SAFE families help Hoedspruit crèche “move forward”
Mathomomayo is a crèche in Hoedspruit, Limpopo, which Sotho name means “We’re moving forward now”, and forward is indeed the direction in which owner Lekina Mashile and her …
Year: 2016
South Africa teams up with India on bio pest control
Deciduous fruit growers are set to benefit from a collaboration which has been initiated between Stellenbosch University insect biological control researcher Dr Antoinette Malan and a bioprocess engineering expert from …
Stolen pallets of citrus found again
The largest part of the citrus stolen from Europe Retail Packing has been found again. On Tuesday evening, 22 pallets of oranges, three pallets of tangerines, 12 pallets of lemons …
“Brazil is set to become one of the countries posing the highest phytosanitary risk for EU citrus production”
The European Commission has recently sent a statement to the Brazilian authorities, alerted by the considerable number of detections of citrus canker that have been recorded in containers with limes …
South Africa: IPM among the keys to reducing use of pesticides
When German consumer pressure groups first lobbied supermarkets at the turn of the 21 century to reduce the use of chemicals used in managing the pests in the crops they …
South Africa: Valencia estimate dramatically dropped
The harvest of Valencias has just started in South Africa, but despite excellent packouts the volumes are low. According to Justin Chadwick, CEO of the Citrus Growers Association in South …
Rain not enough for all drought areas in South Africa
On a recent visit to South Africa we met growers, packers and exporters. The main topic of conversation was, of course, the drought. It is affecting growers in every part …
Poland: Vision system developed to improve sorting
In order to meet increasing requirements and demands of fruit and vegetable sector (e.g. more stringent quality norms, automation of the sorting process, automation of fruits and vegetables control process, …
El Nino hits Uruguayan citrus production
A few months into the citrus season in Uruguay, the big consequences on the production of the weather phenomenon El Nino have started becoming noticeable, namely a significant delay in …
South African farm successfully grows cold-loving strawbs
Cappeny Estates farm in Ballito, a town about 40 kilometers north of Durban is making history: strawberries, which generally grow best in low temperature climates, are thriving there. When former …