"Fourth consecutive year of drought / Depletion of groundwater / Critical levels of reserves in the largest dams / Worst situation of water stress in four decades..." alarming headlines are raising questions about the fate of the agricultural season in Morocco, particularly in the Souss Massa
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The Moroccan blueberry season seems to be emerging unscathed despite a number of adverse factors, according to Mehdi Benchekroun, a Moroccan exporter of general fresh produce. read more

Specialist TFC Holland's exotics category has grown strongly in recent years. This Dutch company is, thus, working on expanding its storage and ripening capacity. Last year, the wholesaler took a new location into use in the Netherlands. It includes artificial intelligence-based avocado and
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In an exciting achievement, Waikiki has been recognised with the "Flavour of the Year 2024" award in Portugal. This recognition is awarded by an objective panel of consumers and endorsed by a specialised external laboratory who have rated their satisfaction with Waikiki in a manner
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According to a report by the USDA, the United States Department of Agriculture, world table grape production is on the rise thanks to improved cultivation practices in China that have increased the quality and quantity of grapes. A key factor for
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The International Society for Infectious Diseases' program, ProMED, has reported the detection of Pepper ringspot virus (PepRSV) in both seed and commercial potato varieties across several South African provinces. read more

Tropical fruit cultivation has been growing in Spain for years, spearheaded by avocados, which in 2022 accounted for more than 19,500 hectares in the country. In recent years, in fact, official data reveal an interesting development of the acreage. Since the year 2000, when the avocado acreage
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On Tuesday, 9 January, the customary meeting of the Assomel Marketing Committee took place to review production, stocks and sales of Italian apples for the new 2023/2024 marketing season.   read more

The Egyptian carrot season has just begun, and this year the crop continues to gain in importance in terms of production and export volumes. So says Mohamed Ahmed, sales representative of the growing company Al Jabali. read more

In the region where Spain's most famous and widely planted clementine, the Clemenules, was born, there's a cooperative which is primarily focused on this variety. Cooperatives in Castellon are currently having some difficult times, with aging producers struggling to find successors in the
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According to EastFruit analysts, after the New Year holidays in Uzbekistan, apple prices resumed their growth after a long period of stability despite the traditional weakening of demand. In the first week of January 2024, wholesale apple prices jumped by an average of 20% and were 29% higher
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The Red Sea crisis is clearly not over yet, and the carriers’ networks are presently extremely volatile and prone to quick changes. From a shipper perspective, the transit times will clearly increase with the round of Africa routing. It will be a bit more than a week longer from Asia to North
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The first new Spanish Calinda strawberries recently arrived at Special Fruit. This Belgian company's Polina Valkanova says the market eagerly anticipated this new harvest. "After a difficult December with lower quality import strawberries, mainly from Egypt and Morocco, we received plenty of
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In December 2023, Belarus witnessed a significant spike in food prices, as reported by the National Statistical Committee. Fresh cucumbers led the pack with a staggering 28.90% increase compared to the previous month. Other notable hikes included white cabbage (+22.58%), grapes (+18.32%), sweet
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Apofruit Italia will take part on 16 and 17 January 2024 in Marca, the international private label exhibition scheduled to take place at the fairground in  read more

Egypt is expanding its share of the Chinese market for imported frozen strawberries, reports EastFruit. The Egyptian exports to China from January to November 2023 have already surpassed the total amount of the previous year, making Egypt the top supplier of frozen strawberries to China for the
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Domestic citrus production in China remains consistently strong and is expected to continue to grow in 2023/24 (12 months to 31 October 2024), according to a USDA report. This comes after favourable weather conditions in 2023 and replanted crops once again producing fruit following bouts of
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The district of Nashik has initiated its grape export season to Europe with a shipment of over 1,000 tons. The district's Agriculture Department reports that this initial consignment, consisting of approximately 76 containers of grapes, has been dispatched to the Netherlands and Romania. read more

The Dai-Lahu-Va Autonomous County of Menglian, located in Pu'er City of southwest China's Yunnan Province, is making a name for itself as a hotspot for avocado cultivation. This year, the county is set to harvest over 10,000 tonnes of avocado fresh fruits, resulting in estimated earnings
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Part of the increase in turnover was therefore due to higher product prices. According to the company, sales of products from Spain, Morocco and Turkey were also higher. However, the strongest increase was in additional sales from members, among others,
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