China festival goers are turning to alternative forms of hydration, choosing to bring cucumbers so they will not be forced to pay exorbitant prices for a bottle of water. Recently, someone posted a picture of a half-eaten cucumber to Xiaohongshu, a social media platform similar to Instagram. The
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On the occasion of the start of the new garlic season, ANPCA, National Association of Garlic Producers and Marketers, held its extraordinary general assembly in Santaella/Córdoba in week 20. The new campaign, which starts two weeks earlier than planned due to the drought,
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The optimisation of the South African rail network is an important prerequisite for the South African citrus industry to realise its vision of exporting 260 million boxes of this fruit by 2032. This is why the industry is putting enormous pressure on the government to
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A multitude of factors continues to disrupt supply chains in and to the UK, including the war in Ukraine, labor shortages, increased costs of production, extreme weather conditions, and the cost-of-living crisis. read more

On Thursday 11 May, Rapibhat Chandarasrivongs, the Director General of the Thai Department of Agriculture, signed the gazette notice for import conditions for Western Australian Hass avocados at a special ceremony held in Bangkok attended by Dr. Somchuan Ratanamungklanon, Director General of
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The member countries of the Comprehensive and Progressive Treaty of Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) agreed to accept the accession of the United Kingdom at the end of March 2023. Shigeyuki Goto, Japan's Economic Recovery Minister, confirmed the news stating that the UK's accession to the TPP
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Due to a severe drought affecting the Panama Canal, container vessels are to lighten their loads and pay higher fees. Further increases in the cost of shipping cargo through the canal are expected this summer. The largest vessels will have to reduce their draughts by carrying less or cutting the
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The Nakuru county government has launched a sustained campaign to revitalize avocado farming, focusing on sales to international markets. County Executive Committee Member in charge of Agriculture, Livestock, Fisheries, and Cooperatives, Leonard Bor, said the devolved unit was collaborating with
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Shipments of fresh blueberries and grapes from Japan were seized at Taiwan's border after they were found to contain banned pesticides. A total of 9 kilograms of blueberries were confiscated after sample testing on April 28 detected flubendiamide, a type of synthetic petrochemical pesticide that
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Singapore: Grab co-founder Tan Hooi Ling to step down from official Grab positions by year end read more

Finally it has rained in Spain, but only very irregularly and mainly in the south-east of the peninsula, but also in some areas of Catalonia. The rainfall is a great relief for agriculture, but far from replacing the severe drought that the country has been suffering.
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The Lebanese table grape is becoming increasingly well known on the international markets and appreciated by consumers, boosted by several assets but also hindered by great difficulties. Mehdi Awdi, a Lebanese grapes exporter, comments on the industry's achievements and difficulties. read more

The latest data on potato crop yields processed by the European Commission in mid-2022 indicate a figure of 35,700 kilos per hectare, an increase on the figure for the last five-year period of 34,000 kilos. read more

A pair of premium melons in Japan's northern main island of Hokkaido fetched 3.5 million yen ($25,000) at the year's first auction. This is the event's second highest bid on record. The bid for the melons - grown in the city of Yubari - exceeded the previous year's by 500,000 yen, but failed to
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Almost 600 members of the global banana business gathered in Miami this week for the IXth International Banana Congress organised by the National Banana Corporation of Costa Rica (Corbana). read more

The optimisation of South Africa’s rail system has been identified as a key enabler if the country’s citrus industry is to realise its vision of exporting 260m cartons of the fruit by 2032. read more

At least 15m and as many as 40m fruit trees across Emilia Romagna will need to be pulled up and replanted, after thousands of the region’s orchards were inundated by the worst flooding to hit Italy in more than a century. read more

Leading South African citrus company ClemenGold International has said that it is teaming up with a relief organisation to deliver some 1,000 tonnes of citrus to help alleviate the plight of people in some of the country’s poorer communities. read more

Waitrose is claiming a UK first by launching a new own-label, organic and Fairtrade coconut oil. read more

New Zealand’s kiwifruit producers are estimating far lower volumes this year, although quality is expected to be high. This is the result of difficult weather conditions during the 2023 growing season. Zespri forecasts exports of around 136m trays of Green, SunGold and RubyRed kiwifruit to
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