Bees from the 80-acre farm’s 14 hives pollinate Hass avocado, macadamia and other crops. The is a venture by 90-year-old agronomist William Chiira and his grandson William Chiira, 33, a Computer and Applied Sciences graduate. Chiira Jr says the journey started in 2012 when he bought a journal that had […]
Global avocado farming
Harvest season for Hass avocado has begun in Kenya – exclusive interview with industry expert According to the report of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) “Agricultural Outlook 2021-2030”, avocados will become the most traded fruit by 2030. […]
Moroccan avocado campaign ends ahead of schedule, all volumes sold out The Moroccan avocado season ended earlier than expected this year. The reason is that, despite abundant production, volumes were fully sold out. Yassin Chaib, an avocado producer based in Larache, looks back on a very successful season. Chaib said: […]
The Zimbabwe Avocado Growers Association has advised their growers to slow down their harvesting in expectation of nearly 1,000 containers, mostly from Peru, underway to Europe “so avocado supply will be extremely high and this will undoubtedly put pressure on pricing going forward.” South Africa has been exporting avocados for […]
Fresh Del Monte Europe keeps on with their strategy to bring a diversified range of added-value, high quality fruits, carefully selected from their own farming operations with the benefit of many years of engagement on the sustainability front across its different production areas worldwide. Starting this week and throughout the […]
Recent statistics from the Centre for the Promotion of Imports (CBI) Ministry of Affairs show that Latin America is currently the region that exports the highest volumes of avocados to Europe. Exports from Africa, however, are growing at an exponential rate; if not faster. The continent’s avocado leaders include Kenya, […]
International colleagues are fond of telling plant physiologist Nick Gould that New Zealand shouldn’t be able to grow avocados. Yeah, right. In ten years sales of the popular fruit have rocketed from $70m to $240m – and the industry now has its sights set on revenue of $1 billion by […]