Photo report: Start of the season of the Palatinate early potatoes
On June 12, the producer association Pfälzer Grumbeere invited connoisseurs, media representatives as well as politicians to see the harvest for themselves at the season start of the Palatinate

Avocado cultivation on the rise in Brazil
In Brazil, avocado production grew by more than 50% between 2016 and 2021. Avocado is one of the fruits that has stood out the most in the Brazilian agricultural sector in recent years. According

Will GlobalG.A.P. certification enable Fyffes to export melons to Europe?
Back in 2021, Fyffes began the transformation of its Honduran and Guatemalan melon businesses with the goal to become GlobalG.A.P. certified. New management was appointed, including the General

Scientists create an avocado that doesn't turn black after being cut
A group of scientists has used the revolutionary gene-editing technique based on the CRISPR tool to turn off the gene that drives oxidation after the avocado is cut and its inside comes into

60 tons of carrots were sent from the Volgograd region of the Russian Federation to Kazakhstan
On June 13, the regional office of the Rosselkhoznadzor in the Volgograd region announced a new export shipment. This time, over 60 tons of fresh carrots from the Volgograd region were sent to

The agricultural industry in the south of Ukraine has practically been destroyed
The loss of the Kahovka reservoir has become not only the largest man-made disaster for Ukrainians but also a tragedy on a national scale. The agricultural industry in the south of the country has

Major step forward for Fyffes melon business
Ireland-based fruit importer Fyffes has attained GlobalGAP certification for its Honduran melon farm Suragroh, something which it says builds on a two-year transformation of the operation by local