A pronounced slump in tourism due to the ongoing COVID-19 quarantine has forced Benguet strawberry growers to shift to other crops after struggling to sell their harvest in the local market or even online.
In the past few weeks, prices of green vegetables have gone up and up in the Kathmandu Valley. Consumers are forced to pay heavily to buy vegetables, and some can hardly afford them anymore.
The recent hot days will be disastrous for the lettuce yields during the next two weeks, says Johan Desmet, who grows various types of lettuce in a 5-hectare hydroponic greenhouse in Izegem, Flanders. Colleague lettuce grower Geert Van Hulle also encounte
High-density apple trees are proving revolutionary for Kashmir growers. This year, the locally grown imported varieties of these apples are fetching record prices outside the Valley.
According to Fresh Fruit, between January and July 2020, Peru exported 317,657 tons of fresh avocado exports for 615 million dollars, i.e. an 18% increase in volume and a 4% decrease in value over the same period in 2019.
With the winter conditions in the southern hemisphere, lime volumes are falling, and this, together with a high market demand, is causing prices to increase.
