All the uncertainty and unrest in Kashmir has made the cross-continental journey of walnuts and apples from the US or Chile a better deal for many traders despite sky-high tariffs.
The cascading effect of Cyclone Gaja and the crash in price banana has hit banana growers in the Cauvery-irrigated areas of the Thanjavur district as they have been forced to leave the banana bunches on the trees to ripe and rot as the price of the fruit
World food prices rose significantly in November, reaching their highest point in more than two years, driven by jumps in the international prices of meat products and vegetable oils, according to the FAO Food Price Index.
Scientists at Kangwon National University (Chuncheon, Republic of Korea) have investigated the effect of harvest time on ripening quality of kiwifruit cultivars.
Turkish pomegranate sizes are larger this year than usual. With a couple of months more to go in the season, one exporter is expecting to double its sales this year.
Unseasonal October rainfall damaged over 40% of the vineyards across the district and it is likely to impact export of the produce by around 50% during the current grape season (2019-20).
In the 2018/2019 campaign, more than half of Spanish zucchini exports (54.39%) were shipped to France and Germany at a price close to € 1 / kg, according to data from the Estacom statistical service (Icex-Tax Agency ), using TARIC codes (Tariff Integrated
With the number of Autumn King and Allison packages in cold storage holding in California almost halving between November 15th and 30th, the grand total of grape packages has dropped from 1,013,940 to 557,802 packages.
In several places in India, onion prices have reached an all-time high of ₹140. The sky-rocketing prices of onions have forced both government and traders to import the vegetable from foreign countries such as Egypt, Turkey and Afghanistan.
Farmers in different upazilas (administrative units) of Cumilla district are looking at a bumper production of winter vegetables -and fair prices- this season, thanks to the favourable weather condition.
Minister for Economic Affairs Hamad Azhar has blamed the suspension of trade with India for the current price hike of food items in the country as the prices of tomatoes skyrocketed.
Kiwifruit consumers in some of Zespri’s key markets will soon be able to enjoy Zespri Red Kiwifruit following a decision from the Zespri Board today to commercialise a red kiwifruit variety for New Zealand growers.
In the Islamic Republic of Iran, the price of tomatoes has been on the rise since last week, going up from 50,000 rials ($0.41) to 150,000-200,000 rials ($1.23-1.64) per kilogram.
