Moroccan pepper growers faced a shortage of seeds this season, forcing many of them to reduce their acreage, postpone their programs, or even abandon peppers altogether this year. read more

According to EastFruit, tomatoes continue to be Morocco's main fruit and vegetable export product, accounting for about a third of all of the country's fruit and vegetable exports in the 2022/23 campaign. read more

According to EastFruit, Egypt has set a new record for mango exports to Saudi Arabia in 2022, reclaiming its status as the largest supplier in this market that it had lost the previous year. Furthermore, mango exports in this direction have also remained at record levels in the first half of
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Due to adverse weather events like hail and floods earlier in the year, Hortgro has revised its export forecasts for the 2023 season. The estimated export volume for apples is 40.883 million cartons (12.5 kilograms per carton), showing a 10% decline compared to the 2022 season, with a reduction
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AgroFresh Solutions Inc., a AgTech innovator specialising in post-harvest produce freshness and quality solutions, announces the completion of its acquisition of Tessara. read more

Major Moroccan tomato supplier Delassus has launched an appeal to help rebuild houses and schools following the devastating earthquake that struck the country earlier this month. read more

South African investment company Zeder has announced that it has entered into an agreement to sell its shareholding in well-known South African fruit exporter, Capespan. read more

TopFruit has celebrated its 40th anniversary with the South African cultivar management company reflecting on its journey and looking to the future with great excitement.  read more

Container rates for U.S. imports have normalized. Rates for America’s exports have not. Both spot and contract rates for U.S. exports are still up double digits from pre-COVID levels. read more

We refer to the public announcement by Zeder earlier today that they have entered into an agreement to sell their shareholding in Capespan. read more

Lemons will open the Egyptian citrus season in October. Growers are already harvesting, and exporters are awaiting the official launch of the citrus campaign by the Egyptian authorities. read more

As part of a USAID-funded potato projects in Rwanda, there is a need to generate quality early potato seed. To meet this need, six potato experts from Rwanda Agriculture and Animal Resources Development Board (RAB) and Rwanda Inspectorate, Competition and Consumer Protection Authority (RICA),
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South Africa now has access to export fresh avocados to China, all that remains to be done is make sure the industry has everything in place, such as the registration of farms and packhouses and that the fumigation process is in order. read more

Only five years after its birth, Logofruits has become the largest blueberry producer in Portugal and one of the largest in Europe. In addition to growing and packing fruit for famous supermarket chains in Northern Europe and Spain, Logofruits now also lends its services to the Portuguese blueberry market.
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In just five years since its start-up, Logofruits has become the largest blueberry producer in Portugal and one of the largest in Europe. As well as growing and packing fruit for well-known supermarket chains in northern Europe and Spain, Logofruits also provides packing services for wholesalers
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According to EastFruit, Morocco, one of the world’s primary suppliers of fresh tomatoes, is continuing to increase its vegetable exports. The country has achieved new record figures this season as the shipments of this product to foreign markets increased compared to the previous year. read more

Authorities in Egypt have announced the use of DNA to prevent illegal shipments of protected grape varieties at source in response to “repeated breaches”. read more

The former chief scientist of the UN Environmental Programme, Professor Jacquie McGlade, heads an impressive line-up of over 40 agribusiness leaders and experts travelling to regional NSW for the Digital Agrifood Summit on 11-12 October 2023. read more

The Dutch company Scherpenhuizen en Kamps has launched an aid campaign for its 1,500 colleagues in Morocco. A 6.8-magnitude earthquake recently hit that country. "Our partnerships there means the earthquake hits particularly close to home for us," says Scherpenhuizen and Kamps management and family. read more

Many small communities in Morocco's Atlas Mountains are completely destroyed. Survivors are burying their loved ones or clearing rubble to recover more bodies. At least 70 people have died in the mountain village of Imi N'Tala. The total death toll has risen to more than 2,800. The agricultural
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