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As of next week the Belgian Conference pears will gain access to the Vietnamese market. In February 2013 the negotiations concerning this started between Belgium and Vietnam and on October 23 this year the negotiations were finalised on paper, says Philippe Appeltans of Verbond Belgisch Tuinbouwveilingen.....




































The citrus fruits of the early agricultural campaign in the province of Huelva have been "harmed" by those imported from South Africa to European countries, which arrive with "better ripeness and calibres, since they are varieties that are harvested in the province and in the Peninsula between the months of.....



Now that the Californian peach and nectarine market is wrapping up somewhat, Chile is coming in slightly earlier than anticipated. “There’s still a bit from California running out of storage but they’re not that good. It’s just about done,” says Peter Carcione of Carciones Fresh Produce Co. in San Francisco,.....









As one of the most important cooking ingredients, along with ginger and garlic, spring onions are a year-round staple in most households. Recently, in the markets of Xinjiang Province, there have also been local varieties from Anningqu and Xishan, as well as for those from Shandong Province. The prices of some.....










The European Commission has once again postponed its decision on the vote for the renewal of glyphosate.The meeting by the Standing Committee on Plants, Animals, Food and Feed (SCoPAFF) on Thursday morning (9 November) at the European Commission followed an initial round of votes by Member States that.....


UK Prime Minister’s Trade Envoy Rehman Chishti said that the considers Pakistan as an important emerging market and that British businessmen are ready to grow further trade and economic ties with their Pakistani counterparts to avail the available opportunities.He was talking to the Lahore Chamber of Commerce.....
If it infests an area, the spotted wing drosophila can threaten total crop failure, which could make life difficult for farmers and winemakers. The fly, imported from Asia, is spreading steadily in Germany due to climate change. So far, it can not be combated in an environmentally friendly way. Existing agents.....


Andrew Doyle T.D., Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine with special responsibility for Horticulture, announced the opening of the 2018 Scheme of Investment Aid for the Development of the Commercial Horticulture Sector.Launching the Scheme Minister Doyle said “I am delighted.....


Just over a month ago, the Council of Agriculture, Fisheries and Rural Development of Andalusia announced its prospects for the 2017-2018 citrus campaign. The technicians of the Regional Administration estimate that this season's production in the province of Cordoba will reach 249,220 tonnes. This is 12,813.....
The seminars traditionally organised at the end of the harvesting campaign carried out by the Regional Union of Cooperatives, URCACyL, have served to present the Potato Producers Association of Castile-Leon.This entity has been created with the aim of trying to give a final boost to the Interprofessional.....
Results from demonstrations to assist growers and agronomists across the potato industry will be revealed at AHDB’s SPot South West Results Day on 28 November.Among the experts at the event at Frogmary Green Farm, South Petherton, Somerset will be NIAB CUF’s Dr Mark Stalham.In collaboration with Branston Ltd,.....

The consumption of fruit and vegetable juices is on the rise in Poland; however, when compared to other Western European countries, it is still small. Last year, it increased by nearly 8%, as Poles drank slightly over 14 litres of juice per person per year; just four tablespoons a day. The statistics are.....


One of the world’s leading premium orange growing regions has been formally granted pest free status by the Chinese Government raising hopes of continued growth of South Australian citrus exports to Asia.South Australia is the only mainland Australian state that is free of fruit flies.The Chinese recognition.....
New airlines and more wide-body planes saw direct exports for South Australia’s agriculture and fisheries industries increase by 50 per cent in the past two years.Last month’s launch of the first Boeing 787 Dreamliner wide-body service to Auckland alone saw freight capacity grow from virtually zero to up to 25.....

While food commodity prices globally have been generally stable, the cost of importing food is set to rise in 2017 to $1.413 trillion, a 6 per cent increase from the previous year and the second highest tally on record, says the latest ‘Food Outlook’ report published by the Food and Agriculture Organisation.....
Miniature robot farmers may be the answer to concerns over chemical use on farms and cutting down on food waste, as well as easing labour shortages, academic farming experts have said.The drawback is that the machines in question, while developed in laboratories to an advanced stage, are not yet commercially.....



