Pacific businesses lack staff as workers leave for Australia and New Zealand
In 2022, more than 6,600 workers left Samoa for seasonal worker programs; this was double the number leaving before the pandemic. This means that local business are seeing staff shortages. For

Onions at Rs320 per kilo in Karachi due to supply shortage
Onions sell at Rs250 per kg in Karachi markets. In other parts of the country, the rate hovers between Rs200-320 due to limited arrivals from Sindh and Balochistan crops and additional taxes on

Blue Whale: Focus on promising potentials
While the heat last summer led to lower harvests in other European countries, Blue Whale, France's market leader in the apple sector, is satisfied with the campaign so far. "The high temperatures

Climate change endangers crops in the Himalayas
In three of the past four years, growers in the Kashmir Valley — which produces 75% of India’s apples — have witnessed major early snowfalls. In the late autumns of 2018, 2019 and 2021,

Kimchi vending machine on station platform near Tokyo is a great success
A vending machine selling kimchi on a train platform here has been a huge success since it was placed there in July 2021. The nationally rare vending machine has been installed next to the manned

New potato variety with high genetic quality for Peruvian producers
The National Institute of Agricultural Innovation (INIA) of the Ministry of Agricultural Development and Irrigation (MIDAGRI) reported that it had made available to producers in the region of