Asia & Oceania

Aldi Australia has announced it will exclusively stock 100 per cent Australian-grown avocado in all of its 586 stores, a move welcomed by the local industry. read more

Leading Australian wholesaler and national retail supplier of passionfruit, Jetbest Group, has committed to a long-term partnership to invest in the development of improved passionfruit varieties. read more

Leading Australian wholesaler and national retail supplier of passionfruit, Jetbest Group, has committed to a long-term partnership to invest in the development of improved passionfruit varieties. read more

Two years ago, carrot yields in Lebanon reached 5,400 tons, a drop in the bucket compared to the Netherlands' 643,000 tons or even its neighbor, Israel's 186,000 tons. We spoke to Ahmad Mostafa Khodr of Fresh Products, one of the few carrot growers in Lebanon. read more

With the arrival of autumn, experts in the Kostanay region have noted that prices for a range of vegetables normalized. The Stabilization fund is actively procuring vegetables by entering into contracts with local producers and those from southern regions. read more

South Korea’s interest in cherries from Canada’s British Colombia is “exciting” in this first season of full exports to that new market for them says Claire Donahue, export coordinator for British Colombia Fruits (BC Fruits). She also says Canada’s apple harvest season looks to start
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A new cold storage facility in Osh Oblast, established in collaboration with the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and local business Eco Azyk LLC, is set to benefit Kyrgyzstan in several ways. The facility, located in Japalak village, received cooling equipment worth 6,910
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Himanshu Gupta grew up in India, where he saw how the unpredictably late monsoon season was often damaging crops and affecting farmers’ lives. The frustration he witnessed eventually led him to co-found ClimateAi, a Bay Area-based startup that aims to help farms and other businesses prepare
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Potato prices are soaring in Bangladesh, even though farmers this year grew a record 10.4 mln tons, cutting the buying power of consumers. Within one week, prices increased by Tk 5 per kilogram to a maximum of Tk 45 in Dhaka’s markets, as per the Trading Corporation of Bangladesh, which is
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A Chilean company with two online platforms, to connect producers and buyers of fresh produce, as well as assist with shipping and trucking claims, is seeing greater interest from Asian customers. Sebastian Osman, Commercial manager of Safexport and Reimex in Chile, says they had very big
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The largest market near Almaty is "Altyn Orda," with over 5,000 trading places and more than 50,000 visitors daily. The total area of this trading and logistics center is estimated at 40 hectares. read more

Extreme weather, particularly typhoons and hurricanes in North Asia and the United States, resulted in congestion building up in major ports. Linerlytica’s report today stated that vessel queues went up in the week that ended on 10 September. read more

Asia Fruit Logistica took place in Hong Kong again for the first time since 2019. It was deemed a success by many exhibitors and attendees despite closing a day earlier due to heavy rain and flooding in the city. read more

In late 2022, factories in China's well-known potato cultivation region stood ready to be equipped with a Grisnich receiving, cleaning, and sorting line. This project's delivery scope comprises as many as 37 sea containers shipped from the Netherlands to China. The plant will eventually process
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Avocados Australia has welcomed the news that Aldi has become the first Australian supermarket to exclusively range 100% Australian Avocados in all of their 586 stores ahead of the summer season. read more

Last September, Piet Schotel of the Center for the Promotion of Imports from developing countries (CBI) and Fresh Publishers manager, Pieter Boekhout, took a work trip to Moldova. They visited some 15 fruit growers in this small European country, wedged between Ukraine and Romania. You can read
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After being detected in Israel last year, Diaphorina citri has now been identified in Cyprus, which should force Brussels to investigate the origin of the outbreak as well as finance and supervise eradication measures. The Asian psylla is more worrying than the African Trioza erytreae, already
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Fruit Logistica, the world’s leading fresh produce industry trade fair, has recorded a major increase in requests for exhibition space at its upcoming event. And tickets to visit the annual show, which takes place on 7-9 February 2024, are now on sale. read more

Over 20 representatives of New Zealand based agritech organisations are meeting with Irish and British organisations this month to discuss emissions reduction, soil conservation and environmental stewardship. read more

Staff at retailers across Asia will soon undertake innovative training through a new platform being launched by Australian growers through Hort Innovation. read more