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Kenyan avocado sector receives a Ksh 302 million boost
2024-02-29 00:00
In a significant advancement for Kenya's agriculture, a Ksh 302 million (€1.9 mln) investment has been announced, aimed at enhancing the avocado value chain. This investment, a collaborative effort involving the British High Commission and the Sustainable Urban Economic Development (SUED)
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France: oranges withdrawn from supermarkets due to pesticide levels exceeding limits
2024-02-29 00:00
In France, a mass recall of oranges for sale in E.Leclerc supermarkets is underway, where levels of pesticides were found to exceed EU limits. The alert was issued by the government's official warning site, RappelConso, late last week.
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"Only in Brussels could it be conceivable that the world's leading citrus exporter would come to the aid of the second largest".
2024-02-29 00:00
The operation now being finalised in favour of South Africa was confirmed by the European Investment Bank (EIB) itself recently and will be for a significant amount, probably in the hundreds of millions of euros. "The beneficiary will be the state itself, which is the owner of the company.
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Morocco's successes in fruit and vegetable exports are no secret to industry experts. However, it is interesting to observe which markets are showing the most impressive dynamics, to understand where the greatest new opportunities lie.
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"The market for greenhouse vegetables is still dominated by the large supply from the south".
2024-02-29 00:00
In the greenhouse vegetable market, the transition to Western European products is already in full swing, but for the time being, the market is still dominated by production from the South. Benny Cuypers of BelOrta explains. "We have to take into account the prices
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Which country garners the most value from its cucumber production: Spain, the Netherlands, Morocco, or Turkey?
2024-02-29 00:00
According to a comparison carried out by Hortoinfo using FAOSTAT data, the total value generated by the cucumbers produced in Spain significantly surpasses that of other countries. Compared to the Netherlands, the value is 83.96% higher. It is also 1.3% greater than that of Turkey, and an
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In response to protests by European farmers against Moroccan agricultural imports, Morocco's Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita has stressed the mutual benefits of the association agreement with the European Union (EU), highlighting the mutual benefits of the association agreement with the EU.
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Market for edible flowers blossoms in Tunisia
2024-02-29 00:00
A Tunisian entrepreneur growing edible flowers says she is surprised by the appetite for her homegrown product in the North African country and hopes to see a "new culinary culture" bloom. Sonia Ibidhi, a 42-year-old journalist, turned to organic farming of the niche but in-demand product "out
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Early end of the South African stone fruit season
2024-02-28 13:00
It is also unlikely that fruit will be held back for later marketing in South Africa - as has been the case in previous seasons - and growers are advised to pack and dispatch all fruit as soon as they are ready.
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Early end to South African stonefruit season
2024-02-28 12:00
South African nectarine and plum exporters are expecting an earlier end to the season when compared with last year.
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"In the future, we will expand our range of ready-to-eat products".
2024-02-28 00:00
"We will continue to invest in our brand favour for ready-to-eat avocados," shares Menno van Utrecht of Dutch company FruitPro. "We guarantee supply during all months of the year, maturing new batches every week from selected suppliers.
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Morocco's export successes in the fruit and vegetable sector are no secret to experts in the sector. However, it is interesting to look at which markets show the most impressive dynamics in order to understand where the greatest opportunities arise.
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Moldovan grape sector to benefit from FAO initiative
2024-02-28 00:00
In a significant move to bolster Moldova's table grape sector, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has earmarked a $350,000 technical assistance project under the One Country One Priority Product (OCOP) initiative. This collaboration was formalized through an
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In response to European farmers' protests against Moroccan agricultural imports, Morocco's Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita emphasized the mutual benefits under the association agreement with the European Union (EU), highlighting a 10 billion euro trade surplus in favor of the EU. During a press
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Kenya seeks action against immature avocado harvesting
2024-02-28 00:00
Concerns have been raised by stakeholders within Kenya's avocado value chain regarding the detrimental practice of harvesting immature avocados. The Avocado Exporters Association of Kenya (AEAK) has called for stringent measures against those involved in this activity, labeling it as economic
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A Valencian farmer complains that he has to throw away more than 100,000 kilos of mandarins because of imports.
2024-02-28 00:00
The following video, in which a Valencian farmer throws tons of mandarins on the ground of his farm while he tells of his disagreement with the arrival of products from Egypt, is equally devastating and shocking. We have to make a short journey from the top of the tree to the bottom of the tree," he says.
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In an interview with TASS, South African Ambassador to Russia Mzuvukile Jeff Maqetuka explains which countries he thinks are most likely to join BRICS next, assesses the prospects for orange and wine exports to the Russian market and talks about how global leaders see the Ukraine conflict
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Potato cultivation in Morocco proceeds under optimal conditions
2024-02-28 00:00
In the Loukkos region in north-western Morocco, the potato season is going well, unaffected by the severe drought in the country. This is stated by Oussama Didouch, a grower of various fruit and vegetables.
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Israel still brings in African agricultural workers
2024-02-28 00:00
In light of the ongoing conflict with Hamas, Israel faces a significant shortage of agricultural labor. To address this, the country has been actively recruiting workers from Africa for the past three months, drawing notably from Kenya and Malawi. These efforts are part of a broader strategy to…
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Second largest supplier of tomatoes to the EU
2024-02-28 00:00
In 2023, Morocco positioned itself as the second largest supplier of tomatoes to European Union (EU) countries, behind only the Netherlands. According to a report by Hortoinfo based on data from Euroestacom (ICEX-Eurostat), over the past five years Morocco has recorded an increase of 18.86 per cent in the
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