The social instability, blockades, and mobilizations in Peru have greatly impacted its agricultural sector. The data for January exports will only be available in the coming weeks, but different businessmen, such as Dario Nuñez, the general manager of Uvica, have already advanced that the
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Kiwifruit vines in the Bay of Plenty took a direct hit last week and the total cost won't be revealed until the floods drain away. Kiwifruit have been washed clean in the Papamoa surf, while their vines have been sitting in stagnant flood waters. read more

After a year that put all hope and new projects in standby, 2023 seems to have started well for Azienda agricola Pasquariello Giovanni di Carapelle (FG). The first quantities of organic asparagus will become available in late March. read more

Blueberries and avocados are two of Camposol’s key products. In blueberries, the company has developed a sustained supply from Peru, and starting this year, the company will be able to offer 52 weeks of production. Sergio Torres, Senior Vice President North America & Commercial Operations
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The unusual wet weather this Chinese New Year is expected to cause a shortage of produce that could continue until the Muslim festival of Ramadan next month. Yong Peng Vegetable Gardeners Association president Cheng Tai Hoe has stated that farmers in the country are having a tough time meeting
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The Fritz Möss company offers - among other things - mangoes from Peru and Brazil, expecting about ten pallets per week. They started selling Peruvian goods in October, Niyazi Sakarya told us. "The supply from Peru is at a balanced level. Since our supplier takes an alternative flight route,
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Angus Soft Fruits are proud to announce the release of three new strawberry varieties, bred to produce delicious fruit throughout the winter season. Intended for production in the Mediterranean region, trials and tests over the past three years have proved they have something special to offer
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Fresh4cast has been providing forecasting and planning software for fruit and vegetables for the last ten years. CEO Mihai Ciobanu talks about the journey so far and about the next 10 years. read more

The expansion and reinforcement works of the breakwater pier of the Paita Port Terminal, in the Piura region, have been finished. The renewed infrastructure, completed last January, will make it possible to receive larger ships and will contribute to boosting export and import activities in
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The Agriculture Produce Market Committee in Vashi received around 38 boxes of Alphonso mangoes from Ratnagiri on Thursday, with traders claiming this is the maximum supply of mangoes during this season so far. read more

This year’s flooding has exposed how fragile and unsustainable some of Australia’s supply chains are. Road has steadily increased its share of domestic non-bulk trade. In the 1970s, road accounted for 65.5% and now that figure is 79.8%. Rail on the other hand transported 22.8% of domestic
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Chilean and Peruvian cherries, blueberries and table grapes have done well in key markets of China, the US and Europe during January 2023. The Chinese Golden week during week 4 was indeed golden for the Chilean cherry industry with a record 415 289 tons equivalent to over 82 million boxes
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This weekend, Agriculture Minister Dr Abdur Razzaque said that Bangladesh will resume exporting potatoes to Russia this year. "Prior to Russia's ban, a huge amount of potatoes used to be exported from the country. As Russia has lifted the ban, the initiative has been taken to export potatoes
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Spain's garlic marketing campaign is certainly complex this year. “On the one hand, there is a high demand for good garlic, but on the other hand, we have small-sized garlic, which sometimes has skin issues. It's a product that supermarkets don't want," stated Rafael Polo of Grupo Comercial Polo. read more

Although it has no exhibition space, the Commissione italiana Uva da Tavola (CUT - Italian table grape commission) will still fly to Berlin to attend the leading international fair for the fresh produce sector and has organized a meeting together with CRO Italy to present the ambitious project
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“We commercialize various types of citrus fruits to cover a wide commercial calendar. Our fruits are obtained from approximately thirty hectares, fifteen of which owned by us. The total production is around 500 ton and includes the Tarocco Ippolito and Tarocco Lempso varieties," reports Luca
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Sources claim that Aldi and Lidl are positioning themselves as the new face of British produce. Lidl UK’s chief executive Ryan McDonnell said last week: “The farmers and producers that supply us, some of which have been with us for decades, are paramount to the success of our business.”
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A noticeable increase in demand for greenhouse tomatoes in the Ukrainian market, as well as a significant reduction in their supply, stimulate another price increase in the segment, EastFruit project analysts report. Turkey is the main supplier of greenhouse products to the Ukrainian market at
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Intent on protecting farmers from exploitation, authorities in Karatu District, Arusha region, are finalising the introduction of onion auctions. The idea has been well received by onion farmers carrying out their activities along the Eyasi Basin. Still, they called for strict control over
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Fruit producers linked to regional associations and Fedefruta are attentive in their properties to these days' heat wave alert, as temperatures are expected to reach 38 degrees Celsius in the valleys of the central area, such as Maule, and that will exceed 40 degrees from Ñuble to the south,
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