The 2016 apple production in the EU will decrease 3% compared with last year’s crop. The pear crop is predicted by European growers to decrease by 9% compared with 2015.
Now that the Supreme Court has revised its 2015 decision stopping field tests of genetically modified (GM) crops, advocates of the Bt (Bacillus thuringiensis) eggplant are studying the commercial production of the country’s first genetically enhanced vege
The weather conditions and the abandonment of plantations due to the low profitability of the crop in 2015 have caused a decrease in this year's black currant harvest in Poland.
A new national survey conducted by University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences researchers, reveals that relatively few people are aware of the health benefits of mushrooms.
The Ivory Coast has been producing bananas for over fifty years. Two years after serious flooding threatened the Ivory Coast’s banana sector, production has restarted and professionals are ready to increase yield and find new markets.
In Israel, strawberries are traditionally a winter crop, requiring few hours of daylight and low temperatures, they were hitherto only available between November and May.
During the winter season, apple farmers in Lebanon lost 70 percent of their crops. Now, farmers are calling on the government to find sustainable solutions for the protection of apples, such as supporting exports.
The Bureau of Plant Industry (BPI)-Quarantine Service Office at Sasa Port in Davao City is being called on by small banana exporters to improve its services through transparency and efficiency.
Banana bunchy top disease wiped out bananas in several districts of Malawi. In an effort to restart banana production, the Malawi government is introducing a new improved banana variety.
The issue of oversupply for apples and pears in Poland is expected to continue in the coming season despite weather issues which caused major damages for many growers a couple of weeks ago
A good apple harvest is expected in Kanthallur in the state of Kerala, and this subsequently raises hopes of farmers in the villages of Perumala, Puthur, and Guhanathapuram.
Typhoon Nepartak, which hit on July 8 with winds up to 205kph and dumped 40mm of rain in the southern counties of Taiwan, destroyed many crops, thus causing a disruption in supply.
The melon offer in France is still weak, despite the South East being in full production and imports in May decreasing over a year. Demand is there, and has allowed prices to increase compared to the previous season
