Published: Feb 22, 2016

Global market integration is key to buffering future commodity prices and food security from the negative effects of climate change on agriculture, says an agricultural economist in a new report.

Published: Feb 19, 2016

Following a series of talks between representatives, Israel and Russia have agreed to sign a free trade agreement in the very near future. Russia's leading negotiator in these talks, Agriculture minister Sergey Levin

Published: Feb 19, 2016

Major corporations and regional retailers in Rwanda claim they are forced to import produce from abroad because off the low quality and insufficient supplies of local produce, such as fruit and vegetables.

Published: Feb 19, 2016

Business Events Sunshine Coast (BESC) has scored its first major win for 2016 with confirmation of a conference worth up to $700,000 for the Sunshine Coast region.

Published: Feb 19, 2016

Google announced Wednesday 17 February that it is adding fresh produce, including fruit and vegetables, to its Google Express service which launched in 2013, offering non-perishable goods.

Published: Feb 19, 2016

In 2015, the export of Hass and Fuerte avocados from associations of small producers of Huaccana and Ongoy Huaccana, districts with huge potential for the development of this productive chain, generated around $ 2.5 million.

Published: Feb 19, 2016

Fusarium wilt has wreaked extensive damage to banana plantations in Davao City, yet the government and banana growers are optimistic joint efforts will help curb, if not totally eradicate, fusarium wilt, popularly known as Panama virus.

Published: Feb 19, 2016

In North Cotabato, the Philippines, the El Nino phenomenon and rat infestations have caused almost one billion pesos of damage to agricultural crops, including banana and vegetables, reported the Office of the Provincial Agriculturist (OPAG) on Wednesday

Published: Feb 19, 2016

Experts from the Ministry of Agriculture of the Province are working on a survey on the Green Belt areas of the city of Cordoba that were affected by a storm on Monday.

Published: Feb 19, 2016

Before the Spring Festival, a cold wave suddenly hit the whole Weifang City in Shandong Province, and the temperature in this area dropped significantly to minus eight degrees, close to the lowest temperature in history ever recorded.

Published: Feb 19, 2016

A new report from BB&T Capital Markets suggests that organic price premiums vs. conventional pricing may still be too low from a producer and supplier standpoint, according to news site cnbc.com.

Published: Feb 19, 2016

“Pomelo is one of our main products. Our pomelo production consists of three processing plants and three plant bases. Our 'early' plant base covers 70 hectares, our medium plant base consists of 35 hectares and our late plant base is the largest with 140

Published: Feb 19, 2016

The effects of a cold, wet winter in Florida will likely linger into spring this year. For many vegetable crops, the crop cycle is such that volumes won't recover until several weeks after weather conditions improve.

Published: Feb 19, 2016

Poland is the 6th largest country, in terms of population, in the European Union. The country’s young capital economy, of 26 years, has encouraged foreign investments following government’s open door policy.

Published: Feb 19, 2016

Though Pakistan enjoys a positive trade balance when it comes to fresh produce, exports must increase in the coming years. At least that's the opinion of Waheed Ahmed, director of the All Pakistan Fruit and Vegetable Importers, Exporters and Merchants Ass

Published: Feb 19, 2016

Double Date Packing Inc. delved into the date business a year ago, and their first season had them processing up to 5,000 pounds of Medjool dates per hour during the packing phase.

Published: Feb 19, 2016

Hoedspruit and Letsitele, where about 60% of South Africa's grapefruit is grown, is in a serious drought situation, to add to the woes of the growers the area was also hit by hail last November which has made predictions for the coming season even lower.

Published: Feb 19, 2016

A growing number of market-leading local and international packaging manufacturers are using Africa’s Big Seven (AB7) to access rapidly expanding consumer markets across the continent.

Published: Feb 18, 2016

In 2015, a total of 12,000 tons of fruits were imported from Fangchenggang Port Service Center in Guangxi Province. With a value worth 52,077 million yuan, the growth trend in fruit import is quite evident.

Published: Feb 18, 2016

The Potato Industry Leadership Institute (PILI) provides tools to help younger growers and industry members develop as leaders and motivate them to commit their time and energy to the betterment of the U.S. potato industry.