Colombia: Smart irrigation might enable a sustainable future for Hass avocado
Researchers from the Faculty of Engineering at Universidad del Valle (Univalle) have developed an application that integrates a wealth of crop, soil and climate data to give Hass avocado growers,

India: 40 percent of Konkan mangoes go to Europe and Gulf countries
The hapus mango, grown in Konkan is world famous, particularly in the districts of Ratnagiri, Devgad and Raigad. Out of 250,000 tons of products in Konkan, 25,000 tons of fruit and 10,000 tons of

Harvest season for Hass avocado has begun in Kenya – exclusive interview with industry expert
According to the report of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) “Agricultural Outlook

A memorandum of understanding between three companies for agrivoltaic systems
This agreement, destined to have a significant impact on Italian agrivoltaics 4.0, was presented in Rimin at "Key Energy", the innovative international salon dedicated to energy transition towards

The Latin American Task Force against Lidl promotion
The Latin American Task Force recognises and respects the right and freedom of all actors in the value chain to decide their prices and advertise temporary promotions in line with their business

Morocco restricts tomato exports due to high domestic prices
Morocco has restricted tomato exports since late February with a total ban in place from last week until Thursday. Its aim is lower domestic prices. According to Lahoucine Aderdour, head of the

Innovative concepts for closing and labelling of fruit and vegetable trays
Multivac offers two resource-saving solutions for the closing of fresh produce trays with labels with theirTop Wrap and Top Close labellers . At interpack 2023 Multivac will be presenting the new

“On limes things change fast, Europe's high season is coming, orders and prices are increasing”
The Brazilian limes high season to Europe is coming with increasing orders and higher prices says Sérgio Negrão, CEO and one of the founders of Jagrao. “On limes things change fast, Europe's

"I'm not competing for the last onions; let others do that"
Dutch onion prices are skyrocketing. "You can make €0.70 for delivery in March or April. But the onion market can be hot; you must have onions available," says Mark van Sijll of Sijlltrade in

"Oversupply means Belgian apples are not a lucrative business this year"
Between December and March, the Essen-based wholesaler Maxime Ltd obtains around 90 percent of its apples from neighboring Belgium. The entire range of apples from Belgian cultivation is offered,

Mass sales of strawberries began in Moldova
Large volumes of Greek strawberries have become available on the wholesale and retail markets of Moldova this week. The wholesale price is quite standard – 80 MDL/kg ($4.3/kg), the same as in

Total EU banana production forecast for 2023 stands at 382.938 tons
The EU banana production forecast for 2023 stands at 230.000 tons for Spain, 134.902 tons for France (Martinique and Guadeloupe), 1.496 tons for Cyprus and 925 tons for Greece. The 2022 prices of

Mass sales of strawberries began in Moldova – starting prices are the same as last year
Large volumes of Greek strawberries have become available on the wholesale and retail markets of Moldova this week. The wholesale price is quite standard – 80 MDL/kg ($4.3/kg), the same as in

Demand for offseason strawberries keeps growing in Georgia
EastFruit analysts note that Georgia is importing increasingly more strawberries. In January and February 2023, the country imported 420 tonnes of fresh strawberries – 3 times more than in the

"Dutch organic market dealing with inflation just fine"
There are reports that the Dutch organic market is struggling with inflation and that consumers are, thus, not buying organic goods. Contrary to that, TOFF has begun the year well. "Our customers

AMI: Market situation for cauliflower eases up in Germany
The cauliflower supply at the German wholesale markets is currently mainly covered by goods from France, Spain and Italy. In recent weeks, however, the availability of goods has been very tight

“I hear from our clients that our Gala apple is the best Gala you can find in Europe”
The apple trade between Poland and Egypt is rather unreliable, so sticking to the clients you have good relations with is the best option, says Mohamed Marawan, owner of Polish apple exporter

"Kenya is a very powerful country that is increasingly present in the avocado market"
There has been a shorter campaign this year in the entire Mediterranean area, and particularly in Spain, so "the avocado export market is currently very active," says Francisco de la Torre, of the