“Melons from Central America and South America are still present on the French market but the melons from Senegal and Morocco now have priority,” explains Eric Godard Durand. The two origins have been on the market since mid-February. In two weeks, the melons from Spain will arrive in
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The cold snap that Morocco experienced in January and February has put tomato plants in a state of vegetative zero. Volumes dropped from 2000 to only 250-300 kg/ha/day. In the aftermath, the Moroccan government implemented quotas on tomato exports on February 19 in an effort to boost local
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The Agency for Quarantine and Plant Protection has denied information about dangerous viruses in tomatoes in Uzbekistan. Negotiations on the matter were held between the quarantine services of Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan. Kazakh media referred to the words of the head of the regional territorial
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ASIA FRUIT LOGISTICA returns to Hong Kong this year. From 6 to 8 September 2023, the AsiaWorld expo is expected to attract thousands of high-calibre trade visitors and top buyers from across the fresh fruit supply chain, who will see a wide range of
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At the end of last week, Poland quite unexpectedly introduced a temporary ban on the imports and transit of Ukrainian agricultural products, and Hungary and Slovakia joined it a few days later. Similar measures are also being discussed in Romania and Bulgaria. Naturally, it was the restrictions
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A joint event was held yesterday at the headquarters of BF Spa in Jolanda di Savoia, organised by BF - Italy's most important agro-industrial group - and SDF - an Italian multinational and world leader in the production of tractors, harvesting machines and diesel engines, to
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Brown rot (Stemphylium vesicarium) has severely tested northern Italian pear growers in recent years, causing extensive damage (with losses in some plants of close to 80-90%), especially in Abate Fétel, which, in addition to being the most widespread variety, has proved to be a
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The partnership between F.lli Orsero and Autogrill has been renewed, thanks to which, for the fourth consecutive year, the brand's Extra Premium fruit will be available in almost 200 Autogrill points of sale on motorways, in airports and in the main railway stations throughout Italy. read more

Minister of Agriculture El-Sayed El-Quseir has announced that Egypt’s agricultural exports reached 2.506 million tons from January to April 2023. The minister’s statements were based on a report from the Head of the Central Administration of Plant Quarantine (CAPQ), Ahmed El-Attar. According
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Entrepreneurs in Tunisia are equipping farmers with tech tools and data to help the agriculture sector weather the country's worsening water crisis. The nation is enduring its fourth consecutive year of drought, threatening the agriculture industry, which is critical for its food security and
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Springtime is ... apple time! While more and more red strawberry dabs of colour are appearing on the shelves, it is far from over in the European apple sector. We talked to Hannes Tauber, Marketing Manager of the Association of South Tyrolean Fruit Cooperatives VOG, about fresh brands.
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Although the unstable weather of the last few weeks does not hint at summer, inevitably, the warm season is at the starting line and the first fruits of the season are beginning to appear in the markets. read more

April precipitation added moisture to the soil on farms but also affected the plantations of early walnut varieties, which had already formed fruit buds. To protect the future harvest of early walnuts, which, taking into account the weather in the first half of spring, is unlikely to be high,
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“No one likes onion skins, leaves, and dust. A clean working environment makes happy workers and good performance of high-tech equipment. And what’s more: retailers and consumers pay a premium for clean onions", according to Sjoerd van Diepen, Technical Sales Advisor at Modesta. He will be
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With an area of ​​12.000 hectares planted, Poland has positioned itself in second place among blueberry-producing and exporting countries in Europe. This acreage amounts to an increase of 8,5% compared to the previous year, so it can be concluded that blueberry cultivation in Poland is in
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With the Northern Hemisphere citrus season ending and the Southern Hemisphere season beginning, shipments of citrus are arriving steadily. read more

“We’re trying to build a gold kiwi industry. At the moment there are small volumes scattered around South Africa but within five or ten years we’ll have large volumes of good quality with which to become a player in the worldwide market,” says Jonathan Trusler, one of the earliest gold
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Another novelty of the season has become available in the supermarkets of the capital of Uzbekistan – super-early apples – apples of a very small caliber which are commonly called “May” apples. Despite their name, they can be sold in retail in the second half or at the
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In the countryside with the arrival of summer there is a need for at least one hundred thousand to fill the labour shortage that hit agriculture hard last year with the significant loss of national harvests. This is what Coldiretti says in commenting on the statements of the
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Once again this year fruit and vegetable growers, particularly those in Emilia Romagna, are licking their wounds after the late frosts that mowed down the future harvests of entire farms. The umpteenth low blow that threatens to knock out thousands of fruit farms that in recent
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