News summary: Spain imported melons from Morocco at a higher rate than from other sub-tropical sources. Spanish companies paid more for melons arriving from Morocco compared to Brazil and Senegal. And Moroccan companies boast about this situation despite the fact that Morocco appears as the third largest international supplier of melon to Spanish importers. Spain imported during 2022 almost 80,000 tons...
First Lady Jill Biden christens Dutch tulip
US’ First Lady Jill Biden has christened in Washington D.C. the Dutch tulip that bears her name. The ‘Jill Biden’ tulip is among the new varieties that are easy to propagate and virtually impervious to diseases and pests. The first crossing of this variety took place twenty years ago. ‘Several years ago we switched to an updated approach in terms...
Turkey: Aegean Exporters’ Associations support women entrepreneurs in earthquake zone
The Aegean Exporters’ Associations, which has mobilized all its resources in 11 provinces devastated by the earthquakes centered in Kahramanmaraş, Turkey, since the first day, is now extending a helping hand to women entrepreneurs in the disaster zone with the EIB Export-Up Mentoring Program, which has been successfully carried out for three years. On the morning of February 6, Jak...
Indonesia Flowers: Scindapsus is increasingly favored by consumers
Scindapsus is an aroid plant that is endemic to Indonesia. The plant population is spread across 3 islands namely Java, Sumatra and Kalimantan. Like other ornamental plants, scindapsus is also divided into two types, namely ordinary and mutated scindapsus. Mutated plants certainly have a higher value compared to ordinary plants. The availability of mutated plants in the market is very...
China Vegetables: Since late March, the production and supply of “vegetable baskets” in Jiangsu has been sufficient. Nearly 70% of the prices of fresh vegetables have been reduced
Jiangsu, China: Since late March, real estate vegetables and foreign “guest vegetables” have been on the market in large quantities, and the production and supply of “vegetable baskets” in Jiangsu is sufficient. The data shows that the price of fresh vegetables in the market has decreased by more than 70%. It is expected that as the weather gradually warms up,...
Peruvian Agricultural sector slows down: grew only 0.5% in first two months of the year
In summary: This is the lowest first two-month growth since 2018, according to data from the Ministry of Agrarian Development and Irrigation. Blueberry, corn and mango production, however, improves. The first case recorded of avian influenza in Peru was in November 2022, affecting the production of commercial farms. In the first two months of 2023 (January-February), the agricultural sector in...
Poland Cereals: The NEB is prepared to make intervention purchases of grain, At… PLN 474.72/t
The National Council of Agricultural Chambers published on April 4 the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development’s response to KRIR’s letter of February 24, 2023, on aid for Poland’s grain producers. In it, the Ministry informs about the possibilities of intervention purchase of cereals. Below we quote an excerpt from this information: “Regarding the proposal to introduce intervention purchase, I...
The Spanish almond enters the Chinese market by the big door
News summary: Spanish exports of fruits and nuts to increase in the Orient. The phytosanitary protocol agreement announced last week by the Government of Spain will allow the export of 50,000 tons per year of national almonds to the People’s Republic of China. The value of almond exports to China up to that date can be estimated at more than 600,000,000...
Turkey Asparagus: Asparagus production project Sparga2 Agriculture raises 41.6 million TL
News summary: 600 decares of agricultural land readied to produce asparagus. Ankara: Sparga2, which has launched share-based crowdfunding to produce Turkish asparagus in 600 decares (150 acres) of agricultural land in Turkey, has raised 41.604 million Turkish Lira ( TL) as a result of a five-day investment round. Sparga2, the second project of fonTAR, developed by fonbulucu as a first...
The volume of exports of Spanish fruit and vegetables to the EU falls
News summary: the net fall in volume does so by a 9% margin, although in value it has increased by the same percentage, according to the latest data from Fepex. Spanish exports of fresh fruit and vegetables to the EU stood at 938,451 tons in January, representing 82% of the total, worth 1,319 million euros. These figures represent a decrease of 9% compared...