Avos good for gut health
The World Avocado Organization (WAO), whose mission is to drive global avocado consumption by promoting the fruit’s health benefits, says the super-food is good for our guts. Citing new research

“The Egyptian dry garlic season will get going by the start of May”
The fresh green garlic season in Egypt is coming to a close, says Mai Yassin, export manager at Egyptian fresh produce exporter Stars of Export: “We’re in the midst of our fresh green garlic

New report offers solutions to reduce crop loss in Tanzania
Research from the Institute for Sustainable Food at the University of Sheffield in the United Kingdom has investigated the reasons for post-harvest loss of crops produced in the Morogoro region of

“We expect our apricot volumes to increase every year”
The apricot orchards of Alanar are still young, but the Turkish fresh produce exporter does expect to harvest more than a thousand tons annually, says Yigit Gokyigit, commercial coordinator for

Frutura and The Coca-Cola Company™ ink licensing agreement
Frutura, the global sales and marketing network designed to supply international customers with high-quality fruit 365 days a year, has signed a licensing agreement with The Coca-Cola Company.

"Zucchini producers started the campaign facing record-high production costs"
"As a result of the inflationary crisis in this campaign, agricultural production costs have continuously increased. This situation has a bigger impact on intensive fruit and vegetable greenhouse

Co-op announces member-only discounts
The Co-op is to invest more than £240m over the next five years into strengthening its membership proposition and launching new member price benefits. The convenience store chain has outlined the

French tomato producers denounce the abusive margins of some supermarket chains
The production season of French tomatoes is already well underway, and French producers, members of Légumes de France, are denouncing the abusive margins of some supermarket chains that penalize

Brazilian table grape producers excited about pending China market access
Brazilian table grape producers are excited to soon have access to the lucrative China market. This comes as the president of Abrafrutas, Guilherme Coelho, went to Beijing to participate in the

Agris and Granot International Ltd enter joint venture, with support from AgDevCo,
Agris, the agriculture and forestry division of investment company Maris, and Granot, a leading avocado producer from Israel, are developing a 390 hectare avocado plantation at Agris' flagship

Morocco's cucumber exports treble
According to East-fruit, Morocco's greenhouse cucumber exports have been on the rise since 2017 and in the last three years, local exporters have managed to break the record every year. As a

Argentina: Citrus production could drop significantly in 2023 due to climatic conditions
A production decline of 20 % is expected for lemons and up to 35 % for oranges and mandarins. Calibres are significantly smaller due to high temperatures and resulting heat stress, José

Dominican onion producers alert that the local market is flooded with imports from the Netherlands, Peru, and Mexico
Dominican onion producers have informed the Government about the problems they are having to market their products. Representatives of the National Union of Onion Growers, which brings together

Integration of Agrícola San Clemente and Gandules will create largest vertically integrated producer in Latin America
Gandules Inc, the largest Peruvian capsicum (pepper) exporting company in the country, announced the signing of a binding agreement with the Chilean agricultural company San Clemente Ltda and its

Multi-million jackfruit venture earns Kenyan farmers Ksh 500,000
Farmers in different regions of Kenya, particularly coastal and western counties are raking in millions from jackfruit farming. The unique plant can produce up to 300 fruits. One fruit weighs