A larger variety of fruit and vegetables to choose from in combination with lower prices led to higher sales figures, research conducted in Norwegian supermarkets shows.
During the 2018/2019 campaign, which went from September 1, 2018 to August 31, 2019, six out of every ten Spanish tomatoes exported came from the province of Almeria.
Pilipino Banana Growers and Exporters Association PBGEA is urging president Duterte to break the stalemate in talks between Manila and Seoul for the reduction of South Korea’s tariffs on Philippine cavendish ahead of a bilateral meeting this week.
The Hass avocado harvest has just started in the Axarquía region, in the Spanish province of Malaga, which is the area with the largest avocado production in Spain.
Apple production and exports continue to increase in New Zealand. Apple exports are forecast to be up four percent at 405,000 metric tons in 2019/2020, following a six percent increase in 2018/2019.
The Indian apple growers who suffered huge losses due to last week’s snowfall have made it clear that the government’s proposals to compensate them are so inadequate that these won’t serve any purpose.
Malawi mangoes, grown in that country by a European-African firm -Malawi Mangoes Ltd-, are being marketed as “99 percent similar” to the Ratnagiri Hapus.
In marketing year 2019/20, Korea’s pear production is projected to increase by 3.4 percent to 210,000 tons due to increased yield as a result of better weather conditions compared to the previous year.
