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 a while and where usually South African avocados obtain good […]
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 entire summer, the company is offering in all main European […]
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, South Africa and Morocco. Kenya leads the supply from East […]
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 2040. Gould, who leads Plant & Food Research work to […]