It will be a true battle for the larger sized citrus this season. According to Mostafa Ali, commercial manager for Egyptian fresh produce exporter Rula for Land Reclamation, there simply aren’t enough larger sized citrus fruits to accommodate every market. read more

The cauliflower market remains tight. The supply quantities at the German wholesale markets continue to be tight and although more goods are currently available again in France for export, the enormously high prices are dampening the outflow of goods. read more

There continues to be a shortage of vegetables on the shelves of European supermarkets due to the cold weather in Spain and Italy, although the situation could begin to go back to normal from the end of next week. Brassicas and leafy vegetables have seen their production drop the most. read more

The Council of Ministers has approved, at the proposal of the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, a Royal Decree establishing the National Programme for the control and eradication of the pest Trioza erytreae (African citrus psyllid), as well as the National Programme for the control and eradication of the pest Trioza erytreae (African citrus psyllid), and the National Programme for the control and eradication of the pest Trioza erytreae (African citrus psyllid).
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Turkmenistan exported 104 thousand tons of tomatoes to Russian and other countries in 2022, according to data from the UIET. read more

On February 17, 2023, the British Embassy in Uzbekistan and the mission of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) signed a partnership agreement to work together on projects aimed at supporting small businesses in Uzbekistan in the agricultural and textile industries. The
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New Zealand produce company Seeka has announced its Gisborne packhouse is back up and running following the devastating impact of Cyclone Gabrielle on the region. read more

From the very beginning of January of this year, fresh strawberries are sold in supermarkets and fresh boutiques in Chisinau. There are both imported (Greek), and local (grown with the hydroponic method by several small Moldovan farms) strawberries. The retail price is surprising – 130-140
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Alifresca, a branch of the Swiss Coop Group, is moving the offices based in Picassent/Valencia to the new facility of Caliche, a company in the logistics industry based in Spain. However, such a fact by itself would not be valuable additional information, if not for the new laboratory of the
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The president of the Fruit and Vegetable Sectoral Council of Agri-food Cooperatives of Spain, Juan Antonio González, held a meeting yesterday, Tuesday, with the Director of Agricultural Markets of the European Commission's DG AGRI. The meeting was also attended by his counterparts from the European Commission's
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Water Ways Technologies Inc., a global provider of Israeli-based agriculture technology providing water irrigation solutions to agricultural producers, announces that the company’s Chinese subsidiary, IRRI-AL TAL Agriculture Technology Company Ltd., is in the final stages of installing a
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Iran has seen a fall 10.24% in the tonnage of agricultural and food exports and 7.22% in value in the first 10months of the current year (March 21, 2022-Jan. 20). read more

It’s interesting how different the 2021 grape season has been compared to 2022, remarks Dandré Gerber, commercial director of AMFRESH in South Africa. The company currently exports 2.4 million 4.5kg cartons of South African grapes. read more

The first half of the citrus season in Egypt has been a mixed success. According to Eslam Gelila of the Egyptian exporter Gelila, volumes have increased significantly, and demand has been very strong, but the problem of an abundance of small sizes has had an impact on exporters.  read more

60,000t in-shell at 3.5% moisture and 64,400t in-shell at 10% moisture could be harvested in 2023, according to a climate-based forecast based on scientific modelling by the Queensland Department of Agriculture and Fisheries. read more

The Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (AHDB) in the United Kingdom, after a levy payers vote, are winding up the Horticulture Sector and transferring £1 million to a newly formed company called Horticulture Crops Ltd. A group of levy payers are not happy with this decision and have
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P&O FERRIES is joining forces with Finnlines to increase trade between Belgium and the UK by introducing new sailings on the Zeebrugge -Teesport route. read more

The Israeli fresh herbs and edible flowers exporter Bless S.R. are caught between a rock and a hard place. As some harsh winter weather led to shortages from Italy and Spain sees European buyers turn to them in Israel, they are not able to meet the supply due to more expensive production in this
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For apples, WAPA expects volumes to increase by 5.58 % to a total of 5,130,168 t (2022: 4,859,026 t). Argentina, Brazil, Chile, New Zealand and South Africa expect a larger harvest, only Australia is expected to see a minus of 8 % to 290,000 t. The Argentine
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In December 2022, five large Belgian chains joined the initiative that had already been launched by retailers Lidl, Aldi Sur y Norte, Kaufland, Rewe, DM, and Tegut in Germany, to ensure a living wage for workers on banana plantations. read more