In the Eastern District of Tongatapu, a planned multi-purpose packhouse facility for root crops will serve as a processing and packing facility for both frozen and fresh produce. The packhouse will be built under a partnership agreement between a Tongan export business Lotopoha Export
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Chilean freight rates to the Middle East have dropped to a level roughly equivalent to South Africa’s freight rates to that region, while on the route to India, last year’s extreme difference between freight rates for Chile and for South Africa has flattened out. read more

The 10th World Avocado Congress wrapped up in Auckland today, and one of the highlights of the event was the exhibition, featuring nearly 30 exhibitors showcasing a broad range of products and services to the industry. read more

"In a campaign very much marked by the high levels of alternaria, a variety that is resistant to this disease has reached the market, bringing a qualitative leap for the trade, and becoming also a serious option for the producers wanting to avoid this disease," said José López Pérez,
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Bangladesh exported 20,000 tons of potatoes to Russia for the last time in 2015. However, next year Bangladesh is expected to export around 200,000 tons of potatoes to the Federation. read more

The new watermelon season in Greece is coming up, and Nasos Zafirakis, director of Zafirakis Fruits, hopes it’ll be a less difficult season than the last one: “The previous watermelon season was very complicated. During the entire season the production was very good, both in terms of quality
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Egyptian producers and exporters of garlic are about to kick off the 2023/2024 season with high spirits, amidst favorable conditions for Egyptian production, says Mohamed Shaaban, CEO of Garlico. read more

The only avocado orchard in Georgia established as an experiment by the Georgian agricultural company Geonuts Company in 2021 failed. The conclusion was made by the company’s specialists that assessed the seedlings after the second winter they endured. read more

Sea-Intelligence has published issue 139 of the Global Liner Performance (GLP) report, with schedule reliability figures up to and including February 2023. As the report itself is quite comprehensive and covers schedule reliability across 34 different trade lanes and 60+ carriers, this
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Plant & Food Research - Rangahau Ahumāra Kai in New Zealand announced that Mark Piper has been appointed as CEO from 1 May 2023. Mark takes over from David Hughes who has been CEO since 2018 and announced his retirement in late 2022.  read more

AgroFair has been awarded the Fair Tax Mark, becoming the first multinational head-quartered in the Netherlands to secure accreditation to the gold standard of responsible tax conduct. read more

On the 6th of April, Desmettre Bio will officially launch the new brand Mochébio on the Rungis market. The wholesaler’s initiative comes from a double observation. “First, we realized that more and more clients were turning away from organic products for financial reasons. But we refuse to
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As Easter approaches, the European potato market is still on the hunt for a good-quality product with which to reach the end of the season. "I've called it a puzzle before, and it remains so," begins Jurgen Duthoo of Warnez Potatoes in Belgium. "It seems the new crop will arrive a little later
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In the Netherlands, the fickle weather is over, and the sun is back. But, there has been light nightly frost again, Weer.nl reports. For many fruit growers, that means there is work to be done to prevent damage. read more

Following the success of the promotion campaign “Potatoes, prepare to be surprised – Europe’s favourite since 1536” that was launched in 2020 and finished at the end of last year, Bord Bia, Europatat and VLAM will continue with the programme’s activities for three more years. The joint
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There are plentiful supplies of specialty carrots in California. Matt Hiltner of Babé Farms adds that the carrot quality looks strong as well and that supplies are pretty consistent, if not slightly up, over this time last year. read more

Astronomers from the Chinese Academy of Sciences have discovered a record number of compact galaxies surrounding the Milky Way. Their observations were done using the Large Sky Area Multi-Object Fiber Spectroscopic Telescope (LAMOST). Some 1,400 new compact galaxies have been discovered, which
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April 20 is the deadline for organizations from the 27 EU Member States to present food promotion programs they want to develop on the EU market and in third countries. The European Commission, which provides co-financing, launched the call for proposals on February 2. The process will be
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Huelva's stone fruit campaign started at the end of last week with the marketing of the first greenhouse nectarines by Plus Berries. The harvest started on its usual dates and with a greater coloration than usual in the earliest fruits. read more