Asia & Oceania

Students Floriculture & Landscaping trade of (ITI) Leh, are attending a short-term training program at the Institute of Himalayan BioResource Technology IHBT (CSIR) in Palampur, Himachal Pradesh from March 15 to 25 2024. Thirteen students and a Faculty are currently at IHBT Palampur for the
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A unique agricultural knowledge-sharing program was conducted by Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM) to enrich the lives of senior citizens. The event at Darul Insyirah Senior Citizens Care and Education Centre in Bandar Baru Bangi, Selangor, was titled "Cakna Warga Emas: From Putra to Bonda." It
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The mango season in India has been ongoing for a few weeks now. According to Kaushal Khakhar, CEO of Indian fresh produce exporter Kay Bee Exports, the season should last until the end of June: "Thanks to a favourable weather and the absence of unseasonal rains, the mango season started early
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This week, Ukraine’s domestic market has experienced a significant reduction in tomato supply, prompting vendors to marginally hike prices, as noted by EastFruit. The project’s experts attribute this pricing dynamic to a dwindling supply of imported tomatoes, especially those from Turkey,
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State media reported that North Korea opened the “world’s biggest vegetable farm” on Friday, emphasizing leader Kim Jong Un’s orders to replace “important military bases” with projects to address food shortages. read more

Syngenta Vegetable Seeds has inaugurated a new seed health laboratory in Hyderabad, India. read more

Greek kiwifruit is enjoying strong demand, according to George Kallitsis of Youphoria Fruits, as the country’s export season enters the last few weeks of what’s been quite a successful campaign. read more

According toEastFruit analysts, the simultaneous and sharp devaluation of the national currencies of Turkey and Egypt is causing unprecedented concern among citrus producers from the European Union, primarily from Spain, Italy, and Greece. read more

Fresh Produce India made a welcome return this week for the first in-person event since the start of the pandemic. A capacity crowd of almost 300 international delegates gathered in Mumbai’s Trident Nariman Point hotel to hear about the latest developments in India’s fresh produce market. read more

Bloom Fresh International has held its first open day in India since its creation last year. The event drew nearly 50 licensed growers and nurseries as well as executives and commercial managers from the Bloom team. read more

Leading Australian fresh fruit producer, Piñata Farms has announced several key appointments at its Wamuran, south-east Queensland headquarters. read more

Montague, one of Australia’s leading fresh produce brands, forecasts it will pack over 275 tonnes of Ambrosia apples this season, an increase on the previous season’s volumes. The team anticipates this strong result due to tree maturation.   read more

In January 2024, Ukraine reached a record level of physical exports during the Russian invasion. Domestic producers exported 12 million tonnes of products. Also in January, for the first time a ship insured against war risks under an insurance policy

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In January 2024, Ukraine reached a record level of physical exports during the Russian invasion. Domestic producers exported 12 million tonnes of products. Also in January, for the first time a ship insured against war risks under an insurance policy

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With the arrival of spring and the Easter festivities, demand for asparagus is on the upswing.the strawberry campaign is proceeding at a high pace with very good quality, while the bean campaign has started well in advance.the Romanesco artichoke variety and agretti are in full marketing. read more

With the arrival of spring and the Easter festivities, demand for asparagus is on the upswing.the strawberry campaign is proceeding at a high pace with very good quality, while the bean campaign has started well in advance.the Romanesco artichoke variety and agretti are in full marketing. read more

"This is good news ahead of the 2024 citrus export season, which will start in April," said the Citrus Growers' Association (CGA). "The South African Department of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development (DALRRD) and the Citrus Growers'
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"Changing Climate: Disease Risk & Costs" was developed as part of the MBIE-funded Our Land and Water National Science Challenge and allows users to enter the address of their orchard or vineyard to determine the risk of apple blight, grape powdery mildew and
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Croplands, Nufarm’s emerging solutions spray equipment platform, and Robotics Plus, a New Zealand-based agritech company, have announced they are joining forces to bring Prospr to the Australian and New Zealand horticulture market.   read more

On Friday, the European Commission announced that it is reflecting on two important chapters because of the impact they could have on agribusiness. On the one hand, it is proposing a crackdown on imports from Russia, and on the other hand it is proposing to remove the requirement to maintain
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