mortality, the Aurelia Foundation demands that the EU Commission revoke the extension of the authorisation of the pesticide glyphosate. The
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Up till recently, Gujarat farmers have mostly grown kesar, alphanso and langra mango varieties. Now, the Anand Agricultural University (AAU) has developed a new mango variety, the Gujarat mango 1 or Anand rasraj, which the agriculture scientists say is high yielding and of better quality. read more

Experts from the Institute for Forecasting and Macroeconomic Research analyzed the dynamics of exports of fruits and nuts for 2017-2022. The analysis revealed that the value of exports of fruits and nuts (TN VED 08) increased from US$417.2 million in 2017 to US$618.6 million in 2022, or 1.5 times. read more

The Reflex Group has expanded again after taking over the GSH Group’s label and tag production wing and forming a new partnership with the supplier. GSH Group supplies packaging machinery, consumables and printed labels to the fresh produce and food processing industries. The deal came about
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The Chinese government has been encouraging Tanzanians to produce various crops, stating that the Asian country has huge market demand for avocados. Chinese Ambassador, Chen Mingjian, said her government has always been a good friend to the government of Tanzania and the commercial relationship
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A United States man who was hauling tomatoes was arrested last week at the Falfurrias checkpoint after Border Patrol agents found more than just tomatoes in his reefer trailer. He was charged with attempting to smuggle 31 people in the US illegally. They were hiding on top of boxes of tomatoes
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Last year, DOM Paletten, a company based in Dormagen, Germany, celebrated its 10th anniversary. For the agricultural sector in particular, DOM pallets offers small and large containers. "For the agricultural sector, it is particularly important that the containers are durable, portable and
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A cargo plane carrying grapes and plums from Chile landed at Changsha Huanghua International Airport in Changsha, Hunan province, on Saturday. It was the first time the province imported fresh fruit this year via the international flight route through Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The fruit took to the
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O'Terroir thus becomes a producer and distributor of the organic version of the Candine apple, with a commitment to develop this organic line with 25 hectares in production by 2027. read more

Demanding just and equitable prices for their produce and urging the government to buy back their produce at Rs1,000 per 100 kgs, West Bengal potato farmers are all set to blockade all the state and national highways on March 11. The movement for just prices for potato produce comes after potato
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Roux Groenewald, CEO of Betko in Villiersdorp, has seen an early interest from Europe in Royal Gala. He attributes this to the impact of heat waves and the high cost of cooling in Europe for the national Gala offering. However, it doesn’t need to ship Royal Gala to the UK as soon as the
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MSC CEO Søren Toft is not ruling out future “alliance-type” collaborations with Maersk, despite the upcoming breakup of 2M in 2025, the shipping line executive said at the TPM23 Conference in Long Beach, California. read more

Westfalia Fruit is expanding its collaboration with small farmers in some of the world's poorest and most remote areas to help them access global markets and build sustainable livelihoods. In Africa, South America and beyond
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Lime demand is expected to strengthen as is pricing. Motaz Hassan of Calgary, Alberta-based Empire Traders Inc. says demand was slow on weeks seven and eight but is anticipated to increase for Spring Break in the U.S., so weeks nine and 10. “However low availability of the fruit will increase
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