According to Fresh Fruit, between January and July 2020, Peru exported 317,657 tons of fresh avocado exports for 615 million dollars, i.e. an 18% increase in volume and a 4% decrease in value over the same period in 2019.
The Himachal Pradesh government is working towards certifying at least 15,000 farmers and apple growers practising chemical-free cultivation by March, intended to give a further boost to zero budget natural farming in the state.
With the winter conditions in the southern hemisphere, lime volumes are falling, and this, together with a high market demand, is causing prices to increase.
The humble potato seems to be following the onion price movements of last year, with a 40% surge in prices in the past one month to about Rs 35 per kg owing to a shortage in supply while the demand has increased for the staple.
Consumer demand for organic products is rising and responding to this FrieslandCampina is launching an “ultra-premium” organic milk formula, dubbed Organic Friso Prestige Bio.
US premium chocolate maker Godiva is partnering with the Earthworm Foundation to make sustainable improvements to the cocoa supply chain and support farming communities.
The Almeria-based company Explotaciones Agrícolas Hermanos Chumbos, with headquarters in Pulpí and specialized in the production and marketing of leafy vegetables, has become one of the main lettuce suppliers for the fast-food restaurant chain McDonald's
According to a recent USDA report, global orange production for 2019/20 is estimated to fall 7.8 million tons (tons) from the previous year to 46.1 million as unfavorable weather leads to smaller crops in Brazil (down 19 percent) and Mexico (down 45 perce
