Morocco: 2020-21 agricultural season quite promising after recent rains

IFC, FMO announce loan to support South Africa’s blueberry industry, protect jobs and exports

Appointment of Willie Jacobs as CEO of Potatoes SA

Egypt and UK work to continue stable trade relations

Morocco: 2020-2021 agricultural season quite promising after recent rains

‘Solar orchards’ might alleviate South Africa’s electricity problems

Weekly State of the Reservoirs on the 25 January 2020

Areas of South Africa see dams and rivers flooded due to heavy rainfall

The first 1,470 Moroccan temporary workers hired at origin will arrive in Huelva this week

Silvia Piezzi:

"First containers of Chilean Thompson Seedless on its way to Europe"

Kubota invests in Tevel, flying autonomous fruit-picking robots

FruitPro introduces Premium Red

"Grapefruit an increasingly important item on the shelf"

Special Latin America

Global Focus Grapes

Queensland Alliance for Agricultural and Food Innovation

Could research into eye health lead to more commercial production for orange capsicums?

Laurie Adams - Burlington Berries

How does berry production in Australia compare to growing in the UK?

Julio Ruiz-Tagle “we want restore consumers’ trust in imported fruits”

“After a few cold days in the cherry market, sales have now started moving”

Jacques Guironnet, ASPA2, on the campaign of early French asparagus:

“After the closure of restaurants, our Asian clients have diversified their sales channels”

Peter van Teeseling (Bel Impex): "White and red-fleshed sweet potatoes perfect for Dutch flavor pallet"

"High US import fees cause demand for Honduran sweet potatoes to skyrocket"

“We sell the largest quantities of Chinese cabbage to the Netherlands”

The organic avocado campaign will end earlier in Granada

"Although cucumber prices have been exorbitant this month, the final average will continue to be low"

Ed Gray - Watts Farms

“We have taken over £4m in online sales in the last year"

PMA virtual town hall

Environmental and climate priorities of the new administration

Dole and BFV celebrating 10-year development of Conference pears in China

Planning security until 2044 for companies:

Location guarantee extended for Hamburg wholesale market

Use, not waste:

EDEKA expands Apeel range with grapefruits and lemons

RedPop®, Cosmic Crisp®, Giga®: Three new apples in the South Tyrolean apple sector

Smets Food Trading introduces new ‘Sappy’ apple brand

Northern Serbian Red Delicious, Golden Delicious, and Granny Smiths

Vicent Mañez, head of the innovation area: "This project puts us at the forefront of the sector"

Agromediterranea will launch live lettuce without phytosanitary treatments

70% of the Spanish apricot production comes from the Region of Murcia

Juan José de Dios, director of Tango Fruit:

"We aim to sell Tango mandarins for 10 months a year by 2022 or 2023"

Carrier Transicold’s TripLINK Platform adds enhanced shipboard and global monitoring capabilities

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