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Morocco’s farmers are increasingly moving away from tomatoes towards other crops, like bell peppers and blueberries. This comes as a response to the effects of last season’s drought and cold […]
Tue 06/11/2018 by Richard Wilkinson
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South African grape producers expect an increase in volumes this season. The country’s grape industry organisation, SATI, estimates volumes of between 63 and 70 million 4.5 kg cartons. Last season […]
Mon 29/10/2018 by Richard Wilkinson
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Egypt’s Ministry of Agriculture has placed a ban on tomato export of tomatoes after it was confirmed that thousands of acres have been infected with yellow leaf curl virus (TYLCV). […]
Mon 22/10/2018 by Richard Wilkinson
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Kenya’s farmers are switching coffee and tea for avocados to profit from increasing European demand. Kenya is now the world’s sixth largest exporter of avocados, accounting for 3% of the […]
Mon 08/10/2018 by Richard Wilkinson
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Aphidoletes aphidimyza is a key weapon in aphid pest control. This tiny gall midge is positively thriving at Biobest’s new state-of-the-art production site in Morocco, leaving the group well placed […]
Thu 13/09/2018 by Richard Wilkinson
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The Valencian Association of Farmers (AVA-ASAJA) has denounced the attempts of producers and commercial operators of South Africa and Argentina in improving the safety of their shipments of citrus fruit […]
Wed 12/09/2018 by Richard Wilkinson
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Egypt has invested heavily in its citrus sector over the past decade, with improved road and port infrastructure that allow large movements of fresh produce by sea. Costly irrigation networks […]
Mon 10/09/2018 by Richard Wilkinson
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Spain’s agricultural ministry reports a good crop for Andalusia’s 2017/18 citrus campaign, while flowering and fruit set in spring has been acceptable. The first part of the campaign was marked […]
Wed 22/08/2018 by Richard Wilkinson
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South Africa’s grapefruit production is set to increase by 5% to 370,000 tons in 2017/18, due to increase in planted area. Normal weather conditions in the main growing regions of […]
Mon 09/07/2018 by Richard Wilkinson
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Morocco’s citrus production in MY 2017/18 recovered from an early season drought. With improved weather conditions, the country’s mandarin forecast rose from 1 million tons to 1.2 million tons, while […]
Mon 02/07/2018 by Richard Wilkinson
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Despite experiencing its worst ever drought, the South African Table Grape Industry (SATI) has announced a good table grape crop of just over 62 million cartons (4.5kg/carton), with a drop […]
Tue 12/06/2018 by Richard Wilkinson
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An industrial dispute is affecting South Africa’s citrus industry in the Sundays River Valley area in the country’s Eastern Cape region. On 30th May, pickers and packers downed tools and […]
Mon 11/06/2018 by Richard Wilkinson
