Published: Feb 29, 2016

Chilean fresh fruit and vegetable exports grew slightly last year compared to 2014. In total, 2.47 million tonnes were shipped. Over the past decade, Chilean exports of fresh fruits and vegetables have remained fairly stable

Published: Feb 29, 2016

Rhi Willmot, a PhD Researcher in Behavioural and Positive Psychology at Bangor University poses the question as to whether the same rules that govern human attraction also apply to our choices of fruit and vegetables.

Published: Feb 29, 2016

Store employees of Metro Cash & Carry in the Berlin district of Friedrichshain, are growing herbs and vegetables, using a high-tech kitchen garden developed by local start-up company INFARM.

Published: Jan 19, 2016

With Sheehan grape varieties increasing in popularity, South Africa and Namibia expects just over two million cartons from the 2015/2016 season, says Dennis Pretorius of AMC Fruit. He explains that 30-35% of this has been harvested from early areas such a

Published: Jan 19, 2016

The spot price for onions in the UK is above average but not particularly strong at the moment.

Published: Jan 19, 2016

With many of their shipments behind schedule, California-based importers of Chinese garlic are reporting a tight market through mid-January.

Published: Jan 19, 2016

After several consecutive weeks of instability, the weather conditions are improving in Huelva and the strawberry production is expected to improve in terms of both quality and prices.

Published: Jan 06, 2016

Despite a decrease in the area of mango crop, a 2.2 per cent rise in mango production in different states, from 184.31 lakh tonnes in 2013-14 to 188.32 lakh tonnes (lt) in the 2014-15 season was seen, according to the third advance estimates made by the A

Published: Jan 06, 2016

The harvest of achachairu started in Santa Cruz and producers plan to increase the number of fruits in the local market this year.

Published: Jan 06, 2016

In September the Indian government took the decision to close all but one of the country's ports to apple exports. This decision could have a huge effect on Washington which has been India's third-largest apple exporter in recent years.

Published: Jan 06, 2016

The price of food and the Colombians' personal economy have been affected by the rising dollar, the phenomenon of El Niño, and the structural problem of the last decades as the country lacks crops enabling it to ensure its food sovereignty.

Published: Jan 06, 2016

In 2015 Egypt exported 1.59m tonnes of fruit, which was the highest export in the Egyptian agricultural sector, followed by onions at 1.23m tonnes. For 2016 the Ministry of Agriculture is targeting a 0.5m tonne increase in its exports in 2016 to reach 5m

Published: Jan 06, 2016

Food sources will need to increase by 50% by 2030, in response to the world's growing population and Ireland is preparing to meet this demand; driven by a doubling of the world’s middle class to well in excess of 3.2bn by 2020, major Irish companies like

Published: Jan 06, 2016

According to estimates, 17 regions in Peru will add 126,610 new hectares of land into the productive chain, thus leading to an almost 10% increase compared to the previous year.

Published: Jan 06, 2016

In the city of Pune vegetables prices have steadily been increasing due to water shortages reducing the area of cultivation and a recent dip in temperatures ceasing the supply. Compared to last year, the price of some vegetables has increased two-fold.

Published: Jan 06, 2016

BelOrta's turnover has risen from 350 million Euro in 2014 to 400 million Euro in 2015. Director Filip Fontaine says that the growth mainly comes from the Netherlands, "In 2015, 12% of our turnover was directly purchased by our neighbors. Both growers and

Published: Jan 06, 2016

The fear that rising demand for avocados would make the fruit prohibitively expensive seem to have been unfounded. Calavo Growers Inc. said sharply lower avocado prices were a key challenge in its fiscal fourth quarter, weighing on results at its fresh fo

Published: Jan 06, 2016

In Nashik, India, unseasonable weather has adversely affected the onion crop leading to a decline in onion exports: during the first half (April-September) of the 2015-16 financial year export declined by 17.79% against the corresponding period last year.

Published: Jan 06, 2016

A recent report from Colmar Brunton has shown that cauliflower is of low importance to consumers and that there is little interest in new varieties. However, the monthly vegetable tracking report, funded by Horticulture Innovation Australia, has found tha

Published: Jan 06, 2016

Babatata produces sweet potato at three different locations in Taiwan. The company is the only sweet potato producer in Taiwan and exports to markets in Japan and, since recently, Hong Kong.