Dominican Republic awaits word on vegetable preclearance program
Growers and shippers in the Dominican Republic are waiting optimistically for an action plan to help expand the USDA APHIS preclearance program and allow the country to ship additional

Big laughs, bright ideas shared during Australia's 2023 banana congress
Hundreds of people involved in ensuring Australians have access to their favourite yellow fruit have met in Cairns for the 2023 Australian Banana Industry Congress. After the success of the 2021

South African citrus to US begins in earnest
South African citrus sources have said they are confident of a good season in the US this year, with indications of a good crop and fruit of excellent quality. While container shipments left South

5th Banana Fair to be held in Delfinópolis, Brazil
The Fifth Banana Fair is taking place from 31st May to 4 June in Delfinópolis, Brazil. It is organized by the Banana Producers Association (ADELBA) and SICOOB/SAROMCREDI, the program includes

Tropical Millenium steps on the accelerator to increase its production capacity by 35%.
Tropical Millenium, one of Spain's leading producers and marketers of avocado, mango, papaya and pitaya, has decided to move the board of its executive team and appoint a new Chief Executive

40th World Nut and Dried Fruit Congress set to start in London
The 40th World Nut and Dried Fruit Congress, organized by the International Nut and Dried Fruit Council (INC) is set to start from 22 to 24 May, 2023. About 1,300 professionals from more than 60

Knuspr wants to massively expand support for regional farms
In the past decade, around 35,600 mostly small farms in this country had to give up. To set an example here, Knuspr launched the "Genuss-Helden" programme in the summer of 2022. Now, together with

EC evaluates 119 agri-food promotion programmes
The European Commission is evaluating the 119 proposals for agri-food promotion programmes submitted by 20 April by entities and organisations in the Member States, which aim to boost the

Regularisation of seedless white grapes continues
The California Table Grape Commission is continuing its work to regularise unauthorised plantings of the protected seedless white grape varieties 'Autumn King', 'Scarlet Royal' and 'Sweet