Trading in Tehran markets has largely come to a halt as the rial is near its all-time low. Local media reported that the Central Bank of Iran intervened in the currency market by injecting $700 million in UAE dirhams on Sunday and the rial marginally rose from its all-time low of 600,000 against
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The fruits were cultivated on an area of 30,800 ha, agraria.pe refers to data from Midagri. The regions with the largest area under mango cultivation were Piura with 19,867 ha (64.6 % of the total area), Lambayeque with 4,311 ha (14 %), Ancash with 1,843 ha (6 %) and Cajamarca with 1,160 ha.
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Satisfying consumers with an extraordinary taste experience until June, Yes You Kanzi®! sets off with excellent prospects for the second half of the Kanzi® season in Spain. If the first phase of the 2022/2023 campaign has seen a stability in consumption, the
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ALDI reaffirms its commitment to domestic suppliers and in 2022 increased its purchases of domestic products by more than 10%. Specifically, more than 123,000 tonnes of fresh produce (fruit, vegetables, meat and fish) were purchased from domestic suppliers,
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Over the past five years, the rate of laying new perennial plantations in Moldova has dropped sharply: on average, from 4 000-5 000 to 1 500-2 000 ha annually. The planting of the main share of young orchards and vineyards is stimulated by the National Fund for the Development of Agriculture and
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Due to the temporary restriction of the two-way movement of trucks on the Belarusian-Polish border, the Ministry of Transport of Uzbekistan is negotiating to ensure the passage of trucks of Uzbek national carriers through Lithuanian border checkpoints, EastFruit experts report. read more

Đồng Nai, Vietnam’s top banana exporting province, is expected to ship over 500,000 tons of the fruit this year, 25 per cent higher than last year. According to Nguyễn Thị Hoàng, deputy chairwoman of the province People’s Committee, bananas are one of the province’s main export
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Spain imported a volume of 3.8 million tonnes of fresh fruit and vegetables worth 3.763 billion euros in 2022. This is a growth of 7% and 15% respectively compared to the previous year. These figures reinforce the upward trend of recent years and continue to show a more positive development than the
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The cross-border transport of freight on the Laos-China railway has increased by 500 per cent year-on-year. Since the start of this year, the railway has carried more than 600,000 tons of cross-border cargo, including 510,000 tons of imported cargo, accounting for the 500 per cent increase. read more

An indigenous community in the Northern Territory has teamed up with the nation's largest garlic producer to plant a commercial garlic crop in the middle of Australia. At the Alekarenge Horticultural farm, 350 kilometres north of Alice Springs, Alyawarr women Sabrina Kelly and Tisha Corbett are
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During winter, with fewer hours of sunlight and lower temperatures, the life cycle of the predatory bug Nesidiocoris tenuis, the main natural enemy of the Tuta absoluta pest in tomato, slows down. The cold and lack of Tuta to feed on decreases the ability of the predatory bug Nesidiocoris tenuis, the main natural enemy of the Tuta absoluta pest in tomatoes.
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Canada grows both wild (low bush) and cultivated (high bush) blueberries and blueberries are Canada's top fruit commodity by growing area and farm gate value. Blueberry acreage has expanded over the last decade with blueberry acreage experiencing sustained growth year-over-year. Wild blueberry
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AVA-ASAJA's Finca Sinyent hosted the presentation of UPL Iberia's new fungicide Syllit® Max to prevent citrus alternaria, which attracted the attention of 200 growers and professionals from the agri-food sector and the media. read more

On 8 February 2023, at the Palace Hotel Berlin, opinion leaders, journalists, buyers and distributors from the agricultural sector had the opportunity to learn about the promoted products of the European Mediterranean Combo campaign. At the same time, theMediterranean
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In an increasingly flooded market, making a difference is the only option to stand out from the crowd. And it is precisely with this spirit that Gioacchino Russo, owner of the farm of the same name, with production headquarters in Marina di Acate (RG, Sicily), has found a way to make a
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The US is clearly the main market for Peruvian blueberries. Last season, Peruvian blueberry exports to the United States grew by 31% in volume and 53.9% of total Peruvian blueberry exports in the world went to that market. In this perspective, the analysis and statistics prepared by Eder Ríos,
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Thanos Motsiopoulos has been back and forth between the Netherlands and Greece his whole life. Although born and raised in the Netherlands, he lived in Greece from 2008 to 2019. There, Thanos worked in retail export to Eastern and Central European, among other things. After yet another Greek
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Lamb Weston Holdings, Inc. announced today it has completed its purchase of the remaining equity interests in its European joint venture with Meijer Frozen Foods B.V. The final transaction consideration consisted of €525 million in cash, subject to certain adjustments, and 1,952,421 shares of
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CAPARRÓS PREMIUM seedless watermelon has been awarded for the fifth consecutive year as Flavour of the Year 2023, an award given to foods with the best taste properties by consumers. read more

The extreme climatic development in the southern hemisphere is causing great difficulties for strawberry producers in Spain, Italy, and Greece. The frost in mid-January interrupted the sensitive fruits in their ripening period. However, the quantities are expected to be available in good quality
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