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

Copa Cogeca: European Parliament adopts key report for agricultural vision
The European Parliament adopted by a large majority (447 votes in favour, 142 against and 31 abstentions) the report presented by Marlene Mortler (EPP, DE) on "Food security and the long-term

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

UK competes with Europe for South African citrus
In the Western Cape, dam levels are at a decade high as a cold front brings cold and more rain to the Cape. In between rain citrus farms are harvesting at a rapid clip to minimize time lost to

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

Bad weather, what legacy for the primary sector?
A carefulperimeter of the areas affected by floods and landslides, without forgetting anyone; a precise census of the damage, farm by farm; and then a special law to allow for immediate

Puglia battered by bad weather, fields destroyed
In Apulia in just 7 days there have been 8 water bombs and 2 tornadoes, in addition to cloudbursts that have hit towns and countryside with flooding, landslides and damage. This is what emerges