Vineyards on over 50,000 acres in the Sangli district in India were damaged due to heavy unseasonal rainfall last week, some of which were in the flowering stage and some almost ready to be harvested. read more

There was great participation and interest in the Veronese greenhouse meetings, organised in Zevio, in co-ordination between Bayer CropScience's Vegetables and Crop Protection divisions. read more

Tosca, a leading provider of reusable packaging solutions, is pleased to announce the appointment of Indy Obhi as the new Managing Director for UK and Ireland. Reporting directly to EMEA President, Dan Lee, his main responsibility will be to further improve
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Relentless rainfall, attributed to the El Niño phenomenon, has unleashed devastating floods in the Horn of Africa, particularly in Kenya, compounding the region's challenges after experiencing its worst drought in four decades. As of Friday, the Kenyan government has reported a grim death toll
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As the New Year approaches, the prices of some vegetables are expected to rise by almost a quarter, with cucumbers, tomatoes, peppers, aubergines, and berries experiencing the highest increase. The anticipated 25% cost surge for greenhouse plants is based on Rosstat's analysis. Over the last
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The first edition of the 'Fruit and vegetable trolley of the year' contest (for more information click here), devised by Agroter's Fruit and Vegetable Monitor together with UNAPROA with the collaboration of Toluna, saw the success in the special ranking dedicated to the essential supermarkets of LIDL
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GreenV is establishing GreenV Mexico and has appointed Mauricio Revah as Managing Director. Mauricio Revah explains: "There is no doubt about the importance and potential of the Mexican market. The main advantage for Mexican growers and investors is that GreenV Mexico combines the strength of
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Shipping bottlenecks experienced during the Covid shipping bubble brought much of the North American supply chain into disarray. “Capacity restraints and port slowdowns crippled the transpacific tradelane,” says Jane Colazzo with UWL. “It drove us to rethink the traditional carrier model,
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VIP, the Association of Fruit and Vegetable Cooperatives of Val Venosta, in October 2022, decided to entrust a dedicated manager with the development of the coordination of the growth of the "Managed Varieties" (the Club apples), in order to have an overview of each individual project. After
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In October, Japan disposed of a shipment comprising over five tons of Vietnamese durian and chili due to elevated pesticide levels surpassing the country's standards. The durian batch, weighing 1.4 tons, contained 0.03 parts per million (ppm) of procymidone, exceeding Japan's accepted level of
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This spring saw BeeFair Organic begin as a new organic fruit-importing company in the Netherlands. "Although that fell in mid-season with certain products, we're delighted with how the season's first months went," Roelant Komen begins. "Our sales are pretty broad. We serve (organic) supermarkets
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The UK-based impact investor has finalized a USD10 million mezzanine debt investment into Dowson Limitada, a Sussundenga-based primary producer of macadamias and avocados. Dowson was established in 2012 by a group of South African farmers who recognised the ideal growing conditions in central
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The import of avocados in Morocco will hit a record high this year, despite having a well-developed local production sector, according to EastFruit. By the end of 2022, Morocco was the ninth largest exporter of avocados in the world, but in the first nine months of this year alone, it imported
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Initially scheduled for December 15, the official launch date of the citrus season has been brought forward to December 5, a decision taken by the Agricultural Exports Council and justified by improved weather conditions. read more

As it was expected, Russia introduced a complete ban on the import of vegetables and fruits from Moldova starting today, December 4, 2023, EastFruit analysts report. They used the usual vague pretext: “continuing systematic detection of quarantine objects in vegetables and fruits [from
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In Ukraine, potato prices have surged to the highest levels in a decade, reaching 0.23-0.28 euros/kg, according to AgroTimes monitoring data. read more

The Fruit Growing Conference, will be held on January 17, 2024 in Poland during the Fruit and Vegetable Growing Fair - TSW 2024. This event is a good opportunity to learn about the latest trends and challenges in the fruit growing industry. read more

With over 40 cultivated hectares of brassicas, Ortofrutta Bernardi supplies white cauliflowers, Savoy cabbage, broccoli, kohlrabi and Roman Romanesco broccoli. "We produce almost all products and the weather has not caused too many problems," reports Christopher Bernardi. read more

In late November, a conference convened to assess the production outcomes of northern provinces in 2023 and outline plans for 2024. Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Hoang Trung, acknowledged the challenges posed by unfavorable weather conditions during the 2022-2023
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This year, Egyptian mango and guava exporters are expected to boost their presence in the EU market, according to EastFruit. The data for the first nine months of 2023 show that the EU imported more Egyptian mango and guava than in the whole of 2022, and the volume of shipments from Egypt in
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