The World Avocado Organization (WAO) has ended its 30th collaboration with distributors, establishing agreements with renowned supermarkets in 12 countries, and more than 35,000 stores, tripling its support to the retail sector throughout the United Kingdom and Europe since 2021. read more

The kick-off for the Turkish pomegranate season has been positive, says Beyazit Afiyon, sales manager for Turkish produce exporter Everfresh Tarım: “The pomegranate season has started well in Turkey. Although it is harvested early, its quality is quite good. It has features acceptable to
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Sydney-based company COPAR, is working on fibre-based packaging solution featuring moisture-absorbent pads for fresh produce applications. read more

"The Italian almond production has reached a point of no return," reports Ignazio Vassallo, president of Associazione Siciliana Frutti in Guscio as he complains about the abundant presence of produce from California all over Europe. read more

Identifying fraudulent activities in agricultural markets is becoming a significant challenge, according to Vincenzo Salento, a consultant on the Italian market for WikiFarmer: “Practices that damage small and medium-scale farmers and buyers, such as origin mislabelling of fruit, mainly
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The Pan-Africa Bean Research Alliance (PABRA) has been honored with the prestigious Africa Food Prize for 2023, recognizing their exceptional leadership in the development of numerous bean varieties that improve farm productivity and profitability, and meet increasing consumer demand. The
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Uzbekistan plans to expand its agricultural product exports to Russia by the end of 2023, reported a representative from the country's Ministry of Agriculture. This announcement was made during a two-day high-level international conference on food security held in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, with
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From September 6 to 8, Peru is at the epicenter of the global agricultural industry at Asia Fruit Logistica 2023 in Hong Kong. The Commission for the Promotion of Peru for Exports and Tourism (PromPeru) and the Association of Agricultural Producer Guilds of Peru (AGAP) lead a delegation that
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Feeding their potential - Stronger Starts program to double its impact to 240 schools by the end of 2024 read more

In week 35, average wholesale prices of bananas from Latin America were at €102/100 kgs in the Netherlands. Prices in Belgium stood at €96/100 kgs, while the French paid €110 per 100 kgs. read more

The winners of the Asia Fruit Awards were announced during Asia Fruit Logistica, Asia's leading fresh produce fair, held at the AsiaWorld-Expo in Hong Kong from 6-8 September 2023. The prestigious award was won by the snack size apple brand
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"There is no shortage of sweet potatoes this year," announces Mohamed Maatouk, CEO of the Egyptian Emirati food industries. "This season's volumes exceed last year's, to keep up with the growing demand for this produce." read more

Nine Brazilian companies participating in Frutas do Brasil – the internationalization project of the Brazilian Association of Producers and Exporters of Fruits and Derivatives ( Abrafrutas ) with the Brazilian Trade and Investment Promotion Agency ( ApexBrasil ) – are present at this year's
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Hong Kong is currently being impacted by heavy rainstorms. As a result, Asia Fruit Logistica could not open this morning as planned. The official Warning Signal of a "Black Rainstorm" had been raised by local authorities, indicating heavy rainfall that has already occurred or is expected to
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Good Life Organic, a subsidiary of Veg-Fresh Farms, announces the launch of its compostable bio-degradable packaging for organic potatoes. This sustainable packaging is certified biologically degradable by the Rise Research Institutes of Sweden. read more

Asian markets are becoming more and more promising for VOG. Underlining the area’s importance, the Consortium was exhibiting at Asia Fruit Logistica. read more

For the first five months of this year, Uzbekistan imported a record volume of marketable potatoes, with about 75% of this volume imported in March-May this year, analysts of EastFruit note. read more

This week, several Belgian companies and cooperatives traveled to Hong Kong for Asia Fruit Logistica. Names like Coöperatie Hoogstraten, the Devos Group, and Wouters Fruit explored opportunities in Asian markets. BelOrta was also extensively present with a stand full of fruit and vegetables
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After a long period of kiwifruit from Iran being banned in India, it seems new protocols will be put in place. This means Iranian kiwifruit could soon be exported to India once again, which would have an impact on the Italian and Greek export of kiwifruit to this region. Although there has been
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Earlier this week, the Belgian and French organic potato sectors signed the new 'Covenant on robust organic potatoes 2023 - 2026'. That happened at the international Potato Europe trade show in Belgium in the presence of that country's federal agriculture minister, David Clarinval. It is the
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