Strong processing potato demand pushes free-buy prices to all-time highs
Dutch potato processors union Vavi recently released the latest Dutch processing figures which showed strong demand for raw material in March 2023. The figures indicate that the processing potato

"International operators are actively looking for Spanish frozen fruit"
In the current context of inflation and declining consumption, the frozen format is proving to be one of the least affected. And while the latest consumption data shared by the Ministry of

52% of drugs seized in Ecuadorian ports between 2020 and 2023 smuggled in banana shipments
Ecuador will use the four scanners that the National Customs Service of Ecuador (SENAE) received on Monday from the US Embassy in Quito to strengthen security and drug controls in its land borders

Seven years of drought catch up with Gamtoos citrus orchards
Despite modest rainfall every now and then, the Gamtoos Valley’s drought is, alas, still with farmers who have now experienced six years of water restrictions. Over that period citrus and

50 years of the Swiss Centre for Vegetable Growing
"The fact that the SZG still exists after 50 years with an unchanged sponsorship speaks for the founding fathers, but also for all those who have shaped its fortunes over the years." With these