'Development of organic mushrooms is particularly pleasing'
Despite a slight decline in the overall Swiss market from 13,537t in 2021 to 12,906t in 2022, Swiss mushroom cultivation is still on track. Particularly pleasing is the development of Swiss

35% of Hawkes Bay apple crop could be lost due to Cyclone Gabrielle
Some 35% of Hawkes Bay apple crop could be lost due to Cyclone Gabrielle, says Paul Paynter of the Yummy Fruit Company, one of the region’s largest apple orcharding businesses. Still, it’s

Innovation project leads to improved apple and pear storage
The Belgian company Optiflux, supported by The Province of Flemish Brabant and research partners KU Leuven and VCBT, has developed smart technology for the improved cold storage of top fruit. "The

G-teK's technology used in Africa to dehydrate fruit without electricity
In collaboration with G-teK from Carpi (Modena), a number of natural solar dehydration systems (DEN®) have been activated in two Sub-Saharan countries - Senegal and Tanzania. "The flexibility and

First sunburn, then rain: now pineapple growers hope for upturn in volumes and demand
A small group of KwaZulu-Natal pineapple growers supply the whole of South Africa with fresh pineapples. In Hluhluwe, Queen pineapples are produced on dryland fields for 52 weeks of the year with

Assam agri exports reaching Rs 40 bln in 2022-23
Despite the absence of adequate export infrastructure in the state, Assam exported agrarian products (as well as wicker works) worth around Rs 40 bln (€440 mln) in fiscal 2022–2023. According