Key challenges needed to be overcome in order to ensure South Africa's R30 billion industry survives
The Citrus Growers’ Association of Southern Africa (CGA) Citrus Summit took place in Gqeberha on 15 and 16 March 2023. Usually held every second year, this year’s event was the first Summit

Mexican berry exports outperformed beer and tequila exports in January
In January 2023, Mexico's agri-food product exports were led by berry exports, which surpassed beer and tequila exports, which normally lead this segment. According to the Bank of Mexico (Banxico)

Zimbabwe trials first citrus shipments through port of Beira
Zimbabwean citrus growers will be testing Mozambique’s port of Beira, ranked best container port in Southern African by the World Bank, with their citrus destined for the Middle East and the Far

DP World to invest US$38m to boost container capacity in Brazil in 2023
DP World is planning to invest USD $38 million in 2023 to expand and modernize its facilities located on the left bank of Brazil’s Port of Santos. The port is one of the largest and most modern

The Svalbard Global Seed Vault celebrates its 15th anniversary with new seed deposits
Today, March 2, marks the 15th anniversary of the opening of the Svalbard Global Seed Vault. The occasion was celebrated by 20 international gene banks by depositing 20,000 new seed samples in the

Trading in Tehran bazaars comes to a halt as currency drops
Trading in Tehran markets has largely come to a halt as the rial is near its all-time low. Local media reported that the Central Bank of Iran intervened in the currency market by injecting $700

Costa Rican banana producers warn of impact of country's exchange rate volatility could have on the sector
Costa Rican banana growers have formally requested the Central Bank (BCCR) to intervene in the face of the volatility that the dollar exchange rate is experiencing because, according to them, it

Currencies of Kenya, Uganda and Ghana expected to weaken
Kenya's shilling, Uganda's shilling Ghana's cedi and Zambia's kwacha are expected to weaken against the dollar in the week to Thursday. At the same time, Tanzania's and Nigeria's currencies are

“Exporters are finding new markets, without giving up on Egypt as a market”
Frustratingly, Polish apple exporters still haven’t been offered a solution to the Egyptian banks stopping the financial transactions. Mohamed Marawan, owner of Polish apple exporter Sarafruit,

BVL/QS: Update of the application regulations for rodenticide baits
For the control of field voles, ground voles and bank voles, several plant protection products containing the active ingredient zinc phosphide as bait are approved for use on various crops.

Iran introduce new restrictions on foreign currency
Iran has introduced new restrictions on foreign currency sales after a rush on euros and dollars weakened the rial to a record low of 500,000 against the dollar. The Central Bank of Iran scrapped

Large-scale retail leading organic channel but slowing down
Growth in modern distribution is slowing down but basically holding up: in 2022 the increase in value was 5.2% (but we have to reckon with inflation which last year was around 8% in FMCG), while