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Bahraini Minister of Municipal Affairs and Agriculture Wael bin Nasser Al Mubarak and Israeli Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Oded Forer signed a Memorandum of Understanding on Agriculture and Food Security, Gulf News reported on October 20. Minister Mubarak said that the MoU signed...Read more »
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The Healthy Living Alliance of South Africa (HEALA) has proposed an increase in the health promotion tax (or “sugar tax”) proposed for 2023, according to a report on the South African Business Technology website on Oct. 25. The “sugar tax” is levied on non-alcoholic sugary...Read more »
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The Chilean Fruit Exporters Association (ASOEX) Fresh Grapes Committee has released its second assessment for the 2022/23 season, according to the ASOEX website. Total exports are expected to be 68.6 million cases (8.2kg/case), down 7.7% from the 2021/22 season. In early October, the Fresh Grapes...Read more »
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According to the latest statistics from the General Department of Vietnam Customs, in the first nine months of 2022, the country exported nearly 1.39 million tons of various types of fertilizers, equivalent to US$886 million, an increase of 45.4% in volume and 166% in total export value compared ...Read more »
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Within the framework of the 2022 Sydney International Food and Beverage Exhibition in Australia, the Vietnam Commercial Office in Australia has been holding a promotion campaign for Vietnamese agricultural and fishery products from October 23 to 25 to introduce Vietnamese agricultural and fishery...Read more »
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World Agrochemical Network (WACN) reports: Cordiva and STI Biotechnologie recently announced the signing of a multi-year agreement to distribute two strains of Lactobacillus for plant growth stimulation. The agreement covers all countries in continental Europe. Through this agreement, STI Biotech...Read more »
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Recently, the Chilean Blueberry Commission and consulting firm iQonsulting announced the estimated export volume of Chilean blueberries for the 2022/23 season. Shipments of fresh blueberries this season are expected to be 98,228 tons, an 8% decrease from the previous season. In response to the lo...Read more »
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Foreign media, Oct. 18: Ukraine’s Ministry of Agriculture released a report on Tuesday, raising the area sown for winter wheat for the 2023 harvest to 4 million hectares, up from a previous forecast of 3.8 million hectares. The ministry said that as of Oct. 18, Ukrainian farmers had sown 2....Read more »
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The Plant Protection Department of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development announced in the afternoon of October 17 in Hanoi the requirements for the export of Vietnamese fresh pomelo to the US market. Mr. Hoang Trung, Director of the Plant Protection Department of the Ministry of Agric...Read more »
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Recently, the International Blueberry Association (IBO) released a new season of the global blueberry industry data report, the global blueberry production areas and countries of blueberry production, planting area and production, production area distribution, supply period, major varieties and o...Read more »
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Die Rheinpfalz, a daily newspaper in the Pfalz region of southwest Germany, recently published an article about the serious impact of climate change on Vietnamese coffee growers. Germany is currently the largest export market for Vietnamese Robusta coffee. Citing the article, Vietnam News Agency&...Read more »
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This month’s 2022/23 U.S. rice supply and demand adjustments include a slight upward revision to supply, no change in domestic use, a downward revision to exports, and an upward revision to ending stocks. According to the NASS Crop Production Report, all rice yield estimates were raised by ...Read more »
