Nguyen Quoc Duan is General Direct at Vietnamese dragon fruit growing and export company Song Nam ITD Co., Ltd.. The company is based in Ho Chi Min City, with its farms in Vietnam's Binh Thuan region. Binh Thuan is famous for the production of dragon fruit, with over 50,000 hectares of dragon
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Grupo Pistacyl plans to begin work this year on the construction of modern facilities in the town of Pozal de Gallinas, where the Pérez Heras family, owners of this company from Valladolid dedicated to pistachio production, is from,
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Building a plant for freezing berries, fruits, and vegetables can cost an average of 5-10 million EUR. Of course, you can find ways to spend less or more, depending on the wishes of the investor. read more

Last year, €13.5 billion worth of (fresh and processed) potatoes were traded worldwide. At €7 billion, frozen exports' value far exceeded that of (fresh) ware potatoes' €3.4 billion. Internationally, €2.3 billion of other processed potato products and €700 million of seed potatoes were
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Based on seed sales to date, horticulture input suppliers expect carrot plantings for 2023 to increase by at least 10-15%. However, early carrot varieties are usually sown in the country at the end of April, when the soil warms up enough, EastFruitreports. A lot can still change until then, if
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"The main goal is to find new customers or to retain the loyalty of current ones, but also to approach new markets and compare ourselves to potential new competitors," said Giuseppe Morana, owner of 'Casa Morana, on his way back from the Fruit Logistica 2023 fair read more

Cape Town is no stranger to wind during summer, in particular the dry Southeasterly wind colloquially called the Cape Doctor. Capetonians say it has been blowing stronger than usual this year, as if it has been getting a little bit windier every year. read more

“We were very pleased with how Fruit Logistica went, as affluence was finally similar to the pre-Covid era," reports Salvatore Magliocco, vice-president of the PASAM Agrumi cooperative, which has been dealing with the production and commercialization of femminello lemons from Syracuse for over
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Compared to single-use packaging alternatives, IFCO RPCs reduce carbon emissions, water and energy consumption, solid and food waste generation and wood consumption. By sharing and reusing IFCO's RPCs in supply chains
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On 14 February, the Competition Commission (Commission) published the Fresh Produce Market Inquiry Terms of Reference, announcing its intention to conduct a market inquiry into the Fresh Produce Market of South Africa. The market inquiry will commence at least 20 business days after the
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As of March 1, 2023, Michel Zeelen will join the Limgroup sales team as Account manager strawberry. read more

The closure (in 2024) of Copenhagen's Noma, four times the best restaurant in the world according to The World's 50 Best Restaurants, announced by chef and co-owner René Redzepi, does not shift the trends of haute cuisine among the younger generation one iota, where the
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Peruvian grape producers and exporters are being forced to adapt their shipping programmes in the wake of the social unrest that swept through the country last month, blocking roads and access to farms and ports. read more

Eimskip have released their results for the year 2022. Vilhelm Már Thorsteinsson, CEO of the company, said the following: “We had a good fourth quarter, especially given traditional seasonality for the sector. The results for Q4 are driven by a good performance of the liner services with
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The harvest of the late varieties of Easy Peeler is underway in Spain. Besides Tango, Nadorcott and Ortaniques, Orri is harvested. The assortment in the supermarkets is supplemented by Israeli and Moroccan varieties. read more

On 16 February, the first greenhouse asparagus of the season was auctioned before the clock at ZON fruit & vegetables. read more

The IVIA Assembly Hall was the venue chosen by Cooperatives Agro-alimentàries de la Comunitat Valenciana to hold a conference on energy transition aimed at its associated cooperatives. read more

Price wins out over quality towards the end of the apple season. This is Tony Derwael's conclusion on the current state of affairs. "The situation is of course generally known, but due to inflation we see that people are increasingly looking for cheaper options. There is a shift from more
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EastFruit analysts have repeatedly drawn attention to the problems of the greenhouse industry in Uzbekistan. One of the stumbling blocks for the local greenhouse industry was issues with access to gas, which, by the way, is one of the main export positions of Uzbekistan. A little over two years
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Supplies of pineapple continue to be tight. “This is the case across the board with all suppliers,” says Stefanie Katzman, Executive Vice President, S. Katzman Produce. “Supplies tightened up in early to mid-December and suppliers expect it to stay that way for the foreseeable future. Of
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