Francois Fourie believes in precision agriculture: he applies the principles himself in growing vegetables (and this season fruit too) while his company Turf Technology & Irrigation (TT-i) sets up irrigation and fertigation systems across South Africa. "In 2016, Turf Technology & Irrigation set up..." read more

Kampania ziemniaczana w Grecji zbliża się do dość wczesnego zakończenia. Według pana Iosifa Kokkinidisa, przedstawiciela Organizacji Producentów Agroteam Perithori z Nevrokopi, najważniejszego regionu uprawy ziemniaków w Grecji, koniec nadejdzie dwa miesiące wcześniej niż zwykle: "Zazwyczaj, read more

The Fucino Plateau, a vast flat area once occupied by Lake Fucino, is now one of the main agricultural lungs of Italy. Thanks to its unique soil and climate conditions, the area stands out for the production of off-season vegetables, including fennel, one of the read more

Equifruit, Canada's top Fairtrade-certified banana company, has announced that its president, Jennie Coleman, has been honored as one of Canada's Most Admired CEOs for 2024 by Waterstone Human Capital. read more

Italy is positioning itself as a European leader in the production of organic pomegranates, according to It’s Bio, the European project funded by the EU and the Italian association Aop Gruppo Vi.Va to promote organic fruit and vegetables in Italy, Belgium, and Greece. read more

The advertising campaign aims to strengthen the EU internal market for berry fruits (strawberries, currants, raspberries, and blackberries). The focus of the campaign is to raise awareness for fresh EU berry fruits with the goal of increasing consumption. The emphasis is on read more

Belgian Fruit Valley (BFV) and Dole China are celebrating the 13th anniversary of Truval Belgian Pears entering the Chinese market by collaborating with the beloved television characters, The Smurfs. read more

Spain's Agroponiente Group has announced that it has begun the 2024/25 season with even stronger growth than last year. After two and a half months into the new season, they have achieved a volume growth of 18 per cent, surpassing the 13 per cent growth of the previous season. This progress puts the company on track to read more

Peru's plant health authority Senasa has announced that Vietnam has approved the import of Peruvian mandarins following the approval of a new phytosanitary protocol at a recent meeting with its Vietnamese counterpart. read more

"This promising position at Mandarins allows Peru to become a second reference, a counterbalance in the prices of this fruit, whose reference has always been South Africa, due to the high export volume (more than twice as high as that of Peru)," he said, emphasizing that. read more

The Philippines Department of Agriculture has announced that the country has successfully expanded its access to Japan with the approval to export Hass avocados, marking a significant milestone in the country's agricultural export growth. read more

The torrential rains recorded in the province of Valencia, the main kaki producing area in Spain, have had a significant impact on the supply of this product, leading to an earlier end to the season this year. "The storms and floods have caused us to lose 50% of our kaki production, which, unlike other years, will." read more

"Investment capital is the main obstacle preventing Zimbabwe from reaching their target of growing 30,000 metric tonnes of blueberries by 2023," remarks Linda Nielsen, the CEO of the Horticultural Development Council. Zimbabwe has already experienced "remarkable" growth in its blueberry sector, with production increasing significantly since the inception." read more

Zaplanowano, że w przyszłej wiośnie strefa Lutyensa zostanie obsadzona tulipanami. Miejska Rada Nowego Delhi (NDMC) planuje przekształcić obszar Nowego Delhi w miasto tulipanów. Władze planują posadzić blisko 6 lakh cebulek tulipanów w tej strefie. Przygotowania rozpoczną się w tym roku od sadzenia. read more

The Customs Subcommittee of the Russian Federation's government is considering introducing import duty exemptions for a range of vegetables, according to a statement from the Ministry of Economic Development. "The matter of implementing exemptions for the import of potatoes, onions, carrots, read more

The Greek potato harvest season is approaching an unusually early end. According to Mr. Iosif Kokkinidis, a representative of the Producers' Organization Agroteam Perithori from Nevrokopi, the main potato-growing region in Greece, the season will conclude two months earlier than usual. "Typically, potatoes are harvested until late in the year, but this year's season will be shorter," he said. read more

17 speakers from England, Israel, Brazil, and Colombia will meet in Medellin on November 20th and 21st for The International Floriculture Symposium (Siflor). According to Augusto Solano, CEO of Asocolflores, "Once again, floriculture will shine in Medellín, Colombia. With its track record, the". read more

Martijn van Stee (Crop Breeding Manager) and Senior Breeder Gianplacido di Rosa from Enza Zaden Italy (Sicily) collaborated with the Marketing & Sales and Technology Department to create a comprehensive list of requirements and preferences to initiate this long-term project. They promptly began. read more

The insured cost of disasters amounted to a bill of 2.449 billion euros, 63.7% higher than the 1.496 billion in 2022. The cost attributed to the actions of first responders - read more

Polska żniwa jabłek, największe w Europie, zostały w dużej mierze zakończone do połowy października, wcześniej niż w typowym roku. W sierpniu Światowe Stowarzyszenie Jabłek i Gruszek (WAPA) prognozowało produkcję jabłek w Polsce na poziomie 3,2 miliona ton na 2024 rok, co oznaczałoby drugi najniższy poziom produkcji z ostatnich. read more