Empowering EU and African companies to fully play their role in the emergence of new sustainable models in the international fruit and vegetable industry COLEACP will participate in Fruit Attraction […]
Wed 09/10/2019 by Richard Wilkinson
South Africa has introduced a new Carbon Tax to reduce the country’s dependence on fossil fuels. The first phase of the tax will run until December 2022, with the second […]
Wed 25/09/2019 by Richard Wilkinson
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South Africa’s booming avocado production experienced a setback in 2018/19, with output dropping 25% to 127,000 tons. The major factors contributing to this decline were the lower yields, premature fruit […]
Fri 13/09/2019 by Richard Wilkinson
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A week after progress was made to establishing a Morocco-US Free Trade Agreement (FTA), a protocol has been signed between the two countries allowing the North African country to ship […]
Thu 12/09/2019 by Richard Wilkinson
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The first Morocco Berry Conference (MBC) will be held in Agadir on 5th December 2019. This will be the first time that Agriconferences focuses on the berry sector. Berry professionals […]
Wed 28/08/2019 by Richard Wilkinson
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The Valencian Farmers’ Association (AVA-ASAJA) has complained about the “nonsense” prices currently being fetched by South African citrus in European retailers. After what the association has described as a “ruinous […]
Tue 06/08/2019 by Richard Wilkinson
Morocco’s 2018 citrus harvest was somewhat disappointing, according to official data. Average prices were up from 2017, but still barely covered costs of production, packaging, freight and marketing. The situation […]
Wed 31/07/2019 by Richard Wilkinson
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South Africa’s grape production continues to expand, with new production areas reaching their full potential and some wine grape areas being diverted to table grapes. Exports have risen in parallel […]
Thu 20/06/2019 by Richard Wilkinson
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The first specialised reefer vessel (SRV) to be loaded with citrus was sent to China last week. The initial protocol for shipping South African citrus to China was signed in […]
Wed 22/05/2019 by Richard Wilkinson
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Morocco’s 2019 melon crop is expected to be large and with good quality, despite a slight dip in surface area in Dakhla and late plantations, according to Medfel data. The […]
Wed 22/05/2019 by Richard Wilkinson
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At the meeting about Italian-African partnerships, case histories and projects of the Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia, Somalia, Mozambique and Angola. “Italy-Africa: a Renewed Partnership for Horticultural and Agro-Industrial Development”. […]
Mon 13/05/2019 by Richard Wilkinson
The third Citrus Summit organised by the Citrus Growers Association of South Africa (CGA) took place in Port Elizabeth on 12-14 March 2019 and was attended by 600 delegates. The […]
Tue 30/04/2019 by Richard WIlkinson
