Spain leans on non-EU imports
New statistics from Spain’s Department of Customs and Excise have revealed that overall fresh fruit and vegetable imports grew 20 per cent in the opening quarter of 2023. Imports came to

"Clients from all over the world kept asking for a solution to process pineapples"
The interest in fresh and processed pineapple is constantly increasing. PND, a company specializing in machinery for fruit processing and in the development of advanced systems for fresh-cut and

Top 10 facts about fruit and vegetable business in Morocco you might have never heard about
What have you heard about Morocco? Google gives a huge list of answers, including Sahara Desert, which sand dunes flow into the azure coast of the Atlantic Ocean, the Atlas Mountains with their

West Michigan expects record blueberry yield this season
West Michigan blueberry fields are inching closer and closer to peak blueberry season. Farms throughout the region have had to suffer weather problems, but this season, the largest projected crop

Zespri debuts at RiminiWellness
Zespri™, the world's leading producer and marketer of kiwifruit, will be present for the first time at the 17th edition of RiminiWellness, the international event dedicated to the world of

'The sector is in an impasse, here's how to revive'
How can the fruit and vegetable sector recover the competitiveness it has lost over the years? First of all by identifying the problems, the same ones that have plagued it for years without any

Schedule reliability improvements slowing down
Sea-Intelligence has published issue 141 of the Global Liner Performance (GLP) report, with schedule reliability figures up to and including April 2023. As the report itself is quite comprehensive

First avocado logistics center opened in Gori, Georgia
Eximcrop operates the first Kenyan avocado logistics center in Georgia, which was opened in Gori and based in Tiriphoni Fruits facilities, reports EastFruit. Eximcrop representative Vakhtang

Unifrutti partners with Tevel to revolutionize harvesting in Chile thanks to AI
The future of the fruit industry is already happening in Chile, where apples are being picked by flying robots driven by Artificial Intelligence Tevel’s Flying Autonomous Robots harvesting

Potatoes, the new wholesale gold
Potatoes sold from 80 cents up to 1.10 per kg. Staggering figures, which have been a reality in the wholesale markets for the last few weeks and will remain so for a few more weeks. Confirming

BÖL study: New breeding concepts make organic lettuce more resistant
When line mixtures and cross populations are combined, this can significantly improve the resistance of lettuce to pathogens and stress factors under organic growing conditions. In addition, the