The African Development Bank (AfDB) has signed a Joint Action Plan with the European Investment Bank (EIB) to foster public and private investments in crucial economic sectors, including environmental protection. In addition to this, the partnership will focus on other themes such as; large-scale quality infrastructure investment; Information and Communication Technology (ICT) infrastructure and services;
The government of Tanzania has announced the suspension of genetically-modified (GM) crop researches in order to conserve the country’s genetic resources and preserve local seed varieties. GM crops are produced when DNA is artificially transferred into plant cells, altering their genetics in a bid to make them more disease resistant, nutritious and to improve their
Nyeri county has earmarked Sh17 million for the resuscitation of the coffee sector following the low production output last season. Governor of the county, Mutahi Kahiga revealed that the fund will enhance coffee production as well as boost soil fertility by providing lime and other farm inputs. According to the data collected by the Agriculture
A noticeable increase in demand for greenhouse cucumbers in Russia as well as a significant reduction in its supply stimulated a rapid rise in prices according to analysts of the EastFruit project. Also this week, the supply of imported cucumbers produced in Iran significantly decreased as many wholesale companies gradually stopped working with imported cucumbers
From the middle of January, the price of apple exports began to rise in Moldova. Compared to the beginning of this month, the average level of prices for nearly all apple varieties increased by an average of 1 lei/kg up to 8-14 lei/kg ($0.48-0.84/kg). Idared and Simirenko apple varieties are traditionally located in the lower
This year, the first truck of Maltaise oranges from Tunisia arrived at Rungis on January 12th. Mourad Ben Salem, manager of Med’Essor, has been importing this juicing orange to Paris for 15 years. He has been selling it under the brand Med’Essor since 2007. “The variety is becoming more and more established on the market
The Queen Garnet plum season is now in full swing and at the current tree plantings, it is possibly the biggest planting of a single plum variety in Australia. “The Queen Garnet plum stores very well,” according to Luke Couch CEO of Nutrafruit, the Queensland based company which owns the global licence for the variety.
South Africans have been swapping social media horror stories on the price of supermarket ginger, as a shortage develops on the market, driving the price “through the roof” – this is according to a trader. The domestic season will start in earnest next month, but ginger growers have followed the market’s lead and started their
Freshuelva is happy about the positive response of the Government of Brazil to the blueberry management systems proposed through the Spanish Government by the blueberry sector of the province of Huelva. It means that the fruit’s marketing in the South American country has been greenlighted, thus opening an important market for which Freshuelva has been
British Columbia’s temporary foreign workers are starting to return to the region’s farms, and this year there are plans in place to ensure that their arrival will be safer. During the Monday COVID-19 update, Dr. Bonnie Henry said: “As you know, we are continuing our program of providing quarantine accommodations in hotels and support for