Gianluca Bagnara will attend the South African-Italian summit to be held in Johannesburg on 18-19 October 2016. Bagnara is an economist and sees the African country as a great opportunity. “South African needs …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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, …
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 …
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 …
