India: Otipy joins ONDC Network, delivering farm fresh produce within 12 hours of harvest read more

Mandarin and citrus production in the Northern Hemisphere is in the second half of its campaign with the end in sight for many producing countries. The Orri Jaffa variety is attracting the highest prices in many markets. Israel reports a good winter with mild weather, including record breaking
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Zespri has launched a novel packaging solution, the Fruit Pillbox, designed to promote daily fruit consumption in Singapore. This innovative packaging, inspired by a pill box, features seven compartments for each day of the week, each containing a Zespri SunGold Kiwifruit. The initiative aims to
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The apple harvest has been slow to start in New Zealand this season, but now the Royal Gala harvest is in full swing. The last two seasons have been extremely wet and last year growers were hit by a cyclone right at the start of harvest, but it is looking a lot more positive so far this year. read more

FreshPlaza will be will be highlighting Australia and New Zealand in our March special. read more

The Georgian Competition and Consumer Protection Agency (GCCPA) has been closely monitoring the nut market, unveiling a shift in export dynamics in its recent interim report. The report highlights a peak in nut export volumes in 2021, reaching 365.6 million GEL, before witnessing a downturn in
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The floriculture sector is of great importance worldwide. Colombia and Ecuador are the second and third largest exporters of flowers per year, accounting for 24% of the world market share and supplying major markets such as the United States, Russia, and the Netherlands (Chambers, 2024). read more

The kiwiberry and kiwifruit harvests are looking positive this season, New Zealand growers have had to contend with a couple of wet winters and some are still feeling the effects of cyclone Gabrielle which struck right before harvest last year. read more

From Wednesday, March 13 to Friday, March 15, 2024, the Tulip Trade Event will be organized for the sixth time. The official opening of the event will take place at VWS Flowerbulbs in Broek op Langedijk. The opening ceremony will be performed by a special guest from Hongyue Horticultural
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Border officials along the Belarusian-Russian border are increasingly detecting attempts of illegal fruit and vegetable smuggling. read more

This was reported by reefertrends, citing data from the Ministry of Agriculture. The previous record was therefore around 210,000 tonnes in 2022. Moshe Brookenthal, head of the fruit sector at the Crop Production and Marketing Office, stated that "despite the
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Georgian company Nergeta started to grow kiwifruit near the country's Black Sea coast in 2011. Over two years Nergeta established a 20ha orchard and also built their own cold-store and packhouse. Its first trial export shipments were sold in a German retail chain but the company soon found its
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Researchers at Goa University have developed a novel method for producing gold nanoparticles, crucial in the delivery of anti-cancer drugs, using a specific species of mushroom indigenous to Goa. This method, detailed in the Geomicrobiology Journal, represents a significant stride towards
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