The rains of Hurricane Irma delayed the planting of pineapple in Ciego de Avila, and its workers continue the corresponding tillage to expand marketing in tourism and export, in order to obtain foreign exchange and strengthen the national economy.
With dengue cases on the rise, the prices of kiwi, sweet lime (mosambi) and dragon fruit, which help increase the platelet count, have witnessed an increase in India.
A round 347,000 tons of fresh green or dried bananas worth $267 million were imported into Iran during the first half of the current Iranian year (March 21-Sept. 22).
The export of fruits and vegetables to Russia has grown strongly during the first three quarters of this year, according to data from the port of Heihe, on the China-Russia border, reported on Monday.
R2E2, a variety of mango that was introduced to Vietnam by Australians around 10 years ago, has been a driving force that has catapulted Vietnam into becoming a major player in the exporting of R2E2 mangoes.
The Ghana Export Promotion Authority (GEPA) has earmarked US $957,294 to implement the development of smooth cayenne variety pineapples into a niche market in the European Union.
The Philippines on Saturday requested improved market access for its fruit exports to South Korea during the meeting of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations' (ASEAN) Economic Ministers in Manila.
South Korea reached an agreement with Australia that will allow its commercially grown grapes to be exported to the Oceania country, the government said Sunday.
According to the Sing Tao Daily from Australia, some plantation owners in the country have revealed that recently, some Chinese buyers entered Australia with travel visas and large amounts of cash to buy grapes still growing on the vines.
The Minister of Agriculture and Water Resources of Kurdistan's Regional Government, Abdul Sattar Majid, reported that the region's total potato production in 2016 reached 243 thousand tonnes and that they expected to export 500 tonnes of potatoes to Russi
On 7 July, a batch of 2,000 boxes, weighing 14 tons, with 13,000 dollar worth of fresh needle mushrooms from Huizhou Xue Rong Biotechnology Co., Ltd. was shipped from Huizhou in Guangdong.
This pineapple variety, which is not very common outside the country, is specially requested in Iran, to where Thailand exports 65% of the production; Kazakhstan, (20%); and Russia, (15%).