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  • Peru plans to increase average annual quinoa consumption to combat malnutrition
    Post time: Aug-24-2022

    Peru is the world’s leading producer and exporter of quinoa, with its main markets being the United States and Europe, among other countries. Recently, Peru’s Ministry of Agricultural Development and Irrigation (Midagri) said it plans to increase national quinoa consumption to 10 kg p...Read more »

  • Uzbekistan’s Ministry of Agriculture announces minimum protected price for raw cotton in 2022
    Post time: Aug-23-2022

    Uzbek Detail August 4 news, the Ministry of Agriculture of Uzbekistan based on the trend of international market prices and the recommendations of the relevant ministries and commissions, finalized the minimum protected price of raw cotton in 2022, 10.025 million soums/ton (about $920/ton) after ...Read more »

  • Agricultural experts say the worst of South Africa’s food price crisis may be over
    Post time: Aug-22-2022

    The worst of the food price crisis facing South African consumers may be over, with food inflation expected to have peaked at about 10 percent in July and slow to an annual average of about 7 percent in the second half of the year, said John Hudson, South Africa’s Nedbank national head of a...Read more »

  • Portuguese government aims to achieve 38% food self-sufficiency
    Post time: Aug-19-2022

    Portuguese Minister of Agriculture and Food Maria do Céu Antunes held a working meeting on food to study the implementation of the agricultural development strategy and the Strategic Plan for the Common Agricultural Policy, according to the Portuguese government website on August 4. At the end of...Read more »

  • The dynamics of innovation in the Spanish agri-food industry
    Post time: Aug-18-2022

    The quality and richness of Spanish cuisine, in addition to the tradition and high standards of safety and quality, is also due to the commitment of Spanish producers in the food industry to innovation. These innovations have been recognized by the international industry, and every year Spanish p...Read more »

  • Serbian Apple is an important player on the world market
    Post time: Aug-17-2022

    The World Congress of Apple and Pear Producers was held recently in the Serbian capital Belgrade, attracting more than 200 producers from 23 countries, Serbian state radio and television reported Aug. 5. The congress warned that the consumption of apples is becoming less and less. Serbia is the t...Read more »

  • Namibia focuses on irrigated agriculture
    Post time: Aug-16-2022

    Namibia’s Sun newspaper reported on August 1 that Namibia’s Minister of Agriculture Kalle Schlettwein said that the country’s annual demand for food is 200,000 tons, while production is only 60,000 to 80,000 tons, and food is highly dependent on imports. Although 70 percent of t...Read more »

  • Vietnam and Russia’s Krasnodar Province to promote food and food cooperation
    Post time: Aug-15-2022

    (People’s Daily) – A delegation of Vietnamese enterprises visited Krasnodar province, a food production base in the Russian Federation, from August 2 to 5 and searched for business opportunities with enterprises in the province. The main event during the visit was a round table held o...Read more »

  • Thai Ministry of Commerce to hold online matching event for fertilizer trade
    Post time: Aug-12-2022

    The Ministry of Commerce of Thailand is planning to hold an online fertilizer trade matching event to organize business matching activities between more than 100 fertilizer exporters from more than 20 countries and Thai fertilizer importers, which is believed to solve the problem of rising fertil...Read more »

  • Russian fertilizer supplies to China up 70% in first half of this year, soybeans up 16%
    Post time: Aug-11-2022

    Beijing, August 5 (RIA Novosti) – Russian fertilizer supplies to China increased by 70 percent and soybeans by 16 percent in the first half of 2022, and Beijing is interested in Russian agricultural products, and there are prospects for increased cooperation in this area, Russian Commercial...Read more »

  • New Cordova herbicide launched in Brazil
    Post time: Aug-10-2022

    World AgroSciences reports: A new weed control staple, the 2,4-D choline salt-based herbicide Enlist® Colex-D®, was recently introduced by Cordiva AgroSciences. The pesticide was launched by Cordiva at the 32nd Brazilian Weed Science Congress in Rio Verde, Goiás this week, according to an AgroPag...Read more »

  • Nepal spends 14 billion rupees to import potatoes and onions
    Post time: Aug-09-2022

    The Emerald, Aug. 2: Nepal imported Rs. 14.53 billion in potatoes and onions in fiscal year 2021/22, according to annual statistics from the country’s customs department. Compared with the fiscal year 2020/21, imports have increased slightly. Basu Dev Kar, director of the National Potato, V...Read more »