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Cathay Pacific, Hong Kong's largest airline. Pacific's accomplished air-cargo director Shuichi Ueba is in his 35th year at Cathay Pacific and has witnessed the whole spectrum. In his role as the Regional Head for Cargo to Japan and Korea the man is in charge of shipping fresh fruit and vegetables to Japan as well as South Korea and the rest of the region. Fresh fruit is much of the 20 each week Cathay Cargo freighters to and from Japan. It imports high-quality fruit to be consumed in its own country but has less farmers growing fruits. Korea however exports lots of [...]

The torrential rains and violent winds, damaged the remaining banana plants in Burhanpur district, on Sunday. The farmers who cultivate bananas within Burhanpur district were hit with major losses due to heavy rains and floods ruined their farms. The crop was destroyed by floods in Ratagarh, Ambara, Dawalikhurd, Devri Mal and other regions that fall under Nepanagar region, Nimbola in Burhanpur as well as Shekhapur in the Khaknar region. In the Dawalikhurd the Dawalikhurd region, a local farmer Shobharam Jadhav sustained a massive losses, while over 10 farmers from Ambada, Dawalikala, Higna, Linga and Deori Malwere were directly affected. Source: freepressjournal.in

Peruzzo Group Peruzzo Group mainly sells kiwi fruits from Greece, Italy and France. However, this year's conditions have caused significant impact on the production of the fruit which is indicating a very bleak campaign. "One certainty is that we'll be severely penalized over the next few months," explains Tony Saglietto as the director-general for Peruzzo Group. Peruzzo Group. "The producers have had unprecedented rainfalls," explains Tony Saglietto in reference to the flooding that have hit Emilia-Romagna. "Italy is losing nearly 40% of the production and the destruction is such that the Kiwi plant has died. Two major cooperatives within the region [...]

In April 2023, consumers on global markets experienced an increase of 5.81 million. That's an rise of 4,56%. more bananas were shipped are imported from Ecuador than April of this the year (2022.) An estimated 90.45 million boxes were sent to their three top export destinations, with 31.04 percent going to the European Union, 24.42% to Russia and 12.49 percent towards in the Middle East. Exports for banana boxes between January and April 2023 totals 133.13 million boxes, compared with 127.32 million boxes in the same time last year. The top three countries in the world for exports of bananas saw [...]

Rangpur farmers are content by the record-breaking harvest of onions. Prices across every district of the Rangpur agricultural region are appealing too. Officials from the Department of Agricultural Extension farmers have harvested 104,263 tonnes of the crop, as opposed to output of 103,809 tonnes during the past Rabi season. Market sources reported that the price of locally grown onion has been ranging between Taka 75-80 per kilo in the local markets for kitchens, despite it was priced between Taka 40 to 45 one month earlier. The previous year, the farmers harvested an estimated 89,970 tonnes over this year's Rabi season. Then, [...]

The annual Event of Freshfel Europe 2023 occurred on the evening of Thursday, 25 May, in the center of Brussels. It was centered around the theme of 'A fresh look' on fruit and vegetable. Revitalizing fresh produce for the consumption of healthy and sustainable foods. It also had top-quality experts from European Commission, WRAP UK, Trianon Scientific Consulting, Planet Tracker and the OECD. The industry of fresh fruits and vegetables faces a variety of challenges related to climate change, inaccurate images of the products in the media with a decreasing consumption level. The annual gathering this year concentrated on the ways [...]

Bee Vectoring Technologies International has revealed a record-breaking company sale order to one of the top blueberry producers within the United States, who will incorporate Vectorite together with the CR-7 (Clonostachys rosea CR-7) bio-based fungicide as well as a an organic precision agriculture system for their blueberry farms during the coming crop season in the Pacific Northwest. "This new client is a large-scale grower that has massive scale operations across several major growing regions. They is planning to implement the BVT system across more than 500 acres of their operation located across Washington as well as Oregon," said Ian Collinson the [...]