Đồng Nai, Vietnam’s top banana exporting province, is expected to ship over 500,000 tons of the fruit this year, 25 per cent higher than last year. According to Nguyễn Thị Hoàng, deputy chairwoman of the province People’s Committee, bananas are one of the province’s main export
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Spain imported a volume of 3.8 million tonnes of fresh fruit and vegetables worth 3.763 billion euros in 2022. This is a growth of 7% and 15% respectively compared to the previous year. These figures reinforce the upward trend of recent years and continue to show a more positive development than the
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The cross-border transport of freight on the Laos-China railway has increased by 500 per cent year-on-year. Since the start of this year, the railway has carried more than 600,000 tons of cross-border cargo, including 510,000 tons of imported cargo, accounting for the 500 per cent increase. read more

An indigenous community in the Northern Territory has teamed up with the nation's largest garlic producer to plant a commercial garlic crop in the middle of Australia. At the Alekarenge Horticultural farm, 350 kilometres north of Alice Springs, Alyawarr women Sabrina Kelly and Tisha Corbett are
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Canada grows both wild (low bush) and cultivated (high bush) blueberries and blueberries are Canada's top fruit commodity by growing area and farm gate value. Blueberry acreage has expanded over the last decade with blueberry acreage experiencing sustained growth year-over-year. Wild blueberry
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Thanos Motsiopoulos has been back and forth between the Netherlands and Greece his whole life. Although born and raised in the Netherlands, he lived in Greece from 2008 to 2019. There, Thanos worked in retail export to Eastern and Central European, among other things. After yet another Greek
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The extreme climatic development in the southern hemisphere is causing great difficulties for strawberry producers in Spain, Italy, and Greece. The frost in mid-January interrupted the sensitive fruits in their ripening period. However, the quantities are expected to be available in good quality
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Last week the deputy minister of Environmental Protection and Agriculture of Georgia, Giorgi Khanishvili spoke about the government’s plans to support agriculture in 2023. Particularly about the programs of Preferential Agrocredit, Hazelnut Production Assistance, and Plant the Future, which
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Hm.Clauslaunches its first ToBRFV Virus resistant tomato varieties, Intuitivo F1 and Fleming F1. The seed company will present them on Friday 3 March at the market in Vittoria, in the province of Ragusa, with a dedicated stand (from 7 a.m. until 1 p.m.). Investments in research
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Although it is still winter in Ontario, Canada, greenhouse production of different varieties of tomatoes, bell peppers, cucumbers, lettuce, and strawberries remains consistent. With the help of grow lights, greenhouse-grown produce is increasingly available close to 12 months of the year. “We
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A new salad brand from vertical farming specialists GrowUp Farms has been launched into Iceland. read more

Vertical farming specialist Oishii has announced the launch of the Koyo berry, the newest varietal grown by the strawberry brand. read more

Wan Hai Lines has upgraded its refer capacity and is coordinating with industry to improve supply chains in the lead-up to the peak of the Taiwanese pineapple season.  read more

Currently, Bangladesh is one of the biggest potato-producing and exporting countries in the world. In 2021, potato exporters in Bangladesh produced 15 million tons of potatoes, of which around 50% is exported, increasing year by year. For the year 2025 production target is 50 million tons. The
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Tens of thousands of potato growers in Bengal are in deep financial distress since the beginning of this year with traders forcing procurement prices to drop. West Bengal and Uttar Pradesh have witnessed record potato production this year. The trade has choked the off-take forcing producers to
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According to a report from the Spanish news service Hortoinfo, in 2022, Morocco overtook Spain as a tomato supplier in the EU after surpassing the volume of Spanish tomatoes sold in the Community market for the first time ever. read more

China Shenshan Orchard Holdings Co. Ltd., a leading producer of kiwifruits in China announced its financial results for the full year ended 31 December 2022, with a revenue decrease of 23.5% to RMB85.0 million for FY2022 due to severe drought conditions that adversely affected the Group’s
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The ongoing rate slide on Indian container trades is showing no sign of a reversal, according to the latest market analysis by Container News. read more

Vietnam and Poland both grow a lot of agricultural products, but experts claim this makes them complementary to each other. Nguyễn Hữu Nam, deputy director of the VCCI in HCM City, said: “Poland has high demand for Vietnamese products such as rice, basa fish, shrimp, mango, pineapple,
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The wholesale price of onions in Georgia started to decrease, although the price decrease was preceded by a peak. At the end of January, the wholesale price of onions on the Georgian market increased from 1.6 GEL/kg ($0.6) to 2.3 GEL/kg ($0.87) in one week, which pushed imports. As a
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