Uganda: Selecta One acquires Wagagai Ltd.
2025-04-28 00:00
Selecta One has acquired Wagagai Ltd., one of the world's largest cutting farms, situated on the shores of Lake Victoria in Uganda. Through this acquisition, Selecta One is expanding its international production network, securing long-term production capacity in East Africa, and reaffirming its commitment to the region.
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SIAM 2025 concludes with record attendance, but with fewer exhibitors of fresh produce.
2025-04-28 00:00
The 17th edition of the International Agricultural Show in Morocco (SIAM) concluded successfully in Meknes after running for seven days from April 21 to 27, 2025. The event set new attendance records, with 1,500 exhibitors from 70 countries and over a million visitors. "One of the most dynamic
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Nadchodzące serbskie letnie owoce wyglądają na obiecujące - mówi Vukašin Radivojević, menedżer ds. sprzedaży w firmie Vegfresh Serbia, zajmującej się hurtowym handlem owocami, skoncentrowanym na eksporcie i mającym siedzibę w Serbii: "Aktualnie przygotowujemy się do sezonu owocowego i jagodowego 2025 roku. Serbia jest jednym z największych producentów malin.
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Ethiopia: Farmers worried about the effects of tariffs
2025-04-28 00:00
Ethiopian flower producers have expressed concerns about the newly imposed U.S. tariffs and their potential impact on their flower exports to the U.S. market. Miserach Berhanu, who heads the Ethiopian Flower, Vegetable, Fruit, and Herbs Exporters Association, recently told local media outlet The Reporter that the 10 percent...
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Morocco Enters Japan’s Market with First Citrus Shipment
2025-04-27 00:00
Morocco Foodex announced on Thursday that the Kingdom of Morocco has successfully unloaded its first container of citrus fruit in Japan. This marks Morocco's entry into one of the world's most demanding markets in terms of quality and traceability.
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SanLucar and VFB Stuttgart make dreams come true in the RSA
2025-04-25 11:00
SanLucar has partnered with the Brustring der Herzen Foundation of the German football team VfB Stuttgart to fund the building of a new sports ground and training program for students and athletes near SanLucar's farms in South Africa as part of SanLucar's Dreams CSR initiative.
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Asparagus: Global Market Overview
2025-04-25 00:00
Asparagus markets around the world are dealing with different weather conditions, supply changes, and changing consumer preferences. This overview highlights the main developments in North America, the Netherlands, Italy, Spain, Germany, Switzerland, Austria, and South Africa at present.
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Kenya has already submitted codes aimed at improving the quality of flower exports to the European Union market ahead of new regulations that will take effect on Saturday. Agriculture Cabinet Secretary Mutahi Kagwe stated that the country has already created and presented a False Codling Moth (FCM) System Approach.
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South African grapes dominated the market.
2025-04-25 00:00
South African grapes, especially the red Crimson Seedless variety, were the most popular in the German market. Shipments from Chile were also significant, while loads from Peru and India mainly served as additional supply. There was a wide variety of grape types available, resulting in a diverse price range in some cases.
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Is ocean freight expected to replace air cargo in Ethiopia?
2025-04-25 00:00
At this moment, a shipment of 188,000 Ethiopian flowers is sailing towards Valencia, Spain. In recent years, sea transport has been increasingly explored as a viable option for shipping flowers - and Ethiopia is no exception. While it's known that sea freight is more cost-effective and
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Limpopo vegetable farmers are experiencing a seller's market due to a significant decrease in crop yields in Brits after months of heavy rain.
2025-04-25 00:00
It's currently challenging to distinguish between South Africa's summer and winter rainfall regions: since November, the rain has hardly stopped in the central areas where a substantial portion of South Africa's vegetables are cultivated, near the province with the highest population density, Gauteng.
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Fruit and football groups have teamed up to launch a youth sports project in South Africa.
2025-04-25 00:00
A nowo wybudowane boisko sportowe oraz programy szkoleniowe zostały otwarte w Saron, w Południowej Afryce, dzięki współpracy marki owoców i warzyw SanLucar oraz fundacji 'Brustring der Herzen' klubu piłkarskiego VfB Stuttgart. Inicjatywa ta jest częścią trwającego zaangażowania społecznego.
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Morocco's citrus industry is a key factor in its agricultural success, with the Nadorcott mandarin leading the way as a premium variety that has captured international markets. Known for its vibrant flavor, near-seedless characteristics, and availability late in the season, the Nadorcott is branded as
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Could the increasing import of blueberries from China and Zimbabwe pose a threat to Morocco's market share in Singapore?
2025-04-25 00:00
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Ethiopia is affected by US tariffs.
2025-04-25 00:00
President Donald Trump's decision to impose new tariffs has led U.S. customs agents to start collecting duties on goods from numerous major trading partners. The tariffs have a baseline rate of 10% and higher levies on specific products. One industry experiencing the impact is floriculture.
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Farmers in Bomet are changing their focus from growing maize to cultivating avocado.
2025-04-25 00:00
Ms. Grace Mutai, a farmer from Aonet village in Bomet County, Kenya, switched from growing maize to cultivating avocados after realizing their viability in the area. At first, she encountered difficulties due to her lack of agronomic expertise, resulting in only two out of her initial four seedlings surviving.
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Behind the success of Morocco's relatively new blueberry and avocado industries lies the decline of the strawberry sector, which is becoming less attractive to growers. Acharki Abdeslam, director of the Interprofessional Federation of Soft Fruit in Morocco (Interproberries Morocco), is the key figure driving this shift.
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Honey bees in South Africa are facing a threat.
2025-04-24 16:00
W większości regionów uprawy owoców na całym świecie uznaje się, że pszczoła miodna odgrywa kluczową rolę w udanej uprawie owoców.
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Analysis: The diversity of fruit produced in South Africa is a key driver of the country's export growth.
2025-04-24 11:00
Situated at the southern tip of the African continent, South Africa benefits from a mostly temperate climate and fertile river valleys, allowing it to emerge as a significant producer of fruits that cater to the opposite seasonal demand in the Northern Hemisphere.
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Tanzania has banned the import of South African apples after a "long struggle" over its bananas.
2025-04-24 00:00
Tanzania's decision to restrict the export of its bananas to South Africa has caught South African trade analysts off guard and has raised concerns among South African banana farmers. What the Tanzanian media is portraying as a "trade dispute" has left South Africa puzzled, with critics arguing that Tanzania's retaliatory measures are illogical and offer no benefits.
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