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by Mike Knowles, Fresh Fruit Portal Industry leaders reject government suggestions to pivot to Asian markets, and warn that redirecting shipments to Europe would depress market prices With Brazil’s mango and grape harvests just days away, the introduction of a 50 per cent US import tariff at the beginning ofContinue Reading

SOURCE: The Star Farmers in the Dong Thap Muoi region have developed a vast specialised pineapple farming area covering nearly 15,400 ha – the largest along the Tien River. The pineapple-growing areas are concentrated in four key communes, including Tan Phuoc 1, Tan Phuoc 2, Tan Phuoc 3 and HungContinue Reading

SOURCE: Indonz Indian mangoes are cheaper this season than they have been in recent years due to a fierce price war that has reportedly broken out among several retailers. The price-cutting reports have soured what has a been a successful season so far, with mangoes from India on display atContinue Reading

SOURCE: Naewna TRANSLATION: Freshplaza Thailand’s Department of Internal Trade has partnered with Go Wholesale, a major food ingredient wholesaler under Central Retail, to support local fruit farmers and promote domestic consumption. This collaboration is part of the government’s broader strategy to stabilise fruit prices and raise farmer incomes, as reportedContinue Reading

SOURCE: One Acre Fund Tanzania For generations, Tanzanian farmers have had a close, possibly even overcommitted relationship with maize. It has been the backbone of smallholder farming, the star of every local market, and the unofficial mascot of the dinner table. But let us face it: maize has become theContinue Reading

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SOURCE: Charles Pensulo, RFI Henderson Kopoland, 45, mainly works from his grocery shop at a small trading centre in Konzaalendo Village in Thyolo District, southern Malawi. Visitors to this remote spot may not realise where his wealth comes from or that he runs another business far away. About one hundredContinue Reading

SOURCE: Maaz Izmail, Impakter Climate change continues to put more livelihoods at risk as more than half of banana-growing areas in Latin America and the Caribbean might be rendered unusable, a new report shows. Bananas have had a history of representing the wealth gap in the globalized world. During theContinue Reading