Fresh Produce Exporters Association of Kenya Chief Executive Officer, Hosea Machuki, has stated the country has the potential to produce between 8 and 10 million tons annually, under suitable conditions.
Thousands of farmers from all over Rajasthan are congregating in the city of Sikar to protest against the crashing onion prices in the state, and the inactivity of the Ashok Gehlot government.
China on Friday raised its forecast for soybean imports during the 2018/19 crop year to 85 million tonnes, up from 83.65 million in last month’s outlook, after the country’s customs agency suspended some imports of rival oilseed canola.
The price of carrots in Shandong showed a rapid decline last week. The lowest price already dropped to around 0.50 yuan [0.07 USD] per 0.5 kg, while the highest price fell from 1.2 yuan [0.18 USD] to 0.80 yuan [0.12 USD].
The price of purple garlic in the Jinxiang and Henan markets increased universally around 0.3-0.4 yuan [0.05-0.06 USD] per 0.5 kg between March 1st and 4th, 2019.
Juan Camilo Restrepo Gomez, the President of the Colombian Banana Association (AUGURA), stated that Colombia was shipping bananas to the Asian continent for the first time.
The price of Chinese ginger in the European market began to rise between early to mid-February, and this development continued until the end of the month.
Egypt, the world’s largest wheat buyer, aims to procure 3.6 million tonnes of wheat from local farmers in the coming season that starts in April, the supply minister said on Wednesday.
U.S. wheat futures slid to an 11-month low on Thursday, weighed down by the slow pace of exports in the face of tough competition from the Black Sea region.
