State-run Bangladesh Agricultural Development Corporation and private entity National Group Russia for Potato Export are expected to sign a memorandum of understanding today over the export of potato from Bangladesh to Russia. On May 6, 2015, Russia imposed a temporary ban on the import of
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On the occasion of the UN 2023 Water Conference in New York, Dutch fruit and vegetables group Nature’s Pride stated its commitment to being a driver in responsible water management in the fresh produce sector. read more

Thousands of children across South Essex stand to benefit from a greater teacher focus on crucial STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) subjects in the classroom thanks to a £50,000 donation from DP World. read more

How is the Polish fresh produce industry holding up against the many challenges we continue to see at the start of 2023? read more

J-Tech Systems has signed a partnership agreement with GreenKeeper. read more

SanLucar has revealed that it is joining forces with the Kitchen Stories cooking platform for the fourth time to launch a new promotion in German supermarkets under the slogan “Our recipe for good taste”. read more

The latest CIV strawberries have been presented at the recent North America Strawberry Symposium, which took place on March 7-10, 2023, at San Louis Obispo in California. read more

The South African fruit industry is investigating the possibility of a partial privatisation of Cape Town's harbour, with a loading zone only for fresh produce. read more

The Roman artichoke campaign is in full swing, but demand is struggling to take off despite the approaching Easter festivities. Agretti production is in full swing. Asparagus prices are rising due to a lack of product. Strawberry prices, on the other hand, are plummeting due to
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Despite a decrease in in yield recorded earlier this year, the avocado season in Morocco has recovered in fine form and ended on a positive note. Volumes almost hit an all-time record, allaying fears of the impact of the drought. But the season was also marked by difficulties, mainly in terms of
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The Orri mandarin has performed rather well this season, says Planet Israel export manager, Betsalel Ohana: “We started the season in uncertainty, due to different directions of trends. Due to droughts and heatwaves around the world, we expected a lack of citrus fruits globally, while the
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Biogaronne, a group of producers specialized in the sale of organic products, has been marketing colored chard for about 2 weeks. “This is the second year that we sell organic colored chards. Last year, the quantities were not significant because we first wanted to test the market. Since the
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As Chile’s harvest of walnuts started earlier this month (March) in the northern areas, demand for the inshell product is strong in the Middle Eastern markets. “Despite high US inventories their quality is bad because of the climate, that allows Chilean walnuts to be priced at a premium,”
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Air France-KLM and the CMA CGM Group announced today the effective launch of the long-term strategic air cargo partnership they made public in May 2022. This partnership will have an initial duration of 10 years and will see Air France-KLM Martinair Cargo, part of Air France-KLM Group, and CMA
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A little later than usual, the first watermelons from Senegal were shipped at the end of February. "We have been offering Senegalese watermelons in two varieties for many years. The black striped watermelon is low in seeds and somewhat smaller compared to the seeded Dumara, which weighs up to
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Ghana’s agribusiness players have renewed calls on the government to facilitate the expansion of fruit and vegetable production so they can boost exports and take full advantage of the United Kingdom vegetable market. read more

From January to February 2023, exports amounted to 66.8 million cartons. This is 0.47% less than in the same period last year. In terms of destination, 32% were destined for the European Union (27), 23% for Russia, 12% for the Middle East and 11.55% for the USA,
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In 2022, Peruvian grape exports reached US$1,362,740,000 for 554,730 tons, showing an increase of +9% in value and +8.1% in volume compared to US$1,249,800,000 for 513,060 tons in 2021. read more

At the first Plastics Europe Germany Innovation Press Conference, companies presented practical examples of circularity in the form of input presentations. It had become clear in the process: Independence from raw materials and sustainable management with value-added plastics that are consistently
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Fomet has developed the Aphrodite® project (click here to read more) which is a process for obtaining Fomet fertilisers from the processing of manure (cattle, poultry and horse manure) from selected farms in neighbouring areas. read more