Saudi Arabia intercepts largest consignment of Captagon pills, hidden in vegetable shipment
Customs officers in Saudi Arabia’s city of Al Hadithah have seized a large consignment of Captagon pills, also known as ‘jihadi drugs’. Saudi zakat, tax and customs officials reported that

Batch of Serbian strawberries returned to sender after inspection in Pskov region
At a temporary storage warehouse in the Pskov region, a state inspector of the North-Western Interregional Directorate of Rosselkhoznadzor, during quarantine phytosanitary control, found berries

Fluid market and good prices for the 2023 French asparagus campaign
Fleuron d'Anjou has celebrated the end of its asparagus campaign. After a rather “timid” start due to cold weather in April, the 2023 season has turned out to be very positive. “There are

Exceptional kiwi campaign marked by stability of prices
At almost 1,700m above sea level, Nooyenskopje in Magoebaskloof, Limpopo, has had an exceptional kiwi crop, running across all colours. “In February we started with kiwi berries of which we had

'Any asparagus shortage in South African market will only be temporary'
Grahame Osler, a manager at the asparagus company Denbi, which supplies large retailers, explains that they imported less asparagus from source markets outside of Africa this year compared to

Uzbekistan’s problems with size and volume of sweet cherry harvest benefits Turkey
According to EastFruit analysts, after a bad year for sweet cherries in 2022, Uzbek farmers again note problems with the harvest of this most important stonefruit for the country. At the moment,

First trial shipment of Australian avocados to India to arrive Wednesday
In March this year the Australian and Indian governments issued a joint statement welcoming the finalisation of market access for Hass avocados. Australian avocado grower and exporter The

The Danila Bragantini award to entrepreneur Laura Damiani
The Danila Bragantini Prize was awarded last Friday as part of the Protagonists of Italian Fruit and Vegetables event at Villa Necchi in Milan, the Oscar for innovation in the fruit and vegetable