In Rwanda's Huye District, high prices of various vegetables are being attributed to the dry season, which suppliers and traders say has led to an increase in wholesale and farm gate prices.
Several food companies located in the Chinese city of Jiangsue interested in distributing Peruvian asparagus outside of Shanghai want to acquire said vegetable and requested information about it to the Commercial Office of Peru (OCEX ) based in Shanghai.
In the first half of 2016 US interceptions of Costa Rican shipments of pineapple that are suspected to be contaminated with insects have increased by 32% over the same period of 2015, according to a report from the US authorities.
The table grape campaign started with high prices in the Spanish market, according to Miriam Cutillas, of the Alicante-based company Uvasdoce, who affirms that, at present, these remain at similar levels as last year.
Jim Allen of the New York Apple Association says that possible apple imports from Poland could present a threat to New York's apple growers, if they bring pests or diseases with them.
The season of fresh barhi dates will start next week in Israel. The season will last until September. The volumes that are coming from Israel will be stable.
In southern Somalia’s Afgoye district, banana farmers have suffered huge losses as drought earlier in the year damaged their banana plantations. Afgoye is one of the richest agricultural districts in Somalia.
In Tanzania, when harvests fail, farmers commonly turn to cutting down forests to source wood for fuel or to make charcoal for a living- but growing mushrooms could be an alternative.
Decreased cauliflower production across Europe due to poor weather conditions and flies, is giving new opportunities to Ukrainian growers who have now starting exporting to the EU to cover the lack of supply.
